[priavte]reality

[..::frost::.]

B r o k e n S i l e n c e / / broken by lies, covered in silence
A cat flew across the land, fleet on its paws for one of its considerable bulk. Positioned low to the ground, she flattened her ears low to her head to prove she was not looking for a fight. Narrow green eyes scanned the territory, afraid of what she could find there. Wanting to get away from the more crowded home of the Ancients, she had taken to running.

Feeling as though she were chased, she'd rapidly increased her speed. Stopping only briefly at certain times to catch her breath, Broken Silence ran for about a day straight. She stumbled over a tree root and sprawled to a stop on the floor of a hollow. Panting, she looked around. It was peaceful here, away from the world she knew and hated. The troubled she-cat licked her pelt roughly, removing mats and debris.

She stretched gently, and curled up to sleep, breathing easy for the first time since the fateful day when... Don't think about it, Silent. Just don't think about it.

[/color] she told herself sternly.

ooc- Bit better than the other, eh? I'm out of practice...[/center]

[Hawkie <3]

"Faster! Faster!" she urged herself, her long legs spinning across the land as fast as they could. Her golden eyes were half closed in excitement as she ran. Forgetting about everything was easy when you ran, the feel of the wind in your fur was wonderful was what she had thought. She smiled and her fur ruffled as her pace increased.
"Better slow down! Might hit a tree," she giggled inwardly. Then she saw a flicker of fur.
"Huh?" She skidded to a halt. Something wasn't right. The grey tabby lifted her pale pink nose into the air and sniffed.
"Definately one of us," she concluded, bravely taking a couple of steps in the direction the fur was moving.

It was moving fast. Like lightning. Almost. Her golden eyes widened in confusion.
"Huh?" she repeated blandly. Then she heard dirt shift and a crackle of leaves. That was the sound of somecat falling over. She strided quickly over to the root the cat had fallen over. She peeked into the hollow.
"Helloo? Oh, hi! Are you okay...? I'm Ocean Storm. What were you running away from?" she quizzed, confused.

[..::frost::.]

B r o k e n S i l e n c e / / broken by lies, covered in silence
Her eyes fluttered gently as she reached a calm level of alert slumber, peacefully laying amongst the dirt and leaves. A rustle of leaves. Broken Silence's ears pricked up. A skidding halt, more fluttering leaves. Green eyes snapped open.

Breathing shallowly, Broken Silence tensed to scramble up the tree she so recently tripped over. "Helloo? Oh, hi! Are you okay...? I'm Ocean Storm. What were you running away from?" The bulky she-cat hissed in surprise. She hadn't seen another Ancient in days, other than... Quit thinking, Silent! You think too much!

As the other cat trotted into view, Broken Silence snarled and rocketed up t he tree, surprised by the sudden appearance of the she-cat. The branches of the trees clacked together, and the she-cat felt faintly embarrassed. She leaped heavily down, landing with a resounding thud. "Oh. Uh, sorry. stammered the tabby she-cat. "I... was just running. No... no reason. She preferred not to specify anything.

Broken Silence shifted uncomfortably from paw to paw.

[Hawkie <3]

Ocean Storm chuckled slightly as Broken Silence rocketed up the tree. She watched as the she-cat hissed and spoke. Her nose twitched as she sat down and wrapped her tail around her paws.

"I like to run too. But I usually run to forget things," Ocean Storm said in her bubbly way. She sat down and twitched her tail. "I haven't seen you around. What's your name?" Her golden eyes twinkled excitedly.

[..::frost::.]

B r o k e n S i l e n c e / / broken by lies, covered in silence
The she-cat's chuckle grounded on Broken Silence's nerves. Gritting her teeth, she glared at the ground as her claws dug deep ruts in the soft earth. The tabby, Ocean Storm, sat down and wrapped a ringed tail around her paws. Broken Silence remained standing, legs braced, in a stance ready to fight or flight. Never let your guard down, not for a heartbeat, The words echoed through her head from her time as a CIT.

"I like to run too. But I usually run to forget things," The words Ocean Storm replied with hit too close to home for the mousy brown tabby's liking. Her eyes narrowed to slits, and the she-cat piped up again: "I haven't seen you around. What's your name?"

Her tail lashed once, stirring up leaves. "I prefer to keep to myself. It is... simpler that way.

[/b] Broken Silence began. "My name, so long since someone else has spoken it. But my name is not your concern."

Broken Silence's whiskers twitched, and she began to turn around and leave.[/center]

[Hawkie <3]

Ocean Storm gave a catty-sort-of pout.
"Huh. Why don't you like giving out your name?" she asked curiously. Once something made her curious, she wouldn't stop 'til she figured what it was. As the strange she-cat turned around to leave, she stood up and smiled.
"Then what is my concern?" she asked, her ears twitched quickly. Her gold eyes studied the slightly younger she-cat carefully.

"Don't you have any friends you run with?" she asked, curiously.
"I have friends. The leaves and trees and wind and sky!" she told herself happily, "Darkened Angel, Whispered Song and Falling Snow are also my friends, but they don't run with me." The ringed tabby shuffled her paws around in the dirt.
"You should run more softly if you want to make sure somecat doesn't see you. And try not to trip," Ocean Storm suggested, then clamped her mouth shut. She felt like she was going to ramble on about something utterly random. Like the trees and grass.

[..::frost::.]

B r o k e n S i l e n c e / / broken by lies, covered in silence
She hesitated, step faltering, feeling like this she-cat would follow her until she was satisfied. Broken Silence sighed wearily, a sound that seemed much too old for one so young. Ocean Storm pouted. "Huh. Why don't you like giving out your name?" asked the silvery-grey tabby she-cat, golden eyes searching. "Perhaps I simply wish not to identify myself. In one's past, there sometimes are things that come back. They come back to haunt you, and one becomes ashamed. They then hide themselves within their own minds. Or perhaps I just am not friendly." answered the hefty she-cat with another sigh.

Ocean Storm opened her mouth to ask another question. "Then what is my concern?" Irritation crossed Broken Silence's face, but then disappeared back to the blank mask she wore. She thought about the other cat's words for a moment, and then answered: "I don't know. She sat down, tails swishing across the leaves and making them fly everywhere. "Don't you have any friends you run with?"

For once, Broken Silence was at a loss for an answer of any kind. In the end, she told the truth. "My dear carefree spirit... One like me... Has no friends. They would turn away from me in horror if they knew... If only they knew... She stopped herself before she steamed on, and brought up a subject and feeling she'd tried to squash down for moons. "You should run more softly if you want to make sure somecat doesn't see you. And try not to trip," Broken Silence rolled her bright green eyes.

[Hawkie <3]

"I'll go with the first answer," Ocean Storm meowed, twitching her tail in satisfaction. She didn't think this cat was not nice, just misunderstood, perhaps? Or maybe something horrible happened? Ocean Storm's mouth tightened as she thought. The grey tabby grinned happily as she heard the answer to her second question.
"I don't know." What a silly response.
"I know." The she-cat meowed, with a comical expression on her face.

Her eyes glittered as she waited for the third answer.
"Horror? I know lots about horror. Like my siblings. That was horror," She shuddered slightly, remembering how her mother and siblings had died from greencough. And that tom. How she hated him. She hunched over and growled slightly.

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"I'll go with the first answer," said Ocean Storm with a flick of her tabby tail. A smile played faintly at the corners of the she-cat's mouth, and her green eyes lightened for an instant. The hollow look was instantly replaced when Ocean Storm spoke again. "Horror? I know lots about horror. Like my siblings. That was horror,"

Eyes dark, Broken Silence fired up and said much she regretted a few heartbeats later. "I don't care! I don't care what you went through! Did you even get to know your mother? I didn't! Did you have a good father! I didn't! Was your brother a runt, then becoming the bane of your existance? Mine is! Black Haze, yes! He, the silver-tongued traitor! Did you watch your best friend die at your brothers paws? I DID!" she breathed quickly, in a full rage now. She quivered, and then, as if spent, slumped down against the ground and trembled like a leaf on a breeze.

[Hawkie <3]

Ocean Storm's hackles rose as the brown tabby ranted about how her brother was the bane of her existance.
"Take a break!" she thought, wondering if she should say that aloud. She chose answer 'b'. Which was no. Her golden eyes betrayed that she was slightly scared after the rant, but she cooly covered it up but licking her paw and swiping it over her forehead. The comical expression returned to her face.
"I thought you weren't going to tell me about yourself," she said blandly, without emotion.

Her tail wrapped around her paws as she shuffled into a better sitting position.
"I won't answer your questions," she meowed, twitching her tail, "But I'm sorry about your friend." she meowed sadly, "Your brother still lives here?" The grey tabby meowed, startled, looking slightly worried.
"No wonder she was running!" she gasped inwardly and placed her long tail on Broken Silence's shoulder in an attempt of comfort for the angry she-cat.

((BTW Ocean's eyes sorta look like xD))

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Her eyes closed, and then opened a few heartbeats later. "I thought you weren't going to tell me about yourself," Ocean Storm said blandly to the rant. Broken Silence's claws slid out of the paws, working the ground once more. She flattened her ears, and swiped a pink tongue over her muzzle. "I... I needed someone... someone who would listen. she whispered hollowly.

Ocean Storm shuffled around, adjusting into a more comfortable position. The sun slowly began to sink behind the clouds, turning them purple against the background of bleeding reds, oranges, and pinks. A bird squawked in the silence. "I won't answer your questions," began the silver tabby. "But I'm sorry about your friend." she finished. Broken Silence scrambled upward. "Your brother still lives here?" mewed the other she-cat, looking alarmed.

Broken Silence nodded once slowly, and then replied: "Unfortunately... Yes, he does." She rested her head on her paws, laying down again. "I ran... I ran, because I saw him. I stay away from him. He finds me, makes sure I haven't slipped up. 'Cause if I have..." she mimed getting her head cut off with one of her razor-like claws.

ooc- Finally! I made a butt-kickin' post header!

[Hawkie <3]

Ocean Storm's tail twitched in understanding. The silver tabby knew that whatever this she-cat had been through, it had been horrible, worse than her own past. She nodded. Her ears swivelled at the direction of the bird's squawk.
"Isn't the sky pretty?" she thought, absently lying down and tucking her paws beneath herself.

"Hey, I still don't know your name! Still don't want to tell?" Ocean Storm decided not to comment on what Broken Silence had explained about her brother. It was all too much for the bubbly she-cat, she decided she wasn't very good at commenting on other cats' pasts. She'd leave that to other, more careful cats.
"Wouldn't it be great if we could swap lives? I've always wanted a brother, and I don't think she would mind if her brother had died. Althought, I would rather not have a murderer for a brother. Not my idea of fun," she thought.

((I wish I could make cool computer-drawn art like that!))

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Broken Silence heaved a sigh, getting her breath back and her thumping heart back under control. "Hey, I still don't know your name! Still don't want to tell?"

[/b] Ocean Storm prodded gently. "Silent," she said. She still preferred going by her loner name. "Though ones who I do not call friend call me Broken Silence. Broken in spirit-" she cut off, remembering that she wasn't allowed to say any more on the subject of her name.

The she-cat swallowed, and green eyes met gold briefly. "I only wish I were free. She said. I've never known what is was like to be free. I wish that I could be done with this, once and for all. Why me? What did I ever do?[/color] she wailed silently.

Whiskers twitching, Broken Silence spoke again. "Would you like to tell me of your past?" she mewed softly.

OOC: Why, thank you! I can make you a post header, if you want.[/center]

[Hawkie <3]

Ocean Storm's golden eyes glowed in pleasure. She had wriggled the name of this cat that was very secretive.
"So can I call you Silent?" Ocean Storm asked, instead of twitching her tail, she wriggled it in excitement. The slim femme narrowed her eyes as she listened to Broken Silence's question.
"Would you like to tell me of your past?" Ocean Storm opened her mouth to say that she would rather not, but changed her mind.

"Uh, sure. My mother died a few days after I was born and I didn't know my father. And another few days later my brothers died. I didn't really like them, you see, I wasn't sad about my brothers but my mother, as most other kits, I felt sad. Really sad. Anyway, a nice she-cat took me in," Ocean Storm meowed quickly. She decided to skip over the part about that tom and meowed, "I became to CIT, nothing too exciting happened there, went through the tunnels, blah blah blah, became a sharpclaw and that's where I am now." The grey tabby finished. Her golden eyes darted around uncomftably.

((I'd love one! How much do I pay you in that ACC stuff? xD))

[..::frost::.]

She looked at Ocean Storm quietly, as she asked the question: "So can I call you Silent?" Broken Silence nodded once. "I prefer it that way, seeing as my real name gives vague hints at my past. Some could put two and two together, and they would... perhaps guess to much. It would not do to have to silence them." she said.

Narrow green eyes watched Ocean Storm as she began to speak. "Uh, sure. My mother died a few days after I was born and I didn't know my father. And another few days later my brothers died. I didn't really like them, you see, I wasn't sad about my brothers but my mother, as most other kits, I felt sad. Really sad. Anyway, a nice she-cat took me in," The she-cat hesitated momentarily, and continued. "I became to CIT, nothing too exciting happened there, went through the tunnels, blah blah blah, became a sharpclaw and that's where I am now."

The other she-cat nodded once, aknowledging the silver cat's speech. Broken Silence stood and stretched, and spoke quietly. "I should probably head... Home, I guess I could call it."
OOC: Just post in my shop. Think of this one as a gift. ^^