Post by Shadow Spirit on Apr 25, 2007 21:48:39 GMT -5
Lillystar trudged her way out of the medicine cat's den and into the main camp. She knew she had to break the news of the she-cat's death to the rest of the clan, but something drew her away. A strange instinct told her that she was needed at the borders right away...
OOC: This is to conveniently allow her to acquire Starkit from Chainless...^^;
A short time later, the leader returned to the camp with a small bundle in her jaws. Starkit dangled quietly from the tall she-cat's mouth, as if she knew her presence was not expected. Setting the fragile newborn down in front of her paws, Lillystar called for her cats to gather with a loud caterwaul. She refused to take to the rock for this...this news should be shared on a more personal level.
"My dear friends...cats of MistClan...I have sad news for you..." she began unsteadily. "Oddeye, the poor ill queen...has died..." "She lies outside of the warrior's den and you are all welcome to grieve for her...we shall bury her at moonhigh..." The she-cat then looked down at the snowy colored baby at her feet. "To add to that, as I'm sure you have noticed, this kit in front of me is not one of ours..." As much as her heart told her to, Lillystar had promised not to reveal this little one's origins, so she weaved a story that would satisfy and not totally deceive her cats. "I came upon this newborn on the borders...her mother was ill and unable to care for her, so she left her to me, to be raised by a generous queen in our midst...and I hope one of them will take her in..." "All I know for sure is that her name is Starkit and her mother requests that one day she be known as Starocean..."
Lillystar waited for responses, questions, suggestions. Anything that would assure her that she was leading her clan correctly.
"My dear friends...cats of MistClan...I have sad news for you..." she began unsteadily. "Oddeye, the poor ill queen...has died..." "She lies outside of the warrior's den and you are all welcome to grieve for her...we shall bury her at moonhigh..." The she-cat then looked down at the snowy colored baby at her feet. "To add to that, as I'm sure you have noticed, this kit in front of me is not one of ours..." As much as her heart told her to, Lillystar had promised not to reveal this little one's origins, so she weaved a story that would satisfy and not totally deceive her cats. "I came upon this newborn on the borders...her mother was ill and unable to care for her, so she left her to me, to be raised by a generous queen in our midst...and I hope one of them will take her in..." "All I know for sure is that her name is Starkit and her mother requests that one day she be known as Starocean..."
Lillystar waited for responses, questions, suggestions. Anything that would assure her that she was leading her clan correctly.
Lillystar was unaware, her mind being on other things, that Shadowstreak had silently slipped out of the medicine cat den behind her. The tabby she-cat's eyes were dull and distant, the shock of finding the dead queen had still not left her. Feeling hollow and unsure of where her heart now lay...Shadowstreak slipped more or less unseen out of the camp...
OOC: If someone that knows her well wants to say they saw her leave and go after her, feel free...
