Heart of Gold
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Goldenshine's eyes flew open. It was only a nightmare... she consoled herself, shaking her head at the memory of the battle that had killed her mother. Grief sprung fresh in her mind as she thought of Flowertail, then shook it off. That was many moons ago. "You're finally up, Goldenshine?" a voice teased from next to her. Her best friend, Heathercloud, was curled up in the nest beside hers. Goldenshine swatted at her fluffy tail. "It's dawn, mousebrain! Don't act like you've been awake for HOURS!" Heathercloud's eyes twinkled mischievously. "What if I HAVE?" Goldenshine shook her head playfully. "I'm going on the dawn patrol. See you." On her way out of the warriors den, Goldenshine nearly ran into Buzzardstride, the WindClan medicine cat. "Watch it! I need to talk to Breezestar!" he hissed at her. Goldenshine rolled her eyes. For some reason, the former warrior always seemed to want to pick a fight with her. Only StarClan knows why, she thought wryly. "What for?" she asked, trying her best to be friendly toward the cat that seemed determined to hate her. Buzzardstride glared at her and meowed, "It isn't any of your business. Breezestar is our leader. You... you are not." "He's my father!" Goldenshine objected, but Buzzardstride just flicked his tail and stalked away. "Crabby furball," Goldenshine muttered under her breath and made the unconscious decision to follow him.
As soon as Buzzardstripe ducked under the cliff of rocks Breezestar slept under, Goldenshine crept up to the entrance of the den and pricked her ears, trying to hear what the toms were talking about. "... will not do any such thing!" she heard Breezestar hiss, a tinge of protectiveness in his voice. "She's too dangerous! Change all, destroy all... we can't face the possibility of her destroying the Clans!" That was Buzzardstripe, obvious anger in his meow. Breezestar mewed exasperatedly, "There's heal all, too. You, of all cats, know how much the forest Clans... and StarClan, for that matter! We need healing, Buzzardstripe. The Clans are already falling apart, anyway. We have to take a chance." Goldenstripe frowned. Change all, destroy all, heal all... those words rang a bell in her head, but she couldn't exactly think of what the entire phrase was... or where she had heard it from. Nervously, she kept on listening... "No. She is a good warrior, and both Oatheart and I care too much about her to get rid of her. This is final, Buzzardstripe." Goldenshine heard Heathercloud's voice calling to her to join a hunting patrol with her, but not before she heard Buzzardstripe whisper fiercely:
"Whatever you say, O Leader. But when the Golden Heart destroys the Clans, you will have nobody to blame but yourself."
The end! It's short, I know, but it's almost the end of the school year and I'm getting a lot of homework. I'm gonna go do that now. Bai, friends! :)