Fire And Ice (SKYHEART POST HERE PLEASE)

[max]

Flameclaw sat at the river's edge. For the past few days she had been wondering why her father was still pressuring to be a stronger warrior. She had been a warrior for some moons now. She recalled his words earlier that day, "You are not my daughter until you prove you are a warrior." Flameclaw had heard strong meaning behind his voice. What had he meant by, "You are not my daughter?" Did that mean something. Was she not who she thought she was? Flameclaw staired at the river's surface. For a moment, she saw her reflection, only in it she was white with ice blue eyes. Flameclaw's own eyes widened, what was that? She wished she could have someone to talk to. She needed to find more about what was happening, especailly after the reflection she just saw.

[S K Y;♥]

♥•. S K Y H E A R T .•♥

[/color][/right]

The rushing sounds of the river drew her closer and closer to it. It pulled her in and before she knew it, she was aimlessly wandering about the edge of the river. She didn't dare cross it, for on the other side was Riverclan territory. The white and gray splotched she-cat sniffed at the air, drinking in the sickeningly sweet aroma of honeysuckle. She spotted the culprit of the scent, and silently walked towards them. She closed her eyes as the scent of the golden-white flower brought back bittersweet memories of her childhood. She remembered when she was a kit and she was with her mother. They had picked batches of honeysuckle to treat a wound that her father had obtained through a battle with a fox. Her and her mother returned to him only to see that he had died because of the infected bite. Due to his death, her mother had also died. It was too much for her heart to take, so Skyheart was left alone as an apprentice-aged cat. She then found a loving clan to call home. A sound ended her flashback. She flickered her eyes open and turned to see a blaze orange cat, sitting at the edge of the river, staring into the water.

"Hello, there..."

[max]

Flameclaw looked up at the sound of the cat's meow. It was Skyheart, she was a cat that had joined the clan at an apprentice age. "Hi," she meowed a greeting. Flameclaw studied the cat's expression. She seemed calm, like herself. Flameclaw looked back down at the river. Then she spoke out loud, "Have you ever felt like there was a missing link in your life?" She stared down at her reflection, which was now her own. A cool amber gaze stared right back up at her. She sighed and continued, "What is it?" She looked over at the cat, not expecting an answer from her. "Sorry about that," she apologized. "I'm just thinking," she explained. Then after a moment she added, "out loud."

[S K Y;♥]

Skyheart glanced at the cat with deep curiosity. "Well, yeah. There is a missing link in my life...I call it 'My Parents'. They died when I was just a little kit and then I came to Thunderclan and lived my life there." She thought for a moment, reminiscing over her parents whom she loved so much. Sighing, she said "I honestly hate life. It's a beautiful thing, but not when the two people you love most die. But, then I had a mate, and then I had kits with him. But, when the kits were only about five moons old, he died right in front of me...I loved him so much..." Her voice trailed off and a single tear rolled off her fuzzy cheek.

[max]

Flameclaw's eyes were filled with sympathy as the cat finished. "I'm sorry," she apologized. Flameclaw looked down at her paws, not really sure what to say. Then she spoke, "I'm Flameclaw. I don't think we've ever really gotten a chance to talk even though we're in the same clan," she said with the slightest hint of humor in her voice. Flameclaw sighed and said, "I feel like I'm missing a part of my family, other than my mother. I don't know what though."