- Jun 7, 2022
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✵ ღ ☾ IT TOOK ME BY SURPRISE - She had been stopped once before, but that had been in the middle of the night- and by someone Lakepaw simply couldn’t refuse, because the tabby didn’t trust her, at least that’s what she had told herself.
Today, however, she had left early in the morning, assuring Houndsnarl that she was just going on a solo hunt, it was perfectly believable- she was Lakepaw after all, when wasn’t she hunting, or sharpening her comb and skills? Especially after that hunger-crazed rogue, who’d left a nasty facial scar to remember them by.
Silently, she broke the tree-line, lurking further and further into Thunderclan’s territory, the smell of sap and oak were strong, but not as overwhelming as Skyclan’s scent had been.
She hadn’t seen her family since the fire, since her mothers passing, and this meeting would be short- a surprise, even.
She hadn’t expected to hear nearby voices so quickly, but once she had she quickly sprung into the undergrowth, sweeping her feathery tail to her flank to keep it from straying.
Narrow azure optics searched between the blades of fern, so far she didn’t recognize anyone on this patrol- not even from the gatherings the blue tabby had attended.
Finally, bringing up the rear, earth and snow came into view, a familiar motherly voice reaching her ears.
Ready to implode with the anticipation, Lakepaw watched as the rest of the patrol began to trail forward, before she’d kick her forepaw forward, sending dirt and the sound of rustling forward, Lakepaw knew Howling Wind was too keen to resist an investigation.
Only when the brown tabby would near is when Lakepaw would lift her head ever so slightly, to only where her silver ear tips would show before she flick them to and fro to catch her grandmothers attention, subconsciously prolonging the reveal her newly acquired scar from the other for as long as she could.
@HOWLING WIND @lily pad
❝ Speech. ❞
THE HATRED IN HER EYES
