Topaz (SassySaber)

## Topaz

**Topaz** is a fan character of *I Hope So* made by SassySaber. Her design was made by CalicoPikachu.

## Summary

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## Trivia

* Name meaning:
	+ Topaz: *"A precious stone, typically colorless, yellow, or pale blue, consisting of a fluorine-containing aluminum silicate."*
* Topaz has Barbary lion ancestry through their parent(s).
* Topaz has been pining after her travelling companion Watcher.

## Gallery

Reference artwork of TopazTopaz, Feldspar, Granite, and Shale cuddling in a pile (@Vauleriart)Jasper and Topaz fighting (@CalicoPikachu)
## Library

### What Could Have Been (@SassySaber)

> Topaz and Watcher had just got back from a trip to a nearby pride. After saying hello to everyone, Topaz had gone looking for Obsidian, her old teacher. She had missed him and wanted to catch up since she had been gone for a while. She searched for a while with no luck. Then, the sound of raised voices drew her attention. Curious and a little concerned, she headed toward where the voices were coming from, only getting louder and more heated as she went. Pushing through a patch of brush, she froze in shock at what she saw. She had found Obsidian and her younger brother Jasper, and she arrived just in time to see Jasper attack the older lion and bite him harshly in the face.
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> For a moment, all Topaz felt was shock and disbelief. She knew her younger brother was rude and selfish, and he often disregarded the needs of others, but she never thought he would outright attack someone like this. Especially not someone he knew and who cared about him! The next thing she felt was pure, burning, unbridled rage. How dare he attack Obsidian! Obsidian, her teacher, his teacher—a lion that was practically family! A lion that took a chance on Jasper despite knowing what kind of a lion he was. A lion that took a chance on him even after their own PARENTS were ready to give up on him! How DARE he!
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> Her feet were moving before she even registered it. One moment she was still, then she was charging forward towards the fighting. As she ran, her ears heard a noise that, at first, she didn't recognize as her own voice; a snarl so terrible and chilling. At the noise, Jasper looked up just in time to see Topaz barrel into him, her teeth burying themselves in his mane. Utilizing a strength she rarely used, Topaz tore her brother off Obsidian and threw him to the side.
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> Jasper quickly got to his feet, and Topaz placed herself between him and Obsidian, letting out a low growl as she did so. She wasn't afraid. Jasper might be a male lion, but she was bigger and had more experience. Jasper let out a growl of his own and launched himself at her. The two traded blows for several minutes, Jasper getting in a few lucky strikes, notably one on her face, but Topaz was clearly winning. The two most likely would have kept fighting for a lot longer if other lions hadn't shown up and pulled them apart, attracted by the sounds of a fight.
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> Once she was calm enough to not launch herself back at him, Topaz turned and glared at her brother. He was almost unrecognizable. Many claw and bite marks covered his pelt, oozing blood onto the ground. She was having a hard time reconciling the sight of the bloody lion with the image of her younger brother. She never thought that one day she and her brother would be at each other's throats. They had almost never gotten along, sure, but that didn't mean that she wanted to hurt him. She had thought that he wouldn't have wanted to hurt her like this, either—clearly, she was wrong.
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> The rest happened in a blur. She barely registered the fact that her parents and Watcher had arrived, worried about what had happened. She didn't register what words were being spoken by the others. She barely answered when they asked her questions. By the time she came back to herself, she was shocked to realize that Jasper—her younger brother—was being forced to leave the Thundering Mountains.
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> Topaz silently watched as Jasper was escorted away from the others, wondering how he felt and whether he regretted his actions. Her unasked question was answered as his eyes met hers and he silently sneered at her. Even though she knew that Jasper deserved the punishment he got, Topaz couldn't help but feel anguish at knowing her younger brother would never return. Climbing the mountain, even though her wounds burned and protested, Topaz kept him in her sights as long as she could, until she couldn't anymore; waiting and watching him fade into the distance. It wasn't until the salt stung her wounds that she realized she was crying, crying for what could have been—what her brother could have been.
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