Story

[Echoflight]

Echokit padded out of the nursery. No one there wanted to play with her, anyway. She felt her little jaw part involuntarily in a gaping yawn. Maybe she didn't want to play, either. She padded up to the elder's den and peered inside. "Hell-o-o," she mewed cheerfully. "Can somebody tell me a story?"

[Cheetahfur]

Cheetahfur was dragging a large bird into camp when she noticed a small kit asking for a story. "You're chances of finding Firelight isn't very high, I'm afraid." she spoke. "Though you can ask one of us warriors. We'll gladly tell you a story." then she thought for a moment, and rephrased herself. "No, us SHE-CAT warriors will be glad, exept for maybe Hawkspirit. He's one of the friendlyest cats around!" her voice broke into a long loud purr. ### words written for name while listening to song Notes? Blah

[Echoflight]

"Will you tell me a story?" Echokit mewed hopefully. "Normally I would play, but no one wants to play with me because they're all tired. I think I might be tired too but that wouldn't make sense because I'm never tired. Oh yeah—can you tell me a story, please?"

[Cheetahfur]

Cheetahfur shrugged. "Sure. Do you want to here the story of me and Diamondeyes as kits, when we actually fought, claws unsheathed? Or the time I snuck out of camp as an apprentice and got in serious trouble?" she let out a rumbling purr. "Or the time when Vaporcloud, Antstep and Adderstone and I were all apprentices, and we had a HUGE fight." ### words written for name while listening to song Notes? Blah

[Echoflight]

"When you were kits! Kits! But I wouldn't want to fight with my claws unsheathed," she added quickly, blinking nervously. "Then someone might get hurt!" She purred. "But when I'm a warrior in battle, I definitely will!" She twirled around a bit clumsily, then settled down and wrapped her tail around her paws.

[Cheetahfur]

"Well, Okay." Cheetahfur pulled herself to a sitting position. "We were both already angry over the top, when she said I can't outrun anyone. That was the last straw. I leapt for her, claws outstretched, but she quickly ducked out of the way, so my claws only grazed her flank. She turned to scratch me on the cheek, and when she did, I used that precious time to latch onto her shoulder. We became a tussling ball of fur. Then, after a while, she jumped on my back. I kicked up with my back legs and, screaming, she got knocked into the nursery wall. Unsure of what I did, and still breathing heavyly, I blacked out." ### words written for name while listening to song Notes? Blah

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Ripplekit knew the story hadn't been for her tiny ears, nothing ever was. Others thought that since she was blind there was no point telling her anything. She padded slowly out of the bush she was hiding in and padded up to the warrior, sniffing her curiously and wandering what she looked like. I wouldn't fight ever! Not that I'll ever get a chance, others seem to think that useless. Can you please tell me what you look like? she added hesitantly, she knew she probably sounded weird, and maybe even looked weird due to her glazed amber eyes, but that was just who she was, nobody could ever change that.

[Cheetahfur]

Cheetahfur blinked her eyes. "Um, sure? I have orange fur and black spots with orange eyes. I have a black tipped tail and a lean body. I'm more lean than bulky." ### words written for name while listening to song Notes? Blah

[Echoflight]

"Hi... sorry, don't know your name. It's okay. I'm Echokit! Can you see? Well, probably not. If not you wouldn't have asked... Hey, you have pretty eyes! Oh yeah, do you want to listen to the story Cheetahfur's telling us? When she and Diamondeyes were kits, they actually fought, with claws!" Trailing off in a rare moment of silence, she glanced at her own paws, flexing them. Remembering the two cats she glanced up brightly. "And I'm sure you could fight. You could learn. You'd be great! We can be warriors together!"

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Ripplekit just shook her head. No, I can't see. Mamma says I'm blind, but I'm not sure what blind means, I think I just have something wrong with my eyes. Thanks, I guess. I just listened to the story, did I not? How can you fight with claws unsheathed? It must be scary, fighting. I myself would freak out at the thought, but I have to protect my clan somehow... She trailed off and shook her head, she never talked that much, maybe she had finally made a friend, or two. She suddenly pricked her ears, remembering a warrior, most likely Diamondeyes, mentioning not being clan-born to another warrior, a warrior she was told was a Siamese. Can you tell me the story of your's and Diamondeyes' past life? I heard her telling another warrior she wasn't clan-born, is that true? She stopped herself before asking anymore questions and sat down, curling her tail around her paws and looking down, even though there was only darkness. I mean, you don't have to tell me, if you don't want to, I just...

[Cheetahfur]

"Well... okay." she began slowly. "But I want you to know, before I tell you the story, that I am loyal to FireClan, no matter what. When we were kits, only about 2 moons, just weaned, our father.... he... he killed our mother." she closed her eyes. "I don't really remember... Just a slash of claws, my burning shoulders, blood, and Diamond and I escaping. " she turned to lick her long scratch on her shoulder. "We somehow came to FireClan... and were given to seperate queens. But I will never forget that feeling, running, for your life. I don't know how I escaped. By the time we got here I was almost named Redkit... I was so covered in blood I looked like I was red.... But it wasn't just my blood.... It was my own mother's, in the fault of my father's claws.... the blood.... the blood..." she closed her eyes tighter as they began to water and shook her head. ### words written for name while listening to song Notes? Blah

[Mistyspark]

Mistyspark chuckled as she made her way over to her warrior friend. "Cheetahfur. Telling stories to the kits I see? I may just have a few of my own." She settled down beside Cheetahfur and listened.

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Ripplekit nodded. I will never doubt your loyalty! she promised before pricking her ears to listen. Once the warrior had finished the story she scented salt, she was crying. She raced up to the warrior and nuzzled her. I'm so sorry she whispered, now feeling guilty for having requested the story. Suddenly another warrior came up. Hmm, what does she look like? She trotted up to the new warrior, happy to have something to change the subject to. Oh, oh, yes please! she purred, sitting back in her spot next to Echokit. Oh how she loved stories. It made her feel as if she could actually see. Can you please include what you look like in the story? Then I can get a better vision of it. Otherwise I might imagine you as a completely different color and be thinking, 'is that right or wrong?' The whole time.

[Mistyspark]

"Alright but this story isn't about me, no. It's about the Lost Digger. Many, many, many moons ago, lived a cream and ginger tom named Brackenshiver. Like us, he was a FireClanner. Brackenshiver was no doubt the fastest cat in the clans and probably outside the clans too. He was a proud cat yes, but not arrogant. One day naughty IceClan attacked. They won and this made Brackenshiver angry." Mistyspark told.

[Echoflight]

Echokit brushed Cheetahfur with her little tail, slightly alarmed at the older warrior's tears. "It's okay. The whole Clan knows you're just as loyal as any other cat," she murmures as she pricked her ears, listening to Mistyspark's story. To Mistyspark, she added, "Faster than Cheetahfur? Why is he called the Lost Digger? What did he do? Did he attack them back?"