It had been so many seasons since Lionblaze had fallen in love with Heathertail. So many moons since he had talked to her. Lionblaze's heart ached as he remembered the cold hatred in her eyes as Lionblaze looked at her that night in the tunnels. Lionblaze gave a small sigh of sadness.
"Lionblaze!" called Firestar. Lionblaze quickly ran over to his Clan leader. "Yes Firestar?" he panted as he skidded to a stop. "Would you like to go to the Gathering tonight?" meowed Firestar.
Lionblaze nodded and joined a group of cats that were waiting by the Clan entrance. As he passed the nursery Swirlykit and Robinkit, Rosepetal and Foxleap's kits, tumbled out.
"Can I go too?" mewed Swirlykit. "No, and Robinkit, please try this small piece of vole. I chewed it all up and it's nice and soft!" cajoled Rosepetal. "Ooh I'll have it!" squealed Swirlykit. Rosepetal purred and licked her daughter's head.
Lionblaze purred and was about to compliment Rosepetal on her kits when Dovesong's voice rang across the clearing. "Come on Lionblaze!" Lionblaze turned to his former apprentice. "I'm coming!" he replied and raced off.
Cats of all four Clans walked around meowing. "Dovesong!" yowled a gray she-cat. "Hi Petalfur!" meowed Dovesong and went to greet her RiverClan friend. Lionblaze purred, remembering a journey that had saved all four Clans from starvation.
Lionblaze felt a pair of eyes burning into his pelt. He turned and froze to see Heathertail staring at him. The two cats stared at each other for a few heartbeats. Then Lionblaze forced himself to look away.
Heart pounding, Lionblaze walked over to Cinderheart and Cloudtail. Cinderheart whipped around as Lionblaze settled down next to them. "There you are! I was looking for you!" she purred licking his ear affectionately.
Lionblaze pushed her away, ignoring the hurt in her eyes. He gazed up at the leaders. "Prey is plentiful and blah blah blah," Lionblaze stopped listening as Mistystar started the Gathering. All he could think of was Heathertail. Her sweet scent, soft fur, and oh! Her heather colored eyes….
Lionblaze pushed away the thought of Heathertail. "Lionblaze we're leaving now," meowed Cinderheart, nudging Lionblaze gently. Lionblaze blinked in surprise as he noticed that the Gathering was over and most of the cats were gone.
He quickly caught up with the ThunderClan cats who had already crossed the tree bridge. Lionblaze padded along silently. His brother, Jayfeather padded up to him. "Thinking about Heathertail again?" he mewed so that only Lionblaze could hear. Lionblaze whipped around and glared at his brother.
"Have you been walking in my dreams again?" he spat. Jayfeather's sightless blue eyes flashed. "Of course not! StarClan told me about it. They noticed that your warrior skills were falling nowadays and they were the ones that walked in your dreams!" growled Jayfeather.
Lionblaze could never fully understand his brother. Deciding to drop the subject, he turned away. The two brothers padded silently along the path back to ThunderClan.
Rabbit: How was that?
Jayfeather: Horrible. I hated it.
Rabbit: Mousebrain. Anyway please review.
Jayfeather: Why would anyone review?
Rabbit: Fine then if you didn't like it please don't be like Jayfeather but give me some writing tips because this was my first story!