Longtail's death

I am just a burden of ThunderClan. I should be dead. I never amounted to anything. There is no reason I should be here. I'm just a nobody.

Longtail struggled with these unsettling feelings. He couldn't fall asleep. He heard Goldenflower telling him to quiet down. He tried so hard to fall asleep, but the pain stayed in his chest.

He had not felt this way in a long time, not since he first became…

Longtail could not take it anymore. He felt his way out of the elder's den. He could only see a little bit. He sniffed the air and noticed he was not alone.

Mousefur walked up to him. "Longtail, go back in and sleep!"

"What are you doing out here?" Longtail growled. Mousefur was also an elder, so she could not be on patrol.

"It's none of your business!" Mousefur growled back.

"And it's none of your business if I'm doing either!"

There was a moment of silence between them, but then Mousefur spoke. "Are you upset again?"

"No!"

But Longtail knew Mousefur already knew. He shook his head. "I'm going out for a bit."

"But you can't just…"

"I'm not a little kit!" Longtail grumbled. He stalked away. He almost hit a cat on his way out. "Longtail, what are you doing out here?" said the cat.

Longtail did not know who the cat was, and he did not want to know. He just wanted to go. Of course, the cat will tell someone, but he didn't care.

……..

Where he was going, he did not know. He afforded everything he could. He did almost fall once, but he regained is step.

It was awhile later before he could hear cats behind him. He could do nothing but go faster, so he started to run.

All he felt was the wind in his fur. He had no idea where he was going. He only ran.

But a few moments later, he felt cold water in his fur. Water was all around him. He flouted in the river, not moving at all. He felt the river rush him across, he felt tired.

He knew he was going to die.

He then felt a tugging. He felt himself being dragged across the grass.

They must care.

Longtail slowly drifted away. When he woke again, he could see again. And he saw his mother.