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Waterpaw's point of view

"Waterpaw, wake up," I heard a voice. I looked up and saw yellow eyes staring it me. I purred and got up.

"Aww…look at the cute little hawk," I reached for him with my paw, "Come here, you little winged creature."

The yellow eyes widened and whispered, "Waterpaw?"

I purred in delight, "You can talk to mee. Please come here little hawk, we can be togethere!"

I heard Firepaw's voice somewhere, "Does she have a sickness or something? She's talking crazy."

Shinningstar's voice came in next, "She got hurt yesterday while strolling through the forest."

I looked around in confusion and saw that the yellow eyes was Firepaw. My brain began to lose it's cloudiness as I blinked a few times and looked around.

"Firepaw? What are you doing in Shinningstar's den?"

Firepaw smiled in relief, "You weren't in your bed this morning, so I reported to Shinningstar and she told me you were here."

How did I end up in…? I remembered last night. The world crashed down on my shoulders as I fell to the ground. Halfpaw…

Firepaw caught me before I feel and laid me down gently.

"Leave us to talk," Shinningstar said in a brisk voice.

"But-."

"Now," she used her authority over Firepaw.

He gave me a worried glance and one more lick then left.

Shinningstar strodded over to me and glared, "Out of all the people in Riverclan none of them were good for you? Look at Firepaw, so loyal to you. He was on the verge of going crazy when you didn't wake up. He's not able to take his eyes of you yet you go to another clan in search for a mate?"

My eyes widen as I looked at Shinningstar, "What? No! It just happened, okay. I was weak and they offered to train-."

"So you let them?" she hissed angrily, "You didn't have enough patience on your mentor to train you whenever he felt was needed to train you?"

I jumped up and matched her anger, "I was the little weak riverclan cat! They didn't see me that way!"

"Didn't they? Well, look at what happened last night. Look at you now!"

I didn't have a retort to that. She was right. Last night, they both proved they were't any different from the others.

"You put too much hope into others, Waterpaw. Look at what they did to you!"

"Don't talk about them like that," I snapped.

She looked at me surprised. Taking a deep breath, she calmed down, "You really had it bad didn't you?"

"Whatever," I hastily left the den. I think I left the rest of my heart in there too. It was good. Because now I couldn't be ripped out of my chest anymore.

"Waterpaw!" Firepaw jumped in front of me.

Between my delirium of calling him a cute little hawk and Shinningstar's observation from him, I blushed a little.

A/N: Do cat's blush? Let's just say they do, okay?

Firepaw tipped his head to the side, "What?"

I shook my head as the blush deepened, "Nothing…where's Liontail?"

"I told you couldn't train today-."

"I'm fine, Firepaw," we walked into the clearing where a few of the apprentices were training.

"Oh yeah?" he spun around and fixed me with an intense gaze, "Care to demonstrate how fine you are?"

He blushed when he realized how he sounded. I chuckled, "Sure," and crouched.

Firepaw crouched also. In a second we were fighting and of course with our claws unsheathed. We were rolling on the ground after about 4 hits to each other. The other apprentices stopped and watched us. I got self-conscious and hesitated on my blow. Firepaw caught that hesitation and gently whacked my head.

"I won."

I looked back at him, "We'll have a rematch later."

He nodded, "I thought your moves looked a little bit Thunderclan's. One of the apprentices were showing of at the gathering and you used almost the same exact moves."

When he mentioned Thunderclan, I was hit with a giant wave of loneliness. Then another wave came in, even bigger than the first one and almost knocked me off my feet with betrayal. I shrugged and gulped my pain down.

"Really? I thought of mixing stuff up together."

Firepaw padded close to me, "Waterpaw, you are not fine. You kept getting into dazes and getting longing look in your eyes. Is it your parents?"

"Yeah," I lied, "Come on, let's get back to work." I made my tone dismissive so he couldn't object.

For the rest of the day, Firepaw dimmed her pain as they talked and trained together. By the end of the day, she was winded and tired. She fell on her bedding laughing and Firepaw chased her in.

"Okay, okay, that's enough," she laughed as Firepaw rolled on top of her.

He purred and jumped off, "It's about time too."

I rolled my eyes, "I can wait to sleep."

He raised an eyebrow, "You do know there's the gathering tonight right?"

"Oh yeah," I groaned and rolled over, "Maybe Shinningstar or Liontail won't tell me to go."

"Why don't you want to go?"

The feeling started creeping back as she lied again fluently, "I'm tired."

"Waterpaw," Firepaw trailed his tail along her flank, "You've been full of lies the whole day. What's been going on?"

He circled her, his fur brushing hers as he did, "Okay fine. Yesterday, I was attacked by a cat because I wondered into his territory. I think he was asleep too so he almost shredded me. I don't feel very good."

Firepaw paused, "Then why did you do all those things with me!? You should've told me."

I shook my head, "It was fun."

He was about to say something else when his mentor came in, "It's time for the gathering. Let's go."

"Actually, Waterpaw-."

"Sure, we'll be right there."

Firepaw turned to me worried, "Waterpaw…"

For a second, I remembered how Halfpaw said my name the first time. I blinked tears from my eyes and purred.

"It's fine, Firepaw," I nudged him, "Let's go."

*At the gathering.

I walked a little slower when the mixed smell of the clans hit my nose. We were last once again.

"Will you be okay?" Shinnignstar's soft voice

Before I could ask her what she meant, she pointed a paw at a figure. I tensed. Oh…that's what she meant. Waterpaw purred lightly and answered.

"Of course, why wouldn't I be? Now get up there and do your thing!"

Her whiskers twitched in amusement and she shook her head, "I'll make our traveling announcements."

I nodded as she headed off. Firepaw was staring at me and met his eyes. I looked away as her whiskers gave away her embarrassment.

He padded over to her and looked into my eyes, "Why do you keep lying?"

My heart skipped a beat, "I don't want her to worry."

He shook his head and pressed close to her. My eyes drifted to Haalfpaw but he wasn't looking at me. He was glaring at Firepaw and growling. I shifted away from Firepaw and asked.

"How come you can tell when I lie?"

"You look away, or you blink a lot,"

"Oh," I looked down.

"Let's walk around little before the-."

Icefur joined us with Oakpelt who looked different than when he escorted me inside Thunderclan. He was smiling.

"Hello, all," Oakpelt called and stepped aside, "Halfpaw?"

I lifted my eyes as I met his. He seemed to have grown in size even more than last night; I don't know how that's even possibly. Last night's events played through my head as I felt a pang of pain hit me. I turned my eyes away.

"Yeah, we remember you," Firepaw said kindly and turned to me, probably wondering why I wasn't saying anything.

"I do too," I nodded and looked at the tree and nudged Firepaw, "Shs. Shinningstar's going to talk."

He rolled his eyes and nudged me back. I shook my head and looked back at Shinningstar. I could always count on Firepaw to make things better.

"I'm sure you've all heard the news by now; Mistpaw just got into a disagreement with the kittypet by the two-leg place. I assure everyone that there is no danger to the clans for now."

"For now," Talistar narrowed his eyes and muttered.

I could almost see Shinningstar roll her eyes. But she didn't, "You know what I mean. I have other news," she paused as she got everyone's attention, "As maybe the older cats might know, every 6 moons, I go on a journey to the near mountains to visit my birth parents."

Murmur rung out through the crowd, "Quiet please…as I said, I will go on a journey to visit my birth parents. This time, I will be going with my sister."

Some of the older cats who knew what she was talking about purred. Some just looked confused. Others were just murmuring amongst themselves not caring. She felt heat on her felt and looked to the side to find Halfpaw staring at her. Couldn't he just leave her alone?

He motioned for her to come to him. She turned away and shuffled at her paws. Her paws wanted her to go.

"Waterpaw," Firepaw whispered, "I'm going to talk to Shredpaw for a moment."

I nodded. Before he left he gave me a lick. I smiled and looked back at Shinningstar as she explained everything.

I felt a tiny prick on my tail and jumped up, careful not to make a sound. She turned back and met sparkling amber eyes. Her breath caught and her heart went crazy when she realized who it was.

"Sorry, but I need to talk to you."

I swallowed and shook my head even though I wanted to tackle him and tell him how much I wanted to see him everyday.

"No. I told you to leave me alone." My voice broke off and I swallowed everything down.

Hurt flashed in his eyes as he asked, "What is he to you?"

"Who?" wrong answer. I should've just kept quiet.

"Shadowpaw. Why are you so upset with me?"

"Because you LIED to me! Shadowpaw isn't important in this picture, you are! You completely destroyed my-."

"SHSSS!" Someone hushed us.

I panted from letting out everything. Who cared about anything now. I'll just tell the truth and maybe he'll leave me alone. Firepaw would slowly fix my broken heart and there. Happily ever after until I go to Starclan. But some in me 100% opposed that idea.

"I don't think I fell in love with Shadowpaw, okay? I think it was you, but emphasis, was,' I tried to stop the tears as they came down, "So…there's nothing more to feel but the pain of betrayal and the regret of ever meeting either of you so there."

I looked down, wanting to go bury myself somewhere. Halfpaw tried to touch me but I shrunk away.

"One more night then…? Please. I've hurt you and I know I don't deserve any more time with you, but please Waterpaw, just one more night."

I could feel my head shaking from side to side. I was afraid if I opened my mouth to say it, yes would come out.

"Waterpaw, please. Just for tonight. One more for me Waterpaw," Halfpaw looked sad. For a moment, I could see my whole world revolving around him, then falling apart by that slight look on his face. Everything crashed down. I couldn't refuse.

I was about to respond when Talistar announced, "2 new warriors: Shadowheart and Halfcrest."

Shadowpaw or Shadowheart…walked over to Halfcrest and lifted his head with pride. Halfcrest tore his eyes from mine and nodded to the crowd, then looking back at me when they turned.

"You…"

"I thought you were done with us," Shadowheart commented coldly.

I was taken back for a minute. Why was Shadowpa-heart acting that way, "Halfpa-crest and-."

"Your clan is leaving," he hissed glaring at me.

Halfcrest overshadowed his brother as he retorted, "Keep your mouth shut and go with the rest."

I looked back from forth from them, not believing what I was seeing. They were looking as if they were going to fight. It was hard to believe these were the same two brothers who I met about a moon ago.

"Um-."

"Quiet!" Shadowheart hissed.

"No," I growled back, "I don't know what happened-."

"I got more powerful, that's what happened. And I will be the next leader," he glared from Halfcrest to me, "You watch." He stalked off.

"What happened to him?" I asked. I felt a little scared. Would Halfcrest be the next to turn like that?

Halfcrest met my eyes, "He's become obsessed with power. Will you come?"

For a moment, looking into his eyes, I couldn't find where my heart had been broken at all and heard my voice say, "Yes."

Halfcrest's eyes burst with joy, "Waterpaw…you truly are amazing."

Firepaw appeared just then, "Sorry to interrupt but we're leaving," I looked back and saw the last of our clan leaving.

"Why didn't you remind me sooner?" I panicked.

Firepaw's eyes were in flames, "I was going to but you two looked you are discussing something serious. I don't want to get in the way of that."

I looked back at Halfcrest and nudged Firepaw, "Come on…"

We walked back to camp in silence and I knew Firepaw had heard every word, "What did you hear?"

"Enough to know you're a very heartless cat Waterpaw."

I halted, "What? How does that relate to what you heard?!"

He looked at me squarely, "First, you pretend to be with the Shadowpaw cat, then you turn to me, and now you're with his brother? And this is all in another clan, Waterpaw. Think about how this can effect-."

"First of all that's none of your business. Second of all, who said I turned to you?" I hissed and stormed off. This night turned horrible. Firepaw was right. First, I thought I loved Shadowpaw. And now, it was his brother. Then, I went to Firepaw, going back to Halfcrest. I whimpered and pawed the moss patheticly. I had no idea what I wanted, and I was hurting others. I remembered Halfcrest's sad eyes as he begged me. Then, Firepaw's distraught voice.

I felt someone lay next to me and turned to see an orange pelt, "Hey."

I looked away and murmured, "Hey."

We were quiet for a while until I sighed and said, "I'm sorry Firepaw…you were right. But the truth is…I don't know what I want right now. Ever since-."

"Hey…it's all right okay? You're not heartless. I was just angry because I when I saw the expression on your face…I realized you've never shown it to me before. I got jealous."

I looked down at the dark green moss, "But you were still right…will you come with me tonight?"

"Why?"

"I want to show him I have someone else," I murmured. Halfcrest was now a warrior in another clan. I had to let my feelings go.

"Really? Who?"

I chuckled and rolled my eyes, "You."

That night, Firepaw and I headed up the path with our tails entwined. It didn't feel right. At all; but I knew I would never love anyone else like I loved Halfcrest. So, I'd rather give Firepaw what he wanted and be happy anyways.

I knew this was for both our own sakes. Our clans, and ourselves. I would still see him at gatherings and when they visited, but it will never be the same again.

Yet, I still ignored the feeling deep in my belly that told me I was making the wrong choice. Only the question was: how can I make the right one and keep everyone happy?

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