Unexpected Romance

by lavi0123

The Battle against the Dark Forest is over, and many cats have died. But, as always, life in ThunderClan goes on. Every she-cat has found their perfect mate-except for Ivypool. But that changes when she runs into an old enemy, and attracts another tom as well! Now she has a choice to make, mate with her old enemy or mate with the tom who loves her but whom she doesn't love back.

2. Chapter 1

Ivypool glanced around the ThunderClan camp. It was definitely running smoothly, she thought. Bramblestar had done a good job rebuilding the camp. But even though the camp was restored, Ivypool would never forget that Hollyleaf, her close friend, had died when the camp had been attacked by the Dark Forest. Cinderheart, her former mentor, had mated with Lionblaze, and Dovewing, her sister, had mated with Bumblestripe, and it was those two actions that made her fume.

'How can they just move on so quickly?' she thought snappishly. 'Cats died in the battle against the Dark Forest, and they're just willing to forget all of that?!'

Hollyleaf had been Cinderheart's best friend, and out of all her Clanmates, she was the one that Ivypool expected to be grieving the most. But instead she mated with Lionblaze. Lionblaze! The cat that she had ignored for moons, the cat that she had insisted she would never mate with, she mated with him! Cinderheart told her that it was because they needed to move on and forget the battle.

"We did lose many lives in the battle," she admitted. "But that's no reason to brood over it. I'm sad about Hollyleaf as much as you are, but there's nothing we can do now but move on."

Ivypool always thought about how the battle never would've happened if it hadn't been for the Dark Forest. If they hadn't been so intent on getting revenge on the Clans, no cat would've died. But who had been the first apprentice to join their ranks, therefore strengthening them for moons? She had. She had been enticed to join the Dark Forest, and she had almost killed her Clanmates blindly! If it hadn't been for Jayfeather, Lionblaze, and Dovewing (the legendary Three whom Ivypool was still jealous of), she wouldn't have switched over to the Light side in time. It was her fault this started, her fault that so many cats died, her fault-wait, was it all her fault? Sure, she had started it by being jealous of her sister, but was she the only one to blame? No, she wasn't. There was one other cat who was to blame, a cat who had enticed her, a cat who had brought up her insecurities, a cat who had convinced her that she wouldn't be happy unless she joined the Dark Forest. Hawkfrost. Just thinking about the name made her so angry, and to think that she had loved him-

'No, not true,' she scolded herself. 'You never loved Hawkfrost, and you never will!'

She had been telling herself this for awhile now, yet she still had some lingering doubts. Did she really love Hawkfrost? Did he love her?

Well, here's the first chapter! So, Ivypool's having some indecision as to whether she loves Hawkfrost or not. You can submit cats, the form is below:

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