Sun lay on a pile of flat rocks beside the stream. The rocks warmed her cold body and made her forget about the cold snow and frosty air that chilled her bones. Sun noticed Mouse's silvery fur outside the shelter of her was sloppily gathering herbs and slumping to her herb storage tree. Sun felt sorry for her sister, she has been looking nonstop for a suitable mate, but with no to make things worse, Honey was now expecting Oscar's kits. Dryleaf said that medicine cats like her couldn't have mates... but they wern't apart of a clan. Sun got up and shook her ginger fur, she padded over to Mouse and shyly spoke.
"Are you okay?" Sun mewed. Mouse sighed and sat on her haunches.
"No, i'm not." Mouse whimpered. Sun stroked her ruffled fur with her tail tip.
"We're in the middle of nowhere, I might not even get a mate." Sun tried to joke. It turned out to sound flat and mean. Mouse unsheathed her claws and snarled at Sun.
"You don't understand!" She wailed. A strong wave of emotion swept off Mouse like Deathfalls and made Sun feel a little sorry for her. But what wouldn't she understand? Mouse sighed and began to pad away.
"No, come back." Sun begged. Mouse paused but didn't look back.
"Dryleaf said medicine cats like me couldn't have mates... what if I displease her."She mumbled, still not looking at her sister. Sun could understand her confusion and distress. Their mother and father lived by clan cat rules, it felt somewhat wrong to disobey them. Mouse blinked and padded away. Her silver pelt disapearing into the fog, the neon glow of her yellow eyes still seemed to linger.
A russle of leaves sounded as Sandtail padded out and sat beside Sun. His flat face looked royal and his thick coat looked warm and soft. Sun leaned onto her father's side and sighed. Sandtail licked her ears and looke up at the stars. There was a long pause before he spoke.
"You see that bright star?" He asked. "That's Dryleaf..." His voice was trailed off in a pool of emotions. Sun looked at the brightly lit star and felt her mother's warm gaze surge all through her.
"Yes, I can feel her." Sun murmured, the star seemed to blink at her and it made her smile. A pang of longingness for her mother's warm milk and soft tounge stabbed her heart.
"She has been looking after you, she led Honey home and blessed her with kits." Sandtail mewed. Sun purred and licked her father's shoulder.
"Is Mouse destined to have a mate?" Sun blurted, feeling a little awkward.
"No... She isn't." Sandtail meowed flatly. His focus was far off and Sun figured he was remembering something. Sandtail purred once more and stood, shaking his pelt. "Well, lets get some rest." He mewed. Sun got up and realized how tired she really was and padded to her den. Frost was rolled on her back and batting at a dangling tendril. Her blue eyes matched her pearly-white pelt purfectly. Frost began to groom Sun to sleep, and for once in many moons, Sun felt safe under Dryleaf's watchful star.