Forbidden Act of Love

Leafpool stirred in her sleep. Slowly, she stretched and gave a loud yawn.

Crowfeather was sleeping peacefully next to her, his chest rising and falling in perfect rhythm.

"Crowfeather," Leafpool murmured. "Crowfeather, wake up."

Crowfeather stirred and lifted his head up. "Hmm?"

"It's nightfall. We need to go back to our Clans, or they'll sent search parties out."

"I think Nightcloud already sent search parties," Crowfeather snorted.

Leafpool purred with laughter and got up to her paws. "Well, Jaypaw is probably celebrating my disappearance, so I need to crash his party."

Crowfeather laughed along with her. "Right, and I bet as soon as I step into WindClan, two balls of black fur with hit me harder than a ShadowClan warrior and start pestering me on where I was, what did I do, and such."

"You won't tell them about us, will you?" Leafpool asked.

Crowfeather murred with laughter and wrapped his tail around her. "Don't worry, Leafpool. I may be mouse-brained for the most part, but I don't have fox dung for a mind."

"That's good to know."

The two brushed pelts again and padded away from each other, heading in opposite directions.

Leafpool tread through as many streams and small pools of water as she could, trying to rid the scent of WindClan off her.

Crowfeather did the same, and go a fat rabbit in the process.

At least he had some what of an excuse for missing.

When Leafpool entered ThunderClan camp, her friends gathered around and asked if she was okay. She said yes and asked where Jaypaw was in the most casual manner.

The rest of the day for her was stressful.

Jaypaw was being difficult again, and Leafpool was about ready to claw his fur out.

Oh, how I wish I had an apprentice that appreciated being a medicine cat, Leafpool thought to herself.

Crowfeather was right on the account of two balls of black fur, Nightcloud and Breezepaw, jumping on him and asking him all sorts of questions.

But he kept most of the details to himself, only answering yes or no questions or giving very simple answers, like 'out' and 'hunting' and 'rabbit'.

It went like that for three days. They met again and devised a plan that would allow them to say each other.

Leafpool and Crowfeather knew they shouldn't disappear even day, so they would see each other again during and after Gatherings.

Everything was doing great until the day before the Gathering.

Leafpool realized she was a queen now.