finding hope

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^{BREEZE...
catch the wind...}

"Cirruscloud!"

The sleek white form of Silverripple had sped down the hill, halting at the bottom. Breeze trotted down the hill, hatling at Silverripple's side. Looking around, she could see little hollows built for the cats. The two loners stood side by side near a tree stump. It was the first real object to distract from the lovely rolling hills. It's tallest peak stood only about a leap from the ground upon which Breeze herself stood. She smiled.

The scents of other unknown cats wafter around her, not blown away by wind as would be out of the small hollow. There were also more trees off to the north, behind them, for they faced south, overlooking the camp.

"Silverripple... Now it's your turn to lead. Trust your instincts and follow your sister's scent."

_{...without your fingers
...BREEZE}

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Silverripple nodded. Some Windclan cats were probably staring at her, now. She scented the air, and then widened her eyes. It really was her! She could remember her sister's scent clearly now, though it was so long ago. It was sweet, yet also smelled like a mixture of grass and herbs from rolling on the ground playfully, as she's always did since she's been a kit. Flashes of of sweet memories flew by Silverripple's eyes. She glanced at Breeze and pointed her head towards the Thunderclan border. "This way," she mewed.

ooc: Sorry for the short post; I'm in a rush here...I have limited time on the com. today!

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[glow=blue,2,000]Breeze:[/glow] color the sky.

Breeze smiled, the followed Silverripple as she pointed them toward the thunderclan border.
"this way."

this was it. the last part of their journey. Breeze smiled in fond memory of her siblings, but the smile soon faded. Her family had been a confusing and troubled one. Her siblings had all left each other, unknowingly preferring lonliness from each others company. And, as fate would have it, Breeze found it all for the good. Instead of feeling things, she detatched from them. Therefore, she re-taught herself the ways to be happy, and stuck to them.

Breeze thought of Silverripple's history, according to the bits she had revealed anyway. How great this moment must be! Breeze smiled again, watching Silverripple for a cue of where to go. Scenting the air herself, she thought she smelt Cirrusclouds scent, but that had been so far ago. It was hard to tell any real differences.

ooc: ok, i understand. i can wait for when you have more time.

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Silverripple[/color][/size]

"C'mon!" Silverripple called excitedly, beckoning Breeze to pad over quicker. She managed to calm herself before she started bouncing all over the place. That'll be just embarressing, she thought.

She traced the scent around and into the camp. Cats...they were everywhere! Young Silverripple at thirteen moons has never seen so many! But all the different scents confused her very, very much, so she lost track of Cirruscloud's precious scent. She lowered her ears as she glanced over at Breeze. Did she feel the same way too?

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BREEZE: a sun in the night.

Breeze smiled, following Silverripple's form. The white she-cats nose was practically pasted to the ground, sniffingthis way and that. But just as quickly, Silverripple paused, looking up with confusion. Breeze nodded, both to herself and to Silverripple unvoiced question.
Where is she?
Breeze listed her cranium to the sky, looking outwards over the camp. Sniffing the air, she imediately understood Silverripples confusion. So many scents whizzed by her nose, it almost overwhelmed her. Almost. She was not used to the many scents, all at once, but she could easily pick one over another. The slight dizzy feeling in her head eased a bit and she focused down on one scent. It was the thrid most familiar scent she had known, at least cat scents anyway. Quickly she sniffed this way and that. It seemed that Cirruscloud had been all through the camp. Well, that rules out any possibilities of finding her here.
In truth Breeze was happy that they might need to leave this camp. Windmob cats were probably baffled by their presence, and it was probably best to leave.
Of course, staying was just as well, but the camp seemed so abandoned. No cats had shown themselves so far, but she doubted it would stay like that. Cirruscloud had been friendly enough, but would the rest of her mob act the same way? Especially with the two of them there. And they were allianced together, which might make it seem like an attack against the camp. But it was not. It was a search duo. And soon, Breeze felt, they would find their target.
"What about this way?"
Breeze questioned Silverripple. She then signaled which direction she meant with her tailtip, angling it to point up the samll hill that led toward the treeline, over toward... oh, what was it called again? Thundermob? Yeah, Tundermob terratory.

breeze: A MOON FOR THE DAY

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Silverripple
No longer am I the silent soft ripple that slowly disappears in the pond. I, have become opposite of my name.

"What about this way?" Breeze had suggested.

Silverripple nodded and mewed determindly, "I don't care which way we go, as long as we find Cirruscloud." Then she licked a scar and her mew softened just a little. "I think her scents that way, anyway."

The she-cat raised her head and scented the air. Then she lowered it to the ground and sniffed the earth. The sun was shining ever-so brightly above the duo. It made the she-cat's beautiful silverpelt glimmer magnificently under the bright rays of light.

She raised her head again and turned towards her search partner. "You're right," the silver cat purred. "She has gone this way. Let's follow the trail!" Silverripple touch the ground with her nose, scenting if it was stale. She flicked her ears and signaled to Breeze that Cirruscloud was just here, and they should go right away before any Wind - what was it? Trib? Cane? Cane...yah, I think it's cane... Silverripple thought. They should go before any wary Windcanners attacked.

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Breeze: there is no end; no end to the massive bliss of life.

"I don't care which way we go, as long as we find Cirruscloud. I think her scents that way, anyway."
Breeeze nodded to herself. Though Silverripple's words been a little rough, Breeze understood. She couldn't even imagine how excited and nervous Silverripple might be right now. Coming out of her little thinking stage, Breeze followed Silverripple along. The silver she-cat was sniffing the ground again.
"You're right, She has gone this way. Let's follow the trail!"
"Lead the way."
Breeze replied calmly. Perhaps she appeared detatched from the moment, but the truth was she... well, she didn't connect to Silverripple energy in finding her sister. In her family, everyone choose the path every cat for himself. It suited her, but then again... Well, she could never fully feel at home with a mob.

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ooc: Omg, sorry for the short and bad post I'm outta' muse temporarly, and in a rush...again xD

IC:
"Lead the way."[/b]

Silverripple nodded at her partner. She kept her nose held high as she scented her way across the camp. Wind-cane cats stared hostilely at the duo. Some anxiously searched for their leader, wondering what to do. The she-cat hurriedly dashed out of the camp, into the open moor and out of the ditch.[/size]

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Whipchord: Two Friends or Fiends?

The gray tom stood, rooted to the fair ground. The two loners had come barging into their camp rather noiselessly, but now seemed to throw their cares to the wind. They were searching for something, scenting the ground every now and then and talking aloud between themselves. He had listened to it for awhile, and now the Silverripple stood at the top of the hill, the wall of the camp. She looks so familiar... like someone...

But as his mind could not guess the likeness, he fixxed his gaze on the other she-cat. She was a tantalyzing mix of browns, the only attention drawing factor was the three rings on her tail that were pure white. Her name was Breeze, and it seemed to match her. Her eyes were also different colors, one being hazel and the other being green. It was definately unique, and perhaps that had been another reason he hadn't moved scince the two had shown up into Windclan's camp.

But, are they friends, or fiends? He certainly hoped friends. They seemed peaceful enough, if just a little bold. I mean, it wasn't often for two loners to invade a camp, but only to go again. Or to look like their going, anyway. Which brought another thought to his mind. Should I help them out? They seemed lost, searching for something, or someone, that they had no mind to where it was. So he stepped forward, coming to the cat called Breeze's side. The wind blew briefly toward him, bringing the she-cats scent into his nose. She smeeled of so many things it boggled his mind. Pines... Lake... Leaves... Rabbit... The tom snapped out of his scenting, looking up to the silver she-cat.

"Do you need assistance? Who are you two?"

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Silverripple
No longer am I the silent soft ripple that slowly disappears in the pond. I, have become opposite of my name.

Whoosh! Silverripple jerked her head over as she jumped slightly, twisting around to face the tom behind her. She flicked her tail as it lowered at Breeze, signalling her to to keep quiet for now. She then glared with piercing eyes at the Windclan cat.

"What did you say?!"

[/color] she hissed, bringing out her words and pausing word after word. She bend her knees to lower her body until her belly fur brushed against the grounds of the moor. She took a paw-step closer, awaiting a reply - hostile, calm, or fearful, she didn't care. No cat's going to mess with her journey to find Cirruscloud. No one.[/size][/blockquote]

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Whipchord: peace is always the first option.

Silverripple had stepped forward, hunching down. A hunters crouch, he would say. Whipchord imediately sat down, holding his ground. Apparantly, he would have to be more careful with his words.

"I believe the real question is, who are you? But I am Whipchord, of Windclan."

Whipchord stated plainly, defensively. This was his territory, and he only wanted to assist the two femme-cats off so he wouldn't ned to worry. He wasn't gooing to chase them off first though, without asking if they required assistance. But if the silver she cat continued her obnoxious behavior... well, chasing them off wasn't something he was incapable of doing.

"Begging your pardon, but you do seem a little lost, and I only wanted to help you off my clan's territory. You don't seem to be from around here, and just maybe I could help?"

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Silverripple
Don't you dare underestimate me

"Pah!" the silver she-cat snorted. "Like I'll never need help from a mob-cat like you, living with all those other cats in such a mixed up group. Now, mind you just move aside so I could continue my search?" she spat rudely, pawing the dusty ground. Some small grains of sand, gravel and debris flung into the air around her, staining her pretty pelt and getting into her eyes. She fluttered her eyelids a bit and turned to Breeze. "Well, what do you think we should do now?" she asked calmly.

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BREEZE

Breeze smiled at Silverripple's excitement and annoyance that had come together to create a tone of voice in which she spoke to the mob-tom. He was acting extremely polite in her eyes, but then again, she wasn't especially interested in what he had to say. She was surprised he had enough nerve to interupt them, in a manner of speaking. Suddenly, Silverripple turned to her, asking her a question. Breeze's eyes narrowed shortly in thought before she spoke softly into Silverripple's ear.

"It can't hurt to ask him if he know your sister. You don't have to give any names either, just describe her if your uncomfortable."

Breeze backed away from Silverripple a comfortable distance, sitting down gently but keeping her limbs taunt, in case Silverripple thought it unessacary for the tom's help. Wait, he had a name. Whipchord, was it? A strange name, but then again, a strange cat. Suddenly it reminded her of Silverripple's name... Silver - ripple... And she said her sisters name was Cirrus - cloud... Breeze shook her head slightly in ameusment toward herself. How could she miss an obvious fact such as that? Does that mean, Silverripple once came from the mobs? How else did she earn a name that mimicked theirs?

Breeze sighed away the thought gently and pushed it away. Her mismatched eyes watched Silverripple closely once again, ready for the next stage of their journey.

a voice on the wind...

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Silverripple
Don't you dare underestimate me

Silverripple nodded. "It would help if he at least knew who I was searching for," she murmured to her friend.

The silver cat straightened up to a regal stance. She didn't want to appear weak, but not too intimidating either - which often was her accidental mistake. She then spoke in her calm, crispy voice, "If you don't mind," she tilted her head a bit, "Have you ever met a cat named Cirruscloud? She's a long-lost sister of mine."

Silverripple then flickered her tail at Breeze, signalling to her to back her up if there was any threatning or dangerous reaction from the stranger cat.

But then - huh?! Breeze looked lost in thought. I wonder what she's thinking...But why would she be doing that in a time like this?! Silverripple thought curiously.

"Hey, Breeze," she mewed into the she-cat's ear impatiently, making quick glances at the WindClan tom in front of them. "Hey, snap out of it! What are you thinking of? There's no time! There's a weird tom cat staring at us, here!"

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WHiPCHORD

The grey tom listened carefully to the familiar-looking rouge. She straightened up calmly, as if her harsh words were all but forgotten now. Whipchord was willing to forget them as well, though thought it somewhat strange that she had done so so quickly. Shrugging out the thought, he flicked his ears toward her. She spoke of Cirruscloud. Suddenly his thoughts flew back to the moment he had walked into Visionstar's den, only to just about crash into the two of them as they were heading out. The gentle tom flicked his tail quickly at the embarassing memory and looked upon the rouge who had spoken to him. And suddenly his mind clicked it together. She was a stunning look-alike to Cirruscloud, and even though he didn't know Cirruscloud that well, anyone could see the similarity between them. Whipchord smiled, standing up gently.

"Yes, I know who you are searching for. I think she has gone off on some patrol... I had bumped into her while wanting to talk to Visionstar."

Whipchord was now walking off toward the familiar and yet unknown tree-line where the boarder between Thunderclan and Windclan lay. He might not know quite where Cirruscloud had dissapeared off to, but he knew his terratory and expected the rouges to follow his lead. He would escort them to Thunderclan and let them tear through the tree's there in search of the rouges sister. He was sure that if he tagged along he would be no help, without having known Cirruscloud nor these two rouges either. So he flicked his tail and called back to the two she-cats, in case they were trying to decide whether or not to follow them.

"Come this way. I will lead you to another terratory where I saw Cirruscloud heading off to earlier."