Rosefeather's Story

"''I always thought that love was everything, kits and mates... When I was a kit I always dreamed of having many litters of kits and a loyal, brave, kind and handsome tom beside me, when I was younger I felt that Patchkit was the one for me, sure he might've been a mouse-brain at times, but he had other qualities too. He was everything I wanted, but it wasn't exactly enough. I knew that my parents had always had always favoured Leafheart over me, ever since I was a little kit, maybe the reason I left my clan was because I was jealous of Leafheart, and my parents, but the greatest reason, I think was my so-called "Destiny" about being a Medicine Cat. I didn't like that, if I were to have a mate and kits, I couldn't be a medicine cat. I had kit-hood dreams of being a leader, leading all the patrols and fighting for my clan, but a medicine cat couldn't give me any of that. When I strayed into the territories of Sunclan, I met Sparkmist, he was everything I wanted and more. He was nice, handsom, caring, loyal, brave, courageous and everything a she-cat could wish for, I had many kits with him, Pinewind, Skyheart, Oakkit, Mistlight and Creammoon. I had two litters with him, my second litter had a few kits, Moonlight, Shimmerpelt, Morninggaze, Brambleheart and Redheart. Then he died. A terrible rockslide killed Sparkmist, took Maplestar, my father's last life, Leafheart my sister and Honeyfeather, my mom's life too. I was devastated, and I refused to eat for days and gave up on life, Leopardstar, was my father's closest friend and advisor. She encouraged me and helped me in my darkest moons, then I remembered Patchpelt, I realised that he still had an eye on me. One evening I asked him out on a walk, by the time it was dawn we were close mates, but deep inside, I still knew that my loyalty towards Sparkmist hadn't wavered. I had kits with Patchpelt, he was very nice to me, I could tell that he was trying to be a tom I would love. Brightclaw, Lionfur and Aspenpaw were my few kits I had with Patchpelt. Then the deputy, Blizzarddusk died, Leopardstar appointed me as deputy, I was dumbfounded with shock and happiness. I tried my best and my work paid off. Then one day I accidently wandered into "The Hill", many cats had died there, any cat who dared to even step on the hill would get caught in the landslide and go to Starclan. So I died, and now I'm in Starclan with my family. I live with Sparkmist in a beautiful forest with all of my dead kits, but now and then I wonder...     What if, I hadn't died?"''