CROWFEATHER
She comes to the camp, and my fur instinctively bristles. Will I ever be truly rid of these feelings?
I love Feathertail so much. How can I love Leafpaw too?
I hate myself for my new love, and punish myself by working extra hard. Yet I can't escape her.
Our fur briefly brushes against each other. I jump backwards, and she does too. Our eyes meet momentarily and I can tell that she too is confused by this feeling.
It's too soon for me, though. Feathertail was the cat for me. And she's gone. She's not coming back.
I shall not allow myself to love another cat until we meet again.
But will I be able to? Love pulls me, and all I can do is hope it doesn't catch me.
LEAFPOOL
To first hear that Crowfeather loved me shocked me completely. But the second time he confessed, I was delighted.
I was able to admit to myself what I'd known, but what I'd hidden from conscious thought. The truth is that I love Crowfeather. Oh, I love him so much!
There will be complications. First, I am a ThunderClan cat and he is a WindClan cat.
Second, I am a medicine cat. Medicine cats cannot fall in love, as Cinderpelt has stressed to me over and over again. They cannot fall in love, cannot have kits…
I've always known this, but now I know what it's like to long for someone with every part of your soul, mind and body. I don't want to give up being a medicine cat, but I don't want to give up Crowfeather.
I'm too much in love with Crowfeather.
I'm going to be in so much trouble if anyone finds out.
If they do, I don't know what I'll choose.
Medicine cat, or Crowfeather?
