A/N
Yay, well here is Melody's Revenge Part 2! Hope it lives- er- yeah, lives up to your expectations.
Fallenstar let out a soft sigh and her eyes grew lifeless. The silver-white star on her forehead glowed briefly before she snapped her eyes open and shakily stood up. Fear took hold of her eyes as she spotted Cloudstar.
"Please! You have to help us! Melody has already killed Flowerbreeze and Talonclaw!" Fallenstar pleaded. Cats around her whispered and gossiped.
"She changed her warriors' names back?" Came Mousepaw's shocked voice. Blizzardpaw gave his sister a sharp nip on her ear to hush her.
Cloudstar was quiet before nodding formerly. "Rainstorm!" The deputy took a moment to realize it was his own name.
"I want you to travel to RiverClan, and WindClan. Bring four warriors from RiverClan and WindClan. We must unite against the NightWalkers." Cloudstar scanned the clearing. "Blackpelt, Snowwing and Jaytalon will accompany you." Fallenstar shook her head. "I want Oakstar, Sandfern and Hawkpool from RiverClan, the fourth must be either Spidertail or Badgerfoot. And bring Pinewhisker with you."
Cloudstar looked puzzled but he sighed. "Very well. Blackpelt, say behind."
Rainstorm dipped his head to Cloudstar. and began dashing away, but he paused as he saw Fallenstar. He glared at her, but his eye softened. Rainstorm leaned into her ear and whispered something. Fallenstar widened her eyes and rested her chin on his head. "Thank you." She murmured.
Rainstorm blinked solemnly and led his patrol out of camp. He charged past the rows of birch, olive and oak trees until they reached the stream, partially frozen over. Rainstorm went first, confidently swimming through the freezing water, leaving the ice untouched.
Snowwing nervously slid across the ice, yelping as it cracked under a hind paw. She jerked it out and leapt the rest of way. Jaytalon and Pinewhisker were next, the young brown tom using his claws to walk steadily as he joined Rainstorm and Snowwing.
Jaytalon hesitantly placed his forepaws on the ice, widening his eyes as he skidded forward, and his front half of his body crashed through the ice and submerged into the water. He let out a choking scream, inhaling water and it burned in his lungs. He could feel the edges of his vision blackening, but just as he was about to give in, powerful jaws grabbed his scruff and yanked him upwards.
Jaytalon gasped and coughed, gazing up thankfully at Rainstorm. "Let's hurry, ShadowClan is counting on us." The deputy growled, but inside his heart was drumming so hard he could feel it in his throat.
I wonder how Hawkpool is... Am I really RiverClan? Who're my parents, and will I meet them? Why didn't Pinewhisker want to go with her, and why did Thornsnag? Questions swarmed his mind, and blurred his vision as the neared the RiverClan camp.
A reed and cattail wall loomed over the ThunderClan cats, but before they could enter, a kit tumbled at their paws. "Honeysnow, it's just like I said! They're here, I told you so!"
Honeysnow, the medicine cat, gazed curiously at the she kit. "You were right, Morningpaw..." She glanced at the ThunderClanners.
"Come on in." Rainstorm nervousness showed, his paws shaking with every step he took. Fresh, water scents mixed with fish bathed his tongue, and every bone in his body screamed for him to rejoice that he was home. But his heart told him no. You have Lightfeather, and you precious kits, would you really leave all of that for a new clan? A voice in Rainstorm's head taunted.
The deputy shook his head, and squeezed his eyes, but when he opened them, he saw someone he thought he'd never see again.. Hawkpool stood in front of him, her bright red eyes burning worriedly in his eyes.
"Scarface, are you-" Rainstorm hushed her, placing his tail over her mouth. "I'm no longer Scarface. I'm Rainstorm."
The blue grey tom glanced around the clan, looking for cats alike to him, seeing none. "Hawkpool," He whispered, "who're our parents?"
Hawkpool smirked. "Oakstar is our father, you've seen him at Gatherings, and Sandfern is our mother. She's ginger with black stripes; over there!" Hawkpool pointed her nose in the direction of the she cat, sharing hushed murmurs with Bramblewhisker.
Rainstorm tilted his head curiously. "They look nothing like me!" Hawkpool shrugged. "Maybe one of their parents were blue grey..."
Rainstorm glanced around camp once more, spotting a young, blue grey she cat. "What about her?"
Hawkpool followed him, realizing he was staring at Mistsong. Hawkpool felt sick at the very thought, not because of Mistsong, but because she might be related to Pebbletail! Hawkpool shook her head frantically. "No, no, no, no, no, no way!" Hawkpool exclaimed.
Rainstorm frowned. "Alright, alright, anyways! I came here for a reason. ShadowClan is being killed off! Fallenstar says the NightWalkers have already killed Flowerbreeze and Talonclaw."
The RiverClan cats yowled in disagreement. "How do we know it's not a trap?" A grey tom with dark stripes hissed.
Rainstorm turned to face the warrior and bore his teeth back into a snarl. The RiverClan tom flinched back and lowered his amber eyes to the ground.
"Fallenstar entered our camp, and bled out in our clearing. She lost a life; I don't think even she could plan something so elaborate." Rainstorm deducted, looking up at Oakstar expectantly.
"Very well. I want-" Rainstorm cut Oakstar off. "Actually, she requested specific warriors..." Rainstorm glanced at his sister. "She wants, Hawkpool, Sandfern, and you. The fourth she said either Spidertail or Badgerfoot"
Oakstar looked surprised, but he dipped his head. "If that is what she wishes." The black leader led Sandfern, Spidertail and Hawkpool towards Rainstorm. Out of the corner of eye, Rainstorm saw Hawkpool glance at Jaytalon, her expression unreadable but Rainstorm could guess.
Jaytalon did fancy her when she was in ThunderClan, but- no! Thornsnag went with her because I think he loved her. Surely Hawkpool can see that? Rainstorm shook his head as Hawkpool brushed up against him. "C'mon. From the way you made it sound, looks like we don't have long."
...
Rainstorm looked confidently at the patrol he led. He had managed to persuade Sunstar to contribute three cats; Frostberry, Stonefoot and Whitefur.
"Clans, ATTACK!" Rainstorm charged forward, practically gliding over the dark ferns on ShadowClan territory. The NightWalkers looked up in surprise, causing them to falter in their attacks. Shreddedpelt- well, Flowerbreeze- reared up and slammed her paws down on a creamy white tom. He growled and leaped at her, but the dark cream she cat dodged and struck an unsheathed paw across his face.
Darkheart stood guard in front of the nursery, one eye swollen shut as blood trickled down his forehead. "Don't worry, Daisystripe! I'll protect you and Firekit!" Darkheart yowled as he furiously raked a black tom with faint stripes.
It took Rainstorm a moment to remember that Darkheart was Daisystripe's father. Rushfall had told him that Darkheart's mate had died in her kitting, and Darkheart had neglected his kin ever since.
Rainstorm saw Blackpelt, Leaftail, and Mouseclaw struggling with their own enemies, just as a white tom with a torn ear tip pounced on Rainstorm from his blind side.
The blue-grey tom snarled and ducked, dodging a blow to the head. Rainstorm darted to his left to keep the NightWalker in his sights.
He let out a sharp hiss and swerved around the white tom, pinning him down from behind. He raked his hind claws over the rogue's back, releasing him as he gave his torn ear a strong bite, and the loner went dashing into the hazel bushes.
As he spun around, he noticed Fallenstar circling Melody. The leader lashed her tail, staring at Rainstorm out of the corner of her eye. Rainstorm got the gist, pelting to his sister, brother, and parents.
"Hawkpool, Pinewhisker! Oakstar! Sandfern!" He bellowed, able to see his mother's ginger ear tips and his brother's lashing brown tail.
Rainstorm saw Sandfern's ears turn in his direction, but a dark ginger tom with white patches blocked his view. The deputy wriggled his haunches and with a growl, bowled the NightWalker over.
"Heya, Sandfern!" He chided. Sandfern smiled weakly. "My poor son..." She reached out a paw, softly caressing the scarred half of his face. The RiverClan she cat pulled the blue grey tom into her embrace, pressing her face into his shoulder.
"I am so sorry, Stormkit." Sandfern meowed, calling him by his original name. Rainstorm blinked away this misting in his eye. "I'm Rainstorm now, deputy of ThunderClan." Sandfern smiled at him. "You go all the way to the top."
"Fallenstar needs us! She wants you with her!" Rainstorm meowed, remembering the flick of the ShadowClan cat's tail.
Pinewhisker was teamed up with Hawkpool, defending his sister as she weakly mimicked his blows. Only a few gashes showed on the black she cat, but her movements were slow and prolonged, as if something was holding her back. With a strike to the NightWalker's underbelly, Pinewhisker sent the rogue yowling away.
Pinewhisker let his sister lean on him slightly as they approached Rainstorm. Oakstar and Sandfern were already standing beside the deputy.
"Melody, I know your secret!" Fallenstar howled, dodging yet another one of the NightWalker sloppy blows. "You're a clan cat; I thought I recognized you!"
Melody screeched, leaping at Fallenstar, but the leader stood on her forepaws and shoved Melody off. "You're Cloverkit, daughter of Oakstar and Sandfern!"
(POV change; Starlight)
(A/N: Starlight is a kittypet who will have a bigger part later on, but I wanted to have a little cliffhanger so she gets a little intro now)
Starlight circled warily around the blue grey tom, unsure of him. Her Two-leg, Green-Eyes, had found him wandering around an alley with an eye injury, so she took him in, but the mottled cat was not very thankful.
"Um, hi, I'm StarLight, what's your name?" The light ginger kittypet whispered, flinching as he turned his unnerving gaze at her. A scar stretched over one eye, stopping just before it hit the eye itself. His actual eyes were a murky yellow, and his fur was a dark blue grey mottled, unkempt with dirt and mud.
"What's it to you?" He growled, looking away. And he sighed. "I'm Shellwhisker of RiverClan- or I was." He started laughing, not the kind of laugh you'd laugh with, but that kind that made you feel uneasy inside.
"My clan exiled me, all because I just wanted to be as good as my brother! Ashthroat was perfect! He had all the she cats mooning over him, even my own mate!" Shellwhisker snarled, and that laugh came again. "So I killed him!"
Starlight began to scramble away, but in a flash Shellwhisker was nose to nose with her, his rotten breath blowing her squiggly whiskers to her cheeks. "Say, you're pretty cute yourself..."
Starlight narrowed her eyes and unsheathed a paw, placing her claws on his neck. "Don't you dare come any closer. I am not your average kittypet. I was born and raised on the streets. My littermates disappeared without a trace and I have never known the love of a father nor a mate, but I have no interest."
Shellwhisker smirked. "Ah, a fiery one. Just how I like 'em."
Starlight growled, but Shellwhisker came no closer. A Two-leg kit cautiously entered the room, smiling softly as she spotted Shellwhisker. Starlight let out an amused purr as the tom backed agaisnt the wall, his eyes wide and fearful. Starlight knew this Two-leg as Green-Eyes, a very kind Two-leg kit who would often take in stray cats, heal and help them, and and give them away to caring Two-legs.
Green-Eyes held up a long, yellow tendril, a collar. Shellwhisker hissed and swatted at Green-Eyes, but he missed her by a whisker. Green-Eyes sighed, placing the collar on the floor. She quickly grabbed Shellwhisker by the scruff, and with her other paw, she carefully clasped the collar onto him.
As Green-Eyes walked away, Shellwhisker instantly tried to force the collar off. Starlight purred, showing off her bright green collar with a silver bell. "Green-Eyes is the only one who can take them off and put them on." Shellwhisker hissed at her words.
"Stupid Two-legs! Stupid kittypets and my StarClan cursed brother!" Shellwhisker snarled, tugging at the bright yellow collar.
A golden name tag dangled from the collar. Starlight peered down at it, giggling as she read it. "What now, you little runt?" Shellwhisker complained.
"Green-Eyes named you 'Blue'." Starlight snicked, as Shellwhisker's face twisted in disgust.
"Blue?! Sounds like a she cat's name!" He exclaimed. Starlight nodded, but she dashed away as Shellwhisker hissed at her with pure hatred.
A few days later, Shellwhisker, or Blue as Starlight had begun to call him, had clawed Green-Eyes a total of eighteen times, refused to eat, drink or use his litterbox, until finally, the day came.
Green-Eyes looked at Shellwhisker with sad eyes through his kennel. He growled at her.
Starlight rolled her eyes from in the kennel next to him. "You know she brought you here to help."
"I don't need that frog-face's help! I was fine on my own!" Shellwhisker bellowed. Starlight let out a dramatic sigh. "Whatever you say, Blue." Starlight saw him bristle.
Green-Eyes soon came trotted back, a strange smell coming off her. Starlight recoiled at it, and she suddenly realized why Shellwhisker was really there.
Green-Eyes picked up their kennels, one in each paw, and set them down in a another room. She opened their doors and in her gentle voice she said, "now, Starlight, you know why Blue's here. I can't do anything for him, say whatever you want, but in the end, neither of us can do anything."
Starlight stared at Green-Eyes in disbelief, but she understood. Shellwhisker was dying. He hadn't eaten, made dirt, or even drank anything in the past week.
"Shellwhisker, I don't like you." Starlight meowed bluntly. "And I think you're a very scary cat that has walked down the wrong path. But not even you deserve this fate. Just keep in mind, Green-Eyes and I did everything we can to help you."
Shellwhisker faced her. "W-what do you mean?" Starlight didn't answer.
"Goodbye, Shellwhisker."
Just then, about three Two-legs entered. Their normal pinkish paws wore white gloves, and their eyes looked dark. They reached for Shellwhisker, grabbing him by the scruff and brutally dragging him away. They stuck a silver string like thing into his neck, and he went limp.
But the thing that scared Starlight the most, was that she swore she saw a ghost of him stand up from his skinny body, a dark red mist surrounding him, and smile.
(POV Hawkpool)
(Recap)
"You're Cloverkit, daughter of Oakstar and Sandfern!" Fallenstar yowled, stopping Melody in her tracks.
"W-what?" Melody was at a loss for words.
Fallenstar closed her eyes and nodded. "Sandfern and I used to be best friends, and she snuck me into camp the night they were born to let me see them. Stormkit, Birchkit, Heatherkit, and you; Cloverkit, named after the clover like marks under your eyes." Fallenstar meowed.
"Then, two young apprentices snuck the four kits out of camp. They were only two sunrises old. I don't know the whole story, but I know who does." Fallenstar turned to Spidertail. "You and your brother took the kits out of camp."
Spidertail shrunk down under Melody and Fallenstar's glare. "...Yes, Badgerfoot and I did take you four..."
(Flashback of Spidertail)
"Spiderpaw, are you sure this is a good idea?" Badgerpaw asked through Birchkit's scruffs. "Oakblaze'll kill us if he finds out!"
Spiderpaw rolled his eyes, adjusting his grip on Heatherkit and Cloverkit. "It's fine. Sneaking out of camp is like a ritual! You and I and Specklepaw did it."
Beside them, their sister Specklepaw laughed through Stormkit's fur. "Chill out, Badgerpaw. You're such a buzzkill. This way, the kits won't get into trouble, which would suck since Oakblaze is the deputy."
Spiderpaw stiffened as a sour scent bathed his tongue. "Badgerpaw, Specklepaw, I think we're in trouble!" Just as the words left his mouth, a vixen was suddenly chasing them, yipping and snapping at the littermates.
Spiderpaw swerved to the side, heading towards the river. "Guys, follow me!" Spiderpaw screamed, his yowl muffled through both the she kits' fur.
Badgerpaw made a narrow turn, Specklepaw just behind him, her pretty blue eyes wide with fear. Spiderpaw jumped over a gorse bush, the she kits squealing in his jaws. Heatherkit, Cloverkit, I am so sorry.
The black and white tom was right on his brother's tail, but the stopped in the tracks as a shriek came from just behind them.
Specklepaw's long, tortoiseshell fur was caught in the thorns, a look of pure terror on her face. "Badgerpaw! Take Stormkit, take him!"
Badgerpaw snatched up the blue grey kit, screaming at his sister. "Specklepaw, come on! Hurry up!"
The fox stared at Specklepaw, staring at the apprentice's body with its black beady eyes menacingly. "Protect the kits!" Specklepaw yowled, horror shook in her voice as she lunged at the vixen.
Badgerpaw spun around, refusing to look. "Spiderpaw, let's go! There's nothing we can do!" But Spiderpaw felt his paws sticking to ground as the brutal creature ripped through the thick fur of his sister. Her shouts and wails echoed in his mind, but he was snapped away by Badgerpaw hauling him away by the scruff. "Spiderpaw, she's gone. Let's hurry to the river, foxes hate water."
With the she kits swinging in his jaws, the two brothers thundered towards the river with the fox right behind him and Badgerpaw in front of him. Spiderpaw leaped forward, bracing himself for the splash in the river, but instead, agonizing pain shot from his tail and up his spine.
The fox chomped down on a half of tail, dangling him in air painfully. The vixen shook her head back and forth, causing such pain to Spiderpaw, he opened his jaws into a wail, but he soon realized his mistake. Cloverkit slipped from his strong teeth and crashed into the river, squealing in fright as the rushing current swept her away.
Spiderpaw tightened his grip on Heatherkit, intense guilt overwhelming him. With one last shake and yet another flare of pain, Spiderpaw was set free and collapsed into the river, the chomped in half tail turned the water a pale scarlet in the sunhigh light.
Badgerpaw dragged Spiderpaw by the scruff onto the other side as the vixen growled at them, upset at not getting Spiderpaw.
Spiderpaw coughed and spluttered, and looked around frantically. "Where's Heatherkit?!"
Badgerpaw moved his thick tail, showing the poor shivering kit. Spiderpaw felt his heart reach out for her, but the aching pain made him want to crawl under a rock and die.
The vixen had discovered a stepping stones, now jumping across to the apprentices. Suddenly, with a yowl a cat pinned the fox down, tearing at its underbelly until it went limp under his grasp. Oakblaze glared at the two apprentices, until his face softened. "We found Specklepaw..." He glanced at his three kits. "Where's Cloverkit?"
Badgerpaw lowered his head so Spiderpaw shakily stood up, weak with the burning pain in his chewed off tail. "It's my fault. The fox bit my tail off and I dropped her. She was washed away by the river..."
Oakblaze peered at Spiderpaw, his jaw dropping as he saw the mangled tail. "Alderleaf and Honeysnow will help."
(End of Flashback)
"This is all my fault, isn't it?" Spidertail asked, gazing at Melody with apologetic eyes. Fallenstar watched as Sandfern approached Melody cautiously. "My dear, sweet, Cloverkit..."
Melody looked a little happy, but that was gone so fast Hawkpool thought she imagined it. "Yo-you left me! The NightWalkers saved me, and now, you all die!" Melody lunged at Fallenstar, smacking the leader's head against a large stone, until Fallenstar lay motionless.
"This is but a preview of what's to come. I shall return with more cats and we shall destroy the Clans at your Marsh Island." Melody let out a little cackle as she bounded away, Rooster following like a lost kit, and a golden tabby she cat with a crooked jaw and a tooth sticking looked at Hawkpool with pleading mismatched eyes.
The silver star on Fallenstar's forehead shimmered, and she stood up slowly, rubbing her head as Stagstrike raced over to her.
(Clicker POV)
"Charge, can I speak with Abbi?" Clicker stared at the pale golden tom, his black, thunder like stripes zigzagging along his thick fur. "Anything for my sister." He teased, stepping out of the way.
Charge had joined the NightWalkers not long ago, and Clicker was overjoyed when she was reunited with her brother. He fell in love with a former kittypet named Abbi, who was now a queen.
"Abbi, you okay?" Clicker asked the small dark gold queen. The former kittypet nodded. "I'm fine; more worried about you. You and Charge have to fight against the clans, I don't know what I'd do if I lost Charge..." Abbi looked up at Clicker. "He's reckless. Please, protect him."
Clicker dipped her head. "Of course, but you must know Abbi; this war is pointless."
(POV change Nightbreeze)
"Hold on! They're a whole moon early!" Redbreeze exclaimed, carefully holding juniper berries in her mouth. She placed them on the queen's paws. "Eat, eat!"
Nightbreeze did as she was told, swallowing the two berries before another spasm shook her. Nightbreeze let out a soft wail, but it wasn't as worse as her first time; they were early as well.
"Here's the first one now!" Mintflower cheered, licking the kit alive. It mewed loudly and instantly latched on, suckling happily.
In what seemed like seasons, four, healthy but small kits were nuzzled into Nightbreeze's belly. The first, a white she kit with grey stripes. The second was a dark grey tom with light grey flecks. Next to the tom, another tomkit shoved him over, squeaking angrily. He was a light brown with pale silver stripes, and finally, the smallest was an almost black she kit with light brown, grey and white flecks.
Beside the queen, Brackenfang stood over her, a frown on his face. "They don't look anything like me!" He glared at Nightbreeze with slitted eyes.
Nightbreeze pulled her kits in closer, wrapping her tail around them. "Hey!" The voice was not hers, but Cloudstar's.
"They don't look like you because they're not yours. They're mine." Cloudstar growled, standing in front of Nightbreeze defensively.
Brackenfang bunched his muscles up, but as he looked at Nightbreeze's hurt eyes, he sighed and left the nursery.
"Let's name them." Nightbreeze purred, fondly gazing at them. Cloudstar nodded.
"I think he should be Stonekit." Cloudstar meowed, pointing his nose to the dark grey tom with light flecks. Nightbreeze nodded. "She'll be Streamkit." Nightbreeze giggled at Streamkit- the white she kit with grey stripes- as she knocked over the light brown tom in her way for milk.
"Her other brother will be Nutkit." Nightbreeze declared. Cloudstar said nothing but, "and the dappled kit with be Specklekit."
(POV change Ivypaw)
"No, Ivypaw... You swerve, like this." Juniperfur meowed, standing on her forepaws and spiraling her hind legs in the air gracefully.
Ivypaw sighed, shifting her weight uncomfortably to her front paws. She kicked her legs up in the air, but as she swerved her back paws, her forepaws gave out and Ivypaw crumpled to the mossy floor.
Beside Juniperfur, Antpaw was struggling with the same move, with having much shorter legs than Ivypaw. Puddlewhisker sighed. "Antpaw, you need to kick your legs out, not tuck them in."
The dark ginger tom growled. "But then I'll just fall like Ivypaw!" Puddlewhisker cuffed his ear. "Maybe if you had watched how I did it you would know."
Poppypaw stared up at her mentor, Petalwish. "Petalwish, are we really all going to die?" Poppypaw looked around. "I'm barely two moons, and I'm scared."
Petalwish flattened her ears and brought the half-clan kit closer. "Try not to worry, it's why we're trying to teach you how to battle."
Poppypaw sniffed and stood up. "Okay... I think I mastered the move though." Petalwish smirked at her. "Go on then."
The light brown apprentice reared up onto her forepaws steadily, flashed out her hind legs, quickly tucked them in and landed back on all fours.
"Yes, Poppypaw! You did it, let's go to river and get a drink. And we'll practice a new move." Petalwish meowed happily, leading the ginger flecked she cat away.
Antpaw glared as Poppypaw waltzed away. He lashed his light ginger tail angrily. Puddlewhisker cuffed him once more. "Antpaw, a warrior never gets jealous."
Antpaw rolled his eyes. "A warrior this, a warrior that! What can a warrior do?" Puddlewhisker's nose twitched, holding back a snarl. "He can listen to his mentor."
A pair of thundering pawsteps approached the three apprentices. Runningpaw burst through the grassy thickets, crashing and tumbling into the hollow, pieces of prey flying from his jaws.
Snowpaw snorted and chuckled behind his brother, carefully skidding down into the hollow with two fish and a water vole.
Ivypaw scurried up to Runningpaw as he gathered all his prey together. "Can I have the carp?" She chirped, nosing the plump fish.
Runningpaw looked around and looked back at Ivypaw. "Y-y-you're talking to me?" Ivypaw giggled. "Of course."
Runningpaw's jaw dropped, his mouse and a trout dropping to the ground. "Um, I'll just take these, and uh, go." Ivypaw stammered, snatched up the carp and trout and hurrying over to Antpaw, dropping the trout at the dark ginger tom's paws.
Snowpaw scooped up the prey that his brother dropped. "I, uh, yeah, duhhhh." He teased, putting on a stupid look, dropping his jaw and letting the prey fall.
Runningpaw slapped Snowpaw on the head with a sheathed paw. "Shut it, she'll hear you!"
Snowpaw let out a final, dumb moan, ducking away as Runningpaw aimed to swat his ear. The blue grey and white tom shoved his face into the ground, muttering, "no, no, no, no!"
Snowpaw snicked, grabbed the water vole he caught himself and padded away to join Ivypaw, Antpaw, and Poppypaw who had returned.
Runningpaw slowly picked up his mouse, carefully padding over to the four cats. Ivypaw glanced up at him awkwardly, then looked downwards. Runningpaw felt a pang in his heart, but he flicked his tail tip and padded away, sitting beside a patch of cattails.
Puddlewhisker sighed, picked up a trout and padded over to Runningpaw. "What's wrong?" The former queen asked. Runningpaw looked away.
"Come on, I promise I won't tell. Maybe I can help." Puddlewhisker persuaded, as Runningpaw turned his green eyes to her.
"What do you do, when you like someone, but you act like a total frog, er, fish-brain around them?" Runningpaw exclaimed, his eye ablaze. Puddlewhisker purred. "I think toms who are like that are adorable. As long as you are there for her, I think you're okay. Just make jokes out of your fumbles."
Runningpaw's eyes lit up. "Thanks, I think... Gotta go!" He scooped up his prey and wriggled his way in between Snowpaw and Ivypaw.
Snowpaw growled softly, glaring at his brother. Ivypaw rolled her eyes. Runningpaw snarled to himself. "Ivypaw, c-can I show you something?"
Ivypaw raised an eyebrow. She looked at Snowpaw sadly as she stood up and followed the blue grey and white tom.
Runningpaw easily climbed the ledge out of the hollow, thought he struggled to keep his cool with his heart pounding in his chest.
Tulips and lilies of all colors shone in the sunhigh light and billowed softly in the warm breeze. Dew still shimmered on the petals, creating colorful lights.
"I-I," Runningpaw stammered. "I thought it looked really nice…"
Ivypaw grinned a half smile at him. She nudged his side. "I guess you're not a total fish-brain." Ivypaw tackled him, purring as they both laid on their backs, staring at the fluffy white clouds.
(POV change; Hawkpool)
Hawkpool stared aimlessly at her paws, struggling to remember her supposed sister. Nothing came. Hawkpool cursed herself, growling angrily.
She marched up to her father's den, but she stopped, hearing Sandfern and him arguing. "We need to tell them!" Sandfern yowled.
Through a hole in the stone, Hawkpool could see Oakstar shake his head. "Yellowlily said we never should; so we can't. This is over." Oakstar sighed.
Sandfern lashed her tail. "Ferretnose and Doestripe need to know!"
Know what, mother? Hawkpool thought. Sandfern growled when Oakstar didn't reply. "Yellowlily looks so sad when she sees us with them! She should've nursed them, not me! They are her kits!"
A/N
Oh gosh I have such writers' block for this story! I'm really sorry for this sucky chapter! I made a new account called Spottedmoon8 so go check out my story Lost. Bye for a while. I will more active on Spottedmoon8…