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Chapter Ten
As Ivystar watches Brightkit tussle with Hollykit, Snowkit and Aspenkit WindClan's leader's heart tears. The sight of the two litters playing makes Ivystar miss the days when she was only WindClan's deputy. When she had four small kits, now two of them are dead. And the others are warriors, all grown up...Ivystar longs to be in the nursery once again. Suckling small tiny bodies of life, she felt calm back then. Happy, their was only a bit of leadership hanging over her. But with these thoughts comes a sad memory, a memory Ivystar has been trying hard to forget. A memory that has been weighing her down, actually its more like a secret. A secret so powerful that if it got out, she would probably be forced to step down as leader. Her worst fear is to have that secret leak out, and now someone has come. Blue has joined RiverClan as their leader and he has threatened to spill that secret.
"Look at mEEEEEE!" Brightkit's cheerful voice jolts Ivystar out of her memories. The small white she-kit is racing towards WindClan's leader her orange eyes shinning. Ivystar twitches her whiskers in amusement as Brightkit trips over her paws. "Ouch!" she exclaims, at the sound of her daughters distressed voice Sweetpetal bursts from the nursery. Rushing over to Brightkit she licks her daughter soothingly on the forehead, before glaring across the camp at Ivystar.
"Why are you smiling? She could have been hurt!" Sweetpetal hisses, Ivystar rolls her eyes.
"Sweetpetal she only tripped," Ivystar mutters. Sweetpetal's eyes flash, she turns sharply away from her Clan leader picking up Brightkit by her scruff.
"Come on little one, lets get you to the medicine den. Willowflame will make sure your okay," Sweetpetal meows through Brightkit's scruff. Ivystar sighs, digging her claws into the ground with a slight anger. Sweetpetal's become over-protective! Probably because she only has one kit...muttering to herself Ivystar jumps down from TallRock. Sweeping her gaze over the Clan, most of the Moor Runners are on patrol. Only Lilybreeze and Petalsky are in camp, the two warriors are sharing a rabbit near the elders dens. Since WindClan has only three Tunnelers that are currently in warrior status. Those three cats are underground patroling the Tunnels, making sure Jayfrost and his group are no where in sight. Both Moorflight and Birdtail are assessing, their apprentices Kinkpaw and Dawnpaw's training. Fawnpaw is in camp though, she's chatting with Meadowheart, Tanglestripe and Loonflight though her gaze keeps drifting up to her mentor. I should take her training...
"I'm telling you Sweetpetal, Brightkit is fine she just tripped!" Willowflame is nudging Ivystar's sister from the medicine den.
"How can you be sure?" Sweetpetal asks, Willowflame bristles.
"For StarClan's sake I'm a medicine cat!" she hisses, Sweetpetal snorts but doesn't reply instead she whirls around and stalks towards the nursery.
"Mama?" Brightkit stumbles after her mother,
"Fawnpaw!" Ivystar calls to her apprentice. The small gray tabby she-cat looks up her eyes bright,
"Are we going on patrol?" she asks bounding over.
"Yes," Ivystar replies.
"Where to?" Fawnpaw presses,
"RiverClan border."
"What can you scent?" Ivystar asks as she and Fawnpaw reach RiverClan's border. Fawnpaw wrinkles her nose in disgust,
"RiverClan, fish and thunder-path!" she mumbles. Ivystar's whiskers twitch,
"Exactly. Good job," she praises. Fawnpaw puffs out her chest, though Ivystar hasn't been able to train her apprentice much she's happy to know that her apprentice hasn't missed any training whatsoever. Fawnpaw is fully up to date with all her training she should know at four moons of being an apprentice. "You'll be a warrior soon," Ivystar comments. Fawnpaw's tail swishes the ground and her eyes dart nervously towards her leader and mentor.
"About that, I-" she breaks off at the sight of a RiverClan patrol. Led by none other than Silverstar himself. Stepping in front of her apprentice, Ivystar approaches RiverClan's new leader. Her heart quickens as she stares into his blue eyes, shaking out her fur Ivystar gazes away. Focusing on another cat in RiverClan's patrol, a small brown and black tom. He must be a new apprentice...Ivystar decides.
"Everything good in RiverClan?" she questions, the apprentices eyes grow wide and he takes a few steps back but after a nod from his mentor. Whitewave, he pads forward until he's nose to nose with WindClan's leader.
"Fine, thank you very much. And how is WindClan?" he asks a slight edge to his voice. Ivystar forces a purr, her gaze darting towards Silverstar and then back to the apprentice.
"We don't have to be enemies you know," she murmurs. The apprentice's eyes widen and he cocks his head to one side.
"WHAT!" he and Fawnpaw yowl at the same time. Ivystar fluffs out her fur,
"What exactly do you mean, Ivystar?" Silverstar questions coldly. Ivystar sighs,
"I mean...well, we don't have to be enemies...I'm not saying we should...well not be enemies..." she trails off. Growling silently, way to voice your ideas Ivystar! She scolds herself, before turning towards the RiverClan patrol. Silverstar is gazing intently at her, Whitewave looks a bit scared, so does Firewhisker. Though the apprentice just looks confused,
"Ummm-" he starts. Silverstar flicks his tail,
"Quick Brackenpaw!" he scolds before turning towards Whitewave and Firewhisker. "I think I need to speak privatly with Ivystar. Go back to camp," he orders. Ivystar's eyes widen but she just nods,
"Fawnpaw do the same." she mutters, Fawnpaw's ears flatten and her eyes flash annoyingly but she just nods and hares off. The RiverClan patrol does the same, Ivystar turns to face Silverstar.
"Blue," she greets him, Silverstar cracks a smile.
"Its been awhile, Holly." he murmurs quietly, Ivystar stares into his blue eyes suddenly at a loss for words. Holly...the name rings through her mind. Back when she was a young warrior and was mad at her father after her mothers death and things in WindClan were complicated. Ivystar would escape to twoleg place, one day she met Silverstar. Back then he was named Blue, to escape her Clan heritage Ivystar called herself Holly. Only later on did she explain to Blue exactly where she lived.
"It sure has, Blue...I...I...I missed you," she chokes back tears. Silverstar narrows his eyes anger glinting through them.
"Did you, Holly. Did you? Is that the reason why you never came back to twoleg place, why you left me alone with our kits! Why you only took four of them!" he growls, pain floods through Ivystar.
"No! No Blue! I loved you and I still do...its just, my Clan...I needed to be leader..." she trails off again. Silverstar lashes his tail,
"Needed to be leader?" he mimics, "We where together when you were a warrior! Why would it be any different?" he hisses. Ivystar hangs her head,
"Blue, I just don't know...I'm sorry and if you ever forgive me..." she begins to cry. Tears streaming down her face, Silverstar just stands their with cold eyes. Until he pads into the churning stream and swims gracefully to the other side. He pads to stand beside Ivystar, pressing his wet pelt to her flank he licks her cheek. Blinking back her surprise Ivystar turns towards him.
"Blue...you...I thought you hated me...I thought you...you wanted to kill me and WindClan! I thought...didn't you kill Dewpaw and Honeypaw?" she questions, Silverstar shakes his head sadly.
"I would never hurt let alone kill my-our kits. I'm sorry I didn't tell you earlier Ivystar but I have a twin."
Can cats have twins? If not its just a cat that looks exactly like Blue! (Silverstar) Anyway do you think they should be together? Are you surprised that Poppybloom, Haredew, Dewpaw and Honeypaw are Silverstar/Ivystar's kits? Anyway please, please review! I don't own warriors and I hope you enjoyed!
~Petalwish