Hi everyone! I always thought Thornclaw needed to have a mate, and there's no one in ThunderClan for him. So I decided to write this, I love forbidden romance, so I thought I'd have a crack at it. This is my version of Thornclaw and Sunstrike, two lovers.
Please review!
The tortoiseshell queen lifted her head and breathed in the fresh, heather-scented breeze of the moor. The large white mark on her head gave her her name. Sunstrike, and right now, relaxed and happy, she felt as radiant as the sun. She looked around, her keen green eyes looking for any sign of a meal. Then, she saw one. It was a young rabbit, sniffing around for something to eat.
Interested now, she crept forward, determined not to let a rabbit escape her. Realising her chance she leapt forward and began to run as fast as her paws would carry her toward the helpless rabbit. The rabbit looked up and froze at the sight of her, then adrenaline kicked it into life, and it raced forward.
More than prepared for the chase, she merely sped up. She loved this feeling, her long legs eating up the ground, the wind ruffling her fur, and the pure thrill of the chase. Lunging forward she caught the rabbit, and delivered a swift death bite to the neck. She stood up with the rabbit clamped in her jaws. She was proud of this rabbit; it was a nice and plump one and would feed all the elders.
She was near the border of ThunderClan territory and just as she was about to head back to camp, a voice from the bushes startled her. "Good catch." It said. She spun around, and dropped her rabbit. Preparing to snap at the cat she was sure was from ThunderClan to stay away and get out of her fur, she stopped dead when a handsome golden tabby tomcat with warm amber eyes stepped out of the trees.
Sunstrike's insides turned to mush as they met eyes and her heart raced. Blood roared in her ears and her mouth opened as she tried to say something, anything, but nothing came out. The tom spoke for her. "What's your name?" He asked casually. Finally finding her voice, she managed to mew "S-Sunstrike." He eyed her and then meowed "Hello Sunstrike, I'm Thornclaw."
Somehow managing to be aggressive, she meowed "What are you doing? Get out of WindClan territory!" Her voice shook so much she doubted it was a threat. Thornclaw purred, amused, "I am not on WindClan territory, I am simply congratulating you on you catch." Sunstrike couldn't help it, she purred. "In that case, sorry." Thornclaw laughed gently, his laugh was music to Sunstrike's ears. " Apology excepted."
Then Thornclaw threw a lazy glance in her direction before stretching out in the setting sun, his golden fur gleamed and his amber eyes glinted, Sunstrike felt some unknown emotion spread through her as she watched the tom, and her heart lurched, but before she could say anything, the gold tabby tom sat up and mewed "Well, I guess I'll see you around Sunstrike." Then he disappeared into the bushes of ThunderClan's territory and he was gone as quick the bushes of ThunderClan's territory and he was gone as quickly as he had come.
Sunstrike blinked and then carried the rabbit back to camp. When she got there her friend, Swallowtail, greeted her. "Hey Sunstrike." The gray she-cat mewed then glanced at her rabbit. "Great catch." She said. "Thanks." Sunstrike mumbled through a mouthful of rabbit, she dumped the thing on the fresh-kill pile then padded after Swallowtail. Swallowtail looked at her quizzically. "You look all…moony." She finally meowed. Sunstrike choked out "I look what?" "Like Leaftail when he's looking at you." Swallowtail replied. "Leaftail?" Sunstrike gasped, "Since when has he liked me?"
"Since last moon!" Swallowtail exclaimed, "Haven't you noticed the way he looks at you and follows you around?" Sunstrike admitted she hadn't. She liked the dark tabby tom; he was a bit full of him self, but then again nothing compared to Breezepelt. Breezepelt! She thought angrily, she hated the black tom, he was so arrogant and stuck-up, his father, Crowfeather, was just as worse.
Shaking the thought from her head she looked back at Swallowtail. "I met this tom on the ThunderClan border today…" But just as she was about to reveal everything to her friend she stopped. No. She thought. I'll keep it a secret, I don't want to tell Swallowtail I was mooning over a ThunderClan cat. That was an eye opener; she had been mooning over him. Swallowtail was interested. "What happened?" She asked. Trying to make up a convincing lie Sunstrike mewed. "I told him to go away." That wasn't exactly a lie… but she hadn't really scared him at all with her half-hearted threat.
Swallowtail was now bored. "Let's go do something," she said. But just as they were in the clearing the dusk patrol came in and with it came Antpelt. Swallowtail immediately started talking to and following the brown tom. Sunstrike purred. If you want moony, than that's moony. She thought. But then she realised something. She did feel something for Thornclaw, something big…
I know that's nothing like Thornclaw, but I figured he'd act differently when he was in love. He'll be back to his old self in the next chapter don't fret. Oh and, please review!