when YOU'RE looking like THAT. (__avens.)

[SHADE. :D]

the first flush of youth
was upon you when our eyes first met
and i knew that to you
and into your life i had to get

avenstail.

i felt lightheaded at the touch tom
of this stranger's hand eclipseclan
an assault my defences thirteen moons
systematically failed to withstand warrior

cos you came at a time
when the pursuit of one true love
in which to fall
was the be all and end all

Little paws; tiny paws. Either word can be used to describe Avenstail's paws. Well; his whole body, really. He is, as stated, small; undersized. His paws, on which we will start, are the very smallest art of his body. They are no bigger than the tiny pebbles that line the bottom of the river bed. The toes are defined only by dark slits, eavh delicate and new. Claws often burst from inside each paw, though not intentionally. Sometimes Avenstail cannot control the sheathing and unsheathing of his claws. These claws are long and hooked and as silver as moonshine. They can cut a stinging wound. These claws will slide free ever so often, when Avenstail performs a simple act such as yawning or sneezing. Onto his legs. The tom's small paws lead upward into slender legs. They are slender, long and supple, perfectly built for speed - like his father's. Avenstail's legs slide into his shoulders, which are very small. They are nothing more than lumps of bone beneath his pelt. These slide backward into his spine and hind legs. His spine, in turn, leads into his tail. This is a long, slim, striped snake sliding from his back. Avenstail's muzzle is a touch longer than most, like his mother's. This gives his face a look not unlike her own, but his nose is the colour of peach and his muzzle streaked with ebony; starkly different from his mother's snowy white muzzle. Avenstail's eyes sit above his muzzle, evenly spaced. They are truly his mother's eyes by shape, wide and well outlined; but they're colour is not a shade different from his father's. Clear blue, but clouded by a unusual sting of indigo.

Avenstail's pelt is, at the moment, very short. It is made up of smooth, soft hairs. It also carries an odd softness, which he has carried since his kithood. Avenstail's coat is not long, but it does lengthen in several places. These are the main points; stomach, chest and chin. He has unusaul fluffy paws and ears, which give his appearance an ever youthful twist. Avenstail's fur is the colour of the moon; deep, bright silver. This colour is quite like his father's, but lighter, more white-silver than pure silver. Dark stripes of deep black race across his back, legs, tail and face. Two dark ticks are smudged beneath his eyes, and the backs of his ears are also the colour of night.

love is only a feeling
drifting away
when i'm in your arms i start believing
it's here to stay

but love is only a feeling
anyway

This tom has an air of defiance surrounding him like a cloud. Though his face is not often creased by any emotion other than calm and serenity, this cloud of boldness never leaves him. It is as if he will never cease trying to prove his loyalty to MoonClan, despite the fact that he was never supposed to be born there. Avenstail has a friendly personality, and is prepared to make new friends, but is unlikely to try and befriend another. That cat would have to make the first move, as Avenstail is never sure who is his friend and who is his enemy. He can be very fierce in an argument, and is unlikely to lose due to his neverending source of 'big words' and calm logic. Avenstail is very intelligent, but does not always use this gift wisely. He is not often affected by harsh words and punishments afterward. In fact, it is very hard to touch Avenstail. Insults will not hurt him, taunts will not spark off temper inside of him. But once you begin an argument with Avenstail, you are sure to be fighting a losing battle. He is not the type to give up on anything, which sometimes adds to a reckless kind of personality inside of him. When he wants to, Avenstail can play the misunderstood, mysterious warrior, but inside he is just a lonely tom looking for a friend.

the state of elation
that this unison of hearts achieved
i had seen, i had touched
i had tasted, and i truly believed

Secretcalling was a good warrior. He was loyal and true, and tried to stick to the warrior code when he could. He hoped that one day he would find love with a MoonClan she-cat and that his bloodline would course through his birth clan for moons to come. But he found love elsewhere. His life did not go as he had planned. He fell deeply in love with an EclipseClanner he encountered; a warrior named Limestone. After he told her how he felt, and she too admitted her feelings, the two were unusure of what to do. But after a near death experience, Secretcalling knew that StarClan meant for him to be with Limestone. And so, the two became mates.

Moons later, Limestone gave birth to Secretcalling's three kits; two toms and a she-cat. They were named Mistkit, Slatekit and Wovenkit. Limestone took her sons back to EclipseClan, but Secretcalling took Wovenkit to MoonClan with him. Secretcalling tried to help in raising his daughter, but he disliked her foster mother, Nightwing. Due to this, Wovenkit was given a bad impression of her father and grew scared of him. After Wovenkit was made an apprentice, Wovenpaw, and apprenticed to the deputy, Firewind, rather than Secretcalling, it was the last straw. The spurned tom left the forest, along with Limestone, leaving the kits.

Many moons later, the two returned, hoping to return to MoonClan. And a heavily pregnant Limestone gave birth to two new kits, to the disgust of her grown daughter, Wovenknot. These kits, one tom, one she-cat, were named Clarykit and Avenskit. The clan despised the family for what they had done to Wovenknot – some of them even disliked the kits. Because of this the two kits developed defiant personalities. They grew quickly, up through their apprenticeships. At the end of his apprenticeship, Avenspaw encountered an EclipseClan warrioress named Maplepool on MoonClan territory. He did not attack her. He befriended her.
And now a warrior, Avenstail has unwittingly fallen in love with Maplepool, a move that is sure to cause turmoil in the future.

that the light of my life
would tear a hole right through each cloud
that scudded by
just to beam on you and i

limestone mother
secretcalling father
wovenknot sister
claryfeather sister
sablekit nephew
honeykit, valleykit nieces

love is only a feeling
drifting away
when i'm in your arms i start believing
it's here to stay

but love is only a feeling
anyway, anyway

PAINTING PORTRAITS OF GHOSTS !!

love is only a feeling
drifting away
and we've got to stop ourselves believing
it's here to stay

cos love is only a feeling
anyway

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[SHADE. :D]

Accepted.