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EBC: Fallen Shadows Chapter ONE

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This story will be TWO Chapters long, this happens the day after the Mega Raid.



For the admins:
This does not count as either of their assignments, both Avigail and Udi's assignments have been completed already. I do not know the EP total for this, but it will be split between the two of them.



Enjoy!


Second part: 

Falling Shadows Chapter TWO by Grace-Winters
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"And you think you can just walk in here?! I'LL RIP YOUR THROAT OUT EMPIRE SCUM!!"

The red clouded leopard roared into the pale cheetah's face. Her black claws digging into his shoulder causing red blood to trickle down, thick heavy rain poured down soaking the two cats. His deep blue eye's starred up in horror at her bright green eye, her white teeth splattered with specks of red blood...his blood.... Udi could see the fiery hatred deep in her eyes. He had never seen a cat so full of...Hate, anger, so determined to kill. She was determined to kill not just him, but every empire cat alive.  What did we ever do to her? We're just trying to survive!  His thoughts were cut off as her paw smacked him in the face claws ripping flesh.
"LET ME SHOW YOU WHAT IT FEELS LIKE TO DIE!!!!" She roared into his ear like a thunderstorm.

 How did I let this happen? The pale Cheetah known as Udi wondered, seeing black stars spark in his vision.


Well it started out with the war, which had ended only...what? Yesterday?


Avigail starred ahead of her as she limped through the gates of the city, she turned her head and looked behind her to see the cats of her patrol following her. They were all injured in some way, but grins were on their faces - they may have lost - but they taught those ice empire scum a lesson. A lesson they'd never forget, they put fear into their hearts.  Good, they should be afraid!
 She lifted her head up as she walked into the main courtyard, she expected to see smiles, grins of victory.... but as she looked around....

She stopped in her tracks so fast that Lucious the cheetah ran into her.
"Oofm!" he grunted getting a face full of her fur " Avigail?" He asked in a slightly irritated voice.
"......."
Avigail was too busy taking in the scene in front of her to respond to the cheetah. Every fur on her body was standing up straight, her tail dropped down to the ground like a stone, her ear's flat against her head, her eye's wide with shock.

"Why did yo-"The cheetah cut himself off as he gazed around the courtyard, his jaw frozen open a shocked look on his face. His ear's flattened against his head.

No one spoke for a long silent moment.

"How did this happen..."Avigail croaked quietly, her claws digging into the soft mud below her with anger. The scene she saw before here was...Horror, pure horror.
Dead hunters and tribunes layed in the streets, the once tan bricks now turned red and brown with blood. She watched as it dripped into the road and street spreading like vines across the bricks. Cats limped injuried and wounded, as the rain poured down soaking them all.
But that wasn't the worst of it.
She found the ability to finally move her paws, she limped forwards pushing through the crowd of cats gathered around something. She growled in annoyance as she tried to push through the frozen crowd, "Move!" She snapped to a Serval not caring who it was. She finally pushed herself to the front poking her head out to see what they were all starring at.
She found herself looking at the small body of a brown coloured male Lynx. Blood covered his small body, a large gash in his neck.
It was....
Scaeden....

Scaeden.

Previous leader of the hunters.
Killer of the fire empire leader, and of many other empire cats.
Elite hunter.
Or....Previous elite hunter now.

Avigail starred, as a memory flashed in her mind. Remembering the death of her best friend...Yaccov. Now the empire cats  not only took Yaccov away, they took away Scaeden...They took away turbines....Cubs...Cubs....Cubs.

Avigail stumbled out of the crowd, not even noticing as she bumped into Judas. The metalistic coloured cheetah turned his head to her looking as shocked as she was. His shocked face turned to one of concern as she limped away from him.

"Avigail?" He asked, his voice raspy.

"Leave me alone," Avigail growled at him not realizing it was Judas.

"Avigail..." Judas said more quietly as she limped away. He sighed, deciding to give her some space for awhile until she calmed down. Judas himself was still trying to figure it all out, feeling shocked at the scene before him.  How could this happen? He wondered starring at a dead tribunes body, his own body trembling with anger.

Avigail limped down the street, her head whirling with a thousand and one thoughts.
 So many cats dead, so much blood. They took them all away. They took them away. They took HIM away.... She growled,  THEY TOOK HIM AWAY The words seemed to scream in her mind,  she felt claws digging into her heart like knives. She found herself padding through the gate, the cold rain continued to pour down and soak her fur. It didn't matter to her as she was covered in blood, mud, and dirt anyways. She walked into the field of grass, feeling the strands of grass pull aside as she pushed through them. She wasn't fully aware of it, not sure where she was going - she just let her paws guide her steps. Her mind flashing through  painful memory after painful memory, she looked to her right and almost could have sworn Yaccov was standing there. A big smile plastered on his face....

"Yaccov..." Avigail chocked out, as the memory faded away.

 They came into our home, they killed our cubs, they killed our elite...They took them all away...Cubs...Cubs...What did cubs ever do wrong? Why did they deserve this end? What did they do wrong?!

"WHAT DID THEY DO WRONG?!!" She roared into the night sky, tears rolled down her face as she struck the ground angrily with her paw.
"I will make them pay....I WILL. MAKE. THEM. PAY." She snarled through the tears as rage over took her.  She struck the ground again, and again, and again until her paw-pads bled slightly mixing into the muddy ground. She took a deep breath to try and get control over herself, rubbing her face against her shoulder to wipe away the tears....



 Death.
 The word echoed through the young Cheetah/Jaguar's mind as he starred at one of ice empires dead apprentices. He flattened his ear's and sighed,  But look at all the hunters did...Look at all the death they've brought...They HAVE to be stopped. Or all these cats died for nothing! He thought to himself,  Oh Dad...Where are you when I need you most? Udi thought as he looked up into the sky. The Cheetah Jaguar mix decided to take a walk through the woods to get some fresh air in his lung. He felt like a darkness was closing in around him, and he needed to escape.  Padding out of camp, feeling almost instantly better now that the stench of death wasn't constant in his nose.

"It was worth it...They must be stopped. That I am sure of." Udi told himself, trying to some how justify all this death in his mind. "But how can we win if we don't fight back? We're always hiding like cowards....More will die if we don't stop them...I'd rather finish the death once and for all, and pay the price for it, then continue to see slow endless death and fights for survival....Right?" Udi sighed, "I don't know, this is leader stuff, I just listen to my empire....Let the leaders figure it out I'm just one cat." The Cheetah spoke to himself as he padded down a rocky ledge, feeling the rain pour down on his pelt. It felt good, refreshing, maybe it would get rid of the stench of death from the camp...

As he leaped off a rock and padded into the woods he saw a shadowy figure. Curious, he carefully pushed through the bushes and into a clearing to better see. Once he recognized the figure he jumped in surprise,

"Dad?" Udi said his voice both confused and excited,
Yaccov turned to him and just smiled, "I'm proud of you son...." He said, his form was flickering like light as he then turned and deeper into the woods. Udi stood there shocked for a moment, his fur standing on end. Then he snapped to.

"Dad!!!" Udi called after him, breaking into a sprint and running after the cheetah. He took deep breaths feeling his lungs fill with the cold crisp air, his paws pounding on the ground barly touching the muddy floor before launching into the air once more. But Yaccov was pure-bred cheetah and much faster then the Cheetah jaguar mix that was his son. And no matter how fast he ran he couldn't quite catch up. It was like he was teasing him, staying just out of reach with each step. Udi only catching glimpses of Yaccov's tail or hind paws before he disappeared into the tree's.

The Cheetah mix saw his father leap down from a rocky ledge, he tried to skid to a stop but found his paws going over the ledge and into the darkness below.  He yelped turning in mid-air to try and grab onto any rocks, but found the rocks tumbling under his weight and feeling gravity pull him down to the earth below....


 I don't want to die like this Dad!!
 


SPLASH!


Udi felt cold water flood in around his body, it was icey cold and he thought he could feel the chills down to the bone. He felt his body float under the murky water spinning around slowly, it was almost soothing if it wasn’t for his pounding heart. He dared to open his eyes after a few seconds, he found himself under the water of a large pond.


Realizing he needed air, he frantically moved his legs breaking the surface and gasping for air. He doggy paddled to the edge, digging his claws into the muddy bank as he climbed up out of the water. Panting and shaking himself to get the water out of his fur.


“Thanks Dad…That was refreshing.” Udi said sarcastically, looking around to see if Yaccov was still around. But he found the image of his father was gone from sight. Udi sighed,

“I guess I should head back…” He muttered to himself, padding towards the tall grass. “I’ll have to find a way around that ledge.” He said,

As he pushed some of the grass aside with a paw he froze in place. Finding himself starring at a green eye, and a red-furred tear-soaked feline face…..

 

“Yaccov?” The bounty hunter asked with shock.

 

Oh crap. Udi Thought.



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Judas Firewolf-Anime 
Udi and Avigail Grace-Winters 
Scaeden Staniqs 
Lucius NinjaCheetah

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+ 6 EP, who would you like the points to go to? c: