Man, I forgot that I was planning to do this story first! Cruelties of the Clans will be continued once I finish this one, or get to at least 20 oneshots. I'll update The Founding and Revenge over the weekend. I'm battling a cold, and make-up homework, so I haven't been able to work as much lately. This story is about Squirrelflight and Brambleclaw, and it's about how Squirrelflight first came to love the cheeky-furball we all love that's name is Brambleclaw!

NAME: Squirrelflight

MATE: Brambleclaw

KITS: Larchsong, Aquagaze, Swiftfleet, Tigerfrost

GRANDKITS: Runningpaw, Rosepaw, Dapplepaw

NIECES: Hollystar

GREAT-NIECES: Snowkit, Sunkit, Patchkit

NEPHEWS: Jayfeather, Lionblaze

MOTHER: Sandstorm

FATHER: Firestar

SISTER: Leafpool

GRANDFATHER: Redtail

AUNT: Princess

HALF-AUNT: Ruby

HALF-UNCLES: Scourge, Socks

COUSIN: Cloudtail

SECOND COUSIN: Whitewing

MENTOR: Dustpelt

APPRENTICES: Foxleap, Blazingpaw

BrambleXSquirrel

I was a young apprentice then, naïve and I did it for a reason. Yeah, I'm Squirrelfight, and I'm talking about falling in love with Brambleclaw. I know, most cats think that I fell in love with him just naturally.

That actually isn't true at all. I started noticing Stormfur showing affection towards me. Me? I didn't like him at all! Brambleclaw was the only other cat I could latch onto that wasn't Crowpaw.

No offense to Crowpaw, but he just wasn't a cat I was going to be mates with. So, I started to act like I loved him. As time passed through the journey, cats started to piece together that we were a couple, and I didn't particularly mind that.

As we were traveling back to the clans, he finally figured out that I liked him. Now, I still was just looking for a casual excuse, until one event happened.

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I was walking along side a relatively deep, and fast current river, thinking of how we'd be heroes back at home. It had just rained, so the river was swollen in some areas. As I was thinking of how my father would praise me, I tripped over a root, and was thrown underneath the water.

My paws could reach the bottom, so I scrambled over to the bank. The others were out hunting, so they would never hear my pleas. Relief washed over me as my claws sunk into the dirt that formed the bank.

Half of my thin frame was out of the water when that relief suddenly ebbed away…I heard a soft rrrrrp, and I was floating farther and farther away from the bank. The chunk of land I was on had disconnected itself from the mainland!

Soon, it became saturated with water, and was sinking. 'You can do this, Squirrelpaw, just climb over to the bank again,' I thought to myself. When I reached to touch my paws to the floor, I realized that the water had grown deeper, and I could no longer stand.

"BRAMBLECLAW!" I shrieked as I struggled to stay afloat. "TAWNYPELT, CROWPAW, FEATHERTAIL, STORMFUR, SOMEBODY HELP ME!"

Those were the last words I spoke before a wave came over top of me, and pushed me under. I was sent to the bottom of the pool, and my foot got caught on a root. My lungs were screaming for air, and I couldn't free myself.

A dark figure came from above, and I was discombobulated. I guess I thought I was back at Midnight's den, and that I was in the ocean. When Crowpaw saw a dark gray shape out of the water, that was called a 'fin,' Midnight told us that they were sharks, and they were the badger of the ocean.

After letting out one more silent plea to StarClan, I closed my eyes, and everything went black. Later on that night, I slowly opened my eyes, and my head was fuzz. A dark shape was sleeping next to me, and I breathed in its comforting scent.

My eyes shot open fully, and I realized who it was. It was his comforting scent; Brambleclaw was sleeping next to me! I couldn't believe it as I pieced everything together.

The dark figure that I had seen as I was drowning, with glowing amber eyes, must've been Brambleclaw.

"I see you're awake," the voice of Tawnypelt echoed from behind me. I turned to face her, and nodded.

"How long has he…?" I started, my vision blurring.

"The whole time you were out. I think he really likes you. You're lucky to have a tom like him in your life. I mean he is my brother!" Tawnypelt laughed.

Brambleclaw slowly woke up beside me, and saw that I was okay. "Squirrelpaw, you're, you're, you're."

"Alive?" I finished.

"Yeah," he murmured.

"Cheeky furball!" I giggled and gave him an affectionate nudge.

That was when I realized that all of the times I pretended to like him; I grew to love him. After he found out that I didn't give birth to Hollystar, Jayfeather, and Lionblaze, I had already been expecting his kits.

He avoided me for the whole span of me pregnancy, not even noticing it! When I gave birth to four of his kits, he came into the nursery to visit me. He had figured that they were some other toms, but when he saw the familiar dark brown tabby pelt, he knew that they were his.

He forgave me, and now the cheeky furball is never too far away from me. Where am I now? I'm living happily in the elders' den, where I'll live out the rest of my days watching my family grow.

How did you like it? I was planning on doing a LeafXCrow, SorrelXBracken, CinderXFire, FireXSand, and others, so if there's a chapter you'd like to see happen now, please tell me, and I'll make it. Another good one would be ShrewXSquirrel *gets evil ideas*. Yeah, so please review, and I'll start the first request once I get it!