Two updates in a row as an apology for not doing it in a while. :3 You're welcome.
Icegaze waited at the last moment as Fireclaw and Mudleap both attacked her. She didn't have to see to evade. She gracefully did so, moving straight forward and narrowly avoiding them.
She heard the two Elementals' startled growls as she avoided their attack. "What?"
Icegaze was about to switch to offensive when she was hit by an unexpected vision. In reality, this lasted a mere second, though it seemed to her like it was several hours or even days.
She spotted Fate, and her eyes widened. "You..." She hissed. "What is wrong with you? And why are you here now? I don't have to decide anything now, do I?"
She was in a blank setting. Everything was a plain white, as though it were all covered in snow. Icegaze glared at Fate. He was so strange, and he never explained anything properly. He was an irritating cat.
The tom didn't blink. "You chose to wait, instead of fight. These are the consequences of playing with your fate, Gemini." Then he disappeared, and her vision ended abruptly.
"What?" Icegaze was completely disoriented because of the sudden vision.
"This," Fireclaw growled. "is what." Icegaze was slammed into the ground, and she gasped for breath as it was completely knocked out of her. She couldn't move, and she felt panic course through her.
Suddenly, hot claws pierced her flesh. In moments she felt like her skin was on fire. She yowled in agony, trying to move away. Icegaze felt the immediate instinct to put the fire out; to roll on the ground or jump into water. Something that would put these burning flames out!
Flames crawled up her skin, melting away her flesh and turning her muscles and bones to ashes. They agony was unbearable. Icegaze felt like the exact opposite of her name. In fact, she could use something cold like her name.
What scared her the most was the fact that she couldn't move a single inch. No matter how much she tried, her muscles were completely paralyzed.
She yowled, trying to will herself to get up and fight. Then shock and realization hit her like a blast of lightening.
Wait or fight.
She could see and even choose the future, and this was she'd chosen. "Fate, you piece of fox-dung!" She screeched at the top of her lungs. Her sudden anger sent energy surging through her body. Icegaze defied what Fate had chosen, pushing through what was supposed to happen. She didn't care that she had completely broken the rules of the universe; she was not going to let herself did because some cat said so. She would choose whether or not she would fight something.
She stood, her paws strong and stable. Suddenly, all of the pain was gone. She could sense the surprise sparking off the Elementals' pelts. Fireclaw lunged forward, but she knew what he was going to do. It was as though she had third eye-she could see and knew exactly what to do.
He brought a paw down while Mudleap came around and attacked on the other side. She took a step back, hearing the two collide. The world seemed to slow down, and she felt like she was too fast for it.
Fireclaw and Mudleap both shakily growled, threatening Icegaze.
"Resorting to threats? Pathetic!" Icegaze hissed. "I thought you were supposed to be two of the most powerful Embers in the Clans. Aren't you supposed to kill me? Get rid of my kind?" Suddenly, a thought came into her mind. "Was this a plan of yours from the start? Get a mate who's a Gemini, kill her, then kill her kits? Not so brilliant, I must say."
"What?" Fireclaw and Mudleap both asked, flustered. She'd caught them off guard.
"Oh, don't tell me you didn't know Frostdawn was a Gemini!" Icegaze spat. She didn't need her eyes to feel the shock coming off of her father.
"Frostdawn was not a Gemini," Fireclaw growled.
Icegaze shook her head in mock disappointment. "And you call yourself an Ember!"
Fireclaw continued, ignoring her. "but you and Lionear are. And I will not hesitate to kill you." He spat. "And don't you dare speak of Frostdawn that way. I loved her-"
"Don't talk about love!" Icegaze lunged forward, her claws out. She felt her claws slash Fireclaw's nose open. "If you had ever possessed even a claw-scratch of it, you would have hesitated to kill your own kits!" She easily dodged Mudleap, delivering a quick blow to her midsection. "You speak like you loved our mother more than we did."
Icegaze sunk her teeth into his flesh, relishing his surprised shriek of agony. She pulled her fangs out, tasting blood. "You can't even begin to know what kind of pain we went through. She died in front of us...twice! She faded away because only two of us even thought of her. If you had even given her a moment of thought, she would still be a spirit!"
She could feel the shock and anger radiating off of her father. "This is why Gemini need to die," He growled.
"Oh?" Icegaze inquired, her lip curling.
"You and your powers; they can be used for much more than just seeing the future." Fireclaw growled. She immediately realized what he was saying.
Icegaze was filled with rage. "Are you suggesting I killed my own mother?!" She roared. "You sick piece of fox-dung!" She yowled, her voice laced with an inconceivable savagery.
She already knew that Mudleap was creeping up behind her, and she sidestepped, slamming her paws down on the Elemental. "That trick is old," She growled.
Fireclaw lunged forward, mercilessly slashing with his burning hot claws. This time, she sensed a new power coming from him and the she-cat. Her father moved at a quickening speed, and Mudleap's attacks were getting closer, almost hitting each time.
But Icegaze was filled with fury and hatred.
"You bastard! Fox-dug! Badger-breath! Stinking hunk of dog vomit!" Her speed was also increasing. She felt her claws continue ripping through flesh, blood staining her fur. "You think I would want my own mother dead? I'd rather be the one to die!"
"Then so be it!" Fireclaw growled.
"You're going to die right here, Gemini, as you're supposed to." Mudleap hissed right in Icegaze's ear.
How had the Elemental gotten there?
She felt a heavy blow land on her head, and she felt dizzy. Icegaze tasted blood, and she hissed. What happened to her 'third eye'? Suddenly, she felt herself slow down slightly.
"No! I will kill-" Fireclaw raked burning claws, sharp as thorns, down her back. She screeched and fell over, writhing.
Another heavy blow landed, and she coughed up blood. Icegaze grunted, realizing that she barely had any energy left. Where she'd manage to get it all just moments before, she wasn't sure.
"Fox-dung," Icegaze mumbled. "I wanted to be there for Lionear...shameful..." She whispered to herself as she was helpless to the attacks. All she could do was lie there and endure the agony until she died, which was probably soon. The world around her, the sounds and scents, began to gradually fade away.
Then she heard two more pairs of pawsteps, and she scented two new scents. They were strange yet slightly familiar. The two newcomers burst into the clearing, and though she could not see them, she was able to analyze who they were by scent and hearing.
Fireclaw seemed surprised. "Y-you?!" He stuttered. That meant these cats had to be...Gemini. Powerful ones. "Stormfur and Feathertail?" Her ears perked at that. Icegaze barely had any energy to think, but she did recognize these names. Lionear could see the past, and he'd told her about the two.
Brother and sister, they didn't discover their powers until both had died.
Icegaze would have loved to try and fight too, but she was utterly exhausted. She had a strange, detached feeling that if she had taken one more blow from Mudleap or Fireclaw, she would have died.
She didn't have much time to think about anything because, at that moment, she passed out.
When she next woke up, she was surrounded by walls of fire. There was no escape as they crept closer to her, unstoppable. The flames were hot, and she could barely breath in the smoke.
"Well, fox-dung." She muttered. Icegaze shut her eyes and plowed through the fire. She entered cold water quickly, cooling off. The water and flames disappeared, and she had a feeling that Fate was behind this strange dream.
She tried to awaken herself, but she could not bring herself to come back to consciousness.
Icegaze found herself in a field full of white grass. Everything around herself was white. So was herself, but that was because of her naturally white fur. She saw Fate, and she sighed.
"What is it now, you tricky bastard?" Icegaze growled.
"How did you change your fate so easily? What you did was impossible." She saw pure confusion in Fate's eyes. She relished it.
"I don't like to be messed with like that," She growled.
Fate turned expressionless again. He unsheathed his claws. "Fight me."
"...what?" Icegaze shook her head. "Uh, no. I need to wake up and help my brother."
"Fight. Me." Fate narrowed his eyes. He was obviously up to something. Why would Fate, of all things, want to fight her? That made no sense. She didn't even think Fate fought. He seemed more like the type to stay away from the front lines, but order everyone around.
"Why?" She challenged.
"Fight me now, or you will never wake up again,"
Icegaze's claws slid out.