[GraveBlues]

For ruethefangirl!

[ruethefangirl]

Featuring: Howl, Phoenix, Blissful Lullaby (Jinx), River (Nightshade), Lichen

“Who are they leaving behind to join your Colony?”

Diamond Falls was beautiful if you could find it. It was a place where the veil between the waking and dream world was thin, so most creatures only saw it in their slumber. The land was a frozen landscape, with glittering ice drops hanging from the trees that sparked like crystals in the sunlight. When the wind blew, there was a lovely tinkling sound akin to wind chimes. It was in the cave behind the frozen waterfall that Mother Cat chose to have her kits. After all, it was one of the safest spots she could find. Not many cats stayed near Diamond Falls for long, considering the bitter cold and the lack of food for anyone who didn’t have the magic to find and/or grow it themselves.

It was a nice place to grow up, if Moonflower had anything to say about it. She loved the music of the frozen land, the way she could run and slide across the ice, the soft snow she could jump into. She also loved the ‘secret’ tunnels she could create, that her and her siblings could play hide and seek in.

With the veil being thin as it was, her dreams were fun and whimsical. She could meet strangers and walk through their dreams, which meant even if some days in the waking world were boring, she could have fun in her sleepy fantasies. The nightmares stayed away, at least, while she was sleeping behind Diamond Falls.

Moonflower's siblings never seemed to appreciate Diamond Falls like she did. They grew bored of the ice and snow. Some days she crept up on them and heard them speaking about leaving. One brother, Hemlock, wanted to find a cat he had met in his dreams. The second brother, Nightshade, simply wanted to explore. Her third sibling, Lichen, didn’t seem to know what they wanted to do yet, just that they were not sure they wanted to stay. They knew that Moonflower was sensitive about the subject, so they tried to keep quiet around her. Hemlock tried to leave in the middle of the night, but Moonflower caught him and begged him to stay. So he did… and he was miserable. Hemlock eventually found a way to leave without her knowing. Nightshade never left. There was a tragic accident, where Nightshade was attacked by a terrible creature and did not survive.

It came to be that it was Moonflower, Lichen, and her mother left in the cave behind Diamond Falls. They all got along well, despite the grief of the two brothers leaving and passing away.

Moonflower would have lived the rest of her life in Diamond Falls if she could have. In fact, she never intended to leave, and she tried to go back after the incident, but somehow she could never find Diamond Falls again. What happened was that one night in a dream, she met a cat named Jinx. She continued to meet him in her dreams, because he was an interesting cat and he seemed to understand her. Jinx listened to her talk about Diamond Falls, and he seemed to like the area, as well. Jinx could shadow travel. He told her when he finished practicing him magic, he would meet her there. Maybe he didn’t mean for it to happen the way it did. Or maybe he was a trickster, and he lied to her all along. When the shadow portal appeared in the waking world, Moonflower excitedly ran to greet Jinx. She slipped… or maybe she was pushed? She saw Jinx, just for a moment, on the other side of the portal in Diamond Falls before it vanished and she was left in the mountains.

Before she could even get over her confusion, there were plants wrapping tightly around her, holding her in place as a calico colored cat with scars on their face approaching her, already puffed up and hissing. “Who are you?” They demanded.

Moonflower wanted to weep in confusion and fear. “I-I don’t… where am I? Where’s Jinx?”

Another cat approached. “Lay off, Phoenix. She looks like she just saw a ghost come out of the mist. Give her a minute, yeah?” Howl looked at her with sympathy. The cat called Phoenix huffed, but the plants fell away.
“Are you alright?” Howl asked. “Do you know where you are?”

“N-no.”
Where was Jinx? Her mother? Lichen? Why wasn’t she in Diamond Falls anymore?

Moonflower would always long for a place she could not find again, even in her dreams. She would always wonder what happened to those she left behind. And she would never sleep as soundly as she did in her home in Diamond Falls, for the Courage of the Clouds didn’t contain the same peaceful magic that allowed her to dream walk. Instead, she experienced nightmares for the first time.

[kiwipen]

light grey w/ voidtouched brindle, poison

[ruethefangirl]

Username; ruethefangirl
Storkie Name; Moonflower
Nicknames; Melancholy
Coat Description: light grey w/ voidtouched brindle
Gender: Female
Born Magic Type; poison
Additional Magic #1
Additional Magic #2

Parents:
Founder | Founder

Children:
-- [url]Partner[/url]
-- [url]Child1[/url]
-- [url]Child2[/url]
-- [url]Child3[/url]

(Didn’t mean to bump this lol whoops)