Author's Note:
Just a good ol' hint: The character has not appeared in this story yet, or has he/she? He will be the main character as soon as next chapter. So no Lily, Amber, Seed, Dew, Storm, or Hazel.
Oh and I never mentioned that I try and work on my work and post at most every 14 days, normally less.
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Chapter Four, two moons later:
"You know," Amberheart mewed, "this is one of those nights when I just think about how horrible my life would be without you."
Lilypool looked at her and smiled, "You know, there's no rules about it, so why can't we be more than friends?" A look of longing was shut in her eyes that made Amberheart's heart flip.
Amberheart gulped, "M-more than friends?" She stared at Lilypool in shock. She didn't know Lilypool felt that way.
Lilypool grinned and touched her muzzle to Amberheart's cheek, "More than friends. Is that a yes?" Amberheart could barely breathe. Her heart felt like it was going to burst in just pure...bliss.
"Of course," she whispered, leaning against Lilypool and twining tails. She closed her eyes and just relished Lilypool's sweet scent, her soft fur, her...laughing?
In the real world:
Amberheart groaned, who was laughing? She felt Lilypool stir, and she realized that she was nearly laying on top of Lilypool. Eyes widening, she scrambled up to her paws, only to see the source of the laughing.
Snowstorm and Seedflight were standing in front of her, laughing. Growling, Amberheart mewed, "Great StarClan! I didn't know sleeping was funny! Could you tell me how it was funny?"
Snowstorm smiled, "You two looked adorable laying together like that! Maybe if one of you was a tom, you'd do it more often!" Even though his voice made it seem like he was being serious, Amberheart could tell he was teasing her.
"Wait-what? What's going on?" Lilypool groggily mewed. She lifted her head up and looked around, "What's this meeting about?"
Seedflight smiled so widely Amberheart was surprised her mouth hadn't snapped in half, "Well, you know how Snowstorm and got together over a moon ago? While I have some great news!"
Lilypool sat up and whispered, "No way..." As I looked now, she agreed that she knew what Seedflight was going to say. Amberheart grinned and nodded.
Seedflight nodded, "I'm expecting kits!" She and Snowstorm shared a warm look.
"How long have you known?" Amberheart mewed. She knew that the two loved each other, but she didn't know they'd be having kits so quickly.
"Well..." Seedflight mewed, "I'd been noticing some weird feelings, so I talked with Sorreltail, and she just smiled and told me that I was going to be a mother." Amberheart looked at Seedflight. Her stomach seemed a bit larger, but it wasn't swollen yet. Bliss danced around in Seedflight's eyes.
Snowstorm nuzzled her shoulder, "When do you think you'll move into the nursery?"
Seedflight laughed, "Snowstorm, I know you want to protect me, but Jayfeather promised that I'd still be able do patrols." She yawned. "Speaking of patrols, I'm tired after that dawn patrol."
Snowstorm purred and nudged her forward, "You go to sleep then." He quickly guided her to her nest, and she flopped down, rolled over, and closed her eyes.
Smiling, he turned to the others, "Isn't she the best?" Snowstorm seemed overjoyed. He padded up to us and mewed, "Let's go outside." They quickly followed him out, leaving the peacefully slumbering future mother behind.
Once they were outside, Dewfall and Lilypool went to the fresh-kill pile, while Amberheart and Snowstorm stayed behind and began to chat.
"So, what is it like to know you'll be a father?" Amberheart inquired. He seemed so happy, but was he nervous?
Snowstorm smiled, "To me, it's the best feeling in the world. Though I do wish Seedflight won't wait until the last moment to move to nursery. I could tell the moment she said Jayfeather said she could patrol."
Amberheart nodded, but nudged Snowstorm's shoulder when she saw Dewfall and Lilypool walking off, "Where are they going?"
Snowstorm shrugged, "Who knows? Maybe they decided to go hunting?" Suddenly, he smiled. "You know what you need?" He mewed.
"What?" Amberheart uneasily replied. She didn't like Snowstorm's tone. She felt as if she was about to be embarrassed.
Snowstorm grinned, "I think you need some kits like Seedflight! Why don't you talk to Owlpaw? He certainly seems to like you."
Amberheart looked away, "Owlpaw's nice and all, but..." She knew she couldn't finish her sentence. Someone would kill her if they knew she had a giant crush on Lilypool.
"But...but what?" Snowstorm pressed, a teasing look fully entering his gaze. "You two would be an awesome couple!"
"Who would be an awesome couple?" A voice mewed from behind Amberheart, making her jump. Apparently, while Snowstorm was teasing her, Lilypool and Dewfall had returned.
Snowstorm's grin grew, "While, you see, I've been telling Amberheart here that she would be perfect with Owlpaw."
Amberheart ducked her head as Lilypool and Dewfall began chuckling. "I'm done with this," she murmured, and quickly slipped inside her den and stepped to her nest.
One moon later...
"Dewfall?" Amberheart mewed in the dark, trying to get her brother awake.
It was a dark night outside, and in more ways than one. A week ago, Dewfall and Lilypool had announced that they were now mates. Amberheart had been depressed, but maybe sharing her secret would help?
Dewfall softly groaned and got up. "Why are you waking me up in the middle of the night?"
"To tell you something very important," she replied. She looked around. Thankfully, no one else was awake.
"It better be important," Dewfall mumbled as Amberheart led him out of the camp. Once they stopped, he mewed, "What are you telling me?"
Amberheart took a deep breath, "Alright, I know this may sound really weird, but I've had a crush on Lilypool for a while."
Dewfall stared at her, "You're joking right?" He was staring as if she was a loner. Friendly, yet wary.
Amberheart shook her head, "No, I've had the crush for a while."
Dewfall's shock turned to outrage, "What? How? You two are both she-cats!" Amberheart opened her mouth to reply, but...couldn't. When she didn't reply, Dewpaw sighed and mewed, "If you keep that crush on my mate, I'll disown you." After that, he left, leaving Amberheart alone in the darkness.
Amberheart could only sit in shock. Why had Dewfall turned so cold? She knew that she'd never be with Lilypool, but he didn't have to threaten and berate her. Was there something wrong with her?
Amberheart hung her head. Apparently her desire to both be a tom and to be with Lilypool was wrong, and she should be ashamed. Maybe Dewfall would be right to disown her.
One moon later...
Amberheart took one last look at the camp as she backed away. Cats were beginning to wake up, and she was glad that she'd gotten up before dawn.
Amberheart, or now just Amber, was leaving. She just felt she had no place in ThunderClan. Dewfall's words had gotten to her. She'd become increasingly depressed as the days went on, and Snowstorm was to busy with his kits to ask what was wrong. Meanwhile, Dewfall had kept her as far away as possible from Lilypool, which hurt Amber's heart.
Sighing, she took off, and never saw a ThunderClan cat ever again.
Two weeks later...
"You're going out?" Amber mewed. Before her stood a fellow rogue that she'd met, who'd introduced himself as Spruce. Even though she'd never had feelings for toms before, she had had to admit to herself that Spruce was a calm, kind, confident, and charming tom who could certainly help in a battle.
Spruce smiled and nodded, "I was going to surprise you with a nice, large rabbit, but you just had to wake up."
She smiled back, "Well I'm certainly not an el-" She caught herself, "Old cat."
Spruce laughed, "You remind me every day." He looked at the sky, "We should go now."
Not long later, they were in the thick of the forest, sniffing for prey, but all they could smell was an oddly familiar, disgusting scent. Looking around, Amber suddenly froze. Staring at her, yet slowly lumbering forward, was a badger. Amber couldn't even speak, all she could do was watch.
Spruce turned, "Badge-" but before he could finish, the badger lunged at him, snapping his neck, which dropped him like a stone.
"NO!" Amber wailed. She screamed as the badger turned towards her. Ready for dinner, the badger did the same thing he did to Spruce and effectively ended Amber's life. However, before she could die, Amber wished one last thing.
That StarClan would forgive her.
A/N:
As I said, the last chapter of Amberheart, and the next chapter is the first chapter of ?
Will StarClan forgive her? Or him?
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