Post by (( lullaby * on Aug 2, 2009 9:20:53 GMT -5
[/color][/right]s h i m m e r l i l y;;
A soft summery breeze blew, caressing the pelt of a she-cat staring aimlessly into the sky. Her sapphire-hued eyes shone brightly, reflecting the sun, her tail was curled neatly and primly around her paws, and she lay in an splayed form across the forest floor.
Shimmerlily's stance purely defined bliss. As her aqua eyes flitted around the fluffy clouds waltzing in the sky, she unconsciously parted her maw to let the summer air dance into her mouth. Beautiful. Shimmerlily thought. But not as beautiful as me, she added selfishly, her blue gaze sharpening as she scolded herself for undermining her own beauty.
The silence was making the FlareClan cat uncomfortable. She sighed unhappily. I don't recall Blitzfire assigning me any patrol, Shimmerlily tried vainly to flashback to earlier this morning. Nope....I think...
A bird's song interrupted her thinking, and Shimmerlily's head snapped up and her eyes narrowed instantly.
Fancy some prey, Shimmerlily? She thought, instinct beginning to take control of her body as she slipped smoothly into a perfect hunter's crouch.
One pawstep. Pull yourself a bit more....
Two pawsteps. Three. Four. Five. Six. Seven...and....pounce!!
Shimmerlily leapt, making the air hiss as her body sliced neatly through the air and landed firmly on the bird on a lowly hanging branch. Perfect, she thought happily, executing a casual killing blow with her paw and burying it exactly where it died.
She swallowed suddenly as she noticed the blood stain in the dirt. It oddly reminded her of the fire....Shimmerlily had been slightly too young to remember the blaze that had destroyed 'EmberClan.' Her parents did, but they never described any of it.
How many moons ago was that? Fifteen? Twenty? Thirty? I forget already. She paused in her train of thought. I guess it's good to forget. My mind needs cleansing, desperately. A wry smile twisted her features as she sashayed back to where she'd been first:
Sitting, lonely, in a patch of sunlight that managed to sneak through a gap between two towering oaks.
Shimmerlily lay back and resumed her cloud-watching.
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