Ch. 8 Love?
Cloudstorm lay eating fresh-kill in camp. Cloverleaf padded up to her sister. Cloverleaf picked a starling for herself, and sat down.
Cloudstorm wished she wouldn't start the current conversation that she dreaded.
Yet, she did,"Cloudstorm, Dustclaw is really interested in you!"
"I heard that he was going to ask you to be his mate!"Willowfur added sprinting up to them.
"When?!" Cloudstorm asked.
"Probably now!" He's coming over here! Good Luck, bye!" Willowfur darted away.
"I better leave you two alone too!" Cloverleaf winked at her sister.
Dustclaw and Cloudstorm were alone.
"Look, Cloudstorm.. um ... I really like you!" Dustclaw blurted out.
Turning pale pink again Cloudstorm replied," I really .. um.. like you too!"
"Would you be my mate? " Dustclaw asked shyly.
"Yes! Yes, I would!"
The two cats purred and rubbed against each other.
In the distance Cloverleaf, and Willowfur watched with smiles.
Willowfur asked Cloverleaf,"Would you like to go for a hunt with me?"
"Sure."
The two she-cats skipped with joy out of camp. They headed toward the WindClan border.
Cloverleaf stopped short," WindClan."
Willowfur sented the air. Cloverleaf was right, WindClan was near. They were dangerously close to the border.
Cloverleaf and Willowfur made sure that the WindClan cat did not cross the border.
Willowfur went back to camp to get help, just in case windClan was attacking.
Cloverleaf crept out of the bushes. She saw a brown-ginger WindClan tom laying on the stream bank. He lay still on ThunderClan terriory.
Cloverleaf sprinted over to see if he was all right. He was bleeding on one shoulder, and had a scraches all over his face.
Cloverleaf nugged him, then began to lick him. He rolled over.
Cloverleaf didn't reconize him so she aked, "What is you name?"
The tom replied,"Oakfur."
"What happened?"
"Breezepelt ... attacked me."
"Why would your own clan mate attack me you?" Cloverleaf asked confused.
"Breezepelt was my mentor, he always wanted me to.. meet with Tigerheart, and Darkpaw of ShadowClan. They were planning to destroy the clans." Oakfur replied bleakly.
Then he added," I can't go back to WindClan, Breezepelt would just try to kill me again."
"Lionstar must let you join ThunderClan! You have no where else to go," Cloverleaf meowed.
"Thank- you!" Oakfur smiled, and tried to get up.
Cloverleaf leaned on him to give him balance. She could tell what he was thinking. He was picturing her! Did Oakfur like me? Cloverleaf thought,
Do I like him back? What is that strange feeling I have? It can't be! We just met!