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Post by Reed on Feb 23, 2012 13:06:37 GMT -5
Myriads of sights and scents that Secret had never before experienced flooded his senses as he wandered further and further away from his home camp. He wasn't allowed out this far. He wasn't allowed outside at all, being as young as he was. He had to sneak away, and he was pleased with himself for being able to do so. Usually, his clanmates caught him before he moved so much as three foxlengths away from the nursery. Now...
...now...
...he didn't even know where he was.
That thought passed through his mind as he walked and he stopped and looked back. The twoleg nest was gone, replaced by so many different kinds of trees. He knew he should be worried, but instead he was excited.
He had never been this far from home before.
He continued on his way, stopping only when the scents of many cats flooded his nostrils. Cats he didn't recognize, at that. Was this another clan territory? Was there a twoleg nest camp there, too? He looked around, wondering if he should continue forward.
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Post by theassasindinosaur on Feb 23, 2012 13:30:43 GMT -5
Viperstar decided to take a walk around Shadowclan territory as she felt like something was wrong but didn't know what. It frustrated the black and gray cat so much that it caused her to pace around the camp like mad until Stormfeather finally suggested to take a walk around the territory.
After a few moments of anxious walking Viperstar stopped and checked the air as a wind started ruffling her black pelt. The taste of pine, lizards, frogs and other prey animals hit her tongue but there was also a faint taste of something familiar that made the she-cat panic.
"What could it be!?" Viperstar meowed to herself.
Suddenly, she recognized the scent and her eyes slowly started to widen in surprise, worry and fear.
"Oh great Starclan..." she murmured, desperately trying to find the source of the familiar scent.
It took awhile but Viperstar found the source, just on the edge of Shadowclan territory, looking around with a thoughtful expression on his face. It was Secret. Viperstar and Mongoose's only kit!
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Post by Reed on Feb 23, 2012 13:58:46 GMT -5
He had just made up his mind to continue on when movement caught his attention. He focused on the moving thing, which ended up being a cat -an adult she-cat that looked vaguely familiar. He couldn't place where he had seen her, and it made no sense that he should know who she was since he was so far from camp.
Then he got a good look at her.
Mom?
He was in trouble, wasn't he? Surely, she would tell his father he had been out here...
"Hi!" He greeted her with a purr. Maybe if he was well-behaved and cute enough, he could escape punishment, or at least avoid the full extent of it. Besides, he didn't get to see his mother as often as he'd like. This would be a good chance to spend time with her, if she was willing. "I found you!"
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Post by theassasindinosaur on Feb 24, 2012 13:50:53 GMT -5
Viperstar, almost at once, ran to her kit and covered his body in rough, affectionate licks,
"Secret..." Viperstar purred loudly and buried her muzzle in her son's fur "Are you okay? Not hurt anywhere, no one attacked you right? Why're you away from the house? Did something happen?"
The large she-cat had to admit she was panicking slightly but who wouldn't be if they found their kit so far away from the protection of home?
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Post by Reed on Feb 27, 2012 13:25:15 GMT -5
"Ack!" He mewed in protest at the sudden, strong display of affection. He didn't fight to get away, however. In truth, he enjoyed it...but StarClan help him if he actually admitted to something like that. He was going to become a great and powerful warrior someday, so he had to at least make an attempt at acting the part, right?
"I'm fine. No one even knows I'm out of the nursery," he boasted. "Nothing's happened. I just wanted to explore a little..." He looked back, unable to see the house now. "I guess I went further than I expected..." And he wasn't entirely sure how he was going to get back, but that didn't faze him yet. He'd figure it out...eventually.
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Post by theassasindinosaur on Feb 28, 2012 11:48:23 GMT -5
"Oh my dearest, brave kit! What were you thinking, leaving the house all by yourself? Mongoose will be worried sick!" Viperstar purred and wrapped her tail around her son "Don't worry. I'll make sure you'll get back home safely. Now, what do you want to do?"
The Shadowclan leader was currently on her free time so she was absolutely willing to give Secret all of her attention until he had to go home. Even if she wasn't Snakey would still be more than willing to face whatever consequences that might arise just to spend time with her kit. They haven't spent much time together anyway.
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Post by Reed on Mar 3, 2012 22:04:04 GMT -5
"But I'm okay," he protested. "No one harms kits, right? And I didn't smell any foxes or badgers or anything." Except for the very stale scent of fox in his home territory, but those animals were long gone, so they were nothing to worry about.
She assured him she'd get him home safely, so that was one less thing to worry about. And he wasn't in trouble. At least, not yet. Another thing not to worry about. He knew it should really bother im to be on a different clan's territory, but this was his mother's land. That meant he was allowed, didn't it?
Then she asked what he wanted to do. That...was a good question. What did he want to do? Well...explore, but he somehow felt that would be the wrong answer. So...what could he answer with?
"I want to hunt!" he answered after a moment of thought, dropping into his best - though imperfect - imitation of a hunter's crouch.
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