Okay.
This is basically a fic where some cats are on the run from infected cats. The main character is nameless and isn't /really/ writing in a diary; she/he is just speaking in their head at the end of each day. Just read it.
Please keep in mind that is short because only so much can happen in a day, and if I continued to drag it out, it'd end up with the main character rambling on and on.
DAY ONE
Today we left camp around early sunhigh. Although it pained me greatly so say goodbye to lake that had served as our home for the last couple of moons, Squirrelflight and Thornclaw eventually got me going with words of encouragement. Firestar, in his weakened state, is making us lag behind majorly, and we're all suffering. Berrynose and Rowanclaw have already suggested leaving him behind, but I won't let them. He's our leader, and though Blackstar, Leopardstar, and Onestar might have already succumbed to the disease, I refuse to let Firestar join them.
Our trek carried us far from the ThunderClan camp, and we're starting to near the mountains. How long can we last like this? I'm almost afraid to ask.
The skies are no longer filled with stars. Instead they remain hollow and filled with darkness and a foggy mask of clouds that never seem to disappear. The twolegs are no longer here; they all packed up and left as soon as the diseased cats—the Tainted Ones, as we call them—appeared in their nests and 'towns.' In fact, though my pads are cracked and split open, I still continue to press onwards, Sedgekit writhing and wriggling around in my jaws. I desperately want to tell her everything will be okay; I really do, but I doubt even my own words.
It pains me to see our greatest and mightiest warriors mourn the loss of their loved ones and then let the Tainted Ones take them, too.
StarClan, are you even out there anymore? We can't see you or feel your presence, but Kinkfur won't let any of us give up. I'm…scared, actually. Why did you leave us? Was it because of the Tainted Ones invading your starry skies, or was it because you can no longer guide us? No matter what, I refuse to give up; I'll stay strong until I die, just like Tigerstar, no matter how twisted he was. Even as we bed down as night starts to fall in an old and abandoned shack, I know you're out there.
Sedgekit…nobody seemed to notice her hiding under the tree when we ran, except for me, of course. No cat from WindClan is left; they've all perished in the wake of the diseased cats and have turned into them. I've sworn to protect her until I breathe my last breath, no matter what happens. She looks to me for guidance with her big eyes, snuggling close to my belly and breathing in my scent.
She's the closest thing to a family I've ever had; I can tell her everything. She knows my deepest and darkest secrets and allows me to pour all my thoughts into her. I know she looks at me as her role-model; she copies my every move.
But now, with the threat of the infection growing closer, she takes to sticking close to me and sleeping. I just hope that it'll pass soon.
Maybe it's just a terrible nightmare, and I'll wake up soon…