.:Leaders Den:.

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The leader of Shadowclan sleeps in this stone cave like den. The den is located above the gathering stone.

Shadestar is the determined leader of Shadowclan. He expects respect when you enter so please tap outside before entering.

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Shadestar's black pelt glowed in the moonlight. It was late and he headed towards his empyt den. He sighed happily but yet something within felt uneasy. Something wasnt right but he couldnt see. Shadestar had recently been made leader after the death of the leader before him Shadestar. Shadestar lives a life hoping to prove himself a worthy leader and bring Shadowclan out of darkness and into an ara of peace and bravery. He curled his black paws underneath him and rested his head on the edge of his nest. Only his yellow eyes glowed lost in a trance of thinking. What was Hawkstar up to....

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A dark tabby she-cat wound herself gently through the entrance of the den. She stealthly place one delicate paw in front of the other, her green eyes shinning brightly through the dark. "Shadestar" she called out. her velvety voice stroking the cool air, puffs of smoke billowing through the air. Not waiting a moment longer for him to acknowledge her pressence, she entered his den and padded forward. All that could be seen of her was the dark outline of her slender figure and the flotting green orbs of her eyes. she seatted herself, waiting for an audience with the leader.

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Shadestar brillant yellow eyes turned themselves to gaze upon the beautiful she-cat. Shadestar nodded his head in achknoledgement of her presence. "Greeting Silentshadow" he meowed smoothly, onyl his dark outline luminatting in the moonlight.

((Do they know eachother already or do you want to start over?))

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(OOC: they could already know each other, thats fine with me)

Silentshadow smiled "Well you're a sght for sore eyes" she purred, padding over to touch her nose to his. She'd just returned from a long mission of which only she could complete. She'd missed him so much and was exciting to finally be reunited with him in their new home. She licked his cheek gently, sitting down close to him, nuzzling him softly.

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Shadestar felt a soft purr sumble in his throat. Her sweet scent drifted into his nostrials and he took a deep breath. His yellow eyes just felt lost in her's, she was his best treasure something so beautiful, something so important and fragile. He loved her. "Its good to see you again, ever since after...." he paused, he had a hard time putting the experiance in words. Knowing Hawkstar was still around.

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Silentshadow purred, inhaling his scent as he did he hers. As he spoke, she felt warm shivers passing down her spine. His voice was deeo and commanding and it overwhelemed her. She licked him gently. "It's great to see you" she said, echoing the tone in his voice. She knew what he was thinking and it sent shivers up her spine of the cold kind. "I love you" she whispered "No matter what the past has held, the future is a blank slate." she whispered "Dont worry about the ordeals our love has put us through, it only makes the emotions stronger." she couldn't help but glance at her star-shapped scar of her shoulder from the teeth of her ennemy. it was only but one of many of the souvenirs they'd left her with. But she didn't mind. It only meant things had passed.

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Shadestar felt his head bury itself in her glossy coat. When he brought his head back up his yellow eyes locked themselves in Silentshadows. His mind felt as ease whenever she was around, his heart felt whole when she was arround, the love they shared was strong and nothing could break it.
Shadestar listened to her soothing words, yet he glanced at her scar the one he could have prevented her from getting. If he was just a little stronger to protect her in that clearing, she would have never had to go through that terrifying time. His eyes fell from her scar and turned back up to hers "I love you and I will never let anything ever like that happen to you again. Hawkstar will pay"he meowed.

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Silentshadow sighed deeply as her mate burried his face in her fur. She was at peace with the world once more and to her that was all the could possibly matter. She'd seen some ghastly things that had occured in Hawkstar's hostage den. She recalled her constant defiance. And she shuddered slightly.
The terrifying memory shook her to her core. She could remember every intricate detail of her living nightmare.
A low musky voice came from atop the lair, it was their leader. After his business of buying out cats around the Clans."Now I see where how much loyal you guys really are." Hawkface jumped right next to Furyfighter and shoved his face into the ground without breaking a sweat with his right massive paw."I choose what happens here Furyfighter, you don't, I choose who dies and who lives, you do not-" Flicking his silver bushing tail on the toms shoulder then to his own."-Boss, not boss. Boss, not boss, get the picture?" Shifting his gaze at her then taking Lihua in his scarred up muzzle, his jaws still strong as they ever were, then placing the kit down at Skulls paws."Take of these kits, do not hurt of kill them we need them as hostages besides I'm planning something crazy, but first it seems our rat, Jaguargaze needs to be taken care off first." Repeating himself twice so they understood what to do, then it was time for the party to start as his evil gaze glared upon Silentshadow."You know were gonna have a hell of a time together aren't we?" His hot breathing blowing in her face, then flicking wit his tail for the cats who had not appear before, but never talked and kept silence as they hold her down as Rip and Gizzy followed.."Rex, Ray, Rip, and yes Gizzy hold down this cat while he have a good time hmmm? Good." With a nod then a shake with the head, Hawkface crept up to her and smiled gave a long lick across her left shoulder over where deep wounds were, licking up the blood."You taste good, no wonder Shadestar fell for you, but your mine now my own little puppet to crave. Your no POW your a hostage and we're gonna have a great time together after this. But you see you've been a naughty girl and must be punished, ah I can just see it now..." shaking his legs and taking a step toward as his gaze had a loving but hatred filled gaze.
Silentshadow shuddered as Hawkface drew his tongue across the deep wound on her shoulder. Her green eyes met his and the look she found there frightened her out of her mind. She didn't know what he intended to do to her, but she knew she'd be lucky if he didn't rip her to shreds for what she had done. She waited calmly, knowing her punishement couldn't be avoided and she would take it in silence, not letting them have the fun they wanted.
The massive silver tom felt overjoyed as his gaze locked with the she-cats eyes. Then with one long raising paw up in the air brought it down across her face, then her stomach. Smiling with enjoyment as blood dripped down from her. then as before clawed her again, again, again, and again with much joy."You know we wouldn't have to do this if you handle flared but like that!" Laughing wildly then slashing at her body wildly, making scars all over her small body. Then bringing one hard paw up her chin as blood sprinkled like glitter."Really now, how many times must I tell you?" Narrowing his dark forest green eyes at hers with a deep smirk."Every time you resist our order of law you will suffer the consequences, is that clear?" Growling in her face then his right paw gripped the top of her head and threw her to the ground, this was the way he got pleasure out of making others suffer. He was a sadist... Breathing in the cool air of the on coming dawn then turning back to Silentshadow after a few steps foreword. Then flipped back at her with one blunt paw to the stomach, and then only let go as he felt blood pour over her paws. Finally now satisfied with himself as he began to make his way back tot he opening of the lair, this was one of the main reasons he was leader, he didn't rule with respect but fear, true ruefully fear."Clean her up, I want to make sure she looks all nice when she sees Shadestar later, if shes not dead... yet..." With that last response the corrupt tom jumped out of the lair as an on coming storm raged on foreword.
Silentshadow took the beatings and blood in silence, her face not even flinching. She wasn't scared of him now, she almost felt bad for him but she wouldn't let him catch on to that for he was sadistic and almost pathetic really, getting his pleasure from beating other. Blood trickled over her eye, the green blinking away the red. She dragged herself over to her make-shift nest, ready to start snarling at any tom who would try to tend to her wounds, if they where going to inflict them they could go to hell with the attempts to make her look nice for Shadestar. She could easily clean herself, not to mention show her mate what they'd done to her.

Coming back to her sense, she noticed Shadestar studying her scars, knowing her felt responsible. His next statement, as romantic as it may have been, confirmed her suspicions. Taking a deep breath she licked his cheek gently. "I know" she purred "but you must remember. The clan comes first." she said softly in his ear, her tongue rasping gently of his pelt, making sure not to offend him with her words. She knew he had to put his sworn duty first and it had never made her shudder, concindering her possibility of death. She'd always accepted it as some twisted challenge. Shaking the thoughts from her mind, she curled up next to him, enjoying the warmth and the sense of security it gave her. She could live this way forever. She wanted to.

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SHadestar nodded his head in understanding, "Of course" he meowed. His duty was to his clan but his heart was to his loved ones. Considering he had no other family in the forest Silentshadow meant everything to him, as well as the clan that had raised him to become a leader.
He studyed Silentshadow with heart-broken eyes. He hated the feeling, hated how he knew that his most precious treasure had been handled so badly. Her eyes said everything, everything to pain and loss. Shadestar didnt want to make her think about that awful place she had been in.
He pressed his head in her pelt and licked her affectionatly on the cheek. He coluldn't explain the love and affection that whelmed up inside him. He curled up next to Silentshadow, her sweet presence and her adoring eyes was all that made this moment ever so perfect. He fixed his eyes on her, "but SIlentshadow I dont want anything like that to happen to you or anything. It was an experiance that you should never had gone through. I could have prevented it and Im....sorry"

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Silentshadow flicked him gently with her tail. "There's nothing any of us could have done, and I'm a stronger cat for having been through what I did." she whispered "I don't want you to let it haunt you because other wise I'll feel bad" she murmered, pressing herself comfortingly against him. "We have the rest of our lives ahead of us. We should look to the future and leave our dark past where it should stay, in the shadows." she said, her green eyes glowing in the dark of the den. She drew her tongue softly across his pelt in long, rythmatic strokes, almost like a mother comforting her kit, although the affection behind the grooming was very diffrent indeed.

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Shadestar took a deep breath, let the past go, he told himself, let it go. Her soothing strokes made his eyelids half close. His body felt totally relaxed and his purr rumbeled louder in his throat. He pressd his head closer to SIlentshadows glossy smooth pelt. His own tongue began to stroke her already clean fur.
He keapt his thoughts from dirfting back into his head. Only one though keapt his a little uneasy, Hawkstar was still leader of Shadowclan. He sighed but his mind soon began tranced in den he and Siletnshadow were sharing.
"Okay I dont want you to feel bad" he meowed, stopping the grooming he had done on her pelt. He felt his eyes open and he smiled slightly, "I want a good future for us" he whispered.
Even with this happy note he couldnt help but still realize that the Windclan deputy was still Hawkstar. he didnt know what this cat would do next or who he would hurt. But SHadestar knew that this time he would be ready and he would never give up. Shadestar slowly began to stroke SIlentshadow's glossy coat once more, and his eyes slowly closed half way.

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Silentshadow purred softly as her mate drew his tongue gently across her pelt, the grooming making her sleepy. But she had one more thing that needed adressing, something she wanted him to know. "Shadestar" she breathed, her nose burried momentarily in his fur. "We need to talk about something" she said, partly excited but part of her was apprehensive. Her ear twitched nervously for a moment but then all was calm. Her green eyes gazed around the den, but always returning to his face. She waited patiently for his response, knowing he might guess the topic of which she'd like to broch.

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His eyes were half closed but when Silentshadows sat up and the warmth beside him disappered he quickley opened his brillant yellow eyes. They flashed up to her's and he to sat up. He looked at her ever so intently. "Yes Silentshadow anything you want, what is it?" he asked quietly his eyes fixed on her's, with a polite smile on his face. He couldnt help but feel some kind of excitment and suspense grow inside him.