Hi guys! Ciara here! (Who else? xD ) I was just reading The Last Hope for the bizillionth time and I got an idea. If you didn't read the summary, SPOLIER ALERT: This will annoy CinderxLion fans xD I went for the LionXIce pairing because 1. Icecloud is awesome and 2. She doesn't get enough love. Anyways, ENJOY!
Lionblaze POV
Lionblaze padded through the forest. Squirrels leapt from tree to tree a little while overhead. Mouse scuttled away from his paws, but still an easy catch. Birds jumped from tree root to tree root, unaware of anything except their own sweet melodys. But Lionblaze didn't care.
The Great Battle had gone and passed. Cinderheart had told him she loved him before hand but just recently she had told him, to his face, that her feelings for him had gone.
Lionblaze hadn't beileved his ears when he heard her. No, he had thought, shes just kidding, right? He had tried to put his tail around he shoulders but she'd shrugged it away.
"No Lionblaze," she'd mewed. "I just... don't feel like I did before. You never know, my feelings for you might come back." Her voice told him that was not going to happen.. at least not for a LOOONNNG time. "But for now we're just friends." Cinderheart added.
His heart had broken right then. Shattered into a million pieces.
"What did I do wrong?" He murmered, looking up at the dusk sky. There were no stars out, nothing moved, not even the orange clouds- no sign StarClan was listening.
He sighed and looked at his paws. "What did I do wrong?" He whispered to himself.
"Hey."
Lionblaze turned around to see the bright white pelt of Icecloud. Oh mousedung he thought she heard me
"Are you alright?" She asked, not unkindly.
Lionblaze looked her in the eye. She met his stare unflinchingly. He finally looked away. "No." He murmered.
"Is it about Cinderheart?" Icecloud asked him
"Yes I-" Lionblaze stopped and looked at her. "How did you know?" His heart sunk. "Does the whole Clan know."
It was Icecloud's turn to look away.
He groaned. Couldn't he have a private life for once?! Without some cat (or badger) telling him what to do?! He'd thought, now that the prophecy had been fufilled, he might have some peace. Well apparently not!
"I'm sorry." Icecloud mewed, and the kindness in her voice suprised him. "Do you wanna go hunting with me to take your mind off it?"
"Won't the prey see you coming?" Lionblaze scoffed without thinking. He immediatly realized what he'd said and mewed quickly. "Oh i'm sorry Icecloud! I didn't mean it like that! Please don't feel offended!"
Icecloud licked his cheek which suprised him, and also seemed to make him feel calmer. "Don't worry you stupid furball." She purred. "I'm not offended. Its true of course. I just thought it might take your mind off things."
Lionblaze licked her cheek back and she looked up, suprised, yet happy. "I'm fine with that. But does a walk along the beach intrest you?"
The she-cat smiled up at him. "That works just fine."
Icecloud POV
They walked side by side to the beach. The water gently lapped up agasint the shore.
Icecloud couldn't beilieve this was happening. She tried to slow her heart rate but that just made it go faster. She had always loved Lionblaze, she didn't care if he didn't love her back, and she always would love him.
They talked and joked about many things. They played tag, which Lionblaze excelled at, and eventually just flopped down onto the sand, watching the stars.
"Why did you ask me to be with you anyway?" Lionblaze asked eventually
"Can't a warrior spend some time with a Clanmate now?" Icecloud replied, trying to look and sound innocent. It didn't work.
Lionblaze turned his head to look at her. "Really," he mewed, "Why?"
She breathed in then exhaled sharply. "Lionblaze," she started, "You probably didn't know but ever since we were kits i've loved you."
Lionblaze POV
Okay. Now Lionblaze had seen and heard alot of things.
He'd found out he was part of a prophecy that might destory all the Clans. He could handle that.
He'd found out he was Half-Clan, born to a ThunderClan medicine cat and a WindClan warrior. He could handle that okay.
He'd found out the Dark Forest could actually get into the real world. He could handle that alright.
But this. Icecloud saying that she loved him?! No. Way.
He stared at her, his eyes huge.
"Icecloud-" he started but he cut him off.
"No. Its okay." She interjected. "I knew you didn't love me back. I just wanted to tell you." She got up and got ready to run away.
"Icecloud." He mewed quietly. "I love you too."
And it was true. All that time fussing over Cinderheart had made him forget. He needed someone like Icecloud.
Icecloud stopped in her tracks and whipped round.
"What?" She mewed. "Did I just hear what I thought I did? I bet I didn't. I-"
Lionblaze padded up to her and brushed his muzzle agasint hers, cutting her off. "I love you Icecloud." He mewed in her ear. "I don't care what anyone else thinks. I will love you forever."
They both purred, feeling at peace. Lionblaze's heart, which he thought would never heal, had been put all back together- and when he looked up he saw the first, brightest star shining down on them.
So how was that? It sucked, I know. I'll try to make the next chapter better. This is only supposed to be a short story so ya. Anyways, hope you enjoyed!
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