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Post by Roxie ! on Oct 23, 2006 18:25:00 GMT -5
Cheetahpelt shrugged her dappled shoulders and looked away. The skin beneath her fur felt unexplanibley hot with embarassment, and she sighed....Dustpelt....But....it's kinda...over now.. She added, quickly, eyes narrowing as she turned back to Mothpelt. With the two, it was kinda hard to tell. They were close friends...but sometimes it felt weird. like...something more. Maybe it was just Cheetahpelt's imagination...but was that why she was having so much trouble telling her friend about her kits? |
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Post by squee. on Oct 23, 2006 18:35:57 GMT -5
With a hidden grin, Mothpelt stepped toward the the she-cat and pressed his muzzle comfortly into the she-cats shoulder. With that, he took a small paw-step back and looked his friend over. "I'm sorry to hear that Cheetahpelt" He purred. So much has happened to him since the last time the two of them conversed....like his 2 month affair with Gracie and he still hasn't breakin away from the rogue yet. Though, Cheetahpelt wouldn't figure any of that out...especailly since he had told the other she-cat he would be out toward Thunderclan.
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Post by Roxie ! on Oct 23, 2006 18:41:33 GMT -5
Cheetahpelt gaze a small, gentle smile and purred in reply gratefully, but shook her spotted head and sighed.Thanks...but it doesn't matter.It didn't last long...It was...well, I don't know what...but I don't think it was...you know...love. She confessed quickly, feeling more and more embarrassed by the moment. But the she-cat decided quickly that it would be best to change the subject, and forced a brighter smile.Er...so...how've you been? She asked at last, rather awkwardly. |
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Post by squee. on Oct 23, 2006 18:53:05 GMT -5
"I-uh." Mothpelt began, how HAD he been? And where did Tigerstar go? His eyes returning to the regular bright gaze. But his expression remained grim. "Cheetahpelt.....I can't stay here. You've got to go NOW!!!!!!" He meowed. His eyes wide in fear and his pelt bristling with the thought of Tigerstar's return. Why did he disappear so suddenly? He turned his back on the she-cat. He couldn't dare face her not after that. Without another word...he began to walk off.
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Post by Roxie ! on Oct 24, 2006 19:01:40 GMT -5
So many questions still pestered at the young bengal, that she barely had time to react to this sudden change of events. Cheetahpelt's deep amber eyes flashed incredulously as Mothpelt turned and began to pad away. For a moment, the ShadowClanner stood in dazed confusion. But with in another heart-beat, her senses had re-awoken her, and the spotted pelt became a blur as Cheetahpelt raced off after Mothpelt.
Mothpelt...wait! Where are you going?! She called, bounding to catch up as quickly as she could. When Cheetahpelt had finally reached her tabby friend, she glanced at him incredulously, hoping that Mothpelt would not decide to run away then and there. What's wrong? Now her voice was soft and concerned, and Cheetahpelt gazed at him with a gentleness that she hadn't used in a long time. Not even with Dustfall. Not since...Mothpelt had....well, yeah. |
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Post by squee. on Oct 25, 2006 16:43:03 GMT -5
Mothpelt stopped in mid-step, but with that pause he continued on. There was no time, soon enough Tigerstar will be back and who knows what he has planned for Cheetahpelt. As he continued his brisk pace, he refused to answer any of the warrior's questions.....afterall, how many cats would believe anyone saying they're back because the most feared cat in the entire forest was now inside of him. His eyes narrowed....he had to tell her something. This time he turned to the she-cat, his amber eyes burned into her fur.
"Listen to me when I say this. I don't have much time.....Im.....Im not myself....I-"
He was cut off by a sudden explosion of pain. What seemed like claws cut through is skin, tearing away the flesh and fur from his under-belly. He looked up at Cheetahpelt but she was frozen even the surroundings gave no movement.
((Okay. This is a vision given to him by Tigerstar....Cheetah isnt in this....She can only hear what he is saying to appearantly himself.))
More claws raked through his body again until he collapsed in pain, how was Tigerstar doing this!??! Before anymore questions raced through his thoughts, another set of claws ripped at his stomach and another until finally there was merely a hole where his stomach was. Then the pain ripped through his chest until a mere black hole replaced his heart. The tom was soaked in his own blood, and from the looks he should have been dead.
But he stood up and glanced down at his chest...nothing. Confusion swept over him again, had he just died? No. He was still in the forest and Cheetahpelt till remained frozen beside him.
Just then, the icy breath of Tigerstar met his fur and he looked up to see the leader standing in front of him. "You now know what I could do to you....what I could do to her and what it feels like to die." He snarled. "You tell her anymore and you'll both end up crowfood!!".
((Real world now))
A swooshing sound replaced the deadly silence of the vision and soon he was walking next to Cheetahpelt again. Though he wasn't ready for any of that since he was last standing still...the tom fell flat on his face. Instantly pulling himself to his paws again, he turned to sheepishly to the she-cat.
"Look. I can't see you anymore....just know that."
"That Im alive and" Again he cut off, though this time he did it himself....should he really tell her what he meant to tell her the night of his accident.
"And I love you"
With that...he was off again, determaned to escape the gaze of the she-cat to rid himself of all thoughts of this land and to never return again. Until they met in Starclan, it would only mean disaster if the two of them met again.
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Post by Roxie ! on Oct 25, 2006 17:03:33 GMT -5
Cheetahpelt watched in confusion. Something seemed to pass over Mothpelt's gaze, as if he were in pain. And whatever he was going to tell her...he had obviously decided against it. But just as she had opened her mouth to speak, Mothpelt had once again beaten her to it.
"I love you"
Cheetahpelt blinked her amber eyes several times as it took a moment for those words to sink in. And then...they hit her with the force of a monster. For a moment, the she-cat stood perfectly still. Her paws were as heavy as stone, but at the same time, it felt like she could've been knocked down by a feather. The speckled femme was now oblivious to the world around her,and for a heart-beat, Cheetahpelt seemed to sway. It was the first time anyone had ever spoken those words to her. And even in the reel of confused thoughts, it began to make sense.
Her strange attraction to Dustfall, because she could sort of see Mothpelt in his brother after he had 'died'. And the lack of true love in that relationship, and why it had led to their break-up. Her immediate abandoning of her kits, why she had felt so guilty telling Mothpelt about them. And most of all, the strange feeling that made grief seem like a tiny emotion when Mothpelt had been hit on the Thunderpath. Heart-break.
Cheetahpelt loved Mothpelt. Loved him. This wasn't some silly crush like her previous relationship had been. She had been young then, barely a warrior. But now...
And what was more, he loved her back! The floating sensation spread a small smile over Cheetahpelt's face, and even through her shock she had jerked back to reality.And in shock, she realized something. Mothpelt was no longer standing beside her. With the time Cheetahpelt had been stunned, he must've been long gone!
In horror and disbelief, Cheetahpelt's amber eyes widened.Mothpelt?! M-Mothpelt! Wait! She called, spotted pelt prickling as she raced after him, although it would probably be a vain effort with the head-start the tom had gotten. But now, just when everything was turning around, Cheetahpelt wasn't ready to let it slip away. She wouldn't loose her friend....her mate?It was all too complicated. Either way, she couldn't loose Mothpelt again. |
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Post by squee. on Oct 25, 2006 17:14:45 GMT -5
Mothpelt hadn't heard a word she yelled, though before this he had an extra sense that almost always found her voice. He was completely deaf to her cries as he waded through the creek and to the oppisite end of Shadowclan borders. As his thoughts cought up with his pace, he realized what he had said to the she-cat....he meant every word of it and still he could never see her again. He would have to go through the cornfeild, catch mice and return to Gracie as if the day had never even existed. Though he didn't know it yet, later on he won't forget any detail of this meeting....he couldn't!!
The only good thing that has happened to him since he returned with this...ghost. Now he couldn't even pause to hear weather she loved him back or if she didn't care. His heart seemed to drop right there, he would trade anything just to stop and talk to the she-cat..to tell her was was really going on but he couldn't.
He knew the moment Tigerstar returned....Cheetahpelt would be killed by his own claws. As he neared the barn and his thoughts cleared....he nearly bagged Tigerstar to rip out his heart agian.
With a sharp intake of breath, he continued into his and Gracie's barn.
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