TW for implied d3ath and bl00d Music is Body by Mother Mother and That’s When Everything Went Wrong from Arcane Animation and writing by me (please watch the animation) Thumbnail by @RavenMTA (but I might change it) —— Betrayal I was betrayed Over and over again. Why couldn’t you look towards the future. Like I did. But no. You were much more blind than I as you looked towards the past. But all I see now is the end. Betrayal And there it was. My body failing on me. One. Last. Time. Only someone from the heavens would have noticed, The drip, drip of the water turning red Before the foamy tides washed them clean again. I don’t believe that the afterlife hold that kind of power over me, though. So the ripples never faded from that dark murky red As I faced my sins. Before me stood three paths. I always used to form my own. But now I was being told where to go. I wouldn’t be held back by boundaries of such. There would be a way to turn this into something I could control. But moving forward must be done to do that. I can’t just stand here forever. Path one. Blocked. I could’ve surpassed it, I believe, if I tried. But that is not meant to be and that is not where I’m wanted. In the place of liars. I hate liars. Starlitsoliloquy My own mom’s shadowy figure standing, warping. Your eyes are cold pits of the dark ocean. I’m sorry you were lied to. But I’m glad my eyes didn’t take after yours. Melodydawn, Supernovaeclipse, Eclipsetail. I killed every last one of you. I didn’t live to regret it. I didn’t care about any of you traitors. You belong with the liars. After what you did, acting like you’ve done nothing wrong. Nightshadekit, Sunflowerpaw. You two died because you were weak. Perhaps you never grew out of your kit fluff in the afterlife. Because your shadows rampage as fiercely as the rest. Nebulahavoc. How did it turn out this way? You were the last one I thought could live by my side. But it seems someone has torn apart your wings for they drag at your side. You all block my path now. (Cont. in N & C)
Path two. You teeter in the middle. Squashed by the other powers. It seems that’s where the weaklings go. But I can see beyond you. That I can enter but there are those waiting for me. Squidsplash. My mentor. My niece. You’re nothing to me now. You think you can stand there condescendingly. But you can do nothing. Dandelionballad. Mother… You died too. Before I was born. You were sick and weak, like mom. And passed on, not listening to the liars. But you walked with the weak. There should have been a different path for you. But it was your responsibility to forge it. I don’t belong in the open world. Path three. I see. Blocked. But not by what I don’t have. By what I do. You’re turning me away to prove myself, yes? Yes… I can manage that. I can manage so much more than that. Because I transcend your boundaries. I know what’s beyond this wall already. Dazepoppy. Effort was put in so you were on my side. To walk the path I was destined to take. Perhaps I’ll see you again, brother. But we may be destined for misery. Pepsisfury. My old mentor. The true one whom I wouldn’t strive to cut ties with. After all these silent moons I will see what you really are, To determine if it’s time to cut you free yet. Immortellespark. I’m really not sad that I killed you, Even indirectly. It’s too bad you couldn’t get over your petty childhood trauma. I said then it was an accident. But if I wasn’t so little I would’ve gone through with it. To spare myself looking at your face again. But I guess we were always destined to meet again. So maybe this time I’ll show you what eternity in hell is really like. Only for my entertainment though. I have other plans. Bigger plans. That surpasses fake power and prophecies. I have my own strength. And I’ll bring it with me to death, but not by death. So I walked. Towards that new future I was to make. And pressed against the barrier or reality. Towards something unreal. Claws tore through the fabric of reality. Through the door that beckoned promise of the new future. And I stepped through the only path right to take. But only for a moment did the Future hesitate. They never wavered from their ideology before. But perhaps death changed a little more than their spirit. I looked back. Just a glimpse. And there I saw many standing. Caninecarnage, Sorastar, Wandererbird, Burfeather, Hoppyflicker, Marlinmutiny, Hyacinthhoney, Sonnetscourge. It didn’t matter where these cats were now. They were dead to me. Elegy, Epic, Oath, and Alice too. You don’t belong with my great name. I was right. It wasn’t worth the hype. The past is useless and fading fast. All that mattered was the future. So I turned my back one last time and kept walking. But it was right more than the soul was changed. Something they would never admit and never mention. And never leave carved in their rock or wood. There was one thing that made them understand why cats stuck in the past. Sundogforest. You were always the anomaly. Stop following behind me. There’s nothing left of the me you saw. All those moons ago. Go do your own thing. So I don’t have to meet your forgiving eyes again. Cause I don’t know if I’d climb that wall. Break it. Or turn away. But of course. They’d keep looking towards the future. They were too stubborn to change now. When they had truth and freedom to uphold. There wasn’t time for walls. I walked into that dark, dark forest. And with that, The Savior was born, And the Savior died. And the Savior chose to walk their path alone. For everyone to uselessly follow. — — (The second half was all their imagination and wasn’t actually cats they knew there.) Thank you all for reading this or watching and being part of Stratusghost’s life or just hearing about them. I tried to get as many cats into this as possible but of course I wasn’t able to include every one. Some might be mentioned that never even met them but some cats were involved in major points in their life without even meeting or talking that much. Stratusghost I’m sorry we never achieved what was planned but your life was still so much fuller than I ever thought. Don’t you dare think death is the end for them, though. I got big plans ahead. I just need a little break first. So with that, I’ll be finishing up a lot this week hopefully and focusing all my attention on Kalopsia, along with an activity drop.
