The Rain's Call

<sup>"Rainflight..."

Darkness blinded Rainflight's sight as she gazed around, desperately searching for some kind of clear object in view. Whispers echoed all around her, giving her no idea of where it was coming from or which direction she should be going.

Stars faded into her sight, floating carelessly in front of her. They slowly took shape of a cat, then a slim black she-cat appeared in the faint light, her dark blue eyes seeming to light up the surroundings.

"Greetings, Rainflight." The black she-cat spoke warmly. Rainflight opened her mouth to speak in defence, but the cat interrupted her with her introduction. And her disturbing words... "My name is Nightwhisper, and from this point on, your destiny will change...

"Darkness will cover this land and beyond,
Never ending storms will erupt and darken the skies above,
You and your kin will follow the darkening path,
To save what you know from a terrible past
That will lead your home into the bloody jaws of death,
And the murder of the deadly outcasts."

Lightning suddenly struck Nightwhisper, and as soon as the lightning bolt ceased she was gone. Rainflight looked upward as rain begun to fall and lightning lit the sky again. Looking back down a growl interrupted her throat as rogues appeared in her view. "Death...Revenge..." they all murmured, then a chorus of calling and yowling the chilling words made Rainflight shiver and yowl over them with frustration.

She whipped around and ran off to escape the piercing sounds, but she felt a large cat pin her down. She looked over her shoulder to see a dark gray she-cat, her icy eyes glaring into her's. "Death to the Clans!" she snarled, biting down on her neck.

Rainflight's head flew up, unexpectedly yowling in terror of death. Realizing she was back in the nursery, panting. Calming down, she absent mindedly got up, exiting the den, her eyes gazing disractedly ahead with a distant look in them. W...What was that dream...? Was it just a normal nightmare...?

Rainflight needed to get out of camp before her mind blew. She wanted to talk to Owltalon. But as soon as Rainflight searched for him, he was nowhere in sight. Training his apprentice I suppose... Rainflight thought with a grumble. Her sister, Seabird, was out of camp too, Rainflight noticed. It seemed like she was also mentoring.

Lucky... Rainflight thought with bitter jealousy. I wish I was never a queen in the first place... Sighing, she did spot her brother who wasn't very far away. Grinning, she raced towards him, her eyes gleaming. "Can we go for a walk?" Rainflight asked, flicking her tail toward the camp entrance. "I want to clear my mind..."</sup>

<sup>ooc: I suppose we could do a Mystic & Kestrel RP since they might have noticed their mother's condition.

Kestrelkit awoke with a start, her nest had once been warm and cozy. She had been pressed tightly against the curve of her mother's belly, but suddenly that warmth was gone. Drowsily she lifted her compact tabby head, her amber eyes barely open. Twisting her head over she took a glance at Mystickit, still asleep? Lazy kit.

Sighing she gradually lifted herself onto her small, tabby paws, her whiskers twitching in resentment. She would soon almost be an apprentice, well in two moons--but that was soon enough.

Turning her amber gaze back onto Mystickit, she decided to just--well watch her until she awoke. She didn't plan on agonizingly awaking her today. Nor did she think pawing her gently was a good idea. She seemed to be enjoying herself, so she didn't want to ruin it. Dropping down onto her haunches once more, she continued to watch. Her gaze hungry for any sense of movement.</sup>

<sup>Mystickit had been awake for a while. She didn't know why, she just was. She didn't know if something was keeping her up, she didn't know if she was just restless, no. And just this was keeping her curious. But, she was always curious about things.

Her eyes were closed and she seemed peaceful, but her mind was wide open almost the whole night. But right when she finally felt herself drift off into sleep...

A yowl broke the silence.

It made her body jump, but she remained still, pretending to be asleep. Soon enough the warm body next to her disappeared as she listened to silent but stiff paw steps head out of the nursery. What is she doing...?

But her determination to go to sleep kept her in sleeping position. And she prayed that Kestrelkit either was too tired to get up from the sudden disturbance, or she wasn't woken up at all. But her prayers wern't answered.

No, her sister wasn't bouncing around commanding her to wake up, but instead she felt eyes burn into her skull, which made it even more harder to go to sleep. Moments passed before she finally gave up, irritated by the burning stare recieved by the tabby she-cat. Yawning, she stretched out her paws, only to get up and stare right back at Kestrelkit with half open eyes.

"What...?"</sup>

<sup>Kestrelkit did nothing but simply shrug, she didn't know what she was doing but she decided she say something anyway. She was a kit made more for talking then being silent and perfect, heck she was far beyond perfect.

"Just watching you I guess--" she meowed at last, shrugging once more she rolled onto her belly,
"I don't know about you but I think something's been bothering mother lately." Blinking she twirled back onto her stomach and pushed herself to her paws.

Sitting down she wrapped her long feathery tail around her neat-compact paws, she couldn't put her paw on it but her mother has been acting weirder then usual. It was obvious to the whole clan that she didn't like being a queen. Maybe she just got tired of us and left? Of course Kestrelkit didn't really enjoy her mom's company but she still loved her.

"Mystickit--do you think Mother hates us?" she meowed at last, her weird seemed to choke her as they slithered from her throat.</sup>

<sup>Mystickit's ears perked up at Kestrelkit's sudden question. Her words disturbed her deeply, her stomach feeling like claws had scorched it. She never wanted to think about the subject, but in the back of her mind she always questioned it herself. Did their mother hate them?

She always seemed distant, she was never the most loving mother in the world, and every cat in the Clan knew she rancored being a queen. Maybe she blamed her kits, and took her hatred of being a queen out on them? That made Mystickit shiver.
"I-I don't know..." she sighed thoughtfully. "Maybe-"

"Hn." Silentkit's voice cut her off, his slim body stalking into the scene of despair. "Why don't you just go ask your mother instead of being depressed about it? Unless your mother lies to her own kits." Silentkit meowed, getting frustrated by the kits' conversation while he was trying to go back to sleep. It looked like his mother wasn't the only one to leave his side.</sup>

<sup>Kestrelkit was about to answer her dear--lovely sister, but then Silentkit--the not so lovely kit of Thunderclan interrupted her soon to be words. Swinging her tabby head to face him she meowed bitterly,

"No one asked you--you brainless lump of fur!" Spitting crossly she turned to Mystickit and meowed loudly, loud enough for Silentkit to hear that is.

"Silentkit's idea's stupid, if Mother did hate us then she wouldn't tell us. I don't think she's that cruel." Swiftly she gave Silentkit a much deserved glare and then snarled,

"So shut up and leave us alone! This is our Mother and not yours!"

Turning back to Mystickit she sat down with an angry 'humph', lashing her tail she let her claws dig into the ground. Why did stupid Silentkit have to ruin everything? He was always ruining her alone time and her fun time, and well--everything.</sup>

<sup>Mystickit sighed. Did things between her sister and Silentkit always had to be so distant? It always seemed like they were arguing, but she knew she couldn't stop it. Not in a million moons.

Sitting beside her sister she whispered so Silentkit couldn't hear, "What-" And of course she was inturrupted again by the same cat. Mystickit felt a flame rise up in her chest. "Too bad. Your mother would have been a really good one if she actually liked you. But instead you have to deal with her urgancy to get away from you and do real missions like hunting." Silentkit pressured on, feeling the need to get his anger out of his chest.</sup>

<sup>Nightflare sat underneath a small shelter made up of small ferns that some of the apprentices found close to the dirt place. His eyes narrowed as he felt a cat coming to him at a fast pace. He looked up to see his sister’s dark pelt against the blackening sky. His eyes lightened up as she asked him to go with her on a walk. Without hesitation Nightflare stood up and dipped his head,
“Where to?”

ooc: I am sooooo sorry I totally didn't see Nightflare's name in here, and I just got Wish's pm on this board.</sup>

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<sup>Kestrelkit's nose flared, her eyes narrowed, and if any other cat would have laid on the she-kit they would have turned the other way and fled. Her fur was bristled twice her size, her claws seemed to dig in and out of the nursery surface.

With an enraged screech she flung herself at the tom, her claws easily pierced his skin, with a snarl she dug them in deeper.
"Shut Up! You don't know anything!" she screeched, her eyes seemed to be locked onto his green orbs. She dug her claws in deeper and ripped them back, the fresh scent of blood made her anger run deeper.

This is what he deserves, nothing more then a good beating. Rip his fur off! Claw his eyes out, make him run to his mother! With these thoughts she continued shredding his pelt, she didn't care that she'd get in trouble, she didn't care at all. This was between her and Silentkit only.

"You know nothing--" her screeches turned to choking gasps, of sobs and tears, with a tearful sniffle she back away from her once prey, and slithered off into a shaking bundle of bristling tabby fur.
"Just stay away from me."</sup>

<sup>"K-Kestrelkit!" Mystickit gasped, shocked at what her sister had done. She knew the she-kit could get rough and angry easily, but she had never seen her so enraged and violent. Who could blame her...? The black she-kit raced to her side once more, hoping she could calm her down. "Just ignore him, he only wants to get you into a weakened state..."

Silentkit stood up, his legs shaking under him from the wounds he had recieved from the sudden attack. Growling under his breath, he struggled to stand up straight. Fortunately his own anger kept him up. Unfortunately, it kept him going. "This is probably why your mother hates you," he snarled coldy, his voice still in it's balanced volume. "You always start fights and get into trouble. You can never control yourself, and one day when your a warrior you'll just be a nuisence to the Clan."

Rainflight smiled at her brother, glad that he was so willing to her request. "I don't know really...wherever you want I guess. I just want to get some fresh air." the she-cat shrugged, already turning around and heading toward the entrance. "Coming?"</sup>

<sup>Nightflare nodded quickly and followed his older sibling across the clearing toward the camps entrance.
“If you want we can go to the lake.” He meowed thinking of a place that was at least peaceful, but this weather just wasn’t making it work.

“To bad this weather can’t just quite, I think we got enough rain for the rest of the season.” The tom jokingly meowed, turning back to Rainflight.</sup>

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^{Rainflight nodded at her brother's suggestion, "Sure. That sounds fine." she meowed, eager to just sprint out of camp. Twitching her whiskers amusingly at Nightflare's remark about the rain she meowed with a grin, "I like the rain. It makes me feel more cheerful for some reason." Breaking into a run she called over her shoulder, "Let's go!"}

( I'll make the board =3 )

<sup>Kestrelkit tried to listen to her sister, she really did. The young she-cat knew Silentkit was always trying to get her angry, always trying to get in her trouble. But--it wasn't her fault that she fell for it each time, Kestrelkit just hated the tom so much!

With bristling fur and narrowed eyes she whipped around, everything around the she-cat disappeared. Nothing but Silentkit remained, no she didn't care if she would get in trouble, she never did. Now she could get even with him for everything he ever did to hurt her in the past, present, and in the near future.

"Oh! And what's the reason your Mother hates you!" she snarled angrily, flicking her tail she growled, "Look around we're in the same situation, your just mad because you can't except that Me and You are alike." With a proud spit she continued,

"Your Mother hates you, because all you ever do is grumble about, you don't have a nice side and you never will! What Mother would love a kit, if all he ever does is sit around and brood!"</sup>