Hello reviewers! Sorry this chapter is a bit short but there are surprises to be revealed near the end! And this lovely story of mine is coming to an end. I will also need names for kits for Snowflower, Greycloud and well any kit names are good and if I'm making a sequel which I probably am then you can submit your kits if you'd like. So please read and review!
Blueleaf's POV
Blueleaf opened her eyes quickly and looked around. This is where her and her StarClan mentors usually met, so where were they?
Blueleaf let out a sigh and sat down, licking her paws and running them across her whiskers. As she finished washing her face she spotted a fire. Her fur began to bristle and she ran over to it, realizing it was Bracken.
"Burning Bracken?" she murmured to herself. Soon a cold breeze swept through her and she spotted a snowy white flower nestled underneath the bracken, with little buds next to them.
Blueleaf began to count the little buds when thunder boomed above them and silver droplets began to pour down, killing the white flower and the little buds.
Blueleaf gasped and backed away quickly, shaking her head in confusion. "What does it mean?" she murmured to herself.
The burning bracken disappeared and was replaced by Cinderpaw. "Cinderpaw!" Blueleaf cried out, running up to her sister. "Oh I've missed you so much!" Blueleaf mewed softly, nuzzling her sister.
"Blueleaf I'm so proud of you. Instead of becoming cold and distant you forced yourself to get better, you've learned all the herbs and saved every cat after me." Cinderpaw meowed warmly.
"But I couldn't save you" Blueleaf pointed out, looking to her paws.
"It's okay sister. It was my time to die, though StarClan did not want me to die" Cinderpaw mewed, flicking her tail casually.
"You must wake up now" Cinderpaw meowed suddenly, her eyes flicking from side to side nervously. "Beware the traitor is the storm sister! And remember only the purest heart of the crashing thunder can soothe the raging river." Cinderpaw meowed, fading away with her dream as roaring river engulfed her, deafening her.
Blueleaf awoke with a start, her fur bristling as she spotted Rainstrike watching her.
"Um, everybody left already…" Rainstrike meowed softly to her, helping her get to her paws. "Softwing wanted to wake you, but Flamedapple nearly clawed her pelt off saying that StarClan must've had a reason for keeping you asleep" Rainstrike explained to her.
Blueleaf flicked her ears, a soft ringing settled in her ears after the deafening river.
"What's the matter?" Rainstrike asked, his voice laced with concern.
"Nothing, just the dream I had. It repeated the prophecy you told me. And another one" Blueleaf muttered, letting out a soft sigh.
Rainstrike pressed against her, sending a soft flame of warmth through her body. "I'm sure you'll figure it out, you're the smartest she-cat I know!" he meowed confidently to her.
"Wait, why did you stay with me?" Blueleaf asked, looking into his icy blue eyes. "Well Softwing ordered me to come with her after Flamedapple left. I mean I had agreed that I would watch over you until you woke up and Softwing wanted to go against that promise saying we shouldn't be helping a bunch of ThunderClan scum" he hissed, lashing his tail at the thought of his mentor.
Blueleaf let out a sigh of content as she watched Rainstrike explain his story. She couldn't hide it anymore. She was in love with this tom, despite it going against everything she knew.
Blueleaf surfaced from her thoughts and noticed that the two cats were staring at each other. She blinked once and ducked her head in embarrassment.
"S-Should we get going?" Blueleaf asked nervously.
"Well Flamedapple wanted you back by morning. And it's still night time. We could hang out if you'd like" Rainstrike meowed, looking at her with a mischievous gleam in his eyes.
"Well I guess hanging out wouldn't be so bad" Blueleaf purred. The two medicine cats began to make their way towards fourtrees, pressed closely together as they talked all about clan life.
"So you think Willowflower is expecting again? After she had kits two moons ago?" Blueleaf asked, baffled at the queen. "Surely Stormstar can't deny she doesn't love him." Blueleaf pointed out.
Rainstrike let out a soft sigh and sat in the clearing. "Stormstar refuses to believe it, even when Snowflower pointed it out to him. He thinks if she has his kits again she'll love him for real and not just to stay in the clan. She's a swell warrior she really is, but her love for Redfeather is quite the nuisance" Rainstrike meowed.
Blueleaf pressed herself against Rainstrike and licked between his ears. "Let's forget about the clans for one night. Let's forget about every rule we know. Let there just be us" Blueleaf pleaded softly. She felt Rainstrike stiffen and she heard a purr erupt from his throat.
"You don't realize how long I've been waiting to hear those words from you. Of course now that you're a full medicine cat I thought it would never happen" Rainstrike admitted.
Blueleaf looked up to the stars that were twinkling their approval. "Rainstrike…" Blueleaf called out for him. As the two cats settled down Rainstrike looked to her
"What's the matter?" he asked softly, his icy blue eyes shining with concern.
"ThunderClan and RiverClan are at war…. Why are you with me?" Blueleaf blurted out her question.
Rainstrike flicked his tail against her ear and began to explain. "Well we were at war when you became the medicine cat apprentice all those moons ago. Softwing told me to get close to you so I could unravel all of ThunderClan's secrets. At first I went along with it, but StarClan told me it was wrong and that I should be true to my feelings. And my feelings? Well they told me that I was in love with you" Rainstrike murmured softly.
Blueleaf stared at the tom as he looked away from her in shame and she let out a squeal of joy and curled closer to the dark blue-grey tom.
"Rainstrike you stupid fur-ball I love you too" she purred loudly. She heard Rainstrike chuckle nervously and she pressed even closer, feeling extremely warm.
"Let's stay like this for a while" Blueleaf muttered, falling victim to sleep as she felt the warmth Rainstrike made her feel.
Snowflower's POV
Snowflower purred as she watched Greycloud pace in front of the medicine cat den. The news was as clear as day. Well except to Redfeather who didn't know.
"Greycloud calm down, just because you're expecting kits doesn't mean the end of the world." Snowflower pointed out.
"Oh! Flamedapple wants to speak to you also because I might have let it slip that our appetites are high" Greycloud mewed, a hint of smugness in her eyes.
"Why you little-" Snowflower began as Flamedapple came out of his den.
"There you are! Come here quickly. It won't take long I promise" he meowed as he lead Snowflower to his den. "Lie down on your side please" Flamedapple instructed.
Snowflower rolled her eyes and got on her side. Just because her appetite increased didn't mean anything! She was a growing cat after all! She felt paws on her stomach as they pressed down to feel inside her stomach.
Snowflower felt her claws unsheathe and knew the answer already. "Stop!" she hissed, her fur bristling. "You might hurt them!" she growled, lashing her tail as she pushed Flamedapple off her and shook her fur.
Flamedapple let out a purr "Congratulation Snowflower, now go tell Brackenflame" the tortoise-shell tom purred. Snowflower rolled her eyes and stalked out of the medicine cat den, casting a glare at Greycloud.
"You too sister?" she asked softly, worry etching her voice.
"Yes" Snowflower murmured. Snowflower looked towards the entrance as it rustled, Redfeather and Brackenflame entered, followed by Stormstar whose eyes were hollow. He glared around the camp and spotted Leafstar and his fur began to bristle.
"My kits are dead because of your clan! My darling Willowflower is distraught! We will get our revenge! We will hold this battle at fourtrees! If you do not show your faces we will attack here! And attack even the queens and kits!" he howled madly, turning around and running out of the camp towards RiverClan, leaving ThunderClan in shocked silence.