Congrats to Mossclaw, who guessed right- it's HawkfrostxMistyfoot! Surpised? Enjoy the last chapter of Rumors, because I'm going to end it this chapter.
Disclaimer: I don't own warriors.
Sunset spoilers. Read at your own risk.
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It seemed that rumors could take hold of a clan like killer vines encircling some poor tree. And once those rumors caught on, they never let go.
It didn't occur to him that they too, like a vine, needed nourishment; the brush of a tail tip along his pelt, or the way she always seemed to go on the same patrol as him.
But fortunately, she was smarter than this.
Or, it occurred to him with a pang of envy, she's found someone else.
Even so, rumors spread even more quickly, for the ice was already half broken.
And one day, all it took was one word- love- and the thin ice he walked on broke beneath him. Shards of memories and the scent of fur gave way as he plunged into the icy water that lay just below his broken ice.
But the water was so numbing, so gentle and unmoving, compared to the harsh rip of the rumor's edge.
It was there, hanging between insanity and reality, that he decided one thing;
He would never love anyone. Not now, not ever. Never again.
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And much later, lying in the freezing water, and watching his blood drain into the lake, he wondered one thing.
If he had chosen love over power, maybe he would live to see himself leader?
Well, he would have eternity in the dark forest to figure that out.
With half-shut eyes, he could only see the red of the lake. But in the dying sun, in looked more…pink. Wasn't that the color of love?
Strange. It all looked red when it began to fade to black. Perhaps the ice had always been red?
But that red ice slipped away into the night, along with the rumors. Death, he realized, was the only thing that could stop them.
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Finally done. Hope you all enjoyed it! The end, I admit, was a bit awkward to write.
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