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The white apprentice sat alone, pelt gleaming against the black shadow-stricken marsh. Lunarpaw's pale yellow eyes were fixed on the ground, the sting from her cheek bringing back the cold memories of Darkpaw. Desolate, Destructive, Hateful - the three things she was, and a Medicine Cat should not be. Even to her own kin she had unleashed her wrath.

Lunarpaw could only feel the shame, she was as cold as the lone moon. Night had fallen over the forest, and she heard nothing but her own breathing and the scuffling of an occasional lizard.

Silence penetrated the she-cat's brain, crickets would annoy her with their buzzing but right now all Lunarpaw wanted was to hear someone's voice. Any cat would do, except Darkpaw. No, even Mistheart wouldn't convince her - that tabby was probably to busy to come find Lunarpaw anyway. Ravenstar, Hawkeye, her mother.... maybe a cat from some other Clan! A loner, a rouge, Pebbleheart.... no. Maybe she didn't belong in a Clan.

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Padding warily through the undergrowth, Aurora sighed. She couldn't believe she had still not found her brother after all these moons.... Though, with the news that rogue had given her of some cats massing at the Oasis to form a new Clan, she thought she might be able to find Maverick there. And so she had set off for the Oasis, a place she had been a couple times before, as most loners and rogues had been. She was going to cut throught Clan territory rather than go all the way around the mountains. It would take her maybe a day and a half this way, rather than three or four all the way around. She stopped short as a Clan cat's scent was brought to her nose.

Peering over through a holly bush, she saw a small white cat sitting alone, looking rather mournful in Aurora's opinion. Her strange orange and blue eyes narrowed slightly in compassion for the young cat. Looking around, her ears pricked and alert, she pushed through the bush to make plenty of noise so she didn't startle the young cat too much, "Hello, young one... it does not look like all is well with you...." She stopped about two tail lengths away, one paw lifted slightly and her head tilted questioningly.

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The NightClan apprentice jumped and turned to see a gray cat, with a scent that she recognized belonging to one of the rouges that lived around the Mountain.

Her eyes focused on the she-cat. Usually, by now she would have been bristling and ready to attack but not now, now she needed peace. Who is she? I actually never met a Rouge before...

"I wonder... what is it like as a Rouge...." Lunarpaw's voice was supposed to be kept to herself as her thoughts trailed off. Would Ravenstar try to get her to come back? Would Mistheart...?

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Tilting her head again, Aurora replaced her paw to the ground, padding a bit closer, "Well... I wouldn't call myself a rogue... I mean no harm. I'd rather think of myself as a loner." She settled into a sitting position not far from the young Clan cat her blue and orange eyes gazing steadily at her with slight worry. She seemed to be quite distant, "I'm not sure if I like it as a loner or not. I long for the company of others and have only myself.... However...," she paused and glanced around briefly, lowering her voice, "There is rumor among the loners nd rogues of a new Clan, one welcoming to all, and I'm hoping to join it!" Her eyes sparkled happily at the thought that she might finally find her brother there.

Looking down at the young cat once more, however, her eyes narrowed a bit in worry once more, "Are you not happy in your Clan? I was in my Tribe, until my brother left. Then the Tribe didn't want to accept me, for some reason, and so I left to find him." She paused, wondering what she could say to comfort the cat before her, she thought that she must be a to-be. She was too small to be anything more and too large to be a kit, "If you are not happy in your Clan, you are welcome to come with me," she offered. It would be nice having a traveling companion on her way to the oasis. "But it is not a thing you should do rashly... without thinking. It is a hard decision to make, leaving behind all of your friends and family...." Cautiously, she rasped her tongue once across the small cat's forehead, hoping to be comforting, "But you'll find... loners are more welcoming that you Clan cats seem to think they are."

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Lunarpaw batted her paw at the she-cat when she licked her forehead. This loner was only twisting more thoughts into her head--some that she didn't like.
"What family?" She muttered. In a sense, it was true; after years of Darkpaw and Blackpaw's torture even Shadowear refused to recognize her as kin.

But there was also Mistheart - her mentor, and StarClan - where her duties where supposed to be. Erg.... sometimes, things are so confusing! Lunarpaw grumbled some before slinking into the darkness.
"You'd better go, usually other cats will attack you on sight." Lunarpaw's voice echoed around her as she began to run.

I am a Clan cat, one with StarClan. I'll never leave my home in this forest.... but should I leave NightClan for another?