- Jun 7, 2022
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"WE ARE THE BROKEN ONES, WHO CHOSE TO SPARK A FLAME"
Ember did not remember waking up. The first thing she was conscious of was realizing she was walking. It felt as though her paws had a mind of their own as they pulled her through the night. She had no clue where she was or where she was going. The misty haze of sleep still clouded her mind. Her first thought was to stop so she could get her bearings, and yet something compelled her not to. There was a reason for her travel, though she could not recall it. It was important somehow. A glance above gave her that reason.
Stars. Bright and warm and filling the night sky. It was the most beautiful night she had ever seen. Those stars, they called to her. The spots of light in which her fallen friends now resided needed something from her. She could not deny their request, not now not ever. So she kept going. Followed her paws further into the night.
Moments blurred together as she kept walking. Though she knew she was going a great distance, the distance did not weigh on her paws. Nor did the time it took. It was a strange sort of waking dream that entrapped her. She barely noticed as trees turned to marshes turned to rocks. Until finally, she was there.
A small break in the stone, opening up into the gaping mouth of a cave. Within, the darkness of night, swallowed whole, with the same spots of light she had seen up above. This was where her friends in the sky had wished her to go. So she did. Her paws did not even pause a moment before pulling her into the crevice. Were she a larger cat, it might have been quite the squeeze. The darkness fell in at her sides, wrapped around her like an embrace. With every step that distant starlight grows closer. It glimmers faintly ahead of her, guiding her every step. Any moment now, she will reach it. She's certain of that, so certain.
Then it's more than just a glimmer, its a full, brilliant light that she had to blink into as her eyes adjusted. She does pause then. If only to take in the beauty before her. The small cave widened into a larger space, one open to the night sky above. In it's center, the shimmering crystal she had seen so faintly from the entrance, reflecting the light of the moon and stars in its surface. It was the most astounding, wonderful sight she had ever seen.
Lying next to it, however, was a sight that gave her pause for an entirely different reason.
The grey molly she had fought during the battle lay next to the crystal, seemingly asleep. A twinge of worry touched her mind. She ignored it. Over the past days innumerable enemies had become friends, and this was no different. If the stars told her this was safe, she would have faith.
Wordlessly, she stepped forth, approached the starry stone before her. Lying herself down next to the sleeping form of her former foe, she touched her nose to the crystal's surface. Slowly, she let her eyes drift closed. Then she waited a moment, and another, and another. Nothing felt different. Despite her faith in the stars, she couldn't help an impatient twitch of her whiskers. She was bored.
Surely they wouldn't mind if she just took a lil peak at the crystal?
One eye began to creep open, only for both to fly wide as she realized the cave was gone. Instead she found herself in a wide and starry expanse, with the same glimmering figures she had seen in the battle's wake all around her.
Stars. Bright and warm and filling the night sky. It was the most beautiful night she had ever seen. Those stars, they called to her. The spots of light in which her fallen friends now resided needed something from her. She could not deny their request, not now not ever. So she kept going. Followed her paws further into the night.
Moments blurred together as she kept walking. Though she knew she was going a great distance, the distance did not weigh on her paws. Nor did the time it took. It was a strange sort of waking dream that entrapped her. She barely noticed as trees turned to marshes turned to rocks. Until finally, she was there.
A small break in the stone, opening up into the gaping mouth of a cave. Within, the darkness of night, swallowed whole, with the same spots of light she had seen up above. This was where her friends in the sky had wished her to go. So she did. Her paws did not even pause a moment before pulling her into the crevice. Were she a larger cat, it might have been quite the squeeze. The darkness fell in at her sides, wrapped around her like an embrace. With every step that distant starlight grows closer. It glimmers faintly ahead of her, guiding her every step. Any moment now, she will reach it. She's certain of that, so certain.
Then it's more than just a glimmer, its a full, brilliant light that she had to blink into as her eyes adjusted. She does pause then. If only to take in the beauty before her. The small cave widened into a larger space, one open to the night sky above. In it's center, the shimmering crystal she had seen so faintly from the entrance, reflecting the light of the moon and stars in its surface. It was the most astounding, wonderful sight she had ever seen.
Lying next to it, however, was a sight that gave her pause for an entirely different reason.
The grey molly she had fought during the battle lay next to the crystal, seemingly asleep. A twinge of worry touched her mind. She ignored it. Over the past days innumerable enemies had become friends, and this was no different. If the stars told her this was safe, she would have faith.
Wordlessly, she stepped forth, approached the starry stone before her. Lying herself down next to the sleeping form of her former foe, she touched her nose to the crystal's surface. Slowly, she let her eyes drift closed. Then she waited a moment, and another, and another. Nothing felt different. Despite her faith in the stars, she couldn't help an impatient twitch of her whiskers. She was bored.
Surely they wouldn't mind if she just took a lil peak at the crystal?
One eye began to creep open, only for both to fly wide as she realized the cave was gone. Instead she found herself in a wide and starry expanse, with the same glimmering figures she had seen in the battle's wake all around her.
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