Hollyleaf x Ashfur
Chpt 3
Hollyleaf stumbled through the barren land. The fire that raged through the forest a half-moon ago had taken its toll on the forest by the lake. The trees were charred, their leaves burned right off. The full moon had started to rise, washing the forest in its white light.
Hollyleaf tasted the air. She followed Ashfur's trail. The gray warrior had not sworn secrecy and planned to tell every cat their secret at the gathering that night.
Ashfur stopped at the Windclan border and paused to take a drink from the stream. He planned to go to the gathering alone that night. He took a long drink from the river. Perfect!
Hollyleaf crouched down, her slightly swollen belly brushing the ground. She bunched her muscles, and leapt out of the blackened fern, landing squarely in the middle of his back. Ashfur yowled in surprise "I won't let you tell my secret, Ashfur." Hollyleaf growled in his ear. Ashfur rolled over, squashing her. All the breath was forced out of her body.
Hollyleaf kicked him, leaping up. "I have too." Sorrow clouded his eyes. "She must suffer the way she deserves."
Hollyleaf pinned him down, snarling in his face.
"What about me then!"
"I love you, but Squirrelflight must suffer. She lied to you too." He gasped. Hollyleaf looked back at him, grief clouding her eyes.
"I'm sorry." She whispered as she slashed her claws across his throat.
"I will always love you, no matter what." He gasped again, blood welling up across his throat. " "I will see you in Starclan, but I cannot let you betray my secret." She leapt off him as he grew limp beneath her paws. She leapt off him, guilt and grief weighed her paws down as she pushed him into the stream, letting his body fall on the stepping stones.
"Good-bye my love, until Starclan." Hollyleaf whispered as she plunged back into the forest.