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Post by Lightstar on Apr 13, 2007 20:33:23 GMT -5
Janna rused into a marshy area. She yowled as she got the gooy gunk on her neatly kept paws. She wriggled her toes. She shivered at the feeling. Janna sniffed around. There were deffinetly other unfamilier cats around. She thought for a moment, Was it Riverclan, or Shadowclan Alabaster had told her about that had the marshes?
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Post by Rowanstar on Apr 14, 2007 12:00:15 GMT -5
Rowanstar let out a fierce growl as he lept into the air. His long claws hooked into the long wing of a blackbird, and he yanked it from the sky and under his crushing weight. He delivered the killing bite, then spat out a few feathers. He flicked the bird into a hole he had dug earlier, satisfied. A few tail lengths behind him, his sister, Dawncloud sat watching. "Rowanstar," she meowed tentaively, "We should head back to camp. You've caught enough prey." Rowanstar's lip curled and he whirled on his sister. "Yes, Dawncloud," he hissed, his voice unusually calm, "But you have barely caught anything. Come now, dear sister. Act like the warrior you were born to be. Dawncloud lowered her gaze from the amber stare of her brother. For her whole life she had lived in his shadow, and he had never thought much of her. She hated it. Raising her chin she meowed defiantly, "My apologies, oh great leader." She stood up and brushed past him, being sure to ram her shoulder into his. Fuming, Rowanstar growled and trotted after her. The two siblings continued to quarrel and argue, when suddenly Rowanstar stood perfectly still. Dawncloud jumped from his abrupt stop. She gazed at him with an exagerated expression on her face. "What is it--" But she was cut off by Rowanstar shushing her. His nose twitched and his ears swivled back and forth. "There's someone out here." His voice was a deep growl. Dawncloud didn't take him seriously. "Of course there is, mousebrain!" she meowed, "This is ShadowClan territory. I don't know if you've noticed, but there are other cats--" She was cut off again. "Will you keep your voice down?" Rowanstar growled at her, then crouched low. He crawled forward, ears flattened. Sighing, Dawncloud followed suit and krept after him. Then she heard it too. Footsteps in the mud up ahead. She smelled the sweet scent of kittypet. A hiss escaped her jaws. Concealed by a clump of ferns, the two siblings looked through the green fronds to see a fluffy grey she-cat squishing her paws around in the mud. Roawnstar let out a growl. He bared his teeth and his long claws scraped small grooves in the ground. Wanting to scare the kittypet, Dawncloud hissed loudly.
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Post by Lightstar on Apr 14, 2007 15:37:25 GMT -5
Janna's already fluffy fur fluffed up even more. She had herd two vicious hisses. She looked around, her heart thundering in her cheast. 'Maybe I should of I gotten rid of my scent...' she thought. "H-hello?" She mewed, looking around, "Are there any clan cats here?" She looked around, waiting for a reply.
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Post by Rowanstar on Apr 14, 2007 15:45:09 GMT -5
Dawncloud looked suspiciously at her brother as if to say, 'How does she know about the Clans?' Rowanstar shrugged, then turned back to the she-cat. He rose up, let out a fierce battle cry and lept from his hiding place and at the kittypet, his clawed paws outstretched. Dawncloud lept out after him, but did not attack. She circled the kittypet, cutting off her escape routes.
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Post by Lightstar on Apr 14, 2007 15:52:25 GMT -5
Janna hissed in surprise. She leapt out of the way of the powerful looking toms claws and ran into the other cat. She shrank back, her ears low to her head. 'If you ever encounter a clan cat and they attack,' Alabaster had said, 'Don't be submisive. Show them that you're strong.' Janna crouched down and pounced at the tom.
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Post by Rowanstar on Apr 14, 2007 16:01:09 GMT -5
Rowanstar flew past the quick she-cat and went into the undergrowth. He cursed, got to his paws and prepared to re-attack, when he saw the kittypet leaping at him. Dawncloud siezed this as her chance. She hissed and lept from where she stood, barreling into the other she-cat. For a moment, they stayed in the air, then went hurtling off into the undergrowth. "What are you doing here?" Dawncloud hissed once she regained her balance. Rowanstar padded up beside his sister. "Get off our territory, fox dung!" He swiped at the intruder's face with his claws.
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Post by Lightstar on Apr 14, 2007 16:04:42 GMT -5
Jannaducked, avoiding the toms claws. "I-" A large white pile of fure barreled into the fight. "Alalbaster!" The white tom hissed at the other two cats, protecting Janna. "I can take care of myself!" She hissed to him, "Shush!" Whispered Alalbaster, "Shadowclan." He mewed, addressing the cats, "I'm Alabaster, a loner." 'Shadowclan!' Thought Janna. She shrank back in fear.
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Post by Rowanstar on Apr 14, 2007 17:00:05 GMT -5
Rowanstar growled fiercly at the new arrival. "Both of you," he hissed, "Get off my territory!" Dawncloud touched her tail tip to Rowansar's shoulder. "What are you doing here?" Her voice was firm, yet calm and demanding. If these cats were just passing through, there was no reason to kill them, as Rowanstar expected to do.
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Post by Lightstar on Apr 14, 2007 17:03:52 GMT -5
Janna pushed Alabaster out of her way. She stood up straight, her gray pelt bristeling. "I'm Janna." She meowd, holding the toms gaze. "i came her ebecause I didn't prefer the life of a kittypet. I wanted to be a clan cat." She felt her legs knock in nervousnes. This cat seemed so vicious! She was scared of what he might do next.
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Post by Rowanstar on Apr 14, 2007 17:09:58 GMT -5
Rowanstar hissed again. "I don't care who you are! Did you just think that you could come onto my teeritory and join my Clan?" He was trying to resist the urge to claw this cat's ears off. But Dawncloud remained calm. "Hello, Janna," she meowed, "My name is Dawncloud, and this furball is my brother, Rowanstar. He is leader of ShadowClan." Rowanstar snapped his jaws shut about a whisker's length away from Dawncloud's ear. "You be quiet. This is my territory, and these fleabags are intruding!" He took a step closer to the one named Janna. "Get off my territory, or I will kill you." He spat out the last four words with a fierce intensity.
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Post by Lightstar on Apr 14, 2007 17:13:53 GMT -5
Janna hissed quietly in hessitant fear, "I'm not leaving! I can't go back to the twolegs!" She unsheathed her claws, ready in case the cat leapt at her. She kept her eyes on the clan leader, she felt she didn't have to fear Dawncloud, who seemed like a reasonible cat. "I've always wanted to join the clans! I've practiced fighting Alabaster and everything!"
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Post by Rowanstar on Apr 14, 2007 17:25:17 GMT -5
Rowanstar hissed again, this time in mock fear. "Oh, fighting a loner! I'm sure that's higtened your skills." He glared at the kittypet. "Fighting a crow-food eating loner isn't the same as fighting in a Clan. We are much more fierce, and much stronger. We have codes, beliefs and styles that a kittypet like you could never understand." He raised his in arrogance. Dawncloud sighed. "What my brother means is that we have ways that a kittypet wouldn't be used to. You've grown in the soft comfort of Twolegs, and the life of a Clan cat is very different to the life you're accustomed to." She looked at Janna with sympathy. "You wouldn't last very long out here, young one. We Clan cats are fierce, like Rowanstar said. Though cats like me would accept you, other would shun you, or even try to kil you." She shook her head. "Is that the life you want?" Dawncloud was truly considering allowing this cat to join ShadowClan, but Rowanstar would just as soon bite his own tail off than let a kittypet join ShadowClan.
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Post by Lightstar on Apr 14, 2007 17:37:56 GMT -5
"Yes!" mewed Janna. "And Alabaster doesn't eat crow-food!" when Rowanstar had insulted her friend, he had crossed the line. She stepped up to the clan leader, her eyes narrowed, "I've herd of your traditions and belifes! I look to Starclan in Silverpelt every night! Alabaster has been teaching me the ways of theclans since I was a kit! And if you don't think I'm worthy," Her voice rose to a yowel, "Then maybe i should fight you!"
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Post by Rowanstar on Apr 14, 2007 17:52:52 GMT -5
Rowanstar laughed. "You can't fight me." Dawncloud heaved another sigh of exasperation. "I think that's a great idea." She looked over at Rowanstar, her eyes challenging and demanding. "You're not scared, are you?" Rowanstar growled at her. "How dare you suggest that I'd be frightened by a..." He looked at Janna in disgust. "A kittypet." He raised his chin. "Very well, fox dung. I will fight you. If you win, I will let you come to my Clan. But if I win," He stepped close to her so that their noses were almost touching. "I will kill you." He padded away slightly then added, "If you do, by some weird twist of fate, happen to beat me, I will allow you into my camp for one moon. If you find that you can pull the life of a Clan cat, off you may stay. If not..." He let his sentence trail off as he chuckled maliciously.
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Post by Lightstar on Apr 14, 2007 17:58:51 GMT -5
Alabaster ran up to Janna knocking her aside, "Are you mousebrained!?" He hissed, "You can't beat a clan leader!" "I can try!" Replied Janna. She had shivered when Rowanstar said he would kill her if she lost. Alabaster sighed, "Well....it's your deathwish." He nuzzled her sadly, "Good luck." He mewed, "Remember what i thought you." Janna nodded. She faced Rowanstar, her stomach turning around inside of her.
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