[Cecelia]

Mark

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Username;; klaus.
Partner;; dewly_noted [form]
Cat Name;; Soaring Tern (Tern)
Gender;; Male
Age;; 213 Moons
Clan;; Cats of the Tides (for now)
Rank;; Death's Honored

Relationship:

Their parents were friends, before the split of the two tribes so Tern supposed that the relationship that spawned between him and Fading only made sense. Fading Sunrise was certainly a strong personalities and their friendship was one of a whirlwind of interactions, in which Tern was never quite sure what was happening but never complained or tried to stop it. The companionship was a bridge between the (in his head) misplaced hostility between the mountain cats.

The attack was a surprise, something clearly meant to wound Maun Gonakru as they worked out their new life on the colder side of the mountain. Nyx had just barely come to power with the paint on her face barely dried when she assigned him to a tunnel patrol, seeing what there was to eat and how deep the tunnel truly went. Tern always preferred the open air and was reluctant, but went anyway. When the attack started, he froze in panic, all knowledge of how to fight flying out his head as he watched cats from the tribe now known as the Fallen streaming in from the opposite side. He was knocked over in the rush of his own cats trying to fight back and it wasn't long until he felt claws pressing his face into the dirt and hot breath ruffling the fur on his ear. This is it, he thought, tensing and closing his eyes before the weight disappeared and he looked up to see a cat standing over him protectively. Tern assumed it was one of his own clanmates before the low light shifted and he gasped, recognising his old friend's orange fur. "Sunrise!" he called, spotting just a flash of the other tom's blue eyes before the attackers fled and drew his attention back to his own clanmates. A few minor injuries and two deaths, though Tern was sure that would be a much different outcome had his friend not turned against his own for that brief moment.

His failure to attack was reported to Nyx even as he managed to gather the wounded and bring the dead back with him through the tunnels, the young Commander was furious and demoted him from patrols to caring for the kits while the queens were away. It wasn't a job he hated but it was a punishment all the same and the queens made sure he was never enjoying himself too much.

It's now been years since the initial attack and while the hostility between the two groups has only grown stronger, Soaring Tern and Fading Sunset mantain a close relationship that involves sharing stories about the opposite sides and reminiscing about how the times have changed from their kithood. Many cats have come and gone in their time, whether from old age or one of the many fights that break out between the groups, but these two cats are still standing - old and aching, nearly always complaining but alive and still a bridge of friendship in the cold mountains.

Separation

I know some of you may still have ties on the other side, but in light of the recent attack by those traitors, we must be completely separate," Nyx hissed, lifting her chin as she glared at the cats around her. A few defiant members tried to hold her gaze, but none won - especially not Soaring Tern, who didn't dare lift his gaze from his paws - despite the annoucement making his heart pound so loudly in his ears that he could barely hear the young commander. His meek personality leading to him being bowled over (literally and metaphorically speaking) quite easily, a reason why he was one of the few who still had a close friendship with the cats on the other side of the mountain. A whirlwind of a cat named Fading Sunset had wrapped around him and had made the two toms nearly inseparable, but now Nyx was saying the two couldn't have any contact at all? The thought of never speaking to his friend made his skin crawl and he shook his head, standing up and nervously nudging his way to the front of the crowd.

"N-nyx.. may I speak with you?"

"What is it, Soaring Tern?" she asked, barely glancing at him as she flicked the tip of her tail at the rest of the clan as a signal to send them back to their previous duties.

He hesitated and cleared his throat, shifting his paws slightly before speaking again: "I know you said we couldn't have contact with cats on the other side but I-"

"That message was for every cat but especially you, Soaring Tern. I know all about your little relationship.. he was apart of the attack a few days ago, wasn't he?" Nyx hissed, interrupting the tom and lashing her tail. The she-cat may have been younger and smaller but that certainly didn't impede her intimidating aura.

"W-Well, yes but-"

"Then he's responsible for the death of two of our own and I won't stand for that. If he's seen on this side of the mountain again, he'll be killed. Understood?"

"Heda, please.. you don't understand!" Tern insisted, raising his voice slightly before flinching backwards. "I-I mean, um.. he protected me in the fight, went against his own clanmates."

"Then he's a traitor as well as a killer. Never again, do you here me, Soaring Tern?"

"Yes, Heda.."

"I'll be watching you. If I find out you've been interacting with that tomcat again, I'll kill you both myself."

Sorry for the wait!
It took some discussion but we finally narrowed down the results c:
Congrats Klaus! and their partner Dewly_Noted! I really liked the writing of these forms, it really displayed the relationship well!
We also are rewarding a pair of HMs to Gallifrey and Rameiku for their hard work C: