Searching for the unkn[o]wn

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Dawn let out a sigh as she padded out of the warriors' den. Camp was so boring lately, yet she didn't know the territory well enough to go exploring. Why was she here anyway? Oh, she didn't know. She shook her head and padded over to the fresh-kill pile, the sun beating down on her back. How can they even survive here? Its so hot then so cold, you don't even know whether its Green-leaf or Leaf-bare she grumbled, it was so boring here! She dragged a rabbit off the pile and carried it over to a sunning-rock near her den. She dropped the rabbit on the rock and jumped up after it with a smile. She crouched over it and finished it in famished mouthfuls. At-least this place was prey-rich.

She lay down on the rock and pricked her ears, listening for any sounds that came across her. She could hear mewling kits play-fighting with each-other in the nursery. Apprentices practicing outside their den, elders sunning themselves in the entrance to their den. Most of the warriors and apprentice were out hunting, training and patrolling. She wondered if she was the only warrior in camp. She shook her head at the thought, that would be poor protection.

Then she caught a sound, rustling? Probably just a kit running around the camp, or maybe and apprentice wrestling with its den-mate. She pricked her ears again, now more alert and turned her head to the sound. nothing, there was nothing there. The sound came again, behind her now. She spun around in-time to see a tail disappear behind the warriors den. She quietly hopped off the rock, her paws making no sound on the soft ground. She padded silently forward and soon caught sight of a cat. Hello there.

[Softstep]

A white she-cat with green eyes came out if the nursery in search of her two most recent kits Snowkit and Ashkit but she wasn't the one raising them. She had them when she was still mates with Hawkheart but they were Ashfeather's kits. She had Honeyfern raise them but now that she retired she went back to raising them.

This fluffy soft tailed white cat's name was Softstep. The daughter of the evil Deathclaw now in the Dark Forest and the queen Blossomshadow now in Waterclan. The granddaughter of the Shadeclan warrior Treeblaze and the legendary Cloudstar but barely anyone knew this past of hers. Only Heatherwhisker and Firelight knew.

She went looking around behind every den and bush but didn't find the two sisters anywhere. That's when she heard a voice. She looked up to see the newest warrior of Snowclan. Dawnblaze. Hello, she meowed with a sweet smile and a nod of her head. Sorry if I startled you. Have you seen a mostly white she-kit with some gray stripes and a mostly gray she-kit with white swirls? Their names are Ashkit and Snowkit and I can't find them anywhere, she meowed with a slight groan and a shrug. Oh I didn't say my name. I'm Softstep head queen of Snowclan, she meowed with a nod of her head.

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Dawn nodded, Softstep, she'd heard of her before. Yes, I've heard of you before, I suppose you already know who I am, I seem to be the talk of the clan. Anyway, about those kits, I think I saw them head into that den_ she flicked her tail toward the den, which in-fact was the apprentices' den not long ago, but I'm not sure if they're still there. She looked at the white queen and smiled, would you like me to help you look for them? It might take less time with two cats looking for two kits.[/b]

[Softstep]

Softstep smiled softly. Thank you so much and yes I would love the help, she meowed. Snowkit is the mostly white she-kit with gray stripes and silver eyes and Ashkit is the mostly gray she-kit with white swirls and green eyes, she meowed explaining which cat was which.

Yes I know of you. I was tree when you were name a warrior. I remembered when I first joined Snowclan and got my name changed from Softy and Softstep, she meowed. I was a former rogue. Where did you come from? she asked as she started to head towards the apprentice den. Just after she thought about what she just said she wanted to take the words back because that was one topic that she didn't talk about not even with Ashfeather...

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Dawn gave a nod, well, we'll look in the den I saw them head to first then we can look around camp and out in the territory. She smiled and started padding toward the den with the white queen beside her. As Softstep spoke again she nodded. Yes, that's where I recognized you from, I just couldn't quite remember your name. I got my name changed from star to Dawnblaze. She swished her tail and waited to see if the white she-cat would go on, she was actually for once finding another Snowclan cat interesting. As Softstep spoke again she noticed she hadn't quite wanted to give that away, so she thought she would question her about it any further. Yes, I too was a rogue. I had a kittypet mother and a rogue father, ruthless cat he was, he wanted me to stay with him and join his precious, evil, cold-hearted rogue group. That's why I went looking for this clan, it sounded much better than dying in battle at my fox-hearted father's side.

[Softstep]

Softstep listened to Dawnblaze. What was your father's name? she asked. She couldn't help herself. She wanted to make sure it wasn't Deathclaw because even though Dawnblaze looked a lot younger then her like her oldest daughter's age, who was almost a warrior, she didn't want to take any chances. If you don't mind me asking, she asked looking over her shoulder.

She looked just like her father except she had her mother's bright green eyes but had Deathclaw's snowy white pelt along with her long soft fluffy tail and her unusually large claws. She also learned many killing and fighting moves as well so no one would ever want to get into a battle with her. She would end up killing them out of rage.

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Dawn stopped and tipped her head to the side, deep in thought. Flame? Ash? Burn? Something to do with fire, I'm not sure, that's all I know about him. She shook her head and sighed, why was it so hard to remember? It wasn't long ago she had last seen him, the day he had killed his mother as though she were merely an annoying bug. My mother and father both had names to do with fire, my mother's name was Flare.

[Softstep]

Softstep had to stop herself from sighing with relief. Good her father wasn't Deathclaw, she thought. She nodded her head. My mother was named after something a flower does. A flower blossoms in new-leaf and that's when she was born so she was named Blossom. My father... she trailed off not wanting to say more about him.

She remembered watching her father kill her brother and almost kill her daughter Blizzardpaw and her sister Silverfrost. She swallowed hard and flattened her ears. Every time she looked at Blizzardpaw she saw her father in her. She was dark and she always now had a crazy look in her eyes. She also looked just like him. White long fur with amber eyes. It frightened her sometimes when she saw the similarities but she always loved Blizzardpaw and she would kill anyone who hurt her. She looked back at Dawnblaze waiting for questions about Deathclaw.

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Dawnblaze nodded, she knew the queen didn't want to say anymore about her past, she was sometimes like that. Right, shall we get back to looking for the kits? They could be all the way to Lightningclan while we stand here chatting. She let out a purr and padded forward, pricking her ears and scenting the air. I bet if they have found Lightningclan they'll be in big trouble with they're mother. She shook the thought out of her head and opened her mouth, drinking in the fresh air.

[Softstep]

Softstep laughed at her comment. I doubt that. Well at least with Snowkit. She is way too timid to leave the camp and Ashkit knows that she will have her apprentice ceremony late if she sneaks out, she meowed with a shake of her head. She remembered Goldenpaw. She wondered what happened to her other daughter... Was she even safe anymore?...