high on heat

[cursico]

Cursico giggled manicly, it was boiling it felt like his fur was about to burst into bright red flames. Shaking himself he panted. This wasn't the best place to be, not really, but he wanted to find someone. Every now and then he felt like playing with other cats. Unfortunately he didn't see many, even when he wandered into clan lands. He licked at his ginger pelt marvelling at the colour when is was in sun. He looked in very good shape as he sat on the ground, His pelt nice and glossy with wonderful highlights coming out because of the sun. He was a nice weight not to fat or skinny. He had no signs of old age (excluding his eyes which always looked old and full of knowledge about human things) and his body had no defects. Purring loudly he waited for someone to come along, despite the heat his left paw felt cold and numb.

[SHADE. :D]

A half-grown black tom padded along the gras, his handsome face twisted into a thoughtful expression. There was a soft gasp and a white ball of fur darted behind the Sabretooth Rock. Apocolypse halted a moment, his burnt amber eyes looking from side to side. Lifting his boad sholders in a shrug he padded onwards, out of sight.
A pretty white she-cat poked her head out from behind the rock. It was Spectre. Her once-mangy white fur was soft and sleek, and her bright blue eyes shimmered with new health. "Is he gone?" he she-cat whispered fearfully.

[cursico]

Cursico flicked flies off his ears and smelt cat. They didn't seem to approach though, so he sat still. If they didn't want to be near him he couldn't force them. He yawned showing the neatly rowed teeth. He continued to flick flies away cursing them under his breath, how he hated those flies. He wished a spider would just come along and take them all.

[SHADE. :D]

Spectre frowned at her unanswered question. She crept out from behind the rock, and leapt up onto it. She skittered away from Cursico, not wanting to stand too close to the gingery tom, in case he was untrustworthy. She smiled at him, making a friendly approach. "Hi, I've never really seen you around, are you new?" she mewed, her voice pleasent. "I'm Spectre. I come from lands of ice and snow."

[cursico]

Cursico nodded at the cat "I'm Cursico I come from Kittypet lands" He struck out suddenly snapping a fly. He hissed at another that buzzed past. THEY were everywhere! He was almost going insane just listening to their buzzing, pointless bastards. The girl- Specter- Seemed cautious of Cursico, he couldn't blame her. It was be suspicious of everything.

[SHADE. :D]

Spectre's eyes widened, first as Cursico told her where he came from, and secondly when he caught the fly. Licking her lips, the white she-cat replied; "I used to belong to a clan, when a was a young kit. But then I got seperated... When I returned, nothing was the same anymore... So I.. Tried to die. But I ended up here. Came.. Over the mountain." She pointed with her tail.

[cursico]

Cursico shook another fly away "Whats it like being in a clan?" He asked his paw shooting out and swatting a fly away from his face. He was getting very angry at them. He didn't feel like asking her how she was seperated. They weren't close enough yet. And if she wasn't distracing some of the flies he would keep a bigger distance between them for small talk.

[SHADE. :D]

Spectre shrugged. "It was good, when I was a kit. I had veryhing I could've needed. A warn den, a loving mother, a caring father, and tumbling brothers an sisters..." She sighed. "There all dead now. I bet GlacierClan didn't even notice I went." She dug a paw bitterly into the stone, before swatting at a fly with her tail. It shied away.

[cursico]

That partly explained what happened. Cursico nodded sympatheticly "Cats can be cruel" He said sighing "Maybe some day there will be only good cats. But I don't think its soon" Even if other cats had attacked, he still felt like being in a clan for just a few days.

[SHADE. :D]

Spectre sighed. "Yes," the white she-cat sounded wistful. "I don't think that will happen for a very long time." The she-cat looked up at the sky. "I may be a loner, but I still believe in StarClan. True peace can be found there." Seemingly comforted by this fact, Spectre smild at Cursico. "So, what of your past?"

[cursico]

"Nothing really, I just grew up as a Kittypet then became a loner" He shrugged "A boring but wonderful life" He laughed happy in his thoughts "No fights, the scar on my back just from a fence, but I do have a wonderful knowledge of humans... Two-legs you all them"

[SHADE. :D]

Spectre smiled. "Sounds interesting," the white cat sighed. "It's strange, living alone when you've lived with other cats your whole life... I get lonely, sometimes." Spectre looked at her paws. "I miss my mother, and my father, Banditsoul, every day. And my sister Maykit, and my brother, Inkkit..." She trailed off. "Sorry if I'm boring you."

[cursico]

Cursico flicked his tail "No, not at all" His gently clawed the Earth to make it more comfortable. "It can be lonely alone, but sometimes its nice to be alone, though I do seek attention every now and then" He flicked away more flies. The heat dropped as a single cloud passed over the sun. What a relief Cursico thought.

[SHADE. :D]

Spectre arched her back comfortably as the shade slipped over her and Cursico. She was much more used to the chill temperatures of the north, and dreaded greenleaf, when she knew the sun would blaze. In the northlands, even leafbare had been cold. Spectre shifted her position a little, then mewed; "If you want, I can show you my den. It's not too far from here, and a lot cooler."

[cursico]

The thought of cold made Cursico almost jump. He got up and stretched "That would be amasing" He answered.

[SHADE. :D]

Spectre smiled. "Okay." Getting to hr paws, she leapt from the rock, landing gracefully on all four paws. She then raced away, leaving Cursico to catch up.

[cursico]

Cursico strained and ran forward. He wasn't much for speed so keeping up was a bit of a problem. He landed and continued to run after the cat. He was too proud to ask the cat to slow down so continued to struggle.

[SHADE. :D]

As she ran, Spectre glanced behind her, and seeing Cursico straggling, kindly slowed down her pace a little. She jogged onwards until her eyes fell upon a small-ish opening in the wall of stones. She slipped inside, sniffing the air to check her den was free of intruders, before laying down and lifting her muzzle to bask in the cool shade.

[cursico]

Cursico sucked in his gut and went through the opening. He shook himself and shivered with the wonderful cold. He turned three times before laying down and closing his eyes. "Nice and cold" He said aloud flicking his tail in content.
Make yourself right at home then A mocking voice said in his ear. He shifted slightly but other than that ignored it.

[SHADE. :D]

Spectre smiled at Cursico's comment. "Your welcome to stay as long as you want, unless you have someone to be getting back to...?" Spectre noticed Cursico looking a bit uncomfortable, and frowned in concern.

[cursico]

Cursico shook his head "No, I have no one" His voice had a twinge of emotion. He watched Specters eye brows lower into a frown "Whats wrong?" He asked concerned.

[SHADE. :D]

"Nothing," mewed Spectre. She stretched out her slender forelegs and opened her mouth in a yawn. "Well, I'd love to stay and have an afternoon nap, but I need to unt. You can come too, if you like. If not, I'll see you back here in a moment."
She got to her paws, tail waving, and padded from the cave.

[cursico]

"I'll hunt" Cursico said getting up. "Even though I'm probably more of a hinderance than a help" He waited until Specter padded from the cave before following. The stifling heat blowing in his face. He shook his fur. "Should we split up and meet back here, or go together?"

[SHADE. :D]

Spectre shrugged. "I used to hunting alone, but I don't mind." She then padded silently away into a clump of bushes. A moment later a scuffling sound was heard, followed by a squeak and a hiss, and Spectre apprenticed, a rabbit dangling from her jaws. She spat it out and bruhed dirt and grass over it. "One rule," she told Cursico breathlessly, "Is that you eat what you catch, or put it on the saving pile. Anyone can take food from the saving pile if they feel hungry, as long as they've catch something themselves."
Spectre suddenly swivelled her ears and leapt without warning. She landed on top of a small fieldmouse, who had been hiding in a patch of ferns. Killing it swiftly, Spectre dropped it by the rabbit. She then looked up at the sky, her eyes fixed on a dot high above.

[cursico]

"Okay, I'm good a finding deer that two-legs have killed, its real easy" Cursico grinned and ran off.
He quickly found a human road, he'd already travelled quite a way, he wondered what Specter would find, maybe more deer. Cursico walked beside the road ducking into the side ditch each time a car went by. He found plenty of animals along the road, alive or dead, but he ignored them.
He soon saw what he was looking for, a deer. But the thing was still alive, although it was crossing the road and a car came from the other side. Smack. The deer went over the top of the car, the driver didn't even stop, it was a bunch of Chavs after all. Cursico went over to the deer, it remained still even as Cursico grabbed it and dragged it back using all his strength.
Cursico got back to the cave, even with his strength moving a deer around was hard work. He dragged it to where the rabbit and mouse lay. He dropped down and closed his eyes, with this heat the meat would go off quickly. He got back up and smiled at Specter "How did your hunting go?" He asked before digging his teeth into the wonderfully juicy deer meat.

[SHADE. :D]

Spectre nodded at Cursico as he padded away. Her eyes were still fixed on the dot. It was gradually lowering in the sky, and getting clearer. It was now obviously a bird. A hawk. Spectre crouched, her legs bunched up. She licked her lips, before pushing off powerfully. She leapt high into the air, landing on the bird's back. It sqwauked as it plummeted to the ground, unable to keep the weight of itself and Spectre off the ground. As they neared the grass, Spectre leapt neatly off, and the hawk was too dazed to regain itself. It crashed to the ground, and Spectre pounced on it, sinking her fangs into the sleek feathers until she felt the bird's life slip away.
She dropped it over with the rabbit and mouse, before waiting for Cursico. She was surprised at what he arrived with. "Good catch," she commented. "It was alright." Spectre picked up the mouse and the rabbit, dragging them easily back to the cave, before returning for the hawk. She slung the hawk and the mouse onto a pile which contained twio more mice, before tearing hungrily into the rabbit.

[cursico]

Cursico grinned, his mouth covered in blood and strands of hair. "Sometimes I love those humans" He winked pleased with himself. "I could fit into this thing!" He stuck his head inside and pulled his body under the rib cage. He popped his head out, loving the smell of blood that now covered him. "Its like a tent" His head disappeared again as he ate the deers innards.

[SHADE. :D]

Spectre eyed Cursico strangely for a moment, before returning to her rabbit. She tore of the meat ravenously, gulping it down before seizing another mouthful. Soon she had demolished the rabbit, and she began on crunch one the bones. She soon shattered then in her strong teeth, and swallowed. She then picked up one of the mice from the pile and threw it up in the air. She caught it in her jaws and crunched it up, before swallowing.
Spectre lay down, beginning to groom heself. She felt sleepy and very full.

[cursico]

Cursico popped his head out and looked around. He saw Specter lying down and grooming her fur. He watched then looked at his now red fur. Sitting down he began with his tail then worked towards his head.
Once he was satisfied he shook his fur of any excess moisture then stared at the sun.

[SHADE. :D]

Spectre x
. the chill of winter will never leave my heart .

Spectre sihed and blinked at Cursico. She got to her paws, padding slowly to the back of the cave. She stepped into a nest of soft moss and feathers, and circled to get comfortable. She indicated a nest beside her's with her tail. "I keep it in case." The white she-cat curled, placing her chin on her paws. "G'night."