A Cry For Help... (anyone)

[**Liz**]

A small she-kit wandered alone in the forest, her tail held only slightly above the leaf covering.
" Huh...stupid camp, stupid apprentices, fox-brained warriors..." She growled under her breath, walking aimlessly among the trees. " I don't need any of them!"
The dark kit, closing quickly in on her sixth moon, stalked for quite some time before needing a rest. She lay down under a tree, her paws tucked beneath her so it looked as if she were missing her legs.
She closed her eyes a moment in the sunlight, and when she opened them again, it was dark.
Suddenly she sat up bolt right, little eyes wide with fear. The forest was a different place at night. She whimpered in fear, thinking she knew which way she had come.
" Oh no...Starclan help me..."
Racing for her life, Doomkit knew that if she wasn't found soon, she was about to be crow food.

[D.e.a.t.h]

.^.Natsuhiboshi, why are you so sad?
Because I had a sad dream last night..^.

"Wait up dad""Come on Sasha don't fall to far behind" A dark tom turned back and grinned. The small kitten trundled after him and panted. "A little farther dear". The small black kitten fell down. The large black tom came and picked up his daughter and carried her humming as he went. The past through a clearing and the he dropped her and she looked up above her there was a beautiful flower and it had bright orange petals that when t out into a red. She giggled and her dad pushed her forward playful."hey she squeaked just then something moved and her dad went stiff. The air tensed and the kit backed toward her father hiding behind his front feet. The creature revealed itself a vixen. The fox growled and jumped clashing with her father in an instance and they both flew entangled. "Oh no...Starclan help me.

Deathstars eyes flew open and she snapped her head around imedeatly tense. The words broke through her dream so close to her own. She was in the forest she realized she fell asleep in the forest. Darkness surrounded the place and the tree had there earieness about them but all she felt was a hollowness reopened by her dream.
She followed the voice silently and did not speak a word. She found the kit and her dark eyes looked down sadness unhidden. She did not speak because she had no words to say.

.^.My eyes are red, from the tears I shed,
Swollen as I cried..^.

[**Liz**]

Doomkit looked up in surprise, and dismay.
At first she was relieved. Then she saw who it was. Her heart almost stopped, her ears drooped. She was extremely scared still, and sat shivering, but met her leaders eyes evenly.
" D-Deathstar...I..." She couldn't explain why she was out to her! She just wouldn't understand. " I was going to be back before sunset, honest!"
She felt strangely safe, though, knowing she was with the clan leader. She hung her head in shame anyway, sighing. Doomkit sat dripping in her own misery.
" Deathstar...just leave me, I deserve it..."

[D.e.a.t.h]

.^.Natsuhiboshi, why've you lost your way?
I'm searching for a child whose gone afar..^.

Deathstar watched the kit through almost unseeing eyes. The word she spook rang in her ears but she snapped out of her trance when the kit said "Just leave me". She sighed and looked around finally trying to fit the pieces together. She then looked back at the forlorn kit. "You know I cant do that " she murmured her voice sounding strange to her own ears. "I can not leave a kit behind because it is law and I will never abandon my own" her voice was soft but harsh. Her eye's had hardened and had become unreadable. "It does not matter if you wished to return at sunset you are not supposed to be out here in the first place, what if somethign happened to you there are plenty of badgers and foxes that would pick you for a meal over a mouse" Her voice held no hint of worrie just hardness."Come we must get back to camp, you must promise me never to leave camp until you are an apprentice. "

.^.He can't be found though I searched all day,
My sad dreams come once more..^.

[**Liz**]

Doomkit crouched down, shivering.
" Deathstar, don't you think I know that?" Sighing shakily, she crouched lower. " Look, I am pretty sure no one cares if I come home, or not." The moon lit the little clearing and the stars shone brightly over head. An owl hooted, landing in a tree a little bit away from them. Doomkit curled her tail around her, looking nervously up at the bird.
" So just leave."

[D.e.a.t.h]

Deathstar was becomeing impatient she looked at the kit. "I care you furball" she said softly. Her eyes looked at the owl and she growled. She ignored the stars completely not really feeling there warmth. "Have you come out here to give others grief just because you are selfish the fact that you and you foster mother fight does not mean she does not love you". Then she growled "do not tell me you truly wish to die ". Her claws where out because she was weary spending so much time in there darkened forest was unnerving. "Pull yourself together Doomkit, the only way to have someone care about you ,you better care about them If you wish people to love you than love them". She sat down "Do not be blinded by your own feeling to think other out there have no love for you ". She then growled again "if you refuse to return to camp I shall take you myself ".

[**Liz**]

Doomkit felt taken aback. She opened her pink mouth as if to say something, then closed it again, then opened it once more, and closed it again.
She couldn't believe that anyone loved her, but a flickering light of hope told her it was possible.
She hung her head, " No, Deathstar....I don't think I really want to die." Her dark eyes were thoughtful, and it was as if she were going through a major transformation. " I know it doesn't mean she doesn't love me..." She was talking about her 'mother', " But...I don't think she loves me as much. I'm not hers. It's a different kind of love, Deathstar." Doomkit's voice was soft and understanding.
She nodded slowly.
" Deathstar, I know you care. You have to, you're my clan leader! If you didn't you'd be a pretty crummy one." Doomkit sighed. "I'll come home..."
Doomkit, feeling slightly better, purred.
" Thanks Deathstar. I promise, when I become an apprentice I'll work the hardest, and I'll be the best warrior ever."

[D.e.a.t.h]

Deathstar sighed as though a great wight was lifted from her shoulders. She smiled and said " Yes it is different but it is love all the same". She was glad that the kit did not wish to end her life or Deathstar would be pressed into a hard matter she was not sure how to deal with. She smiled at the small kitten. "good because shadowclan needs your strength". She began to walk slowly almost treading through the forest. "Come we must get you home". She smiled once again.

-tis short, sorry

[**Liz**]

Doomkit felt sad still anyways, her little transformation having faded away a bit. It didn't change the fact she was still only a kit...still alone, still relatively unloved.
But her leader gave her strength as they walked, Doomkit leaning up against Deathstars shoulder, she felt a certain cold numbness at the back of her mind. She'd still be miserable, yes, but do her best as a warrior and ,until she finds some one she can talk to, will suppress these stupid feelings and just get on with her life.
She found herself not being able to wait to become apprenticed, and wondered who her mentor would be. A slew of names popped into her head, but she could not imagine who it would be.
She looked up to her leader, at this accomplished warrior, and felt ashamed of herself.
But she couldn't wait until she became apprenticed.

[D.e.a.t.h]

Deathstar looked down in surprised then her eyes warmed to see Doomkit lean on her. She looked up Shadowclan was a place of broken souls right and left she tried to heal and fix them. She had to pull them together she must. Looking up she hoped the past leader was proud of her. Did she look so unbreakable to others? because she was plenty breakable maybe she hid it well. She pushed the thoughts away and just walked steadily home. Doomkit will be a great warrior if she put her heart into it.

-End of thread?

[**Liz**]

yeah