Under Cover of Darkness (Dawn)

[Dreamthief]

StarClan's eyes were upon him as Dreamthief traveled to the moor. The smell of ShadowClan wafted through the trees, and he knew she would be waiting for him nearby. They had planned this meeting when they were reunited at Mothermouth less than half a moon before, but the time had gone by so slowly, so very slowly, each breath was a year, another year before he could see her again, and he found himself curled in his den at the WindClan camp, lying awake at night, thinking only of her, of what could have been with her, of why he left so very long ago.
He heard a sound in the trees and thought it might be her, but when he looked up, all he could see were swallows and bats fighting for insects in the night. He had stopped now, unsure what to do, feeling a little queasy, hoping she would still know him, still accept him, still love him despite his crippled body and recent mistakes. And then her scent hit him, and his spine zinged with electricity, with anticipation, with hope.

((Sorry, that wasn't as good as I intended. But here we are, in the dark, wink wink ^ ^ ))

[Dovekit]

(haha yeah! -wink wink-)
The leath body of the sleek calico she-cat tiptoed from camp. She stayed close to the shadows, keeping herself hidden with the leaves on the ground. A few were still burnt but not allot, seeing the fire was mainly in the grasses of waving fields.
Her sparkling blue eyes met his opal ones. She knew them anywhere and slowly trotted closer, her tail twitching.
"Hello DreamTheif." She meowed, making no moves toward the tom. She obviously still loved him but she wasn't to touchy-feely. Her days as a lone shadowclan cat for a while made her more of a loner. She didnt talk as much anymore, more of it was in her head.

She nosed her way towards him now, touching his cheek gently. "Iv missed you so much!"

[Dreamthief]

A flood of rose petals filled him as she touched him, and he was overcome with a new emotion: joy, perhaps, maybe relief, possibly love, he didn't know, but he was overcome indeed and did not know what to do, how to react. She had actually touched him, him the cripple, the cripple who left her, the cripple who she thought would never come back, would abandon her and never return, and she had grown cold. But now, she touched him without the slightest urge from him. Perhaps their relationship was mending? He didn't know, but he hoped so, and the hope mixed with the new emotion and he was further overcome, and his mouth was full of mud and he couldn't speak, only want to speak, and he just nodded and stared at her, knowing that there was a strange look on his face, a crooked smile pasted there under two hooded eyes and ears slightly back with fur slightly tuffed and he wondered how she would read him, and still he couldn't speak at all.
He breathed in a deep sigh, and tried to speak, but could only sigh again, and he looked at her, and put his head down in embarrassment. He wanted to tell her everything, of his love for her, of his wishes to have stayed in the forest instead of left, how he wished he had had children with her and that they would be warriors by now, that the two of them would be proud of their kits now grown up, proud and loving and supportive, and they would be a family in ShadowClan and everything would be ok, but there was only mud.

((Sorry, I can't write today. My mind is spinning.))

[Dovekit]

[[actually that was realy good ^^]]
Her blue eyes glittered as she pulled away. Her scars shone in the moonlight.
His twisted face made her heart jump and she let out a small giggle. "Cat got you tongue?" She mused lightly. Blinking her eyes.

She sat down in a manner to wear her face was visible under the small amount of light the Shadowclan cats had. Her tinier... daintier paws were tugging at her legs. Her muzzle throbbing in the utmost awkward pattern. Her pelt perfectly slicked down. She wrapped her tail around her forpaws and sighed, Her mouth slightly gaped open.

The calico she-cat looked up at the sky. "So...now we're here...mind telling me your story?" She didn't seem angry, just expectant. He left when the two had just become warriors together, him, her and ThunderClaw. She blinked lightly. She thought she was the only one left. When he left they had dreams together. To start a family...to love. Yet she was raised into the wrong set of paws...it lead her to insanity and the worst dog attack. She would have to tell him all this. About why she wasnt DawnHEART anymore....and....about the prophecy.

[Dreamthief]

((Thank you. ))
He cleared his throat again, still struck dumb, but struggling to make words, any sound, anything...to her, to his love, to his Dawn.
And then she asked the question. The question he had been dreading. My story... he nearly said aloud, mulling it over, deciding if he should tell her the truth, or anything at all.
"Darling..." he said, and then realized what he had said and said quickly, "Dawnheart, you were my all. You were my sunrise and my sunset, my food and water, my body and spirit, my everything. When I heard about Silence..." he shuddered a little with the memories, with the rumors that had circulated, with everything that had happened, "I knew something was going to happen. I sought her out and tried to...to kill her..." He looked at the she-cat and was struck again by the sight of her. He could not see the scars, but instead saw her as she once was, as beautiful as she always was, her eyes shining in the moonlight shimmering through the branches above, her fur waving softly in the breeze drifting over the marshland, her scent carried straight to his nose, that lovely scent, the scent of her, the scent he had never thought he would catch again, so close, so close...
He shook his head, almost shamefully, and continued.
"Silence is dead. No, I did not kill her, but I know that she is dead. I tracked her for moons, hiding in the shadows, watching her and her secret group...so many cats, Dawnheart, so many of our friends, they were with her...she had poisoned them and they..." He didn't want to say anymore of who the cats were, or what they were saying. He was afraid even now that the group still existed without their leader, and that they would seek to snuff him out if they knew, seek to punish him by hurting her, the whole forest knew now of their relationship, knew what they had been, knew what he wanted them to be even now.
"But she is dead. She is dead now and we do not have to worry. And I'm back. And you're safe."
And then he remembered the scars and the new heaviness in her eyes.
"And..." he was unsure how to word the question, how to ask without hurting her, if he should even bring it up, so he stopped himself there, and made room for her to speak.

((This is getting interesting.))

[Dovekit]

She blinked listening to him, her blue eyes glittering in the moonlight. Every time his voice spoke the name 'DawnHeart....DawnHeart' she tensed up a little more. Her teeth clenching with nervousness.
"I have missed you so much, DreamTheif. Silence may be gone...but the group of cats is not. The plauge is still going to happen, Starclan has fortold this to FrostStar." She sighed. "Im just praying all the cats can stay loyal." She meowed lightly at him.
"Also....." She now felt choked, getting ready to tell him....all about herself. About what happened. "Im n-not Dawnheart anymore." She managed to mumble as the lump in her throat grew bigger. "its Dawn....I dont know. I was in a dog attack a long time ago, it killed me. Yet Starclan gave me another chance. I was givin a prophecy and still hold the scars of the attack." She huffed. "Im called DawnSpirit...but this prophecy states otherwise."
She huffed as she began to repeat the Starclan she-cat, DreamTheif knew her. It was EchoStar. "The dawn will rise as the Spirit dies...renew yourself and hear the cries...your current gone...your past anew...the Theif the Dawn the Morning Hue." she mumbled lightly.

[Dreamthief]

Im n-not Dawnheart anymore.
This can't be true he thought to himself. This can't be happening.
"You died?" he said, quivering a little, furious at himself for leaving her, afraid of her almost, afraid of himself for what he had put her through, ashamed of it, seeing it happen in his mind, him screaming for her, trying to help her, but in reality he had been unaware, could not imagine, could not know the pain, the anguish, the fear, the trauma, could only imagine, could only wish it would all just go away, closing his eyes, wishing it away, still feeling her near him, still knowing she bore the scars.
"Dawn--spirit," he said, struggling a little bit. "What does it mean, the prophecy? Have you spoken to anyone else about this? To a Medicine Cat? To anyone at all?"

[Dovekit]

"Yes, but no body can tell me what it means."
"Dawn--spirit," She heard him choke. She looked at him worriedly, tears filling her blue eyes. "p-please!" She meowed desperately.

"D-D-dont judge me by who I am know. Im still ME!" She meowed lightly. "Im still the playful, Independent, strong warrior I used to be. it's just....now I have scars and....my name is changed." She sobbed lightly, her paws tingling with pain, her muzzle throbbing in pain. "Th-the scars arnt even that bad!" She meowed in pain, looking at the scars that lined down her left hind leg, from the hip down.
looking up at him in pure fear that he feared her. "Dont be afraid of me DreamTheif please...I-I still-" Then the tears choked the small she-cat.
Her chest fur puffed out as she tried to look bigger.

[Dreamthief]

And then she was crying, and he was crying because she was crying, and he didn't know what to do, just wanted to comfort her, and he wrapped her in his paws and hugged her, licking the left side of her face, not looking at the scars, closing his eyes, just happy to have her here, not caring if her name had changed, wishing none of this had happened but knowing it would all be alright, that things could get better, opening his eyes and wiping the tears from hers with the back of his paw, speaking finally.
"No, I could never judge you. I know you," he said, smiling at her with moist eyes. "And you are still my Dawn, and that can never change. Breathe for me, breathe and be calm. I'm here. I'm here. Shhhh."
And he closed his eyes again and enveloped her even closer in his arms, hugging her like he would never let her go.

((That was really bad.))

[Dovekit]

[Idk how to respond to this.....ermm....]

[Dreamthief]

(( XP I understand. It was very difficult to reply to. I guess now would be a good time to either shun him or accept him.))

[Dovekit]

-accept- lol well we need to start another thread....maybe this one can be purley love or something....c:

[Dreamthief]

((lol, sure. I've got an idea. Dream is going to be in the plague, is Dawn also? We could make that a story.))

[Dovekit]

no. Shes stayin with the clans. Shes a loyal leech! XD lol maybe we'll end up fighting each other. ok well...wanna start one in SC terra....in waving feilds?

[Dreamthief]

Sure. Can we safely say that this RP ended with you running off and crying or something and thief chasing you and then we continue at waving fields? Do you want to start the new thread and link it here?