By Moonlight We Meet

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What?

What was real?

No...

No it couldn't have been real!

Panic rising in Echostar's belly, he stumbled back a bit at Dreamstar's claw, flinching in surprise and pain. In pain, he realized with alarm. Gasping softly and glancing around the clearing quickly for any mirror-like substance or source, he squinted through the pain on his face. Finding none, he swallowed and turned back to Dreamstar. Cautiously, slowly, he faced his love with his eyes shut tight. Then he opened them and stared into her ice blue eyes. What he saw chilled him to the very bone. A long slash lingered on his face, staining the soft muzzle fur with dried blood. The wound was new obviously, and had looked as if the offender's claws had been fatally sharp.

No....no....

He sucked in his breath, suddenly dizzy and wiped out. Stumbling a few steps back, horror mixed into his gold-green eyes. He choked, "It can't be true. It...it must have been a bad...dream.....it...."

He blinked and then mewed questioningly, a current distraction stopping his confused mumbling, "How will I tell the Clan where I got this scratch from?"

[dream.]

Dreamstar shrugged, to bothered to speak. It was real. But how? How could he still have his wounds when they were just dreaming? Or was it a dream...were they really there?

"Tell them that it was a fox, or a badger or something. Don't mention me, we don't want to add to their suspicions."
But would his clan believe him, when he couldn't even convince himself?

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Echostar breathed heavily and and then locked his gaze on Dreamstar. He nodded, molten emerald flecked eyes blazing with raw fear and hot adrenaline. The tom's paws shuck but he closed his eyes tightly, mindful of the wound on his face that burned more than the burden of their secret. Swallowing back a lump, the tom gave a heavy sigh before composing himself. He glanced up and Dreamstar and then at the horizon. A tinge of yellow and pink was just starting to rim the line of the mountains from what he could see. Dawn was rising, her realized with alarm. He mewed to Dreamstar, but kept his gaze to the distance, "It's almost morning...shall we go back?"

[dream.]

She pushed her delicate silver head into his flank , a gesture of affection and mingled concern . "T - Take care , Echostar ." She mewed , eyes watering slightly . Turning towards a faint light that had appeared through the branches of the trees , Dreamstar padded away . Slowly , tail dragging through the dust .
She was screaming :
dEfEAtEd ..

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Echostar gazed after his love, heart ripping slowly. His body trembled as his ears rang with the imaginable noise of his heart tearing apart, the strings carefully sown together being carelessly snipped, torn. His heart bled and cried, sending wave after wave of misery and coldness searing across his pelt. And all he could do was stare after the silver she-cat, and pretend that he wasn't crying outside, and dying inside.

[I. f.e.e.l. s.o. f.a.i.t.h.l.e.s.s.]

With a shake of his head, and a sweet incoherent mewing farewell to his departing mate, the bengal turned to whisk back to his own Clan. He'd have to explain the scratches to them, and the thought scared him. The idea that his Clan might discover his illicit affair with the silver leader of Thunderclan scared him so, frightened that they would be torn apart. But it was all he could to do keep on pretending. To forever pretend he felt nothing but mere respect for Dreamstar.

[I.'m. b.e.c.o.m.i.n.g. s.o. n.u.m.b.]

[dream.]

OOC // : -gasp- I`ve never finished an RP before !! It`s a MIRACLE !!

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ooc: XD I rarely finish my RPs too. This was the shortest one I've ever done! XD