As I'm writing this, I'm beyond mad :-( I had chapter one written, but I can't type it up because I lost it! ughh.. so now I either have to find it tonight, or ten days from now. :/ so i may just re-write the whole thing if I can't find it...
But anyhow- back to the story! I hope you enjoy it!
Disclaimer: Erin Hunter owns Warriors, not me.
Hollyleaf gazed sadly into the pool, her black starry fur reflected back at her. As she continued to gaze into the water's depths, another cat joined her, and laid her tail on Hollyleaf's shoulder in a comforting gesture. When Hollyleaf finally realized who it was, she turned around, excitement shining in her eyes.
"Honeyfern!" she cried out excitedly as she saw her friend. Then her face changed from one of happiness to one of sorrow. "This means I'm really dead then, doesn't it?"
Honeyfern sadly shook her head. "Welcome to StarClan, Hollyleaf. It's not really as bad as you think, I mean there's always prey, it's always warm, there's no leafbare and-" Honeyfern stopped talking as she realized that Hollyleaf wasn't listening. "Hollyleaf, what's the matter?" she mewed quietly. She paused for a moment, and when she got no answer she continued, "You really don't want to be here, do you?"
Hollyleaf sighed. All of her thoughts were swimming around in her head. She was so confused, and the thought of being dead just sent her head spinning again. "Well, I guess I'm not very thrilled about being here. But I think it's probably better than being in ThunderClan right now, especially after the Gathering a couple nights ago." She cringed at the memory of that night. "Honeyfern, what was I thinking? I know Squirrelflight didn't mean any harm to us, but what her and Leafpool did was against the warrior code, and they lied to their clan, and and…" she trailed off, not knowing what to say.
Honeyfern looked at her, her eyes filled with understanding and remorse. This is a cat that didn't deserve to die, Honeyfern thought to herself. I'll have to talk to Bluestar about… she shook her head, driving the though away. Not now, she told herself. "Hollyleaf, what you did may not have been the best choice, but no one in StarClan blames you. Leafpool and Crowfeather broke the warrior code. Squirrelflight lied to Brambleclaw. Eventually the secret would've gotten out, but maybe revealing at a Gathering was too much at once."
Hollyleaf looked at the pool of water again. "I guess, but now I feel that my actions caused a lot of pain that wasn't necessary, especially between Brambleclaw and Squirrelflight. And every clan probably thinks that ThunderClan cats tell lies. Oh Honeyfern, there has to be a way to fix this!" Hollyleaf turned to Honeyfern, a pleading look shining in her eyes.
Honeyfern sadly looked back at her friend. "There may be a way to help your news not have such a hard toll on ThunderClan, but not even StarClan is powerful enough to change what has happened. We can only watch it run its course, and possibly help those that have been affected by it to cope with it. Both Squirrelflight and Brambleclaw have a hard path ahead of them, and hopefully the can forgive each other when they reach the end."
Hollyleaf sighed. "You're right. But now I feel guilty about all the chaos I caused."
"Don't worry about it. After time, it will just seem like a bad mistake." Honeyfern turned away from the puddle. "I'm guessing you haven't even explored all of StarClan yet! I'll show you around some."
"Sure," Hollyleaf would do anything to stop thinking about what she had done, and the trouble it had caused. Bounding off after her friend, she gave the starry puddle one last glance before she raced off into the trees. As she left, the stars in the puddle continued to sparkle and shine, casting a soft glow onto the forest.
Okay so that was really short... but please tell me what you thought of it and review! thanks :)
Did you see where I got the name of the title? It's in there somewhere! See if you can find it! It hopefully won't be very hard to find.
