Heronwing padded to the place where Patchpaw had showed her all those moons ago. She'd never really ventured out there without him... She never came since he... She eventually fell to the side of the hay that lay outside the barn, where many cats who ever came laid down for a rest. She thought of Wisteriasky, and how her father, Ashcloud, went with her. She thought of the Shadowclan apprentice who became a rogue, Night. She thought of Mottlepaw, the cat she loved. She thought of Chimekit's disappearance. She thought of Fallenblaze's, too. Then...
She thought of Patchpaw. The cat who died for her... The cat who killed for her. The cat who... Lived, just for her. She knew he was depressed during his apprenticeship. No revelations, though. He supported her every move, even if they had an argument, and usually, those were simple and friendly. But... The attack changed it all. When Stonepaw...
When Stonepaw attacked them as an act of war by the river... Patchpaw attacked Stonepaw after she gave her the back scar. He fought bravely, but Stonepaw... She ripped his cheek from the bottom up. Heronwing, Heronpaw at the time... She clawed Stonepaw's eye, blinding her in the left. In Stonepaw's weak moments, she clawed open Patchpaw's chest. Patchpaw was too weak to fight...
Heronpaw attacked Stonepaw's for him. Claws... Teeth... Rip. She was dead, but not before, in a weak attempt, splitting Heronpaw's ear. Heronpaw received two scars that day, Patchpaw receiving two as well. She helped him all the way back to camp, where he was treated. But an infection grew in the wound. He hid it from her. He hid it from most everyone. Even her. When they were hunting one day, he fell down, the infection grown. He died next to her, while she tried to help him... But it was to no avail. And right after Mottlepaw's death... Wow.
She buried him and claimed he disappeared to avoid more mourning. She couldn't handle it all. So, she kept them in ignorance. 'Ignorance is bliss.' Heh. It is. She sat, thinking about how the fire burns in her from fighting... It was funny, in a way. Stonepaw. A life she took. Patchpaw. In a way, another life taken by her. It was her fault he jumped in. It was her fault that she didn't take him to get healed more. Secrets are never good, were they...?
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