Where the Heart Lies :: Open

[Keento]

Snowspots padded out of the Skyclan camp, her long fluffy coat blowing in the slight breeze. She had much to think about and needed sometime to call her own. She muttered to herself "What better place to think than the Sun Tree." She slowly came closer to the giant tree. Although it was amazingly tall the queens and elders exaggerated when describing the tree to kits. It was her rule to leave the matters of the heart on the ground, though she never succeed in following it. She made her way up the tree not at a very fast pace. When she finally got to the top she carefully stepped onto the closes branch and nestled herself comfortable on it. She began her little talk to herself."Now Snowspots you get to train Eaglefeather's kit. Better hope it turns out well. I am sure she is as good an apprentice as her father was."

She fell into a thoughtful silence. Than slowly breaking it she whispered "Eaglefeather." She went quiet once more and than continued in a shaken voice "Why do I not act. I feel stupid sitting in a tree talking about how I love Eaglefeather. I know there is hope, but..." Her voice died off and she tried to change her thoughts from the topic. Again she had failed to follow that one simple rule. It might sound stupid and hard, but this she-cat tried hard to follow it. Her attention snapped to movement under the tree. She already knew that it was an old scrawny mouse. It had learned to only come out when Snowspots was at the top of the tree. She never bothered catching it, but left it just in case the queens needed it. Though she would not go hunt it, the mouse provided a nice distraction from her thoughts.

Soon she sat up stretching and casually sat on her hunches. The thought of slipping sliced through her brain and her front paws slipped forward. Snowspots hissed at herself and flattened herself closer to the branch and dug her claws into the bark as if she did not plan to jump down.

[Trick]

"Be careful, you're going to fall! Eaglefeather called up, worry and wry amusement tinging his voice. He was worried that the she-cat would fall, but trying to cover it with the same amusement he took everything with. His neck was creaked back an an awkward angle so that he could scale the tree with his gaze to watch the snowy female with keen eyes. He had stumbled upon his old mentor purely by accident, having caught the scent of mouse on the wind and followed it to the Sun Tree. Once he had gotten here, he had been both disappointed and pleased. The mouse he had detected had turned out to be old and wrinkled, not even worth his attention for now, the other being he had spotted was of much more value. Snowspots had caught his eye as the one white patch against the brown and bare tree.

For a moment, he considered scaling the tree to join her but decided against it in the end. The tree was dangerous, especially in leaf-bare. He was already unhappy that Snowspots was up there, it would only cause more problems if he were to follow her. Hopefully, she'd come down to him. The brown and black leopard spotted tom sad down on the ground, shifting slightly at the hard touch. With leaf-bare still gripping the land, things were getting uncomfortable around the camp, with prey stocks running out.

Flicking a black tipped ear, Eaglefeather looked up at his former mentor and best friend. He hadn't had much time to talk to her much, with his new apprentice and his former mate to contend together in his mind. Throw in his fatherless kit, who was now the apprentice of Snowspots and he was more than a little frazzled of late. It would be good now to spend some alone time with the she-cat, away from camp and all of the troubles that awaited him there. Besides, from here it seemed that Snowspots was troubled by something anyhow, so maybe she would enjoy talking with him now as well. "Snowspots? Will you come down please? Carefully."

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[Keento]

Snowspots immediately knew who owned the voice and soon spotted him near the tree. She nodded, but did not respond. Her eyes scanned the tree in searching for a safe way to jump down the tree. She chuckled at Eaglefeather's emphasis on carefully, but knew he was right. She jumped down on the branch below her slowly making her way down. The next branch she jumped down on snapped and she quickly shifted her weight to get to the next one. Snowspots sighed actually thankful that she could easily jump around. She landed softly on the cold ground and padded in front of Eaglefeather. "And how are you doing Eaglefeather?" She sat down on the cold barren ground.

It had been a while since they had even talked and of course the she-cat was curious of what the tom had been up to. She wrapped her tail over her paws as she looked over the tom. She softly said with concern covering her tone "You seem a little worn out." Snowspots was not sure exactly what Eaglefeather was going through, but she knew it had been hard for him. As a good friend she did worry about him and felt bad that she could not talk to him. Putting her feelings aside she patiently waited for his reply. Her ear flicked back at the sound of the mouse finally realizing she was out of the tree. He scurried back into his hole and she shook her head as her ear flicked away from the sound he made. She only hoped that Eaglefeather had not sensed the trouble she felt. For she did not really want him asking questions. Snowspots swished her tall back behind her and wondered what she would say if he did ask about how she felt.