Ivypool's Heart || Warriors ✔

Chapter 2

Ivypool's dreams were troubled that night. She hardly manages to get that much sleep at all, constantly falling asleep, only to be woken up again at the feeling of falling.

After the last time of waking, she doesn't bother trying to get back to sleep - she doubts that she will be able to anyway - and she carefully and quietly climbs out of her moss bedding and walks out if the warriors den, trying not to wake any of her denmates.

Unfortunately though, she notices that Blossomfall is awake and watching her. Though Blossomfall doesn't make any move to ask where she's going. Which Ivypool is glad of, she doesn't feel like talking with her right now.

Especially not when Blossomfall is the one who's making her feel strange, and her thoughts confused.

She nods a swift greeting to Cloudtail as the white tom sits outside the thorn barrier guarding the camp for the night. The light from the moon making his fur glow, making him not very hard to miss.

As soon as she's out of camp, she breaks out into a run, sprinting through the forest, going nowhere in particular.

Once she's as far from the camp, she slows down, and starts walking through the trees. Looking up at the sky through the canopy of trees, the stars of silverpelt shined down on the forest along with the half moon, creating an eerie glow throughout the forest.

Half moon. The medicine cats would be at the moonpool right now sharing dreams with StarClan. ThunderClan's medicine cats Jayfeather and Leafpool would be there now with the medicine cats of the other three Clans.

Slowing down to a stop as she reaches the lake, Ivypool sits at the edge of the lake shore. She doesn't mind the small waves lapping at her paws, she actually find it nice, despite her not being a RiverClan warrior. Those cats love to get their pelts wet, Ivypool isn't sure how they enjoy it. She can only deal with her paws getting wet, she can't imagine it being enjoyable having your whole pelt wet.

The cool wind feels nice against Ivypool's fur as she sits, looking out across the lake. Much nicer than the hot, stuffy air back in the warriors den, and it gives her time to think more.

The quiet gives her time to think about things. Like what this feeling is she's feeling for Blossomfall. Something that she shouldn't feel, but does.

Her ears twitch slightly against the wind and the sound of a twig breaking in the undergrowth behind her. She sniffs the air, finding Dovewing's scent of the wind.

Turning around, she sees her gray littermate walking over to her, before she's sitting down next to her.

"You okay?" Dovewing asks.

Ivypool lets out a sigh as she looks at the ground. "I don't know." She sighs. "My thoughts are troubling me Dovewing." She admits to her sister. "I don't know what to do about it." She looks over at her sister, who's staring right back at her.

Dovewing purrs slightly, before licking behind her sisters ear. "Don't worry." She says. "You'll figure out our soon." Dovewing attempts to reassure her.

But, Ivypool doesn't exactly think she'll figure out what to do about it anytime soon. She'll just be left with these confusing thoughts on her mind, not sure in the slightest on what to do about them.

Ivypool rubs her head against her sisters side, as the two she-cats just sit at the lake shore, watching the stars above them. Even though Dovewing feels that she herself is useless to the Clan now without her powers, she keeps reminding other cats in the Clan how important they are. Ivypool just wishes that Dovewing could see that she is just as important than any other cat in the Clan.

Even Briarlight is still important to the Clan despite having no feeling in her hind legs after her accident. Briarlight helps out Jayfeather and Leafpool in the medicine cats den as much as she can manage, and helps keep the kits entertained.

Then there's Daisy, who despite having little fighting skills, is still just as important to the Clan as any other cat. She cares for all the kits in the nursery, and is willing to fight if she has to in order to protect the kits. After all, in the battle with The Dark Forest, she gave a few Dark Forest warriors some wounds to remember.

Then of course there's Jayfeather. Despite being born blind, he still manages to do almost everything any other cat in the Clan does. Then there's the fact that he's an amazing medicine cat and ThunderClan are lucky to have him.

As the night begins to grow darker and colder, the two littermates begin to head back to camp and back into the warriors den.

And maybe this time, Ivypool will have better luck at sleeping without awaking by the feeling of falling into a dark, black abyss now that she's had time to clear her head....