Changes: Set It Free

Revision as of 22:08, 8 March 2013

This fanfiction is by Rainy. It takes place in the mountains, near the Tribe of Rushing Water. Hope you like it!

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A cool breeze blew across the air, causing Rock to shiver as he looked down into the canyon. The patrol of cats was barely visible below, their pelts stark and lonely patches in the harsh mountain landscape. He imagined the lonely mewling of the kit they took with them, and hot tears pressed hard against his eyelids. He blinked them away, but the sadness remained, like a bottomless hole in his heart.

"I'm sorry," he whispered softly, into the darkness. "If I didn't have to do this, I wouldn't. You have no idea how much this hurts me-"

"I think I do," a gentle voice said from behind him.

Ice formed in the tom's veins. He whirled around, almost losing his grip on the rocky peak he had perched on. When his eyes fell on the slender she-cat in front of him, he let out a slight breath of relief, but the tension didn't ease from his shoulders. "Stoneteller."

She padded over a few steps, her eyes fixed on the horizon, where the visiting cats were just vanishing around a bend in the stone path. "You cannot escape destiny, Rock." Her words were quiet, but powerful. "It will find you, every time."

Rock turned away, a cold wind blowing through his brown fur, and freezing his heart into ice. "I don't care. This time, I shall cheat Lady Fate. She shall not get my daughter." He looked up, trying to keep the desperation out of his voice. "She's all I have left of Star. I can't lose her."

Stoneteller didn't pursue the topic. She flicked her tail towards the empty canyon where the cats had once been. "And this isn't losing her? She'll never know you."

Though he knew she was right, he said stubbornly, "I'll know. And that'll be enough, as long as she's safe."

"There are no guarantees of safety in an ever-changing world. Don't get your hopes up."

He opened his mouth, closed it, and shook his head. "You don't understand, Stoneteller. Wise as you are, you've never had kits, or a mate." Instantly, he flinched, anticipating a crude cut-down for his disrespect. But the she-cat's eyes clouded with sadness. She seemed lost in memories, caught in a world far away from him. As if on cue, flurries began to fall, landing gently on Rock's pelt. He shook them off, a fresh wave of anguish hitting him as they reminded him of his daughter.

"Snowflakes On The Wind," he said gently. "I wonder what they'll call her in the Clans."

Letting out a snort, Stoneteller broke free of her trance. "Probably some dumb warrior name. You told them never to tell her about her past, right?"

"Right. I don't want it hurting her."

She frowned. "But... Won't it hurt you?"

He met her gaze steadily. "I can take it. There are some things worth anything. Even dying for."

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+A cool breeze blew across the air, causing Rock to shiver as he looked down into the canyon. The patrol of cats was barely visible below, their pelts stark and lonely patches in the harsh mountain landscape. He imagined the lonely mewling of the kit they took with them, and hot tears pressed hard against his eyelids. He blinked them away, but the sadness remained, like a bottomless hole in his heart.
+"I'm sorry," he whispered softly, into the darkness. "If I didn't have to do this, I wouldn't. You have ''no idea'' how much this hurts me-"
+"I think I do," a gentle voice said from behind him.
+Ice formed in the tom's veins. He whirled around, almost losing his grip on the rocky peak he had perched on. When his eyes fell on the slender she-cat in front of him, he let out a slight breath of relief, but the tension didn't ease from his shoulders. "Stoneteller."
+She padded over a few steps, her eyes fixed on the horizon, where the visiting cats were just vanishing around a bend in the stone path. "You cannot escape destiny, Rock." Her words were quiet, but powerful. "It will find you, every time."
+Rock turned away, a cold wind blowing through his brown fur, and freezing his heart into ice. "I don't care. This time, I shall cheat Lady Fate. She shall not get my daughter." He looked up, trying to keep the desperation out of his voice. "She's all I have left of Star. I can't lose her."
+Stoneteller didn't pursue the topic. She flicked her tail towards the empty canyon where the cats had once been. "And this isn't losing her? She'll never know you."
+Though he knew she was right, he said stubbornly, "I'll know. And that'll be enough, as long as she's safe."
+"There are no guarantees of safety in an ever-changing world. Don't get your hopes up."
+He opened his mouth, closed it, and shook his head. "You don't understand, Stoneteller. Wise as you are, you've never had kits, or a mate." Instantly, he flinched, anticipating a crude cut-down for his disrespect. But the she-cat's eyes clouded with sadness. She seemed lost in memories, caught in a world far away from him. As if on cue, flurries began to fall, landing gently on Rock's pelt. He shook them off, a fresh wave of anguish hitting him as they reminded him of his daughter.
+"Snowflakes On The Wind," he said gently. "I wonder what they'll call her in the Clans."
+Letting out a snort, Stoneteller broke free of her trance. "Probably some dumb warrior name. You told them never to tell her about her past, right?"
+"Right. I don't want it hurting her."
+She frowned. "But... Won't it hurt you?"
+He met her gaze steadily. "I can take it. There are some things worth anything. Even dying for."
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