Forever's End
Icebreeze's point of view
Chapter 2
Lost and Found Love
One moon later I was assigning patrols. I was now deputy and I had a lot going on. "Oh crap!" I thought. "I'm supposed to go see Sparklebelly today!" I ran acrossed the clearing. I walked through the entrance and the kits ran up to me squeaking "Icebreeze! Icebreeze!" as they bounced around me. "Give her some space kits" my sister meowed. They bounced toward their mother. "Thank you" I meowed in relief. I didn't want to squish them. I trotted over to Sparklbelly and sat down next to her. "So how have you been?" I asked. "I haven't been able to see you in a while." Sparklebelly replied "Alright I guess, it's not much fun being stuck in a cramped nursery all day!" "Then why don't you go out and stretch, get something to eat, see how your clanmates are doing while I stay here and watch the kits!" she left and I turned toward the kits. I heard gasps and chuckled. It had been a long time since Sparklebelly went out of the nursery... almost three or four moons! I couldnt quite remember. I had a lot going on in my mind with the death of our brother, becoming deputy, and of course my sister and her kits! "We've missed you lots Icebreeze" I heard the small squeak of Flowerkit's sweet voice. "I've missed you too! More than words can say!" I meowed as I licked her head. "Really?" Leafkit squeaked. "Yes" I replied. Vinekit pounced toward my tail. I moved it and Icekit pounced toward it. I kept on doing this until all four little kittens were taking turns pouncing at my tail. I put my head down. Then I heard a cat walk in. I looked toward the entry. It was Sparklebelly. "Done with your adventure already?" I purred and giggled at the feeling of another pair of tiny paws pouncing at my tail. "I think I've had enough sunlight for one day." she replied. "Everyone was staring at me like I was a rogue." "Yeah, I heard them gasp." I meowed. "But then again it has been a while since you've come out of the nursery." "True," she said thinking out loud. "But when Mistpelt first came out no one gasped at her." "Yeah but we were her fourth..." I stopped short. I couldn't go on. I witnessed her death by stupid rogues! She was my mentor. My sister was with our father at the time, back at camp. It was supposed to be my last training lesson and I had all the skills I needed! I could fight a dog for all I knew, but in reality I had never seen a dog before so I didn't know how big they were. But anyway my mom was getting some moss and I was stalking a rabbit. I pounced at the rabbit bit into its neck and headed out to show my mom. When I caught up to her my jaw dropped causing the rabbit to make a big wham sound out the ground. She lay there... her silky silver-gray pelt stained with blood. Scarred from all the scratches and bite marks. I could smell a strong odor. "I've never smelled this before." I thought to myself. I went through a check list: "DawnClan... no, StoneClan... no, BreezeClan... no, and it's obviously not SkyClan... it's not the smell of kittypet either." I gagged in my mouth... "kittypet" I repeated. How can cats do that? Always being touched! Eating rabbit droppings and soft slop twolegs call "food"! Yeah right! I bet it tastes like bark or dirt! Only being let out of the house when aloud! Not being able to do anything unless with permission! How is that considered living! No freedom! No fresh kill! That's worse than being a kit your whole life! I couldn't imagine being a kittypet. I ran to my mom's side! I didn't care who did it all I want was to cuddle up in the curve of her stomach and have her clean my head as I fell asleep. I started to cry! I missed her so much already. I dragged her back to camp and when I dragged her through the entrance every cat in the clearing was staring at me. My kin and my dad ran up to us and asked what happened. "I don't know!" I said through teary eyes. "She was getting moss and I was hunting a rabbit and when I got the rabbit I came to show her and this is how I found her!" "Well where's the rabbit!" my brother taunted. My father turned to face him "Rufflefur do you really think now is the time to be making fun of your sister?!" he yowled sternly. "I think she killed her!" I heard a kit say. "I did not!" I hissed at the copper kit my fur fluffing in anger. The kit screamed and ran to his mother's side. She was staring at me her eyes blazing in hatred. "What scent did you pick up?" the leader, Slothstar, asked. "It smelled like a mixture of kittypet and garbage." I answered. Everyone gasped. "Did I say something wrong?" I squeaked. "Rogue" I heard someone whisper. "Rogue, yes definitely." whispered another. "What?!" I repeated. "It was a rogue who killed Mistpelt!" the leader shouted. "NOO!" I thought. "How can this be happening?!" I snapped out of my fantasy not wanting to remember the rest. I noticed I had a frown on my face. I tried to cover it up. "It's ok Icebreeze! I know how you feel. I felt the same way about Rufflefur when he died. But you know what they're still with us. They come to us in our times of need. They're watching over us from SpiritClan. I looked at her with sadness in my eyes. "but we still have each other and that's all that matters." I got up and went to bed. I was thinking about my mom all night. In fact I was visited by her that night. I was awoken by screeching of cats. I ran out of my den. I heard my sister yell "KILL ME INSTEAD JUST LEAVE MY KITS!" I ran into the nursery only to find a black she-cat attacking my sister and her kits. I crept up to the she cat just like I crept up on the rabbit. I made sure my sister didn't see me along with her kits. I didn't want anyone to gasp and give away my cover. I pounced landing on the she-cats back she howled in pain I ripped her away from sparklebelly. Sparklebelly dropped to the ground. I she cuddled with Vinekit but I couldn't tell if the little thing as dead or alive. I started to rip the she-cat to shreds. The she-cat ran through the entrance. I followed the she-cat making sure she stayed away from the kits. Pouncing onto the she-cat I bit into her neck and she fell to the ground. I wanted to make sure she didn't get close to the kits. She yowled in pain. I saw Sparklebelly out of the corner of my eyes. I lifted my head. "Let's give her a taste of her own medicine!" I hissed smiling. "She almost took the life of my kits! I'd love too!" she hissed back. "No!" yowled the black warrior as I pinned her down. "I'm sorry! I'm sorry!" Sparklebelly meowed "Too little too late!" as she bit deep into her hunches. I swipped my paw towards her face, hitting her cheek roughly. I could hear a hiss growing in Sparklebelly's throat. I hissed at the she-cat and she growled. I whacked her face again and she hissed. "Ok I think that's enough." I meowed feeling a little bad now. "No she hasn't learned her lesson yet!" Sparklebelly hissed. "SPARKLEBELLY! Enough!" I hissed. "We've been fighting her for 2 fox bites!" "You're weak! Only the strong survive!" she hissed. I was so distracted by Sparklebelly I didn't even notice a blue-black tom heading right for me. He knocked me to the ground and I fell unconscious I felt the tom scratch my chest. I heard my sister scream something but I was to out of it to hear. I heard a wham next to me. The tom flew off me I didn't know what happened but I was glad for a break of all the scratching and biting. Sparklebelly helped me up. "You killed that she-cat!" I hissed. "What's wrong with you!" she hissed back. "She tried to kill my kits! She deserves to die!" "No she doesn't!" I yowled. "She was obeying her leader! You have to do that! You're the one who just broke the warrior code!" "Shut up Icebreeze you don't deserve to be deputy!" she hissed as she ran off. "All cats old enough to catch their own prey please gather here under the stone-boulder for a clan meeting!" Spearstar yowled. I limped over. "Sparklebelly come here please!" Sparklebelly limped up next to Spearstar. "Icebreeze told me that you killed a BreezeClan warrior, is this true?" he continued. "The is true but she tried to-" Spearstar cut her off and yelled "SILENCE! You have taken the life of another warrior in cold blood thus breaking the warrior code! This is unforgivable! What do you have to saw for yourself?" he asked. She looked at me and I turned my head. "Nothing!" she snapped. "So be it, EXILE!" he yelped. "Take your kits and leave. If we see you in our territory after moonhigh we will kill you!" He finished as she jumped off the stone-boulder. She came up to me and whispered "Traitor!" into my ear and flicked me with her tail as she walked over to the nursery. I sat there guilty. "I've decided to leave with my mate!" I heard Greenpelt yowl a little while later. My legs grew numb. I fell to the ground too weak to hold myself up anymore. "What have I done?!" I questioned myself. "Icebreeze you're an idiot! You turn against your little sister just because she was protecting her kits?! You would have done the same thing if you were in her position!" The words kept repeating themselves… "You're and idiot Icebreeze! You're a selfish foxbrained idiot!" "What have I done?" I thought out loud. "I'll never smell the sweet scent of my sister. I'll never see my apprentice again! I'll never see any of the sweet kits anymore! I don't have any family in the clan now! What have you done?!" I felt a warm coat brush against me. I lifted my head to find the sweet golden eyes of Spearstar. "How are you doing?" he asked kindly. "I'm fine; I'm just surprised at how fast everything is falling apart! I mean it was just yesterday I was playing with her kits and now-" Spearstar leaned over and placed his nose on my cheek. "It's ok." He whispered. He leaned back and I looked at him. There was something strange in the young tom's eyes. A soft, sweet look not powerful like usual. My tail twitched and he wrapped his tail around mine. I blushed and looked away. "I knew you'd do that." he whispered. Spearstar has always been a mystery to me. His eyes always looked like they had a shield over them; like he's trying to hide something from me. "Spearstar?" I asked softly. "Are you hiding something?" I turned waiting for an answer. He stood there staring at me. "I can see it in your eyes." I meowed. "You're holding something back." No answer; just silence as the sun set and the moon rose. "Spearstar; you can tell me." His face had an emotion that I had never seen before. It was completely still; just a steady gaze that I got caught in. We sat there for a good rabbit hop and I leaned in. I lightly touched his nose with mine and sat there; soaking in the feeling. Sitting there under the moonlight; touching noses. It was like good piece of prey that you didn't want to eat in fear of losing is rich flavor. I closed my eyes enjoying the feeling; one of only few lucky cats getsto feel. This feeling was love.