Leafpool

I never wanted this.

all I wanted was to be the best medicine cat that I could be.

but all that is gone now.

the birth of Lionblaze, Jayfeather, and Hollyleaf changes everything.

and now I am stuck between my clan and the cat I love.

is all of this pain worth it?

I never thought that love would hurt this much.

Crowfeather

Love and pain are similar things.

I once thought that pain didn't matter, that I could endure all the pain in the world for love.

but now, all that pain and suffering is threatening to engulf me.

all I wanted was to be loyal to my clan.

all I wanted was to be a good warrior.

that's not possible now.

Nightcloud

when my son was born, I thought that his father could learn to love him and me.

I thought we could be a family.

obviously I was wrong.

because when I learned that he would never care for us,

I realized something that I think I knew all along.

True love doesn't exist.