A Broken Heart

Ayeee, second story!

I went inactive for a while, then came back with a new story in mind.

Hope you enjoy!

(Also takes place in the FOREST territories.)

Prologue
Lily and I decided to go on a walk, because, hey, it was full moon. The brightest night for a while.

"Come on, Juniper, let's go for a walk! It's been ages since we've been able to actually rest after stocking up food for winter." Lily had said, beckoning out towards the fields.

I agreed, and we set out, glad to be free from the stress of saving every catch for winter. It's been hard, because there's only two of us, but it's nice to feel the wind really soar in your face as you run with the cat you love in the open moors.

Lily and I have been together since we met, lost rogues without a family or a place to call home. We settled near a twoleg place, where the twolegs left us in peace. At first, we didn't get along so well, but we got over that.

We walked around a bit, then rolled around in the hills, stopping finally on our backs, looking up at the moon and the speckled stars. There, we caught our breaths, calmed down, and started pointing out pictures in the stars.

"Hey, that one looks like that bush that's right outside the barn, doesn't it?" I ask, motioning with my tail at the pattern. "Hey, it does! Now, that one looks like you when you come out of that bush, doesn't it?" she asks, laughing while saying so.

We finally got up when it was almost dawn, when I could practically see the sun. We were walking back to the barn, when--

"Hey!"

A voice shouted out, not to far away. We turned to the sound, and saw a group of cats running towards us with hostile expressions on their faces.

I wasn't stupid, I knew these cats. Every cat talked about those feral strays that called themselves 'warriors' and thought they owned 'territories'. Oh, please. Every cat walks and hunts wherever they want. I don't believe in their 'territories'.

"What are you doing here on our territory? What are you, ShadowClan cats?" a light brown tabby tom asked, growling, "Tell Marshstar to stay on his own side of the border, got it, frogface?"

I had no idea what this guy was talking about, or what he was thinking about when he said it. I was a cat not many messed with, because of my size and muscular shape. I fluffed up my fur, while Lily lied a warning tail on my back.

"Who do you think you are? Some mangy flea-pelts who call themselves 'warriors' when all they know are karate moves? Get lost, kitty-cat. Before I rip your fur off of your skin." I growled, growing tense.

The cats were obviously shocked. They never had anyone say anything real in their faces, but I was going to stuff it up their noses. No cat has 'boundaries'. Every cat can walk and hunt as they please.

"Whoever you are, you need to get off our territory. You can't walk, talk, or hunt in here. Get out." said the same tom with a confirmed voice, as though this settled everything.

"Juniper," I heard Lily's quiet voice meow, "We should go."

That last comment enraged me. How dare this flea-pelt tell me what to do! I eyed a rabbit that wasn't too far away, and said, "I can't hunt, can I? Watch me, punks."

"Go away and no one gets hurt." said another tom, a black and white one. Lily's voice became louder, signalling that we should go, but I was already lunging for the rabbit.

I had caught and killed the prey when I hurt a pained yowl. I turned, and horrified, I saw Lily on the ground, looking like she was drowning in her own blood. The light-brown tom had a bloody paw. It didn't take a twoleg to realize what happened.

The tom had attacked Lily. And she was going to die.

"No!" I yowled, attacking the tom. But by the time I had landed, they were already running back, one of them yelling, "Don't mess with WindClan, rogue!"

I turned my attention to Lily, who looked grey from blood loss. I took one look and buried my muzzle in her fur, trying to get her last scent in my nose before she left me.

And just like that, she was gone.

I dragged her back to our barn and buried her right next to that very bush that we were talking about when looking at the stars. Numbly, I stumbled to my moss and hay nest and lied down, only too numb to fall asleep. My only companion, friend, love, was gone. She was gone, and it was all my fault.

I had hunted and killed that rabbit, causing her death.

Remembering it, I stumbled out of the nest and sprinted as fast as I could towards where Lily died. There, the rabbit lay forgotten. I looked at it, it's blood not even dry yet. Then, without warning, I started shaking.

WindClan had caused this. I remember a tom yelling, "Don't mess with WindClan, rogue!" and disappearing into the hills.

No, I hadn't cause this. WindClan did.

And they were going to pay.

'''Yay! Prologue is done! To me this feels so long, it took me about half an hour to finish this chapter! '''

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