Chapter 4
"I think she is awake" I heard a voice say
"Icefire?" I opened my eyes to see Reedheart's worried face looking down to me.
"You fainted; you've been like this for a quarter moon! They thought you wouldn't survive but I knew you would!"
"Really?! What about Fallenpaw? Who has been training him?"
"I have, don't worry" He said.
"Thank you" I stood up and stretched, my legs were stiff from not being used and my back was sore and cramped. I yawned and looked around, I was in Herbpool's den, and it smelled of herbs.
"It is storming outside. It is so bad we can't train or anything!" He said, looking at me with meaningful eyes. I looked at my paws.
"Come on, we have to get to Swiftstar's den, it's the safest place in camp." He said. I followed him into Swiftstar's den. Once there I lay down with my paws tucked under me. Suddenly every cat in the clan rushed into Swiftstar's den,
"What is it?" Reedheart asked.
"Storm, it's coming in, fast" Graytail said. I felt guilty. It's not my fault I thought, trying to reason with myself.
"Where is Silverpaw?" Dawnlight asked. Just then we heard a yowl, then a crash. My heart thumped against my chest as I ran out of the den as fast as I could. I saw the only tree in camp on the ground and a silver tail
sticking out from under it. My eyes widened and I started shaking. I collapsed and let myself fall into the snow.
"Icefire, what is it?" Someone asked. Cats flooded out of the den, everyone gasped.
"Icefire!" I heard and urgent voice from behind me. Reedheart stood in front of me, "This has to stop! NOW!" He said angrily, tears spilled from our eyes. He collapsed next to me.
"I can't" I said
"Yes you can!" a gust off wind blew, pushing everyone across camp. There was a crunch and Fallenpaw's limp figure fell to the ground after the wind blew him into a rock. I stood up and rushed over to him. I placed my head against his chest, and listened to his heart. His heart was beating!
"Thank StarClan" I said.
"Icefire, this is going to keep happening unless you stop it!" Reedheart reasoned
"But…" I said
"Icefire…" Reedheart begged. I sighed and closed my eyes, I picture the ice melting and the wind stopping, I picture flowers blooming and trees growing their leaves back. I felt like a boulder had fallen on my head, I fainted.
I woke up and found myself in the warriors den. It felt like I had been sleeping for seasons!
"Oh, you're awake, finally!" A familiar voice laughed, "You had been sleeping for four moons!"
"Really?" I croaked, my throat was dry and sore.
"Yeah, here, have some of this" He pushed a pile of moss smeared with honey towards me, I licked it all up. I looked at Reedheart, he was smiling, and he was a lot bigger now. I stood up and stretched.
"What a sleep!" I said, laughing.
"Yeah, after a sleep like that you'd think you wouldn't be able to sleep ever again!" He said
"I could do with a nap right now" I joked.
"Come outside, I have a surprise for you!" He said. I followed him outside the abandoned fox's nest that was our warriors den and gasped, everything was bright and green! The sky was blue and cloudless.
"It's great!" I said. A glossy pelted brown with darker patches tomcat bounded up to me.
"Icefire!" he said, his voice strong.
"Fallenpaw? Is that you? Your pelt has changed!" I said, he laughed.
"It is Fallenleaf now! Yeah, my pelt changed as everything started growing, like yours did!"
"Congratulations" I said, "What do you mean, my fur hasn't changed!" I looked at my pelt, it had changed, it now had bright yellow patches tinged with orange.
"What!?" I yowled
"Your fur seems to change with the season, the orange tinge is for Greenleaf!" he said.
I Ran off with Reedheart, pushing him into bushes playfully.
"Icefire!" He yowled over the rushing wind.
"What?" I yowled back
"I love you!"
"What?" I stopped because I couldn't hear him.
"I love you" he said,
"Same here!" I said happily, "Race you to the gorge!" I ran off with Reedheart following.
I made it to the gorge and sat near the edge, water splashed at the gorge walls. The sun was setting; the sky was streaked with pink and orange. Reedheart came up and sat next to me, we entwined our tails together.
We sat there until the moon was at its highest point; we lay down next to each other and stared up at the moon and stars until we fell asleep.
The end
Sorry this story was so short, give me your opinions and tell my your fave characters! I wanna hear it all! (This was originally 2 chappies but I thought that they was a bit short)
