Here's Chapter 2. Please review! Thanks to everyone who reviewed.

Disclaimer- I don't own Warriors. Like I said before, if I did, Rainwhisker would get a lot more attention.

Chapter 2: Heartbreak And Its Toll

"One-One…star?" Lionpaw choked. He was in love with the WindClan leader's daughter! Great StarClan what was he getting himself into?!

"You promised you wouldn't treat me-" Heatherpaw was cut off by a frightened Lionpaw.

"I'm sorry, I have to go" Lionpaw mewed racing away. He didn't see the hurt, pain, or suffering in Heatherpaw's eyes.

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"Hey Lionpaw, what's-" Lionpaw cut Hollypaw off with a flick of his tail. His eyes held fear, sadness, and overall love.

"What's wrong?" Hollypaw asked. Lionpaw kept walking toward the Apprentice Den. Hollypaw sighed and ran after him. Lionpaw sighed, she wouldn't understand.

Lionpaw stopped in a nest at the corner of the den. He laid down and curled himself up into a ball.

"What's wrong?" Hollypaw asked gently. Lionpaw growled.

"You wouldn't understand…" He muttered. Hollypaw glared.

"I'm your sister, Lionpaw. You can trust me" Hollypaw mewed carefully.

"It's… a tom thing" Lionpaw mewed after a moment of silence. Hollypaw shrugged.

"Ok, I'll go get Jaypaw" Hollypaw mewed. Lionpaw let out a hiss.

"No! I… don't wanna talk about it, ok?" Lionpaw hissed. Hollypaw growled.

"Please, just tell me" Hollypaw hissed angrily "Or I will get dad"

"Tattletail" Lionpaw muttered so Hollypaw wouldn't hear. Hollypaw narrowed her eyes.

"Fine!" Lionpaw hissed, "I think I ruined a great friendship I had with someone! Happy now?"

"Who?" Hollypaw asked. Lionpaw looked away.

"Heatherpaw of WindClan" he muttered. Hollypaw brightened up.

"I have the answer to your problems" She purred triumphantly "The Gathering's coming up, so just apologize there"

Lionpaw perked up immediately. Oh how lucky he was to have such a genius sister!

"You're a genius!" He declared. Hollypaw purred.

"I know" Hollypaw purred "Now, all you have to do is impress Firestar during the last few days before the Gathering. Then you can go"

Lionpaw nodded excitedly. This would work. Operation "Get Lionpaw to go to the Gathering" was just beginning.

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"Wow Lionpaw, impressive amount of prey there" Ashfur purred as Lionpaw entered the camp with two mice, a vole, a rabbit and a magpie.

"Thar- moore" Lionpaw mewed through the prey in his mouth. Ashfur laughed.

"What?" Ashfur mewed. Lionpaw dropped his prey off in the pile and mewed "There's more. I just haven't gotten it yet"

Ashfur's eyes widened. Lionpaw smiled. It was obvious he'd impressed his mentor.

"Wow…" was all Ashfur could say. Then a knowing look came into his eyes.

"You just want to go to the Gathering" Ashfur mewed. Lionpaw nodded slowly. He'd tried not to make it too obvious.

"Well… you did an impressive job. And it must be really important for you to go if you'd catch all this prey. Alright, I'll put in a good word with Firestar" Ashfur mewed. Lionpaw perked up.

"Thanks Ashfur!" Lionpaw mewed "You're the best!"

Ashfur smiled at his apprentice. But there was something in his eyes. It was so small that Lionpaw wasn't sure if he was seeing it at all. Regret… what could his mentor be regretting about him?

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"The cats going to the Gathering tonight are; Graystripe, Millie, Sandstorm, Thornclaw, Cinderpaw, Honeypaw, Mousepaw, Lionpaw, Dustpelt and Ashfur" Firestar mewed "We are leaving now"

As Firestar jumped off Highledge Lionpaw felt his sister tense beside him. She was obviously upset that she wasn't going. Lionpaw gave her a comforting lick.

"Have fun" Hollypaw mewed "And, don't forget to apologize to Heatherpaw"

Lionpaw nodded.

"Lionpaw! We're leaving!" Lionpaw saw the cats slowly leaving the hollow. Lionpaw scurried to catch up to them, waving good-bye to Hollypaw.

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The full moon shined above the traveling cats. The stars shined in a beautiful light, making Lionpaw feel more confident about this. All he had to say was "Heatherpaw, I'm sorry about… well, what happened" That's all he had to say.

WindClan soon joined the group of ThunderClan cats. Lionpaw scanned the crowd for Heatherpaw. He saw her after a moment, walking casually with the WindClan cats. He tried to push through the crowd to get to her, but he was forced away by the river of cats. Oh well, he'd just tell her on the Island.

Crossing the tree-bride Lionpaw felt a little more confident. On his first Gathering he nearly fell right into the lake. Not a good first impression. But Ashfur managed to grab him before he fell in. Lionpaw jumped nimbly off the tree-bride and onto the Island. Now to find Heatherpaw.

Lionpaw scanned the crowds and again saw Heatherpaw a few fox-lengths away. Lionpaw bounded over to her and in a few quick strides reached her. She didn't even turn to look at him.

"Hi Heatherpaw" Lionpaw mewed. Heatherpaw didn't respond.

"I… I just wanted to apologize for, well what happened" Heatherpaw remained silent, her heather-colored eyes showing no emotion at all.

"Heatherpaw?" Lionpaw mewed. She turned to look at him, and her eyes lit up. Lionpaw was about to say something, when he heard another voice behind him.

"Hey Heatherpaw" It was Harepaw. Harepaw shoved himself past Lionpaw and sat right next to Heatherpaw.

"Hi Harepaw" Heatherpaw purred licking his ear. Lionpaw felt as if his heart had just been torn in two.

"Heather…paw?" Lionpaw mewed. Heatherpaw and Harepaw both ignored him. Lionpaw looked away.

"Sorry for ruining your life…" Lionpaw muttered stalking off. He thought he could feel Heatherpaw's gaze burning into his pelt. He didn't care anymore. She hated him, all he lived for was gone.

"ShadowClan have a new litter of kits. Tawnypelt has given birth to an unknown tom's kits" Blackstar mewed, dipping his head to Leopardstar for her to speak. Lionpaw was barely paying attention.

"RiverClan has a new litter of kits, born to Mosspelt. Also, Willowpaw has received her full name. She is now Willowbranch"

"WindClan have welcome Floss, Smokey, and Floss's kits into the clan. They had nowhere else to go. They are now Streampelt, Wingfeather, Ringkit, Mintkit and Bubblekit" Onestar mewed.

Lionpaw had stopped paying attention after that. He was too busy thinking… Great StarClan, he blew it.

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"How was the Gathering?" Hollypaw asked when Lionpaw returned. He kept his gaze on his paws as he walked, ignoring his sister.

"I'm guessing not that well…" Hollypaw muttered. Lionpaw didn't reply. He just stalked into the apprentice den and laid down in his nest.

"What happened?" Hollypaw asked coming to sleep by him.

"Nothing" Lionpaw muttered "I'm tired, I need to sleep"

Without waiting for a reply Lionpaw laid his head on his paws and turned away from his sister, drifting off into a peaceful sleep…

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Or maybe not so peaceful. Lionpaw awoke in the forest, two trails in front of him. One was lined with brambles, and the other had sharp claw marks going down the trail. Lionpaw started to walk toward the bramble trail, then stopped. There seemed to be a force pulling him away.

"You must not choose yet, young Lionpaw" Lionpaw recognized the scent of ThunderClan, but couldn't tell which cat it was.

"I am Spottedleaf, former medicine cat of ThunderClan. You must not choose your path yet" Spottedleaf mewed. Lionpaw turned around and saw a pretty dappled she-cat watching him.

"I was just going to walk down the path…" Lionpaw mewed. Spottedleaf shook her head.

"You can't choose your path by a glance, you must seriously think it through…"

Before Lionpaw could utter a reply all his surroundings vanished.

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Poor Lionpaw! He's heartbroken! Oh, the drama. Please review! I might be able to get one more chapter in today. Maybe, if I can.