all too familiar [p]

[vellichor]

•° Timberpaw °•
Dreamwalker • Flock Together I • Kitty Softpaws

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There was so much, so so much. Ever since that meeting, that Starsdamned meeting, every time she closed her eyes she was assaulted by thoughts that weren't hers. They were hers, though, whose else would they be? But Stars above they did not feel like hers.

But Timberpaw didn't want to protect RiverClan, she had seen the damage they'd done. Exile would serve them well, right? She was old enough to understand that. She would even understand if all she felt was sympathy or even empathy for those innocents caught in the mess. But it was like there was something inside her violently rearing its ugly head, demanding she protect RiverClan. Sly, conniving, thieving RiverClan, who had been making everyone's lives a living Hell since before she'd been born. And yet there too was a prick of guilt, as if it was her fault. Stars, it was all so frustrating!

There, sitting in the middle of the clearing, Timberpaw let out a strangled growl, gritting her teeth and lashing her tail. She dug her claws into the ground as she resisted the urge to pace and pace and pace. Why was this happening to her? In the midst of it all, she looked up from the ground to see none other than her mentor, Bumblestar. And all the fear, anger, frustration doubled. She was shaking. Stars, she hoped the leader didn't see her or hear her, but knew her chances were slim. Well, time to make up an excise for all that growling. And the way her legs trembled. And how her tail still lashed side to side.

// @dino. \\