Imagineclan Challenge #1-Together
Quote: A true friend never gets in your way unless you happen to be going down.
Only a True Friend
A small white she-cat padded into the nursery with a thin vole hanging from her jaws. Lovepaw smiled as she dropped the vole in front of an older white she-cat."Snowdrop, I thought you might be hungry!" the apprentice said to her mother. She looked at the queen that was close to kitting.
"Oh, thank you, Lovepaw!" the queen said. She pulled the vole over to her and took a few nibbles. As she nibbled on the vole, a voice called for Lovepaw.
"Lovepaw, time for training!" a large black tom said as he entered the den. He smiled at the young apprentice and queen. "I hope you don't mind me stealing your daughter, Snowdrop!" he said in a playful tone.
"Of course not, Darkheart!"Snowdrop said to the warrior.
Lovepaw and Darkheart left the nursery and made their way out of camp.
"Alright, Lovepaw! I want you to attack me, no claws!"Darkheart ordered the apprentice.
Lovepaw threw herself at the dark warrior, throwing all her weight into the attack. She was easily dodged by the warrior. "Lovepaw, don't throw yourself into the attack!" another voice said. The white she-cat quickly turned to see her friends, Talonpaw, Flightpaw, and Flickerpaw. She looked over at her mentor. "Alright, you can go!"Darkheart said. Lovepaw raced to her friends. The group ran off to play in the forest and hunt.
Later that night Snowdrop gave birth to three kits. Only one was living. Lovepaw was sad about that, but she promised Snowdrop's living son, Twokit that she would teach him everything he needed to know.
Two Moons Later
Yowls sounded over the camp, waking Lovepaw and the rest of the clan from their sleep. Lovepaw heard the paws going for the nursery. She jumped up and left the apprentice den. She had almost made it to the nursery, where her adopted mother, Snowdrop, was with Twokit, when she was pulled back by the scruff of her neck. "Let me go!" she yowled, but she was yanked back harder. She turned to see Darkheart. "Lovepaw, its Snowdrop. A rogue sneaked into the nursery, he killed Snowdrop!" the warrior said sadly. Lovepaw shook her head in shock. "What about Twokit?" she asked. Darkheart never got to answer, because the small black and white tom had rammed into Lovepaw. "Lovepaw, why is Snowdrop being carried out of the nursery?" the little tom asked. Lovepaw pushed the little tom away. " She's not going to wake up, Twokit" she said. She walked away from the two toms and went back to her nest, crying silently.
After that Lovepaw was never her happy, loving self. She kept her promise to Twokit, though. She trained him while he was still a kit, telling him that he could help her find the rogue that killed Snowdrop and help kill him. Her friend had abandoned her after her depression became too much. They didn't like her anymore and always tried to stop her from being with Twokit. She had been crying every night until they practically kicked her out of the apprentice den. Her leader, Mothstar, had changed her name to Weepingwillow, because of her sadness.
One day, while she was training Twopaw, her new apprentice, a group of rogues had come across them. She immediately recognized the scent of the killer of Snowdrop. She turned angrily and attacked the group, without telling Twopaw what to do. Weepingwillow was getting weak when suddenly a small body stood over hers. She looked up to see Twopaw standing there. "Twopaw, no!" she yowled, just as the killer threw the little tom into a rock, breaking his head open, killing him instantly. Then more cats joined in the fight as Weepingwillow regained her strength in a rush of anger. She attacked the tom that had killed her adopted brother and mother. Eventually they had chased off the rogues, but Weepingwillow had lost her only true friend, the only one who stayed with her through all her trouble and pain. She had lost the one who got in the way when she went down.