We meet again (Icestorm)

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OOC: this will start in the clan then they will leave the clan to go do... something I guess!

Tags: Icestorm

It was a warm and sunny day. Light shined through the trees casting it's bright beams onto the pelts of all the cats in the clan. Birdheart was basking in the sun with nothing to do. She was day dreaming about old memories, but none were super interesting. That word though - 'interesting'. It dangled in her mind. 'Why does this remind me of someone?'

Three and a half weeks had passed since the last time Birdheart had a good conversation with her new found friend, Thornfur. That was what the word interesting had reminded her of. His presence was interesting to her. She felt some type of mysterious power, like a magnet, that attracted him to her. He was a handsome and sweet, yet quite shy and awkward. She liked every bit of that. last time they were together they had a good laugh while having a hunt off. It ended up with them touching noses. Birdheart chuckled softly at that memory. "Well, I have nothing to do." She affirmed herself under her breath. "So why not go see where he is?" She then stood up on her three legs and staggered off in search of her close friend.

The first place she thought to check was the warriors den. "Thornfur?" She called in quietly. 

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Thornfur was grooming himself in the warriors' den. All of the other warriors were out hunting, or sharing tongue in the clearing so it was fairly empty. He let his thoughts wonder again. He often did it, which lead to others finding him distant and odd. His thoughts led to him to Birdheart. It had been an odd encounter for him. He found her interesting, she naturally brought out his soft side. It made him nervous.

"Thornfur?"

He looked up to the quiet voice. There she was as if answering his thoughts. "Hello," he meowed to Birdheart. He got up and walked over to her near the entrance.

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"It's been a while! We should do something, seeing that neither of us have anything to do at the moment." Birdheart suggested. She walked away from the den entrance and closer to the entrance to the clan, then sat down. "What should we do?" she asked thoughtfully.

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Thornfur followed her to the entrance of the clearing. He thought her question about it for a moment.  "The way I see it we have some options," he looked to Birdheart a little nervously, "We could go hunting since we never really finished what we started, or we could just go for walk?" Hunting with others was something he had never offered before. Hunting was something of a pleasure he had always enjoyed alone, but last time Birdheart had made it interesting. The walk though would suit him too. He could use a quiet reason to stretch his legs and enjoy the day for what it was.

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"When you are curious,"

Birdheart thought a moment. "It is up to you, I really don't care." Hunting sounded fun; last time they went it was quite enjoyable. but a simple walk was also a cool idea, since they could just chat and get to know each other better. "I am leaning towards a walk, but it is up to you." She continued.

"You find interesting things to do,"

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He looked toward the entrance. It was a perfect day for either of the options. "Then a walk it is," he meowed with a smile. He nodded toward the forest, "After you." He waited for her to start to the forest before he followed her. He could feel his nerves starting to grow. He hadn't felt like this since the last time he was with Birdheart.

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'What a gentleman,' Birdheart chuckled in her head after hopping out the camp. She turned off in a random direction, not caring which way they went as long as they got to talk. She slowed her pace so that he could walk next to her. "So... how has it been for you this past... while?" She asked.

OOC: 500th post! -celebrates- YAY! Although I had an account before this one (that I deleted for dumb secret reasons) that had 600 somethin' so, for like 1100th post, but YAY!

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OOC: Well yay for you!! I'm not even close by a long shot haha

He knew a walk meant questions and talking which made Thornfur all the more nervous. Talking was something he wasn't good at. "I've been good," he smiled to himself, "honestly I don't think anything interesting has happened other than meeting you. And that was a while ago. What about you, anything interesting recently?" He asked smiling to Birdheart.

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Birdheart thought a moment. "No, I don't believe so. Just the usual, hunt, sleep, eat, and repeat." Birdheart sang that jingle in her head a couple more times "Hunt, sleep, eat, and repeat." It had a nice ring to it, and it rhymed as well. "Life in the clan can be pretty boring sometimes." She thought out loud.

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Thornfur looked ahead. He thought about it. He only really talked to a couple others in the clan and other than that he was usually in the trees. "Hmm, I think you're on to something there." Shouldn't we be thankful for that though. The clan was in enough of a mess as it was, the peace was relaxing. He stopped looked up to the trees "And yet it gives us this chance to go on a walk, and talk."

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Birdheart considered that. "Yeah. You're right. That it definitely an up part to this quiet clan." She thought of how good it was to finally get out of the clan and have a real conversation every once in a while. "Let's just say Leafclan has it's ups and downs." She meowed.

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Thornfur chuckled at her remark. It was defiantly true that the clan had the good and the bad. She was an interesting cat. He wanted to know more about her. It was odd, usually Thornfur found he wanted nothing to do with most cats, but Birdheart had his attention. She was different from the others.

He finally was able to muster up the courage he was known for, "I'm curious," he paused, "tell me something about yourself?" He hoped his question wasn't out of line. It sounded better in his head. Too late now, he said it.

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"Well, I... hmm. I guess I can start with my parents. My father is a loner, never met him. My mother is Feathersong, if you have ever met her. Who are your parents?" Birdheart asked, somewhat countering the question that Thornfur asked and turning it back on him. She wanted to see how nervous he really was.

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Slightly caught off guard Thornfur looked at her, "Oh, umm... Both of my parents are dead," he paused thinking, "My mother died soon after my sister died, I think it was from stress or grief. My father, he passed not too long ago." His family memories were still raw for him. The irony that the two that didn't get along lived the longest. He still got a bitter taste just thinking about his father. Thornfur tried to smile to Birdheart.

OOC: sorry I have names for all of them but have been told not to use them to avoid any confusion. *sigh*

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Birdheart drooped her head. "I am very sorry to hear that..." She trailed off, not knowing what to say. Her paws just carried her along the path for a little while, silence floating like clouds in the air. "Well. I guess something else not everyone knows about me is that I was born without the fourth leg. I never had to endure the pain of getting caught in a fox trap or anything. I never had to go through the drama of 'Oh no! I will never be a warrior now.' " Birdheart lifted her paw to her head and pretended to faint dramatically. Then she stood back up and laughed. "I was born like this so I learned how to cope with my disability from the start."