Dedicated to Blackstarsmostloyalwarrior, Hawkflight
This story is a story about ShadowClan pairings dedicated to Blackstarsmostloyalwarrior, Hawkflight. The first three are for her and I may write more if I get some good requests from reviewers. However I will not do crossclan parings and there are a couple of ShadowClan ones I won't do. I like original ones. Please R&R!
The night was still, nothing stirred within the darkness except a cat. He was a dark brown tom with scruffy unkempt fur and amber eyes that searched the shadows eagerly. The wind blew softly passed him, parting the fronds of a small fern, where an equally tattered gray she-cat sat.
She looked up in surprise as he entered the clearing in which she sat. "Raggedstar?" She asked. She dipped her head respectfully in greeting to him. The brown tom purred as he sat beside her.
"Come now Yellowfang, its just me." He blinked affectionately at her. Yellowfang turned her sad orange gaze upon him.
"Hush Raggedstar. You may be respected here but that won't last if we are found. We must be quiet, you can never tell who may be listening." She told him in a low, worried voice. The brown tom's eyes were downcast and he sighed unhappily.
"Yellowfang, how are we to keep this up? You are expecting kits soon. Someone will find out. I just want to enjoy this while it lasts. I no longer care what they think. I am tired with this false pretence. Is this so bad? You are also respected within our clan." He meowed hopefully, but the gray she-cat shook her head immediately.
"No. We cannot. You knew that from the start. We could never tell anyone." She explained. A puzzled gaze crossed Raggedstar's face.
"But-" He began but Yellowfang lifted her tail tip to his mouth.
"No, don't say it or I might agree. You know that I want to let every cat know as much as you do but it's just not possible. Think of our kit's futures if no one else's." She meowed, breathing hard. Her shoulders seemed to carry a great weight, the weight of a secret hidden for so long.
Raggedstar and Yellowfang sat in silence for a long time just listening to the faint sounds of camp a long way away. The wind whistled softly and the trees seemed to sigh. The pair of ShadowClan cats felt like sighing themselves. So much they wanted, so little they could have.
"The good of the clan must come above all else." Raggedstar mewed softly but his words did not sound like his own. They sounded forced, a quote from another leader. The leader he was not. Yellowfang bowed her head just as reluctantly though it had been she who had refused the great leader.
"There is no way we can be together." Raggedstar choked out his eyes full of pain and misery. "No way." Yellowfang whirled upon the brown raggedy tom.
"Oh will you stop?" She cried in anguish. "You are not the only one who is suffering here. How many sacrifices do you think I've made? How many risks have I taken for us? Us. We are together in this Raggedstar." Yellowfang started loud but gradually her voice lowered into an agonized whisper.
Raggedstar stared at her for a moment before turning his head away in shame. The gray she-cat immediately regretted her harsh words.
"I'm sorry Raggedstar." She mewed softly. "I love you, you know?" She asked. Raggedstar lowered his shaggy head slowly.
"Yes, dear Yellowfang. I love you too." He whispered. "But we were never meant to be." Yellowfang bowed her head too her eyes downcast and her words full of sorrow.
"No." She agreed sadly gazing up into the great leader's miserable eyes. "We were never meant to be."
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