Ivypool's Heart || Warriors ✔

Chapter 6

Padding through the forest in search of prey, Ivypool knows that she's being followed, and she knows exactly which cat she's being followed by. But, even though she finds herself wanting to turn around and face the she-cat she's being followed by, she just can't bring herself to turn around.

These feelings that she's got for her tortoiseshell Clanmate won't leave her alone for a second, and every time she's either near, thinking, or talking to Blossomfall, there's a strange tingling in her belly. Like butterflies are fluttering round inside her. Though, if there really were butterflies inside her, that'll be both weird, and kinda frightening.

Sniffing the air, she flicks the tip of her tail in success as she catches the scent of a group of mice, so she crouches down in the hunters crouch, as she stalks up quietly to her prey. As she stalks closer to where the scent is coming from, she spots a couple mice in a small clearing.

She begins to move towards one of the mice slowly and undetected by any of the mice, but she stops suddenly, as the she-cat that was following her, is now close behind her, and is probably waiting for her to turn around and talk with her.

Should I abandon the mice, and turn round to face Blossomfall? Does I really want to lose the mice, leaving my addition to the fresh-kill pile back in camp small?

All these questions running through her mind, and she knows what the right thing to do would be, but a nagging at her heart told her otherwise.

But, deciding on doing the right thing, she stalks closer to the nearest mouse, getting ready to pounce on it and giving it the killing bite. Luckily, the mouse has no idea that she's a mere foxlength away from it till the last minute, causing it to have no chance of escape as she jumps on it, snapping it's neck in her jaws.

Looking around, the mouse hanging from her jaws, Ivypool let out a muffled hiss in annoyance, as she finds that the other mice have scattered from the area.

Shaking her head in annoyance, she turns around and starts walking out of the small clearing, stopping for a heartbeat as she sees Blossomfall sitting under a tree waiting for her. She almost wishes that Blossomfall would've left by now, giving up on trying to talk with her, but it doesn't seem like Blossomfall is going to give up anytime soon.

Making up her mind, Ivypool walks over to the tortoiseshell she-cat, sitting down in front of Blossomfall, and dropping the mouse at her paws so she can talk. Though she has absolutely no idea of what she's even going to say to the cat sitting in front of her at all.

"Have you been avoiding me, Ivypool?" Blossomfall asks, leaning her head to the side a little as she takes in Ivypool's appearance, examining her body language, and the way that her fur seems to be sticking up on her back slightly.

Ivypool shakes her head quickly. "Of course not, Blossomfall." She says, not exactly telling the truth. She has been avoiding Blossomfall, but only because she wasn't sure about these feelings she's having for her friend. "I've just been busy with Snowpaw." She says. It's not exactly a lie, she has been busy training with her apprentice to do much other stuff.

Blossomfall can tell something's up with her friend, she just doesn't know what. She doesn't know why Ivypool is being so secretive all of a sudden, or why she's been avoiding her. The excuse that she's been at training with her apprentice is a good enough reason. But when Ivypool was only just made Snowpaw's mentor, she still found time to spend with her. But now, it's almost like she's finding any way she can to avoid her.

Which hurts Blossomfall in more ways than Ivypool can even imagine. Because unawares to Ivypool, Blossomfall has been having similar feelings towards her. Except unlike Ivypool, Blossomfall isn't quite as afraid to dwell on these feelings. Though she doesn't understand them just as much.

"Blossomfall, could we talk about this later?" Ivypool asks, looking behind her. "Somewhere where none of the Clan will be able to interrupt us." She's afraid that one of their Clanmates will come along and ask questions that she doesn't know the answers to if they talk here and now.

Why she's afraid of any of her own Clanmates coming along and asking questions she's not sure of the answer. She's not entirely sure, but she knows that some of the Clan still are a little uneasy and think bad of both her and Blossomfall for training in the Dark Forest, just as they do with Birchfall, Mousewhisker, and Thornclaw, the three other ThunderClan cats - besides her and Blossomfall - that trained in the Dark Forest moons ago now. She's just not sure how uneasy and bad they think of them.

Blossomfall sighs, but nods her head in agreement anyway. "Fine." She says. She's not exactly too thrilled on waiting till tonight to talk with Ivypool, but it'll have to do if she wants her friend to talk to her. "We'll talk later then." She sighs, before padding back off towards camp. "I'll see you later."

Ivypool sit staring after Blossomfall, confusion clear in her eyes. She wasn't expecting Blossomfall to be a little upset about them not being able to talk till tonight, but her thoughts don't stay on that for too long.

Right now, she's got prey to catch for the Clan, then she's got to find Snowpaw. Wherever he's wandered off to now....

Sighing, she shakes her head as she begins digging a hole to store her prey, before she drops the mouse in the hole, and covers it with dirt so she can grab it on her way back to camp. Then she's off in search of more prey before she decides to go meet up with - or find - her apprentice.