Brightheart Never Knew

Part of the Never Knew Series.

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Swiftpaw
She was the only one of those spineless apprentices. Cloudtail getting his name wasn't fair! And I thought they'd understand, I tohught I could count on all my friends and peers to help me. But I was wrong. All except her. She seemed to be the only one who had the guts to do anything, who understood me. So I was sure we could do something to help the Clans and get our names, just the two of us. If the others were to cowardly to help, they didn't deserve their names.

When we took on the dogs, the whole time I was thinkin g ,praying really that she'd be safe. I was fighting for my own life but in a weird way I felt like if I fought well enough the dogs would ignore her and come after me. I could die, but she'd be safe. In the end that was what happened. She may have been hurt and near death, but she survived. She;s a fighter, I always knew it. She had a spark. And in a fight it turns into an inferno, burning all her enemies until the only one left standing is her.

Cloudtail
She may have sided with that little snot Swiftpaw, but she was everything to me. It just hit me whe she could be dead, I relized how much she meant to me. And how little I could afford to loose her. When she was alive it nearly burst my heart with all the joy I felt. She was scarred and scared but she was alive. It nearly broke my heart when I found her, behind the medicine den, staring at her reflection, tears falling into the puddle she was staring at. I was scared that he herbs weren't working or she heard she was going to die from Cinderpelt or something. She just looked at me with a sad eye, tears still dripping down her pretty face.

"I'm ugly." It wasn't a question or a comment. Just something you'd say like 'Oh, it's raining!' or 'Look, there's a rabbit!'. I stared at her for a moment then laughed. Her face fell and I shook my head, still chortling.

"You're not ugly!!!"

"Yeah I am!" Another tear.

I looked at her sadly. She honestly did believe that. Her face was turned at me, facing the puddle, her good eye shut. I turned her face toward me with my paw and she opened her eye. "You'll always be beautiful to me." I tell her, my eyes locked on hers.

She touches her nose to mine softly and we just stand there together, entwined forever. And it's true. She'll always be beautiful to me. And I can't afford to loose her. Ever. Or my heart will shatter into a million people.