He Won't Tell

Season 1, Episode 2 of Prophecy to Burn. enjoy~

He Won't Tell
"But... how?"

Moonsplash shakes his head. "StarClan can be cruel, Flamepaw." He doesn't say anything else. He merely turns back to his herbs and shifts them around with his paw.

How can he be so calm!? He just tells me I'm part of the Murder Slaughter prophecy or whatever, then just turns back to his stupid leaves! "Why would they do this?" I demand, my fur bristling in fury. "How are you so calm? I-I could get killed, you... you...!"

Without looking at me (which enrages me further), Moonsplash meows, "Now, I understand that you're angry-"

"Oh, really? I hadn't noticed!" I spit, lashing my tail.

"-and confused, but you need to stay calm. Someone could hear you, then you'd be in trouble." He glances sideways at me, his ears flicked back. It's like he doesn't even care. He continues, "But you can't tell anyone."

"Wow, I haven't figured that out." I growl, then turn tail and stalk toward the exit. I glare back at him to see that he's still sorting through his herbs. He looks up, mildly surprised to see that I'm still here. I hiss, "Maybe if you didn't want me to yell at you, you shouldn't have told me about the prophecy."

"Maybe you shouldn't have insisted." Moonsplash calls out as I leave, roughly shoving the lichens aside. I ignore him, and try to smooth my fur down so no one would question me, all worried-like.

I see Firestep sitting alone near the warriors' den, rolling a mossball under his paw. He seems lost for some reason. I pad over to him, my fur now smoothed down. "Hey, Firestep? Something wrong?" I ask, sitting next to him.

He looks up at me, then looks back away. "Er, hi..."

-tbc