Flame was gone. My mate was gone. My life was gone. I felt empty and useless. I sat down near hHe
bottom of the cliff, crying. "Why did he do it for me? Why!?" I sobbed. Tears and more tears rolled
down my face, landing on the ground. It seemed like I had cried an entire lake.
My life had been horrible. Everyone hated me, my mother was banished, and the one wolf that was nice
to me and that I loved, died so I could be safe. I felt like it was over. I wanted to leap off the cliff
myself. Suddenly, my crying was interrupted. I heard a strange sound. The sound of something
gasping for breath. I lifted my head up, and looked into the river. A trail of blood could be seen
in the water. "That's probably Flame's blood... " I started sniffling again.
But then I heard a sort of cough/gaps for breath again.
I shuffled over to where the noise was coming from, and then I gasped. I felt joy, pain, sadness and
surprise. There lay flame's reddish orangish body, blood pouring from all sides of it.
But flame wasn't dead yet. Slowly, I saw his chest rise and lower.
"FLAME!" I screamed. "Can you hear me!? Flame!" I pawed at his body.
Flame's eyes slowly opened, looking at me. "M-M... Misty..." He coughed.
"Don't worry! I'll help you! Please don't die, please don't die, please don't die..." I said panicky.
I licked each of his wounds, the taste of his blood in my mouth strange.
I quickly went to the nearby river and gulped down some water, then spit it into flame's open mouth.
"Flame! Flame don't die on me! Flame!" I stammered.
Flame closed his eyes, and his chest stopped moving. "FLAME!"
Flame was now dead. He lay there, motionless. I cried, my tears falling onto his body.
I lay my head down onto of him. I nuzzled his cheek, then licked him.
"D-d-don't leave me..." I sobbed.
"Misty..." I heard Flame say. "What!? Flame!? Flame!?" I said.
"M-Misty..." His wounds had stopped bleeding, and he was laying there, talking to me.
I nuzzled him. "Flame! Please don't go! Please!" I cried hugging him. "I... I won't..." Flame coughed.
"Flame! I-I love you!" I randomly said the words. "I... I-I love you too, Misty... " Flame shook his head.
"Are you ok?" I asked, a worried look on my face. "I'm fine... Just dizzy..." Flame answered.
I licked flame's cheek. He licked me back.
"I... I thought I lost you..."