Black Mist Voyage

[Ärï]

Moon rose to her paws. Moving by scent and sound, Moon found her way out of the den. It was too nosiy. Too many wolves for her right now. You had to admit, if you'd just lost your sight again, you would want some alone time too. Moon sat outside the den, letting the cold blowing snowdrifts catch in her ivory fur, making her look as if she was part of the landscape that had come to life. Moon looked in the direction of the sky. "I wonder what happened" Moon murmured. Her thoughts had rolled back to Torn and Nezero. She wasn't sure where her mentor was and it seemed Torn had grown bored of her or at least had fallen for one of the othe faes that kept him company nowadays. Moon knew she shouldn't have been surprised. All it proved to Moon was that she was just meant to be alone in her blackened world.

[mudfang]

Holly tilted her head. "What is she talking about?"

Tisana snuggled around the pups to keep them warm.

[Sivoncé™]

Sharpie only stared at the den wall in silence. "R-Remember Clove, dear?" He said, voice shaking. The truth was, he hadn't.
He'd forgotten her untill now.

[mudfang]

Holly's head jerked up. "Oh my God. Clove. My baby."

She stood frantically. "I'm a horrible mother! I should go to hellfire! Oh Sharpie, kill me now! My baby is GONE!" she screeched.

[Ärï]

Moon heard the mother's wailing and her mouth twisted down in a frown. "Oh shut up you dramatic pup" Moon growled. "If Clove wondered off I can't say I blame her. Loner life isn't so bad and I bet she had a reason. Best to just let her be." Moon didn't turn to look at Holly. She simply remained still, sightless eyes fixed toward the sky.

[Sivoncé™]

"No...it's me...I'm...I'm the monster..." Sharpie whispered. He hung his head and shook it. "She's really gone...." Sharpie, the studmffin, got teary. Woah.

(Yes...Now I can go write her sob story XD )

[mudfang]

"Shut up you little spoiled brat." Holly spat. "Everyone fusses over poor little blind Moon..." She walked over to Sharpie and placed her tail gently over his shoulders. She sighed. "She'll come back, sweety. She's done this before."

[Ärï]

Moon snorted. No one ever fussed over her. She wouldn't let them. If Luna or Ebony tried, she'd run off. Her brothers knew better. So had Midnight before she'd gone and vanished. Nezero had tried not to and Torn, well, he'd never really understood. She'd had to force him to see she could stand on her own legs. "If you taught your pups properly, she'll know how to stand on her own paws if she's a real wolf."

[Sivoncé™]

"She didn't come back last time...." He remembered. "We went and got her." He frowned, remembering the day. Holly and Clove had faught upon her return...then got into a tickle fight.

Then it happened all over again. She wasn't coming back.

[mudfang]

Holly, ignoring Sharpie, growled. "Don't you dare say that, pup. You have no CLUE what I've been through. JUST SHUT UP!" A blaze of anger shone in her eyes. She was exactly like her mother...

[Sivoncé™]

Sharpie licked her nose in comfort. "Calm yourself, Holly. Raven went to look for her. I'm sure she'll find her." He had a bad feeling about this, however.

[Ärï]

"To be frank I don't really care" Moon barked coldly, still studying the sky without so much as flicking an ear at Holly. "Clove can make her own choices. She's no pup, no more then Torn is. If she can walk on her own paws, she'll survive. This world is full of live and learn. She'll have to learn to live and she won't do that if you're smothering her. Clove can walk on her own."

Moon closed her eyes for a moment. Moon had learned these lessons. She'd walked Clove's path, at least part of it. She had wondered on her own and at a disadvantage, without her sight. Moon had found a way, learned to roll with the punches and use what she had. Clove could learn that too and probably surpass Torn and probably even her. Clove just needed the chances, none of which were given to her by Holly.

[mudfang]

Holly growled. "You're heartless." she spat.

[Ärï]

Moon shrugged. "At least I'm realistic." Moon rose to her paws. Bowing her head to brush the ground, Moon turned her head from left to right, breathing in. She picked up a scent, lost by other wolves. Moon started walking, her path as sure as though she could see Clove leading her not two feet ahead. Soon her ivory form was swallowed by the night. Whether she would come back, Moon hadn't decided. Whether she wanted to....that was a mystery.

[Sivoncé™]

No. Moon's right. Clove thought. She'd been hiding in the bushes for a while, knowing Raven would come looking for her. She felt terrible for leaving the queen behind, but Raven had a family to take care of....she didn't want to burden her. Her scent was concealed by dirt, which she'd dug up a little farther from here.