I'm really sorry that I haven't updated in FOREVER because school started and I've been having so much homework (i just started going to a new school) and have been meeting a lot of new friends... so when I'm on the computer I've been emailing with them... so yeah, there's my lame excuse for not updating...
So please forgive me and review!!!
Please request more pairings, because I'm going up to 10 chappies/oneshots now!
So far people have reqeusted-
Littlecloud/Leafpool
Cinderpaw/Breezepaw
Birchfall/Hollypaw
Birchfall/Mothwing
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mysterys
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Hollypaw sighed quietly and picked up a rock in her mouth. She swung her head and let go of it, watching the stone bounce down the embankment and plop into the river. She sighed again and turned around, scuffing her paws on the forest floor.
It seemed that lately her life had been way too boring. Lionpaw was distracted with becoming the best warrior in Thunderclan and Heatherpaw. Jaypaw was busy being moody and learning medicine... and Hollypaw was stuck becoming a warrior with no-one to talk to besides her mentor and little Foxpaw. Squirrelflight (her mother) was expecting a second litter of kits, and Brambleclaw was busy being a deputy.
Hollypaw wandered around the territory, catching a mouse here and therel; burying a few, eating a few. She used to feel great triumph whenever she caught something, but now she just felt pity for the animal... but maybe that's just because she had become more attuned to death.
She had become more aware of death ever since the Icepaw incident.
Icepaw had been an energetic and potentially talented apprentice, but when she was out hunting, she was attacked by rogues. The cat who had found her was Hollypaw, Icepaw's new best friend.
Hollypaw's mind was always wandering to Icepaw, and she woke up in the middle of the night; panting with an image of a bloody and torn Icepaw dead with frost coating her body, just like she'd found her.
Hollypaw had been hunting as well, the next morning, and had not yet heard of Icepaw's being missing. She had been thinking about how cold it was and had caught a squirrel; she was still carrying it in her mouth.
Then she tasted the blood on the air. The squirrel in her mouth seemed to be reeking deeper of death, and blood dripped down her throat from the carcass in her mouth. She dropped the squirrel, but the essence of death remained. Then she saw Icepaw. Poor little Icepaw bloodied and on the ground. Or what was left of her. There were a few patched of fur left, and those reeked of rogues, but the rest of her small companion had been devoured by the foxes. Hollypaw had fainted, and was found by a Windclan cat, who brought her back to her clan.
Now that she thought of it... she had never asked which Windclan cat it was. Suddenly Hollypaw was jolted out of her grotesque memory when a voice beside her made her jump.
"You seem to be in a better position than when I saw you last."
Hollypaw pivoted slowly, already regretting that she'd come here, "Breezepaw... you were the one that brought me to Thunderclan?"
"Yeah, I suppose so." Breezepaw laughed quietly and said, "That was me."
"Why is that funny?"
"They never told you who brought you?" Breezepaw asked, still laughing and continued mockingly, "They probably didn't want to traumatize you further with the knowledge that it was a foreign conceited little apprentice of whom it is common knowledge that you loathe, am I right?"
Hollypaw just blinked and said slowly, "I don't loathe you, Breezepaw. I just sincerely dislike you. Can we end this meeting by me saying 'Thank you for bringing me back to my clan' and walking away?"
"Why the walking away part?" asked Breezepaw, "I thought you were hunting here."
Hollypaw jumped at the word 'here' and sudden realization hit her in the face, "Wait a minute! You're on Thunderclan territory! Move, get away, I'm going to be blamed."
Breezepaw took two steps forwards and said, "That's settled."
Hollypaw's eyes widened and her ear-tips turned pink, "oops." It was actually she that was on Windclan territory. She scampered a few paces back and said, "That's settled."
Hollypaw then said, "Why are you on the border? I thought Windclanners liked meadows better, you're in the forest here."
Breezepaw sighed and said, "I just wanted to check up on you... I knew you'd be here."
"How's that?" asked Hollypaw quietly.
"I did the same thing. When Ivypaw died... I kept being drawn to the place that she died... near the waterfall. I kept going back there; she had been my best friend. I was the one who had found her crumpled body. I was the one who had fainted. I was the one who had been brought back to the clan. I was the one who had always had nightmares of her destroyed corpse; devoured by badgers. I was the one who knew where you would be... who possibly understood what you were feeling." He voice trailed away at the end, and he gulped nervously... wondering what Hollypaw's reaction would be.
She said quietly, "Thank you Breezepaw, it's nice to know someone cares. I'm going to leave now." Hollypaw slowly started walking away.
Breezepaw turned away, and then said "Hollypaw!" loudly at the same time she said, "Breezepaw!"
They both grinned and Breezepaw said, "Hey Hollypaw... I'm sorry I was mean to you before... they whole Ivypaw experience softened me..."
Hollypaw smiled and said, "I forgive you Breezepaw... Hey Breezepaw, I'm sorry I never stopped to wonder why you were the way you were."
Breezepaw cocked his head and said, "Why's that?"
"Because you had no-one to talk to. And as cheesy as this seems, you can always talk to me," Hollypaw smiled and dashed away, leaving Breezepaw wondering whether he should be sad or happy.
Two Weeks Later
Firestar yowled, "Myself, Brambleclaw, Squirrelflight, Jaypaw, Hollypaw, Foxpaw, Dustpelt, Thornclaw, Ferncloud and Graystripe are going to the Gathering. Leafpool, my apologies, but I think Jaypaw is ready to try representing the medicine realm of the clan without help... this is just a test run. And Leafpool, please care for Lionpaw, he insists that he's not injured... but he's been groaning all day. Follow me."
He leapt of the rock and galloped towards the Beach. Hollypaw was quivering with excitement; a gathering! The first one that she's gone to that Lionpaw hadn't! But surprisingly, the first thought in her mind was; I wonder if Breezepaw's going?
She followed her leader loyally, and was fine until they collided with the Windclan troops. There was Breezepaw, almost at the front of the line. He was looking up and down the Thunderclan line, then he saw her and grinned. Hollypaw grinned in return.
For the rest of the trip towards the Gathering she was only concious of his presence behind her, to the right of her, to the left of her... she could only focus on where he was. When he moved forwards and was only a few inches from her, her heart missed a beat. She said proudly to his, "Hey Breezepaw, guess what? My mentor said I'll be a warrior soon!"
"It's not Breezepaw anymore, it's Breezefang," he gloated.
"Mouse-dung, I was hoping I would beat you!" said Hollypaw in a pouty voice.
Breezefang reached over and licked her ear, running his tail-tip down her pelt. She shivered, and Breezefang earned a hard glare from Crowfeather. He laughed and said, "Oops, got a little too carried away. See you at the Gathering."
Hollypaw nodded subconciously and drifted back into her line. Jaypaw was staring blindly at her, and said, "Who was that, I didn't really recognize his voice?"
"Breezefang."
Jaypaw grunted in anger and said, "am I gonna run into anything?"
"No."
They finally reached the island, after a long trip across the log aiding Jaypaw, and the Gathering began.
Through all the news only one name vibrated in her mind, "Breezepaw and then Breezefang."
Breezefang had been staring at her the entire Gathering. Her shoulder began twitching with discomfort at his stare, and she saw amusement in his blue eyes when he saw her twitching. She stuck her tongue out at him, and she could hear him purr from all the way across the clearing.
Everyone was cheering for her at one point when they heard that she would be a warrior soon, but only one chant of "Hollypaw" stood out from the rest; Breezepaw's.
The Gathering was over, and Hollypaw was concious of only her own breathing, her own heartbeat, and the pulses of footsteps on the ground. There were yells of glory from the Riverclan cats, who had won new territory from Windclan... but there was only one thing in her head.
She had been thinking of it all night... but when she admitted it to herself, she had been thinking about it since two weeks ago.
Dustpelt turned her roughly around and said, "It's time to go Hollypaw."
She fought against the current of Thunderclan cats, and saw blue eyes flashing towards hers. There were three words forming on her lips, and they came out slowly,
"I love you."
Blue eyes flashed towards green eyes, and all was quiet. Starclan was at peace, the clans were at peace, all was well with the world because of four would coming out of Breezepaw's mouth, "I love you, too."
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awwww, lovely lovely cheesiness... sorry that i couldn't update last weekend... next week I promise I'll udpate Doubted: Divided... please review!
please vote for what pairing you want next... or suggest a new pairing...
I'M SORRY BUT I CAN'T DO BIRCH/APPLE... BECAUSE I ONLY DO RANDOM PAIRINGS... AND THAT'S NOT REALLY RANDOM! SORRY!
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mysterys