[Silver]

Oh yes I'm most certainly going to do this!

--

Tags | Hellion

[Silver]

WRITING PROMPT ONE | FIRST SNOWFALL
CHARACTER IN USE | SILVERGLADE [Sort of]

--

Dainty paws snuck around the murky depths of the barn in search of entertainment and possibly food. Little Silver - as her mother had dubbed her for her silvery pelt - knew that life in the barn was harsh and thus now that she was weaned she had to fend for herself when it came to food, but still. She missed her siblings, but neither had survived the fighting in the barn and according to her Mama that meant they weren't meant to live. For Silver though, it just meant she had to be more cunning than all the adult cats. They wouldn't take care of her; though she often helped them if she could get away with it. Now though, she was curious about something. The adults seemed to be sneering at the outside and she wondered why. What was it that made them look so unhappy and outright angry? She just had to see.

Moving across hard wood and itchy straw the tiny kit soon found herself near the barn's broken window. What she saw in the world beyond made her deep blue eyes widen in shock and awe. What was the white stuff that fell from the sky? Her stars seemed to be dancing between those tiny flakes of white and she giggled to herself in elation. The sky was giving them a show, so why were the adults so angry? Couldn't they just enjoy things for once? It was so pretty, even if it made the air crisp and cold enough she could see her breath. She didn't care, she loved it. But what was it called? She wanted to find out.

It would be many moons before the kit called Silver would figure out the name for the white stuff that fell from the sky. Time enough that her name became Silverglade and she found a mate of her own and another group to call her family as well as a cat that made her heart sing. Dappleback called it 'snow'. Even as she grew into adulthood she loved it. And when the time came, and the white flakes fell over the head of her own four kits, she snuggled up to Dappleback and watched the flakes fall and her beloved stars dance. It was a happy time, and she was completely content.

[Silver]

WRITING PROMPT TWO | BUILD A GINGERBREAD HOUSE [FAIL?]
CHARACTER IN USE | SILVERGLADE [SORT OF]

---

Why oh why had she agreed to this in the first place? It wasn't like she didn't have a million other things to do. Except...except....then those dark green eyes had looked up at her with such hope and excitement and how could she say no? Poor Silver really wasn't sure how to go about even starting this little thing she was doing. She'd...honestly never made a gingerbread house before, so why had her son even wanted to do it in the first place? Though...really she shouldn't be surprised since he did love sweets and baking and doing anything that she would do with him. So, for her son, she would do this thing.

She tried really hard, honestly she did, but over the next hour there was a lot of laughing from her little boy and a lot of mental cursing from her. Icing and gingerbread crumbs and sprinkles littered the kitchen and looked for wall the world like an explosion of some sort had occurred. Sandy, with those bright green eyes of his so like his father's, had caused her to make an amazing spectacle of herself as only he could. She couldn't find it in her to mind as they ate the results and she watched his happy smile. No, indeed, she didn't mind at all.

[Silver]

PROMPT THREE | FINDING A FROZEN LAKE
CHARACTER IN USE | SILVERGLADE

--

Leafbare was such a strange time of the year. Yes it meant snow that danced silently through the air and excitement in the eyes of her beloved kit, but it also meant cold days spent missing those lost and remembering those that had been gained in the course of that past year. For Silverglade, the last few seasons had brought a bit of both with them. She had lost her mate and three of her kits, but she had gained a new clan and friends that she felt may change her life forever. Sandkit was growing beautifully and he was soon to become the Apprentice to the Medicine Cat. He was happy and healthy and she felt that his father would be so happy to see how much their smallest kit had changed. He was becoming so strong; stronger than she was in many ways. Yet still she knew he needed her and she wondered just what she would do when that fact was no longer true. What did this clan hold for her beyond that? A flash of dark eyes and quiet hours spent side by side went through her mind and she smiled to herself. Ah, Ospreywing.

That tom...he had changed so much about her life and the life of her son rather he realized it or not. Cautious of her at first, it turned out they had much in common between them. He'd been hurt just as she was had had demons that haunted his nights. Thinking about him brought a small smile to her face as it often did as of late. Now standing looking out over the territory that had become her home, she wondered just how much her life would continue to change because of that tome. Blue eyes widened and her calm steps faltered as she came upon the lake that once she'd spent a restless night laying next to with an unfamiliar cat next to her. It had frozen over and she marvelled at the colors and light that shimmered off the surface. It was...really pretty. She should come here at night and see how her stars looked reflected in the frozen surface of the ponds, she really looked forward to it. Maybe...just maybe...she'd even ask a certain tom to come with her.

[Silver]

PROMPT FOUR | A Christmas package sent to the wrong house. (bonus challenge! The package belongs to the really cute neighbour)
CHARACTER(S) IN USE | SILVERGLADE & OSPREYWING [BELONGS TO PHOENIX; MENTIONED BRIEFLY] 

--

What a time for a package to be late! Silver had been expecting the last of her Christmas gifts to arrive in the mail today and what should happen but the tracking notice said it was delivered when she didn't get it at all! Well...to be fair she did get a package, just not the one that belonged to her. Instead it belonged to her new neighbor that she had yet to really interact with much. From afar he seemed aloof and unfriendly and that was enough for Silver to keep herself and her son far away from the man. Today though, she had to return a package to him so there was no way to continue avoiding him.

Package in hand, she headed to the house next to her own and raised her hand to knock on the door only to leave it hovering there for a long moment as she debated. She could just leave the stupid package on his porch and be done with it, but she knew about being anxious to receive something she was waiting for and it wouldn't really be right to just leave it where anyone might steal it. So she had to knock. For a time she couldn't seem to make herself do it, then finally with a firm knock it was done.

He was so much taller than he seemed and up close she found it impossible to talk at all for a moment. Finally she forced herself to snap out of it and held up the package; explaining briefly about this package. She felt strangely pleased at the pleased sort of surprise that lit his dark eyes before he reached inside and she found that he'd gotten her package instead of his own. A mistake, but not a terrible one. Their hands brushed just lightly as they each gave the other the correct package and Silver was surprised at the warmth she felt from such a simple thing. 

After exchanging pleasantries they both went their separate ways and Silver couldn't help but smile to herself and she even found herself excited for the next time her path would cross with her new neighbor's.

[Silver]

Prompt Five : building a nest to keep them warm during the winter
Character in Use : Pepper the wolf

--

Soft humming filled the air as the pack enjoyed the full force of the cold season. For Pepper it was a time of great joy and sadness. It made her miss her brother that had gone on to his own life with his wonderful mate. He remained with the pack, yes, but she didn't see much of him these days. She was such a shy and timid wolf that it was easy for others to overlook her. She didn't mind, it made her very good at listening after all, but it did make her lonely at times. Today though, she was happy and so she hummed to herself as she worked. She had a small den all her own and today she was making a nest of sorts that she could come to when the cold proved too much even for her thick pelt.

She'd carried bits and pieces from all over the territory and now she was adding the final touches of feathers and dead leaves to her little creation. Yes it meant her den was well away from most of her pack, but that was fine too. Pepper was always a watcher of others by nature and being a step away from them all made it easier to keep an eye on the goings on. Looking to the falling snow as the sun fell beneath the distant mountains, she knew her new little nest would get plenty of use in the coming days. And maybe once the snow melted and spring came again; there would be another voice that would come to join her own. Who knew what the future held, and it was exactly that fact she looked forward to.

[Silver]

Prompt Six: caught under the mistletoe (bonus its not with their crush!)
Character in Use:  Marna the Greenrider 

--

Life in a Weyr was full of all sorts of surprises and traditions that someone now born to such a life, like Marna was, found often confusing and annoying both. As winter hit its high point and the Winter Gather came things were in full swing for her home and it was all dizzying and exciting and just a tad too noisy. She wasn't sure just how her dragon was sleeping through all this chaos but the Green indeed had slept through the worst of it. Even know Preth was resting in a patch of sunshine and her emerald hide shimmered with health as she rested peacefully onward.

Marna could only shake her head fondly at her lifemate, glad one of them would enjoy this day. She left her dragon sleeping and instead chose to brave the Gather with all its noise and chaos and games and laughter and life. It couldn't be all that bad, could it. Unfortunately that meant getting caught up in some terrible game about a plant of some sort and being stuck underneath it with someone and finding herself shoved rather forcefully against a man she absolutely couldn't stand. A Brownrider, L'vis was crass and rude and hateful at the best of times. His dragon had caught Perth once and he thought he'd owned her ever since.

This wasn't her beloved Fr'din with his kind words and gentle Blue dragon, this man she couldn't stand and they were telling her the game meant she had to kiss him. She'd sooner bite off his face than to actually kiss him. He smirked down at her, certain of his right to what was to come. Marna had other plans though and after a swift kick to a certain sensitive place she was running as fast and as far as her legs would carry  her away from the jerk that made her skin crawl. She'd laugh about it later with Fr'din for certain, but for now she ran.

[Silver]

Prompt Seven : Being stuck inside your den during a blizzard  
Character in Use: Iori the dragon

--

Howling winds and biting cold dashed against a glimmering form caught unaware in the air. She had thought there was more time before the cold came. She thought she could make it to her den and the safety it offered before the winds caught her wings and tried to rip them to shreds. She snarled, a cry of defiance filling the air as powerful wings fought against the ice trying to weigh her down. It was with great relief that she caught sight of the cave where she'd made her home and with a less than graceful crash the dragoness landed and drug herself inside.

The ice on her wing would take time to melt and until then she knew she was grounded. Grouching to herself, Iori settled in for a long night while trying to work the hated snow off her golden hide. Of all the times to be trapped in such a way; this was likely to worst. She still had to do as her mother had bade her and teach the horrid human the ways of dragon-kin as he remained trapped in the body of the beloved made he'd so thoughtlessly slain. She still wasn't sure she could do it, but now was a good time to consider the how of it.

Her mother asked so much of her; more than the young queen thought she could handle at times. Still, they were so few in number and they needed a strong leader at their head. Her mother was older than time itself it seemed, but even she was not immortal. So that meant that Iori had to learn all she could before it was too late and leadership was thrust upon her. So if that meant teaching the unteachable, she would give it her best shot. After the blizzard cleared and her wings thawed that is. Until then, she would enjoy the peace the rare silence afforded her and worry about the rest later.

[Silver]

Prompt Eight: Getting their tongue stuck to ice  
Character in Use: Sandpaw    

--

Though now properly of the age where he was starting his Apprentice training, Sandpaw was still as curious as ever. Today though, as he pranced around in the newly fallen snow, he came across something he'd never seen before. It looked like water had dripped off from a tree branch and frozen halfway down. It looked interesting and he wondered what it tasted like. He tried to refrain from doing what he was thinking as Dawnblossom often said to think before he acted, but really what harm could possible come from licking something made of water?

He found out a moment later when he couldn't unlatch his tongue from the ice and pulling on it hurt. When his mother happened upon him some time later she could only laugh and shake her head telling him he deserved this for the lesson it taught him about licking things he wasn't sure of. Poor Sandpaw. It seemed as if he still has a lot to learn. True enough though, this was one lesson he wasn't going to forget anytime soon.