Making me forget(Jungle)

[Sand]

Ooc: This thead is for Jade and Crookedpaw only

Jade walked around the pond of truce days after the death of her sister, Rowanheart, she was still griefing. 'Why her and not me, she shouldn't have died, you should've taken me instead," she thought sitting down and gazing down at her reflection in the pond of truce knowing what she would see. A white long-haired white she-cat with jade green eyes that were dull with grief at the moment. Letting out a sigh she looked around flicking her ears back and forth when she heard a branch snap. "Who's there?" she called out warily wondering if it was a cat from Midnightclan.

[.masquerade.]

A tall, tan-and-black tabby tom slipped away from his camp with a sigh. His crooked paw made his steps irregular and awkward. He had hardly been trying as an apprentice, or he would have been a warrior already. He supposed he could try to be a little friendlier or not sneak away when his mentor was looking for him. He just needed to get away and think for a moment. He heard a voice and sighed again. Caught sneaking out. Maybe it would be interesting to meet a cat from another Clan. The tom revealed himself, trying to take dignity with his uneven hobble. He said nothing, but tried to keep his demeanor as nonthreatening as possible.

[Sand]

Jade looked him up and down noticing his crooked paw but didn't comment on it after all she did have manners and now that he was in front of she could scent that he was from Whisperclan. "My name is Jade," she meowed her voice sounding dead to her own ears and she inwardly winced. 'No wonder my sister, Kestrelfeather, has been worried about me about me,' she thought frowning. "uh...what's your name?" she meowed at last flicking her ears back and forth.

[.masquerade.]

"Crookedpaw," the tom replied, voice suspicious, curious, and steely. He tried to avoid this tone, but it had become as much a part of him as his pelt. He turned his head on it's side questioningly, showing that the curiosity was true, but he meant no harm. Despite his usual emotion, his curiosity was his strongest trait. He wanted to say something, but could think of nothing that made sense.

[Sand]

Jade gazed at him blankly her eyes still dull and she felt anger rise up in her when he told her his name and she dug her claws into the ground not even aware that she was doing it, "How can they do this," she hissed striking out at her reflection wit her paw out of anger bristling slightly. "All we won't to do is forget, but they make it hard for us to forget," she meowed her voice taking on a bitter tone. She took a breath to calm herself down, "Why were they so cruel as to give you that name, they only think of themselves they don't think of the feelings of others," she meowed her words tasting like acid in her mouth. Her out burst did nothing to ease her pain and she sighed wondering if her sister was watching over her.

[.masquerade.]

Crookedpaw was momentarily stunned. Her words held such anger that it surprised even him. He had once felt that way as well. He was not Clan born, and when he became an apprentice and received his name, that was the exact anger he had felt. "I've gotten used to it," he said simply, his words sounding unsure and confused. "You seem as though you have something eating at you," he meowed softly, taking a step closer. His words seemed different, almost as though he were warming up to a cat finally.

[Sand]

"My mother was a rogue, she died, but I don't really remember her whenever I think of her I always thought of my sister, Rowanheart," Jade meowed remembering how her sister had led them to Midnightclan where their father was. Everything had been good up to days ago when everyone started getting sick, but her sister hadn't died from the sickness. "My sister died from a falling tree branch, I feel so confused and lost without her," she meowed thinking of her other sister Kestrelfeather and her brother Ash who had decided to remain a rogue. Her and Kestrelfeather had never seen eye to eye, but now her sister was worrying about her and she supposed that their sisters death had brought in the change of Kestrelfeather. After telling him what had happened her heart felt lighter like all she had needed to do was share her grief with someone.

[.masquerade.]

The tan tabby nodded slightly. "You must be very brave then," he said softly. His eyes showed that he was glad to have stumbled upon where this cat was. He words could not make her feel better, but he at least hoped to help for the time being.

[Sand]

"Brave? I don't know about that," Jade meowed nervously shuffled her paws wondering how he could think that she was brave after how she had acted of course he didn't know how she had acted.

[.masquerade.]

"Well," he said. "You are here and you seem perfectly sane to me. You lost your family. I did too, but I mean, I never even knew them so it has no big effect on my life." He shrugged and glanced at his functioning paw. He gave a small sigh. Swishing his tail, the WhisperClan tom wore a puzzled expression. He was still trying to piece things together, but the whole situation was all jumbled in his mind.

[Sand]

"That's sad, at least I still have a sister, and I think my brothers a life, he decided to stay a rogue," Jade meowed not sure if her brother was alive or not. "I usually just pretend I'm okay," she meowed flicking her ears.

[.masquerade.]

A small smile flickered across Crookedpaw's face. "She-cats always pretend their okay," he teased. He knew the mood was rather serious, but he couldn't help himself. He tried to let his expression show her how he was only trying to ease some of the tension that she had obviously locked away.

[Sand]

"Oh is that so, it seems to me that all times act like their all tough and will refuse to get their wounds treated by a medicine cat," Jade meowed her mew taking on a light teasing tone.

[.masquerade.]

The apprentice laughed. "That may be true," he said- glad to have lightened the heaviness. His bright eyes smiled along with the smile that stretched along his muzzle. He was glad to have found a cat he could get along with- despite the fact she was of a different Clan.

[Sand]

"Though some of us are better at taking care of ourselves then others, I've known cats who are really recklace and I see it as throwing your life away," Jade meowed with a shake of her head.