TBS :: Lotus

[Before Birth]
   Azalea and Rovan II were actually bethrothed by their parents. The families had always been so clsoe, they knew the only way to make them as close as possible was for their to be a marriage. So when the two were born they were bethothed. The grew up together and became very close, however there were times when the two would secretly date other cats (hiding it from their parents not each other), and each time their parents would end it. However it seemed the two were to close of friends they would never be able to love and marry. As they got older they fought and argued a lot, butting heads quiet often. Then one day Rovan asked Azalea to go with him, and he took her up the snowy mountain and showed her a buetiful pinic and sunset. The two kissed, and after that they were inseperable. They fell madly in love and had their own kit.

[Birth]
   Lotus was born to a beautiful cat, Azalea, and a handsome tom, Rovan (II). They looked after their daughter togetehr when she wass younger, as she was their first born and they weren't accsutomed to having a kit yet. As Lotus grew her eyes and coat further developed. Eventually she opened her tiny little eyes, and the red flashed through her white lashes. It became clear that she was cursed with albinism. This made the parents a tad uncomfortable, as things liked this were often looked down upon, but they continued to nurture her. It was the dad that through the first tantrum. He came home angry, and decided to vent by declaring it was the Albino's fault. After she was born, nothing went right, she has cursed them. All he wanted was a normal cat to raise, and he got this thing. Azalea wasn't going to let that happen, and immediately calmed him. She wiped the tears from his eyes with her paw and siled, holding his face close to hers. She kissed him on the news and told him just how beautiful their daughter is and would be. From then on she made him spend a lot of time with their daughter until he grew to truly love and appreciate her.  
    The problem soon switched from the parents to the others in the North. The child was often looked down upon, pitied and even teased constantly. No matter what the parents did, or what she did; everyone frowned upon her. She was quickly growing detached. At a young aged she grew to the cat that she now is. Untrusting, self reliant, and dedicated to looking strong and powerful and not the weak cat they called her. When her spot appeared she smiled a twisted smile. Fire was beautiful, dangerous, and uncontrollable. It was a strong part of nature and she cherished it. It would actually proved to be an asset for her.

[Earning Her Stones]
    Lucky enough to her her father was her mentor, as he was a good warrior (and basically the only one willing to train an cat like her).  He taught her everything she knew and passed on his knowledge. She soon grew so much closer to her dad than her mom. She was both determined to be a Warrior and was a flame elementalits, two things her and her dad shared, that her mother would never. As she earned her first stone to commemorate her becoming a trainee, she decided it be best to learn Safe Flame, like others training in fire. She would have rather immediately learned a dangerous attack spell, but her father didn't condone it. As she practiced her spells, her facisnation in fire grew. Because of this, her father took her slowly in her spells, afraid she would overwhelm herself. Next he taught her Warm Heart, in hopes that she would continue to learn slow, and to help her stay warm in the winter climate; considering her habit to get sick often. 
    Soon it was time for her missions. She started out struggling, but her father and mother were encouarging and she pushed herself as hard as she could. The others training picked and poked at her, but she didn't let it bother her. Rocan took her on a mission with him one day, to help her learn a new spell, and to give her experience. It was a time when the snow was thin, and her white fur didn't hide her like usual. Rovan was worried she would expose the mission, and ruin her training. The two went off to patrol the borders, and along the way Rovan told Lotus they needed to split up to cover more ground, (when in all honesty he was just going to observe her) and Lotus agreed and went on her merry way. As she was walking she examined her newest stone thinking how happy she would be to get all 4 of her stones as a rookie, and she was already on her third (that is assuming she learns the 3rd spell correctly).  As she was dazing into her stone, she managed to run face first into another cat. The cat was young like her, and training, and was accompied by another cat their age. Lotus knew them. They were bullies who often got their friends to pick at her and try to fight her. Lotus decided to apologize but her head down and go around them, but it wasn't going to be that simple for the other two. As she tried to scurry away they tailed her annd yelled and taunted at her. Then she turned around and told them that she wason patrol and they weren't to be out here without their mentor. The two laughed at her and dared her to "snitch" on them. As she said fine and turned to go back to look for their mentor, the two became acutally paranoid. They ran infront of her and began to push her and bump her, yelling their favorite names for her, "Blind Eyes" and "Whitey". Lotus tried so hard to control her temper but as they pushed her and yelled it one last time, she came crashing to the ground. Her paws and legs were scraped, and bruises would soon show on her body. The two laughed viciously. With that something snapped. She stood up angry and quietly whispered the spell she had been learning. Smoke billowed out of her mouth and nose. The Smoke began to whirl around them all, and fill the air. Their lungs so started to clog, and Lotus was ready to finish it. Just then Rovan comes dashing out of his snow hiding spot. Her yells for her,a dn the sound of his voice seemed to be all she needed to snap out of her corrupt trance. She whipped her head around at him,a dn the smoke slowly came to a stop. As she stared at her mentor and dad, tears beagn to poor out of her eyes and she ran to him. He held her and told her it would be ok. With that they took the injured youngling to their mentors and exxplained everything to them and the leader, and Lotus learned much about mercy. Her father was proud of her premature control on the smoke, and for the next few days they practiced controlling it with out rash emotions.


[Meeting her Companion (and learning her 4th spell)]
     It was a cold day, and Lotus was out alone, skipping her training. She was sad, and thought she should be alone. The temperature was dropping and the other cats were returning to their homes to escape the day of storms. Lotus had been away and not seen the others leaving. It was getting colder and the snow was picking up. She began to try and get home. The simple task was soon turning into a struggle. Then she heard the sound of a bird in trouble. She looked around and stumbled on a young Ptarmigan. It was colder than her, and she feared for its life. Not knowing what to do, she dug a little hole or dent in the ground and placed the bird in it. She then laid on top of that hole. It was warm, but not warm enough. Terrified for the bird's life, she attempted to use her newest spell; Warm Bodies. To her disbelief it actually was working. In order to keep the bird (and herslef) calm, and happy, and to notify anyone looking for her, she began to sing:

"This is my winter song to you
The storm is coming soon
It rolls in from the sea
My voice, a beacon in the night
My words will be your light
To carry you to me
Is love alive?
Is love alive?
Is love (pause)
They say that things just can not grow
Beneath the winter snow
Or so I have been told.."

    Upon hearing the words, carried in the wind Rovan ran to her and took her and her friend to safety. Thanks to her using the snow and her body as an insulator he was able to live. She named him Dae-Soon, a compliment to her mother's nickname to her (Hae-Soon), and he has been her friend since. Although he isn't always with her, and is still a bit independent.