Squirreflight's Surprise~Songfic

Hiya! This is a songfic of Squirrelflight, Ashfur, and a bit of Brambleclaw. The song is called "It Took Me By Surprise" by Maria Mena. I don't have the books currently with me, so I'll be writing this down by what I know of, and my own thoughts on it. I hope you don't mind!

~I would react badly to the slightest hint of hesitance~

Squirrelflight stopped short. "What?!" she exclaimed, whirling around to face the pale gray tom. "You can't go on a patrol with me?" Squirrelflight narrowed her forest green eyes. Maybe he doesn't love me!

~He'd been awkwardly to suit my mood no word from his defense~

Ashfur shifted uneasily as the green gaze pounded down on him. "I think I can change my schedule. Um, I'm sure that Ferncloud could spend time with me later."

Squirrelflight purred. "Good! We can go on patrol together!"

~I'd cry knowing how my tears felt like acid burning through his skin~

Squirrelflight wrapped her tail around her small paws and let the tears wash over her muzzle.

Ashfur bounded out from the bushes. "Squirrelflight! What's wrong?" His dark blue eyes showed concern and pain as he sat next to the sobbing ginger she-cat.

"Brambleclaw doesn't believe me!" she sobbed, burying her muzzle into the tom's shoulder. "He thinks that Hawkfrost could be trusted despite the fact he supported Mudclaw!"

~Pushed every little button but the right one that would let me in~

Squirrelflight padded up to the gray flecked tom. "Hey Ashfur!" she mewed happily. "Do you want to go on a hunting patrol?"

Ashfur looked up from grooming his shoulder. "Sure!" He sprang to his paws and followed the dark ginger she-cat out of camp entrance.

Unconsciously, Squirrelflight's long, bushy tail gently entwined with Ashfur's, and they trotted stride for stride.

~Now he's afraid of me~

Ashfur stared at Squirrelflight in shock. "Brambleclaw?" he mewed. "But... but I thought you loved me!"

Squirrelflight struggled to find the right words for her close friend. "I loved you, but as a friend. Brambleclaw is where my heart rests now."

"But his father is Tigerstar!" Ashfur protested. "Tigerstar was evil! His paws were stained with blood, and he murdered cats for fun! He murdered my mother!"

Squirrelflight's eyes turned cold. ''How dare he thinks of Brambleclaw like that?! ''"I will judge Brambleclaw by his actions, not his heritage," she responded coolly, and stalked toward the warriors' den, where Brambleclaw would be waiting for her.

~He's afraid of me~

Squirrelflight padded wearily out of the camp entrance, and three kits tumbled after her. Brambleclaw shot through the clearing. "You had your kits!" he gasped. "All alone in the forest!"

Squirrelflight smiled. "Yes, I did." She placed her small, white paw onto the biggest of the three, a golden-brown tabby tom with sun-colored eyes. "This is Lionkit."

She placed the paw onto the jet-black she-kit, black as a yew branch and green eyes like a holly leaf. "This is Hollykit."

She nudged the smallest of the three, a mottled pale gray tabby tom, who was stumbling. "And this is Jaykit." The tom's milky blue eyes stared into Brambleclaw's amber ones, the eyes that didn't seem to see anything despite being open.

"He's.... blind," Brambleclaw mewed.

Squirrelflight nodded. "Yes. He is. But he will be loved, as he is our kit."

Brambleclaw let loose a rumbling purr. "They're perfect! All of them!"

Ashfur stared out from the warriors' den, fury blazing in his dark blue eyes as he watched the kits and their parents.

~It took me by surprise~

Squirrelflight froze as the gray flecked tom stepped in front of the tree, the only path to her kits'. "Ashfur, what are you doing?"

Ashfur glared at her. "Brambleclaw isn't here to help his kits now, is he?" he sneered, flexing his claws. "He was there all those times, but not now."

Squirrelflight narrowed her eyes at her once-friend. "Is this what happened with Brambleclaw and I?!" she demanded. "This must stop Ashfur! The quarrel with you and Brambleclaw, it must stop!"

~The hatred in his eyes~

Ashfur straightened from his crouch. "It's never been with Brambleclaw," he hissed. "My quarrel has always been with you."

~I've pushed this man as far as he could go~

"Upset? I'm not upset." Ashfur's eyes glowed, reflecting the red-hot embers flying from the fires around them. "It's more than upset. Everyday, it's like being cut open from the same wound, each time bringing more pain, and I'm bleeding out on the rocks. I'm surprised no cat ever noticed." He lifted his paw, revealing unsheathed claws. "The only choice left is to kill your kits, to make you understand my pain."

Squirrelflight felt tears well up in her eyes, then straightened her back. ''I'll have to tell. ''She stared coolly at the tom. "Do whatever you want with them. Killing them won't hurt me. They're not my kits," she snarled.

~But he lacked the words to let me know~

Ashfur glanced back at the three huddled kits, sheltering themselves from the embers, then turned his head to face Squirrelflight. "I'll be sure to tell the clans," he warned. "I'll tell them all at the Gathering. Your secret will be known to every cat."

And he left.

~He acted out~

Lionblaze stepped in front of Ashfur. "You mustn't tell!" he insisted.

Ashfur's mouth twisted. "Why should I? It'll bring far more pain to her, and you'll be kicked out of the clan."

~Now I can see it is my fault~

Squirrelflight squinted her eyes, and made out the limp, gray-flecked body of a tom. "It's Ashfur," she whispered, and ran toward the body.

Leafpool stepped up. "I found a slit in his throat," she announced. "I believe that he was murdered."

~I made changes that went unnoticed, sang songs for deaf ears yeah~

Squirrelflight entwined her long, bushy tail with Brambleclaw's, relishing the warmth that came from him.

~Mistook my silence for punishment, as it had been all these years~

Ashfur padded up to the dark ginger she-cat. "Hey Squirrelflight," he mewed. "Do you wanna join my patrol-"

Squirrelflight sprang to her paws, ignoring Ashfur. "Coming, Brambleclaw!" she mewed, and padded out of camp as Ashfur stood there, alone in the clearing.

~I'd cry knowing how my tears felt like acid burning through his skin~

Squirrelflight wrapped her tail around her small paws and let the tears wash over her muzzle.

Ashfur bounded out from the bushes. "Squirrelflight! What's wrong?" His dark blue eyes showed concern and pain as he sat next to the sobbing ginger she-cat.

"Brambleclaw doesn't believe me!" she sobbed, burying her muzzle into the tom's shoulder. "He thinks that Hawkfrost could be trusted despite the fact he supported Mudclaw!"

~Now he's afraid of me~

Ashfur stared at Squirrelflight in shock. "Brambleclaw?" he mewed. "But... but I thought you loved me!"

Squirrelflight struggled to find the right words for her close friend. "I loved you, but as a friend. Brambleclaw is where my heart rests now."

"But his father is Tigerstar!" Ashfur protested. "Tigerstar was evil! His paws were stained with blood, and he murdered cats for fun! He murdered my mother!"

Squirrelflight's eyes turned cold.How dare he thinks of Brambleclaw like that?!"I will judge Brambleclaw by his actions, not his heritage," she responded coolly, and stalked toward the warriors' den, where Brambleclaw would be waiting for her.

~He's afraid of me~

Squirrelflight padded wearily out of the camp entrance, and three kits tumbled after her. Brambleclaw shot through the clearing. "You had your kits!" he gasped. "All alone in the forest!"

Squirrelflight smiled. "Yes, I did." She placed her small, white paw onto the biggest of the three, a golden-brown tabby tom with sun-colored eyes. "This is Lionkit."

She placed the paw onto the jet-black she-kit, black as a yew branch and green eyes like a holly leaf. "This is Hollykit."

She nudged the smallest of the three, a mottled pale gray tabby tom, who was stumbling. "And this is Jaykit." The tom's milky blue eyes stared into Brambleclaw's amber ones, the eyes that didn't seem to see anything despite being open.

"He's.... blind," Brambleclaw mewed.

Squirrelflight nodded. "Yes. He is. But he will be loved, as he is our kit."

Brambleclaw let loose a rumbling purr. "They're perfect! All of them!"

Ashfur stared out from the warriors' den, fury blazing in his dark blue eyes as he watched the kits and their parents.

~It took me by surprise~

Squirrelflight froze as the gray flecked tom stepped in front of the tree, the only path to her kits'. "Ashfur, what are you doing?"

Ashfur glared at her. "Brambleclaw isn't here to help his kits now, is he?" he sneered, flexing his claws. "He was there all those times, but not now."

Squirrelflight narrowed her eyes at her once-friend. "Is this what happened with Brambleclaw and I?!" she demanded. "This must stop Ashfur! The quarrel with you and Brambleclaw, it must stop!"

~The hatred in his eyes~

Ashfur straightened from his crouch. "It's never been with Brambleclaw," he hissed. "My quarrel has always been with you."

~I've pushed this man as far as he could go~

"Upset? I'm not upset." Ashfur's eyes glowed, reflecting the red-hot embers flying from the fires around them. "It's more than upset. Everyday, it's like being cut open from the same wound, each time bringing more pain, and I'm bleeding out on the rocks. I'm surprised no cat ever noticed." He lifted his paw, revealing unsheathed claws. "The only choice left is to kill your kits, to make you understand my pain."

Squirrelflight felt tears well up in her eyes, then straightened her back.I'll have to tell.She stared coolly at the tom. "Do whatever you want with them. Killing them won't hurt me. They're not my kits," she snarled.

~But he lacked the words to let me know~

Ashfur glanced back at the three huddled kits, sheltering themselves from the embers, then turned his head to face Squirrelflight. "I'll be sure to tell the clans," he warned. "I'll tell them all at the Gathering. Your secret will be known to every cat."

And he left.

~He acted out~

Lionblaze stepped in front of Ashfur. "You mustn't tell!" he insisted.

Ashfur's mouth twisted. "Why should I? It'll bring far more pain to her, and you'll be kicked out of the clan."

~Now I- It took me by surprise~

Squirrelflight froze as the gray flecked tom stepped in front of the tree, the only path to her kits'. "Ashfur, what are you doing?"

Ashfur glared at her. "Brambleclaw isn't here to help his kits now, is he?" he sneered, flexing his claws. "He was there all those times, but not now."

Squirrelflight narrowed her eyes at her once-friend. "Is this what happened with Brambleclaw and I?!" she demanded. "This must stop Ashfur! The quarrel with you and Brambleclaw, it must stop!"

~The hatred in his eyes~

Ashfur straightened from his crouch. "It's never been with Brambleclaw," he hissed. "My quarrel has always been with you."

~I've pushed this man as far as he could go~

"Upset? I'm not upset." Ashfur's eyes glowed, reflecting the red-hot embers flying from the fires around them. "It's more than upset. Everyday, it's like being cut open from the same wound, each time bringing more pain, and I'm bleeding out on the rocks. I'm surprised no cat ever noticed." He lifted his paw, revealing unsheathed claws. "The only choice left is to kill your kits, to make you understand my pain."

Squirrelflight felt tears well up in her eyes, then straightened her back.I'll have to tell.She stared coolly at the tom. "Do whatever you want with them. Killing them won't hurt me. They're not my kits," she snarled.

~But he lacked the words to let me know~

Ashfur glanced back at the three huddled kits, sheltering themselves from the embers, then turned his head to face Squirrelflight. "I'll be sure to tell the clans," he warned. "I'll tell them all at the Gathering. Your secret will be known to every cat."

And he left.

~He acted out~

Lionblaze stepped in front of Ashfur. "You mustn't tell!" he insisted.

Ashfur's mouth twisted. "Why should I? It'll bring far more pain to her, and you'll be kicked out of the clan."

~Now I can see it is my fault~

Squirrelflight squinted her eyes, and made out the limp, gray-flecked body of a tom. "It's Ashfur," she whispered, and ran toward the body.

Leafpool stepped up. "I found a slit in his throat," she announced. "I believe that he was murdered."

Squirrelflight felt her body stiffen, and rested her gaze on her once-close friend, then turned them to her "kits". She knew it was one of them. ''I will never tell. ''A tear streaked down her muzzle.

So? How'd ya like it? Please tell me in the comments below! Oh, there's also this really cool AMV that inspired me to do this. It's called Squirrelflight's Surprise by GinjaNinjaOwO. Go check her out, she's awesome!