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Mottledkit entered the cave after Selenekit, the tortoiseshell female quiet and subdued for the moment. Their success in hunting had been non-existant and that meant that they would go hungry most probobly, at least for the moment. But of course they were used to that, travelling in such harsh conditions. She listened quietly to Selenekit, a little surprised that the femme was speaking out, normally the coal black she-cat just stayed quiet, suffered in silence, kept all her troubles and problems and questions locked away. But she spoke now and that was something. At Auroras answer and then the following question she looked up and spoke. "Well....I have my foster mother, Littlefoot, but she has been my mother since i was tiny so i think of her as my real mum. And.." Mottledkit faltered as she came to speak of her sister, her best friend who she missed so very much. "Yewkit. She is my sister and my best friend. Although she is probobly a warrior now" she said and snuffled quietly as she realised that she was crying. How homesich she felt, she missed her mother and her sister more that she could ever imagine, so much so that she wondered if she could bear it. "Sorry" she mumbled, wiping her eyes with a snowy white paw, although she was not embarrassed that the others had seen her crying. For she was crying for a reason, the best reason there was. She was homesick and lonely and desperate to see her family.

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[SHADE. :D]

Pecankit looked at her paws at Aurora's question. The brown tabby swallowed. "I have my parents," she mewed. "My sisters and brothers. And my grandpappa." Pecankit shivered, a secret worry lodging itself in her mind. Do I want to return to them? Pecankit could feel dislike coming from Selenekit in waves, and felt more wretched than ever. She was just a silly brat. No wonder no one liked her. Gently pulling away from Aurora, Pecankit brushed past Selenekit and pressed herself against Mottledkit. "I'm sorry, guys." Her voice was small and rich with shame.

[Spice..xx]

Mottledkit looked up in surprise as she felt a cat against her and was even more surprised to discover that it was Pecankit. her amber eyes filled with warmth as Pecankit spoke and she wrapped her multi-coloured tail around her friend, pressing up closer against her. "Its okay. You didnt do that much, Just moaned and complained, err all the time" she said with a smile and then laughed, to show she was only joking. She was glad that the femme wanted tio be friends again, Mottledkit wanted to get along with all of them, from bubbly Moonkit to shy Crystalkil, stroppy Pecankit to sullen Selenekit. She liked them all. And Aurora, of course. She was still unsure of the fox however.

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[kee :]]

Immediately after Selenekit asked Aurora that question, she wished she had just been her normal self and stayed quiet. But no. She just had to open her mouth and Aurora looked more taken back from the question than she had ever seen her mentor. Her answer startled Selenekit even more. She had never known much about Aurora and it seemed as though Aurora had more family to return to then she did. It made her both happy, since Aurora actually had somewhere to go, and sad that she just had her foster mother to return to. She didn't even know if Pearlblade was still alive and if she wasn't, Selenekit would be alone, without a care in the world. Sighing softly, she listened to Mottledkit and a sad face formed when she heard the her friend speak. She really missed them. More than anything, Selenekit wanted to go up to Mottledkit and comfort her but the two had never been very close and she was worried about putting Mottledkit in an awkward position. She was too busy contemplating, that she barely realized what Pecankit was saying about a huge family to return to and before she knew it, Pecankit was brushing passed her to stand beside Mottledkit and comfort her.

Thats when Selenekit lost her hold of her tears for a long long time. They began to fall from her eye lids and she closed her silver eyes so that maybe they would stop falling, but they just fell harder. The liquid burned her frozen, now stained cheeks, and she turned away to hide her face as she began to speak. "I have a foster mother," Selenekit mewed softly, her voice quivered and she sniffed back a sob. "And I really miss her," she added, almost silently and Selenekit opened her eyes to stare at the cave wall. She immediately realized that she wasn't homesick of her family, it was more like she missed the cats that cared about her and loved her. And some where deep down inside, she knew that these cats loved her, but she couldn't feel it now, not when she was sure if that sorry from Pecankit was intended for her or not.

[KURI. (happy birfday to me :D)]

Crystalkit's tail quivered over the rocky ground and she cast her eyes downward. "I-I don't remember my family," she whispered, barely audible. "I had a foster mother l-like Selenekit and Mottledkit, but..." she paused and sighed, a tear running down her face. "She was just keeping me safe because the leader told her to. I don't know if she really cared." pausing, the silver fae glanced around, then suddenly, something clicked in her mind. She wasn't sure why it hadn't been there before, but she knew all the others were thinking it, too.

"You... you're my family." she whispered again, smiling a real smile for the first time in a long time. "Pecankit is the sister I knew would get mad but still care for me, Moonkit is like the older brother I never had, Mottledkit is my sister who'll listen to anything, Selenekit is the quiet but gentle sibling, and Aurora..." more tears rolled down now, but this time she was drowned in gratitude rather than sadness. "Aurora, y-you're like my m-mother." she smiled again, blinked her eyes and dipped her head, retreating from the speech she'd just made.

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[(aurora) of the problematique]

<sub>Aurora's heart warmed and the she-cat gathered all of the cats against her. "I love you, all of you. You five are my family as we journey to this place together. We can't make it alone. We do this together," she said, nuzzling all of them with loud purrs and gentle licks.

"We're going to get through this," she said softly. The black and white she-cat stood up, new spirit flowing through her. She stretched and shook her snowy pelt. "Let's get out there and attack this with all we can bring!"</sub>

ooc;// are they going to have some more hunting tries or can Karasu lead them onward to the next board?[/sub]

[SHADE. :D]

// *toots army horn* Onwards!