They Won't Catch Us (Deku)

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Deku

Sparrow ran as quickly as he could. He wanted to make it too the TalonClan boarder in time. He had slept during the day, and he was a little late to start heading out. He was excited. He finally had someone too talk to! Life as a loner could be very lonely. The fields were slowly fading away. He was nearing the boarder.  As he slowed down he made sure that he was presentable. His mother had drilled good grooming into his head. He started off again and made good time to the TalonClan boarder. "Good I'm not too late." He puffed. Looking around he didn't see Shimmer-rain anywhere. She wouldn't leave me here alone, would she?

[Deku]

Shimmer-rain rushed out of camp. 'Why can't the elders get their own prey?' She thought, nearly running to the assigned meeting place. She really hoped that Sparrow hadn't been waiting forever. She also hoped that he hadn't just decided to give up and leave. 'Ack! Wasn't I the one who asked to meet again?'

She finally reached the spot, and upon seeing Sparrow still there she purred happily. "Hi Sparrow! Sorry I'm late. The elders in our clan had chores for me."

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Sparrow smiled at Shimmer-rain. Then frowned, "Elders? Who are is he?" This must be some cat in there clan. He thought to himself, Why can't he feed himself? I don't get clan cats at all! He shook his head, "I still have a lot to learn about clan cats." he chuckled a little, "So what did you have to do for him?" Sparrow was just trying to make conversation. In truth he hadn't talked to many cats about anything other than hunting. He realized that what he said was kind of stupid, "Uh, ya know. I want to know what clan life is like. Just in case I meet my sister in a clan."

OOC: I wasn't quite sure what to make him say, so there it is.

[Deku]

(It's OK Ember)

"Elders are the older cats in the clans. They're the ones who served their time as warriors and now relax to live a peaceful life until they die." She smiled. She didn't blame him for not knowing much about the clans. He was a loner after all.

"Basically chores that the apprentices are supposed to do. I had to change the moss for his bed, I had to check him for ticks, and then I had to grab him a piece of prey from the fresh-kill pile. I'm a warrior not a servant."

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"Oh..." He felt a little dumb and embarrassed now. "Ick! You had to check him for ticks!" It was partly a question and a exclamation.

In some ways he was glad he wasn't a warrior. He didn't need to take care of old cats, but he did recognize how kind it was of the clan cats to let the "elders" stay. With loner if you got old. You died. As soon as Sparrow got to old to run away from rouges. He would be killed. It would be a nice relief to know that he would just be able to rest all day when he got old.

"So... Any ideas about where my sister might be?" He wondered a loud.

[Deku]

"Yeah. Checking the elders for ticks is never fun." She admitted quietly.

Her eyes brightened at the next question. "I was thinking SunsetClan. They are closest to the twolegplace which means they are the closest to the kittypets. If your sister was in any clan, that would be the one to check first." She was excited. She really didn't know why though.

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He laughed a little.

He tilted his head, "That sounds plausible... Are they welcome to strangers? I know my sister would join the closest clan she could." He looked into Shimmer-rain's eyes. He nodded his head at her, "Thank you. This means... more than you can ever imagine to me. Thank you again." He purred. Finally there was someone who was going to help him! Shimmer-rain was so kind and helpful.

[Deku]

"Yes, SunsetClan is one of the few clans still open to strangers. At least I think they are. We haven't heard anything from Ratstar at the gatherings." She shrugged. "I'd like to come with you to find your sister, but that would include crossing the border. I'll do all I can to help you find her, but I will not make a bad name for my clan." She mewed, smiling softly.

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"Okay.." He nodded his head, "I understand. I wouldn't want you to get in trouble over my problems." That sounded odd as he said it, "Uh ya know. With finding my sister and all." He licked his chest a few times. he was very uncomfortable talking with cats.

"Who is Ratstar? They aren't lead by a rat are they?" It was a dumb question, but he was clueless.

[Deku]

Shimmer-rain laughed. She had forgotten that this was a loner she was talking to. She had just been rambling on, not thinking about what he knew or not. She shook her head quickly before looking back up at him.

She had stopped laughing, but the amusement was still shown in her blue eyes. "No, Ratstar is the name of the cat who leads their clan. I'm not sure why a parent would name their kit Ratkit, but that's her name."

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"Oh..." He blushed (Well as close as cats get to blushing.) and spoke, "It sounds like you are setting your kit up for failure if you give them that name." he was trying to be funny, but he realized it wasn't really working, "Um because... um cats eat rats, well sometimes. And if your kit is named Ratkit. It sounds like you want them to get eaten. Um, heh, huh." He scratched his ear awkwardly. he didn't really want to embarrass himself in front of Shimmer-rain. Well you kind of already have, The voice in his head teased him. His whiskers drooped a little. 

[Deku]

"I get it, and I understand where you're going with it. If I ever have kits, there is no way I'm naming one after a rat." She mewed. Shimmer-rain could tell he was embarrassed. Why was he embarrassed? He hadn't done anything wrong. He was simply asking a question. She decided to change the subject. "So, you used to be a kittypet? What's it like?"

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He grimaced, "It's horrible. They never let you sleep! They are always berating you and throwing things past you. Oh and they had this annoying feathery thing on a stick, and it made the most annoying sound." Then he shuddered, "And they took me to some twoleg. He poked at me and messed around with my ears. It was horrible!" He shook his head trying to rid himself of the memory. "I never want to see another two-leg again."

[Deku]

Her eyes widened as he told his story. Twolegs were worse than she thought! "I thought twolegs threw stuff to their dogs. I didn't know they did it to kittypets." She muttered. "How did you survive them? It sounds horrible!" She hadn't been able to imagine living with twolegs before he told her that, but now... Now she couldn't imagine seeing the twolegplace again.

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He smiled, "I kept on reminding myself that it was only a few days till I escaped." He looked at Shimmer-rain, "And apparently I didn't see the worse of them. I meet a ex-kittypet that told me he went to that odd twoleg. He stayed there over night, and when he came back. He didn't feel... right...." Sparrow shrugged. "I don't know much about what they did to him, but still the tom was horrified about it."