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Thank you so much to everyone who participated in this year’s gift exchange! As always, your creations were absolutely wonderful and you never fail to blow me away with your talent and creativity! To find your name in...
Okay, so this post is a little later than what I would’ve wanted, but I’ve had a busy week 😛 I’m also a little tired, so, only one cat pic this time 😛 You’re getting plenty from Cadvent, anyway...
The seventh edition of the Blog Monthly is here – written by Lil, fresh off the printing press Hello, everyone!! The Blog Monthly is back and better than ever! I hope you all love this edition, in my opinion it is one...
Spiritflight and Coralpaw discuss ships from the series.
Fallowpaw defends Appledusk.
Claimed.
Hey Moons, can I have this???
Claimed for my roleplay, Finding the Light! Tell me if you want it back, Moons.
Lazuli crept through the abandoned city. It was dawn, but it was still dark. Being alone in the heart of the city even in the day time is quite dangerous. She had told cats to past on her news about the expedition to the outside world and to meet up at the giant tower at the heart of the city. She was worried and excited at the same time. Will anyone come? she wondered stepping into the building.
Amethyst finally found the building that Slasher told her to meet at. I hope this Lazuli cat is actually there. Amethyst thought. She crept inside the building, aware of the danger, but excited at what she could find. “Lazuli?” Amethyst called
Xael padded through the city reluctantly, not wanting to run into any members of her former gang.She spotted the giant tower and hurried her pace. After entering the cavernous building, they noticed a smaller she-cat waiting there, who was looking quite anxious. Xael quietly analyzed her, concluding that she didn’t look like much of a threat, and decided to walk over to the strange she-cat.
“Hi!” Lazuli squealed jumping up. “I can’t believe you guys actually want to join my expedition! I’m Lazuli.”
“Hi Lazuli!” Amethyst meowed, her nervousness instantly evaporating once she saw Lazuli’s excited face. “My name is Amethyst, but you can call me Amy!” She paused. “I can’t believe that you’re taking us to such an amazing place!”
“Well I’m not taking you there,” Lazuli said, embarrassed. “I’m just um….. trying to find this place.”
Lynx paused at the large doorway of the tall tower, her heart pounding nervously. Shifting her paws, she padded inside cautiously, and mewed softy,”Anyone in here?”
” Hello!!!” Lazuli meowed. “Come in, join us!!!”
“Hi!” Amethyst called. “So, how long until we start searching?”
“We’ll leave soon,” Lazuli declared. “But right now we’ll get to know each other and our powers since we’ll be together in this group for a while. Also maybe rethink. This quest will be fun, but also very dangerous. So like I said, I’m Lazuli and I have air powers.”
Powers? Amethyst thought. “What do you mean?” She asked.
Lazuli concentrated on a small speck of lint and picked it up just a couple inches and quickly dropped it. “Like that,” she said. “Many cats from here have powers. One of the elders who had plant and healing powers helped me discover mine a moons ago and told me that you can have water and ice powers, nature and healing, air and telekinesis, fire and electric and last but not least shadow and dark. “
(I assume because you never said otherwise I have plant and healing powers, if not, disregard this)
Amethyst narrowed her eyes, trying to remember if she had ever experienced something that could be explained by having powers. “I remember once…I ummmmm…had a drink with another cat. That other cat got sick, but I didn’t. Could that be a sign of having powers? Also, there was a sick cat, and some herbs that were almost fully grown but it wouldn’t grow for a while, but when I slept near them they became fully grown the next day. Could those be signs of powers?”
“Oh yes! You probably have plant and healing powers. Its really hard for you to get sick and you can coax a plant to grow faster. I heard that cats with plant powers could spit venom and talk to other animals. Oh imagine talking to rats!! I discovered my power when I fell off one of the shorter twoleg dens and I kinda floated down instead of crashing down. And guess what, cats with air powers can get wings and fly! I think I’ll look weird with wings though…..” Lazuli meowed excitedly. “Am I talking too much? Cats always tell me I talk too much,”
Amethyst shook her head. “Oh course you don’t talk too much!” She meowed happily, overjoyed at the fact she had powers. “This is amazing!” She meowed, jumping into the air with glee. “I can’t believe I have powers!”
Wolfrunner licked her paws, making sure they were sleek and fluffy. She glanced out of the corner of her eye at the building; a dark, drab gray place with almost no comfortable sittting spots. Lazuli was a white she-cat with small, different shades of silver spots, and pretty, for a fact. But she looked harmless; how could she be the one who sounded so convincing? The one with the light gray fur and mane, with gleaming aquamarine eyes, like hers? He looked a lot like he could be her father; after all, she had a splotch of pale gray on her hind leg. The other four, Amethyst, Xael, Lynx, and Terra, were… interesting. Xael and Terra radiated power; just what Wolfrunner didn’t need. Lynx and Amethyst were more to her liking, although Amethyst was similar to Lazuli. She didn’t make a move to go join the chattering cats; she would wait. That was how her life had always been; constructed around patience.
Lazuli grew serious. ” Are you sure you want to come? There can be anything out there. The cats passing by could be lying about this wonderful place. There is a chance you risk going for nothing. But if this paradise is out there, we can change everything. Imagine biting into a piece of prey without worrying about it poisoning you or drinking water that won’t melt your insides. Imagine the ground being green and giant towers of wood we can climb. Water would be clear, the sky a brilliant blue. Stone hills that touch the sky! All kinds of different delicious prey!” Lazuli exclaimed, her eyes shining.
Amethyst nodded. “If there’s even a chance that this place is out there, I’d risk anything to see it.” Amethyst knew she was speaking the truth. “I would rather die out there, with hope and strength, then die here in fear and suffering.”
Lazuli purred. ” Wise words, Amy.”
Amethyst purred back at Lazuli’s praise. “Thank you.” She meowed.
~Terra~
Terra stayed in the shadows, hissing slightly. Her back was arched and her claws unsheathed.
Amethyst looked around, feeling like she heard something, but not being able to know what it was. “Did any of you hear something?” She asked.
Xael turned around, and spotted a she-cat staying hidden in the shadows. “Are you going to stay in there, or are you going to join us?” she asked dryly. Turning back to the others, she mewed, “It’s just a cat.”
Amethyst gasped quietly in relief. “Thank goodness.” She meowed. “I thought it might have been rats.”
Lazuli looked over at the cat. It was a little difficult to see the cat. She squinted, trying to remember if she seen the cat before. “Um… what’s your name?”she asked.
~Terra~
Terra narrowed her eyes, stepping out of the shadows. “Who’s asking?” she snarled, unsheathing her claws and tensing her muscles.
Amethyst instinctively took a couple steps back. “My name is Amethyst.” She meowed hesitantly.
Lazuli gasped, “You’re Terra….” She recognized her from stories elders used to tell her when she was a kit. They told her that Terra killed for fun and ate kits with a side of rat bile. Those are just rumors and stories, she told herself. ” Oh I heard about you before,” she meowed, forcing a purr. ” I’m Lazuli um…..It’s a nice that you want to join us.”
“O-oh she’s…joining us.” Amethyst meowed hesitantly. She gulped, knowing she should judge this cat before getting to know her. “H-hi. It’s Terra, right?”
~Terra~
Terra rolled her eyes, and sheathed her claws. “Be thankful I’m not hungry today. I already had a rabbit, or two.” She glanced at her bloodstained paws. “But five of them died.”
“I am Terra, yes.” She spat her name. “And you are?”
“Ummmm…my name is Amethyst, but i-if you want you can call me Amy.” She meowed, still terrified, glancing at Terra’s bloodstained paws and shifting closer to Lazuli.
“I’m Lazuli,” Lazuli said, confidently. “I’m the one who came up with this idea. And the cat who asked was Amethyst. If I remember correctly she told you her name a couple seconds ago. Also you shouldn’t be wasting prey. Rabbits are hard to come by these days.” Lazuli paused, realizing what she just said. Oh Lazuli, can’t you just shut your big mouth, do you really want to be killed, she told herself, silently panicking.
Amethyst glanced at Lazuli, amazed at how she could talk so confidently to such a terrifying cat. I’ll have to be that brave if I want to pull my weight on the journey. Amethyst realized.
(Oh wow time to roleplay for my first time in ages 😛 )
Ty wondered in quietly, not wanting to draw to much attention to himself or wanting to interrupt what seemed like quite an awkward situation. He sat down behind the group of cats and watched with intrigue
~Terra~
Terra stared at Lazuli for a moment, then gave an amused grunt. “You’re brave, I’ll give you that.”
She started washing the red liquid off of her paws.
Lazuli just stood there eyes wide. ” Oh my,” she whispered. She looked around, not knowing what to say. She spotted a new cat. It was a ginger tom. “Hey,” she meowed, padding over, “Are you joining the expedition?”
Amethyst looked at the ginger tom Lazuli was walking over to and felt happy that there would be another cat coming on the journey-if he was-that wasn’t terrifying. “Hello!” She meowed.
“We should get going now,” Lazuli meowed. “Its almost sunhigh and we need to travel as much as possible before moonrise.” She began padding out the door. “We are going west, where the sun is setting. After we walk a while we will reach a iron bridge. Then will be lots of thunderpaths.”
“I’m ready!” Amethyst meowed, running forward to catch up to Lazuli, passing her, and continuing to run west. “Better future, here we come!”
“Amethyst be careful!” Lazuli called after Amethyst. “We’re still in the city and there are gangs of cats all around. We need to stick together.”
“Oh!” Amethyst meowed, stopping running and skidding on the smooth ground. “Sorry! I was just really excited.” She meowed as she ran back to behind Lazuli.
“Its fine,” Lazuli meowed. “We should hunt on the way to the bridge.”
“Ok!” Amethyst meowed, sniffing the air. “I smell rats, but it smells like there’s a lot of them. It might be dangerous to take them on.” Her thoughts flashed back to her mother giving the news of her father’s death. “We probably shouldn’t go after them.”
” I think we should go for them,” Lazuli meowed. “There might not be any prey after we get out of the city.”
“O-ok…” Amethyst meowed. “But it might be super dangerous….”
~Terra~
“Amethyst’s right,” Terra mewed. “Eating each other sounds much less dangerous.” She looked at the disapproving gazes. “What? It’s true.”
“I-I ummmm…didn’t mean it like that.” Amethyst stammered, terrified. “D-please don’t hurt anyone.”
Lazuli gave Terra a dirty look, but she was a little thankful that Terra convinced Amethyst to hunt. “Come on,” Lazuli meowed. “I smell rats. Hopefully they’re not poisoned.”
“O-ok!” Amethyst meowed, following the rat-scent. Her paws and tail were trembling, but she pushed on, not wanting to be seen as a total coward. “They don’t smell like they’re poisoned…” She meowed.
~Terra~
“The only time rats have been poisoned is that one time millions of moons ago in a place we are not,” put in Terra icily.
(this is an actual event in history 😛 )
(what I meant was that the rats might carry diseases and stuff. I should of put ‘might be poisonous’ not poisoned 😅)
“Yeah, but they still bite,” Lazuli meowed. “Be careful,” She followed the strong scent and stopped when she saw the rats. There were many rats gathered around and on top of a large dead bird, fighting for a bite. “Um….. this looks kind of dangerous…”
~Terra~
“DANGER!” yelled Terra, trying to get their attention. “YOOHOO, RATS! BET YOU CAN’T CATCH ME!”
“Terra!!” Lazuli screeched. “Are you trying to get us kil-” She stopped as the rats turned around and charged at them.
Amethyst looked at the wave of rats running towards the cats. “T-there’s so many.” She meowed. One of them was running towards her while she was frozen in fear, and sank its teeth into her leg. She twisted around and tried to bite it, but she couldn’t reach it, and more were rapidly coming closer.
Lazuli ripped the rat off Amethyst’s leg and hissed at the other rats coming closer. She felt a rat bite her back leg and winced in pain. She shook it off and quickly turned around. “Let’s get out of here!!” Lazuli growled through the rat she was carrying.
~Terra~
“COME CHASE ME!” yelled Terra, and the rats turned to face her. They started running towards her. “Oh, god.” She started racing away from them, and they followed her. “Chase me! I have the most flesh! I’m the biggest! I’ll be the tastiest!” She hissed at the other cats. “Come on! Get them before they get me!”
“What!” Lazuli cried, dropping the rat she was carrying. “We can’t fight them! There’s like a hundred of them!” She swiped at a rat who was getting close and it fell backwards and felt another bite at her ankles.
~Terra~
“THIS IS WHY I LIVE ALONE!” screeched Terra, who was running faster than she’d ever ran before. “I CAN TRUST MYSELF.”
She ran out. The rats didn’t follow her. She sighed to herself. “I’m not going back in there.”
Lazuli glared at Terra. “Thanks a lot. We could of just got away without the rats knowing we were there. But you had to get their attention.” She sighed and half heartedly took a bite of the rat. It was scrawny, but not poisonous. “Also you have to start trusting us since we’ll be together for many seasons.” Lazuli meowed, poking the rat. She looked up and pushed the rat towards Terra. “Here you should have some too.”
(Oh also we weren’t in a building. But I guess we did leave like a city square or something like that.)
Amethyst started running from the rats, sinking her teeth into one and killing it. “I’m sorry I froze up…” Amethyst meowed to Lazuli, her voice muffled by the rat she was carrying. “I’m sorry that you guys had to save me.” She paused. “But now let’s get out of here.” With that she ran away as if her life depended on it. It kinda does. Her mind echoed.
“Its fine,” Lazuli meowed. “We’re out of the city square and we’re safe. You better eat that rat.”
~Terra~
“I was trying to get you all meals,” snapped Terra. “But you didn’t want any, clearly.”
“I-I’m sorry…” Amethyst meowed, dropping the rat in her mouth. “You two should eat this.” She meowed as she pushed the rat to Lazuli and Terra. “I owe you so much more, but it’s the least I could do.”
“Calm down Terra,” Lazuli meowed, sharply. “I’m just saying maybe we could of hunted more stealthy instead of yelling for the rats to kill us. Lazuli turned to Amethyst, “Amethyst, you eat that rat. You don’t owe us anything. Besides, I ate some already and I’m a small cat. I don’t need as much food.”
~Terra~
“Uh huh.” Terra narrowed her eyes. “Stealth can get you far, but not with rats. You hunt one rat, you hunt all of ’em. That’s the way it works.” Terra shook her head. “You eat it, Amethyst. I told about the rabbits I had this morning.”
“Rabbits don’t kill.” Lazuli muttered. “Rabbits are uncommon animals and we shouldn’t kill them.”
Amethyst just sighed. “Ok.” She meowed, taking a bite of the rat. It was disgusting, but she savored the feeling of food on her tongue. “Thank you.” She gasped, after devouring the whole thing.
Amethyst looked over to Terra. “You have it then.” She meowed, pushing the rat to her. “And I saw the rat you ate, that thing barely even had a scrap of meat on it.” She looked over to the rat. “It was my fault we didn’t get more, my fault we had to run. I don’t deserve it. I’m not that hungry anyways.”
Lazuli licked the rat bites on her ankles. “Are any of you hurt?”
Amethyst looked down at the large bite on her leg. “I have a pretty bad bite, but nothing deadly.” She paused for a second. “Anyone got some burdock root?” Her mother’s words echoed in her mind. Burdock root for rat bites. She would never forget that one.
Lazuli couldn’t help but snort. “Do you see any plants or even a spot of green in this cruddy city?” she meowed without thinking. She immediately felt bad. “I’m so sorry! I didn’t mean to insult you.”
“It’s nothing, you’re right.” Amethyst meowed. “I mean, that’s a reason why we’re looking for something better.” She looked at everyone’s wounds. “I just hope nobody’s wound gets infected.”
Lazuli nodded and gestured with her tail. “Come on, I see the bridge. Let’s get out of this city.”
Amethyst nodded and followed Lazuli, her head down
Lazuli walked to the bridge, it was crumbling and made of hard metal. The water at the bottom was orangish and probably dangerous. “Should we walk across the bridge or swim across the bottom?” she asked.
(Here’s a drawing Horsemist made of Lazuli. Its awesome!!! She even put gold streaks in her eyes.)
Amethyst looked down at the orange-tinted water.”The bridge.” Amethyst responded instantly. “Anything but that.” She gestured with her tail towards the water (oooooooohhhh my gggooossshhhh that’s beautiful!)
Lazuli nodded and looked nervously at the crumbling cement. She jumped on and started walking, avoiding the holes.”Careful,” she mumbled trying not to look down.
(Amethyst)
Amethyst walked forward, determined now to show how scared she was. It was a huge struggle to keep her paws from trembling, especially when she accidentally put her paw through a tiny hole in the bridge. It seemed to go on forever, and it seemed to get even longer once she looked down a hole to see the steep drop into the orange-tinted water.
Lazuli took a quick glance over the edge. She squealed and jumped back to the center of the bridge. “Ok this is absolutely horrifying, but don’t you feel something right now just on the crumbling bridge feeling wind hit your pelt. Its kinda awesome….”
(Your roleplay seems so interesting! I just said something on it. Also I’m going to change Lazuli’s fears a lit bit. I’m going take away her being seen as a coward fear and add in being underground
“I don’t think so…” Amethyst trailed off. “The wind just makes me feel off balance…” She shook out her fur as if by doing that she could stop the wind. “I hope nothing bad happens…” She meowed, wishing she could just bound across the bridge.
(awwww thank you! I worked really hard on making it so I’m glad you think it’s interesting!)
“We’re halfway,” Lazuli called. “Hurry up, you’re lagging behind!” She jumped high up over a large hole and floated down. She felt terrified, but in a good way. She liked the feeling of being free. “Amy you can bite my tail if you want.” Lazuli meowed. “If it makes you feel any safer since I can float.”
“I’m good!” Amethyst called, trying to walk faster but still trying to avoid holes. She winced as her paws scraped against the hard surface, but injuries like those never seemed to hurt for long, so she kept going. “I don’t want to drag you down a hole if I fall!” Amethyst joked.
Lazuli stopped, “Um… Amy? There is a large chunk missing here. I’m not sure if we can jump over…” She gestured at the giant hole with her tail.
(Amethyst)
Amethyst paused for a moment. Lazuli was right. “It is…” Amethyst meowed. She looked around. “Will we have to turn back?” She felt herself shiver as she imagined trying to swim through the water below the bridge. “There must be a way to cross this…”
“I can probably pick you up with my powers and set you over there. But there’s a chance I’ll drop you and you will probably die on impact hitting the water.” Lazuli said, thinking out loud.
Luna watched from the shadows trying to think on how she can introduce herself.
“Ummmm…maybe we shouldn’t do that?” Amethyst meowed, after shivering a little. “If there’s a chance anyone could die from it…I don’t want to risk it. Plus, how would you get across? Can you do that to yourself?”
“Probably, but there’s still a small chance I’ll drop myself and die from impact.” Lazuli meowed, matter of fact.
“Hi…I-im Luna.” She stuttered finally
Lazuli gasped and whipped around. There was a cat on the bridge behind her. “Oh um.. hi?” Lazuli spluttered, “I didn’t know you were there…”
“Well I…. Weird question but do yall have powers?”
Luna says
Lazuli looked at the oddly colored cat. “Yes I do.” she meowed. “I’m Lazuli. I’m trying to find a better place for us to live.”
“Hello!” Amethyst meowed to Luna, glad to get a distraction from their problem. “I do have powers! My name’s Amethyst, but you can call me Amy!”
“Its good to meet you and all, but we have to cross this bridge.” Lazuli meowed. “Do you know a way?”
Um… I think if you have nature powers you could call vines to cover up the hole or something like that.
(Amethyst)
“I wish I could.” Amethyst sighed. “But I barely know how to use my powers, and there are no vines to grow. Even if there were it would take far to long to grow them.”
Icicle followed the cats. They seemed harmless. She had to make sure they didn´t hurt her tho. Maybe, she could just follow them to paridise and then take the paridise all for herself and maybe that Ttera girl would be a nice friend. She hid behind an icicle blending her white pelt into some snow on the bridge, she crouched carefully looking down at the orange-tinted water, she could swim, yes, but the water was orange, she wasn´t sure it was safe. She hoped these cats hadn´t seen her, she didn´t like when cats judged her just off of stupid, weak, dumb, Elder’stories. Her stomoch grumbled a bit and she hissed in anoyannce, She froze hoping they hadn´t heard her stomach or hiss.
“Maybe we could go a different way?” Then Luna heard a hiss from the bridge. what was that? whos there? ”H-Hello,anyone there?” She stutters
Icicle watched as a cat flew over a hole. Hmph, probably air powers, She thought. She didn´t answer when a cat stuttered H-h-hello, anyone there
Lazuli glanced down, hearing something. Probably nothing, she thought. “Welp, if there’s no other way, I’ll try to fly over. Wish me luck. I’ll try not to die.” Lazuli clenched her muscles and gritted her teeth. She floated up and drifted over. She dropped herself a little too early and had to use her paws to grab the bridge and pull herself up. “I made it!” Lazuli gasped.
Show off! Icicle thought angrily.
Good job Lazuli. Luna said
“Wow!” Amethyst meowed, her eyes lighting up. “You did so well!” For a moment, she stopped talking, but soon said, “Once you rested, it seems like our only option is for you to carry us over.” She inhaled sharply, to prepare herself for what she was about to say. “Once you’ve rested…could you carry me over?”
“Ok,” Lazuli repiled. “I’ll try not to drop you,” She saw Amethyst’s nervous face and added “Just kidding,” She walked around at the other side a little and turned back to the others. “You ready?”
“hi?”, Irina said, “I was trying to cover it with vines, but you flied over! WOW!!!”
“Thanks,” Lazuli purred and she looked at her paws, nervous. “You probably have to grow some vines quickly if I drop someone though.” she meowed serious. “Who wants to go next?”
I will. Luna said bravely
“Ok,” Lazuli meowed, nervous. She lifted Luna up and started lifting her over.
Amethyst felt as if her heart would stop when Lazuli started lifting Luna over. She trusted Lazuli, but she was terrified as Luna unnaturally hovered over the gap.
Lazuli bought Luna over to the other side and dropped her a little harder than she intended. “I think I’m going to past out,” she muttered, face planting herself on the bridge.
(Amethyst)
“Rest.” She meowed. “I can’t believe that you’re able to do that!” She’d never seen powers being used to that extent before. “When you’re all rested, I’ll go next.” She sat down. “But make sure you rest first.” She meowed again, making sure her point was heard.
“I might drop you,” Lazuli meowed, lifting her face from the ground. She lifted herself from the ground and found a small piece of vine. “Be ready to grow some vines if I do.” She concentrated and lifted Amethyst a little bit. Lazuli started to bring Amy over, but halfway, she felt like her head was going to burst.
I will keep watch. Luna replied
How am I gonna get over? Icicle thought paniking a little. She hissed at the cats again wondering if they smart enough to find her.
Lazuli heard a hiss and jumped, losing concentration and dropping Amethyst.
Icicle chuckled a bit as the air cat dropped the cat she was carrying across. Hmmmm, at least she has ears, Icicle thought gruffly.
(Amethyst)
She was falling. She felt the feeling in her stomach she had only felt twice before. Once when her mother came back with the body of a dead cat, covered in rat bites, and a second time when a sick cat had succumbed to their disease. It was the feeling, that she knew then and now, that she was going to die. Her paw instinctively reached out towards a vine, but no matter what she did, even though she used up energy until she couldn’t feel her paws anymore, it barely grew. I’m going to die. Suddenly, she crashed. I’m sorry. Was her last thought before a darkness engulfed her vision.
(she’s not dead, just knocked out and will be dead if she’s not pulled out)
“Oh fuzz,” Lazuli muttered as she saw Amethyst fall and hit the water. “Is she dead?” She meowed, calmly. Lazuli suddenly snapped out of her half conscious state and jumped up, “Omigoddd,” she yelled. “What do we do? She looked around wildly and saw a white cat by the bridge. “Can you help her!” she meowed, panicking.
Icicle looked at the cat. Was she talking to her??? I think she is talking to me, she thought uncertaintly. “How do you want me to help?” she asked in a challenging tone. Oh crap, I hope this cat doesn’t recognize me from one of those stupid elder stories. They make it sound like I am the worst cat that ever lived,she dug her claws into the ground.
“I don’t know!” Lazuli cried, hysterically. “Do want me to jump into the water after her? Do you want her to drown and die?” Lazuli looked closer at the white cat. “Hey aren’t you that cat who enjoys drinking kit’s blood?” she asked, calm for a second. Just a second later she become nuts again. “Do something unless you want to watch a cat DIE!” Lazuli meowed. “Unless she’s already dead from impact!” She jumped around, not sure what to do. “Just try to get her out of the water!” Lazuli shouted, sane again. Lazuli ran to the other side of the bridge and began walking down to the water.
“Calm down Lazuli,we will get her out of there no matter what. Maybe I can lift the shadows and we can see her”
“That will help!” Lazuli called, nearly down to the water. “I’m not sure where she is!”
Luna lifts the shadows to find Amy.”Does that help?”
“Yes!” Lazuli shouted. She saw Amy, sinking in the water. Lazuli padded in, trying to ignore the putrid smell. She splashed over and grabbed Amy by the scruff. “Luna can you come down and help me?” Lazuli meowed, nearly dropping Amethyst. She began swimming back to shore.
“Yes.” She went down and helped Lazuli. Amethyst was heavy from the water in her pelt.
“Why should I help you?” Icicle snarled. “You know, you two really arn’t the best swimmers,” Icicle snarled looking at the three cats. “You know, if anyone saw you, they would think all three of you were drowning,” Icicle cackled.
(Amethyst)
Amethyst blinked her eyes open. She expected to feel pain, to feel agony. To cough up mouthful upon mouthful of horrible water. But she felt nothing. It was almost worse then feeling pain. Am I dead? She thought. Not yet my precious little gemstone. She heard another voice in her head. She turned around to see a beautiful calico pelt behind her. Mother! She cried with glee, somehow without even saying a word. But that couldn’t be right. How could she see her mother if she wasn’t dead. How am I here? She asked. You’ve had a bad fall, you could have died. Her mother sighed. Look. Amethyst looked down to see Lazuli and Luna helping her out of the water. Then she continued her gaze, and she saw a white cat staring on, doing nothing. She was laughing! Amethyst turned back to her mother. When will I go back? She asked. Soon. Her mother promised, but there was a hint of doubt in her gaze. Will I really be fine? She wondered.
“Thanks a lot white kitty. You are so cool just standing there and doing nothing” Lazuli meowed sarcastically, glaring at Icicle. “Maybe the elders’ stories are true. That you’re just a mean old kitty who likes drinking cat’s blood.” She turned back to Amy and started pressing her chest, trying to get out the water.
“My name’s not white kitty!” Icicle snapped. Icicle glared back at the she-cat. “I know i’m cool but what are you?” Icicle retorted. Icicle snorted in amusment, ” you really are stupid, huh? Who drinks cat’s blood and likes it?” “Plus, if you didn’t even know the cat, would you help them?” “Second, you’re going to need my help to get where your going, you’re all puny.” ” You can thank me later.” “Who do you think you are?” she creamed angrily. “If you don’t want my help, I could always find good territory by myself, or eat all of you,” she snapped joking. She cackled evily and thrashed her tail. “And if you think I am weak, because of my blind eye, you better all think again!”
“I’m Lazuli, maybe I’m stupid, a psychopath like you, yes if someone’s dying, I don’t think i’m puny, again I’m Lazuli, I don’t think you should eat us and I never said you were weak.” Lazuli meowed answering all Icicle’s remarks and questions without looking at her. Lazuli turned around and glared at Icicle, “If you want to join us, you better learn to shut your mouth and treat us with respect. Stop your little tough guy act. If you can’t do that, good luck fending for yourself.” she meowed, calmly.
“Your not cool. You are just standing there like an idiot while our friend is nearly drowning. If you think that’s cool then your the stupid one.” Luna said to Icicle angrily.
Icicle turned to another she-cat. She hissed gruchily. “She’s not my friend!” “And I am way cooler then you!” Icicle spat empathisizing the word way. “You know who’s the stupid one? You!” Icicle snarled. “Now go run back to your mommy little kitty,” Icicle cood. She glared at everyone.
(Man, she is horrible! XD)
“So are joining us?” Lazuli meowed. “I think I can tolerate you.” She smirked, “But I guess a cat who thinks she’s way cooler than I rest of us should be hanging out with other cool cats. You know doing cool stuff like insulting others and saying how cool they are.” Lazuli pressed Amy’s chest again trying to get out water. Lazuli grabbed air from the air and send it into Amy’s mouth. “Now cool cat, are you going to help or are you going to stand around saying your empty threats,”
(Amethyst)
Amethyst felt a sharp pain in her chest and started coughing, and she blinked her eyes open to see Lazuli sending air down her throat. She coughed up water, moving her head to the side so she didn’t cough water onto herself. “Mom?” Amethyst asked, dazed. Soon she came back around and saw the cats standing around her. She tried to get to her paws, but she couldn’t do much other then move her neck around. “Where am I?” She asked.
“I’ll join you,” Icicle said coolly.”I can tolerate you.” She smirked back. “But if your gonna make stupid remarks most cats won’t want to hang around you. There are new cool cats at this dump.” She walked up to the cat who had fallen, sighing. “Name’s Icicle. I’ll help your friend, but only if you let me travel with, BECAUSE I HATE IT HERE!” She walked closer to almost dead cat and Lazuli. She sighed. I wish I could have friends, but no one ever likes me, Mother and Father showed that when they threw me into the lake, pain throbbed in her chest, but she tried to hide. I’ve become cold ever since, haven’t I? But I need to survive, these cats don’t understand what i’ve been thorough, no one ever does. She sighed again, wanting to scream and howl out her pain. She clawed a rock under her angrily.
(Amethyst)
“Who is this?” Amethyst asked, looking at the white cat. She knew who it was, but she wanted to hear it from Lazuli. This is the cat who stood there laughing when I was about to die. That was all she needed to know. How could Lazuli let that cat come with us?
“Icicle,” Lazuli answered. “a.k.a cool cat or white kitty. Hobbies are insulting other cats, hurting other cats and saying that she’s so much cooler than the rest of rest. Though that might be because she’s sad and insecure. And she’s coming with us to find the Light.” Even though she sounded confident, she was worried. What if she hurts us? Lazuli thought. Or kills us in our sleep? Or say she’s cool the whole trip? She looked at the others, “I can tolerate her stinking personality, but do you guys want her to join?”
(Amethyst)
“If you are.” Amethyst narrowed her eyes, trying to look menacing but failing horribly as she was sprawled out on her back. “Can someone help me up?” She asked. “Not sure I can feel my paws.” That was a lie. She could feel them, but she seriously wished she couldn’t it hurt like crazy.
“I can’t” Icicle said more softly, “you don’t want my help, i’ll just stay back here well Lazuli helps you,” Icicle meowed.
“I’ll help you Amy.” Luna said as she started helping her up. “Can I come too? I know we just met,but there is no place for me in the city.”
“Of course, Luna!” Lazuli meowed, brightly. “Thank you for helping us!” She went on Amy’s other side, helping her stand up. “So Icy, you coming? We can use another set of paws,” Lazuli’s voice grew soft. “You can trust us, we won’t hurt you. All you need to do is start trusting us.”
“I’ll come,” she meowed sighing a little. “But, I won’t trust right away, you may earn my trust later.”
“Amy, are you fit to travel?” Lazuli meowed. “Can someone with water powers get this water off out pelts?”
Luna~
“Amy, I can carry you if your not.” Luna said
(everyone can level up btw)
(Amethyst)
After Luna helped her to her paws, she tried walking. Immediately she regretted it, as putting her paw down sent ripples of pain down her. “I can walk.” Amethyst lied through gritted teeth.
“Do you think you can grow some herbs?” Lazuli asked. “There’s some dirt on the side of the road. It might take a while though,”
“I have water and ice powers,” Icicle meowed. “Do you guys have any?”
“Um.. Amy can I look through your fur for seeds?” Lazuli meowed. “There might be herb seeds.” Lazuli turned to Icy, “Can you dry Amy by taking the water out of her pelt?”
(Amethyst)
”Sure.” Amethyst meowed. “I’ll try to plant some.” She limped over to the dirt patch. It hurt terribly, but she tried not to show her pain. It smelled foul but it was better then nothing. She turned around and felt a new instinct she placed her paws on some of the bruises she could reach, and she sent some energy into them. They didn’t go completely, and most of the pain didn’t even come from the bruises, but they faded the slightest bit, and any form of relief was good enough for her.
“How do I do that?” Icicle muttered feeling a bit helpless. She stared at her paws, “no one likes to teach me things, they seem to think i’ll kill them. Also, can we hunt? I’m starving!”
“How would I know.” Amethyst muttered. “And we just hunted.”
“I have plant and healing powers.” Amethyst meowed.
Luna~
“I have shadow powers.” Luna said
“And you probably know that I have air powers since I just flew over a bridge.” Lazuli meowed.
“Have you found anything yet?” Amethyst asked Lazuli.
“Found a seed,” Lazuli meowed. “Not sure what it is though,” She held it in front of Amethyst’s face.
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“Hmm…that might be marigold.” Stripekit meowed
(oops,I mean Luna)
Lazuli placed the seed in the dirt and covered it up.
”Yup, that’s Marigold.” Amethyst confirmed. “Good for stopping infection.” Amethyst went to where Lazuli planted the marigold seed and started sending energy into it. “It would be nice if we could find some dandelion or something…” She mumbled.
~Luna
“I’ll go look for one. Icy Kitty,wanna come with me?” She replied
“It’s far to dangerous. We can’t just be splitting up.” Amethyst meowed immediately. “Besides, it’s not that important.”
“Sure,” she said. “I’ll come with you Luna, we’ll be fine Amy.”
Lazuli studied Amethyst’s bruises where she hit the water. “It doesn’t look that bad,” she mumbled.
“It’s a lot more then just bruises.” Amethyst meowed, gritting her teeth against another wave of pain. “I can’t be sure, but I think I might have broken something in the fall.”
“Oh fuzz,” Lazuli muttered. “It was my fault for dropping you.”
“It’s fine.” Amethyst meowed. No it’s not. Her mind hissed back. She saw a tiny sprout of the the marigold sprout poke out of the ground.
“Its not!” Lazuli cried out. “You could’ve died!” Lazuli rolled on her back, “The second we get out of the city, this happens!”
Luna~
There was an weird silence between Icicle and herself. She didn’t really know how to start a conversation. “ So um… what can you do with you’re powers?” She finally said.
Amethyst shrugged, ignoring Lazuli so she wouldn’t accidentally say something bad, and turned to Icicle. She really wished she didn’t shrug, though, because it sent waves of pain down herself. “I can heal things-barely, and I should be able to grow plants faster.” She glared at the still-hanging vines dangling from the bridge. “We’ve seen how well that works.”
“I should be able to fly and levitate things, but I guess I kinda suck at it,” Lazuli meowed, glumly.
“Uhhhhh….” said Icicle, “I don’t really know. Do any of you know anything about ice and water powers?”
“You can swim good,” Lazuli meowed, “Which could of been helpful when Amy was drowning,”
“Sorry about that,” she mumbled, gloomily staring down at her paws.
Luna~
“It’s fine. All that matters is that Amy is ok now.” She replied
“Are you sure she’s okay?” Lazuli meowed, glumly.
(Amethyst)
“I’m fine.” Amethyst hissed, lashing her tail to prove it even though just moving it hurt like fire. I can’t show weakness in front of that cat. She thought as her gaze drifted to Icicle.
I don’t think she, she looked Amethyst smugly. she scowled angrily, like me much, but I really don’t care! She laughed evily, not relising she did it outloud. The other’s seem okay, maybe even we could become friends…..was that too much to ask???
“Why did you laugh?” Lazuli asked, “Is it the voices in your head telling jokes?”
(Amethyst)
“Are you sure we can trust her?” Amethyst whispered to Lazuli. “I know I said she could come along, but I think we should keep an eye on her.” Amethyst cleared her throat. “I think it’s time we get moving again.” She meowed, looking over to Lazuli, them to the others. “What do you think?”
Lazuli shrugged, “She seems um…nice? No, I’m lying. She’s I guess smart and can provide good ideas. I don’t think she will kill us in our sleep.”
Luna~
“I wonder where Wynn is. I hope he is safe and warm.” Luna mumbled to herself. The thought of him made her homesick. But she is a loner now, or she was a loner. Now she has these cats that can hopefully become friends.
“Who’s Wynn?” Lazuli asked.
Luna~
“Wynn is my brother. He taught me how to control my powers.”
“Oh,”Lazuli meowed quietly. “Do you miss him?”
“I mean she must.” Amethyst meowed softly. Amethyst could hear the homesickness in her voice, and, swallowing her pain, she walked over and gave Luna a swift lick on the ear before going back and continuing to grow the plant.
“Yah,” Lazuli repiled.
Luna~
“I do,but I had to leave him.” She answered Lazuli.
“Maybe you’ll see him again.” Amethyst meowed softly. She desperately wished she still had family to see. The thought of her mother made her heart ache. “I’m sure you will.”
Luna~
“Maybe,but now I have you and Lazuli and Icicle!” She exclaimed
Claimed!