Hey I'm back. Sorry for the long wait but I was busy over the summer. Now school is starting, gonna be a junior... happy that i only have 2 more years. YAY!

But I'm pretty sure you wanna get to the story, so, here it is!

Disclaimer: I don't own warriors. if i did, I'd be rich and giving it away to charity.

Eaglepaw woke up in her nest the next morning, yawning. She opened her eyes to see bright light coming through the entrence. Must be sunhigh, she thought. She sighed, thinking about what happened to her life. How she was captured by twolegs & how they changed her from a tom to a she-cat, and how she yelled at Frostpaw, her love, or, at the time, HIS love. She was, also, thinking how the twolegs dropped her off in the wrong place, and then finally, how she fell off the cliff, and broke her legs. Is this a sign? That I'm not doing anything right? Is Starclan punishing me for doing wrong things? she thought.

"Starclan doesn't punish cats for doing wrong things. It's just your destiny," spoke a voice, making Eaglepaw jump. She realized that it was Echosong. Then, she realized that she had spoken out loud, and grew really embarrassed. "Were you really telling the truth, about all those things?" Echosong asked, sitting next to Eaglepaw.

Eaglepaw looked away, and started to cry. She nodded. "Go ahead, laugh at me, do whatever want. It can't be any worse than what has already happened to me," Eaglepaw cried.

Echosong's eyes softened. "There, there," she meowed, pulling Eaglepaw closer till their pelts were completely touching. "I won't hurt, laugh, or, do anything to you. It's ok, at least you're still alive, and at least you've found us. So, you're going home!" Echosong purred, trying to comfort Eaglepaw.

"Home?" Eaglepaw repeated, remembering Frostpaw. She turned and buried her muzzle into Echosong's fur, and kept crying. "It's ok, it's ok," Echosong comforted, stroking her tail along Eaglepaw's back. "I promise I won't tell anyone," she meowed. Eaglepaw lifted her head to look at Echosong, tears still rolling down her face.

"Really?" she asked. Echosong nodded. "Thanks," Eaglpaw mewed, resting her head on Echosong's side. "Home just reminds me of Frostpaw. I loved her and she loved me. But, now, how is she supposed to even care for me?" she mewed.

"If she truely loved you, she'd still care and love you," Echosong responded.

"But, what if we wanted kits?" Eaglepaw asked.

"You'd tell her to move on. And if she wanted the same thing, she'd tell you to move on, too," Echosong meowed. Eaglepaw thought about what she was saying and began to feel better.

"Thank you," she meowed, nuzzling Echosong.

"No problem," she answered, standing up, "but let's not worry about this right now. Let's worry on your recovery." Eaglepaw watched her as she went to go get medicine from the herb supply. Eaglepaw licked her paw and drew it over her face to clear the remaining tears. As she was doing that, she noticed a mouse sitting next to her nest. She couldn't believe that she hadn't noticed that.
"Echosong?" she meowed.

"Yes?" Echosong responded.

"Is this mouse for me?" she asked.

"Yeah, Flamepaw dropped it off for you," Echosong answered, coming back over to Eaglepaw with her mouth full of herbs.

"Well, that was nice," Eaglepaw commented, taking a bite of the mouse. Echosong chuckled. "What?" Eaglepaw asked, confused.

"That's only a little bit of what he's done for you," she purred with amusement. Eaglepaw winced as Echosong began to work on her legs, changing the dressings. "He's pretty much visited almost everyday sunrise and sunset to see how you were doing. He didn't come yesterday because he was very busy with training and he almost fell asleep on the way back. He begged to stay today and wait for you to wake up, but he had to go on patrol," Echosong meowed, her voice full of amusement.

"Yeah, so?" Eaglepaw asked, trying to miss the obvious. She knew what Echosong was trying to get at, but Eaglepaw didn't want it to be true. Echosong looked up and seemed a bit suprised, but she masked it right away.

"He likes you," she meowed. Eaglepaw saddened.

"What? Something wrong?" Echosong asked. Eaglepaw shook her head.

"It's just that how am I going to tell Firepaw that I'm not... "ready"... without hurting his feelings?" she asked. Echosong was about to speak when a very tired looking, ginger colored tom came in.

Well thanks for holding in there for me! LUVS YOU ALL! I quickly need to post this cause I'm being dragged out by my younger brothers.

R&R please.