In the Dark of the Night [Closed]

Wraith had been watching the cat colony run by all day waiting or the best opportunity to strike. He being a completely brown cat, had lowered himself into the grasses of the moor and behind the tall grass for hours. He had been trained to ignore the heat of the summer and to not even so much as scratch his face, lest he give away his position. His eyes of burnt orange landed on several younger looking cats, but they were always with an adult or two, so he made no move to snatch one of them up. The time would come and he would wait for it. If today was no successful, then he would try at a different location tomorrow. As the sun began to set behind the field, still, Wraith had not moved. He ignored his hunger pangs and his thirst. He ignored the nagging urge to relieve himself, as that would certainly carry his scent around and give away his location. He had a mission to complete from The Order, and he would accomplish it without fail. The Dynasty of Death had trained him well in the art of stealth and intelligence and he would not let them down either. There were even rabbits that casually moved well within his leaping distance that took no notice of him. Even then... Wraith remained motionless. The last thing he needed was some panicked prey animal bolting away from him and announce his presence...

(Oh heck, sorry Tara! I thought I replied ;;)

Softbreeze, mourning, had come to the place her heart always drifted to; the fields of flowers. Blissfully unaware of her audience, staring up into the star speckled sky, Softbreeze murmured a sigh, laying among the flowers in which she felt a kinship to. Lacking subconscious thought, her gentle paws weaved, stringing together flowers onto a vine; a crown of hope, prosperity, love.

Flowers were symbolic to many things, the pale molly knew, and kinship was the strongest among those. In the cold, harsh leaf-bare moons, never did they leave one another, but instead requested of the bees to further spread their seeds, so that future generations of their kin, their legacy, would thrive. She had been the seed and Aspenheart the flower; he'd planted the seeds of knowledge that she herself had absorbed and thrived in. Now, the cycle was to continue anew, with her as the flower.

She would never have kits; she would have to spread her seeds through kindness, love, and knowledge. Aspenheart had kindly watched over and cultivated her, even if they had a few bumps along the road. But he was gone now, and Softbreeze didn't know what to do without him. She'd carry on, of course, but that was no easy task. Barleytuft, Elmskip, Finchstar, Larkflight, Clovertwist, Aspenheart.. She'd lost many cats dear to her. In a way, it had made her more independant; days were numbered and nights were short. But it an even bigger way, she realized she had to make the most of the breaths she was given.

It were these thoughts the small WindClan cat considered as she stared up at the sky. The crown of daffodils and daisies sat at her paws, completely unaware of the lurking shadow behind her.

Hours later, his time had finally come as a small she-cat came into view and seemed blissfully unaware of what was going on around her. No one else had passed by and he didn't believe anyone else would be coming soon. With his mind made up, the brown tom finally pushed off of the dirt with powerful limbs and rushed toward the lone she-cat. He could smell the scent of her colony on her fur as his jaws shot out and gripped her scruff. Like a wraith, his namesake, he bolted away with her with swiftness that Windclan cats could probably at least respect.

He already had a sense of direction where he was going, to the barn he saw not far from here. She could howl all she wanted. It made no difference to him, because he had no intention of killing her anyway and she could return home after she answered his questions. The added weight wasn't much, as she was quite small, but it was enough that he would need a breather once they got to the barn regardless.

He would finally get answers about the Astral Soldiers.