A.N.: Well here it is! To my surprise, Brownbelly wins, receiving two votes. Maybe next time I do this I'll only have a few cats to choose from so it will be a little easier lol. But I may make this a weekly thing if you guys like it, just to switch things up more and get more perspectives. So here you guys go, here's a little P.O.V. of Brownbelly, then we'll do one with the regular boys next chapter :) Hope you like it. Let me know if you'd like to see more of this. ~12HockeyChick21
P.O.V. Of Brownbelly
Brownbelly padded out of the warriors' den, looking for his friends. He noticed Duskshade with Sorrelbriar, Cinderwind, Honeysplash, and Spottedfern eating prey.
"Hey guys, what's up?" He asked. Duskshade stood up.
"Sorry Brownbelly, can't talk, we got a border patrol. Gotta look out for more rogues." He meowed. Sorrelbriar nodded, standing up as well.
"Yeah, ever since Moonshadow and his patrol brought back the rogue who-" She trailed off for a moment, then looked at her paws. "Anyways, Spiderstar wants a certain amount of cats to stay in camp, sorry Brownbelly."
Brownbelly frowned as he watched the five cats go.
"Okay..." he muttered to the air, then turned to see if any of his other friends were around. He knew that Rowanflame and Dawnbreeze had both moved into the sick den. He was pretty sure that it was up to ten cats now. Brownbelly sat down and tried to think. Dustcloud, Acornkit, Brookwater, Lionfang, Finchblaze, Flameheart, Doestep, Longfoot, Mouseleap, Rowanflame, and Dawnbreeze. Make that eleven... He hadn't realized clan life would be this hard. Maybe it wasn't for him.
"Brownbelly! Hey!" He looked up and saw Sunfire emerging from the medicine cat den with Strikefang behind him.
"Want to help me move Strikefang into the nursery?" Brownbelly was slightly taken aback by his friend's question as he glanced the now crippled calico she-cat. He had no idea she was expecting kits. How was she going to-
"I know Brownbelly, you don't think I've gotten that stare before? Yes, I'm expecting kits. Fawnheart says I would have been expecting them before my accident, so there's nothing we can do now except hope for the best. She says she should be able to handle it. It'll be complicated, but hopefully it will all work out." Strikefang mewed.
"Sorry..." Brownbelly frowned.
"It's fine. Just come help me please. I'm sure Robinheart and the elders could use some prey." Strikefang meowed, then dragged herself over to the fresh kill pile to grab some. Sunfire and Brownbelly exchanged glances and Sunfire shrugged and followed his mate.
The three padded into the nursery, jaws full of fresh kill.
"Hello young ones." Minnowstream greeted them.
"Hi son." Rockfoot gave a rusty purr as he saw Sunfire.
"Oh honey, how are you doing?" Robinheart asked Strikefang.
"I'm moving in." Strikefang purred after she placed the prey between Robinheart and Leafpool, who seemed to have been chatting. Leafpool looked up in surprise.
"Wow really?! That's great." The surprise faded from her face and she purred, but then she winced.
"Your belly still bothering you Leafpool? Maybe we should get Silverberry or Fawnheart..." Robinheart meowed. Brownbelly stopped listening and went to lay beside Oakfur with the fresh kill. The small brown tom smiled at him.
"Hey kiddo, how are you?" He asked. Brownbelly shrugged, glancing at Robinheart and Briarkit, then at Strikefang.
"You still not having any luck with Lilaccloud?" Oakfur seemed to read his mind.
"Nope... I'm not good at this stuff." Brownbelly sighed. Oakfur chuckled and put his tail tip on Brownbelly's shoulder before lowering his head to take a bite of the vole the younger had brought. He took a few mouthfuls before looking up again.
"Take her hunting alone and just be yourself. Brownbelly, you're a great cat. She's bound to like you if you just relax." The older tom meowed. Brownbelly nodded and stood.
"Okay, I'll go see if she's in camp. Thanks Oakfur." Brownbelly padded out of the nursery, straight into Silverberry and Minnowstream.
"Sorry." He mewed, glancing over his shoulder to see Silverberry pad over to Leafpool. He decided not to stay, sure he'd hear if Leafpool was sick from either Moonshadow or Otterstrike later. Then he saw her. The beautiful silver tabby was emerging from the warriors' den.
"Lilaccloud!" Brownbelly exclaimed, but then paused.
Just relax and be yourself, Brownbelly. He told himself, then smiled at the she-cat, who was padding over to him.
"Hey Brownbelly. What are you up to?" She asked.
"Not much, would you like to go hunting?" He questioned. Lilaccloud swished her tail happily and purred.
"Sure! I can hopefully catch some prey for Rowanflame. I feel so bad that he's sick too now. Fawnheart is really tiring herself out and cats just keep getting sick." The she-cat frowned, but shook her head. "No use getting upset over it. All we can do now is just make sure the fresh kill pile is full. Let's go."
Brownbelly nodded and followed the tabby out of camp.
"Well I guess a few bits of prey is better than nothing." Lilaccloud murmured as she and Brownbelly sat together, looking at the leaves as they started to flutter down off the trees. Lilaccloud moved a bit closer to him, their fur brushing.
"It's getting chilly huh?" Brownbelly mewed, trying to remain calm as his heart pounded at the feeling of her against him. Her scent wreathed around him and he had to stop himself from breathing it in deeply.
"Yeah... it is. We should go dig up the prey and head back to camp." She meowed, standing up. Brownbelly followed her as they retraced their paw steps to find their buried prey. Brownbelly stiffened as they got closer, pausing to scent the air.
"Lilaccloud wait... something is wrong. Do you smell that?" He asked.
"Is that fo-" Lilaccloud was cut off as the familiar red animal emerged and leapt at her. Fox! Lilaccloud let out a hiss of shock and battled with the fox. Brownbelly stood frozen in fear for a few moments.
"BROWNBELLY HELP!" Lilaccloud cried, bringing Brownbelly out of his trance. The brown tom let out a battle cry and jumped onto the animal, his claws digging into it's back. The fox yowled an ugly cry and thrashed around. Brownbelly got thrown off of it, flying into the dust on the ground with a thud. He scrambled to his paws, ended up eye to eye with the bushy tailed thing, his tail bristling almost as big. He tried to make himself look bigger and bared his teeth. The fox glared at him and gave a loud bark, then thrust itself at him.
Brownbelly leapt and met it in midair, his claws out.
"TAKE THIS YOU MANGY MONGREL!" He yowled, swiping like mad. He managed to catch the fox in the muzzle, it's blood spattering all over his fur. He felt the fox's teeth dig into his flank and he let out an angry spat, ignoring the pain to turn and swing back at the fox's face. His claws connected with it's face and it matched his angry yowl, then released him. Brownbelly gave it one more slap with his unsheathed paw and the fox fled.
Brownbelly stood, back arched and his fur lying flat slowly. He breathed heavily, trying to calm down as the fox disappeared. He was taken by surprise as something tackled him.
"Brownbelly you saved me! Great StarClan, that was amazing!" Lilaccloud knocked him off his paws and nuzzled him happily. Brownbelly nuzzled her back, purring.
"O-of course, I couldn't let it hurt you."
"But now you're hurt..." Lilaccloud started grooming his blood spattered fur. "Let's get you back to camp to see Silverberry."
"But wait- the prey."
"I can come back for it with another cat. I want you to make sure you're okay first. That and we need to tell Spiderstar about the fox." Lilaccloud told him, trying to get him to move. Brownbelly sat down.
"Lilaccloud wait... I need to ask you something first..." He mewed.
"What is it, Brownbelly?" She asked, her pale blue eyes feeling like they were burning into his soul. He forced himself to ignore the feeling in his belly and he took a breath to try and clear his head.
"Would you... would you be my mate...?" He murmured.
"What? Sorry... can you speak up?" She asked. He cleared his throat.
"Will you be my mate, Lilaccloud?" He asked a bit louder, the silver tabby obviously having heard him this time. Her eyes lit up and Brownbelly could feel the heat of embarrassment coming off of her pelt from where he stood.
"I'm sorry if I embarrassed you I just-"
"Yes."
"What?" Brownbelly felt as if he'd been knocked off his paws as he looked back at her.
"Yes, I'll be your mate. I've been waiting so long for you to ask!" She thrust her muzzle into his and he winced. "Sorry! Let's get you back to camp."
She purred and helped him back to camp, Brownbelly feeling happier than he'd ever been since the first day he joined LightClan with Oakfur and Robinheart.
A.N.: Hope you liked it! The next chapter will be back to Moonshadow and Otterstrike. Here's a list of the next cats you can choose from. Fawnheart, Softpaw, Leafpool and Spiderstar, or Blackstream and Clearwhisker, but only if you liked this kind of thing. Please leave me some feedback! Thanks guys! ~12HockeyChick21
