Disclaimer: I'm not Erin Hunter, if I was this would be a book, not fan fiction.
Author's note: This is random, but, should there be a sequel?
Eclipseheart's POV
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Six moons after Icewind's death
Time passed slowly since Icewind died. Good things and bad things happened in those six moons. In the fist few days in Leaf-bare Dawnflame, RavenClan deputy, had caught a case of greencough. She was still sick even now, in the dead of bad weather. Her coughing was so bad that not even Grassblade, who had retired as medicine cat to let Littlewing be medicine cat, could find something to help her.
Though, on the brighter side, Eclipseheart now had an apprentice, Redpaw. The young tom was a promising apprentice and was always up to help the elders. Lemondrop was also given an apprentice, Redpaw's sister Maplepaw, but Lemondrop never trained her apprentice. No cat knew that she would just sit at the edge of Training Fields while Eclipseheart took care of training.
Icewind's death took a big toll on Lemondrop. She barely ever talked anymore and when she did talk it was to say something mean to Eclipseheart. Did she have to keep reminding him that it was his fault that Icewind died? After a moon of the constant torture, he went back to being all alone; it was like being an apprentice again.
Eclipseheart, Redpaw, and Maplepaw had just finished hunting and, as Eclipseheart was happy to announce, they were ending their training. Lemondrop walked behind them, her tail drooping. He padded next to her, trying to tell her that her apprentice would be a warrior soon, but she didn't care. "You let him die, you wanted him to die." It was all she ever said and Eclipseheart couldn't handle it.
"Come on, you need to see Littlewing, she'll be able to help you." said the black tom, as if he were talking to a kit. Standing at Lemondrop's side, Eclipseheart pushed her into the medicine cats' den. The white medicine cat turned away from working to keep Dawnflame alive to face the two warriors. "She needs to be healed right?" she didn't wait for an answer just grabbed some Chamomile and passed it to him. "Make sure she eats it." With that, she turned away and went back to work.
Padding over to the fresh kill pile, Eclipseheart took two mice. He took a seat right next to Lemondrop and pushed her mouse and the Chamomile. "Eat them; you'll feel better." This was the daily ritual for the two warriors, everyday forcing her to eat the herbs. She didn't say a word, just ate and left, she did that everyday too.
Seeing his best friend like this was tearing Eclipseheart apart. It felt like he was watching her through a bush; he could see her, but she couldn't see him. With his head hung low, he started to pad out of camp when a horrified yowl came from the medicine cat's den. "Dawnflame is dead!" Littlewing yowled, her small frame moving as fast as she could.
Icewind's POV, yes it takes place as he sees all this from StarClan
"Deerstar!" a young grey warrior hissed to the old leader of RavenClan. The light brown she-cat turned to face him, "This is the destiny that we have planed for her, but I'll make you an offer. If you so choose, after I show you two versions of the future, I will send you back." The young warrior purred with delight, but stopped at the look on his leader's face.
She ushered him towards a pool of water, "Watch, young Icewind, as I show you two different ways that Lemondrop's life could be." A picture of a warm new-leaf day appeared in to water, "This is her future with you in it."
A beautiful orange pelted queen lay outside the RavenClan nursery, watching her kits play. There were four kits, one an orange one with a grey tipped tail, two tabby silver ones, and one all grey. "Moonkit, stop trying to bite Burntkit." She hissed at one of the tabby kits, who was trying to bite the orange kit's ear off.
"I don't see anything wrong with this." Said Icewind, not getting the point, Deerstar shook her head, "Watch."
A yowl sounded from Hanging Tree, but instead of Rockstar up there it was Killclaw! "Mama," mewed the grey kit, "Why isn't there any food?" The queen put her tail over the kit's mouth. "Hush, Stormkit, if Killstar heard you say that, you'd me fresh kill." The little kit sat still and they turned their attention to their leader.
"I believe that the fact that we lost all are apprentices was a stroke of bad luck." Killstar began. "Bad luck?" hissed that black tom next to the queen, "He killed them." It was a very lucky thing that Killstar didn't hear this. "Because of this terrible occurrence, we need more apprentices. Lemondrop," he turned to the queen and her heart sank, "I think that Moonkit, Burntkit, Stormkit, and Lightkit are ready to be apprentices." "There only four moons old!"
"STOP!" Icewind yowled, "I can't see those kits suffer, show me the other choice."
It was the same new-leaf day, or so it appeared, but there was something different. Instead of four kits there were three and none were at all grey. One kit was a deep red, another a dark brown with light stripes, and the third was light orange, almost yellow, with black stripes on his tail and ears. "Beekit," sighed the queen, "be nice to your sisters."
The tiny kit rolled his eyes, "But mama, Galekit pushed Berrykit!" The queen chuckled, "Let them work it out on their own."
His sorrow-filled icy blue eyes looked into Deerstar's light brown ones. "Leave me here; they should not suffer for me." Even though he was trying his best to keep his voice steady, it shook horribly.
"W-w-why?" Icewind stammered trough his tears. "Because, if you didn't die, Eclipseheart would have been a hero, so that if Dawnflame died he wouldn't have been made deputy. So, naturally, my son chose the strongest warrior, Killclaw. He killed him and became leader." He nodded dumbly, "Come, now watch as our friend becomes deputy.
Lemondrop's POV
Before she made it all the way out of camp she heard a yowl. Dawnflame dead? Why should she care? No one cared about her.
Now, you know that's not true! said a voice inside of her.
Eclipseheart cares, it told her, for what seemed like the millionth time.
It's all his fault, everything, she told her inner voice.
Lie! The only reason you say you hate him is because you are afraid to be hurt again.
NO!
As she ran she heard a voice say, "Eclipseheart shall be my new deputy."
