═══════════════════════════════════ (Make sure to click the flag for the ambience!) “Hello! You look alone. Are you alright?” Quark perked up. She saw a ghostly figure standing there, out in the void. She hadn’t heard a voice in a long, long time. It had been many millenniums since she’d seen any others in space. Other than her late friends. “Why yes.. I’m quite alright, just a little lonely.” Quark chirped happily, walking over. The figure didn’t seem to notice her. It stayed still for a few seconds, and then walked right though Quark, disappearing. “Oh...” she frowned. “I must be hallucinating again.” She started to pace around, keeping her head low. She stopped, at the sight of a planet ahead of her. She could hear the ominous sounds of high winds and crashing waves. It was almost like a melody, how it was in sync. Quark sat down to watch the way the wind blew the supposedly snow, and ice across the rocky surface of the planet. “Quark.” Quark turned around, her tail flicking. The voice said her name again, only quieter. This time, it sounded echoey, and raspy. “Who’s there?!” “Quark...” She turned her head to the planet. She rushed through the void at sonic speeds, and braced herself for the impact when reaching the atmosphere. She came in for a hot landing, gracefully touching the ground with her paws, which had lit up, a bright yellow orange glow. It was dark. Pretty much the only light was coming from her own beautiful speckled pelt, the moon, and the stars. No life was spotted anywhere. The planet looked pretty much uninhabitable to anyone who wasn’t made of void matter anyways. She heard laughing. It sounded not like a kit’s, but that of a grown cat. She could sense the joy in the voice. “Hello...?” She said quietly. The thick, cold, snow crunched under her feet. She found herself over to a range of mountains. “Quark...” She walked closer to the mountainside, spotting a cave. She bounced over to it quickly, crunching the snow. She jumped into the cave, and began to slip. “Whoa!” She said, putting her paws out. She looked like a flailing deer. She laughed, trying to get up. She looked around the beautiful cave. It was somewhat lit up. Icicles hung down from the ceiling. The floor became less and less slippery as Quark walked down. There were more bits of completely solid ice on the walls, and the number of icicles just kept increasing. “Quark.....” Quark picked up her speed slightly, running through the maze of the cave. The voices got slightly louder. The laughter got slightly louder. The cave was still lit by some type of glowing substance that was frozen in the ice. It must’ve been an ameba. “Maybe this used to be an ocean..” Quark muttered to herself. She shook all of the interesting thoughts that were running though her head. Despite having been alive for this long, she was still curious. The universe was huge. There was so much to explore. Quark was trapped in a daydream, when suddenly the cave went quiet. She stopped in her tracks, at an illuminating light she had come face to face with. “Wow...” She whispered. She stared in the light. She could see feint images of animals running throughout a bustling street. Playing together. Being... friends. A couple of cats were sitting on a couch together. A tall, broad cat was sitting with a sleek, short cat- The pairs seemed to enjoy time together. Another image flashed by. It depicted a small shop, where animals were all sitting together. In harmony. All of the visuals reminded Quark of the bonds she had once shared. It was beautiful. “I remember those times.. some of the most wonderful times of my life. I wish I could live them again.” She smiled contently. She was content for the first time in a while. She slowly started to lay her head on the glowing orb. Almost instantly after she touched it, a spark knocked her back. (Click the orb in the parallax!) “Ow..” Quark slowly got up. She rubbed her nose bridge with her paw. “Whoa-“ She said, staring into the light once again. Now, 12 orbs surrounded it. All 13 slowly illuminated with a face. Quark gasped, standing back slightly. “Have they returned?” She spoke quietly. The face of the orb in the middle seemed to turn it’s face to Quark. It was a grey she-cat, with beautiful amber eyes. She smiled, and made a “wave” with her paw. “I’ll find you guys.. don’t you worry!” Quark said, tears in her eyes. “I’ll be there! Wherever you are!” The tears ran down her face. “Don’t worry..” ═══════════════════════════════════ Aight! And that’s Quark’s story! I hope you all enjoyed! Do you know who any of the cats may be, from the hints provided? >;3 ═══════════════════════════════════ Credits: Music: Pure Imagination, and a song from Inside Out. Art: All done by me, @FourFerralCats! Coding: Also all by me! Writing: And again by me. :) DTA hosted by @-iinkwiinqs-! <3 Part 1: https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/327741887 Part 2: https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/330640825 ═══════════════════════════════════
