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Gingersnap regularly met up with Dapplebreeze even after her family moved out of SunClan. It had been fun meeting up with her on DayClan's farm, they were able to play in the orchards, munch on apples, gossip. But since the Fire Nation drove SunClan out they were meeting closer to the Everbleed Mountains, which weren't mountains so much as rocky hill lands. The land on DayClan's side was filled with dangerous predators, making it quite a scary endeavor to still visit her best friend. Nonetheless Gingersnap made it across every time. Today she was sharing tongues with her friend, enjoying grooming out Dapplebreeze's shimmery fur.
"Before we leave we can go hunt something in the Everbleeds so you can take it back to SunClan," Gingersnap offered the janus. She had never stopped caring about SunClan when she left, especially now that the Sun God was dead. She used to devote herself completely to him, but after seeing what he had done to her family there wasn't anyone she hated more and as it turns out he probably hated her too.
Bloodystar had seen Dapplebreeze sneak away from camp from time to time. He could't have eyes everywhere, though, so had been turning a blind eye to it in favor of more pressing matters. Luck hadn't been on her side this time, however, as it just so happened that the High Priest had some down time when the young Janus had decided to sneak out for another one of her visits.
He'd been watching and waiting for some time, naturally he had to be a little cautious. Any number of DayClan Warriors could be laying in wait. After watching the she-cats frolic and gossip for a few minutes, however, he judged himself safe to reveal himself.
"It's been too long, Gingersnap. I look forward to hearing your DayClan report... you did go to DayClan to spy on the, right?"
Gingersnap whirled around her tail lowered as Bloodystar moved in on Dapplebreeze and her. Her tail twisted between her leg at the mention of going back to SunClan. She couldn't help, but lower herself at the priests presence, which he probably took as pride, but for her was fright. "I'm not a spy, I just moved out of SunClan to help my family. It wasn't like I wanted to move away from home though." She stood up a little taller when she saw he wasn't acting aggressively. She knew he had tried to kill her mother, because of that she was worried what he might do to her. "I don't want to worry my mom by not coming home though and since I'm not a spy I should probably stay here," Gingersnap tried to reason with her typical cute smile.
Dapplebreeze had been relaxing, enjoying the feeling of her fur being smoothed down by her friend. It was always a hassle to do it herself, especially with so much color usually stuck to it. But the peace was shattered with the arrival of Bloodystar.
Immediately, the ears of the Janus flew back and her fur stood up. Threat. Dapplebreeze wasn't surprised that Gingersnap hadn't lied to Bloodystar. She would have done that in her friend's paws, but of course the other she-cat was braver. Gingersnap may not have considered that honesty bravery, but Dapplebreeze sure did.
"I apologize," said the she-cat, lifting herself up to her paws and stepping away from Gingersnap to be nearer the SunClan High Priest. "I'll come back to camp now. I was just taking a break."
Maybe if she drew the attention away from Gingersnap her friend would have time to slip away.
Bloodystar's expression didn't chance as Gingersnap went on the explain herself. He knew it was the truth, Gingersnap had never been a liar for as long as he knew her, but he had decided that he plainly would not accept it. There were very few Janus left that had been hand-picked by the Sun God himself; She was special. Someone he knew he could trust.
She was also someone he could use to hurt Autumngossamer. While he knew that was wrong, and it hurt to even think about it, he knew that someday it could spell the difference between victory and defeat. Having Gingersnap on his side could turn the tide of the war. Or maybe it would do nothing at all. Either way, Bloodystar would have her on his side, and on that fact he was not budging.
"Every action you take has meaning, guided by the piece of the Sun God's soul that rests in the heart of all of his chosen. Strongest, of course, in a Janus like you," He said, approaching the Dapplecreek and patting her gently on the head, "You need to learn to recognize that moments such as these are not random but guided by his paws. Understanding will come in time."
Bloodystar turned his eyes to Gingersnap, but did not make a move toward her, not yet, anyway, "And the same goes for you, Gingersnap. You were lead to DayClan for a purpose, whether you know it or not, but now is the time that you need to come how. SunClan needs you now more than ever."
Gingersnap smiled at Bloodystar seeing him pat her friend on the head, her shoulders relaxing. "Thank-you Bloodystar," She said instead walking up to him and touching his nose in appreciation, "but Dapplebreeze is awesome! That's why I chose her, I promise you, you have all the help you need already. But I should be going back, like I said, I don't want my family to worry." She said politely already side stepping away.
Bloodystar's words made some sense to Dapplebreeze. She didn't like the situation and didn't trust the High Priest at all, but she had been loyal to the Sun God and the idea of being led by his power still seemed plausible.
"Wait, Gingersnap," said Dapplebreeze, turning back to her friend with a thoughtful expression. "What if our friendship was guided by the Sun God? What if the plan all along was for you to take a piece of DayClan with you and bring it back to us?"
"What?" Gingersnap asked in her cutesy tone. Twirling on her heels her doe blue eyes glistened like sapphire, "You really think so Dapple?" She purred, moving paw to paw with excitement, "I always knew our friendship was special, but I would never have guessed it was magically granted by the Sun God! And it would be so good to see Scarletblush again, maybe she would like me again if I came back home," She said with slight hope. She didn't know that her sister Scarletblush hadn't been seen after she was spotted helping drag Jetfire away during the war and therefore wouldn't be in SunClan. What she did know was that she could totally see Dapplebreeze and her being chosen best friends. Maybe they would be bestowed with super powered gem stones that could transform them into magic girls. Then her power could be scream singing MoonClan demons to do her bidding. And then Dapplebreeze's power blowing kisses at people to put them in a more positive mood. They would be called the peace makers because it could be done the nice way with Dapplebreeze or the hard way with her. She was so captured in the idea of her fantasy that she was silent for a full forty seconds before realizing she had just been staring ahead.
"Oh, but um... I couldn't deny an order from a priest and janus right?" Gingersnap said with a wink. At least until she turned, "I just have to go tell my parents first."
Dapplebreeze's ears perked up. Gingersnap would really be willing to go back to SunClan with her? She seemed so happy in DayClan though, and the idea didn't quite sit right. Still, she wouldn't tell her best friend what to do, especially if the outcome was positive for her.
"That should be fine, right Bloodystar?" asked the Janus, beginning to get excited. Imagine, the two of them back in SunClan together! Maybe the clan would heal from it!
Bloodystar didn't like when things were outside of his control. Letting Gingersnap go back to say goodbye to Autumgossamer and Lovesmitten would certainly give her more than enough room to wiggle herself out of this. It wasn't a risk he was willing to take... but he was learning that keeping his followers locked up with no victories wasn't exactly working for him. So he'd have to accomodate her request somehow to keep her loyalty to him strong.
"Sure," Bloodystar replied, pausing for a moment, expecting that the shec-cats were hanging on every word. He liked that, "But I will be coming with you. The Sun God has blessed me with a special ability that will allow me to do this, but you must not call me by my name, or else the illusion will be ruined. Instead, call me by the face that I wear..."
The light area Bloodystar's face intensified to the point where Dapplebreeze and Gingersnap were temporarily blinded. It only lasted for an instant, however, and, when they refocused on his face, the he was a completely different cat. His fur was a dark brown with shadowy undertones, his throat white and bright as the crescent moon shape around his right eye.
Really, there was no cat better to masquerade than Duskslayer. The tom was beloved by all and practiced so many personalities that acting out of character was in character.
Gingersnap squealed with delight as Bloodystar transformed and began to hop excitedly around him, "WOW! You look just like my moms fur stylist!" She drew in a gasp, "You should be me some time and then I could have the identical twin I always dreamt of having!" She purred before skipping ahead. Turning on her toes she began to walk backwards, "Dapplebreeze you are going to LOVE DayClan. They have so much prey and the fields are all open, I mean it's REAL cold right now, but they said if it gets much colder we'll move to the winter camp so it's okay. Oh and Bloodystar you would- oh wait, fur stylist guy, you're going to love the tadpoles. I don't know why, you always seemed like a frog kind of a guy. I'm more of a squirrel person myself."
She let out a giddy squeak, "Oooo, you're all going to love it, I can't wait!" She led them the familiar route into DayClan catching many stares from the scent of SunClan, a dangerous scent. Not that the way to camp for SunClan was very secretive, every clan knew how to get to DayClan camp.
Post by strawberrycupid on Dec 13, 2020 17:36:32 GMT -5
"Duskslayer. I've been looking all over for you." Came a new voice, one more on edge than they were used to. Planning a play wasn't easy, planning a play after your grandmother's death was even less easy. To make matters worse, her co-director Duskslayer kept going back and forth from Sunclan. Great for source material, but bad when she couldn't go over new changes to the script right away.
Princecharming didn't seem to care about the small group of cats, instead slipping past to get to Duskslayer. Even the stranger didn't phase her, or the weird Sunclan smell. They had to work on replicating it. Every detail needed to be perfect for a play directed by her. She stifled a yawn. Princecharming still looked immaculate but there was a tiredness in her golden eyes she tried to hide. "I understand duty and all, but I need more of a heads up." Princecharming chided. Maybe she should have stuck with her usual crew. "Anyway, I've been going over the script with Autumn and Golden and they suggested a few changes I wanna run by you. I guess Bloodystar's speech didn't have the punch it should."
"No, Gingersnap, I'd never abuse this---" Bloodystar began, but her shut up the second this strange DayClan she-cat appeared. He knew he'd be running into various DayClan cats but he thought he'd at least make it to camp before they started bombarding him. To make matters worse, this she-cat seemed to know Duskslayer on a personal level, which was no surprise to Bloodystar but it was hard to fight the twinge of jealousy on his heart at the thought of his best friend maybe having other best friends. That's now how it's supposed to work.
So, he stewed for a moment before he replied, glaring at Princecharming as he collected his thoughts. A script? Bloodystar's speech? What exactly were they working on? Well, Bloodystar was allowed to play fein ignorance... Duskslayer did it often enough.
"What in the world are you talking about?" He replied, glaring at Princecharming, "I only ever come to DayClan on official business. I'm not sure what you're working on, but you have the wrong cat. Gingersnap, Dapplebreeze, let's get moving, I'd like to be back in SunClan before the sun sets."
"Okay!" Gingersnap called back to him loudly, already moving on ahead. "And over here is just wide open land, I like it a lot, I ran once with my eyes closed and I didn't hit a THING. It was amazing," Gingersnap explained, eventually leading them into camp where once again they were stopped.
"Gingersnap, what are these SunClan outsiders doing here?" Tigerlily asked, sniffing at Bloodystar.
"They said I need to go back to SunClan so I'm going to go say goodbye to my parents and siblings," Gingersnap explained.
"That better not be true," Autumngossamer said, dropping the herbs that were in her mouth, notably she didn't have the amulet anymore. "Ginger that place is a cult that I am sorry you had to be a part of so long, but they do not own you and you do not owe them. Dappled if you're a real friend you would not be pressuring my daughter to return back to a place that war torn, starved clan of yours known for abusing their own people. And Dusky, I expected better of you. She's not going, but you two can." Out of the flames it was clearer to tell that she had a slender muscle toned outline now, a sign that Autumngossamer had clearly been training and her spitfire attitude hadn't changed in the slightest.
Dapplebreeze was in awe watching Bloodystar's transformation. She reminded herself not to say his name aloud. And out of worry of saying something wrong, she remained quiet as the DayClan she-cat chided the Duskslayer look-alike.
Finally they reached the camp. Even in leafbare, the Janus found herself appreciating DayClan's land. She was about to open her mouth and let Gingersnap know when they were greeted by two others. At the sight of Autumngossamer, Dapplebreeze barreled toward the old Soothsayer.
"You remember my name!" Now that she was older, she didn't have to crane her neck so much to see the other she-cat. "This is amazing, getting to see you! But we were told the Sun God already chose our path. Gingersnap has to come with me because it's fate!" Her eyes were sparkling with excitement, not catching the tone Autumngossamer used or understanding her words.
"First off, he's not a God, he's not all knowing because if he was he wouldn't have made me soothsayer. Two, he's not almighty because the tiniest she-cat in your clan murdered him. So three, he's only your God because he's powerful, but if I cursed him and Little killed him it should really be us you're worshiping, not the guy that got done in twice in a row by mortals. I'll tell you what he is though. Your God has killed my kits, has made your clan so reliant on him that you can't even survive without him. Has allowed, even encouraged, multiple, sexist, pig headed leaders to assault she-cats like prey. So why on earth do you like the Sun God? It's not like you don't know this, the Sun God admitted it himself, you've seen how Littlestar's daughters have been forced into marriage. And quite honestly if you haven't noticed I don't want an airhead leading my daughter to her death. I'm not letting him murder another daughter of mine," Autumngossamer said matter of factly, already holding Gingersnap close.
"Heh, moms," Gingersnap said as though that were just a normal thing moms ranted about, "But she does bring up a lot of good points. So I don't think I can go to SunClan, she's convinced me."
Her ears went back the longer Autumngossamer talked. Finally, Dapplebreeze looked back at "Duskslayer", shuffling her paws awkwardly. She had two different opinions in her head right now and it was sure confusing. "I'm not an airhead," she lashed back, but the Janus backed away toward Bloodystar. Dapplebreeze turned her gaze to her best friend and tried to shrug nonchalantly. It came out stiff.
"Look, if you want to stay then fine. No hard feelings Gingersnap." She looked once more at the disguised High Priest and turned around to find her way back out of DayClan's camp alone. The tears stinging her eyes surprised her and she held them in, trying to keep them at bay until she reached the SunClan border.
"I don't want to make my friend cry though..." Gingersnap said with uncertainty, easily flip flopping based on any argument, even tears being an argument.
"Ginger, don't you dare. This is a cult and they will tell anyone who's easy to manipulate that they're chosen, but what chosen really means is easy to control. And I love Dapple, you two are just the cutest wittle fwiends!" Autumngossamer chirped booping her daughter on the nose, but wrinkled her own nose in disgust, "but I had to yell at her face to defend you. If you go after her and ever need her to take your side over a god or over the priest? Forget it, you will never mean more to her than her beliefs. That's why she ran away instead of staying here. If she's not willing to fight for you against me. She won't be there when you need her most."
"You're right," Gingersnap said her own eyes tearing up, "I didn't fight enough for her. I should have said let's leave SunClan together, but I didn't. Instead I just left."
"Because our family was responsible for a God dying so we had to get ahead of the crowd, but sure. Yeah, you just casually left on a casual night, sure," Autumngossamer said, her claws pinching the bridge of her nose.
"Exactly! Just some casual night I left her. Now she just wants to be best buds in the same clan again," Gingersnap blubbered through tears as she continuously wiped them, "And uncle Bloody was nice enough to come out and meet with you despite everything," She whimpered through cries.
"WHAT!?" Autumngossamer screeched before looking at Duskslayer, "Oh for fox sake dude, what do you want from my family? Do I have to sacrifice a cow for you? Do you want me to beg for forgiveness? Because I know you don't want Gingersnap, you just want someone who still has faith in you and once they look at you one wrong way you'll kill me!" She said, holding her own tears back as she threw a pile of moss at Duskslayer's face with a hurt look in her eyes.
Bloodystar gave his disguise a blank expression while he himself was fuming. He knew Autumngossmer's stance toward the Sun God, but never had it been delivered to him quite so succinctly. He was having a scientist-vs-creationist moment where he almost, just almost, had to admit that the other side was correct based on the evidence provided. However, he chided himself almost immediately, the Sun God strike him down if his conviction so much as wavered. His religion was quite literally the only thing he had left and he would cling onto it until his dying breath.
Dapplebreeze's sudden withdrawal distracted him from Gingersnap's retort, and his real name met Autumngossamer's ears before he had a chance to correct it. It wasn't the worst thing, though, because what it meant now was that he didn't have to keep playing pretend.
"Only Gods can kill Gods," Unsurprisingly he picked the easiest to defend point of her argument and disregarded the rest, "Littlecrow, Firetooth and you were all plotting against him for moons with the Moon Goddess. First you cursed him to make him vulnerable. Then, when he was at his weakest with the full moon high in the sky, Littlecrow gave up the purity of her soul to allow the miserable wretch Selene to inhabit her body. Using the powers of a rival god at the peak of her strength while the Sun God was at his weakest was the work of a coward who decided to slay a deity because she was unhappy with the cards dealt to her. Everything - yes, even the death of your kits - happens for a reason. The Sun God works in mysterious ways and what makes him a God is that he can see and change things that we can't. We have to believe that he will pave the way to our success - even if it seems unfair at the time - and up until his death that was all he ever did. In his absence SunClan has been struck time after time by rival Clans, suffered a drought and famine, all because the Sun God was unable to protect us same as he always has."
Pausing, Bloodystar turned his gaze back to Gingersnap. He was still wearing Duskslayer's face, but he'd allowed his celadon eyes to shine through, "Gingersnap. A cat like you is special because you were hand-picked by the Sun God to serve his chosen and perhaps someday lead them. He peered into your heart and saw that you would go on to do amazing things. I don't have that ability, no mortal does, in other words there will never again be a Janus better suited for the job than you. Come home and help save SunClan."
Autumngossamer stared at him, a bitter taste in her mouth clearing up any tears welling in her eyes. Her paw slapped across Bloodystar's face, nothing harsh, but not completely painless either, "Don't be mad at me," She said innocently, batting her eyes, "Everything happens for a reason, yes, even you being slapped across the face." She smiled tauntingly.
"Mom that seemed really mean," Gingersnap said, looking hurt just seeing Bloodystar get hit.
"Uh uh, we have to trust that the Sun God will pave our way to success, even if it seems unfair at the time. The Sun God would not allow me to have slapped the priest across the face unless it was meant to be," Autumngossamer said confidently, but brushed off her cheeky mood for a more serious attitude, "Besides, even you know that's not true, Little and I hate each other. Even when I spoke during the gathering you heard me, I was talking about a future where the Sun God and SunClan coexisted." She reminded him, the same back and forth dance as always, but something about this moment shifted, "Now. Is it possible that I saw a future where the Sun God was killed and knew all the right buttons to push on Little to get her to do that for me?"
Autumngossamer moved around Gingersnap sitting down beside her, her tabby orange tail twisting around her daughters flame point body. "Teheheh, of course not," She said, but her smile was too proud to simply toss her comment aside as a joke, "But if someone could do that, I'd tell you that they're a dangerous individual. That this orange striped, hell cat might just snap and stalk person to person, setting each of their future demises into motion. All because someone took something that didn't belong to them."
Gingersnap looked between Bloodystar and her mother, "Maybe I can go to SunClan, but make sure I visit back here once a week so you know I'm alright. We can have a secret word and everything so you know it's really me. Would that be okay?" She asked turning to the priest.
