What did I do wrong? Otterstar thought, as she had many times before when that brown and black spotted tom entered her mind. Sighing, she sped up to catch the patrol she was on with her deputy, Splashfur, and one of her loyal warriors, Leafspirit. "Hmm? What's wrong Otterstar?" Splashfur asked concerned. "Oh nothing, I think I'm just gonna go for a walk." She replied and walked away, her tail dragging in the dirt.
She knew she should've stayed with the patrol and finished it, but she didn't want to cry in front of her warriors. Even now, she could feel the back of her eyes stinging as pictures of Leopardheart, the cat she fell in love with, flashed in her mind. Some of him were alone, others with the rest of the strange cats he came with,but the ones that got to her the most were of her and Leopardheart together, in what, she thought, were happier times.
When her mind finally stopped on a picture of them sitting together, the dam that held her tears finally broke. Just then there was clap of thunder and rain started fall from the sky gently, as if StarClan was crying. Don't be a mousebrain, why StarClan cry over one cat that isn't even dying? Otterstar thought, shaking her head. Tears still streaming down her face, Otterstar continued beside the river, but it was the same image in her head that she couldn't get rid of.
Finally, she couldn't take it anymore, so she sat down and yowled at the darkening sky. "Why did you go?! Why would you leave me Leopardheart?! I loved you! Did I do something wrong?! What did I do?! What did I say?! Whatever it is, I'm sorry! Please come back! Come back!" She yowled mournfully, then collapsed into a crying mess.
Eventually dusk turned to night. With the rain still falling, Otterstar stood and walked to the meadow that they had discovered together and collapsed, falling into a deep restless sleep.
