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Unbelievable
Ivypool yawned and stretched against the body beside her. She felt him wake up and turned to look at him. His icy blue eyes lit with pleasure and she grew hot as she remembered what he'd done to her last night. She felt him laugh against her and slumped to cover her obvious embarrassment.
"Good morning beautiful," he purred. She blinked. Once, twice and then widened her eyes, which twitched, and tried her best not to look in obvious pain. His laugh boomed out across the beach, before he lifted his tail and swept it along Ivypool's spine.
"Just wanted to see what I could get away with," he chuckled.
She cringed and swept his tail away, "good morning to you to. We should get back to camp." Hawktail groaned.
"But I want to relish every memory I have of this place," she shot a look at him which said, really? He looked her over again with hunger before adding "especially of last night…"
Ivypool had had enough. She had trained with battle hungry warriors who had often wanted to do more than rip her to shreds, she would not be embarrassed. She leaned in towards him and whispered "you weren't so bad yourself." He laughed, again, and she relished the sound, soaking it in as she joined in and their laughs could be heard as the sun rose over all four clans.
Dovewing met her as she padded into camp, mischief filling her green eyes. Ivypool looked warily at her before giving up and strolling confidently towards her.
"How are you feeling?" Dovewing asked.
"I'm fine," she replied, seeing where thing was going.
"Oh, I think you're more than fine. I think you're in loveee" Dovewing laughed.
"Dovewin- "
"I love you Ivypool!" Dovewing howled, loud enough for all the clan to hear. A few turned their way and chucked. Ivypool glared at her sister before shoving both her paws into Dovewing's shoulders, sending her toppling to the ground.
"Now, did I really deserve that?" Dovewing asked innocently.
"Yes," she replied without a doubt as cats stopped laughing at them and returned to their daily business. Ivypool turned to Squirrelflight, who was getting a patrol together. Dovewing caught up to her, stopping her in her path, Ivypool glared at her sister.
"I'm happy for you," Dovewing said to her. Ivypool relaxed, why should she be embarrassed when it was true?
"Thank you," she replied and touched her nose to Dovewing's shoulder, before running to join Squirrelflight.
Darkheart hung his head with the others as their deputy was placed in the centre of camp.
"She was a fine warrior, mother and friend to us all," Rowanstar croaked. Darkheart looked up at him in mock sympathy. "She will be greatly missed and vengeance will be taken." Rowanstar continued in a whisper, which almost made him snort out loud. "She didn't deserve to die this way. If only I'd been there I could've- "
"There was nothing you could do." Snowbird stated simply, "the battle was too thick no-one could get to one another."
Rowanstar nodded in defeat, clearly not believing her. "She's right," Darkheart yowled so all could hear. "I saw her die. It was too fast, there was nothing to be done." Rowanstar looked up at him, hunger in his eyes, exactly as planned.
"Who killed her?" He asked darkly.
"I think you already know that, Rowanstar." He replied, drooping his head and feigning grief, as understanding bloomed in Rowanstar's eyes.
"I'd guessed as much. I just needed to hear it from someone else." He said quietly, his voice shook and rose, until he was shouting. "I will not let this be tolerated as Starclan has. Who will stand with me as I take vengeance on the cat that killed my living spirit."
"But Bramblestar was right- you have no proof!" Stuttered Snowbird at the same time as Darkheart yowled,
"I will!" Cats turned to look at him and he ensured he'd drawn all their attention before calling, "I will stay loyal to my leader and fight for what he holds dear!" Darkheart turned away from his clan before meeting Rowanstar's eyes with respect. "I'll believe you're right, even if no-one else will." The clan looked stunned. Never had they said they wouldn't follow their leader.
Rowanstar looked down at him, ignoring the clans stunned looked before announcing, "This cat in front of me may be young, but he has shown that we share the same ideals. I'm surer of his loyalty now more than ever before. I trust him to guide me and have my back even at the darkest of times." Darkheart almost laughed at the irony. "I name Darkheart my deputy, for he has shown me the way to Shadowclan's future."
Darkheart rose his head and blinked in surprise. The clan was silent, none had been expecting this, none had realised how close he was becoming to their leader as he figured out what it would take to break him. The damage was done and Darkheart could hear rasping laughter in his ear, from a she-cat far away in the dark forest.
Ivypool groomed Hawktail's soft fur as Bramblestar decided who would go to the gathering. Tension filled camp, many anxious to see how Shadowclan were after the battle. Ivypool was nervous, of course, to find out if they could let their medicine cat's death be down to an accident. However, sitting here, Hawktail's rumbling purr filling the silence between them, she was content to lie here for the rest of her life.
She felt Hawktail move from under her and opened her eyes to see Squirrelflight bounding over to them.
"Bramblestar thinks that it's best if you stay here tonight," she explained "Just in case Shadowclan think to try anything. Ivypool you can stay here too if you wish."
"Okay," Ivypool replied, no complaints from her point of view, as she returned to grooming Hawktail's tabby fur.
Hawktail watched as cats departed for the gathering. Frustration filled him as he thought about the reason he couldn't go, the reason he was blamed for Littlecloud's death. He'd especially wanted to go tonight to check that Tawneypelt was okay and treated after he'd sliced her. The wounds he had left were non-fatal but there was always the chance of her bleeding out.
"Hey," Ivypool said, standing up. He looked up at her, into her beautiful eyes.
"Mmm?"
"Want to go for a walk?" She asked, "I don't want to freeze to death waiting for them to return." He nodded and followed her out of camp.
"What's bothering you?" She asked, brushing her shoulder against his.
"I just want to see how ShadowClan's holding up after the battle. See if they've got over Littlecloud's death," saying it he wasn't sure why he'd lied. He could trust her but sometimes he forgot that he could trust anyone.
She was talking comfortingly to him so, taking a deep breath, he said "I lied." She stopped talking immediately and turned to face him, cocking her head quizzingly.
"I got lost in the battle. Felt less like myself and with that and being called a murderer…"
"You're not a murderer," Ivypool argued viciously causing his heart to warm.
"That's not the point. I sliced Tawneypelt," he saw Ivypool's eyes widen so added hastily "not enough to kill her but there's always the worry that she would you know, bleed out." Ivypool's eyes narrowed in sympathy.
"I'm sure she was fine. You have nothing to worry about, I saw Darkheart racing towards her I think, near the end of the battle, he would have ensured her safety." Hawktail sighed the guilt leaving him as he drank in her words.
"You're right," he said nuzzling her shoulder. Ivypool shivered slightly.
"I'm also freezing," she exclaimed, her teeth chattering. She jumped up suddenly, startling Hawktail. "Race you to the hollow," she shouted behind her as her long, lean legs vanished into the darkness and Hawktail gave chase.
She ran, having not run for the joy of it in so long, casting a glace behind her. At some point, she had started laughing. She felt free and not for the first time this moon, she let go.
He heard her before he saw her. A laugh so rich and free that it filled him with joy. He raced towards the sound, wanting to feel it, experience it more than in that moment. The sound got closer and closer as he pushed his legs faster and faster till he was nearly next to her. She looked sideways at him, grinning, her dark blue eyes sparkling and he leaped, pinning her to the ground. He nipped her ear gently before placing his nose gently onto hers. She looked up at him blue eyes smashing into ice before whispering,
"No-one has ever made me feel the way you do." Hawktail trembled with restraint, as his adrenaline faded and desire filled him. "You make me want to live Hawktail," she whispered. "Not survive or exist. But live."
And, having no words to express how he felt in that moment, he took her. In the hollow of purple flowers, their love shining out to the world.
Thank you so much for reading ^^ The quote three lines us "You make me want to..." is from a series called 'Throne of Glass' by Sarah J Mass (she's a genius! If you haven't read them I recommend them!) I just thought it fit here perfectly, the rest is original (obviously) I promise :) I wanted to end this chapter differently tbh but this fitted quite nicely so the start of the next chapter might seem at bit end-y but I hope it worked for you guys :) 5 reviews till next 3
Also can you see my line breaks? Just want to make sure. ^^
