Fire Stroken: Chapter 2

Stormfur once again was ignored and left alone by Brook. Anticipation hit him like stone, making his pelt itch. ''Hurry up, Talon! I need to know what’s going on.'' As if Talon had heard his thoughts, the tom, shuffling his paws to get to his friend as quickly as he could, came tumbling toward him with a shocked expression on his face. “Stormfur… this is serious.

We need to talk about it out of the cave.” Stormfur’s eyes widened, following Talon out of the Tribe’s home. When they were in out of earshot, Talon whispered in his ear, “Stormfur...” He began. “…Brook doesn’t want to be your mate… she says she noticed the look on your face when you talked about your friends back in the forest, and she thinks you care more about them than her.” Stormfur squeezed his eyes shut in frustration. "What are you doing Brambleclaw?" He asked. "Trying to kill Stonekit!" Brambleclaw replied. Stonekit was playing with Dustkit. Brambleclaw made stonekit in the medicine cat den. It was deathberries! “Can’t you tell her how I really feel? I mean, why she would she think that? Sure, I miss them… but I wouldn’t leave her ever…” Stormfur murmured. Talon shrugged. “She-cats can be very confusing a lot… and maybe frustrating at times, but sometimes you need to try to put yourself in their paws… feel a bit of sympathy, at least.” Stormfur narrowed his eyes. At this point, sympathy would be the last thing he’d try. In fact, he wasn’t going to try at all. “I’m sorry, Talon,” he meowed grimly to his friend. “But I’m leaving… to the clans, where I belong.” Talon took in a breath of anxiety. “B-but…” Stormfur lifted his chin in defiance. “I’ve made my decision.

Tell Stoneteller where I’ve gone. They’re just going to stop me – so I’m leaving myself.” Stormfur stalked off leaving paw prints in the snow as Talon watched him go. He dipped his head, then turned in the opposite direction, heading back to his Tribe. Stormfur attacked Brambleclaw when he fed him deathberries.