Okay, so I love Cinderpelt, SO much. She's my favorite cat, and I couldn't stop crying when her dreams were crushed and she was killed. It sucked that Leafpool left at her time of need and that it was her destiny to die like that (even though I'm a huge LeafxCrow fan). But, I'm glad she was given a second shot at life through Cinderheart, even though she ended up with Lionblaze. Anywho, here's Cinderpelt. Oh, and there's quite a bit CinderxFire in this, so if you don't like that, then don't read it. I was a big supporter of those two. I still am, even though Cinderheart is with Lionblaze and Firestar is with Sandstorm. But, please enjoy anyways!

~ Blackheart

DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN WARRIORS BY ERIN HUNTER OR MISSING BY EVANESCENCE. IF I DID, CINDERPELT WOULD STILL BE ALIVE – AS CINDERPELT, NOT CINDERHEART - AND BE FIRESTAR'S MATE. :)

Please, please forgive me

But I won't be home again

Maybe someday you'll look up

And barely conscious you'll say to no one

Isn't something missing?

"And Cinderpaw, your mentor will be Fireheart." Bluestar announced.

Fireheart!

Cinderpaw grinned at the though of the brave, fiery tom that had saved herself and her littermates. Glancing over at her mentor, she noticed he looked proud, but shy at the same time. I wonder what he'll think of me... I hope he likes me!

Fireheart and Cinderpaw touched noses. Fireheart's eyes were shining with happiness. Fireheart and Graystripe ended up taking herself and Brackenpaw to see the border. Cinderpaw continued to run ahead, but always came back. She always came back to Fireheart. She always wondered what would happen between them when she earned her warrior name. She never did stop. Even after that fateful day, she gripped those emotions like a thin thread her hope and life dangled from.

You won't cry for my absence, I know

You forgot me long ago

Am I that unimportant?

Am I so insignificant?

Isn't something missing?

Isn't someone missing me?

The pain was unbearable. Why didn't I listen to him? Cinderpaw thought as she blacked out. Fireheart's devastated voice struck more pain into her than any physical pain ever could. Her leg pain was momentarily forgotten in her agony. She didn't want him to be sad. She wasn't his apprentice anymore – true. But she would always be his friend. She would always love him. No matter what happens in the end.

Cinderpaw felt useless. Even with Fireheart visiting her almost daily, she couldn't stand it. So when Yellowfang took her as an apprentice, Cinderpaw was grateful to the elderly she-cat, but knew she could never have a mate now. She could never have Fireheart. Her Fireheart.

He visited less, spending more and more of his spare time with Sandstorm. Sandstorm, instead of her. Cinderpaw was heartbroken. She never got the courage to tell him though.

Even though I'm the sacrifice

You won't try for me, not now

Though I'd die to know you love me

I'm all alone

Isn't someone missing me?

Cinderpelt. My new name is Cinderpelt. I try to talk to Fireheart, searching for the right opportunity to tell him…But it never comes. He always seemed eager to get back to Sandstorm and never pays any attention to me. Now I wish I'd died on that Thunderpath. That way I wouldn't be dying now. Dying from the inside out. Dying of a broken heart.

Please, please forgive me

But I won't be home again

I know what you do to yourself

I breathe deep and cry out

Isn't something missing?

Isn't someone missing me?

Firestar. He's Firestar now. My Firestar. The Moonstone would've been the perfect chance to tell him, but when I tried to, my voice caught in my throat. I couldn't. It would tear him apart. No matter how much I loved him, I couldn't do that. I couldn't put him through the same pain I was still going through.

He and Sandstorm have two kits. Squirrelkit and Leafkit. Leafkit seems to have taken an interest to being a medicine cat. But I've only taken an interest in her father. Who I now know I can never have. But I will never stop wondering what could've happened.

If only I had listened.

Even though I'm the sacrifice

You won't try for me, not now

Though I'd die to know you love me

I'm all alone

Isn't someone missing me?

Even now, during the Great Journey, when Leafpaw is my apprentice and Squirrelpaw has returned, I wonder. He speaks little to me during the journey, spending most of his time with Sandstorm, as usual. I just limp around, tending to cats of all four Clans.

And if I bleed, I'll bleed

Knowing you don't care

And if I sleep I'll dream of you

I'll wake up without you there

Isn't something missing?

Isn't someone

Even during the battle against the badgers when Sorreltail's kits came. I always wondered what would've happened if it was me instead of Sandstorm. Even after Leafpool ran away with Crowfeather, and I'm fighting the badger alone. And when I'm bleeding out onto the den floor, I just want to hear those three words from his mouth. Those three special words that every cat wants to hear.

I listen forever…

Even though I'm the sacrifice

You won't try for me, not now

Thought I'd die to know you love me

I'm all alone

Isn't something missing?

Isn't someone missing me?

But they never come.

:`( Great, now I'm sad. Poor Cinderpelt. Please R&R (lol, I don't even know what R&R stands for. xD) and requests are still accepted – as they always will be. Thanks for reading! Hope you liked it~!

~ Blackheart