A/N This is a really short chapter. I know. I was bored and I just started writing. I should probably be working on my other book Choices, but I couldn't help myself. :)
One thing this is meant to take place under the assumption that Bramblestar's storm doesn't happen. Just thought you should know.
P.S. Please, please, read my other book Difficult Choices. It has a lot of views, but not a lot of re-views. So, please please review.
I'll stop talking now.
Bramblestar sighed as he shook the snow off his pelt. He was glad to be back in camp after a long hunt in the snow. It was the first snow of the season and with it came the end to easy hunting for a while.
"Bramblestar!" Squirrelflight said."Wait! I need to talk to you!"
Bramblestar sighed and turned around at the sound of his deputy's voice. Seeing her made anger rise up within him.
"What do you want Squirrelflight!" He said more angrily than he meant to.
He didn't look her in the eye and instead stared at his paws.
"Never mind," Squirrelflight said sadly.
The hurt in her voice made him look up. The pain in her eyes made him look away again. He heard her paw steps retreat and then slowly fade away.
He hadn't meant to hurt her that much, but he was angry with her. She had lied to him! That's what hurt him the most. If she didn't trust him than they couldn't be mates. He wondered what other secrets she had been keeping from him. I can't forgive her, he thought as he headed back to his den. Not after what she's done to me.
Squirrelflight padded away from Bramblestar and watched sadly as he headed to his den. All she wanted to do was makeup with him. Maybe even be mates again. But it seemed as though he didn't want to even look at her let alone talk. She sighed. It wasn't that she didn't trust him. It was just that she hadn't wanted to cause him pain by having him know that the kits weren't actually his.
A question formed in her mind. If he was always going to harbor a grudge against her, then why did he make her deputy. She wondered why she hadn't asked herself this sooner. After all, he had been short with her ever since the truth had come out. Maybe I should just quit. She thought. If the leader is always at odds with his deputy, then the clan will surely fail. The realization hit her as suddenly as a surprise storm.
She had to quit. For the good of the clan, she had to quit. A sudden surge of anger towards Bramblestar shook her. She was going to have to give up her dream all because of his stupid grudge against her. As quickly as her anger had come, it went. And why did he have the grudge? Because she had felt it was best to lie to him.
She had been happy to pass off her sister's kits as her own so he could have the joy of being a father. Sadness washed over her as she relived the moment that Yellowfang had told her she couldn't have kits of her own. After being told that, she had been happy to take the kits. I wonder if anybody else has had to make a similar decision, she thought.
Immediately a cat came to mind: Bluestar. Ironically, Bluestar's situation had been the exact opposite of hers but yet probably was just as painful as hers was. Bluestar had had to give up her kits in order to be the ThunderClan deputy while Squirrelflight would have to quit because the clan couldn't survive with her being deputy.
Tears formed in her eyes as she walked slowly to Bramblestar's den to tell him her decision. As she passed the medicine den she heard someone call her name. Quickly blinking away the tears, she spun around to find Leafpool motioning her with a paw to come into the medicine cat den.
"What is it?" Squirrelflight asked.
"Lionblaze and Jayfeather are coughing." Her sister replied. Normally that wouldn't have been a problem, but the look on Leafpool's face told Squirrelflight it was definitely something to be worried about.
"What is it? What's wrong with them? Squirrelflight asked.
"It's Greencough." Her sister told her quietly.
So yes, a new story. I know what you all are thinking. I'm not even finished with one story, and now I'm starting another. I know, but I just felt like it. This will probably be a quick one anyway. :D
More chapters to follow! Reviews are greatly appreciated.
