Payne. Hair Flip. Wow.

[amaterasu]

"So we don't escape?" Demyx asked, "Yeah, as if we could escape when there's a huge group of warriors out there."
That kind of made him come to his realization that his group would never actually come for him. They wouldn't risk it. He wasn't important enough. Foxstar would be though.

[J I N G O]

"I'm just doing what I was told to do... If none of us were on the high alert, it would be pretty easy for you to get out, right?" Dustcloud said, actually asking herself the question. But it seemed like she was asking Demyx.

[amaterasu]

"Hm, I suppose so." Demyx answered, shrugging his shoulders. He was trying to compete with Flameshadow.

"What was your name again?" Demyx asked as he settled himself into his nest. His blue eyes still gazed at the she-cat, but the rest of his body looked relaxed, as if he planned on sleeping soon.

[J I N G O]

Oooh that bitch. Just outside the den, Flameshadow was shrugging his impressively large shoulders.

Dustcloud didn't see the harm in telling the cat her name. "Dustcloud." she mewed quietly and simply.

[amaterasu]

Crystal really doubts that Flameshadow was just sitting out there shrugging his shoulders.

"Dustcloud," Demyx scoffed, "Clan cats pick the weirdest names."

He curled his tail over his nose like he was about to go to sleep.

[J I N G O]

Dustcloud made a sniffing noise with her nose. "It's Clan tradition-- not weird." she defended the CULTURE of her Clan.

[amaterasu]

"To an outsider, it's pretty weird." Demyx answered, "I wouldn't want to grow up here. So many rules, and you have to look out for everyone. Just look out for yourself and you can do what you want in the outsider world."

[J I N G O]

"When you grow up in a Clan, you'd think differently." Dustcloud meowed, then thought of some of the other cats in ThunderClan. "We have cats who used to live on their own who came to live here. They didn't have to-- they wanted to."

[amaterasu]

"Yeah?" Demyx said, looking up, "Like who? I don't believe you."

He didn't see how a cat would want to give up his freedom to a Clan. There were too many rules, and he would have to listen to his leader constantly. He wanted to make his own choices!

[J I N G O]

"Cloudpool. We found her when she was young, not so long ago, and saved her from dying in the harsh cold." Dustcloud mewed. "Once she was old enough to fend for herself, Foxstar told her she was free to leave the Clan and be on her own. She decided she wanted to stay here."

[amaterasu]

"Hm," Demyx said, "Well, cats that can't take care of themselves don't deserve freedom. I suppose that's why the Clans came about."

He turned on his side, away from Dustcloud.

[J I N G O]

"You don't know the story behind how the Clans came to be, so I really don't think you've got an argument here." Dustcloud meowed, hostility edging her voice. "Stupid flea-brain.." she muttered under her breath.

[amaterasu]

"Well I know that I would never want my kits to live here." Demyx responded.

That was when something hit him. He rolled over to look at Dustcloud and mewed, "Hey, those were your kits I stole, weren't they?"

[J I N G O]

"Yes, in fact, they were." Dustcloud hissed. She was so worried about her kits. She was glad that they had made their way back to ThunderClan. "And one of them just helped beat you and your friend up today. Applepaw."

[amaterasu]

Demyx laughed when he heard that.
"First of all," he said when he recovered, "I wouldn't call Axel my friend. Secondly, we were outnumbered or else we would have been fine."
He flicked his tail lightly and whispered under his breath, "It has been a while, hasn't it? The kits are big. i didn't recognize it."