Outcast, but energetic. -- The River

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Date Posted: 20:02:08 05/18/03 Sun
Author: Noni
Subject: Outcast, but energetic.

((Third time I've tried to post this, I give up if it screws up again.))
Her littermates and parents abandoned to the revelry in the clearing, black Noni walks to the bank of the river and gazes at her reflection. She looks like a sculpture of shadows and sun-drenched gold, fur tinged with violet dusk as the day sinks into the embrace of night. Hm. Poetic thought, that...
A little disgusted with herself, she reaches out a forepaw and slashes it through her mirror image. It quickly reforms, a hard, mocking look in its eyes reflecting her own. Why? she asks herself. What is it about me that makes my family hate me? I don't need them really. I guess... I guess I just need to be loved. How quaint. Heaving a sigh, she stretches out full length on the bank, muzzle almost dipping into the lapping water. She almost drifts off there, lulled by dark thoughts. A solitary chitter noses curiously at the tip of her tail, causing her to startle.
"Oh... Hello," She says aloud, looking around and feeling rather foolish. The small feline clambers over next to her and curls up to sleep, burrowing so that Noni is quite uncomfortable.
The beautiful black rolls onto her back, inadvertantly dipping her tailblade in the water, and regards her shiny golden claws, concentrating on them for no particular reason other than boredom and a disinclination to head for the clearing. One forepaw begins to tingle and glow with a strange yellow light. Transfixed, she can only watch as the energy plays about her claws, until she discovers she can form it into a tiny ball and move it with her mind. Hey! Cool! I wonder if Moll can do this, btsa-bent as she is on being perfect. Tossing the energy ball between her paws, she hardly notices as the glow grows brighter, becoming a beacon in the deepening night. She continues to play with it, looking a little happier now that she's no longer bored.

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