DISCLAIMER: I do not own warriors. Back to the present :)
~Sandstorm's POV~
I yawned and stretched. I looked beside me. Firestar was gone. I pricked my ears and stood, letting out a sigh. I stretched out my legs and began padding towards the entrance. I nodded in greeting to Brambleclaw, who nodded back.
I picked up Firestar's scent, and followed it.
I passed through thick vines and vegetation. Where did he go? I wondered.
~Firestar's POV~
I looked into her eyes. I gulped, ""Spottedleaf, I'm with Sandstorm now. I'm sorry."
I turned away.
"Firestar!" Her voice reeked of desperation, "I can't lose you! I love you! I love you more than anything in this wretched world! When you joined the clan, you were the only thing that got me through my wretched memories, of when-" She suddenly stopped talking, and I heard her breathe in and out rapidly.
I spun around to see her shaking, her eyes squeezed shut, tears flowing down her face.
"When what?" I whispered, feeling stunned.
She shook her head rapidly, "No!" She squealed, sitting down slowly.
"Tell me!" I shouted out, stepping one step closer, cautiously remembering how dangerous she could be. I needed Sandstorm. I could do without Spottedleaf
~Spottedleaf's POV~
I blinked my eyes and looked into his narrowed green ones. They seemed to glow a subtle green. "What?" He hissed.
I opened my mouth, ready to speak, and he interrupted.
"You know what? I'm not even sure I want to hear this, slut! You've used me the whole time; you never loved me! You're a good for nothing whore! I hate you! You wanted to ruin my life, huh? Right? Turn it upside down?! Well, guess what?! You did! Thanks!"
I sobbed into my shoulder, feeling my limbs grow weak, "Just listen!" I pleaded.
He sat, glaring, but silent.
"I'm sorry, I did use you. But that's what I thought. I thought I just wanted you for the mating; but now I've realized something! I DO love you! And let me tell you this," I took a deep breath, trying to form a good sentence.
I decided just to be blunt, "My mentor, the medicine cat, raped me! He hurt me and abused me. I got pregnant FIVE times with his kits, and he gave me blue berries to kill the kits! And then, after that, I didn't get pregnant anymore. You know why?"
He stared back blankly, his mouth slowly forming an 'O'.
"Because the medication had side effects, and after five, no SIX doses of it, I became infertile. It DESTROYED my womb! LITERALLY!"
He managed to splutter, "I-hyai-t-o-sp-I-uh-you," He shook his head, then meowed softly, "I didn't know."
Then he straightened up quickly.
I felt hurt.
"But that doesn't change anything," he meowed coldly.
I stood quickly. "You piece of diluted SH*T! You don't even care!" I screeched, forcing myself to slowly disappear. "Sandstorm deserves much better than you," I whispered on the breeze, "Much better, and tell her..."
I choked, fighting back a fresh wave of tears as I fully vanished, "Tell her I'm sorry...and that...I don't love you anymore...and...the kits will be beautiful..."
I let Starclan lift up my soul, and I drifted up into the sky, feeling the weights of all my worries lift.
~Sandstorm's POV~
When I padded up to Firestar, he was sitting on a patch of grass, a confused look on his face. He lifted his paw and swiped it with his tongue. As he turned to face me, he beamed.
"Just went to take a walk," he purred, standing and shaking his fur out, then frowned, "Okay, fine. I admit I went to tell Spottedleaf that I can't be with her."
I smiled and rubbed up against him. "So she won't be in our fur ever again?" He nodded briskly.
"Oh yeah, she threw a fit about it though. Begged me to stay," he let out a sigh, "But Sandstorm, I love you more than anything and everything. I need you; she was simply something I lusted for. But now I realize that you are the one and ONLY one for me."
I purred and licked his cheek. "I love you," I whispered.
He sighed in relief, "I love you too."
He hesitated. "Oh yeah, and Spottedleaf asked me to tell you something as she left."
I frowned in question, "What?"
"She said that she's sorry, and she doesn't love me anymore." He looked uncomfortable. I blinked in pleasant surprise. "She also said your kits will be beautiful." He smiled faintly. "Sandstorm, I hope to make amends with Spottedleaf."
I took a careful step away, "W-"
"As friends." He smiled, and I grinned back.
"Then I will too," I confirmed, "And we can all make amends together."
He pressed himself up to me, and in that moment, with me and Firestar back together, Spottedleaf out of the picture, and more brilliant kits on the way, everything seemed just right.
Absolutely perfect.
Except for Spottedleaf! Please review :)
