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 Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2008 11:01 am
Feathersong padded up along the shore of the river. He tried to convince himself that his mind was occupied by thougths of fishing, but really they were thoughts of Silverriver. She had accepted him for now... But, how far would it go? Would their love really last? These were questions that Feathersong would have to ask Silverriver.
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Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2008 11:17 am
Silverriver, on the other hand, was thinking the opposite thoughts. Her mind was clouded with doubt that Feathersong might turn on her. Crouching on the misty covered shore, the silver she-cat turned her head, gasping lightly. There he was, the one she had loved all this time. Feathersong.
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Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2008 11:24 am
As Feathersong was poised at the edge of the river his ears twitched and he knew someone was there. Instantly he gave up on the fish and turned around, there she was, the love of his life. Silverriver. Feathersong didn't neccessarily know what to do so he padded up to her and sheepishly asked, "How are you today?"
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Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2008 11:29 am
She herself didn't know what to say to him. He had asked a simple question, yet it paralyzed her. Sitting up, a blank expression forming on her face, she tried smiling. Feathersong surely didn't want to see a blank face like her's. Silverriver shuffled her paws back in fourth nervously. "Good, and you?" She meant to say fine, not good. But her words were being forced out into clumps.
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Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2008 11:33 am
Feathersong saw no moment better than this one. So he murmured, "Silverriver, I need to know, do you really love me? Like the way I do you?" The words came out slowly and steadily. Feathersong abruptly sat and stared into her blue eyes awaiting an answer.
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Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2008 11:42 am
At that very moment, she froze. Her blue eyes stared into his longingly. Silverriver was now shaking violently, afraid of her own answer. She wanted to yell yes, scream it to Starclan. But, another thought clouded her mind: The thought which he would reject it. "Yes!" She yowled, "I've loved you since I was an apprentice? Couldn't you see it?"
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Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2008 11:45 am
Feathersong remembered the emanants of the past when sometimes he noticed her staring hungrily at him. "I've just been... Foolish." Feathersong murmured, how could he possibly think that he could live without the love of a mate? The love from Silverriver.
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Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2008 2:17 pm
She felt guilty, somewhat. Him feeling foolish and all. But, she was happy that he loved her. That was what she had starved for all of her life. The love of a mate, even... Her thoughts clouded suddenly. Silverriver blinked. "No," She said, "You haven't been foolish. I have."
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Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2008 2:37 pm
Feathersong looked over Silverriver and asked persistantly, "How have you been foolish? You're perfect in every way." Feathersong couldn't let Silverriver slam herslef.
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Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2008 2:50 pm
"Perfect?" Silverriver spat the word out. Perfect. How could she be close to it? Perfect was for those cats who had everything in their lives. Not her. "How am I perfect? Feathersong, a Riverclan doesn't love a Shadowclan kit. A Riverclan cat doesn't get that instinct that the kit was one of their own." Now, she regretted saying it. She had just told him half of her secret.
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Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2008 3:01 pm
Feathersong was slightly hurt by her words. But his ears perked as Silverriver continued. So this was her secret? "Silverriver, what did happen?" He asked trying to keep his voice calm.
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Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2008 4:35 pm
And at that moment, she collapsed. Silverriver was sgaking violently, head to paw. The words of her secrets had only been spoken to Casadefang. She didn't know if she could handle telling someone else. But it was Feathersong... The one she truly loved. "That Shadowclan kit... Might have been mine..." Her words were choked out while she sobbed. "I had... Had.... I had a Shadowclan Warrior's kits..."
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Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2008 5:18 pm
Feathersong looked over at Silverriver with sadness in his eyes. It must of been painful for her but... He didn't know what words would comfort the depressed she-cat... So he did all he could and brushed his tail along her flank letting out a low but steady purring.
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Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2008 5:37 pm
Silverriver's tail reached out, ignoring the pain that could easily whip out at her for bending her tail this far, and joined her tail with his. Tears were streaming down her face uncontrollably. Rumors had always said cats could not cry. Those facts were wrong, they would cry only if the most shocking had come to them.
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Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2008 5:46 pm
Feathersong relaxed his tail as Silverriver twined hers with his. He wanted this moment to last forever... When he opened his eyes he saw that Silverriver was crying but now, he knew he could do nothing but watch.
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Feathersong awoke with a start it was morning. They must have slept through the night. Feathersong got up careful not to disturb Silverriver and padded to the river's edge. Soon he caught two fish. One for him and one for Silverriver. He picked up the two fush delicately and put them beside Silverriver. When she wakes up... He thought to himself, then I shall eat.
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