Chapter 3

Brightheart's POV

Brightheart woke around sun-high. She looked over to her friend Swiftwind, she felt her heart skip a beat when see saw how peaceful the black and white tom was sleeping. She knew she had always felt something for the tom, but now she knew what if was.

Soon the black and white warrior opened his eyes.

"Good morning" Brightheart purred.

"Good morning" Swiftwind smiled.

The two warrior padded out of the den to see what they would have to do today. Whitestorm, Brightheart's former mentor was now deputy of ThunderClan. She let out a purr.

"Brightheart, I would like you to go hunting with Cloudtail, Mousefur, and Sandstrom" Whitestorm said.

Brightheart nodded and went to join Mousfur's hunting patrol. When Cloudtail saw her pad over his eyes started to glow. Brightheart didn't understand why the snowy white tom was so happy to go hunting with her. When the four cats where out in the forest Cloudtail asked "Why don't we two of us go hunt by Tall-pines and the other by Sunning-rocks?"

"That's a good idea" Sandstrom nodded.

"Me and Sandstrom will go by Sunning-rocks, Cloudtail you and Brightheart can to by Tall-pines" Mousefur meowed.

On the way to Tall-pines Cloudtail and Brightheart didn't talk. Then when they where half way there Cloudtail looked over to her, love in his blue eyes.

"Brightheart... I don't know if you feel the same but.. I love you" The snowy white tom said.

"Cloudtail... I-um... I'm sorry but I don't feel the same. I like you but only as a friend" Brightheart said, hoping he would understand.

Cloudtail looked at her with sad eyes, but still asked "Who is you do love?"

"I love Swiftwind... But I don't know if he loves me back" Brightheart sighted.

"I'm sure he dose! Who wouldn't love a sweet, kind, and loving she-cat like you" Cloudtail smiled.

"Thank you" Brightheart smiled.

Swiftwind's POV

Swiftwind had just gotten back from a patrol to make sure RiverClan didn't try to steal Sunning-rocks again. Well he was there he saw that Sandstorm and Mousefur where hunting there. He had asked where Brightheart and Cloudtail where only to fine out that the two of them went to Tall-pines together. Swiftwind had felt a little shock but didn't think anything of it.

Swiftwind padded over to the fresh-kill pile when he saw the hunting patrol padding back into camp. When he saw Brightheart, he walk over to her.

"Good hunting?" Swiftwind asked.

"Great!" Brightheart purred around the two voles in her jaws.

After she put the pray down one the fresh-kill pile, the two shared a sparrow. It was nice to be this close to her. The two stay close to one anther or some time.

"Want to go hunting with me?" Swiftwind asked.

"Sure, let's go!" Brightheart purred.