Nowhere To Go But Up (dawn)

[Tiny]

Duskfur ~

As the sun began to stream into the cave, cats around the smallish black she-cat began to rise. From where she had slept last night, she watched the cats of the other Clans. She had purposely tried her hardest to find a spot near the queens and kits from her own clan, but far from the apprentices. Or any cat from the other Clans. Deep down, the black TempestClan she-cat was about to claw off the ears of any cat that came near her. Though some of the apprentices seemed to be enjoying themselves playing with cats from the other Clans, Duskfur was having no such fun. And it was only the beginning of the journey. If she made it through this without laying a claw on another cat, she'd never forget it. She'd already had some close calls with fights with the other Clan cats. No cat in TempestClan liked her sharp tongue, and the cats from the other Clans certainly liked it no better.

As cats soon began to get more active and rambunctious, it was high time she get out of the fray in the cave. She rose to her paws slowly, as if she were as old as the elders in her Clan. She was in no hurry to leave her home. Secretly, she wasn't too thrilled about having to evacuate the camp. She desperately wanted to go back to the place she was born in and raised in. She gave a few quick licks over her messy black pelt. Her tongue strokes quickened as she noticed some VertigoClan and ZephyrClan apprentices heading in her direction. She wasn't in the mood to deal with some hyper furballs that lacked the innocence of kits and the maturity of warriors. The apprentices, no matter who they were always got under her fur, simply for the reason of usually always thinking they knew everything about everything.

It was bad enough to be in such close quarters with the other Clan cats, but the looks of hatred through at each cat made her rather annoyed. Whether it was the look of hatred for having had to share their land from the VertigoClan cats or the looks of defiance from the CelestialClan cats trying to prove that even though they didn't have a leader or deputy at the moment, they were still strong.

Duskfur slinked around the edge of the cave until she met the entrance. Slinking of to the left side of the entrance she could just barely see the sun rising above the mountains. The air was breezy and the TempestClan she-cat gently raised her nose into the air, sniffing as she closed her eyes. Opening them once more, she watched as a few cats left the cave to go somewhere unknown to the black she-cat. Oh how she missed her old home.

[Dawn]

"And if I had something to say to you I'd whisper it softly, kiss you on your rosy lips and never let you off me."

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^{"And as long as it's okay with you I think I'll stay right here. I got no where to go, cause where to go is up to you dear."}[/sup]

Hailghost shivered, rolling onto his side on the cold floor and tucking his chilled pink nose under the feathery, ruffled fur springing out from above his paws. It was normally a comfortable season to sleep in, but these caverns were cold and clammy, and he didn't like them, even with his long fur. The sooner they were out of here and moving on to whatever came next, the better, if you asked him. Not that anyone ever did.

He woke and found himself alone; hardly surprising. The only cats that would care to be near him were Cherrytaint and Dreamfeather. His sister was the deputy, and she was more than occupied with watching out for the clan. Cherrytaint was busy with Crowshroud, leaving him, though he would never admit it, lonelier than ever. He nearly wished that he had an apprentice to train, someone to look after, just anything to do. But he kept these things to himself. Hailghost had always been religiously against complaining, and he wasn't about to stop being so now. He would just 'grin' and bear it. Cherrypaw- Cherrytaint ruined me. I was used to being alone, and now I'm not. He sighed, blowing air through his nose into his foreleg fur. But I can get used to it again.

Light had begun to divide the darkness, rounding it up and vanquishing it, chasing the shadows into corners and leaving them nonexistent. From one lidded amber eye he watched the sun's indirect progress. Unlike the others of his clan, he did not rise and stretch. Not yet. He waited for warmth to come into his limbs, and then he blinked both eyes shut and yawned widely. There was no rush. It's not like I've got somewhere to be, Hailghost thought bitterly, as he finally pushed himself to a standing position and began to work at stretching his joints out. A loud, rumbling growl interrupted his train of thought, and intense hunger gripped him very suddenly. Well, maybe I do...

He had yet to venture out of the caverns and look for prey alone. Yesterday he'd shared of a thin catch with Dreamfeather. Today, it seemed, he was on his own. "I'd best bring back something for the pile, too," Hailghost mumbled, beginning to head in the direction of the entrance. He halted a few steps from it. Should he bring someone else along, so that they could work as a team in the unfamiliar terrain? He was hesitant. In Tempestclan territory, he nearly always hunted by his lonesome. But now, he was not feeling as reckless as usual. Training Cherrytaint had mellowed him out a little, maybe.

"Hey, Duskfur," the tom grunted, nodding as he spotted his clan mate nearby. She was an older warrior too, close to his age, he thought. They'd grown up around the same time, anyway. "Have you been out to hunt yet? I could use a companion." Hailghost's ember colored glare narrowed, passing over her and taking in what lay outside with hostility and suspicion for the new terrain. "Never know what you'll find up here..."


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