Chapter 8
Heatherpaw lifted her head and blinked her eyes a couple times after seeing the golden sunshine that beamed onto her face. She stretched out and after a couple seconds, was wide awake. Harepaw, who lay beside her, stretched too. They shared tongues and then, Harepaw bounded over to the new apprentice Sedgepaw. She and her other two siblings had become apprentices the day before… the day she was attacked by… Honeypaw. She felt anger rise inside her.
"Heatherpaw, do you want to come with us on the hunting patrol?" asked Breezepaw.
His black coat gleamed in the sunshine.
"Er, sure, why not?" she mewed kindly.
She and Breezepaw, along with Crowfeather and Whitetail gathered and ate some fresh-kill before exiting the camp and heading out into the open moor.
"I think I smell ShadowClan," Breezepaw meowed seriously. He lifted his head and his pelt began to bristle.
Crowfeather scented the air and looked at Whitetail. "He's right," Breezepaw's smoky gray father hissed, beckoning with his tail for them to follow as they headed towards the ShadowClan and WindClan border.
Heatherpaw felt a bit disappointed that they couldn't head towards the ThunderClan and WindClan border. Even though there had been a major misunderstanding the other day, she still longed to see him. She hoped that she-cat… Honeypaw hadn't told anyone that she and Lionpaw were meeting and that Lionpaw defended her. She didn't want Lionpaw to get into trouble and didn't want anyone to find out about their constant secret meetings.
Sighing, she focused and bounded towards the border.
"Hey, you've been kind of weird lately. Are you okay? You went farther out than you were supposed to yesterday. Did something happen with any of the ThunderClan cats?" he asked, his voice prickly as usual.
"I'm fine," she mewed halfheartedly.
She saw him shrug his shoulders.
Oh Lionpaw, how will we ever be able to be together. I love you more than anything. Oh StarClan, please help us…
She knew StarClan would not help them. It was forbidden, but she would never give up on their love…