Remember When it Rained

A/N: Here's the next songfic!

Disclaimer: I do not own Warriors or the song.

Wash away the thoughts inside
That keep my mind away from you.
No more love and no more pride
And thoughts are all I have to do.

Ohhhhhh Remember when it rained.
Felt the ground and looked up high
And called your name.
Ohhhhhh Remember when it rained.
In the darkness I remain.

Tears of hope run down my skin.
Tears for you that will not dry.
They magnify the one within
And let the outside slowly die.

Ohhhhhh Remember when it rained.
I felt the ground and looked up high
And called your name.
Ohhhhhh Remember when it rained.
In the water I remain


Running down
Running down
Running down
Running down
Running down
Running down
Running down

Graystripe wound his body around Silverstream's, purring. Her wet fur pressed up against his, but for once he didn't mind. Silverstream was…beautiful. No cat had the right to tell him what to do with his love life. Not even Fireheart!

Wash away the thoughts inside
That keep my mind away from you.
No more love and no more pride
And thoughts are all I have to do.

Graystripe left the RiverClan camp with Firestar, his eyes shining and his heart beating 100 times faster. Silverstream was expecting kits! His kits, their kits…

He suddenly felt a flicker of fear. Theses kits would never know him. They would grow up without him. He would just be another enemy to them…

Ohhhhhh Remember when it rained.
Felt the ground and looked up high
And called your name.
Ohhhhhh Remember when it rained.
In the darkness I remain.

"Silverstream!" He yowled, watching in horror as his beloved mate died before his eyes. She had started to give birth, and then the blood…

"Hold on!" Graystripe yowled. He thought he could scent Tigerclaw at the top of then ridge, but right now, he didn't care if Bluestar herself came. All that mattered was the silver queen in front of him.

"Goodbye, Graystripe. Take care of our kits…" Silverstream gave one last shudder, and the light left her eyes.

"No, Silverstream! SILVERSTREAM!"

Tears of hope run down my skin.
Tears for you that will not dry.
They magnify the one within
And let the outside slowly die.

Graystripe sat next to his mate for the last time. With a sigh, he began to dig a grave for her. He had to make sure it was deep. No foxes would get to this cat.

"Silverstream, I'm sorry…" he breathed. He slowly lowered her body into the hole, and then kicked the dirt back over. He marked the spot with a large rock, and then sat down, head tilted back to the sky.

"Why are you so cruel, StarClan?"

Ohhhhhh Remember when it rained.
I felt the ground and looked up high
And called your name.
Ohhhhhh Remember when it rained.
In the water I remain

"Daddy!" Featherkit squeaked, launching herself at Graystripe. The long-haired gray tom let out a mrrow of laughter. The silver kit reminded him so much of Silverstream.

The other kit, a larger gray tom with amber eyes named Stormkit, padded up to him as well. Stormkit was the more adventurous of the two, but he knew when, and when not to use his energy.

Maybe life wasn't so bad after all.

"I'll protect them, Silverstream. I won't let anything bad happen to them."

Running down
Running down
Running down
Running down
Running down
Running down
Running down

Graystripe stared in happiness as his son, Stormfur, stood at the foot of the rocks, Brambleclaw and Squirrelpaw at his side. The tom seemed to have grown since her had last saw him.

"You're back!" He meowed, and then he searched the clearing. "Where's Feathertail?"

Graystripe saw the grief in Stormfur's eyes, the glance passed between Squirrelpaw and Brambleclaw.

"She died on the journey," Stormfur meowed.

Graystripe didn't hear more than that. His claws sank into the ground, his amber eyes staring blankly into space. Feathertail was dead. It felt as if he had been clawed a thousand times. It was like losing Silverstream all over again, except this time he couldn't even try to save her.

"I failed…"

A/N: Poor Graystripe! He must feel so bad!

VOTE:

Soldier's Daughter – Tawnypaw

Once Upon a December – Leafpool

Me Instead of Him – BluexLion (my song)