Author's notes: Back with a new story! (I've been away and unable to write, but I'm back! .0.) Flitting Embers (or just Embers for short) is one of my most ambitious stories, so here we go..again. (yes 'as the shadows dance' is still happening, this is something I wanted to get out of my brain-) It's rated T for- Warriors violence and philosophically provoking themes but anyway- (if you don't like characters plotting murder and a somewhat deep written look into the weird relationships in Warrior cats then don't read, lol-)
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Flickerflight padded briskly next to Darkflame, trying to match the massive tom's pace.
"So- what did you want to talk about, Darkflame-?" the dappled she-cat panted, trying to catch his eye.
Darkflame came to an abrupt stop; Flickerflight dug her claws into the ground to keep from tripping.
"I wanted to talk about our relationship, and was wondering if you'd perhaps- want to be my mate?" Darkflame purred, locking fiery orange eyes onto Flickerflight.
StarClan, tell me I heard that wrong. Flickerflight pawed at her ear.
"Um...I- I don't know, Darkflame-" she stammered.
Darkflame raised a brow. "What do you mean, you don't know?" he mewed, a hint of a hiss in his voice.
"I- don't know if we'd- can't we just be- friends- for now?" Flickerflight mewed gently, tipping her head to the right.
"Why couldn't we be mates, Flickerflight? I love you, and you love me, don't you?" Darkflame's mew was closer to a hiss now.
"Darkflame- please don't- go there-" she mumbled.
Here we go again...
The muscular tom shifted so that his shadow completely covered Flickerflight.
"Flickerflight, now, I don't have to wait for you, you know-" Darkflame growled.
"What's that supposed to mean?!" Flickerflight hissed to the cinder-gray tabby.
'It means you have to make a decision!" he snarled, thrusting his muzzle in front of her so that their whiskers touched.
Darkflame's pelt bristled along his spine as Flickerflight recoiled.
'If you really loved me, you wouldn't have trouble waiting!" Flickerflight spat before turning tail and dashing back to camp.
Her paws only skimmed the forest floor as Flickerflight buckled to a stop at the gorse tunnel.
The nerve of him- she thought angrily.
Not flinching at the thorns scraping her pelt, she pushed through the brambles into ThunderClan camp.
Petalcloud bounded up to her.
"Hey," the silver tabby mewed.
"Hi, Petalcloud.." Flickerflight mewed wearily.
"You fought with Darkflame again?" Petalcloud inquired concernedly.
Flickerflight nodded, a tacit glance exchanging Flickerflight's mood between the two friends.
"Come on, we can share a squirrel and you can tell me all about it, 'kay?" Petalcloud mewed, placing her tail on Flickerflight's back and nudging her forward.
End of Chapter 1.
And that's Chapter 1 finished! Most of these chapters will be about 500-ish words, and this fanfic will max out at maybe 45,000 words or so (although it may be longer.) There will be three protaginists, and they're all in ThunderClan. (sorry non-ThunderClan lovers) These three cats are just more integral to the story, as most of the drama is happening in ThunderClan as always.