xx shattering my mind

[Chainless]

After swinging back to the caverns, Chainless had retrieved the dark kit, Sinisterkit. She carefully carried the small form, dark pelt stained with white, as she crossed Stoneclan’s border with Treeclan.

Here, she hoped, the dark future she sensed for the small form who was the dead image of her grandfather and uncle would be staved off, fought away by the guidance of wise Amberstar and her strong deputy.

It was there, just across the border, when the she-cat had to stop, panting. She was exhausted, the kitting had been long and arduous, and she still had one kit left to take away from their birthplace.

But she needed rest, for however brief the moment, or she would not be able to make it in haste.

[sinister]

ooc - shall I reply here, or is Sinisterkit just kind of dangling and doing noting?

[Lazy Umbee]

OOC - You can post if you'd like. ^^

[sinister]

ooc - ugh, kind of powerplaying below. sorreh >.< The kits won't know who their mother is when they're older, right? They won't remember? And I have a small idea for Sinisterkit, Umbee - I'll PM your Chainless account.

The black pelted kit dangled from her mother's mouth. She was settled softly on the ground beneath the blanket of trees; her tiny ears flicked, barely noticable. They heard nothing save for the beating of her own little heart. She squirmed; she no longer felt her mother's jaws gently clenching her ruff.

Now this kit was Sinisterkit; she was black with a spatter of white. Her unopened blue eyes would soon give way to a Halloween orange.

Sinisterkit pulled herself closer to her mother's forepaws. Chainless had stopped to catch her breath, and this gave the little femme a chance to get more comfortable. She curled beneath her mothers chest and legs, quivering slightly at the breeze.

[Amberstar]

<sub>"Chainless, what brings you to Treeclan territory?" came the gentle purr of an amber she who had dropped from the tree above, a mouse dangling from her jaws where she was carrying it back to camp.

Perhaps if they were not under one alliance, she would not have been so open to the she-cat, but something big was happening.. That kit, with bright orange hues and dark fur... Something instinctive flashed in her eyes, like a memory, but diminished as she looked up, a little more serious.

"I'm assuming you're not coming for a spring stroll. Has the war started? And what brings you with that kitten of yours?" She frowned, tail flicking, studying the kit and it's mother with curious eyes.</sub>

[Chainless]

…oh.

Two-toned eyes swiveled, looking to Amberstar for a quiet moment before respectfully dipping her head.

“I’ve come here to see if there’s any way possible that you might take my young daughter. I…cannot keep her.”

What she had done was so terribly wrong, and the white medicine cat could not allow her clan to be harmed in any way.

Not now. Not from her mistake.

[Amberstar]

<sub>The question dawned on Amberstar, and she stared blankly at the she-cat. She wouldn't ask questions, it was hers and Featherstar's business, if even their leader was apart of it all... Either way, she trusted the medicine cat enough to nod softly to her, ears leaning back with a bit more ease.

.. So they weren't being attacked..

"Yes, Chainless, I shall take your daughter... She will be raised in the Treeclan lifestyle. What is her name...?" She questioned softly, not daring to take the kit just yet so it could stay with it's mother for every last possible moment.

She could see the pain in the medicine cat's eyes. She had been there before, to give away your own kin to live the natural lifestyle layed out by Starclan.</sub>

[Chainless]

“Her name is Sinisterkit.”

Where Starkit had received a long instruction with her parting, Sinisterkit didn’t. Chainless lowered her muzzle, gently resting it on top of the splotched kit’s head, trying to purr softly.

Oh dear Starclan, please don’t let the fate she saw for her come to pass…

“I trust you Amberstar. I know you will raise her to be a true warrior for Treeclan. She must...never know about me. Her origins.”

Two-toned hues glanced up and she attempted to smile. It was so difficult though. So painful.

[Amberstar]

<sub>Amberstar gave a solemn nod to the she-cat. It was hard departing from young kits, despite their just-born nature. Oh yes, Amberstar was there, in this same exact situation, where she left to have her kits and gave them to her sister, naming them each warrior names before she departed. Given up her kin, so as not to jeopardize her clan calling.

But now those kits had left, and her sister here in Treeclan with her once more, like when they were kits so many seasons ago...

"Your.. Sinisterkit, will be treated in the utmost Treeclan way. Nothing shall be told of this kit's past; my Sister, Westwind, will raise her, with the help of all the rest of the cats of Treeclan," She said softly, bowing her head in recognition to Chainless's words.

But when Amberstar's gaze traveled from the kit to it's mother, it was a kind, reassuring smile, as if she could read her mind. In a way, it was deja vu`, but she was watching as it replayed through her life.

"Chainless, Sinisterkit will be in good paws," She said softly, taking the kit under her amber coat to watch the mother depart.</sub>

[Chainless]

“I know she is. That’s why I chose you and your clan.”

It was hard to keep smiling, and the white she-cat shook her head slightly. She must go…there was still one little life she had left to take away from Stoneclan forever.

…from her forever.

The pain would never go away. Chainless knew that. Knew and was capable in coping with it.

But it would be so hard, to see her kits growing up elsewhere. To not ever be a part in their lives.

Dipping her head slightly in a farewell, the medicine cat turned and padded away slowly.