"Who's with me? We chase the dog pack out of our territory! Then we get to become warriors!" Swiftpaw exclaimed. Cloudtail just became a warrior, and Swiftpaw was jealous. He wanted to become a warrior more than anything. He was not going to let Cloudtail ruin everything.
"I don't know Swiftpaw, that seems kinda dangerous. We could all get killed!" Thornpaw pointed out. He walked away to the apprentices den.
"Yeah, what Thornpaw said." Said Rosepaw worriedly. She walked behind Thornpaw. Swiftpaw gave up. He felt so much anger. They were being blind! But he knew it was no use. He too stalked off to the apprentices den. He curled up and curled his tail over his nose.
"Swiftpaw?" Brightpaw asked. She continued
"I know you don't want to be bothered, but I will go with you to fight the dog pack, but you probably gave up, so never mind." Brightpaw said then started to walk away.
Swiftpaw jumped up.
"You will?" He said in excitement.
"Yes, of course!" Brightpaw said as she spun around. Swiftpaw knew she would listen. He felt joy and happiness.
"Alright, here's the plan" Swiftpaw said.
Skipping to Moonhigh
"Wake up Brightpaw!" whispered Swiftpaw. He nudged Brightpaw with his head. She looked up at Swiftpaw.
"Let's go." Brightpaw rose to her feet. Swiftpaw led Brightpaw out of the gorse tunnel and to the Sunningrocks.
When they arrived he saw the dogs crawl out of the cave. He hissed at them, Brightpaw following with a spit at one of them. He signaled Brightpaw to start attacking.
He leapt at one of them and sliced one of their noses. The dog tried to grab him with its powerful jaws, but Swiftpaw was quicker. He jumped on its back and managed to rake his claws down its flank. The dog bucked but Swiftpaw hung on.
He jumped off the dog and scratched its nose.
Then Swiftpaw felt a burst of pain as one of the other dogs chomped down on his back and threw him up into the air to one of the other dogs. Swiftpaw felt as if he was the ugly stinky things chew toy. The other dog caught him and threw him onto the ground. Swiftpaw was bleeding horribly everywhere. He looked around for Brightpaw and saw her body on the ground.
Once the dogs were satisfied after ripping at Swiftpaw some more they raced back to their cave.
Swiftpaw felt pain everywhere. He tried to move but it hurt too much. Then he saw Brightpaw again. He started to crawl to her.
"B-b-b-Brightpaw?" he rasped. He felt guilt along with the pain. Then she put a paw in front of him. He put his paw on hers.
"A-a-are w-we g-g-going t-t-to d-d-die?" she asked. He could tell she was in so much pain.
"N-n-n-no, w-w-we a-are n-not." Then he saw blackness around his vision. Blood trickled from his mouth and blackness engulfed his vision.
Swiftpaw wailed and cried by the lake in Starclan. He had once again seen that vision. He would never forget what happened. He wished and wished he didn't make that stupid mistake of trying to become a warrior by chasing off those dogs. He had ended up dying, and Brightpaw had been seriously hurt, with half of her face had been ripped off, as well as half of her left ear had been taken.
Almost every day he watched Brightheart and Cloudtail together, with their son Whitepaw. He yearned every day to be down there, with Brightheart. He would try to reach Brightheart in her dreams, but he couldn't. All he wanted was for them to be together forever, loving each other endlessly. Redtail walked up to him in the midst of Swiftpaw's thoughts.
"Starclan has watched you and feels your pain. Starclan is a place where you feel no pain, and you are happy. Why do you feel so much pain that you cry and wail of anger and sadness?" Redtail asked Swiftpaw. He continued.
"It was also Cloudtail's destiny that he and Brightheart are together." He finished.
"Because Brightheart is down there; I am up here! She is in love with another cat! I love her Redtail! I want us to be happy together!" Swiftpaw wailed. That was true. He would do anything to be with her again.
"Alright then, Starclan has granted you one wish. Use it as you please, but use it wisely." Redtail offered. This is just what Swiftpaw needed! He felt a surge of hope up his pelt. Finally we are going to be together! Swiftpaw thought.
"I wish that I ever decided to chase that dog pack; that Brightheart and I are together still and we love each other" Swiftpaw said confidently. He knew now that everything was going to be okay. Then after that everything went blank.