Love will find a way {open}

[ϟilverClaw]

The tall pine trees of Moonclan camp towered above like ever standing guardians as Shadowpelt padded through the camp entrance with Snow by his side, his heart was a flutter with his love for the loner and worry for what the clan would say of him for bringing her here and the purpose of doing so. He kept his tail on snow leading her into the camp. Waiting for his love to pad next to his side before licking her comfortingly on the head. He didn't know how she would react once she had caught the scent of all of his clan mates in one place. "Don't worry no matter what happens I'll be right beside you." he said in a calming whisper before looking back at the camp, he needed to talk to Twilightstar about snow and letting her become one of the clan. A bit of apprehension caught him, as he could only imagine what was on his clan mates minds about him bringing her here.

[~Ravenpaw~]

Snow's blind eyes stared ahead at nothing as she walked beside him, at first she didn't notice it but soon she scented them, so many cats at one place, she could scent it while back, but now it hit her harder it was stronger and more muttled in the trees. She shook her head a bit and almost recoiled but Shadowpelts tail was the only thing that kept her from running off scaredly. Snow was afraid, she had never, no even on rogue lands, scented so many cats in one place, she padded right up to his side, she knew she would have to get used to it but even this was a bit much, she buried her face in his fur to hid then scent, she found utter comfort in his scent. "O-Okay" She stammered quietly.

[*~Blazeheart~*]

Her ears flitted up, for a foreign scent descended upon the familiar comforting scent. Though she had felt the new vibration upon the earth even before Snow's loner smell diffused through camp. Tail flicking in a hostile way, the brown-furred she-cat tromped towards the camp entrance. Her eyes were narrowed, though they were clouded with a milky whiteness that blind cats often have, and she was no exception. But she didn't need sight to maneuver herself. She had a nose, whiskers, and ears. And most unique of all, was that she could feel vibrations in the earth that allow her to pinpoint what was where and who is there.

She recognized Shadowpelt by his scent, but the foreign she-cat made her fur bristle in an aggressive way.
"Who's this kittypet?"Earthstep growled, glaring at Snow with her pale eyes as her tail lashed back and forth. She knew very well Snow wasn't a kittypet, but it didn't stop her from giving mean nicknames.

[ϟilverClaw]

Shadowpelt watched as the first cat to question Snow was Earthstep. he felt it a bit of ironic that the first cat to take notice of Snow's presence was another blind she-cat. Even so he didn't like the tone to which she took to her. "Earthstep this would be Snow and I would appreciate it if you not insult her." He mewed polietly leaning closer to Snow trying to keep her calm. Shadowpelt lifted his head looking for Twilightstar among the clan not taking instant notice he turned back to Earthstep. "Would you happen to know where Twilightstar is?" he asked "I would really like to speak to her about... well ask really if Snow could join the clan." He mewed uncertain of what to do. What if the clan didn't accept her, what would he do he couldn't leave her behind in his past and move on he loved her, and he would certainly not forget her.

[*~Blazeheart~*]

Earthstep cocked an eyebrow. "Snow huh? And she's a loner?"the brown she-cat verified in a skeptic tone, ignoring Shadowpelt's plea for her to be nice. It just wasn't really her thing. She had to retain a tough attitude if anyone was to respect her.
"Well, you'd better be useful to the Clan or you're going to have a hard time to adjust, or even be accepted,"Earthstep said to Snow with bluntness, a sardonic smile playing across her lips.
"I may be blind,"she added to the she-cat with a defiant glare, assuming that Snow could see and would object to her blindness. "But I proved myself useful to the Clan."

"Twilghtstar huh?"the brown she-cat repeated, turning her attention back to Shadowpelt. She let her senses range wide. But there was so much activity, it was kind of hard to pinpoint. Then she reverted to her paws, which could feel the vibrations in the earth. But Twilightstar's familiar pawsteps was not on ground level.
"Dunno,"the brown tabby shrugged. "She might be in her den, or out of camp. Not around the clearing at least."

[~Ravenpaw~]

Snow's ears folded back, she didn't know what a kittypet was but it sounded insulting, she hoped that she wasn't whatever a kittypet was. She was glad Shadowpelt was there, this was alot for her, she couldn't get past so many scents at once, so she kept her face buried in his fur. It wouldn't matter if she was looking around, she couldn't she as well was blind and really didn't need to, she could scent and hear everything around her rather quite well, the she could feel the pawsteps on the ground close to her, she was afraid. "Well, you'd better be useful to the Clan or you're going to have a hard time to adjust, or even be accepted" The she-cat told her, Snow tensed instantly, she was useless, she always was always would be, she shook scaredly, she was going to be hit again, she didn't want to not anymore 'please don't hurt me!' She scream in her head. "Y-Y-Yes, o-o-of course" She meowed frightenedly she didn't want to be hit she didn't want to be called useless anymore she left that life behind, was it coming back now, she pressed closer to Shadowpelt to afraid to move anymore in fear of being hurt. She didn't object to her being blind for she herself was trapped in the world of the dark, but she wouldn't have it any other way, she was afraid of the world, in her warm world of darkness everything was kind and welcoming, unlike the harsh relality in front of her. Snow shook frightenedly and she hoped she wasn't going back into her old life.

[ϟilverClaw]

Shadowpelt grunted as Earthstep continued to act hostile towards Snow even trying to make a point about her being blind. Shadowpelt rolled his eyes at Earthstep trying to drag this piece of crowfood into the conversation. Shadowpelt stroked Snows back with his tail trying to calm her, it was hard enough for her to try and join the clan and Earthstep wasn't helping that. "Thanks Earthstep I'll have to look for her later, and truly trying to point out that she has to make herself useful and then point out you did it even while being blind is rather a step into the ironic. Snow can't see either she'a as blind as you maybe worse for all I know. You didn't like it when other cats got onto you for being blind how do you think she feels." Shadowpelts words where as even as he could keep them trying not to raise his voice. It wasn't as if Earthstep could see that Snow was blind or vice versa. Shadowpelt pressed himself closer to snow and lead her a little aways to rest. "You can sit here. I'll be back soon okay, I'll find out where Twilightstar has gone to and come right back."he mewed smiling at Snow licking her atop her head before, turning back towards Earthstep. "Could you please watch her while I look. I'm sure you two could find some common ground." with that Shadowpelt walked off trying to find where Twilightstar had gone too.

{Ooc: okay since darky is a busy person I'm just going to let the two she-cats talk until darky can respond, or Shadie if darky can't at which point I'll bring Shadowpelt back in sound good?}

[~Ravenpaw~]

Snow nodded a bit "O-Okay" She meowed, "please hurry" She whispered quietly, she was hoping he wouldn't leave but he needed to ask someone if she could stay, she would very much like to stay with him, she didn't like being alone for to long, the loner life was a lonely one but it was safe, she would hate to have to go back now. The scents hit her hard again as she shivered her fur bristling as he padded away. Snow's blind pale blue eyes stared ahead at nothingness like they normally did, her ears perked a bit to listen to sounds and she could easily scent everything in camp, she was afraid, so many cats, so many cats. Snow swallowed nervously and wondered what the she-cat would say now.

[*~Blazeheart~*]

((Kk ^^, this ought to be interesting. Sorry Raven, EARthstep is gonna be a little mean if that's okay XD))


"Huh? So you're blind too?"Earthstep meowed with a skeptic tone, her eyebrows cocked up again. Then she let out a sardonic laugh.
"Does the Clan really need to have two blind cats around?"she sneered.
"At least I don't cower behind a tom when someone insults my blindness. They wouldn't dare around me,"Earthstep added in a retort, sliding out her claws to prove her point. The brown she-cat was a little surprised by the fact that Snow was also blind, but the way the newcomer acted really irritated her. It was something her old Twolegs had tried to get out of her, a sweet and submissive kittypet. That was not the life she wanted. Yet Snow seemed to remind her of that feeling. This made her tick.
But the fiesty she-cat decided to put off the feeling. No use holding a grudge right now.

"Could you please watch her while I look. I'm sure you two could find some common ground."

"Tch fine,"Earthstep muttered with another roll of her eyes. She glanced at where she presumed Snow was sitting, her glazed eyes also seemingly to stare at nothingness. She imagined how that would look to the other Clan cats to see two blind cats staring out, maybe even facing the wrong direction. Must be a funny sight,she thought with dry humor.

"Well, I guess we have one thing in common. Unless blindness doesn't count,"Earthstep started.

[~Ravenpaw~]

((Tis okay ^_^))
Snow didn't really want to be left alone, she was rather afraid the she-cat would attack her. She was a very shy cat, she always had been, she hated the feeling of uslessness, she had always grown up with it, she never once felt truely useful, but Shadowpelt made her feel happy, she hoped they would let her stay. "Y-Yes" She stammered a bit, she didn't mean to be blind, she was born that way, her parents were rather cruel about it, always called her useless, they tried to train her but she just failed horribly... could she live in a place like this? She coiled her tail around herself, she normally cowered behind trees and stuff, she was always so afraid of getting hurt, she didn't want to be hurt anymore. "I-I-I suppose" She said, this she-cat was blind as well and didn't have all the problems that she did, Snow grew up in Rogue territory, it was harsh out there and if you weren't born normal, or perfect you were considered useless and a disgrace, she was both of them in her parents eyes. never loved, and never helpful, her ears folded back, she wondered if clan life was the same.

[*~Blazeheart~*]

Earthstep let out an exasperated sigh. "Geez, you don't talk a lot do you?"she meowed in a skeptic tone.
"When you're officially a member, I gotta teach you not to be so...soft,"she decided, poking Snow with her tail.
"So...you're a loner now-well before right?"the brown she-cat meowed, trying to start a conversation.

((Sorry, short XD))

[~Ravenpaw~]

Snow nodded a bit, "I-I Was" She meowed, "Er.. s-still am I believe" She said quietly, she didn't know anymore she hoped to be a clan...member was it? Snow hoped to be one, "B-Being a loner isn't s-so bad" She meowed, "F-Food is s-sometimes hard to g-get b-but everyone is rather p-peaceful" She said hoping to explain why she was so 'soft' as the she-cat put it. Snow didn't have much to say after that she was unsure of what to say, she wasn't even sure if she should say her name or where she came from, or even about her past as a rogue... she decided to leave that part out for the best, she decided to sit there and wait wondering what she she-cat would say, she wondered what her name was, was it a name like Shadowpelt's? Or was it different?

[*~Blazeheart~*]

((Snow already know's earthstep's name doesn't she?))
"Really? Peaceful out there? Wow...what the Clan says about mean ol' rogues must be a myth,"the brown she-cat meowed, with an edge of sarcasticness.
"But at least-from what I gather- you were able to defend yourself. Not bad for a blind, soft cat,"the she-cat added, prodding Snow with her tail again, though there was a hint of friendliness in the gesture.
"By the way,"Earthstep added, flicking her tail in a patient manner.
"You're going to drop the name "snow", once you join the Clan. Any idea what you want your warrior name to be?"[/ b]she asked, genuinely curious.

[~Ravenpaw~]

((..Right!))
Snow flinched instantly upon hearing the word Rogue, she disliked that word strongly, it reminded her to much of her past, "W-Well Rogues are...different then l-loners" She said quietly but Earthstep had already moved on. Snow flinched again she wasn't to keen on being touched, she loved Shadowpelt enough to let him, but she just didn't like how others could feel her scars it bugged her when they asked what happened. Snow wasn't exactly good at fighting, she hardly defended herself at all, she was rasied not to, but still, she could if she really wanted to. "D-Drop my name?" She asked curiously, she had always been called Snow, "E-Earthstep was it? W-What is a warrior?" She asked curiously, she truely did not know and prayed she hadn't said something wrong.

[*~Blazeheart~*]

"It's not that hard dropping a name you know,"the brown she-cat pointed out.
"I was glad to take on the name Earthstep. I hated my kittypet name,"she muttered darkly, remembering how her Twolegs gave her such a digusting name. She'd die of embarrassment if she had to keep that name.

"E-Earthstep was it? W-What is a warrior?"

"You don't know? Did you just come into this Clan without knowing what you're gonna go through?"Earthstep meowed in disbelief. But she let out a laugh, not a mean one, but one of amusement.

A warrior is the best!"Earthtstep began, her tone changed from sarcastic to genuine happiness.
"No restrictions, and you get to live the life you want," her eyes seemed to glow with enthusiasm as she revealed how she always felt after she left the kittypet life.
"I love fighting. And the warrior life allows me to fight for a purpose."

[~Ravenpaw~]

Snow blinked a bit, she still didn't know what a kittypet was, but she had been called by her name her whole life, "Snow! You useless blind lump! Get up and fetch us something to eat! You are the most pathetic thing to walk on this land you useless piece of trash!" Snow remembered each and everyone of her father's words, "Disgrace! Disgrace to us, to the land, to every cat to walk! Your weak and you'll never amount to anything if you can't even catch a mouse! You! get up Disgrace! Ugh! You did it wrong, you mouse-brain that's a stick does it look like a mouse, oh wait you wouldn't know you blind fool!" Snow swallowed a bit, her mother's words were harsh, she couldn't decide whose words were harsher. She shook her head and listened back with Earthnstep and nodded meekly, she truely had walked into camp not knowing anything or what to expect. "F-Fighting?" Snow asked curiously, she didn't like fighting to much but she would if she truely had to, "Is that all warriors do?" She asked hoping they also did something else, she wasn't the best at fighting at all.

[*~Blazeheart~*]

"'Course not,"Earthstep continued. "We hunt for the Clan. Everyone gets a fair share of prey, though elders and queens are priority. Of course, you can be a queen too,"
She said this with a mischevious tone towards Snow, hinting about the white she-cat and Shadowpelt.
"They raise kits in the nursery,"she explained. "Though I really don't see the fun in that,"the brown she-cat added with a roll of her eyes.
"Raising kits in a stuffy nursery. You barely have time to hunt and fight!"Earthstep hissed.

[~Ravenpaw~]

Snow~Saving me~//Please make the pain go away//
Snow blushed deeply under her snow white fur, her pale blue eyes lowered a bit towards the ground as she smiled sheepishly, 'k-kit's?' she couldn't help but think, she had onlt just fallen in love with Shadowpelt, kits would be something they would have to talk about. But being a Queen did sound like fun. "Oh.. y-yes no fun at all" she meowed sheepishly, she felt the need to agree with Earthstep only for the fact she was slightly still afraid that if she said something wrong she would get hurt again, she hated pain, she really did.

[*~Blazeheart~*]

A slight smirk crossed her lips as she heard Snow's response.
Oh.. y-yes no fun at all"

It was an apparant lie. And this particular blind cat is able to detect that easily. Her paws told her Snow's heartbeat vibrated faster as she said this. When someone lies, there heartbeat beats faster. And right now, Snow's heart was shaking like a fast metronome. This amused Earthstep.
"You know you don't have to agree with me,"the brown she-cat pointed out with a purr of laughter.
"If you like being a Queen, go ahead. Not my business. Mines is to hunt and fight,"Earthstep meowed.

[~Ravenpaw~]

Snow~Saving me~//Please make the pain go away//
Snow folded her ears back timidly, she was a horrible liar, no joke, the worst liar you ever met, you don't need to feel her heart for that, she could tell it was racing a mile a minute, what could she say she was scared. "A-Alright" She meowed sheepishly, "I..I am j-just really..n-noy good at hunting" She said shyly, she hated to admit it, but the skinny she-cat was very much underweight, she was often going to bed hungry because she couldn't catch anything. "...I a-am also n-not good at fighting" She admited painfully, dispite her past, she was to afraid to fight the way they taught her, it scared her, and she was awfully clumsy.

[Darkheart]

((er, Sorry everyone. ))

A tall, snow white cat trotted into the camp, a limp vole hung in her mouth. Twilightstar had been out hunting, trying to clear her mind like usual. Her ears flicked when she heard her name in the distance. She turned her head toward the sound. She spotted Shadowpelt. She quickly places the vole in the fresh kill pile, then went to see Shadowpelt.
"Is there something wrong?" Twilightstar asked, her Icey blue eyes full of concern. She smelt the air. Right away she picked out a cat not from MoonClan. Where they being attacked somewhere else on the territory? Had FireClan finally came for their revenge? Or DawnClan? She sniffed again. It wasn't a familiar sent. It couldn't have been another clan. Where the rogues trying to attack the clans now? Twilightstar's stomach twisted as she thought about it more. They couldn't take a fight. Not anymore. She waited for Shadowpelt's report.

[ϟilverClaw]

Shadowpelt's ears perked as he noticed Twilightstar entering the camp. He padded over happy to see that she had returned to camp. She questioned him if there was anything wrong, he mearly shook his head looking back to his leader in the eyes. "No nothing wrong, more like a something good..." he tilted his head to the distant Snow and Earthstep talking a on the other side of camp. "I found her wandering the territories... and I was wondering if she could possibly... join the clan?" Shadowpelts voice seemed to flutter between excitement and nervousness as he asked his leader for this favor. his heart fluttering whenever he looked back at his love. He had to have her as part of the clan, he could only wish that Twilightstar would agree.

[Darkheart]

The young leader followed Shadowpelt's gaze over to Snow and Earthstep. "Well it seems the rest of the clan is content with her." Twilightstar smiled. She study the look on Shadowpelt's face. The look of love and longing. Something Twilightstar had never had the delight to experience. She knew what this warrior wanted. What kind of leader would she be to crush the sparks between the two cats?
Twilightstar looked back at the she-cat. But she did have to think about the entire clan. With leaf-fall shortly around the corner, who knows if they will even have enough prey to feed the clan. She sighed. "Will she contribute to the clan in anyway? Can she hunt?" She asked, feeling terrible about it.

[ϟilverClaw]

Shadowpelt felt a drop in his stomach as Twilightstar asked what Snow could contribute to the clan. He had worried about the thought the moment he brought her here her blindness was a hindrance, but even Earthstep had shown that she could help the clan besides being unable to see. "I know she can hunt, I found here because she had wandered onto our territory trying to catch prey." he dropped his head a bit in a pit of nervousness as he looked back to his leader. "She's blind, but I will do everything in my power to make sure that she can help the clan... I just..." Shadowpelt stopped as he couldn't continue, his feelings felt as if they where being torn again by duty and love. "I want her to be here Twilightstar, for the first time in a long time I feel... whole."

[Darkheart]

Twilightstar nodded, taking everything Shadowpelt said to heart. She looked at Snow. "The blind have a special way of life. Sometimes, I think their way of hunting is more effective, especially in the winter." She said, hoping her positivity would calm him down a bit. She looked back at Shadowpelt. She almost could feel how bad her wanted her to be in the clan.
She gave a small smile. "Who am I to keep you from something you are longing for? I would be delighted to have her become a part of MoonClan." Her blue eyes sparkled, happy that the warrior had found someone he wanted. It always made someone stronger, knowing they had someone to live for and to protect.

[ϟilverClaw]

Shadowpelts heart lept with joy as he heard the words he had hoped for. Snow could stay with him in the clan. He bowed respectfully to Twilightstar a smile broad across his face. "Thank you Twilightstar I am truly grateful. Excuse me as I go to tell her the news." he mewed with renewed vigor. Padding away quickly back to snows side. sat down next to his love rubbing his head into her pelt drinking in her scent. "Snow I just talked to Twilightstar she said you can stay." he mewed with glee. For once in his life everything was going right for him, now he had his love in the clan, nothing could go wrong for him.

[~Ravenpaw~]

Before Earthstep could answer Shadowpelt had come back and told Snow that she could stay, Snow smiled happily, she didn't know if Earthstep would still answer her or not but she smiled happily, "That's W-Wonderful" She said happy to be able to stay with her love. She nuzzled him softly, she took in his scent, she loved the way he smelt, he was simly wonderful. Snow's eyes still reflected nervousness, she was still afraid of being near so many cats, but she didn't want to leave Shadowpelt, another thought crossed her mind though. "W-Will my n-name Change?" she asked, thinking about what Earthstep had said.

[ϟilverClaw]

Shadowpelt purred comfortingly as his love worried. "Do not fret my dear your name will not be changed if you do not wish it so, but it is nothing to fear, your name shall always be Snow, the only thing that would change is they would call you more than that, as Snowfall, or Snowpelt. For me it could matter less if you do or not as long as I am by your side." Shadowpelt purred again happy to be bye her side for now and as long as the clans stood in this life and the next with Starclan.

[~Ravenpaw~]

Snow purred gently, she was glad to keep most of her name, Snow was the only thing she held onto for comfort. She remember someone telling her that beautiful name and then he was gone, but she loved it still. Even if she had to add onto her name was fine. "Snowfall?" She asked, she wondered why their names were like that, she was confused, "I-I like that one, but as long as I get to k-keep the Snow part I don't care what you call me" She said smiling gently, her beautiful pale blue eyes stared towards him, as if peering inside. She loved Shadowpelt and was glad to be able to stay.

[*~Blazeheart~*]

"Oh so I guess the Clan is going to have to blind cats,"Earthstep meowed, interrupting the affectionate moment between the two couples. The she-cat said this with a wry smile and let out a scoffing laugh.

"So what are you two lovebirds going to do now?"
"Well, I guess we'll show whoever teases us about our blindness that we can kick their butts anyday,"Earthstep meowed with a smirk, flicking her tail across Snow's shoulder rather hard with her tail. Just another gesture of affection.