Old Habits Will Return

[Shadingsun]

"No." spoke the orange she-cat sharply, her lightly colored green eyes narrowing into dark slits. "Thats to dangerous. We cant do that; everyone talks about how much energy this cave radiates. Even Fog stays away from it, and he`s our leader for crying out loud!"she said, sitting up curtly to only walk over to block the entrance of the cave. "Were not going in there." she said, her lip curling over in defensiveness. One of the cats, a silver she-cat with eyes that were pools of bright blue, stepped forward, her fur spiked out. "I agree with Aubade......we really shouldnt go in there." she said shakingly, her small voice wavering. "You only say that because you dont want your dad to get cross you with you, Brook." snorted one tabby brown tom, his amber eyes rolling over to the sky and then back at Aubade. "Im going in there, and I dont want to hurt you Aubade, but i will if i have to." he said, his tail flicking back and forth. The tom besides him, a ginger tom with white flecks across his pelt, hissed. "Your not hurting her, Calignos!" he said, snarling. Calignos unsheathed his claws and glared at the mix-matched tom. "I`d just love to see you try and stop me, Haze." he said, baring his long white fangs into a smile. Haze growled and crouched down into a battle stance, but before he could pounce, and pale brown colored she-cat with white-paws hissed stubbornly and stepped in between the bickering toms. "Why! If Fog saw you two now, he would be ashamed! You two mice are acting like a bunch of racoons fighting over a piece of trash, you are!" she then turned her head to Aubade with a shy grin. "Heh, not that im calling you trassshhh......"she then shifted her weight uncomfortably as Aubade just glared at her with eyes that said 'are you serious?' and the brown she-cat turned back to Calignos. "Now, if you will, stop acting like a bunch of rats and start thinking!.......I think we should go in the cave." added the she-cat, looking at Brook with raised eyebrows (YES. They have eyebrows.) as she gasped. "Oh no not you too Thicket!" she mewed, frowning. Thicket narrowed her eyes. "Yah, me too." she swung her head towards Haze. "Looks like its up to you now! So whats it gonna be?" she said, smiling. Haze blinked in surprise then looked at his feet. "I......................I-I think we should go in. he said after a second of dead silence. Aubade hissed in surprise, pulled out her pouty face, then slinked over to Calignos`s shoulder, not pulling her eyes off the ground. "This is all your fault, yah know. If i die, its on your will." she whispered to him, looking up at him with unwilling eyes. Calignos smiled then nudged her playfully. "I know. Thats why im making sure your not going to, ok?" he said, his eyes softening. Aubade stared at him with wide eyes for a moment then turned away sharply and padded over to Haze, and Calignos winced and flattened his ears, but he said nothing more. "Alright; Let us be on our way." said the tabby tom, nodding to everybody and after a moment of hesitation, padding into the cave and waving his tail in an arc for eveyone to follow.

[Shadingsun]

Aubade padded into the cave after Haze, bringing up the rear of the line with Calignos in the head. Looking down in awe, Aubade gripped the slippery stone floor, which was glittering with slick jems and precious rocks. Numerous stone stakes were creeping up and building up to the roof, and some rocks were even hanging from the roof. Water was dripping down from a crack, and Thicket, who was ahead of Haze, was meowing in protest. "All the humidity is going to set my fur on end! Im going to be all frizzy for days!" she complained, her tabby tail dragging on the slick wet stone floor. "Sucks for you." snorted Calignos, who couldnt care less about she-cats and their fur. Aubade sighed, thought that single-file lines where a waste of time, and broke off of the line, her tail twitching in anger as she quickly gained ahead of Calignos. "Hey where are you going? Your going to get in trouble if you stray from the group!" he shouted, stopping in his tracks when she whipped around in a fury. "Look, just shut up ok?! I dont care what you think, its your fault were in here!" snapped Aubade, her green eyes blazing. Calignos stood there, staring at her with wide eyes, until his face hardened until he was baring his teeth in anger. "Im doing this for you." he muttered, low enough for only Aubade to hear. "And I told you what i think of it. You lied, and you are a deceiever, and i cant and will not be with you." she whispered back, tears of fury washing down her face at the end of her sentence as she whipped around and dashed ahead. Her surroundings were blurring around her, and she knew that Calignos couldnt see her anymore, but she kept running, even if it took her to the end of the cave. Aubade flicked her ears up when she heard pawsteps behind her, and she hissed and look behind her, trembling with fury. "Calignos, I told you-!" she stopped as she realized who was following her, and her face softened as she sighed at the silver she-cat. "Sorry Brook."
Brook, the silver she-cat, looked at her with worried blue eyes, puffing as she came to sit down by Aubade. "Geez, i guess you are a fast runner." she said, smiling. "Sooo......whats the matter? Yah know, besides the arrogant brown tom you were just fighting with?" mewed Brook, wrapping her tail around her paws and looking at the ground. Aubade tensed, gritting her teeth and looking at the ground too. "I dont want to talk about it." she muttered.