Thunder In Her Eyes

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THANA
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Storm was counting down the days until her Mentors release. Her Mentor was Blaze, a cold-hearted prisoner locked up somewhere in the clan, she was not allowed to see, but she always spent most of her afternoons sitting by the entrance of the long tunnel that lead down to the deeps of where her mentor was held captive. Storm was disappointed when she stood up at the highest rock in the clan for the first time, thunder in her heart and lightning in her eyes she stood proud, only for her should to droop and her head to lower. Blaze was difficult as a mentor, never meeting her was a struggle, she used to cry to herself silently in the forest, watching the other apprentices train. Storm was already 7 moons old and couldn't wait until her mentor was out. It kept her awake at night and busy in the day. She rehearsed the lines she would say when they met and day dreamt of the fun they would have. She even tried to imagine what she would look like, Maybe brown coat nice smile and soft fur.
"What'cha doing Storm?" Lavender smiled, as she prodded Storms shoulder, awakening her from her pondering.
"Nothin'" Storm cheerfully meowed, bouncing up to greet her. "What are you doing?"
"Just getting a special someone from the dungeons! Are you excited?" Lavender pipped up
Storm was more than excited, she wasn't picturing it today, it was early in the day, she predicted that Blaze was a morning person, she could see them going hunting bright and early.
"I am! I am!"
"Sorry Hun, You can't come with me." Lavender smiled, but felt guilty "Angels orders." She sighed
Storm sighed heavily and flopped back down, On the bright side this gave her more time to rehearse her lines. Hey Blaze! I'm your trainee Storm! No, thats so annoying! What about.... Hey, sup Blaze, I heard you are my mentor. That sounds chill... What about... It had been while of her practicing again and again, it felt like hours before she was finally going to meet her, even though it was only five minutes
Her ears perked up when she finally heard the footsteps coming up the slope and through the tunnel, she stepped away from the tunnel, figuring it would be a bit weird and stalkers if she was standing right there. It was time, A underfeed, torn, bruised and ragged she cat ambled out of the tunnel.
Storm quaking, this had backfired. She was nothing like she imagined, she let out a sob, then a whimper. She told herself to be strong. She looks... Mean. But don't judge yet! She will be nice!
Storm sat through Blazes strangely short warrior ceremony. Now's my chance! Blood surging through her veins she bolted up to Blaze, repeating the lines in her head. She skidded to a halt right at her feet. Blaze whipped around with her claws unsheathed,
"Get the ____ away from me you useless ______!"
Storm didn't quite understand some of the cruel, heartless words she used, but she swallowed, terrified, she tried to speak but the tears were choking her and it was like someone was ripping her heart from it's sockets and flicking it into the trash.
"I-I.. I'm S-storm- Y-our"
"Spit it apprentice!" Blaze sighed and padded away, 'Useless ____"
Storm bolted away uncontrollably sobbing, drawing in her own tears, curling up, was this what death felt like? Or was this just severe heartbreak?
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It had now been ages since Storm met Blaze. The rest of the clan stared down at Storm, whispering to themselves,
"Poor little one.."
"Such a shame"
"What do you think Blaze is doing to her?"
But Storm still admired Blaze, following as she told. Storm knew that Blaze was selfish, maybe even mean, but when anyone asked, especially the other apprentices, Storm boasted that Blaze was the best mentor there was, and she was just strict, which made her better. Most of the apprentices believed it, and honoured her as a champion for putting up with her, but the older cats of the clan weren't too gullible, whatever anyone said, Storm was still proud.
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"Faster Kittypet! Faster! Are you fat? Run!"
Storm was panting, her small legs one before the other. She was the fastest in the clan, she wasn't always the fastest but Blaze had "trained" her well. A lot of shouting and insults where thrown in their training sessions, they were quite different to the other apprentices and mentors. Storm guessed it was because Anger makes you determined. That was what Blaze said at least, and of course, she believed it.
"Thana! Thana! Faster Faster! Hurry up!"
Storm made it to the tall brown oak tree and back with a skid, panting like a dog, she flopped down.
"Why.." she said between pants, chasing her breath "Why.. Do you always call me Thana?"
"You want to be a Kittypet? racing here at the bang of a tin dish full of cream?" Blaze demonically chuckled "Come here Stormy! Din-dins!"
Storm growled, angrily, hackles raised and claws unsheathed
"Did you just growl at me? Did ya Stormy?" Blaze purred nightmarishly, the corners of her mouth curving into a smile that almost stretched to her ears.
"No- I-I would never!" she meowed, now fearing for her life, shaking in her skin, her optics began to tear, dragging her visionaries away from Blaze menacing glares.
"Come kit, Lets go have some fun. Shall we?"
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It looked awful, the walls that were boundaries that chained her to this hideous place. Claws that had been unsheathed and raked down the walls, blood and bite marks and bits of tooth and fur scattered across the floor. It was as if she could hear the ear piercing screams of Blaze all over, echoing around the room, bouncing off the floors. The words she wanted to speak were clawing at her throat, begging for release.
"B-blaze! I'm s-sorry!"
"Ah Thana, Little Thana, You do know you deserve this?"Sheet a comforting paw on her shoulder, it made Storm sigh a little, before she unsheathed her claws and wedged them into her shoulder blades. Once she removed her retractable from the wound, blood pooled at the area
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Storm started noticing how jumpy she was becoming a few days later, she still looked up to her hero, but every time they looked at each other fear brewed inside of her soul. She eventually became paranoid, Is she around this corner? Is she waiting for me? She was excited about their training sessions and had to scrunch up her dread and worries into a ball and bury it. What xxshe didn't notice was it was quickly rolling around to winter at a pace she couldn't control.
Winter
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Snow coated the ground, white and fluffy, Storm played with it in her paws, it was wonderful, joyful, the first moment she had to herself, before Blaze stormed into the apprentices den.
"Get up kittypet! Up up lazy Mousebrain!"
Her demands woke up many grumpy apprentices, who still had ten minutes of sleep left. Storm sighed and climbed out of her den. She looked Blaze up and down, she was shivering
"You are going to do your training with the other apprentices today Kittypet!" she spat "Work hard, Other mentors for the day doesn't mean less work!"
Storm nodded weakly, it was extremely cold, colder than usual now.
"Why are you not training me today?" She shyly questioned
"It's.." she thoughtfully paused, questioning whether to tell the truth or lie. "It's too cold for me" she sighed
"Little Blazey can't handle the cold?" She mocked, she didn't actually mean to say this, it just spilled out of her mouth and out into the cold air, making it darker. She froze. "I'm so so sorry Blaze! It-It just came out! I didn't really mean it!"
"My my, Thana... You didn't really mean it?" Blazes demonic smile made the air sale and hard to breath, Storm noticed something, Blazes eyes flickered white for a second. Trick of the light? Snow?
"I didn't! I swear!"
"Ahh.... You didn't. But do you remember what happens to bad kits who treat their mentors with disrespect?"
Storm gulped and gave a feeble nod of the head, she immediately knew where she was going. The tunnel.
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"Storm! You are 20 minutes late! What took you?" Lavender asked, suspicious of her actions.
"Sorry Lavender, I really am, Blaze held me up.
"It's okay dear, come join me and Scar."
Storm still felt guilty about insulting blaze, and to stack onto her tower of guilt, she felt guilty about being late.
"Storm.." Scar started. "What are those deep scratches on your back? They are still bleeding! I thing you need to go to Kasai."
"Scar! I'm fine! stop being such a worrier" Storm soothed, but Lavender was already over there and inspecting her wounds.
"Storm! What happened to you! Are you okay? You must go to Kasai right now!"
But Storm didn't hear. She didn't hear a word.
Passed out. 
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