The five Warrior Clans are going extinct. Gatherings and Moonpool visits are inacessable, with leaders falling left and right. The lake territories are being wiped out to the brink of extinction by new, large predators that have migrated into their...
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"So you and Trufflefur, eh?" Crescentsky poked around at conversation as soon as he'd left. She let a bit of warm amusement creep into her tone.
"Yeah." Rainpaw looked down. The she-cat drew one of her claws in the dust.
"He's such a great cat," she sighed dreamily. "He sees and acknowledges the good in others. But this is part of why my mother doesn't trust me..."
Crescentsky pricked her ears.
"When did you guys get together?" She tried to sound like she wasn't all that interested to know, but really she was.
"About a moon before you came, I was sneaking off to Thunderclan territory to meet him. I waited until after sunfall, when my mother and Sootface were asleep."
Crescentsky looked at her for a moment. "Seems risky. Not just because they could've caught you, but because of the wolves and all," was all she could say. She didn't want Rainpaw to think that she had any opinions on their half-clan relationship.
Truthfully, she didn't. It was their business, not hers.
And when she really thought about it, love was love. The warrior code allowed for a clan change, but Jadestar would never agree to it- even if Trufflefur did want to join Skyclan as Rainpaw's mate. And so Crescentsky could see what predicament they were in.
"I was careful, at first. Trufflefur and I used the trees to travel most of the way, so that we didn't leave a scent trail or run the risk of coming across a wolf." Rainpaw looked reminiscent as she peered toward the lush rowan leaves hemming in on one side of their secluded shelter.
"We made plans to see each other every few days, and only if the weather was well enough to do so. I covered his Thunderclan scent with sage leaves."
Crescentsky nodded as she listened avidly. She had never heard Rainpaw talk this much.
"But then I started being more reckless about it. I couldn't resist sneaking off to see him more often... it just felt like the gaps between seeing him got father and wider." The she-cat sighed.
"I was caught one night while returning. And I'd forgotten to cover the scent of Thunderclan tom on my pelt, so Jadestar didn't believe any of my excuses.
After that she began watching my every move. She even checks on me in the apprentices den throughout the night. In our old camp, and here, too. I've woken up and seen her peering through the entrance." The blue-gray she cat crossed her paws.
