by Hopeflower » Thu Jul 19, 2007 7:25 pm
"I...I'm sure," she murmured. Steeltalon nodded to Greeneye, acknowledging the rex's presence. She was a bit nervous about telling him as well, but she decided to start. "You know by now that Riptide's pack killed my family. What you don't know is that I was only a hatchling at the time, so I couldn't do anything to help. My brother, Tigerstripe, was the first to be killed...his throat was slashed by Riptide himself. When I tried to help, I got this." She gestured to the scar and continued, "I blacked out...and when I woke up..." Steeltalon trembled, fighting back a scream of sorrow. "They were dead...every last one of them. I ran from the sight...not wanting to believe it. When I found their nests..." She shook her head. "I did something I'll never forgive myself for. Every hatchling that was there...I killed. When the pack hunted me down a few weeks after that...I killed seven of them." She turned her head, watching the setting sun. "And they found me again, a year after that. I snapped, killing three more of them and...and young rexes and spinos as well. Finally I attacked an adult spino and thought for sure I was going to die...when it clawed me, I finally returned to my senses and ran until I wound up here...I'd been wandering ever since, until I met Fatalis. And Sandstorm's pack, of course." She nodded at Sandstorm and Shadowleaf, thanking them silently. "I settled down here...and I've been here ever since." Steeltalon sighed when she was done, waiting for the shouts of disbelief to start.
Silver and Raven were silent, their eyes wide with shock. Not even they believed that Steeltalon could be such a...a cold-blooded murderer.
"Gotta have a little sadness once in a while so you know when the good times come."
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