The Night We {{{Touched}}} {{[[OPEN]]}}

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She smiled a little bit, she knew this well about Redpaw. Everything about him was evil and she hated it but she loved him. A sigh surpassed her, "I know too well of him Sageflame," her voice was as if in remembrance, "I am afraid that his love for me will cease with his lust for power." Her mind swerved, she knew that a Clan had only one but she was so proud, "A Clan only has one of everything, yes I know that much. Every Clan is one." She looked at him and then to the sky as if ignoring the rest of what he said, "Do they whisper in your dreams," she meowed sadly, "Are you foreshadowed to a death not your own? I will die of my father and mother but I will die for the same reason they did, for a loved one," she sighed again and felt a pain like non other hit her, "I fear the future Sageflame, yet I love the present, and I forget the past," she let her eyes fade, "You will see me die one day.....trust me."

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Sageflame wanted to say something but couldn't. SHe would die for a love one? Isn't that something everyone would want to die for?" I assure you that You will have to whiteness my death or Icefeathers death before I get to see yours Clawpaw." He mewed. He layed down and closed his eyes."I am more than Certain Sandheary wants me dead. I know to much," HE mewed. He opened his eyes and looked to the skys."I love the present. I try not to forget my past because every action I made back then made me who I was now... I don't fear the future beause it is something I must face.....whether it is good with me raising a family, or bad with me laying on the forest floor dead wondering what mistake i made."

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Clawpaw laid down with him, now in a more calm mood. She smiled at him and then looked to the skies as well, "You will depart to StarClan when you die though," she sighed, "And so will Icefeather. You will be watching over from a better place than here if you die so soon." She kept her gaze to the sky as if StarClan would descend and take her away right then and there, "If it is to be like that I will stand by your side." Her eyes sparkled as if speaking with her father again, "Do you know what I saw?"

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Sageflame smiled at the young she-cat."Thank you Clawpaw. We shall see what happens in the future." He paused to look at her. Did he know what she saw? He could not answer her directly."I know what I saw.... and I know who manipulated you to make you see something that wasn't true." He mewed."However what did you see?"

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Clawpaw smiled at him with a happy aroma again, "Yes," she said softly, "We will see what happens in the future." She wanted to make sure by what she said that he understood that she believed in every way that he would live. Her amber eyes closed for a moment and then opened with another happy tone, "I saw the day my father and mother were killed," she meowed quietly, as if confessing a deep dark secret, "Except it was different...."

For a moment she was quiet and then she spoke up again softly, "I was watching them die as before, only one fox left. When the fox picked my father up he yowled like a small kit. Something inside me urged me to fight so I did. With all my strength I fought it until it dropped a bloody kit from its jaws. My mother's and father's bodies were gone, it was only me, the kit, and the dead fox. I laid motionless, not able to talk, not able to breathe, but just to see." She stopped, as if saying too much and then she went on in a more choked up voice, "And then I saw Liftedstar descend from the heavens. He sat by the wailing kit and looked at me for the longest time. When he worked up a tear he looked down and only one tear fell from his right eye, taking his scar and letting it land on the kit's back right leg. The kit screeched in pain and then laid still. My father vanished and I lay there, waiting for the kit to move so I may know it to be alive. In a moment all I saw was not a painful face but a strong one and two bright blue eyes starring me in the face." The dream had scared her so badly she did not know what to think of it, but she knew it was her father trying to show that he still was watching, "I woke up smiling."

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Sageflame flicked his ears. His green eyes glowing with wonder."I still don't understand why you like someone that most of the clan cannot trust. He stood up and flicked his tail against the she-cats shoulder."Perhaps I should take you back to camp. I will let Lionstar know how our talk went. I think it went fairly well. If you can behave I will do some battle training with you tomorrow. However that is only if you behave. And if you get a punishment that is not my fault it is your own. You shouldn't have broughten A shadowclan tom over here." He mewed softly."I bet you might have to remove ticks from the elders coat..." He laughed, his eyes bouncing with amusement."Come on Clawpaw."

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Clawpaw smiled, a calm look in her eye as if looking into something far beyond him, "How may we trust each other if we can't?" Her eyes starred into the distance as if to see a black tom with white paws standing right there, "My father had said that when he found out that I had left camp," she smiled as if lightened now, "Somehow he knew that I had met Redclaw, Redkit then. He told me, "You may make your own path with the stones you tread upon but would you dare tread that path when there is a chance that you may find a sharp stone. It will hurt yes but will you have wit enough to remove it and tend to the wound or shall it be infected with your own desires?" Her amber eyes glittered for a moment as if wanting and waiting for him to appear and comfort her, "He said one day I would understand," she stopped suddenly and then went on softly, "I wonder Sageflame, when that day may be."

Amber was shut from the world and only that silent breeze made that burning amber open again. As her eyes flashed open she starred intently at the shadows of the forest and her ears pricked to listen. Father? Excitement burst through her belly for a moment with hope dazzling through her amber eyes but it did not last; soon, the sadness replaced the excitement to feel the presence of Liftedstar alive again. Her head bowed for a moment in deep submission to her sorrow but she turned her head up to simply smile at Sageflame, "The only thing I can do from here on out is behave so be prepared to teach me all you can!"

Her heart was bounded by grief but she kept her smile, clean and crisp, "Whatever punishment I have I will take," she closed her eyes as she spoke to hide the fading amber, and with a smile she spoke on, "It is my duty of course."

As she padded toward Sageflame she gave one more glance back, her eyes searching heavily but nothing was there but her heavy heart. Her voice was too quiet for Sageflame to hear as she looked on into the shadows, the beach wasn't far away. "Goodbye Father....."

With a heavy heart she turned to leave until she felt a sudden rush of wind. It danced through her pelt and brought blossoms with it. The sweet smell of the petals that flew through the wind danced with the wind through her fur and away through the shadows toward the beach. While the dance was still playing she closed her eyes and breathed deeply to savor the moment and then a scent caught her nostrils. Liftedstar! Her amber eyes flashed open with excitement and awe flaring through them but as she turned and looked for a long while she saw no tom standing there waiting for her to pad away with him, there was only the wind and the shadows that filled the forest. She watched as the pink of the blossoms faded into the trees she starred longingly at what she wanted to achieve. All she wanted was to run after the shadows to see him again and hear him say once more, "Do not cry Clawpaw," his voice reminisced in her head from when she was a kit and she had heard him talk of death with her mother, "If you wish it I will never die. Well, to you I will stay alive forever."

As her heart was about to give up she thought she heard something faint out in the distance as if someone were speaking to her. The wind carried it away once more and her eyes grew wide, "Huh?"

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Sageflame looked at the she-cat. His paws heavy as they walked forward."You saw your father?" Sageflame breathed in. His voice shuttered at the sudden cold. He wanted to run to be in the warmth of his den."You have a connection with Starclan then. Let's not ruin that. However only those who have no respect will judge you for the path you tread along. However do beware of sharp rocks...your father is still around. However it is what you make of him that makes him alive. If you want to see him again you will."

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Clawpaw was swept away by the moment, but Sageflame's words comforted her in this moment. Her eyes trailed up to meet his and a smile tried to shove away the look of shattered memories, "Thank you Sageflame," her voice was soft and delicate, not like many times before, "You are right." For a moment she starred into the night but then her amber eyes looked at him again, "I think we should actually head home now," she purred.

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