A Nightly Stroll (Open)

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A young she-cat padded through the darkness of night. Her fluffy white tail waved in the darkness, her gaze looking ahead. The night was quiet, except for that one rustle in the bushes. She whipped around to search for the source of the noise. "Who's there?!" The young cat hissed. "Show yourself!"

[Dove]

This was amusing the Royal. A youngling frightened by a couple movements from the bushes. As much as the silver tabby would have just comforted the cat, she needed something to keep her active in the band of rogues, and she was more softer and kinder than ever since Mirage's return. What was with that?

Dove took a leap out of the bushes, landing perfectly a tail-length from the youngling. "Well, well. And who in Darkpool are you?" she asked, slightly baring her teeth. "Are you even a Deathclanner?"

[Vixenleap]

Vixen was running through the forest, looking for prey, she scented cats nearby. The black she-cat then followed the scent until she saw two cats, "Wonder if there deathclanners or rouges, or perhaps one of each," she meowed quietly to herself. She crouched down in a bush, listening to their conversation.

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Celestia shook herself into a shoddy defensive stance. "I'm Celestia!" She hissed. "And yes, I'm a Deathclanner!" She put on a brave, angry face to hide her fear. She was intimidated by this cat, especially since she got to close so fast. She took a step back, feeling uncomfortable.

[Dove]

Dove smiled. She knew this feeling that Celestia was facing, and it reminded Dove of the time when Viper first inducted her into the clan. That was many moons ago, and there was not a time when the tabby regretted following the pawsteps of such a young, ambitious, but now ancient and hardly remembered leader. Viper's reign was long gone.

"That's a different name for a Deathclanner." she mumbled, rolling her eyes. "Then again, that's probably going to be the future of the clan. Cats with such kittypet-like names."

[Vixenleap]

"Well, there both deathclanners," she whispered to herself. She watched as the two cats talked to each other, wondering how
long it is until they see or scent the black and white she-cat. She then crouched down lower, shaking the leaves a little, "Oh rat-dung..." She whispered again.

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Celestia flattened her ears. What was wrong with her name?! It was her name. She glared, but then heard a sound. The sound of leaves being disturbed. She sharply turned to face the sound. "Quit hiding in the bush like a rat!" She hissed.

[Vixenleap]

"Rat-dung," she meowed to herself, she crawled out of the bushes and stond in front of the two deathclanners. Her ears were twitching when she said, "Greetings, I was just practicing my stealth." Part of it was a lie but she didn't have another answer.

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Celestia's ears folded back. She wasn't sure if the cat was lying, however she thought this cat was pretty suspicious. She settled for glaring the newcomer. "Well, then your stealth is worse than a load of crowfood." Celestia hissed.

[Vixenleap]

"Oh you think my stealth is bad," she purred with amusement,"Then why didnt you hear me before," the black she-cat knew she got the fellow peasant. "Well?" She meowed.

[Dove]

She gave a grin as she caught Celestia's confused look and then flattened her ears at the sound of someone else around.

"There's no reason to eavesdrop in conversations." she calmly said flicking her tail, already annoyed with this newcomer.

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Celestia snorted. "Well clearly, you're not as good as you say you are if you stepped on a twig." She straightened her posture. "If you hadn't stepped on that little twig..." She risked smirking at Vixen. "I would have been forced to call you competent."

[Vixenleap]

Vixen stared at the two deathclanners, she then sighed and mewed, "Sorry bout eavesdropping, I've had a lot on my mind," she mewed as she looked at her paws, "And don't ask why I don't want to talk about it." Vixen then remembered when a treeclan warrior was killed in the battle at the border, how she felt sorry for the warrior she was fighting. She then stood up and clawed the dirt.

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Celestia at the very least could guess, although she decided to not bring it up. She hadn't gone, but there was a battle. She wasn't positive, but she was pretty sure it was against Treeclan. She heard one of the enemies died in the battle. Seemed like this other Deathclanner was troubled by it. 'Why should she? It was an enemy.' Celestia thought. Instead of speaking, she lashed her tail irritably. "Still! Eavesdropping is a very conscious decision. One that I don't take very kindly towards!"

[Vixenleap]

"Is that a challenge?" She hissed but then seathed her claws and pointed to the huge scar on her face, "See this? I got this in the battle, and you don't want to mess with me," she said as she started to pad away.