No Memory for Snowfall [Open]

Snowfall awoke in a forest. Where am I? she thought nervously. She got up and circled a tree. She felt her heart start racing. She didn't even remember her name. She stumbled over a log and her stomach growled. Great. I don't know where I am, and I'm hungry. She sniffed around for something to eat, but couldn't find anything. She sat down and stared around the forest, looking for any signs of movement.

That couldn't be. No, that definitely couldn't be her... Could it? Thrushstar padded through the territory on a typical border patrol when he came across a strange but familiar scent. It was one that he hadn't smelled in a very long time. Racing towards the source of the trail, he stopped as soon as he saw her, narrowing his eyes into a quizzical and very confused look. It couldn't be his old apprentice! "Snowfall..." he said rather quietly as he grew closer. "Snowfall, is that you?"

Snowfall spun around. What did he just call me? "Did you just call me Snowfall?" She kept her distance as she asked the question, slowly circling the tom.

The Shadowclan leader made sure to keep his distance from the she-cat and to keep his eye on her. She looked a little freaked out and he wasn't too certain that this was his old apprentice. She could just be another cat that just happened to look like Snowfall. After all, it'd been so long. He was sure that Snowfall was either dead or she had abandoned Shadowclan. He had no sympathy. "My apologies if that is not your name," he responded, his expression immediately snapping back to being as emotionless as stone. "You just look very familiar. What is your name?" he asked.

Snowfall hunkered down. Truth is, she didn't know her name. "I don't know. I awoke here and didn't remember anything.." She was nervous to tell this cat her weakness at the time. For all she knew, he could trick her into thinking she was someone else.

And now he was confused again. Who was this cat then? The markings were strikingly similar to Snowfall. He was almost sure that this was who it was, but his second guessing made him extremely confused. He really had no idea. Maybe he could try to help jog her memory? Walking a little bit closer to the she-cat, he looked her in the eyes. Everything was the same except that this she-cat seemed a little more frail from being out and alone. "Well, I should start by introducing myself, then," he said, standing up a little bit taller. "I am Thrushstar, leader of Shadowclan."

Snowfall let out a mrrowr of laughter. "Who??I'm sorry but Shadowclan? Leader?? I may have lost all my memory, but I don't think I could ever picture a place named Shadowclan.. I just awoke here.." Snowfall glanced at the tom curiously, no longer afraid of him.

What an odd situation. She really didn't remember anything... unless she was just a cat that decided to run away from Twolegplace, which very well could have been the case. She just looked so darn familiar. Narrowing his eyes at the she-cat, he took a deep breath. "If you're trying to pull a fast one on me, think again, she-cat. I don't need to be messing with trouble makers like you, unless you are being absolutely serious about not knowing anything whatsoever." At this point, he was just kind of testing the waters. He was still pretty sure he knew who she was, but he didn't want her to be any kind of impostor.

Snowfall hissed impatiently to herself. "If I really knew everything, then why would I be wasting my time talking to you?" She pawed at the dirt awkwardly. "My stomach feels weird.. Emptier.. Did I have kits? She felt so young still, as far as she could tell. Maybe she was just hungry or something.

At this point, he was fairly certain that this was his old apprentice. Calming down and looking at Snowfall, his expression softened as he approached the she-cat. "At one point, yes," he said, remembering back to the kits that were long gone. "But you could also be very hungry. If you can't remember anything, then you probably haven't eaten in a while. Follow me. I will show you the world you used to live in." It was a legitimate offer. He really did want Snowfall to come back and hopefully seeing Shadowclan again would jog her memory.

Snowfall walked up to the "Shadowclan leader " and followed him where she supposedly grew up. She wondered about what the Tom was talking about. What did he mean, at one time? She shook off the saddening thought and continued following Thrushstar.