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Chapter Eleven: Hollyleaf
Life in love is confusing. I mean people treat you differently, then you treat them differently and everything becomes one big mess.
That's something they should teach apprentices: How to act when you're in love. I'm going to talk to Firestar about it. But first I need to deal with Lionblaze, he looks so sad. All he does is hunt or patrol, when he is in camp it's so he can quickly gulp down some prey or sleep. He goes out a lot at night. When he's not being super obsessed with warrior stuff he'll try to talk to Cinderheart, but she just walks away, then he disappears into the forest. I have to fix this.
"Lionblaze!" I mew walking up to him, he's just returned with the dawn patrol.
"What do you want Hollyleaf?" He asks almost wearily.
"I want to know what's wrong with you! You walk around here with your head down and tail drooping, and that's when you're actually in camp!" I exclaim, annoyance getting the best of me.
"Why don't you ask her?!" He snarls, looking where Cinderheart is sitting with Hazeltail and Mousewhisker. "I need to go hunt." Then he turns tail and walks back to the forest.
"Hey Cinderheart!" I mew walking up to my old friend.
"Hollyleaf!" she mews happily, "I never see you anymore!"
"Then I guess you'd like to go hunting with me? We can catch up." I mew warmly.
"I'd love too." She answers standing up and bidding good-bye to Hazeltail and Mousewhisker.
As we run through the forest, I re-live doing just this with her when we were paws, and the bittersweet memories tug at my heart.
"I need to talk to you." I mew when we slow in the clearing next to the abandoned twoleg nest.
"What's up?" She asks facing me.
"I just, I've noticed that you've been, you haven't… you're not being fair to Lionblaze!" I blurt out.
"Did he put you up to this?" She mews, not angrily, just sadly.
"No. He's so sad, and I knew I had to fix that."
"How? You're never going to get me to change my mind! I'm not special enough for him!" She wails.
"What are you talking about? You are special, because you're the cat he wants, you and no one else." I mew, "How can you not see that?"
"I-I, are you serious?" she stutters.
"No, I'm lying. Duh! Of course I'm serious!" I mew. Her face lights up.
"I didn't hurt him too badly, did I?" She mews, worry in her eyes.
I shrug and mew, "Only one way to find out."
She nods slowly and we pad back to camp, catching a few mice and birds along the way.