OOC: Greetings fellow 'CATS' fans :bow: I'm so glad you have decided to read my story! This story takes place with a kitten character i role play on the Salvations Role playing board. Her name is Broomstick. As the story progresses more characters will be added in. I will warn you now..it will probobly take me awhile to get chapters up! So please be patient with me ^_^
I hope you like it!
Flashback are in Italics
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I do NOT own CATS, the Salvation board, or anything else. I do however own my character Moonbeam..but i must give credit to my friend Christa!(Moon beam fluff) Pleaase dont sue me, you wont get much! So like i said i dont own cats no no! or the character, except broomstick...cept i dont own her, i only play her o_o'' lol!
Okay! ummm onto the story! YAY!
~Eternal Darkness~
Chapter 1
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She sat on the ground, upon her knees. Lithe dark body was bathed in moonlight, as swirls of silver markings appeared all over her. Eyes were closed, arms outstretched as if to embrace the air. Her long black tail swayed behind her, but every other part of her body was still.... Still as death almost.
Suddenly the moonlight began to fade, and the Femme turned her head...Eyes opened to reveal the crimson color of blood. A grin.... that grin... It was demonic...The grin of something that did not belong! Her paws sprang forward, body lunging.. claws outstretched.. fangs stained with blood!
Then everything went black..
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Broomsticks eyes darted open, pupils wide.. so that her cat like eyes looked purely black. She lie upon the ground, but couldnt make out where she was...that was odd. She was shaking, shaking so hard. Where was she? What happened!? and who was that cat..? Her mind was spinning with questions, alot of them! But suddenly the kitten/queen jumped up. What if she was still there? waiting to kill her, to tear her apart?
The young ones legs wobbled uncertainly, before she collapsed to the ground with a gentle 'thump' and a poof of dust flew up. Broomstick glanced upwards...looking around..through small particles of dust still floating in the air. She held back the sudden urge to sneeze..as her little black nose twitched. There was no one there... She was alone. Back in the junkyard. The junkyard where she had been born, and she was safe...right?
"Achoo"! Her sneeze caused more dust to go flying around, before settling on the ground and in her dark fur. She sat there for a few moments, contemplating what she had seen, and what exactly had happened. Her right ear, gave a gentle flicker, and she remembered...
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(Flashback)
"Broomstick Hurry up"! Tattletail cried. Tattletail was broomsticks sibling, and she had a knack for gossiping and telling stories.She happened to look exactly like her mother. Jemima, yes, Jemima!
They were the kittens of Jemima and TumbleBrutus who had mated at the last Jellicle ball, when Gus the theater cat passed on into the Heavyside layer.
Broomstick as well looked like a replica of her mother, save the fact that she had Leopard spotted paws, and bright yellow eyes.. that were constantly changing colors. She had quite a few talents, the talent to be graceful and at times it seemed as if she could fly. Of course.. she couldn't, but it was nice to pretend, and wish.. How wonderful it would really be.
The young kitten padded up next to her sister, out of breath." I hate it when mom tries to give us baths, we aren't babies anymore"! She stuck her small pink tongue out playfully and sat down. That was true, the kittens had now grown up a bit... and broomstick herself.. could possibly begin to find a mate at the next ball! She hoped so... She would hate it if she was told she was to young. The problem was, she had never talked to any other tom kittens, they all seemed to have taken a liking to others. She admired the younger ones, Mipyr and Misto's kittens, they could do magic! And Cassandra and Alonzo, their kittens were very graceful.. as if they had stepped right out of ancient Egypt!
Broomstick suddenly blinked, as her sister waved a paw in front of her. "Oh! Sorry! ..I guess I blanked out again..I was just thinking about the upcoming Jellicle ball! it will be our first, im so excited".She looked at her sister with a cheerful grin, batting at the ground idely.
Tattletail giggled and romped in a circle," I know me to! I heard It's so much fun! And that the everlasting cat is absolutely beautiful"! The Jemima look alike jumped onto a box..taking another random thing of junk higher..until she was on a high junkpile." Hey, I bet I can jump farther than you! I've been practicing"!
Broomstick had been so caught up in wondering about the everlasting cat, she hardly heard her sister. *The everlasting cat...I bet she's Beautiful!* Upon glancing up, she noticed her sister. Rump in the air.. Preparing to pounce playfully at a butterfly on a pillow a few leaps away. She watched as her paws pushed off from the ground.. body stretching, Front paws landing on the pillow. Before she stumbled onto the pillow, scaring away the butterfly!
Broom giggled and made her way up the junk pile. Tattletail herself was scowling, so she wasn't the best leaper! But as said before, she had a wonderful way of saying things to people so that it sounded very interesting! Broomstick never had a way with words, she was shy..and often stumbled when talking to others..especially toms!
Tattletail sat down, watching her sister.. who was crouching on top of the junk pile, ready to leap onto a rock, even further away. Tails eyes widened," Don't! you'll end up getting hurt, then mom and dad will blame me for it"! Of course, she has no doubt in her mind, that her sister could make the jump. But her nose wrinkled, and she gave a worried look. Broomstick seemed to have alot of confidence in her leaping even so.
Broomstick wasn't listening, all her concentration was on the rock. Her whole body was tense in preparation just for the leap. Her mind focused upon it, Her eyes swirled a light green, and she licked the tip of her nose..with her rough pink tongue. Then without notice.. she sprung from the junk heap.. front paws stretched forward, back paws pushing backwards against the air. Her whole movement seemed to define that of a feline's, The feeling of the wind upon her face was wonderful. It was times like this, that she really wish she could fly. Fly away.. towards the clouds, and watch everyone and everything like little mice. Silver eyes opened, but she didn't see the rock in front of her..she saw the ground! Her mind flashed as she began to position herself to land early.. but her mind was taken over by something. By a vision.. She saw a black cat. Entwined with silver marking's..bathed in moonlight!
Then she hit the ground, with a hard thump..sliding across the ground. Her body was tense, stiff....and unknown to her sceaming sister, she was overtaken by the vision.
Tattletail rushed to her sister, and placed a paw upon her should. She gave a squeak of surprise.. her sister was cold! She tried shaking her to wake her up. But she wouldn't! She was still breathing..but.. it was as if she was unconcouse..her mind completely gone from body. This scared tail as she turned and quickly took off to find either her parents or one of the other Jellicles. Paws moving her swiftly against the ground and she bounded away.
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Broomstick shuddered, She felt cold. She felt cold at the thought that she had failed her leap, and at the thought of what she had envisioned. Normally, she would have passed it off for a dream, but it felt like so much more...like it had been real! She swallowed, ears flattened against her head. She was beginning to find herself becoming scared, Surely Tattletail would be back by now? But what if the vision had been real, what if the female cat went after her sister!? It was possible...but..no.. she had hit the ground from falling. Maybe that was why she had seen that? Maybe it had been the everlasting cat!!
Broomsticks eyes widened at the thought, had she come close to death? Had the everlasting cat come to take her to the heavyside? Or...did she want to tell her something maybe? But no, it couldn't have been the everlasting cat...this cat..was so scary..to terrifying for words. The way her eyes looked as if they were filled with blood, the rage on her face.
The young queen held back tears, she felt herself shaking again. She just couldn't stop. But after a few moments, she began to get up a little bit of courage. It was stupid to stay lying here, because if that vision had been real, the cat could come back anytime. She needed to find her sister and make sure she was alright.
Broomstick lifted herself up, legs shook, they felt like lead when she lifted them. But she managed to start walking. She felt so tired, it seemed as if falling had taken all her energy. Her eyes had now shifted to a cloudy gray. As she walked slowly towards her parents den, her energy seemed to deteriorate with each step.She even wondered if she was going in the correct direction, everything seemed to be twisted around from its original state. Her breathing was harsh, and it became more difficult , with every step she took.
But suddenly as she glanced upwards, she saw her sister, pulling at father's paw. She felt Relief flood through her, as they looked up at her...as they came running over to her. They were okay.. but was she?
Her father was in a panic..trying to ask what had happened while tattletail jumped in circles, reliving the events step by step, with extra drama added in. As tail fell head first into the ground ,In a reenactment as of what had happened.
Her father led her towards the oven. Tattletail picked herself and rushed over..asking if broomstick was okay. She seemed to now be concerned with her sister, at first...she had seen her walking.. and she looked like she was okay. So she had assumed she was, but now tail's saw it...she seemed to be weak..her eyes..were very odd.
Broomstick lied down in a corner..wrapping her tail around herself. She was to tired to answer. It felt so nice to stop walking, she felt so weak...so tired.. she just wanted to sleep. It was as if she had lost half of her life's energy. But that was stupid, It was probably Fatigue that caused her to fall, and imagine those silly things.
As she looked up to her father...who was panicking and asking what had happened? If she was alright? He then turned to ask Tattletail where her mother was.
Tattletail only took the job of calming him.
"It's okay dad, im sure moms probably with jenny! You should go get Jenny and mom!! Grandma always knows how to take care of people, and mom will be really worried! I'll stay here with Broomstick until you get back okay"? She gave her dad a reassuring look. One that convinced him perfectly. He left the den in silence, his hansom features overtaken with worry. He seemed to want to know what directly happened, so that he wouldn't be trampled by two angry queens for not taking better action. As well as the fact, that he had no idea what happened to his eldest daughter.
Tattletail tuned back to Broomstick, she curled up next to her, nuzzling her affectionately in a sisterly fashion." are you okay"? She wanted to ask her sister how she had gotten back so quickly, because when she had left her, only moment before, Broomstick had been out cold. Literally. And why she had missed the jump? when she could have easily made that one. But she didn't dare ask those questions, when her sister was in such shape.
Broomstick was already half asleep, her head kept nodding forward..and the warmth from her sisters soft fur was making it worse. Her whole body was weak...It was as if she was in a dream state. Her eyes were still a cloudy gray, but what was most odd, is the pupils of her eyes were still wide, as if she had seen a ghost or something. Despite her relaxed state, they stayed full.
Tattletail noticed her sisters dozing state, and she quickly nudged against her to wake up.She licked a bit of dust off of her sisters coat and looked at her," Don't fall asleep"!!! She said this in a soft but harsh voice. She didn't want to startle her sister, but she had to make sure she stayed awake. Tails was deeply worried, Her sister had always gone off into dazes...but nothing like this... she seemed to be in another world. The young queen sighed.. and continued to clean her sister, occasionally nudging her to keep her awake, until the others returned.
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Tumblebrutus quickly ran through the junkyard, his tail flying out behind him. His green eyes were focused ahead with worry. He had to find his mate and Jenny! His paws moved swiftly against the ground, and he seemed to move with a certain speed. Maybe that was where Broomstick got her quickness and Agility?
As he ran ahead, her prayed to the everlasting cat that his daughter would be alright. He skidded to a halt in front of a pile of junk, a squeezed in through a narrow opening.. Leading into a large den with a few females sitting about. Jennyanydots, Jellylorum, Jemima, Cassandra, Electra, and Mipyr.(the dream cat)
He quickly rushed over to his mate, stammering to find the words he so desperately searched for in his mind. He didn't wish to upset Jemima , he wanted to make sure she didn't panic like he had done.
Jemima looked at her mate with confused and questioning eyes. She placed a slender paw on his shoulder. He seemed worried, as he stood there catching his breath..he looked as if he had something important to say. Her own mind began to run over horrible things.. he seemed so worried! what if something had happened to the kittens!? or the junkyard!?
She spoke first, in a calm voice. Though it shook with evident worry," Tumble, what's happened? Is everything alright"?!
Tumblebrutus nodded slightly," Y..yes, everything's okay. Something happened to Broomstick, I believe she fell from what Tattletail told me. But she seems to be very weak, and tattletail was going on about how cold she was, and how she wouldn't wake up when she came to get me! When we went to get broomstick..she had already found her way back..so I left her with tattletail and came to get you and Mrs. Anydots.. seeing as she might be able to help". He glances up, all of the females were looking at him with worry, stuff like this happened all the time..kittens getting hurt. But so far..none of them had gone unconscious like that.
Jemima let out a small Squeak, much like her daughter, tattletail had done when she saw broomstick fall. She jumped up..and started outside, and towards the den. Her body was shaking in fear, her poor daughter! was she okay!? Why hadn't she been there to keep an eye on her!?
She suddenly felt two sets of paws pulling her backwards...tumble embraced her quickly within his arms..and jenny smoothed out her daughters fur," Hold on a second dear". But she struggled to get free, why were they holding her back!? She had to get to her daughter and make sure she was safe! Weren't they worried!? She suddenly gave up against her mates strong grip.
Tumblebrutus held on tightly, he had no intentions of letting her go until she knew what had happened."Jem, calm down.. she's alright. I promise you... I left her it tail's care... you need to be calm. The calmer you are..the calmer she will be okay"? He kissed her nose reassuringly...since when did he become so strong in these situations? It made him remember the time when he had ran off...to the other side of the fence...and left her. He had been so stupid. He cherished the femme in his arms, and would do all in his power to keep her in safe keeping, as well as his kittens.
Jem's eyes widened as she looked up at him, he had matured....and...it made her feel, safe and happy to know that he cared about his family now. She took a deep breath and nodded," Okay... let go... I'm calm", She smiled to him and her mother as they rushed off towards the den...Even though inside she was filled with what seemed like billions of mixed emotion, the main one was fear, and as well.. Love for her mate.
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Jemima was the first to rush in through the opening, Her face panic stricken...but it quickly changed to worry and sadness. She felt as if she should blame herself for not taking care of her daughter, but she had no reason to. She quickly made her way over, looking at tattletail and smiling weakly," Is she alright..."? She sat down...looking at her daughter and giving her a small snuzzle and a nudge. She noted the fact that her eyes were a odd cloudy gray, and that she was very cold to the touch. This startled the sweet mother, and she asked broomstick herself," what happened dear"?
Broomstick glanced up at her mother as she came rushing in, quickly following behind were her father and her grandmother.It was taking everything the kitten/queen had to stay awake, she felt slightly relieved to see her mother, but everyone seemed to be so concerned, as if she was already half dead! This angered her slightly, she had more strength than that! She struggled to sit up...and smiled weakly," I'm fine you guys, i...just havnt been getting much sleep... so I fell, thats all". Broomstick knew it was more then that, she could feel it, but she would tell them this to keep them from worrying...or thinking she had gone mad".
Jemima looked at her daughter silently, with her wide eyes. She wasn't so innocent anymore... but she was still sweet and caring, as well as smart. She wasn't going to be fooled by such things... but..maybe.. that was all that had happened? She hoped so, she wanted to tell her daughter to go to sleep, and then wake up all better again. But she knew that wasn't going to happen, there was something wrong! Her thoughts were interrupted by her mother speaking gently.
"Yes...tired..more then likely thats it! Come now.. everyone out.. she needs to sleep"! She smiled cheerfully at broomstick, then motioned for the others to come outside. Tumble, and Jemima followed, and tattletail as well did. But she did so reluctantly..she didnt like the idea of leaving her sister like this. But she was reassured by broomstick giving her a cheerfully and healthy smile," I'm fine"!
Tattletail saw the emptyness in it, and it made her only more worried as she left. She was quickly led along with her parents back to Jenny's den.. to discuss what to do...
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Broomstick watched as they left, and she quickly lied herself back down. She tried to keep from shaking again.. but she was so cold.. and she was stricken with the fact that she had everyone worried! Yet...she couldn't denie..she was glad to have everyone out.she wanted to sleep and contemplate things on her own. Like the dream, and why she was so tired, but she never got to that as she curled up..slowly falling into a deep dreamless state. Her last thought before this, being.. 'I must see the Twins'.
End -^_^-
eeee! okay i finished! the first chapter of a very long story!
So what will happen next!? will Broomstick see the twins? will she find out about the vision! Find out in Chapter two!
Thanks! Please R&R!
-ElectraKitty
