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"There will be three names that will be forever repeated. One who cares for kin, One who loves for many reasons, and One who will be both of these things; this cat will be as great as you, Firestar. This cat will care for every cat knows about this one. This is the cat that will change ThunderClan forever!"
Chapter 41
"May I leave now, Leafpool?" Stormcloud asked.
"Can you stand up?" Leafpool answered. Slowly, Stormcloud started to stand up. She put her front paw down, but quickly lost her balance because of her sore shoulder. "No, you can't leave yet, and you won't be leaving any time soon because of those injuries on your neck."
Stormcloud sighed.
"Let me check those since you want to leave so bad," Leafpool mewed. After looking over the wounds, Leafpool continued, "Stormcloud, just rest, that is the only think you are going to be able to do for a while. The wounds are deep and they aren't going to heal if you are up moving all the time. And if you are going to be up, you will just reopen them, they are very deep and it won't be good if you reopen them."
"But-"
"Stormcloud, there is no way you are going to win this fight so just give up," a voice purred with amusement, from the entrance of the medicine cats' den.
"Birchfur, that's not funny," Stormcloud meowed, gloomily.
"Did you need something, Birchfur?" Leafpool asked the tom as he padded into the den.
"Nothing, I was just checking on Stormcloud while Littlewhisker is sleeping," Birchfur explained. "I knew she wasn't the kind could get out of this den in one day so I thought I'd see how she was doing."
"How do you think I'm doing?" Stormcloud retorted.
"She just a bit upset about not being able to leave," Leafpool explained to Birchfur. Stormcloud glared at her.
"Did you need something, Birchfur?" Stormcloud asked, putting her chin on her paws then wincing in pain from her neck injuries.
"I just came to see if you were okay," Birchfur meowed. "You don't look too well, you shouldn't have been fighting Russetfur."
"I had to, I'm the only one mousebrained enough to risk getting killed over where a cat was," Stormcloud meowed simply.
"Birchfur, I don't want you in here too long, Stormcloud doesn't need to strain her neck injury and that wont help if she's talking," Cinderpelt meowed.
"Yes, Cinderpelt, I'll leave now," Birchfur meowed touching noses with his sister's gently.
Once, he left Cinderpelt meowed, "Stormcloud, you are going to have kits. You need to watch being in any battles and watch for getting any serious injuries."
Stormcloud was silent with shock and didn't know what to say. Cinderpelt told her so…quickly and out of the blue.
"Maybe you should rest now," Leafpool suggested.
"Will I get to leave if I rest?" Stormcloud asked, hoping she could leave. She had to go tell talk to someone about something important!
"If you are doing better," Cinderpelt sighed. "We don't want your neck or shoulder getting infected. I don't think you will be able to go back to warrior duties, but you will be able to go to the warriors' den instead of being in here if they are healing okay."
Stormcloud nodded the best she could and set her chin gently on her paws. She closed her eyes, but felt a cool breeze on her fur and opened them. "Where am-"
"I brought you here," a gentle voice meowed.
Stormcloud turned and saw a silver tabby sitting near a stream. "Are you Silverstream?" Stormcloud had heard about the beautiful tabby from Graystripe.
"Yes, I am," Silverstream meowed. "I have brought you here because of your forbidden love."
Stormcloud looked down at he paws and closed her eyes. "Cinderfoot and I are in love, we can't help it. Why am I here about my love?"
"You are in danger," Silverstream meowed. "Someone unwanted will find out and you will in danger, someone from ShadowClan."
"B-but how?" Stormcloud asked nervously. Her and Cinderfoot were always very careful when they saw each other. "And is it just me or Cinderfoot too?"
"You are not well," Silverstream meowed. "Your injuries, they will affect you. And it is only you."
"What do you mean?" Stormcloud asked, eyes wide with fear.
Before Silverstream replied, she disappeared and Stormcloud awoke in the medicine cats' den, but she did here, "Beware someone very close to you may betray you in the worst way." Stormcloud sighed.
"Cinderpelt?" Stormcloud called softly.
"Yes, Stormcloud?" came the wise medicine cat's reply.
"May I leave now?" Stormcloud asked.
"Yes, you can, but you can't do any warrior duties until those injuries are healed. And I want you to come back if you are feeling any pain at all."
"May I go for a walk?" Stormcloud asked wanting permission to leave camp.
"Only if you come back and rest," Cinderpelt meowed.
"Of course," Stormcloud meowed standing up and walking out of the den.
There was a steady gust of wind ruffling Stormcloud's dirty fur. Since she was so wounded, she didn't bother clean her fur. She carefully limped toward the camp entrance and out of camp. The wind blew stronger out of the camp, but Stormcloud didn't mind it. Slowly, she made it to the ShadowClan border where two amber eyes looked out of a bush.
Within moments of Stormcloud's arrival, the cat rushed out of the bush and ran over to Stormcloud. "Stormcloud, are you okay?"
"I'm fine, my shoulder is just a bit sore," Stormcloud meowed. "Littlewhisker's going to find out! Cinderpelt and Leafpool know! What are we going to do?"
"Calm down, Stormcloud," Cinderfoot meowed. "What's wrong? You don't usually act like this. Is everything okay?"
"I-I don't know," Stormcloud whispered. "StarClan c-came to me. They said I am in danger because someone in ShadowClan will find out."
"Don't worry, no one will find out," Cinderfoot meowed, trying to calm Stormcloud. "You don't look well, are you sure you are okay?"
Before Stormcloud could answer, she began to feel dizzy causing her to sway on her paws, but her sore shoulder began to give out. The swaying turned into collapsing, but Cinderfoot ran to her side, trying to sturdy her.
"Stormcloud, come with me," Cinderfoot meowed. He slowly led her to the bush where they had met when Littlewhisker was captured. "You need to rest."
"W-what happened?" Stormcloud asked, slowly lying down.
"You almost collapsed. Is there something you aren't telling me?" Cinderfoot had worry and concern in his voice.
Stormcloud didn't answer.
"You can tell me. If it is about the ShadowClan cat finding out, I will protect you, I promise."
"Cinderfoot…"
"I'm here." Cinderfoot lay down next to Stormcloud, and gently put his tail on her back. "I won't leave you. I will never leave you."
"There's more…I w-was t-told, I wasn't well. My wounds would affect me. I don't know what's wrong, though."
"Just rest," Cinderfoot whispered.
Stormcloud closed her eyes, but the pain in the damage on her neck and shoulder were almost unbearable.
Cinderfoot sat close to Stormcloud, watching her sleep. He knew she was sick, and expecting kits. "I will love you forever," he whispered to Stormcloud. He began to groom her dusty fur, making it shine.
"Cinderfoot!"
Cinderfoot almost jumped in surprise. He peered out of the bush a saw a light gray tom with white stripes. "What are you doing here, Snowstripe?"
"Me? You're the one in ThunderClan territory!" Snowstripe hissed. "I should go report you to Blackstar, but I'm not only because I'm your friend. So what are you doing in ThunderClan territory? What if a patrol comes and sees you?"
Cinderfoot stood up, careful not to wake Stormcloud.
"Who's she?" Snowstripe asked, pointing with his tail at Stormcloud.
"That's Stormcloud," Cinderfoot explained. "Stormcloud," Cinderfoot took a deep breath, "is my mate and I'm here seeing her."
"You've been mating with a ThunderClan she-cat?! Are you mouse-brained enough? You have to stop seeing her!" Snowstripe hissed.
"No, I can't! I love her! And I'm not abandoning her when she's carrying my kits!" Cinderfoot growled back.
"Cinderfoot, do you have any loyalty left for your Clan?" Snowstripe asked angrily.
"Yes, I do, but that doesn't mean I don't love Stormcloud!" Cinderfoot heard a moan and quickly recognized it as Stormcloud.
"What's wrong with her?" Snowstripe asked looking passed Cinderfoot to the sleeping Stormcloud.
"I-we don't know," Cinderfoot replied. "She wasn't feeling too well. And she can't make it back to her camp without passing out. I've been here with her. So what are you doing here?"
"I had come hunting and scented you. But how mouse-brained are you?! You have a mate in another Clan, ThunderClan of all them; your mate is expecting kits, your mate is one of Littlewhisker's friends! Remember Littlewhisker, that annoying small she-cat that we tried to get join our Clan? And you claim you still have loyalty to your Clan! Why are you doing this?" Snowstripe didn't even try to hide his anger.
"I can't help it! I love Stormcloud! Why don't you understand? This is the whole reason I never told you! And I know that Stormcloud is Littlewhisker's friend, I also know that Stormcloud is Littlewhisker's mate's sister. I don't care what anyone else thinks about this; all that matters to me is that Stormcloud is safe! Why aren't you happy for—"
"Cinderfoot."
"Stormcloud, are you okay?" Cinderfoot meowed, ignoring his friend's hostile glares.
"I think so, but I don't know," Stormcloud meowed quietly, leisurely getting into a sitting position. Her eyes turned wide as she asked, "Who's that?"
"That's Snowstripe. He is my friend and he won't tell anyone," Cinderfoot explained.
Stormcloud stood, but was cautious not to put too much weight on her shoulder. She turned to Cinderfoot. "I need to go. Birchfur will be worried sick about me."
Cinderfoot nodded.
"I love you, Cinderfoot," Stormcloud murmured, soft enough for Snowstripe not to hear, but the love in her eyes betrayed her quietness.
"I love you, too, Stormcloud," Cinderfoot whispered. "Get well." With that Stormcloud limped away from Cinderfoot and back to her camp.
"Cinderfoot, you are mad! You must stop seeing her!" Snowstripe hissed as they headed back to camp.
"No, I can't stop seeing her, why don't you understand that? What are you going to do to stop me? I know you won't tell Blackstar, you are too much of a good friend to tell."
Snowstripe was silent. Cinderfoot knew he hit the mark to get his friend to stay silent.
"So will you stay quiet about this?"
"Fine," Snowstripe muttered. "So what was wrong with Stormcloud?"
"She is scared right now," Cinderfoot explained, the best he could. It wasn't a lie, she was scared, but that wasn't why she was acting strangely. The truth, he didn't know why she was acting strangely. Is she hiding something from me?
So what do you people think of Stormcloud and her forbidden love? I could've had her a normal love, but I like Cinderfoot so I decided they would be cute together. So what do you think of them? Their kits were what they were talking about during the battle in the last chapter. Questions? Comments? Review please!
