Valley entrance

[Fox]

You come over the rocky ridge to see the mouth of a lush, green valley. You pad down and see where the ground gives to grass. You stand there, on the border to what seems like, after the rocky mountains, to be heaven on earth. Do you go in, do you stand here? or do you go bck to the rocky mountains, where you once came?

[Sunny!]

FirePaw

"I'd rather be hated for who I am than be loved for who I'm not."

The flame-colored tom cat quietly stepped over the rocky terrain of the mountains as his emerald green eyes flashed at the scene of soft rolling grass.

It looked soothing, an FirePaw felt like his paws were actually literally on fire and were sore from all the journeying. He hadn't rested for days now and he had bags around his normally sharp green eyes.

Of course, he didn't give a cat's tail what he looked like, he just wanted to survive, maybe even wreak havoc on the way as well. If he could have any power, he'd have chosen to breathe fire. He'd love to see some beautiful forests burn. But then there wouldn't be any soothing shade from the trees or the softness of the grass.

FirePaw exhaled and then leaped off from his rocky ledge and landed expertly on all fours as he flicked his tail around himself like an attacking tiger.

Indeed, the grass was like clouds to his feet. Almost healing in a way and he suddenly felt himself become victim to sleepiness.

FirePaw hissed through his fangs and instead forced himself to move into the beautiful valley. Try and at least get closer to a tree where he could climb up in if danger reared its ugly head.

Sure, he'd gotten himself into a few fights, and he loved to fight. He even wouldn't mind to kill even. Give way to his uncontrollable rage but he was in a terrible state and in no way in shape for fighting.

Knowing this, he made his way to the edge of the valley with sparse trees and decided to slump on the base of one of the tallest climbable one.

As his body hit the cool ground, he was out like a light.

[Fox]

I'm going to rp has Hades. Check thew bio if you need to }}

Hades padded though the long grass, embarrassment still burning around the scar that Fox had given him. Her claws had sliced though his defence and got him on ther neck. He grunted and sat down. He spotted a red blob on the tree line and grinned. Lets play a game He thought, moving towards the cat with a huge grin on his face.

Hades stalked towards the sleeping cat before standing up. He hit the cat hard with his front paw. "Get up you pathetic runt!" He snarled, his deep and menacing voice bounding off the rocks in the distance.

[Sunny!]

FirePaw

"I'd rather be hated for who I am than be loved for who I am not."

FirePaw was in the midst of a deep slumber as he curled up into an even tighter ball. Everything was so peaceful....until he felt a large aching pain develop around him.

Instantly, the tom cat was awake and he leaped up, hissing and spitting as his normally emerald green eyes took on a yellowish orangish color, nearly matching his stripes along his orange pelt.

His eyes instantly fell upon the intruder, another large tom cat. From the looks of it, he didn't seem all too playful and was one to stay away from. His deep menacing voice still rung in FirePaw's ears.

"You imbecile! What was that for?" FirePaw hissed angrily, flaring his fur along his back, his pupils retracting to slits as he felt anger for this stranger.

Then baring his sharp fans he narrowed his eyes to slits at the other male.

"And I'm not a runt, you're the one who is overly big you large oaf," He hissed.


OCC: Cool! A new charrie! ^_^ Yeah, FirePaw is sorta feisty. xD

[Fox]

Hades laughed happily. "You have some spirit, Insulting me! But then, you don't know who I am... As for why I did that, I was bored. It isn't every day a loner turns out to be a ball of fiery hatred!" he smiled, his eyes firmly on the smalled tom.

[Sunny!]

FirePaw

"I'd rather be hated for who I am then be loved for who I am not."

The orange colored tom cat felt himself bristle once more when he realized that the larger cat actually found his insults amusing. FirePaw had thought that the male would instead have insulted him back, or even tried to fight him, but no. This ticked off the he-cat and he flicked his tail angrily.

"Well, maybe you shouldn't bother loners to begin with, especially if they're sleeping!" FirePaw hissed, smoothing his fur onto his back before slowly calming himself down. Of course, he never let his yellowish orange eyes flicker off the black tom.

[Fox]

Hades sighed. "It's part of my job" He said as he sat down. "I need to make sure you aren't a threat to the tribes" he growled softly, trying to rember how to meow nomally

[Sunny!]

FirePaw

"I'd rather be hated for who I am than be loved for who I am not."

FirePaw let out a small hiss through his fangs at the male's response as he eyed the larger tom warily, still feeling slightly threatened by the much larger cat although he didn't seem to want to fight.

At the tom's reply, FirePaw snorted.

"Rudely waking up sleeping loners is part of your job? How nice," He replied back sarcastically before swishing his tail and slowly creeping around the cat/ He noticed the black male try to meow but it came out more like a growl instead.

"So, mister, do you think I'm a threat?" FirePaw asked, raising a quizzical brow at him.

[Fox]

Hades considered the idea of the ginger tom being a threat. "You may be a threat, you seem to have a short fuse when it comes to being annoyed" He growled.

[Sunny!]

FirePaw

"I'd rather be hated for who I am than be loved for who I am not."

The orange tom cat smiled bitterly, though there was no warmth and humor in it.

"Ah, well I get that a lot; Although others tend o call me the fireball. The volcano, the angry kitty. I don't really care anymore what others call me," FirePaw hissed, lashing out his tail before he smirked.

"So....I'm a threat to the big mean kitty?" He asked, emerald eyes flashing before he sat down gracefully and eyed the black tom.

"Say, you didn't tell me your name," FirePaw added tilting his head almost curiously.

[Fox]

ades laughed. "You are no threat to me, little kitteh. You may be a threat to the weaker queens and elders that live in the tribe. Of course I didin't tell you my name, You never asked" Hades grinned. "My name is Dark fire from the depths of hell but every one calls me Hades" He smiled, streching calmly.

[Sunny!]

FirePaw

"I'd rather be hated for who I am than be loved for who I'm not."

The orange tom cat was quite surprised when larger he0cat stayed put, not even threatening to fight, or calling him a mean jerk and walking off. Or even cursing him like other cats had done to him many times before. Of course, the male didn't show his surprise.

At the word 'kitteh' though, FirePaw bristled his fur once again and narrowed his emerald green eyes as they glinted off anger.

"I'm not a kitten you overgrown large fluffball!" He hissed, swishing his tail before he forced himself to calm down and at least hear this cat's name.

"Dark huh? Well both names fit you but I'll call you Dark," FirePaw replied back, flicking his tail again, a habit of his.

[Fox]

Hades shrugged. "I might not listen properly though, i'm not used to being called dark. I know I am a very tall cat. It runs iny family. You must be a good fighter if your trying to insult me." he smiled. He knew he could kill a normal loner with a well aimed swipe if he pleased. "You remind me of someone...." he mumured, trying to remember who.

[Sunny!]

FirePaw

"I'd rather be hated for who I am, than be loved for who I'm not."

The orange male flicked his tail again as he eyed the larger tom. He didn't seem the least bit intimidated by his erupting anger, but then again. It seemed that Dark didn't even fear anyone.

"Well, when you start picking fight with other loners, you're bound to learn how to fight fast," FirePaw hissed, one of his ears twitching from an earlier memory.

As Dark went on about how FirePaw seemed to remind him of someone, the orange colored he-cat felt curiosity spark and he tilted his head and waited for the black male to give him the answer.

"Who do I remind you of? Spit it out already!" FirePaw growled, feeling impatient. He guessed it just must be some other cat that got angered easily like himself.

[Fox]

Hades grunted. "Strange. You seem like me when I was a bit younger... A aggressive little ball of firy passion" he smiled. Hades shrugged. "What is your name?"

[Sunny!]

FirePaw

"I'd rather be hated for who I am than be loved for who I'm not."

FirePaw's brows raised and he felt his eyes widen in disbelief.

"I remind you of yourself?" He echoed, flicking his tail as his now green colored eyes wandered towards the tall swaying grass.

The orange colored tom cat didn't believe it at first. Hades/Dark, as he liked to call him seemed very intimidating and it did seem he could really release some anger bu t so far all he had shown was mostly amusement towards him, if not slight irritation.

FirePaw flicked one of his ears and he looked back up at the black he-cat and shrugged his shoulders.

"I guess you could guess and get it correct, but I'll tell you anyways. My name is FirePaw," He informed Dark, flicking his tail once again as he blinked. Then his face became more dark as he bared his fangs at no one in particular.

"Although others cats tend to call me otherwise," He spat.

[Fox]

Hades nodded. "Th strange thing is, You don't annoy me. Most loners get under my skin as soon as they speak. It just takes practice not to lose it and attack. In my case I'd kill anyone and everyone. Their is only one cat I've battled and lost before. But even the elders say she has magical powers from the dawn of time so it's not that bad" He smiled. "Any way, you don't want to sleep here, you stand out like a sore thumb. If you go over there you'll see the grass goes redder, you'll be harder to spot"

[Sunny!]

FirePaw

"I'd rather be hated for who I am than be loved for who I'm not."

FirePaw tilted his head and his emerald green eyes seemed to widen at Dark's new news. The orange tom cat couldn't believe his words at first. He really didn't bother this large black cat? It was very surprising and he narrowed his eyes, suspicious that he was lying but it seemed Dark was telling the truth.

"Hmm, I don't know if hat's a compliment or not but I do know that I haven't had a single cat tell me that before," FirePaw grumbled, flicking his tail.

A smirk then crept onto his lips as the tip of his tail twisted this way and that as he sat down on his haunches.

"Ha, I have the same dream. just let everything burn. But then there would be no soft grass but sometimes I think it's worth it. Now who's the cat that defeated you?" FirePaw asked curiously, tilting his head. He was quite surprised that a cat had beaten the large brute, but he knew nothing was impossible. plus, he didn't know of such a cat that had some ancient power.

"Yeah, well, I just love calling attention to myself and waving a red flag over myself," FirePaw mumbled as he got up on all fours and then nodded curtly towards Dark. With a final swish of his tail, he then gracefully walked closer towards the red colored grass.

"If you come over here, you'll be the one sticking!" The orange he-cat joked as he kept moving along.

[Fox]

Hades snarled as a small shape raced towards him. It was a large hawk. He yet out a yell and bowled over Fire-paw just before the hawk lunged at them. "That hawk is not natural! It's been genetically altered by humans. It's been attacking the tribes!" He snarled, racing after it before Fire-Paw could speak. He pelted after the hawk and leapt at it. It turned back towards Fire-Paw and dived at him. "LOOK OUT!" He bellowed, trying to stop the hawk.

[Sunny!]

FirePaw

"I'd rather be hated for who I am than be loved for who I'm not."

The orange tom cat had only started to slow when he heard Dark let out a yell behind him. Before he could even turn around and see what was happening, he was plowed right over by the much larger tom.

FirePaw instantly reared into defensive mode and slashed at anything and hissed angrily as his emerald green eyes seemed to take on their almost fiery orange hue.

When Dark was off of him, the larger male was eying what could have been FirePaw's death. It was a large hawk but it seemed....off.

"What-?" The fiery colored he-cat started, but Dark was already off towards the unnatural hawk. FirePaw was then allowed the time to realize what had happened. Dark hadn't attacked him, he had actually just saved him.

FirePaw was confused as to why and he felt unexceptionably happy yet sour that someone actually cared, or at least did somewhat.

Right when he thought the large feathered creature was out of range, FirePaw heard Dark's loud cry of warning to him and his eyes immediately were fixed on the fast approaching hawk.

The tom cat was frozen in place. A genetically altered hawk? Could humans even do that? The male cat knew humans were very intelligent and deadly creature that were not to be handled with but to cause something natural to become unnatural was clearly out of the box.

Finally coming back, FirePaw saw the hawk scream and then extend its talons as it raced towards him at an unnatural speed. Knowing he wouldn't have enough time to fight back, and that he'd rather keep his pelt, he then just barely dodged the bird's attack by a hair.

FirePwa felt the wind from the hawk's large wings as it whizzed by, screeching angrily.

"Oh slag it!" FirePaw cursed as he got up, heart racing hard as he ran as fast as he could towards some cover. A few more profanities escaped his lips before he actually made to a tangle of bushes and trees.

The hawk had gone after him but instead became trapped within the dense foliage. Screeching the whole time, it madly beat its wings, trying to escape in vain.

FirePaw felt slightly smug at this and smirked.

"Oh...now you're in some deep sh*t."