When Hollyleaf left the tunnels, Fallen Leaves felt he could never feel whole again, losing the she-cat that filled him since his friends and family left. But when he is given the chance to feel the air run in his lungs again, to see and feel the sun on his back again, will he do it? Even when the tunnels is all he knows.
{Hollyleaf and Hazeltail do NOT die in this story. This is amber eyes Fallen Leaves.}
Chapter 1
Fallen Leaves lay in the tunnels, water still rushing in his ears. He relived the favourite moments of his life in his head.
Becoming a softpaw. Being told he was ready to be a sharpclaw. Meeting Jaypaw. Meeting Hollyleaf. Only four moments were treasured in my heart.
I glanced up the tunnel Hollyleaf had fled through, heart beating as I spotted a single tuft of black fur. She had left so suddenly, we had been so happy but now I felt alone and afraid. "Why did you leave? We were so happy." I called out only to know no one would hear me.
I got up, and went off into the tunnels, my mind telling me that the others were waiting for me somewhere. But my heart told me to flee through the tunnel, to go find Hollyleaf.
"Why did this wretched place curse me to lie here forever? Why can I not leave to be happy with her?" I hissed angrily, head drooping in defeat.
"You're destiny was written way before you were kitted, Fallen Leaves. You know that." A voice rasped in my ear. Rock. "But why, Rock? Why was it written this way? Why did I drown that day, to never be found by my friends and family, never to be welcomed back as a sharpclaw?" I questioned him.
"The Tribe of Rushing Water would have never been founded, a sad destiny for you, but one that had a big part in the past." Rock gasped, his white eyes narrowed.
"But why? Why could I not be happy." I wailed to him.
"Think, Fallen Leaves. You would have never met Hollyleaf, would you?" Rock mewed to me, trotting up. Fallen Leaves mused over this. Rock was right, I would never have met the she-cat of his dreams if he had not had this destiny. "You're right, but I dreamt of hunting for my mother, father and all the others." I protested furiously.
"I know, Fallen Leaves. But your destiny is not over yet.".
"What?".
"You're destiny isn't over.".
"What are you saying?".
"Do you want to live again, is what I'm saying." Rock grumbled.
The world seemed to collapse in happiness on top of me. Another chance to live? To see other cats? To meet Hollyleaf once more? To feel the sun beat down on top of me? "Yes!" I mewed eagerly, "I'd do anything!".
"You're eager aren't you?" Rock chuckled, though still his face showed no emotion.
I nodded, my heart thumping. This was my chance! To be reunited with life and the she-cat of any tom's dreams. "Can I be reborn now?".
"Oh ho, ho! It is not that easy, Fallen Leaves. Just sleep and wait. Live on this life. Wait." Rock mewed, flicking his bald tail, turning and slowly fading away.
"But I want to go back-" I protested but Rock had already left, leaving my alone in the caves the only sound the dripping of water. I stared at the ground shaking. Would it really happen? Would I really feel the water trickle down my back again? Would I feel the rock beneath my paws? Or was Rock just teasing me? "Please, my ancestors. Let me get my one true dying wish." I murmured, turning and heading into the deeper tunnels, to begin my caterwauling only to find no reply and to trail on in search of my friends and family forever.
I lay in my nest, a slight bit of moss, though I felt nothing. I had many nests, this one just a bit of moss I found washed up. Why had I drowned? Why couldn't I have been made a sharpclaw? Why had we heard of the water breaking the dam known as earth that would wash away any cat? Why did it have to be this way?
Yes, I may have never met Hollyleaf, but my life would've been perfect. I could've at least met a she-cat in my group that was a close resemblance, though I don't any she-cat could make my legs shake and tremble and my heart melt.
"Fallen Leaves?" That rasp raised my heart. I turned to see the hairless cat that I longed to see for the news that he bared. "Yes, Rock?" I asked him, bounding up.
"StarCan are waiting." Rock grumbled back.
"What do you mean, Rock?" I asked him, before a single slash of paws came down on my neck.
"This is the only way for you to be reborn." Rock whispered into my ear, smiling creepily but his eyes shone with happiness for me.
Then the world went black, I was falling, nothing around to stop me. I wailed, but no sound came from my wide open mouth. My paws. My paws that sparkled were beginning to fade, slowly but surely.
My eyes began to flash open and shut against my will, as a black face with those attractive green eyes began to laugh in front of me, changing to a grey tabby tom who's blind eyes were curious but mouth was pursed in a focused way.
"This can all come back." A voice whispered in my ear as everything finally went back to darkness.
A soft 'thud' indicated I had hit something. I peeked open an eye and was almost blinded by light. "Where am I?" I rasped in surprise, unsheathing my claws and gently scraping the ground. Then I realized. I felt it. I felt the ground. I smiled and looked down, seeing my ginger and white body.
Then my memory went blank, I forgot who I was. Good question, who am I? I only have flashes of memories of a black she-cat with dark green eyes, water gurgling, dark tunnels and a ginger tabby she-cat with a white stomach wishing me luck for something. "Becoming a sharpclaw.". What's a sharpclaw?
I looked around, a dark forest surrounded me.
Where was I?
Why am I here?
What happened to me?
HELLO. IS IT ME YOU'VE BEEN LOOKING FOR?
Is it too late now to say sorry? Sorry, I'll stop with the song references now.
MEEP.
I'm too lazy for allegiances! :3 MEEP. So, did you like this? I did this because I personally ship these two, as Hollyleaf deserves love and Fallen Leaves is so lonely, and they seem perfect for each other.
{If you despise this ship, please leave without a comment. We do not need 20 reviews on how bad this couple is. It is a great couple to me and many others.}
Stick around! There'll be more! {And I'm working on writing the Blood Lake chapter!}
Goodbye my DNA Samples ;)
~DNACat