This is the Forgotten Couples Challenge on the Warriors Challenge Forum. It's just a short one-shot about Antpelt and Swallowtail of WindClan. I just went to check if there were any written about this couple at all and there were none there! Well, no pressure on me then!
Hidden Love
My name is Swallowtail of WindClan. You want to know about my love life? You see there's only ever been one love of my life. But he's gone now. He was such a brave and loyal warrior. Yes! Of course he was a member of WindClan! Do you really think I'd be that disloyal to WindClan? No, thank you.
I padded out of the warriors den, letting out a quiet yawn before stretching. Across the other side of the camp sat a small brown tom: Antpelt. I padded over to him and hesitated when I saw a long scratch down his right flank. "What happened to you? Are you okay?" Antpelt jumped and looked up suddenly. "Sorry, I didn't mean to scare you."
"It's alright," Antpelt shrugged.
"So what happened?" I asked as I sat down and started cleaning myself.
"I just scratched myself on a tree," Antpelt answered. I could tell he was lying. Not just because he had a guilty look on his face but the fact that there were hardly any trees on WindClan territory.
"On WindClan territory," I chuckled. Antpelt shot his head round a glared at me. I stood up quickly. "Sorry. I know, it's none of my business." I turned and hurried off, taking one last glance at the brown tom. To me, he looked quite handsome but everyone in the Clan, even the youngest of kits, knew Antpelt wasn't much of a talkative cat. I sighed and padded over to the big group of warriors, huddling around Ashfoot waiting to be told their duties.
"Swallowtail can you go hunting with Antpelt?" Ashfoot asked. I silently groaned to myself.
"Alone?" I asked.
"No, you can take the rabbits with you," Ashfoot replied sarcastically. I turned and padded back to Antpelt.
"What do you want now?" Antpelt growled.
"Ashfoot's wants both of us to go hunting," I snarled angrily. Couldn't Antpelt see I wanted to be friends? In fact I wanted to be more than friends but I couldn't actually say that and I hoped it wasn't too obvious that Antpelt could see my love for him.
Many moons passed and myself and Antpelt soon became good friends. In fact it was that hunting trip that made us friends. I had been too busy watching and admiring Antpelt that my paw got stuck in a rabbit hole. That was embarrassing. Then one day, during the night, something terrible happened…
I gasped and my eyes shot open. I had had a bad dream. I had it nearly every night. I'd just watched my sister Sedgewhisker die in front of me. I automatically glanced over at Antpelt who seemed to be sleeping peacefully so I decided not to wake him before going back to sleep.
I woke up in the morning and heard a loud commotion outside. I glanced around the den and every warrior, including Antpelt were awake. I heaved myself to my paws and padded out of the den to see what all the commotion was about. There was a crowd all circled around something. I pushed my way towards the front and as I got closer I could see a small brown tom. "No. Not Antpelt." I got closer to the body to confirm my worst fear it was Antpelt. "Antpelt!" I screeched. " Kestrelflight. Do something. Help him." Kestrelflight just stood there shaking his head.
"He's dead Swallowtail," Onestar mewed. "There's nothing we can do to help him."
No one ever knew what happened to Antpelt. We don't know how he died. But my love for him remained a secret. I never got a chance to tell him my feelings.
Finished! So, what do you think?