𝘞𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘳𝘴: 𝘚𝘩𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘋𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘺 (𝘉𝘖𝘖𝘒 2) (ROS)

𝘗𝘳𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘶𝘦

Time changed after what felt like moons after the sun's arrival.

SunClan went through many changes, some that were for good, and some that were for the greater good of their new home, only followed by the rules of THE ABSOLUTE.

Followed by the mistakes and trauma of the past, it took all ancestors to make a traditional system that was made to keep the balance of their warriors, to show that not everything can be as perfect as it seems, flaws are only natural to their lives, by the law of destiny to prove it. It is something not even the spirits themselves to overpower, but to learn from it, or as what it's expected by their rulers.

It only led to a spiral of grief, where love had nowhere to go but to wonder endlessly into darkness. The loss of a cat close to them could affect one or many. It is only by destiny that they can grow and learn from this. But it can only go so much far, until one's heart stop beating, and find its early trip to the graves. It's something the sunset wished, but the curse of it all is his immortality.

The brown, braided-striped tom sat there in a cliff above a dry land to where the incident took place. It was like a graveyard that he couldn't decorate because of the upper-beings new rules to never interact with one's destiny. He failed that and nearly caused the entire territory to die in fault of his selfishness. He couldn't bear to hear the troubled cries of his apprentice, his daughter, to fall for a fate that she had no control over. It broke him. It broke many that were even close to him. He had to remain strong and resilient, though it was hard to come from something that ruined him in the long run.

The glorious sun shined above the clouds, the birds chirping and the trees creaking in a peaceful rhythm. The ocean is still, and the mourning doves sung to the skies. Despite the chaos in the past and what could happen in the future, all he remembered was by the call of the doves. The doves that helped create a signature tune to sing at one another when one's heart is lost. It was something for a father and daughter, that is. Red'fang sat there, with tears falling from his swollen eye lids and to the empty pond below him. He wanted to decorate the land in flowers and any source of nature that Little'shine enjoyed.

He wasn't the great and stoic sunset he once was to the mysterious Softpaws who had never met him or the other spirits who went through hardships to find power to be good, to do greater things and focus cats' lives that outweigh one's life it means to follow the law.

But, as one knows, not all things should be considered to be the right thing.

As the tom watched his grieving space in silence, he turned to see an old friend standing behind him. Her fur faded with the fluffy clouds that cushioned her like pillows. The large moon marking grew on her back, with glowing freckles that resembled the constellation. Her eyes were as bright as the stars, with her mythical aura causing the tom to feel a little drowsy being around her.

He does feel some kind of relief, though the sunset wished to be alone.

"Brooding again?" Jade'moon asks him, her tone quiet and often comes out as timid at times. Red'fang slowly turns his head, he hated admitting his vulnerability, but still reluctantly nodded at her question. "It is unfortunate." He takes a deep breath, trying to control his emotions when he takes a look at the dead fields one more time. "I don't believe that you're holding your emotions back, Red'fang. You haven't been well." Jade'moon teleports right next to him, making the tom flinch at times when she does that unexpectedly. "What do you know about me?" Red'fang glares at her, his muscles becoming tense. "I know what happened, and I try to do something about it. I keep my word here, and I'm not failing any longer."

"They're failing us." Jade'moon countered with his words, the pain being evident on her face. "Nothing was ever your fault. I only denied becoming a spirit, so I wouldn't be responsible for this sick system. My only comfort is to guide those who are unlucky to a new life that only preserves it."

"This system is a balance. It's just the way life goes." Red'fang gruffly denies her words, still staring at space when his emotions die down to his regular sarcasm and dryness. "This territory needs a leader, and I'm responsible for its livelihood. Unless you want to go out the Stone way of living." Red'fang purred deeply from the humorous memories living in the island territory. Stone'star was rather an idiot. Jade'moon could agree in his words, but she never found the law of destiny to rule over one's life. She stood from her spot and turned around to walk away. "That may be accurate.." She says before turning her head. "But beware who you follow as your guide, they like see the world burn as long as they have control over it."

Then, she disappears in front of Red'fang's eyes, who was left in confusion of a cryptic message which he is used to if it's from Jade'moon. For some reason, it had significance over it, but he believed not now that he had found a grounding point with his own soul and nothing from all those moons ago in a broken territory.

Then, he hears the call of a crow above him, a reminder of one's shattered destiny.