Falling With the Rain

~ Traitor ~

~ Mini Timeskip Because It's 11 PM and I Need Sleep ~

As soon as Ravenpaw heard the noises from our territory, I realised I hadn't been paying attention to anything. We ran to camp to see quite the scene. Even the ELDERS were fighting! Brindleface, who had also been carrying kits for quite a bit, was also fighting! I ran over immediately to Brindleface, she needed to live through this battle. Not only was it her life, but others too if she died. I gave the ShadowClan cats the Dark Forest. I fought them all like there wasn't a tomorrow if we lost. I made sure that every single cat that got in my paw's reach went back crying to their mothers.

When the battle had finished, I was panting. I felt like I had ran all the territories without stopping for a single drink of water. I felt like I would pass out, I slumped down onto my stomach too weak to get up. When I looked to where a group of cats had gathered, Graypaw's shrill cry wail rose up in the air. I winced as I pinned my ears back. When it finally registered, I realised something had happened to Lionheart.

I desperately tried to get there as fast as I could. But something was wrong, I couldn't feel my legs. They were moving fine but I couldn't feel them and it felt wrong to stand up. Splatting myself back down, I attempted to drag myself forward with my forepaws. The movement was absolutely exhausting but I managed to get to the crowd of cats. Many of the cats gave me a worried look at my condition but moved so I could reach the centre of the crowd. When I saw Graypaw practically weeping and Firepaw comforting him, I looked down. There I saw Lionheart, his flank absolutely still. Next thing I knew everything went black.

When I finally came too, I woke up with a throbbing pulse in my head and blurry bright blotches of colour. Squinting my eyes, I realised it was nearly moonhigh and cats were sitting in a circle with their muzzles poked into a thick furry gold pelt. I had to join the cats. Bluestar and Frostfur would need me, they would both be grieving. I dragged myself out of the nest, and like earlier proceeded to paddle forward using my front paws only. Right at that moment, Spottedleaf decided to come in.

"Rainsong! Get back in the nest!" Spottedleaf shrieked.

At my refusal, she had to tussle with me to get me back into the nest. I was still trying to get out, Spottedleaf ended up just sitting at the entrance her eyes narrowed and glued to my pelt. Ignoring the pain and throbbing headache, I got up on my paws. The medicine den started to spin before my eyes, I quickly shut my eyes and re-opened them to find the walls of the den were in their spots. I told Spottedleaf I was honestly fine and that I wanted to sit vigil.

Spottedleaf opened her mouth to scold me, but I pushed past her briskly. I believe I nearly knocked her off her paws, but I ignored it all and made it out. That was when my paws decided to give up on me. They slid outwards uselessly from underneath me. I grunted hoping some cat would acknowledge me. Spottedleaf must have been watching, because she immediately padded over. Getting Brindleface to help, they both nosed me up and supported me as they helped me over to sit vigil. Once they had stopped supporting me, I landed with a thump right by Lionheart's rosemary and lavender covered body. I gave all the disturbed cats apologetic glances.

As I stared at Lionheart's body, I thought that he would just get up and yell 'Guys I was joking! I'm alive!'. But then he didn't get up... He was just laying there so still... That was when I lost it, tears were flooding out from my eyes as I poked my muzzle to his flank. I hadn't thought about it, but I guess Lionheart and I had been sort of 'best friends' in a sense. It was always a half friend and half enemy relationship. I had always just found him annoying and proud, but as his mate's sister, I think he sort of found me like a little sister to him. I knew that I had found him like an older brother to me. Not like Redtail, he had been more of a mentor, Lionheart was definitely more like a brother to me.