-*- Enoka looks at Eureka "You don't have to stay if you don't want to Eureka" Enoka has been on a couple of missions before so she is a bit more stronger when it comes to this, as she needs to.check this out just so if somepony is out here, they can be saved
-*- Eureka looks at Enoka, forcing a confident smile
<Eureka> "Nah, I'll be alright"
<CrystalShine> Meanwhile, both ponies can clearly hear the scared meows of cat coming from hill. It almost sounds like calling for help.
-*- Enoka sees that he's lieing easily but nods and looks more
-*- Enoka face turns concerned as soon as she hears that and says "I hear somepony crying"
<Eureka> "Really? where is it coming from?"
-*- Enoka listens to make sure
<Enoka> "The hilltop"
<Eureka> "Lets go check it out then"
-*- Enoka nods and starts to walk towards the hilltop, though she is nervous and this isn't her cup of tea, she needs to do this now that she knows a pony is involved and a cat at that
-*- Eureka follows
<CrystalShine> As both ponies get closer ruins of old, burned hut, even Eureka can hear it now. It comes from behind the hut. Sobs of pony stop for a moment and they can clearly hear few words "C-come down, please!"
-*- Enoka tries to look for a way to get to the pony
<Enoka> "Where are you? "
<Enoka> "Are you hurt?"
-*- Eureka approaches the burned hut
-*- Enoka does the same
<Eureka> "It sounds like it's coming from behind the hut"
<Enoka> "That's odd.. "
-*- Enoka goes behind the hut slowly to see who's there
-*- Eureka follows, staying behind Enoka
<CrystalShine> The hut is a sad reminder of some old accident from the beginning of cannonite colony. In front of it, two wooden crosses mark the place of somepony's last rest.
-*- Enoka looks at the wooden marks and makes a prayer in respect and lookd sadly at it as they make there way behind the hut
<CrystalShine> When two ponies reach the other side of hut, they can see few long withered apple trees, their dry branches moving in wind. On one of highest branches is a black and white cat, shivering with fear and meowing for help. Under the tree sits yellow mare, looking helplessly at cat and crying.
-*- Enoka sees the cat and the yellow mare and immediately rushes up to her "Are you alright?"
-*- Eureka runs over to the mare
<Eureka> "Are you ok?"
<CrystalShine> Yellow mare jumps up and hides behind tree, startled. After moment, she peeks out and sighs in relief. "Y-you came like ghosts." gulps and looks at them, worried "Y-you aren't ghosts, right? I heard this place is haunted"
<Enoka> "We are not ghosts, We are very friendly" she gives her a reassuring smile as she holds a hoof out
<Eureka> "No, we aren't ghosts" he gives a concerned look at the mare. "Are you ok?"
<CrystalShine> Mare slowly nods and looks up at scared cat, the cat following the mare with her eyes, shivering with fear "Y-yes… But my cat isn't!" sobs "S-she just got scared by something and now she can't get down" looks at them, pleading "Can you help her? Please…" looks at ground, sighing "I'm scared of heights. And I'm afraid the branches won't hold me…"
-*- Eureka looks at Enoka
<Eureka> "How should we get her down?"
-*- Enoka looks to Eureka and she sighs having to get her down
<Enoka> "I'll do it.."
-*- Enoka decides she should climb the tree
<Eureka> "ok"
<CrystalShine> Mare looks at enoka with hope in her watery eyes "You would do it for me?" sighs in relief "There are still some good people around… I'm glad."
-*- Enoka goes up to the tree, finding little stump spots on it as she uses those for support and bit by bit she climbs up intill she finally reaches the top of the tree and looks at the kitty as she smiles at it and tries to calm it down "It's ok.."
<Enoka> "There's no need to cryanymore"
<CrystalShine> Enoka easily climbs the tree, avoiding all weaker branches and soon, she is facing the scared cat that for first time doesn't look down at her owner, but at pony near her. Scared meowing stops as she scans mare with her green eyes "Meow?"
-*- Enoka smiles and extends a hoof and says "It's ok" she makes this easy for the cat "Come here" she says softly
<CrystalShine> The cat looks to Enoka's eyes, her shivering slowly fading. Her claws, burried in wood from her fear hesitatingly let go as cat carefully turns, facing Enoka. "Meeow" she lets out with unsure voice.
-*- Enoka moves a hoof for her to come over as she maintains her balance "Come on"
<Enoka> "You can do it"
<CrystalShine> "Listen, please! She will help you down!" pleads the mare on ground. Reaction of cat is instant and surprising. Her back arches and fur stands, loud "Meowww!" of fear leaving her little feline mouth. She doesn't hesitate for a moment and jumps at offered hoof, burrying her claws in it painfully and climbing over pony to get on her back.
<CrystalShine> *climbs
-*- Enoka almost yells in pain, good thing she's wearing her sweater to stop the nails but she tries to keep her balance
<CrystalShine> Cat finds her place on her back, holding her neck with her claws and shivering with fear again, she looks at her owner. "Meeeowwwww!"
-*- Enoka let's the cat hang on as she decides to maybe jump the way down
-*- Enoka decides to climb her way back down
<CrystalShine> Climbing down isn't as easy as climbing up and few branches crack under Enoka's hooves, but she always finds another ones to support her. The more she gets to ground the more scared is cat, his claws burried deep in mare's skin. "Meoww!" he cries out, but holds on Enoka.
<CrystalShine> Finally, Enoka stands on ground again.
-*- Enoka sighs as she is finally on the ground and she sighs but bites her lip slightly at the slight feeling of nails burrowed into her back
<Enoka> "O-Ow.."
<CrystalShine> The mare smiles and approaches Enoka "You did it! Please, give him to me." The cat looks at her scared and burries his claws deeper, hissing at approaching mare. "W-why are you like that?" asks mare with hurt expression, but keeps walking towards her.
-*- Enoka eek in pain as it figs deeper and looks at the cat then the mare and says reluctantly "Did you do something to this cat? "
<Enoka> digs
<Enoka> "Because it wouldn't be reacting this way if it was yours"
<CrystalShine> Mare shakes her head "No! I wouldn't do anything to him! He's most precious thing that remained here after… After…" sighs "My husband died" sighs sadly and turns her face at the burned house.
-*- Enoka looks at the mare and looks at the house, this house doesn't look like it's been burned recently as she looks back at the mare "Um so sorry for your loss, though....if you don't mind me asking..." she looks serious "When did that happen? "
<CrystalShine> Mare sighs "It's… Long… I can't remember… He's burried in front of it, the place he loved and built with his own hooves for us" turning at cat again, she extends her hoof just to be welcome with Cat's hiss and cutting of her claw. She quickly pulls back "W-why are you like that?" [roll per]
<CrystalShine> *his claw
-*- Enoka has a off feeling about this mare, though she can't see anything wrong except she keeps trying to come to the cat, Enoka backs up one step just to be safe
-*- Enoka then remembers something
<Enoka> "If just your husband died, then who is the second plaque next to your husbands belongs to..?"
<CrystalShine> Mare takes one step forward "Why are… Second? There is no second! There was just two of us!" somehow, the mention of second grave makes her angry "Give him back!"
-*- Enoka looks at her and backs up more, trying to stay calm but is slightly worried at the mare suddenly turning hostile "There was a second grave, there were two right next to each other"
-*- Enoka looks at the mare again
-*- Enoka didn't notice it at first glance, probably because she was so worried for the mares health more then appearances, as she looks at her and gets a cold feeling from her
<Enoka> "Almost like your...." she looks at the mare, her eyes opening slightly as she now decides to back up more and she puts a hoof in her bag ready to defend this cat, it must be special if she's trying to get it even after death
<CrystalShine> "You are lying! Everyone is! And my cat hates me! I just want him back, he's everything that remains here for me!" shouts the mare angrily and jumps… In one blink of eyes she stands there and in second, she's in air, trying to tackle Enoka. Her speed was something unnatural, but that doesn't matter anymore as she passes right through Enoka and hissing cat, tumbling on ground behind them "H-how did you do that?" her anger fading, replaced with worry.
-*- Enoka looks down at the mare sadly and remorseful as she says "I'm sorry..." she decides to tell her the painful way cause at this point there's no other way "You died...."
<Enoka> "Your a ghost..."
<CrystalShine> "N-No! That's not true! That's not…" looks at still hissing cat, her anger melting "I-I… He was like that since…" she turns at the house "I have to see… Is it really…" sighs
-*- Enoka slowly walks with the mare around the house as she leads the ghost to her grave next to her husband's, feeling a mix of emotions for the mare now having to realize this and the pain it's bringing her
<CrystalShine> Mare now tries to keep bigger distance from Enoka and the loud reminder of her state she nows begins to finally believe. Walking towards one of the crosses, she tries to touch it, her gentle touch passing through "I-I see…" sighs, looking at her hoof embedded in wood "I should have known… But why? Why I'm still here and not with him?" asks with pain in her voice.
<Enoka> "I..." she looks at the mare and says "I don't know honestly. .." she thinks for a moment "Maybe because he's still here" she points the cat
<Enoka> to the
-*- CrystalShine turns at Enoka and nods "Y-you are probably right… I couldn't leave him alone in this world" sighs "He was with me from the beginning" her body gets transparent for a blink of eye, but quickly returning back to 'solid' state. "My husband… It was like today. He helped me to get him when he climbed high on tree and couldn't get down" smiles "History repeats."
<CrystalShine> Mare turns at Enoka and nods "Y-you are probably right… I couldn't leave him alone in this world" sighs "He was with me from the beginning" her body gets transparent for a blink of eye, but quickly returning back to 'solid' state. "My husband… It was like today. He helped me to get him when he climbed high on tree and couldn't get down" smiles "History repeats."
-*- Enoka smiles at the mare, she is coming to terms with her death and is now starting to dissappear but is still trying to talk to her. Enoka smiles warmly and looks at the cat then back to the mare "I guess it does"
<CrystalShine> Mare nods "You are really kind soul… I think…" sighs, looking at ground "I can't look over him now… He's scared of me." turning her eyes at Enoka with hope, she asks "C-could you… Maybe… Take care of him? I think… I think… I know, I feel it… That I will be able to rest if someone does. Someone who I can trust with that"
-*- Enoka smiles at her and looks touched as she nods and sniffles slightly "I will definitely look after him for you" she looks like she's gonna cry but she's happy that the mare trusts her "I promise"
-*- Enoka pulls out the scarf she found earlier
-*- Enoka shows it to the mare to see if it means anything
<CrystalShine> Mare smiles at Enoka's kind words and slowly begins to fade out "I know you will… Thank you. I couldn't rest if I didn't know he's safe" her smile widens "I almost forgot, his name is …" no other words can be heard, as now only two graves and a burned house are left in front of Enoka.
-*- Enoka looks at the house burned down and two graves and puts a hoof on the mares grave and smiles sadly as she slowly removes her hoof and then lookd at the cat
<Enoka> looks
-*- Enoka thinks for a second "How was the cat able to see her..?"
<CrystalShine> Cat's tension disappears at the moment of his former owner departure. His eyes look at the grave for a while. After that, Like he understood what his owner wanted, he purrs and begins rubbing his head on Enoka's neck, releasing his claws.
-*- Enoka feels the cat rub it's head on her neck and she smiles and rubs her head very softly against the cats head
<Enoka> "I wonder what I should name you..." she thinks
<CrystalShine> Cat tilts her head "meow?"
<CrystalShine> *his
-*- Enoka looks at the cat "I wonder if it knew what I was thinking..." she smiles at it
<Enoka> "That's not possible" she chuckles
<CrystalShine> Cat is still looking at Enoka. "Meow?" he begins to rub his head on her again.
<Enoka> "What is it?" she looks at the kitty
<Enoka> "You wondering what I'm saying?"
<CrystalShine> Cat meows and curls on Enoka's back.
-*- Enoka chuckles and just let's the kitty do so, she realizes that it's freezing and it would be better if the kitty went in her bag as she opens up her bag and points inside it "In"
<CrystalShine> Cat gets her neck short nudge and jumps to the bag, his head peeking out.
-*- Enoka giggles as she decides it may be best to keep it warm and ties the little scarf she found around his neck, and it looks like this
<Enoka> "You warm?" she asks, thinking the cat understands
<Enoka> *The kitty purrs as it snuggles in the bag, it's warm after all that time as Enoka closes the bag and starts to walk back