The Fire Seems To Be Drifting [Tagged]

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Firelight had escaped from camp again, now that the moon hung high in the sky, and the stars of Silverpelt sparkled. She was exhausted, between the training with her apprentice, Cherrypaw, and they way she snuck out of camp just about every night now. Always looking for him; wondering when the two cats would meet again, since they never set a time period. So instead, the ginger she-cat was on her way to the border with Midnightclan to sit and wait again, hoping for any sign or scent of the tom she was looking for- Driftmist. It didn't take long for her to reach her usual spot, her paws so used to the path here that she barely noticed walking it anymore, and sat down in the patch of grass that laid there, beginning to wear thin from constant use. She just had to hope no one would notice such a small detail. She curled her tail over her paws, resisting her urge to lay down and close her eyes, and began her wait.

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Drift must had grown weary of the duties that forced him to find relief in the form of hoping one night he could finally get out without being noticed had come. It had been quite the whole since he met with Firelight and it would be an understatement to say that he was simply fond of her company. Every night he tried to get out but to no avail as he would meet a member, have a chat, exclaim he was off to bed and joined for most of the short walk to the den. Of course this night most had fallen into slumber fairly soon and he was going to take that chance. With a swift movement he was off, finding himself sprinting and weaving around the natural obstacles of the Forrest before finding himself at the border of territory. Staring at the ginger furred cat he had laid eyes so lovingly on all those moons ago. The eternity that he fell unconscious in was agonizing, never before had he felt such emptiness, such a need to be with one whom he only barely knew, yet defied all logistics in his mind and sought love regardless.

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Her fur stood on end in excitement as she heard someone padding up from the other side of the border, and almost instantly she caught the scent of Driftmist. He had finally shown! Firelight had to force herself to stay in place, still respecting clan boundaries, even with what was going on here. She waited until he stood almost directly in front of her before she rushed up to the white tom, rubbing her muzzle against his cheek affectionately. Finally she got what she had been missing most these past few days- his touch and his scent in her nostrils, her heart had longed for it, and finally it's happened again. It took her a few moments to finally stop purring deeply before she managed to finally speak, "I've missed you so much. Why didn't we make a time for us to meet again?!", her voice taking on a hint of anger at her question, but it wasn't much, not when she was still so happy to see him.

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As he moved further he stumbled just a bit but caught himself and returned the sensual nuzzling and coddling that ensued. Drift must let a little sigh escape his muzzle before letting his nose touch hers and his tongue run along her cheek. "I'm sorry love, my proclivity towards ambiguity tends to blind my more logical nature at times. I feel awful for leaving you astray for the eternity that seemed. but fear not each day was filled with remorse towards that choice. I am simply glad we could recover our relation." with that last part he pressed in her as close as he could, making sure their bodies were a messy pile of fur looking to change miraculously from a ginger to bright white.

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"Good, you should have, I've been waiting here almost every ni-", her response was cut off from a loud yawning, and her body instinctively pressed back against him as he moved beside her. Firelight didn't even bother trying to continue arguing with him, all that really mattered was that he had come back. She had got to see him again. There was nothing but silence as the two cats enjoyed the other, and the reunion that had brought them back together. but in the silence, the ginger she-cat heard the snapping of a twig, and her ears twitched in response. She blinked her eyes open, the fur along her spine beginning to bristle, as she whispered to the tom next to her. "Did you hear that?" She tried scenting for whatever had made the noise, but the two cats were unlucky in their position, and was down-wind of the breeze that was blowing in the night.

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Driftmist had made the fair mistake of getting a bit to comfortable in the dead of night, his lowered guard and awkward position of cuddling against the she-cat had proved to be his current downfall. A glisten met his eye while the world seemed to move slow, the wind blew softly along his coat while his was swiveled towards the direction of the noise. The leaves moved slower than he could fathom, the light of the moon seating as the foliage which blocked it did, and as the sheen met his eyes, at the split second he was snuggled against his love, another sparkle was seen just in time for Drift in his awkward position to make one swift movement. His head moved over Firelight's and his body hoisted her down hard to the ground as well as a small slide to hopefully dodge the pounce. It felt like hours as this movement happened and not to long afterwards Drift's face would morph to one of pain and minor suffering. The swift shadowed figure moved over them quickly, making a movement to the opposite side of whence it came. Drift cringed in a minor bit of agony as he stepped over Firelight and between her body and the attackers. A small smirk moved over his face as a bit of blood trickled down his side. "Ello beastie." he spoke, looking the Fox directly in the eye.

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Firelight was in a momentary shock as she watched the fox pounce towards them, coming from somewhere deeper in the forest, though she shouldn't have been surprised. The two of them had their guards down in the dead of night. Even the clan territories weren't completely safe. Still, she had no time to react, as the moment seemed to go by in a blink of an eye for the she-cat. In that instant, Driftmist had completely shoved her out of the way, and managed to put his own body over of hers, protecting her as if he was her shield. The ginger she-cat's fur had fluffed up from the initial shock and surprise as she hid beneath the white furred tom, still looking as calm as ever as he faced their attacker.

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The fox moved slowly, it's paws making subtle movements, littering slightly with each step, feigning attack. Drift simply sighed and began following the movements, slowly but surely moving from Firelight, the beast was focused on him for the moment, blood had been drawn and The fox was keen on finishing the job, making an easy move from his beloved. As they moved for a bit longer, he made the first move kicking from his hind legs to glide towards the fox before abruptly stopping himself just inches from the fox, as he thought he fox would make a quick swipe leaving its shoulder open for just enough time for drift to pounce again from his hind legs and deliver a deep slash into its collar. Of course this would be not without punishment as a blow was delivered to his side. Though Drift would happily take the trade, a blunt swipe for a clawed collar was fine in his book. Without another moment of hesitation drift moved with finesse to spin, his body taking the shape of a white fluffy saucer for a moment as he threw himself back as the fox turned. Though this was anticipated and a bite would be given to his shoulder. Though this was painful as mighty hell it only brought a small grin to Drift's muzzle as he do levered another slash to the opposite collar. The fox whipped and threw Drift like a rag doll, though he recovered quickly, he stumbled and let a wince of pain cause his left paw to limp just a moment. but the fox had now suffered two intense blows to the collar, both of its legs moving slower and with mitigating strength. He had struck towards the muscle that he could and luckily had struck clearly. The fox seemed to stumble just a bit as it moved to encircle the Tom again. Drift follows its movement, both of the combatants not dating to show another stumble or limpness in their step. Drift eyes the marks and made for another pounce, the fox quickly anticipated this next move and made a fatal swipe towards his head. Yet the paw struck nothing, instead a yowl was heard as the fox fell to the side and rolled away with a bleeding hind leg. Drift had pounced high but let his body weight pull him low, allowing the white Tom to turn and suffer another blunt impact to the ground but let him slide just enough under the fox to narrowly dodge the paw and deliver another quick painful blow to its inner haunches, the tender flesh bled easily and profusely. Drift staggered a bit form the blow of the ground but was clearly much better off with bruises rather than scars. The adversaries look into the prher's eyes, this match would be settled in almost no time.

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Finally the she-cat's senses returned as she watched the battle unfold in front of her. Driftmist was fighting the fox mercilessly, and the two of them shared attack after attack. After awhile, she couldn't stand to watch it anymore, as it had become obvious that the creature wanted to escape, if only it had an opening to do so. Firelight shot out from underneath him and in between the fight, but rounded on the fox, hissing and spitting. Merely a warning to send it running, which it seemed to take the hint, and made it's get-away. Leaving a trail of blood in it's wake. As the fox disappeared from sight, the she-cat began to relax, her fur returning to normal as she turned around to face Driftmist. "Are you okay? I'm sorry I stopped the fight, but, I couldn't really bare to watch it anymore.. it had obviously had enough." Her paws shifted in the dirt. She knew it was strange to have even cared about the wild creature, but even so, she did. After all, it was just trying to survive too.

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Drift nodded and stood for long enough to reply "I got a bit carried away, my mind was clouded with the simple goal of protection, thank you for scaring it off." he fell to the ground, looking at the trail of blood "may you find peace in your moments of injury my friend. he whispered as his breaths became harsh and a bit fainted. He had a serrated slash on his back which drew plenty of blood, a bite that wasn't as terrible as it looked on his shoulder, and a few bruises from the blunt swipe and fall. His head was throbbing and his body aches in the areas of until pain.

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"Oh, no.." The ginger she-cat gasped as she watched him fall into the grass, bruised and bleeding after the fight. She didn't want to leave him with the fox still hanging around, but knew better than to try and move him in this state. She would have to take the chance. Nothing else was said as she turned and darted off, near a thicker foliage that she knew was close by to where they were. She knew Leafclan territory like the back of her paw, and all the herbs found within it, thanks to her time spent with Blueshade as she grew up. Hidden within the foliage and thickets laid plenty of cobwebs, and deeper there was just a small enough area where marigold grew. She wrapped her paw full of cobwebs and snatched a few of the yellow flowers in her jaws, and as quickly as she could, made her way back to Driftmist. This would have to do until she could move him, but she was happy to find him just as she had left him. The fox hadn't returned, thank Starclan. She began peeling off the cobwebs in strips and laying it over the worse of the wounds, which was the slash on his back. Slowly as she began putting pressure on it, did it begin to stop bleeding as much, and soon came to a halt all together. She put another piece on the bite on his shoulder, just to stop what little bleeding was coming from there, and left each of the pieces there as she moved on to the flowers. She began chewing them into a well made poultice, after being shown many times before, and gently she removed the pieces of cobweb and gently placed the ointment onto both of his wounds. Once she was done, she laid fresh cobwebs onto them, to keep it all in place. "There, that should help with the bleeding and start soothing your wounds. We need to get away from this spot though, before something else smells all the blood around here."

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Drift must could only nod in reply as the tabby went off to find something to hopefully cure his ailment of scar. He looked around and for a moment started to drift off, the world was hazey and he was not the much resilient without the help of some adrenaline. As she returned he let out a sigh of relief and winced just a bit as she applied the cobweb. He stood just a bit and replied as she spoke. "Well, that would probably be the best idea I suppose.sorry that our long waited reunion was sort of spoiled." he spoke between slight jaunts in his tone due to the pain that was showing up only now.

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Firelight supported most of his weight as the two cats moved off into a deeper part of the forest, though making sure not to go too far from the border. "Don't be, it's not your fault. And.. thank you for protecting me." She touched her nose affectionately to his cheek as the two of them walked on. Soon they found a nicely hidden area and she moved from his side, expecting him to lay down once more and let his wounds begin to heal. She moved off again, not far from their new hiding place, towards a patch of dandelions. She plucked a few of them and brought them back to him, laying them at his paws. "Eat the leaves off of them" she instructed,"They'll help with the pain but won't put you to sleep like poppy seeds." Once she was done, she laid down beside them, but not too close to bother his new injuries. At least he was okay. Thank Starclan she was interested in herbs when she was younger, or this could have turned out much worse.

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he gave her a bit of a stare as she spoke the first part but then could only chuckle just a bit. "You say that as if it was some sort of chilvarius act. At this point it's an expected aspect I intend to withhold to the greatest of my ability love. he limped alongside her as they moved through the Forrest, the wind whistling a little tune while they found their spot. He fell just a bit before laying down against the ground, he looked at the herb and gave a flick of his tongue before nibbling lightly on the leaf "you're the herb expert."

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She purred at his response, "Either way it was sweet, and I still thank you." Firelight began rhythmically licking at his fur and around his wounds, beginning to clean away the blood that had begun to dry there. She felt proud that he didn't question her judgement as he did so. Once again, she felt gratitude from the things she had learned from her clan, and felt the slightest bit of guilt because of it. At this point though, it wasn't much, as the ginger she-cat had begun to love him even more, as if it grew every second they were together.