Shattered Clans- A Warrior Cats Fanfiction

Chapter 14

Sorry for cutting it into two parts!!! The photo up there is Jackalflame! Just a quick thing I wanted to say: PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE go check out my little sister's story. No one apart from Warriorcats4life (Go follow her she's really nice and amazing) has seen it and my little sister (Dont want to say her name) is really sad! It's not very good (Sorry S***** if you are reading this) but still comment and vote! Her username is Sleirdarcooe (An anagram for my name). It helped me get a lot of names for this story (It's a name generator) 

Now on with the story that I'm sure you've been waiting for! 

Cranefrost's eyes sparkled as she gazed at Jackalflame. His whiskers twitched with amusement and he looked back at her. 

"What is it?" He asked, purring. Cranefrost pulled away, embarrassed. She had to stop staring at him! But it was so easy to get lost in his beautiful, amber eyes...

"So, I know you have Clearpaw, but do you have any other littermates?" Jackalflame asked, changing the subject much to Cranefrost's liking.

"Well, actually, I have a lot because my real littermates, Fallingsnow and Clearpaw and I were found in the forest with no other cats. We were only kits and our mother had abandoned us. So Thunderclan took us in and we had a foster mother and foster littermates, Twigfrost, Snowpaw and Shyspirit. I think of them as kin, though." Cranefrost answered. Jackalflame's whiskers twitched in interest.

"So... you don't know who your parents are?"

"Well, actually, Starclan showed me how my mother died and then I asked Redstar if any she-cats in the clan had gone missing because she fought with Thunderclan battle moves against the Dark Warriors. She was identified as Flamebriar and then I asked Ryebrook, who used to be Flamebriar's best friend who my father was. She was the only cat who Flamebriar told. Anyway, Ryebrook said that my father was Brackenshade. It was a long process." Cranefrost replied. She quickly added, "I feel like I'm doing all the talking. So what's your story?"

"Well... I have two littermates, Silvermoon and Rayleaf. Silvermoon's really calm and gentle, and she's bearing kits right now. Rayleaf, on the other paw is fierce. She's got a lot of spirit." She'd get along perfectly with Twigrost, then, Cranefrost thought.

"I love them both, but sometimes Twigfrost gets on my nerves. My father, Baredfang- the one that you attacked at the gathering, I don't like... at all. He had his mind set on becoming the deputy that he didn't come and visit us in the nursery once. Mother used to always tell us stories of how he fought foxes and badgers, so when my apprentice ceremony came, I was excited to meet him, thinking he was a hero. But then he showed no care for me... and I-" Jackalflame broke off, unable to go on. His whiskers quivered and he stared at the dusty forest floor, his head hanging. Cranefrost felt a stab of grief for him.

 Jackalflame looked so broken. She licked his head lovingly and whispered, "I'll always be here for you."

Jackalflame looked up and purred. "And I'll never let any cat hut you like they hurt me." 

They sat there for a few moments, their tails twined and heads resting against each other's. 

"Cranefrost... I love you." Jackalflame's meow broke the silence and at first, Cranefrost didn't know how to react. But then she came to her senses. Of course she knew how to react! She'd been dreaming about this moment for moons! 

Through her loud purring, Cranefrost answered. "I love you too." And she could feel Jackalflame's tense muscles relax.

"Let's just sleep here for a bit..." he meowed.

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When Jackalflame awoke, he knew something was wrong. The sun had already risen!

"Cranefrost, wake up, my love!" He whispered, gently prodding Cranefrost with a paw. 

"What is it?" Cranefrost asked groggily. She rolled around so that she was facing the sky. Then, she leapt to her feet as if she had been set on fire.

"I'm late! The sun has risen!"

"Yes. It's okay, I'll help you catch some prey and you can say that you've been hunting." Jackalflame assured her. 

"And what will your excuse be?" Cranefrost asked.

"I'll say that I scented a fox and chased it off the territory."

"But... there is no fox." Cranefrost responded, sounding a little confused.

"Actually, I scented one on the way last night." Jackalflame said.

"And you didn't think to go back at warn your clan first?!" Cranefrost demanded.

"But then I'd miss you! Besides, it wasn't close to camp anyway. Now we'd better start hunting prey!"

Cranefrost returned to camp with her and Jackalflame's prey- two squirrels, four mice and a huge raven that they'd caught together with teamwork. Sure enough, it fooled all her clan mates. Cranefrost just hoped that Jackalflame had been as successful as she had.

Cranefrost couldn't believe the night before. Jackalflame loved her! She was Jackalflame's mate! It seemed so unreal that Cranefrost was pretty sure she was dreaming. But it didn't matter. Jackalflame loved her!

So there's some romance for you! Not the best or longest chapter, but one of my personal favourites. I'm not particularly good at writing romance so if one of you wants to suggest or even write a chapter about to characters they would like to see more of together*, write it in the comments and I'll most definitely use it in the story with credit! Thank you for so many reds, don't forget to vote all of my stories.

Elise <3

PS. Chapter 15 coming out soon!

* eg. Clearpaw x Leapmist

          Snowpaw x Adderfang/Talonclaw

         Cranefrost x Jackalflame 

Or any other requests!