by Ladyskittels » Sat Apr 27, 2019 4:05 am
Username;; Ladyskittels
Cat Name;; Dustflurry
Gender;; female
Age;; 59 moons (4 years 11 months)
Clan;; Glacial Blizzard Clan
Rank;; Warrior
Prompt;;
Dustflurry's early life was a happy one, although sometimes a bit rough. She was born to a rogue female so they were constantly on the move from place to place. It was just the two of them, safer to travel in smaller numbers when you don't have a place to call your own. Even though there was the constant stress of predators and other dangers around every corner, the young Dustflurry managed to find ways to have fun and remain safe. The kit would often have pouncing sessions practiced on the grasshoppers and other bugs in the area, or simply watched the clouds above while her mother was out hunting. She wasn't a social cat, but she was happy. That is, until the day that her mother didn't come back.
It was a day she remembers clearly; starting off like any other with her mother grooming her and catching a light breakfast for the two of them before finding a new place for the kit to hide while she went off to hunt for a real meal. After her mother was gone, the kit went about her normal activities of playing in her hiding place and even did a little bit of exploring while she waited for the return of her mother. At some point, the kit fell asleep as sometimes she wore herself out with her adventures. When she woke, it was dark and she was still alone.
"Mother?" The cream colored kit called out to the darkness, her voice small. She made her way out of the hiding spot and into the plains beneath the starry sky. "Where are you???"
The kit searched all night and into the day for her mother, without any clues as to where she went. Scared, hungry and alone at the young age of 6 moons, Dustflurry slunk along the ground aimlessly, not knowing what to do other than to keep moving. I'll die if I carry on like this, but I can't let her go. She thought bitterly, pushing her weakened body even farther past its limits.
Everything went black as the kit lost consciousness and fell to the earth below. When she woke, she was in a strange place that looked to be a den of some sort. Her whole body ached, and her stomach was in knots. "W-where am I...?" She asked the figure of a shorthaired black cat with piercing green eyes.
The cat looked up from the pile of herbs in front of him and smiled warmly at her. "No need to worry, young one." He said in a friendly tone in an attempt to comfort the young kit. "I'm not going to hurt you. I found you collapsed in the field outside of our clan's territory and brought you back to the camp to heal you. Looks like you haven't eaten or had any water in a few days."
She nodded and looked around the den curiously, taking in the pine needles and the scenery around her as the tom talked. "My mother..." she whispered after a while. "She's gone..."
The black tom closed his eyes solemnly and shook his head. "My deepest condolences, little one," he said in a soft voice, keeping his gaze on the ground. "It's never easy to lose a parent, especially when you're still so young."
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Dustflurry, although grateful to have been brought in by this kind tom and his clan, was never the same after the loss of her mother. From that day on, she became very shy to the point where she wouldn't interact with the other clan cats besides the three she was most comfortable with- her guardian, Stormclaw, and his two children, Blacknose and Shredthroat.
Even with the children, who spent their time with their mother away from their father due to difficulties in the relationship, Dustflurry would not talk with them. She didn't feel the need to talk with them, as she barely spent time with the two of them. They would play every so often, but even then she wouldn't speak- she simply lingered in the background and let them make all of the decisions.
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Ladyskittels on Wed May 01, 2019 5:26 am, edited 1 time in total.
