by Hopeflower » Sun Feb 14, 2010 11:14 pm
As Swift reached a branch low enough where he could hear what was being said without straining, he realized this was going to be an awkward situation. Wait - I know them, he thought, his eyes widening. Fireflower...and Flamesight. And Demontalon, Blazeheart, and Shadowsoul. He looked up at the gray tom, and as he did he caught sight of what he'd missed before. Wings. His heart clenched. So it's Smokestorm. But I don't know the others... He took in a deep breath. Come what may, I'm sick of staying in this tree! Going on courage alone, he climbed down the last few fox-lengths to the ground and braced himself for the attack that might come.
Demontalon turned, hearing a rustling noise, and almost had a heart attack. Bloodspill?! she thought, eyes widening almost comically. Then she blinked and looked again. No. The eye color's wrong, the scars aren't there, and this cat doesn't have wings. And it's a tom. But aside from that, the cat who'd just come down the tree ahead of Smokestorm - who, she now realized, she should've noticed was up there - could've passed for a reincarnation of the battle-scarred she-cat. She was trying to put a name to the face, but somehow it kept slipping away.
"Gotta have a little sadness once in a while so you know when the good times come."
"Talent is a pursued interest. In other words, anything that you're willing to practice, you can do." ~ Bob Ross
"The future is always uncertain and painful but it must be lived." ~ Unknown