Chapter 5 Dappleheart's P.O.V

Dappleheart walked up to the new warriors. She congratulated them and started walking towards the warriors den. Shadowfur saw she had left and ran up to her.

"Hey can I put my new nest near you?" He asked her.

"Yeah you can. My nest is by Rainflower and Moonswallow so you'll be near your family too." She mewed.

"Ok!" He replied.

"Come on I'll show you where to put it." She meowed before padding into the warriors den and over to her nest. She tapped her tail into a clear spot next to her and said, "Put it here."

Shadowfur followed her and started making his nest next to hers.

Dappleheart looked up to see Shadowfur's eyes filled with love and admiration. He quickly looked down when he realized that she was looking at him to.

Before she could even stop it she asked, "What is the real reason you wanted to have you nest near mine? I know it's not just because you want to be near friends and family. I've seen that look in your eyes before."

He sighed and sat down. Then he replied, "The real reason?" He asked, and when she nodded he went on, "The real reason is because when I became an apprentice, and Darkstone was my mentor, you were always hanging around with us and helping out Darkstone. I-I fell in love with you more and more. And I've never stopped loving you. I was just afraid to tell you, I thought once you knew you would hate me a no longer like me." Then he looked up at Dappleheart.

Dappleheart didn't know what to think. Though she knew that every time she was around Shadowfur her stomach started to twist. She didn't know what it was so she just replied, "Can you give me a minute?" She asked him. When he nodded she said, "I'll be right back."

Then she headed to the medicine cat den. When she got there Dewfall was there with Leafdapple nowhere in sight.

"Hey Dewfall I have a question." She mewed.

Dewfall looked up at her, "What is it?"

"Well Shadowfur just told me he loves me. I don't know how I feel about that, though every time I'm around him my stomach starts to twist." She told him.

Dewfall smiled at her and said quietly, "That twisting in your stomach is love."

Dappleheart was surprised when he said that even though she knew it was coming.

"Thanks," She mewed before running back to the warriors den.

She saw that Shadowfur was lying with his head on his paws. When she got closer he looked up.

"Where'd you go?" He asked.

"I had to think."

"About what?"

"About the fact that I just realized I love you too." She said shyly.

Shadowfur lit up when she said that. "Really? You do love me?"

"Yeah. I do." She said as she lay down.

She started to drift off to sleep. Shadowfur noticed this and lay down next to her. Dappleheart could feel his warm breath blowing on her fur.

She finally went into a deep sleep and woke up to Shadowfur shaking her.

She looked up to him and smiled. She liked seeing Shadowfur waking her up then Darkstone. She couldn't remember what she saw in Darkstone. What was she hoping was going to happen? He was mates with Goldenleaf and they even had kits! She could see so much more in Shadowfur then Darkstone. And she could see a big future too.

She got up and they walked outside to see everyone crowding Windchaser. From where they were standing they could hear cats meowing, "Yep I'm moving into the Nursery. I'm carrying Cloudcover's kits." That was Windchaser.

She could see Cloudcover standing next to her, his eyes shining. Then she heard Shadowfur whisper in her ear, "We can be like that one day." At that Dappleheart swung her head around to look at him. Love and caring in her eyes as she replied, "I've always wanted kits." She completely forgot about the prophecy and all that was involved in it.

All she wanted since she was an apprentice was to grow up like her mother and become a queen with someone she loved. And that cat wasn't going to be Darkstone; it was going to be Shadowfur.