Goodbye my Friend

OOC: happens before any of the sitewide stuff

Swiftheart was out and about. She was patroling the territory and decided to check in on her kittypet friend she had met awhile back. She was a very friently clan cat and liked to talk to others alot and today was no exception as she trotted over to his place in good sprits and mood.

She sniffed around catiously looking from side to side as she left the protective forest wildarea and over to where his twoleg nest was. She hopped up onto his fence that was around where the twolegs grew short grass and used little monsters to eat the grass every once in awhile.

Peering over the fence she looked around a bit for her friend. She had taken him to a gathering and everyone seemed to also be super curious about his bell he wore around his neck but she hadnt really been in much contact with him since then. She hoped that the gathering was not too overwhealming for him but at least he got to see what it was.

Her eyes spotted movement as twolegs had a great big monster parked outside next to Cheddars nest... Squinting she could see twolegs taking boxes.. so many boxes out of their nest and inside the monster... what in the world were they doing she wondered.

She spotted her friend across his yard and waved her tail over to him. "Cheddar!" she purred so excited to see her friend again. She had a big smile on clearly showing her happyness.

"What are your twolegs doing?" she asked curious continuing to watch them cart out more boxes out of their house and onto the super big monster.

Having been enjoying what probably would be one of his last days in this particular yard, Cheddar's ears perked at a familiar voice. "Swifty!" the fluffy tom called out with a big grin on his muzzle as she approached him. Looking over his shoulder, he realized what his people were doing most likely did look very confusing to anyone else that didn't know.

"We're getting ready to move!" the cross-eyed tom mewed with a smile, though he quickly realized what that meant for their friendship. "I... I won't be able to hang out with you anymore..." he began, his tone more glum than before. While they wouldn't be able to see each other anymore, that didn't mean he was just going to forget about the clan cat! "But that doesn't mean I won't always cherish our friendship! I'm so glad I got to see what a gathering was like, it was so cool!" he added, hoping to bring at least some light to the situation at paw.

Swiftheart tilted her head ... moving? Not gonna get to hang out anymore? Her tail dropped a little.

"oh" she managed to meow quietly. She understood now what the twolegs were doing. That he wasnt going to be around here anymore. She flicked her tail back and forth a bit a little unsure of what to do next. She didnt want him to go away, he was a friendly kittypet and she loved getting to know him more as a friend.

She grinned a little though always optimistic about what the future might bring. "oh im glad you liked the gathering. It was fun to bring you along, I think alot of cats will remember the brave kittypet that came to see what it was all about. she purred grinning to her friend. Sitting next to him she chuckeled a little "if nothing else they will remember your bell dinging along" she giggled as she playfully (but gently) smacked at his bell around his collar making a little ding noise. She grinned very delighted by it. "its so shiny and fun... I still dont understand why your twolegs have it on you. Never be able to catch mice without giveing yourself away" she shrugged a little looking at her paws, this small talk was fun but she was dodging the fact that her friend was gonna be gone soon... probably forever. She wouldnt get to come see him anymore and while this made her sad, she was happy that at least she found out about it... if she came by the next week he may have been gone and she would be left wondering if he was okay.

"im... I'm really gonna miss you cheddar, I make friends pretty easily but saying goodbye is pretty hard. I really enjoyed getting to hang out when we did. she purred quietly watching the twolegs carry out all sorts more stuff.

"but I guess they will take good care of you wherever you go.

She gave him a playful nudge. "here... I want you to have this, so you can remember me and all of us wild crazy clan cats." she mewed as she gave him a flower crown that she had made.

It was a flower crown with blue flowers held together by plant reeds common in the shadowclan marshlands. She plopped it down on his head and took a couple steps back to inspect how it looked.

"Perfect! you are truly a very styling cat now! she declared with a small giggle.

She shrugged "you dont have to wear it if you dont wanna but maybe it will at least let you remember of your old home when you land in your new nest. she offered.

sitting back down next to the kittypet she watched the twolegs some more curiously. "ill cherish our friendship too. I hope you will be happy wherever they take you, and that you can meet lots of new friends there too she said quietly.

Part of her felt it wasnt fair, why did the twolegs have to take him away?? But then again, for Cheddar, the twolegs sorta was his clan. He was in a family just like she was it was just that his family was his twolegs, he couldnt just leave them any more than she would leave her clan or family.

"I hope so!" he mewed, remembering how many eyes stared at him when he'd joined their meeting spot. It was a neat experience for sure and he hoped he might be able to be a part of something like that at his new home, assuming there are clan cats like this wherever they ended up.

Listening as she spoke, a purr erupted from the fluffy flame-point tom as she joked about his collar, but his happiness quickly turned to sorrow when she began to speak of them having to say goodbye. He opened his maw to say something, but quickly shut it when she grabbed a gift for him; something he certainly hadn't been expecting.

Tears began to well in his eyes as she placed the pretty, blue flower halo atop his head. "Swiftheart..." he choked. "Thank you so much! It's beautiful, I wasn't expecting anything!" he purred with a smile, so very thankful for their friendship. But... he hadn't gotten her anything... what kind of friend was he?

Glancing around, he tried to think of something to gift her with, and then it hit him. "Hang on!" he mewed.

Jumping down from his spot on the fence, he ran across the yard, doing his best to keep the flower crown on his head. Popping in a bush, he remembered something that he'd hid a while back; the perfect gift. Or hopefully at least a good one.

Galloping back over to to the fence, he jumped back up and dropped his farewell offering; a grey toy mouse. If shaken, a little ball inside of it jangled around which made it more amusing to play with, and it still held the faint scent of catnip, even after so many months of tossing it about. "It's no real wild mouse, but take this! I've had lots of fun playing with it, hopefully you and your clan will too! Think of it as a way to remember me," he chuckled, pushing it towards her. He'd always be able to make new friends, but he knew that he'd never forget the memories that he'd made at this home.

Swiftheart watched the kittypet jump down and run over to grab something. She leaned over looking at what it was curious as ever and very excited to see.

"Oh yay! Thank you Cheddar I love it!!! she squealed happily. She shook it to make the bell inside jingle. That made her purr. "hmm now I will always remember your little jingle neckless! It sounds just like you!


She watched with him for a little while longer the twolegs carting out box after box for what felt like quiet a while. But soon they started carrying less and less things out. Until finally, one of the twoleg things began yelling for him. Or at least thats what Swiftheart assumed, (her twoleg language wasnt very good)

She flicked her tail a little still sad to see him go but happy for all the fun times they had even if all too breif.

"You better get going, you dont want them to be worried. Take care of them... I dont fully understand them but I know they are family to you she purred quietly.

She flicked a wave of her tail and jumped down off his fence and darted over to the cover of the brush and forest nearby where she hid watching as she waved him a final goodbye before turning and running off back home with his final gift. Maybe the kits would have fun batting this around the nursery she knew that she would