Mistystar's Realization
P.S. I don't own Warriors or "Stand in the Rain" by Superchic[k]
She never slows down.
Mistystar raced through the forest, incredibly deep in sadness and fury. Her mate had just betrayed her! Where was the joy in life, the feelings of victory and glory? She didn't slow down as she threw herself into every obstacle in her path, even when pain shot through her body at crashing into a sharp rock or tripping over a large log.
She doesn't know why but she knows that when she's all alone, feels like its all
Mistystar was totally alone. Not even the father of her kits could help her now. Her kits couldn't do anything about her feelings. She didn't even feel like leading RiverClan anymore.
Alone was a terrible feeling, she thought. It felt like everything was...
coming down
falling down around her, and the worst part was...
She won't turn around
Mistystar's stubbornness failed to make her see sense. She wouldn't turn around, wouldn't beg her mate for forgiveness, wouldn't ask for help. It was now life or death.
The shadows are long and she fears if she cries that first tear, the tears will not
Every shadow leaped out at the queen. They were long and dark, and Mistystar feared crying. If she shed a first tear, maybe more would come, and her tears...
stop raining down
pouring to the ground, drowning her in sorrow.
So stand in the rain
Thunder crackled and real rain began dripping from the sky. Mistystar looked up to the dark, stormy clouds and hissed, flattening her ears.
Stand your ground
Life wasn't over. Mistystar could very well survive, as she was like the loudest thunderclap, booming after her mind, the flashing, forked lightning, made a stand.
Stand up when it's all crashing down
Even though it was raining cats and dogs (sorry bad pun), and the sky looked like it was falling, piece by piece, crashing down, Mistystar yowled to the clouds. She was STRONG!
You stand through the pain
She could FIGHT the PAIN! She could STAND UP!
You won't drown
She WASN'T lost in her tears, she was SWIMMING! SWIMMING! She was RIVERCLAN!
And one day, whats lost can be found
And one day, she might find another mate, a better one! Mistystar leaped away, ready to return to her Clan.
You stand in the rain
She paused outside the camp entrance, hearing this phrase pour through her mind. Bluestar, her mother, was whispering to her.
"Like me, Mistystar, you stand in the rain."
She won't make a sound
Mistystar wouldn't make a sound. A strong feeling: pride, rippled through her body. Pride in her Clan, pride in her father and her mother, pride in her dead brother. Pride in her kits, her deputy (who was also her kit), RIVERCLAN! She was swimming through the tears that threataned to kill her, STANDING IN THE RAIN.
Alone in this fight with herself and the fears whispering if she stands she'll fall
But what's this? A fight against her own mind? When the thunder ceased to sound after the lightning danced across the sky? Mistystar's fears mounted.
down
Down, down, down. Her self-esteem dropped.
She wants to be found
But new energy was coursing through her veins. She was alive! She needed to be found by happiness and her Clanmates. But...
The only way out is through everything she's running from wants to give up and lie
Mistystar's tail drooped in the dust.
down.
Down, down down.
So stand in the rain
Bluestar whispered again: "Stand in the rain, my daughter,
Stand your ground
lead your Clan and stand your ground,
Stand up when it's all crashing down
keep going when it seems like everything is falling apart,
You stand through the pain
you must stay strong when the pain threatens you,
You won't drown
you will not drown, Mistystar,
And one day, whats lost can be found
and who knows? You might find something you lost someday...
You stand in the rain
just remember this, Mistystar, you stand in the rain."
Stardust555
