Prayer of the Refugee {Anyone}

Kori

_{I'm walkin' on sunshine.}


<sup>A ginger she-cat lay sprawled across the dirt under the roof of the abandoned two-leg nest, head raised in alert. Bright green eyes, normally filled with laughter, scanned the small structure frequently on the look out for danger. Three furry bundles cuddled up next to the she-cat; the first an exacty copy of her mother, the second black with wild fur, and a third brown tabby kit, small and shaking with weakness. The ginger mother laid her tail over the smallest cat, as if it would do any good.

Kori had been staying here ever since her kits were born; about 2 moons. Not her ideal choice, but for now she was stranded in the stone building, for her kits were too small to travel. Pull yourself together! For the kits! She quietly encouraged herself, hope never slipping through her paws. The three kits were all sound asleep, except the tabby who continued to mew softly. Kori ran her tongue over the tom; she refused to let him die. (But if he doesn't get adopted, he just might. *glares* XD)

It was hard to think of herself as a mother; she was young, hyper, and fun-loving. But nonetheless she loved it, and they replaced the looming thought that their father, the tom she loved, was in a place called Shadowclan; a place she could never go to. She almost lost composure at the thought, but quickly glanced down at the messy furred black kit brought her back. Robinstep told her specifically that if she were to return, she would get herself killed; apparently, this clan of the shadows was not welcoming of cats like her. Robin shooed me off to protect me, right? Certainly he would not drive me away to harm me; it's for our own good.

{ooc// *scampers off to fix history* Imma change it that Robinstep drove her away from Shadowclan, (of course to protect her, sillies =P) because I really don't want them interacting, because that would be no fun. ^-^ Yup.}</sup>


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Lioncloud
^{We're all mad here}

Loincloud padded into the abandoned two leg nest. It was where he had been hiding from the horrible weather. It was also where he kept his store of happy plants. His ears were down as he padded in, he was running out of happy plants. However he needed them. As he moved into the place he thought as his home (even if he hadn't been there since... well a while) he picked up a scent.

It was a she-cat, and kits. He was coherent enough to know that they were in trouble. He wasn't in one of his highs. He shook his head a little and looked at her from the shadows. Then he turned and left. He knew where to find some food. It was put in strange things by the two-legs.

He returned, with a chicken carcass and dropped in infront of her.
"Eat." He said, it wasn't a request. "Since you are in my den, I will look after you. But you do not touch my happy plants." He said simply, sitting watching her. Then he paused and moved and sat down next to her, helping to keep the small tabby kit warm.

Kori

_{I'm walkin' on sunshine.}


<sup>Just as Kori thought about settling for a nap herself, she could sight of a tom. Instinctively, she covered her kits protectively and hissed at the tom. She knew very well that clan cats were not friendly with loners like her, and they would take no mercy on her. But the tom left her after only a moment, and Kori drew back, puzzled. 'He must have went to alert a patrol,' she thought wearily. Clan cats may drive out rogues with force, but surely not a queen and her kits in leaf-bare?

Thoughts of fleeing overwhelmed her when suddenly the rom reappeared, no patrol of clan cats following him. Still, the ginger she-cat shrank back; he may have been another loner, which was only worse. "Please, don't--" she started to plead when the sight of food in his mouth stopped her. It was an odd piece of kill, something she had never seen. Before she knew it, he was telling her to eat it. And before she could even open her mouth to comment, he was keeping her kits warm. Such kindness from a stranger? What sort of illusion was this? "I shall not touch your plants of happiness," she muttered, dazed. Without any further doubt, the naive she-cat continued, "I thank you greatly for your kindness! But please, why are you so kind to a loner? I hear they do not get along with the clan of shadows. Are you by chance one of them?"

Kori had switched from a state of confusion to that of joy; this nice tom was helping her, and he may know Shadowclan! What luck! All too giddy, she ran her tongue over the other two kits and took a bite of the strange meat.</sup> [/center]

Lioncloud
^{We're all mad here}

He paused, looking at her. Shadowclan, she must be talking of Shadowclan. He paused. "I used to be in Thunderclan, I left." He paused and didn't answer her other questions. He instead lay down, keeping his body pressed against the strange she-cat.

"I am Lioncloud, what are you called?" He asked her.

Kori

_{I'm walkin' on sunshine.}

<sup>A bit disappointed that this tom wasn't from Shadowclan, Kori merely mewed "Oh.". But she couldn't help but smile; smiling was her favorite, and hard not to do when she had been helped so kindly by a stranger. She accepted his warmth without question, and it was hard not to doze off. Lioncloud. That certainly sounds like a clan name. But why would he want to leave? Kori would give anything to be surrounded by friends and family again. She was driven out, and this cat left of his own accord? She decided it would be rude to ask when she barely knew him, so she kept her usually boisterous self quiet.

"I am Kori, of the Sabaku." she replied, raising her head a bit in a dignified fashion. She tapped the spikey furred black tom with her tail tip. "This kit is called Bat." The ginger she-cat moved her tail to a another kit, a copy of her mother. "This kit is called Rose." Then finally, she rest her tail upon the little tabby; a copy of his father. "I have not yet decided a name for his kit, for I fear he may not live long." She ran her tongue over the kit, as if it would help.

(ooc// Psst, Dreamer, where ever you are, what do you think of either Robin or Sparrow or, or...I dunnos, I have naming issues. XD)</sup>[/center]

Lioncloud
^{We're all mad here}


He paused and tilted his head. "You should name him." He said. "So he has a name if he joins his ansestors." He paused, wondering if the little tom would join Starclan. "He looks like a little bird. Like a Nightjar or a Curlew." He grinned a little. "Sorry, I oversteped my bounds on that one." he sighed and huddled closer to the cat and her kits. He had forgotten what it was like to have people close. Suddenly he hoped the she-cat wouldn't leave come new-leaf. He paused.

"You are welcome to stay here until Greenleaf, even longer if you wish." He grinned at her. "If you want that is."

Kori

_{I'm walkin' on sunshine.}


<sup>Never before had Kori heard such animal names, being foreign to this land, so she simply nodded happily and mewed. "I shall take your suggestions into consideration, thank you!" In almost an instant, she was forgetting what a rut she was in. It was extrememly difficult for Kori not to be happy, unless the situation proved solemn or disastrous, of course. Then she sunk into depression quickly, her moods like a simple light switch; a flick of the switch changed her completely.

"At the moment, I am not sure where we shall go," she mewed, her voice drooping a little. It perked up quickly as she added, "I would hate to be a burden, and do not want to get in the way of your plants of happiness." She was considering staying just until her kits were old enough to travel far distances. She didn't want the clans to come and drive her out, and this tom would be nice protection from those dangers. "If there is any way we can make it up to you in the future, please, do not hesitate to ask. I cannot tell you enough how grateful I am."</sup>



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Lioncloud
We're all mad here

"You are no burden." he mewed, gently nuzzling against her. "I assure you of that Kori. I would like it very much if you stayed." he flicked his tail a little, then looked up as he heard someone close by.

Fox Trot
^{I love my past. I love my present. I’m not ashamed of what I’ve had, and I’m not sad because I have it no longer.}

Leading four small kits a lean pedigree cat slipped into the abandoned nest. She left the nest that Nightflare had found her because a fox had found it. She had clawed his nose and sent him running. However she knew that it wouldn't be safe for her kits. So she had left the nest and came here. This was where she had first lived, after loosing her family.

There were cats here already. She stopped and let her kits gather around her feet. However she knew that she couldn't stay out in the cold. It was turning into a blizzard out there. So she took the chance and walked in. Then she saw it was a pair of cats. She assumed they were mate.

"C-can I stay here.... please?" she mewed. "My kits are freezing. I won't be a bother."


Lioncloud
We're all mad here
Lioncloud looked up, more cats were coming to his nest. He flicked his tail and looked down at the four kits. They were better off than their mother. He noted the she-cat's thin coat and sighed. He couldn't turn away anyone, and most definetly a she-cat with young kits.

"Come in, come in." he mewed. "You can come over here to. We can all keep one another warm. I'm Lioncloud by the way."

Fox Trot
^{I love my past. I love my present. I’m not ashamed of what I’ve had, and I’m not sad because I have it no longer.}

"Thank you." Fox trot mewed gratefully, laying down on the other side of the golden tom. She then noticed that the other she-cat had kits.

She smiled at Lioncloud. "I'm Fox Trot." she looked at her kits. "These are Song, Solar, Sonata, and Samurai."

Kori

_{I'm walkin' on sunshine.}


<sup>'Oh, what a pleasant surprise!' Kori thought merrily to herself, 'How comforting it is to know that I am not alone!'

The arrival of another queen and her kits certainly surprised the young mother. She could only find optimism in the presence of kits, and here there were seven of them. Kori had occasionaly worried that her kits would not have and playmates but eachother, but this was just wonderful! There was this friendly tom here to keep her safe, and another queen to befriend. It seemed that withing a few short minutes, the world seemed to have changed for the better.

The ginger she-cat did not once to think of how difficult it would be to feed this many mouths during leaf-bare. She did not once think that being on clan territory could be dangerous; everything nice in the world seemed to block out the bad, and Kori was her positive, ecstatic self once more. Once again, the world had balance.

Detatching herself from her sleeping kits for a moment, Kori sat up to mew enthusiastically to Fox Trot; "Why hello! I am Kori, most pleased to meet you! What beautiful kits you have!" she added cheerily, then looking down at her own kits said a bit more softly, suddenly remembering they were dozing, "This is Bat, Rose, and Robin." She had stunned herself; the words flew out her mouth withouth warning; no, she couldn't have just said that. She could not have just---Robinstep, thoughts of you shall not cloud my mind. Not today, love.

But staring down at the little tabby kit, she just couldn't help it.</sup>
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{{i like robin and he shall be my Robin. -huggles him to death.- EEK! no! come back to life! -brings him back- That's better. lol. His name will stay white till Wish decides to change the layout to where you can see brown. ^^}}

Robin
Born in this world as it all falls apart.

The small tom stayed close to his mother his body shaking softly. He let out small mews as his body shook with fever. He didn't know what exactly was going on but he knew he didn't like it, but his mother wouldn't listen. He was speaking cat wasn't he?
Soon another voice filled his ears and he felt his mom's tail around him and then another body near by. It was warm and he wanted to drift toward it but he couldn't bring his paws under him. He kept mewing begging his mom to move him to the warm body.
'Why don't you understand?! I wanna be warm! I'm cold!' he thought urgently. He kept mewing and soon other sounds filled his ears. More cats, apparently a mother like his. But she never came closer. And what were those new noises. They were loud and hurt his ears. He could hear his mom talking, so they must have been nice.
He mewed again and pulled himself weakly toward his mothers stomach and curled up next to her warm body. At least it was a little better.

Lioncloud
We're all mad here
"Come here, I'll help keep your kits warm." Lioncloud said, waiting for the she-cat to come closer. He smiled at the she cat, eyes big and friendly.

Fox Trot

Fox trot smiled at the she-cat. "Those are lovely names." She mewed, laying down close to Kori. A smile played on her gentle muzzle. "I think this will be a good thing. "We can keep our kits nice and warm."

Bat
<sup>Anything you can do, I can do better.

A tiny tom kit lay nestled between his brother and sister, unruly black fur springing out in every direction. Twitching his ears in annoyance, he nudged his brother on his right as if to say, "You can't sleep either, huh?" Bat was very confused about his brother; he was much different from himself or his sister. For one thing, he breathed funny, real fast like. And he got the most attention, being all shivery and such. But right now, he could care less about his brother's strange behavior; he was too busy being aggravated out of his mind by all the voices around. None were familiar apart from his mother, but he could have sworn he heard the squeals of other kits much like himself. Wriggling towards the little tabby tom beside him, he felt it was his duty as a good brother to do what his mother did to keep his breathing like his.

Kori
I'm walkin' on sunshine.

The words Robinstep would say if he were here echoed in Kori's head over and over; You shouldn't trust them. Get away from the clans.

But the mother with four kits won her over. Lioncloud was right, it would be best if they were all together to keep each other warm. But lately, the optimistic she-cat was having many misgivings in the recent moons in which she had become a mother. I must certainly be too young to be a mother. She thought sorrowfully. Settling herself once more on the ground, she wrapped her body around her kits, who she could tell she had obviously awaken. Then, feeling it best to socialize rather than dwell upon negatives, the ginger she-cat piped up, "Foxtrot, were you ever with the clans? Or are you umm..." she paused to think of the term. It seemed so long ago she had discussed these things. "a pet kitty?" Quickly remembering the disdain Robinstep had talked of 'pet kitties' with, she gave Robin a few quick licks across the head before adding hastily, "Are you perhaps a loner like I?"</sup>

Fox Trot

"I lived with a human, what you call two-legs or housefolk."she explained. "But I was never anyone's pet" her tail lashed a little. "My mother and father are both noble born show cats. So am I, but I ran away because my caretaker wasn't nice. Then I found my human." she paused. "He's dead now." her tail touched the "collar" she still wore. "He gave me this and called me Fox Trot. He wasn't my owner he was my friend."

Robin
Robin had almost been asleep when his annoying brother, Bat, nudged him a little roughly, he believed, than he needed to. He opened his moth slightly and let out a small hiss of annoyance but put his head back down and curled up again. He couldn't get his body to quit shaking no matter how hard he tried.
'I wish everyone would just be quiet and let me sleep. he thought bitterly. He wiggled slightly as he felt his brother crawl closer to him but soon fell still again, as his brother's warm slowly added to his moms. Maybe his brother wasn't to bad. At least he understood what he wanted. He turned his head and gently nuzzled his brother's fur in thanks before putting his head down and trying to go to sleep.

We are young, we have heart
Born in this world as it all falls apart
We are strong, we don’t belong
Born in this world as it all falls apart.

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ooc// I believe the kits have reached the 4 month mark?

I'm not sure how, but we may want to start getting them into their clans. (But keep them loners just a tad bit longer, perhaps?)

As I've stated somewhere before, I think I've decided to place Bat, Rose, and Robin in Shadowclan. So, just taking a stab in the dark here, while Kori is away for a bit a Thunderclan patrol could find FoxTrot and company. Somewhere along the line, Kori would leave her kits with Shadowclan and continue as a loner.

I know Shadowclan isn't known for taking in strays, but it's just a suggestion. Any other input here?