A new day -- Leaf

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you’ll never understand who I am.

xx. On a warm, humid night like this; Flutterstar would not have considered leaving the camp for as long as she did. But now, she was here with thorns dug into her side and the early lights of the sun coming over the horizon. She felt the warmth spread over her, and she sighed. It was going to rain again in the swampy Shadowclan territory. She could tell, just by the way the air grew thicker.

xx. The femme lifted her head and gazed upward toward the tree canopy that blocked out the sky. The sun disappeared, but it’s light was not gone. It was just dimmed. The sun had been attacked by the clouds, and by the looks of it, the clouds were winning.

xx. Her muscles bunched underneath her tuxedo body as she leaped into the tree above her. Her single orb flashed and the sudden down-pour nearly sent the female out of the tree as it sank into her warm fur and caused her skin and fur to prickle in discomfort.

xx. Flutterstar stood alone in the tree, watching the forest animals scurry away underneath bushes and around trees. She smirked as she watched them, but she was not hungry, and didn’t have the urge to leap for one. She looked up again, watching the rain fall from the leaves near her head. She stretched out across the branch, perfectly contented with what she was doing here. Her tail flicked gently as it hung over the side of the branch. She was content here.

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The young brown and white medicine cat padded into the clearing, looking for herbs. His eyes were drawn to some cobwebs that were stuck to a tree at the other side of the clearing. Swiftly, he shifted over to the cobwebs and bent down to pick up a bundle. His nose was suddenly drawn to the sweet, sweet smell of his leader. A purr escaped his throat as he looked into the tree his beautiful leader sat.

"Hello, Flutterstar." He murmured softly, eyes glowing. "I was just looking for some herbs. It's new-leaf, and I want to take advantage of it. Herbs are everywhere this time of year." He looked around, and spotted some Chervil leaves and quickly picked up a mouthful. He also spotted some burdock roots. "I haven't seen rats around, but just in case." He murmured to himself, picking up just enough. He set the herbs down, curling his tail to touch his paws.

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xx. she heard his pawsteps much sooner than she noted the medicine cat of her clan wandering into the clearing. he approached the tree she lay in, and she noted his features, only careful not to be caught as he looked up toward her and said his greetings. no emotion touched her face as she nodded quietly in return.

xx. she listened as he rambled on about how new-leaf was the best time to get herbs. she knew this. with a silent sigh, she shrugged and leaped from her perch, coming face to face with the tom of her clan. she gazed at him with her silent, stern eyes. she awaited him to continue rambling, but it seemed he was finished for the time being.

xx. her tail flicked as she sat perfectly with her paws kneading the soil. greetings patchfur.

[/color] she commented as her pelt began to fluff from the water that was seeping into it. she became irritated, but ignored the feeling. how are you today? seem to be busy.[/color] she commented as she watched him with her single emerald green eye.[/blockquote][/blockquote][/size]

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"Not really." He mewed, whiskers twitching. "Just re-stocking for the day. What's been going on with you?" His eyes were wide with curiosity. His fur didn't look his best today, for the humidity made it ruffle up. He quickly bent down to lick his chest fur, feeling nervous with his leader so close to him. Would she think he was messy and gross? His tail flicked nervously, and he looked back up to his leader. He really did like Flutterstar, and he really didn't want to mess it up. One wrong move and she could find him to be just a friend.

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xx. it took several moments for the she-cat to answer. she was thinking, off in her own little world. her eyes were distracted, her ears turned off to the outside world, her senses completely down. she was in the middle of a memory. she hadn't been alone with a tom she trusted ever. the closest had been when she was alone with her mentor and it was obvious where that landed her. she was now half blind because of him. she remembered the day, she had come to the clan as an apprentice, seeking help, and attention, and now that she remembered it, patchpaw had been the one she met when she was half blind. he took her back to camp and healed her wounds. she felt as though she owed him somehow. but she knew she probably did.

xx. she slowly looked up again, her pink scars not allowing the fur around her eye to grow back. she had become rather independent, not going to the medicine cats for something if she could help it. if she had something that she couldn't deal with on her own, she would have been fine. she sighed softly and gazed toward him for a few quiet moments. do you need any help?

[/color] she asked, her single eye flickered as she looked at him. she knew enough where she wouldn't have brought her clan back death berries or holly berries. she slowly lifted her head and turned, gazing into the forest intently for a few moments, almost like something was there. but once again, it was just a memory. she sighed and shook her head silently. she was losing her mind. at least that was the easiest way to put it.[/blockquote][/blockquote][/size]

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~Dreaming in Reality~

The tom waited anxiously for an answer, lips starting to tingle. The whole forest was silent and seemed to be listening with him. Just waiting. Finally, Flutterstar asked if he needed help. The whole forest seemed to melt away, and he and her were just floating in an endless world of darkness. His mouth slowly hung open, and he felt stiff. He blinked his way back into reality, realizing she was waiting for an answer. "O-Of course. That would be wonderful." He tripped over his words nervously, slightly stuttering. "I'm low on cobwebs. The warriors keep getting scratched from going through bushes with thorns, and the apprentices have accidentally been stepping on them. Marigold is the other thing we need, in case the scratches get infected."

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xx. she smirked and nodded as she stretched her legs as she looked toward him. flutterstar stood and made her way into the undergrowth, looking for whatever she needed to find. she found a few spiderwebs right away, but they were up in the trees, farther away from the muddy ground. she leaped into the tree easily, only half noticing that her fur hooked on the bark of the tree as she leaped down. she had the cobwebs wrapped around her tail, only a few little pieces had stuck to her flank and nearly over the scars on her face. she didn't know and couldn't tell. she parted the undergrowth as she came back into the clearing, offering the cobwebs to him from her tail. this is what i found so far.

[/color] she said earnestly.[/size][/blockquote][/blockquote]

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~Looking for ze herbs~

He had been picking up some marigold when Flutterstar came over. He nodded his thanks, taking the cobwebs from her tail. Noticing some cobwebs on her flank, he gently brushed his long, feathery tail across her face. The cobwebs slipped off her face and onto his tail as if they had a mind of their own. "Thanks." He murmured, blinking kindly. "If you need to go now, that's fine. You are the leader after all." He felt stupid of reminding her this, he knew she already knew. His tail flicked nervously again, and he set the marigold he had in his mouth back onto the ground.

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xx. when he raised his tail to wipe away the cobwebs, she closed her other eye and let her ears fall back against her head. she returned to her ears erect and her eye open, watching him silently. there isn't much that needs to be done right now. i've done it all.

[/color] she said honestly. it was obvious the she-cat didn't want to be the leader, but she couldn't step down, not name a deputy, and let the clan arise into a free for all. so instead, she dealt with it. with a sigh, she closed her eye and looked toward him with her bright eye. a yawn parted her jaws as she scanned the clearing again silently. but if you need to go, i understand.[/color] she said. and a realization touched her after she stood there for a few long moments. thanks.[/color] she had never said thank you all those moons ago when he helped her with her wounds and allowed her to live like a semi-normal cat.[/blockquote][/blockquote][/size]

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~Confessions~

He blinked, suddenly feeling like he was going to collapse over. He tripped over what words he was going to say, and suddenly found some that seemed to be perfect. "I'd do anything for you, Flutterstar."

Darkness overtook his world as he slowly shut his eyes, waiting for a reaction. All he heard so far was the slow, steading heartbeat in his chest...
pump
pump
pump.

Had he made the right decision by saying that? Would Flutterstar now find him to be some kind of creep? What if he had said it too soon, or what if it had been the perfect moment. He was now sure that he was going to collapse from anticipation soon, that the feeling would overtake him and make his legs morph into jell-o.

Suddenly, a voice rang in the back of his mind. Stay strong.. It echoed through a world of emptiness. Hesitating, he silently replied. I will. His face showed no sign that something was going on inside his head, and he held the same stance he had when he had been talking to her only a few heartbeats before. He strained his ears to be sure he wouldn't miss his leaders reaction.

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xx. a small smile found her face as she heard his words; but it faded quickly. was she really falling in love the shadowclan medicine cat? she questioned herself silently. but she slowly let it slide away from her thoughts. she was indeed in love with him. since they day they had met. i... um... i kn-know.

[/color] she stammered over her words like a nervous apprentice being questioned on the scents of the forest and the warrior code all in one exam. with a quiet sigh, she sat back on her haunches, watching him silently before feeling her own skin become exceedingly warm. she shook it away, trying to ignore it or something; but it never worked. she became annoyed by it quickly; but let it slide. for once she was where she wanted to be. she was happy. [/blockquote][/blockquote][/size]

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~The Story of Their Love~

He slowly shifted his gaze down to his paws, his tail thrashing back and fourth. Should he tell her? Should he reveal this secret that has been looming at the back of his mind ever since he was an apprentice? He remembered it like it was yesterday.

When he was a kit, Flutter had not been in the clan yet. His life as a kit was empty, and boring. He didn't have any friends, all he did was pretty much sit in the corner of the nursery, watching the other kits play.

When he became an apprentice he had trained as a warrior, not a medicine cat. Though he knew all that a medicine cat apprentice would know. The moment the half blind apprentice walked into camp, he felt a strange feeling he didn't know the meaning of at that age. Every time he would cast a glance at Flutterpaw his heart would warm up and his spine would tingle. He helped her and healed her, still starstruck.

Flutterpaw had become Flutterstep only a few days he recieved his warrior name. He felt lonely the few days he had to sleep in the apprentice den alone, but he felt electrified when he received the name Patchfur, and even more electrified when he was announced to be the medicine cat.

He opened his eyes, bewildered at how much Flutter had grown. She was so much mature, and even more beautiful than before. She was the one cat in ShadowClan; all the clans, that really took his breath away, and made him feel like he was floating on a cloud. "Flutterstar.." He whispered. "I-I love you."

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C A L Y P S O

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}}{{ the shadows of the day made it hard for calypso to sneak through the undergrowth undetected. she had become good at not leaving a scent behind her, having entered multiple different fox dens until she reeked of one. she was now hidden perfectly away from the two voices she heard off in the distance. the kits on the other hand seemed exceedingly quiet, which made happy. she slipped farther into the shadows. she wasn't quite sure why she was giving these kits the options to live. but little did she know, one of her off spring was in this very forest. one of the very voices she heard in the forest.

}}{{ she set the kits down in a thick patch of undergrowth. she was careful with her quick movements, carefully, but silently folding the tall grass and the bushes over them. that would give her enough time to get out of the clan's territory before their cries were heard. they were muffled from where she was, so she had a hard time hearing them. once they became frightened they would get much louder, this she knew. she leaped into a tree, carefully slipping through a large patch of open space. she shifted through the leaves and branches, carefully making her way to the edge of this part of the territory in the trees. when they ended, she leaped down. her long, fluffy pelt fluffed as she bolted out of the territory, as quick as her legs would take her. she knew where she was going.

}}{{ she had seen birchclaw of windclan leaving the clan territories as quickly as he could. she had sensed the anger, and the natural flirt and curiousity in her body made her want to go find out. with a silent sigh, she lunged herself under the undergrowth. and then she was out of sight. the only thing that would like her to the kits, would be the scent she left on the kits. and that part she wasn't too concerned about. no one would know who she was. no one would ever figure it out. unless they managed to remember her before she left.

F L U T T E R S T A R
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xx. the leader of shadowclan simply stood their, watching her medicine cat. he was distracted by thoughts... memories maybe? of them? she doubted it. with a silent breath, she sat back on her haunches as she watched patchfur. she felt safe with him; and he wasn't even a warrior. she felt safe because she knew she could trust him. he and her deputy were the only cats she trusted in this clan. she had to chose her deputy, and that was the only thing that made her feel safe with him. a few moments passed as she watched patchfur, but she never thought she could have been as surprised by the words that came from his mouth that she was.

xx. any other leader, one that had been born into the clan, raised into the clan, had friends, family, and things on the line, would have never allowed this to happen. but she didn't care. the most she had was her clan running her out; her deputy finding out and she would be killed by her own clan. she didn't care though. she was a loner at heart. and she was loyal to no one but herself, and now to patchfur. she let a small smile touch her face as her small pink tongue ran over her white teeth. i... i love you too.

[/color] she said honestly, watching him with her bright green eye. she smiled only softly as she watched him for a few moments.

xx. she sat there, not sure what to do. she was new to admitting her feelings, to sharing them with others. the closest thing she had come to; was admitting that she was hurt when she first met patchfur. she had needed him then; and she realized, or at least hoped, that he would be the one she would turn to if she ever needed someone; it would be patchfur. she felt safer with him than with her own mother... and that had been an all of a few hours. she sighed softly and slowly rose, but instead of moving away from him, she moved close. her small, petite frame came close to his as she sat down again, wanting to be nearer to him as she watched him with her bright eye. she smiled softly as she slowly pressed her nose to his shoulder gently. but she stopped after her ears flicked straight up and she turned carefully. do you hear that?[/color] she asked softly.[/size][/blockquote][/blockquote]

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Sparrowkit

Where am I?

His mother set he and his siblings down, and side by side you could really start to tell the differences in their size. Sparrow was for sure the largest of the three, muscles clearly rippling below his pelt. The warming smell and sound of his mother faded away, and instead of doing what a normal kit would do; stay there and mewl confusedly, he stood up and shook the dirt from his pelt. He was smart.

"Did she leave us.. forever?" He mewed half to himself, half to his siblings. The smell of fox was strong, but he could tell it was stale enough that the fowl beast didn't lurk in this den anymore. He huffed, ears flicking. "I hope she comes back."

Patchfur

Something lurking in the shadows...

His eyes widened when she confessed feelings for him, and even wider when she sat next to him. He curled his tail with hers, affectionately licking her cheek. When the words of a noise rolled off her tongue, he lifted his sensitive nose and took a sniff. "I smell something too." He detected the scent of Flutterstar too, but instead of thinking it was the strange cat, he mistook it to be Flutterstar herself. Even if Flutterstar wasn't here he wouldn't guess it would ever be the cat, just the wonderful smell of his love lingering in his nostrils.

He stood up, unsheathing his claws. "Whatever it is, it shouldn't come into our territory." His eyes shone with anger. This thing had ruined he and Flutterstar's moment, and might hurt Flutterstar. His tail lashed angrily. "Don't come any closer!" He called out, feeling as if he was calling to himself. His voice echoed around, and his sighs heaved.

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xx. the breeze carried multiple scents; but the only a few of those scents made the leader of shadowclan rise to her paws the way she did. there are kits... and a fox!

[/color] she paused, her muscles bunching as she leaped to her paws. but she paused again; her muscles became rigid and tense as a low growl sounded from the she-cat. her past began to show. and my mother.[/color] her last statement was much softer than the first two had been, and now the leader had lunged herself into the forest; heading straight into the forest. she didn't know what made her want to help those kits... or find her mother. flutterstar had vowed to herself that once she found her mother; she would kill her. her mother had cursed her with this life, and she was about to curse another litter. she stopped, freezing in the middle of the undergrowth. she flipped over her body own body as her hind legs flipped and slammed into the ground. with a groan of pain and surprise at what she had just done, she rose to her paws again. they are my family?[/color] she wondered. she knew what she would have to look for, the green eyes. the distinct shade of green was the only thing that made her family easy to find. [/size][/blockquote][/blockquote]