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ok so this is my first story so let me expalian what a celestial is they are creatures that can turn into cats and they only have two forms the first form is basically thay have a human body except the have cat ears a cat tail there eyes look like cat eyes there teeth are sharpened and their nails grow longer and are pointed so they are extreamly sharp and hard. also thay have increased senses. now for thier seconed form is thir cat form and no thir clothes don't rip they simply dissapear when they phase and then reappear when they phase back. also they can talk when they are in their cat forms. oh yea and they are usually really really big cats so yea i hope u enjoy.
Driven Into the Dark
"Noooooo!" Starlight screeched as a crackling lightning bolt shot down from the blackened sky to strike the three unexpected celestials, who moments earlier had been talking amongst themselves. Starlight's face twisted in agony as she watched their bodies lay crumpled and broken on the hard ground. Stumbling forward on numb legs she came to a stop in front of her now dead adopted family. Broken sobs shuddered out of her trembling chest. This was no accident and Starlight knew it, her suspicions were confirmed by the evil laughter that sounded from behind her. Tearing her horrified gaze from her fallen family Starlight whipped around to come face to face with a massive celestial that towered over her. An evil grin spread across his face revealing two rows of razor sharp teeth that glinted ominously in the faint moonlight. Kar.
"Awww how sad," Kar sneered his voice thick with hatred "Better hurry before the rest of your pathetic little tribe burns"
"No" Starlight choked her weak voice breaking in fear. Throwing one last agonized glance at her dead family, she wheeled around and pelted into the dark woods her muscles protesting loudly as Starlight drove herself faster in her frantic desperation to save the rest of her beloved tribe from sharing the same fate as her family.
Just as she neared her tribes camp a bright flash left her blinded seconds before another lightning bolt sent by Kar ripped though her filling every inch of her body with paralyzing pain as if she was on fire. The sudden flash of pain caused her to trip over a fallen log that sent her flying, only to have her head collide with a sickening thud against a thick oak tree. A black tide surged over Starlight pulling her down into the depths of unconsciousness, but worse then the pain was the fact that Starlight had failed her tribe, and knew if she survived she would awake to find them dead.
3 hours later
Starlight awoke to the smell of death and burnt wood, every muscle in her battered body throbbed and a pain in her shoulder flared. Looking over at her left shoulder Starlight saw the source of the burning pain in her shoulder and for more pain in years to come. For what looked like a large lightning bolt that branched off many times stretched down her shoulder and her back. Kar had cursed her to relive the pain of the burning every time there was
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Lightning nearby. Closing her eyes Starlight turned to were her tribes camp should be. Slowly opening her eyes the sight that greeted her made the bile rise in her throat, it felt as if a shard of ice had pierced her heart chilling her to the bone, for before her the burnt bodies of her tribe were strewn about where the camp site should be. It was too much Starlight turned her head and vomited, before sinking to the ground in shock. Why? Why? Why? Starlight thought broken-hearted what did she ever do to deserve this. No matter how many times this question ran through her head no answer came, finally the exhaustion of the day, and the shock of her whole family being massacred took over and Starlight slipped into a deep sleep in what was the longest and coldest night of her life.
Opening her tired eyes Starlight sat up slowly, she wanted nothing more than to run away from the death which wrapped around her like a blanket, but the thought of leaving their bodies out in the open to decay and be left to the elements made her throat tighten. Getting up her legs felt stiff from staying still for so long, and her black fur was in disarray. Stumbling over she searched for an area where the ground was soft enough, and started to dig down. After creating a long row of graves Starlight slowly walked back, and one by one she dragged her dead tribe mates over to where she would lay them to rest. Covering up the last shallow grave Starlight knew her job was not yet done for the bodies of the celestials that were closest to her, and were the first to be killed by Kar still waited to be buried.
Taking a deep shuddering breath Starlight padded into the woods, dimly aware that it was eerily quiet. Twice her paws snagged on the thick underbrush, but she was too numb to notice. Eventually Starlight's sharp eyes saw the thinning of the trees up ahead that opened into a small clearing carpeted with thick grass.
Struggling to compose herself, Starlight stepped into the clearing, spotting her family she walked quietly over to them, stopping in front of them it took everything she had not to break down and start wailing her grief out loud. Gently she separated their bodies and arranged them to look like they were sleeping. Starlight then proceeded to dig three graves, the last grave Starlight dug was deeper and neater then the rest. Still not satisfied Starlight dashed into the woods as fast as her shaky paws would take her, looking around Starlight spotted just what she was looking for.
Running over to the big fern patch Starlight quickly bit through the stems of the largest ferns and ran back to the graves. Neatly laying the bundle of ferns in the last and neatest grave.
By now it was night, and the full moon shone bright over head, its rays illuminating the clearing. Starlight approached Silver first her adopted mother, she looked peaceful even in
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death, her long cream fur swaying gently in the night breeze. Starlight bowed her head in respect and grief "you were a great mother to me even though I was not your own" Starlight paused "thank you" she whispered, before gently taking Silver's scruff in her mouth and dragging her over and gently placed her in the first grave before covering her up with dirt.
Next was Smoke her adopted father. He was a kind hearted, smoky colored cat. Like with her mother, Starlight bowed her head. "Thank you for taking me into your family," she murmured before burying him in his grave and covering it over with soil.
Turning away Starlight approached the last cat, and they hardest one to let go of. Settling down next to his body, she looked at her adopted brother, out of all the celestials in the tribe his loss had the greatest impact on her. "I can still remember like it was yesterday," she sighed "you were the one who found me three years ago when those rouges were attacking me, and you drove them away, ever since then you always protected me you were a great cat Thorn…" Starlight was lost for words. She felt a wave of grief as she looked at his peaceful face knowing she would never again see his green eyes burn with the fire that made him such an honorable cat. "You shouldn't be dead," Starlight spat bitterly, her neon blue eyes burning with rage "This was not your fate! I saw what your fate was supposed to be. It was shown to me and this is not it!" she snarled.
After a long moment the anger left her eyes, to be replaced by a deep sadness. "Why Thorn why, this is not your fate so why do you accept it as if it was" her voice was barely audible. She stared at his face as the moon gradually traveled across the sky.
Finally Starlight rose to her paws and gently took his scruff in her mouth, and gently dragged him to his grave. As she buried him she felt a subtle rage growing bigger engulfing her. Stepping back, Starlight looked at the fresh mound of soil that only faintly covered up the death that lay beneath it. And that's when a sudden realization hit her that let the rage inside very nearly overtake her. If it wasn't for her Thorn and the rest of the tribe wouldn't be dead, for it was because of her that Kar killed them.
Starlight's rage evaporated to be replaced by cold emptiness. Her eyes turned cold and expressionless as did her face. Turning away Starlight padded into the night "No longer will I be known as Starlight, that name no longer stands for who I am, I will be known as Darkness for that is what I have now become" she hissed as she headed to the one place where she could bear to live, the most dangerous and darkest place in the world where no Celestial would dare to live, and where only a goddess like herself could survive: Dark Heart Woods.
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Darkness was unaware of someone watching her with grief filled eyes.
"Oh Starlight what has happened you?" whispered Thorn "I never thought my death would change you so much, but I promise I won't leave you I may be dead but that won't stop me from protecting you." With that Thorn faded away.
Silently Darkness wove her way through the forest to her tribe's camp to collect her things before she left for her new home. Slipping into the camp she headed over to her den. Changing into her first form so she could pick thing up more easily Darkness started to gather a few of her belongings into a large pack. The pack was made out of cloth that Darkness had woven out of a plant, who's fibers made a nice soft cloth, it was died black and was much larger then her figure as it was meant for her to be worn when she was in her cat form. Stuffing her skorts which are skirts that go a few inches above the knee and have a shorts in them as well so that she could move easer, into the pack. Darkness also reached for her close fitting black tops a few were long sleeved but the rest were spaghetti straps. All black. Next she grabbed her black shawl that she used to hide the black diamond star that was marked on her chest, just below the hollow of her thought.
Tying the pack shut Darkness secured it to her back and phased back into her cat form. Unlike the other cats of the tribe Darkness was much smaller in her cat form, her head only reaching up to their shoulders. Her jet black fur glinted blue in the moonlight, while the black diamond star on her chest that she cat in her first form was now a diamond star of silver fur on her chest.
Checking to make sure her pack was secure, Darkness left the camp and took off into the forest, her paws skimming over the ground as she streaked smoothly and silently through the woods. Weaving left and right Darkness dogged trees with ease, it almost seemed as if she were a shadow herself. In a way she was a shadow.
As Darkness glided through the forest she noticed the sky lightening as the sun began to rise. Hissing with anger Darkness swerved left as she spotted a shallow cave barely noticeable behind the thick wall of ferns that cover the entrance. Pushing through the ferns Darkness settled down furthest away from entrance and the rays of the sun that now shown down. Darkness didn't even bother to phase back to first form or take off her pack.
All that Darkness cared about was that she was out of that hated light; she was a creature of the dark now it seemed like if she went into the light she would burn. Closing her eyes Darkness drifted to sleep waiting for day to end and for night to return.
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Darkness awoke screaming and writhing in pain. She was back in her first form. Another screech of agony escaped her lips her hand gripping her right shoulder were Kars curse was, as another lightning bolt clawed across the raging sky another spasm of pain tore through her shoulder.
After 2 agonizing hours the storm moved away, leaving Darkness gasping on the hard ground. Waiting for the pain to ebb away so she could continue her journey to Dark Heart Woods.
Scrambling to her feet Darkness didn't have the strength to phase, so she decided to travel in first form, besides she was just as fast and nearly as strong in her first form then in her cat form.
Stumbling out unsteadily Darkness relished the cool night air, and the cover of dark shadows. Readjusting her pack so it fit her better Darkness took of silently her black tail streaming behind her, her ears laid flat against the pressure of the wind as she ran. The smell of the forest surrounded her but there was another smell that made her mouth water. Bear.
It had been three days since Darkness had eaten, and she was starving. Following the sent Darkness slowed down as the scent grew stronger singling the bear was close. Even on two legs she was still a deadly predator. Crouching down Darkness slowly and silently began to approach the bear as it scuffled around rooting up tubers. Darkness was only a few feet away now she seemed to dissolve into the shadows. Gathering up energy into her legs, Darkness sprang forward her hands outstretched, with her claw like nails glinting in the moonlight. The bear snarled in surprise, but Darkness was hungry and dispatched the bear quickly by severing its spinal cord. Tearing a hole in the bears side, Darkness bent down tearing away mouthfuls of meat that sang with the flavors of the forest.
Once finished, Darkness went on to remove the claws of the large bear before going of the find a puddle to was the blood of her face and the claws she had just removed.
Washing the last of the blood from her face Darkness rose to her feet and headed back into the forest while it was still night. She was getting closer to Dark Heart Woods, and she knew it.