Lost (Echosong)

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The sun was shining on Thornfur's back, he found himself enjoying the heat. Even with his heavy thoughts this little thing brought him enjoyment. The clan had become stuffy and almost unbearable for him, he thought he needed a break from the other cats, a walk, or maybe a hunt. He crouched down at the thought. He loved hunting, not on the ground, but he wasn't going to picky. Maybe he would give whatever he caught to Poppypaw? She would like whatever he caught. Lately though even she has become slightly distant from him. It worried him. One of the heaviest things on his mind was her. His niece meant everything to him. What would he do without her? He felt his back legs tense and release on their own command. In his mouth was a small vole.

He set the vole down on the ground. Hunting hadn't helped like he thought it would. His mind was still swimming with his thoughts. He felt everything was breaking away from him. He became lost in his thoughts again.

Tags: Echo

[Echo]

Birdheart gave her long brown and black fur a quick wash before she hobbled out of the camp. Birdheart, due to her disability, needed to get lots of exercise each day to keep her three legs strong. Today, she would hunt by the thorn bushes.

She had bright spirits as she hopped along the trail. When she finally reached her destination, there was another cat there. She didn't know him, but it was a possibility that he knew her because of her difference to everyone else in the clan.

In the crisp silent air, Birdheart let her small voice speak and tear the silence in an abrupt way. "Hello," She meowed.

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Thornfur's head snapped straight up. He could feel his fur bristle. In front of him was a she-cat, he quickly realized it was the one that the others talked about. He had noticed her around the clearing, but never really talked to her. "Hello," he meowed back. He tried to stay calm, and licked his fur back down. He was so lost in his thoughts that he hadn't even smelled her coming. It really angered him that he could be caught off guard so easily. "What are you doing out here alone?" he knew it came out harsher than he wanted to.

[Echo]

"What are you doing out here alone?"

Birdheart was immediately taken aback. She interpreted the words to be rude. The fur on her back bristled with anger."What? Just because I am missing a leg doesn't mean that I am not capable of walking in the territory alone." She spat. Then she sat back down with a look of satisfaction on her face.

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Her answer was full spite. He knew she had every right to answer him that way, but that didn't stop him from getting defensive either. "Look it was just question," he stated. He looked at her. She seemed proud of herself.
He knew he held some respect for the she-cat. She never seemed to want help from anyone. "I didn't mean for it-" He stopped, embarrassed of himself. He never apologized to other cats, why her? 

[Echo]

"I know it was just a question in your mind but to me it seems like you are thinking of me as weaker." She heard Thornfur begin another sentence, but she wasn't really paying attention to what he said. "You know what? How about we hunt it out to see who is the 'weaker' one? " Birdheart suggested.

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A spark of curiosity flowed through him. "Weaker huh?" He asked out loud with amusement. It did seem to be an interesting idea. He looked her in the eyes, "Alright," he meowed, "How about we challenge each other?" Slowly without realizing it Thornfur found he wasn't drowning in his thoughts anymore.

[Echo]

"Alright. I will go in this direction," Birdheart lifted a leg and pointed towards the left, then quickly put her leg down to stay on balance. "And you can go the other way," she continued. Without letting Thornfur say anything more, she stalked off in her direction and searched the air for scent of prey.

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Thornfur watched her walk away, he quickly buried his vole in a nearby bush. He glanced around the area. The prey was plentiful on the ground, but he looked up. The birds in the trees were his choice of prey. With ease he jumped into a tree. In no time Thornfur found himself in the tree tops with a decent sized bird in his jaws and another one hidden within the tree. He moved down the tree, one bird at a time to bury them with the vole he had caught earlier. He could feel his leg muscles ache from all of the jumping he had done. "I wonder?" he asked out loud. He was tempted to look for the Birdheart and see how she was doing.

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OOC: Birdflight is my male Leafclanner xD Also, I don't think any cat could catch that much prey in such a short amount of time.

Birdheart caught scent of two mice having a fight. "Great, two mice that won't be paying attention to surroundings." she thought. Slowly, Birdheart stalked the mice. They seemed to be fighting over a brown nut. One of the mice was pudgy and grey, the other was so skinny you could see it's bones. Birdheart would aim for the pudgy one first. She got up on her haunches and readied her muscles, then pounced and landed right above the pudgy grey creature. It looked up in terror as her paw slashed down and scooped it up to her face, where her sharp teeth bit it in the neck. The scrawny little mouse took the nut and attempted to run away, but Birdheart dropped the other mouse and began chasing the scrawny one. The chase wasn't long as the scrawny mouse was much weaker with less food in it's system. Birdheart slashed it in the neck, killing it instantly. Birdheart proudly placed dust over her two catches and walked off in search of more prey.

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OOC: o_0 oops! I knew that. Fixed it, I'll go hide in embarrassment. Sorry if it was choppy and fast I was rushed I'll try to slow down because I think your right, although it was only two birds since the vole was before they met.

Thornfur thought about taking a peek at his competition. He wanted to go check out Birdheart's hunting. He knew he preferred to hunt alone, did she? Maybe he shouldn't go check. It seemed best not to, besides what would he do if she caught him. All of thoughts started to overwhelm him, he shook him head. He decided it would be best to look for another kill. He had three already, but he didn't think the vole counted.

Hunting on the ground was not as easy as in the trees for him as the prey were smaller and he was better at climbing than stalking. Birds were an easy catch for him. Just as he couldn't seem to caught a break. He scented a mouse, but before he could get close enough the wind shifted. He quickly pounced toward it, but as he released the muscles in his legs the mouse was already scurrying away. He tried to chase after it. He wouldn't let a mouse get the better of him. but just then the mouse ran into a small hole of a tree. It got away.  

[Echo]

Birdheart was wondering what Thornfur had caught so far. She kept on hearing voices in her mind telling her to go see what he had caught. She shook her head and continued on the search fro prey.

A little deeper into the forest, Birdheart found a bird limping on the forest floor. It's wing looked a bit tattered with when she got closer. It would be an easy catch. Slowly she crept up behind it, each paw step making no noise on the forest floor. The bird never noticed until all three of her paws were up in the air and ready to land on it. Birdheart attempted to take her front right paw and smash it's head down, but she ended up clumsily falling while the bird quickly limped away noisily. "Great. JUUUUST great. Now all the prey will no I am here." She hissed under her breath.

Birdheart couldn't give up the chase now, though. The bird couldn't fly, so she could stay on the ground to catch it. What she didn't realize while chasing it was that she had turned right into Thornfur's part of the forest.

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Thornfur left the mouse. There was no way he could catch it now and no use in wasting time on it. He knew chasing the mouse had scared away any other prey in the area. Disappointed Thornfur waited outside the hole the mouse had ran in to, hoping the mouse would come back out soon. After a little while of waiting Thornfur's patients ran out. He could be hunting something else, instead of waiting his time waiting.

He decided to look else where. He moved quietly through the trees and bushes looking for prey. The undergrowth had grown and allowed for him to hid easily within it. He spotted a bird just a head of him, it was hopping around in a panic, flailing its wings trying to lift itself off the ground. Thornfur couldn't help himself. A bird on the ground should be easy to catch, especially one that seemed panicked and injured. He crouched low to the ground. Before he could even take a step toward the bird he caught Birdheart's scent. What was she doing over here, this was his part of forest? Is she after the bird? Figuring this is the only explanation Thornfur waited. The bird continued to hop away, quit fast for an injured bird. Just then he caught sight of Birdheart making her way toward the bird. So I do get to see her hunt, he thought.

[Echo]

Lolloping along after the hurt bird, Birdheart suddenly caught a wave of scent from another cat. 'Thornfur' thought angrily with a hint of interest... or was that happiness? She continued to go after the bird.

With the hope of being able to show off, Birdheart gathered pace and caught up to the flailing bird. She slashed one paw at it and scuffed it in the neck. The bird barely flinched at the move. It moved on with one wish - survival. Birdheart hissed. 'That is embarassing'

The scared animal was using no senses while it ran in fear, so it turned and was moving towards Thornfur. Birdheart turned with it, however she could smell Thronfur. That didn't stop her. She followed it through a bush until she bumped into Thornfur, nose to nose, eyes looking into eyes. That moment then and their made her see how handsome he really was. She smiled flirtatiously.

OOC: sorry to make it so... er... intimate I guess. Birdheart (even though it may or may not say it on her bio ((Too lazy to look)) but she is a huge romantic xD )[/I]

[Icestorm]

OOC: No worries from me! Thornfur might a bit more akward, but he will try

Thornfur watch one as Birdheart went after the bird. It was interesting for him to watch her. He could clearly see the frustration on her face. Just then the bird started toward him. Should I go after it? he wondered. There was no doubt that it was Birdheart's kill, but it was coming toward him.

Before he could make a move Birdheart was right in front of him. "Oh," he exclaimed as their noses touched. Shocked Thornfur didn't move. His eyes locked on her, he couldn't look away. A new feeling washed over him. Suddenly she smiled at him. His tail began to twitch. He could feel himself becoming nervous about their closeness. Should he look away first or say something? He didn't know, he had never been in this kind of situation before. 

Nervously Thornfur smiled back at her, "Hello there," he softly meowed. His voice didn't want to work for him. Hello there? What kind of line was that? He wanted to say something else, but he couldn't think of what to say, and he didn't think his voice would work even if he tried. He still hadn't looked away from her eyes.