A/N: My first challenge for blueclan. The theme was: Not even the stars above could separate the 2 of us.
"I beat you again Smokeflame! Now you have to do my dawn patrol the next moon!"
Smokeflame rolled his eyes, though that didn't stop his ears from warming up.
"My prey is obviously bigger, so that means I win."
Sunsplash cuffed him playfully, though challenge remained in her eyes.
"I dare you to say that again you mousebrain."
".."
"mouseheart!"
Smokeflame kept his head down, his eyes covered.
"Smokeflame?" She crept closer to him, their pelts brushing.
"Whats wrong?"
Smokeflame jumped at her, knocking her over.
"What the-"
He licked her cheek, taking advantage of what he could do while being the stronger one.
"I win the fighting part!"
"Hey that's not fair!" her pelt heated up miserably from embarrassment and love.
"Yes it is! A warrior has to be aware of all!"
Sunsplash rolled her eyes, Before inhaling to give another retort.
"Wait smokeflame.. Do you smell that?"
Smokeflame sniffed the air.
"Is that.. smoke?"
Sunsplash jumped up as soon as Smokeflame got off her
"The clan may be in trouble! We have to help!"
They raced through the forest, racing toward the clearing.
What they saw wasn't pretty.
Smoke billowed into the night sky, blanketing the full moon in the dark abyss of color. Only a few stars were allowed to shine, scattering weak beams of light across the clearing.
Or what remained of it.
Cats leapt through the clearing, trying to escape the haze in which the roaring flames created as they burned through the said clearing.
"lets go!"
Sunsplash nodded.
"Right!"
They dashed into the camp, helping all those who needed it.
"Everyone out!" Fallstar yowled as he ushered the other cats. (namely the apprentices) through the camp entrance.
The flames danced through the clearing, devouring the elders den; thankfully, Larchwing has managed to get willowfoot out.
Smokeflame dashed through the clearing, trying to escape all the flames that now littered the clearing.
He hissed as some of those embers hit his ear, but trudged on.
This will NOT be the end of me!
He dashed through the enterance, before It collapsed entirely from the embers that littered it.
"Smokeflame! Are you okay?" Snowpelt - his brother- sniffed his ear.
Smokeflame smirked . "Im good, the fire cant take me!"
Snowpelt rolled his blue eyes, "whatever you say~"
"Is everyone okay though? Sunsplash…"
Snowpelts eyes widened. "wait she wasn't with you? I thought she was-."
Smokeflame jumped up.
"She isn't here? Why didn't you say so?"
"Did you hear what I just -"
A pained screech sounded from the camp.
"Sunsplash!"
Smokeflame jumped through the broken enterance of camp, ignoring snowpelts cries of confusion.
"Sunsplash where are you!"
The roar of the flames was deafening, smokeflame could scarely hear himself over it.
"Im over here!"
He raced toward the voice he knew so well, feeling something sharp hit is neck in the process, though he felt the blood. He didn't care, all he wanted was to save her
He soon saw her, though barely due to the large piece of wood from the former apprentice den , covering her.
Though it covered her from the flames, it rendered her immobile.
He dashed towards her, ignoring the cinders that fell onto his pelt, frantically tried to push the piece of wood off her.
"Smokeflame?! Why did you come here? You should've stayed with the others!"
He smirked through his efforts.
"Babe, you know I cant do that."
"Did you just call me babe?"
"yup."
He pushed the piece once more, feeling it give away underneath his paws.
Sunsplash shook her self free as the piece of wood fell off enough to wriggle through.
Only to fall over.
The flames were closer now.
"Are you alright?"
Sunsplash stood up, wincing as her hindleg and one of her forepaws touched the ground.
"I don't think I can walk.."
She jumped when she felt Smokeflame tug her onto his back.
"we cant have that can we? Only the strongest cat in the clans could carry you though!"
She rolled her eyes, managing to chuckle in in their dire situation.
"to think you may be serious for once, even in a life or death situation, well there goes my bet with Shimmerblaze."
Smokeflame scoffed, "whatever,"
"I don't want to lose you though."
Sunsplash looked at him, surprise in her gaze.
"I love you Sunsplash.. Just remember that alright?"
"I love you too, you know this! But why are you saying it now?"
Smokeflame sighed before turning to the fire.
"Because I know I wont survive this."
"Wait wha-"
He grabbed her scruff, before leaping through the wall of fire, shielding Sunsplash with his body from the heat and the hellfire itself.
Soon enough he reached the other side, standing for a moment before collapsing entirely.
Sunsplash lay next to him for a moment, stunned, before leaping up.
His neck was bleeding badly along with the burns and a big gash on his side, which was also bleeding badly.
The breaths he took were shallow, concerning Sunsplash further.
She frantically tried to stop the bleeding.
"no no no,why didn't I train to be a medicine cat!"
He cracked open one of his amber eyes, giving her a small smirk.
"Because then we couldn't be together."
She gave him a weak glare before nuzzling him.
" I love you too much.. Don't leave me Smokeflame."
He chuckled weakly.
"Not even the stars above can separate the two of us Sunsplash.."
He closed his eyes, before taking in one more shuddering breath.
All was still.
2 moons later..
"that's the last one Sunsplash! You now have 3 healthy kits."
Sunsplash nodded weakly, feeling extremely tired.
"Thanks Snowsong.."
"call me if you need anything~!"
In the moons since the fire, Sunsplash had found out she was expecting Smokeflames kits. Even though she was still grieving, she stayed strong, knowing that he was always there.
She turned towards the 3 small bundles of fur that curled up next to her.
They look so much like him…
"Sunsplash! How was everything?"
Sunsplash looked up.
"Oh hey shimmerblaze, it was tiring to the least."
Shimmerblaze rolled her eyes.
"I feel sorry for you."
"You know youll be joining me soon enough," She retorted, gesturing to Shimmerblazes swelling stomache.
Shimmerblaze blushed horribly.
"Howd you know?"
"Ive been in here long enough to know.. But does Duskstorm know?"
Shimmerblaze shook her head. "Not yet.. Im scared to see his reaction.."
"Go for it! He'll be overjoyed, I know it."
"You think?"
"Yes you mousebrain."
"Thank you sunsplash! I'll do it now!"
Sunsplash sighed as she watched starblaze bound over to her mate, before speaking to him.
She turned away as his happy but surprised yowl sounded throughout the camp.
She turned back to her kits, the eldest, being a dusky gray tabby tom; the second, being a tortoiseshell gray and ginger she cat, and the youngest, a small gray tom.
She smiled softly as the she kit tried to get out of the nest .
Oh how they were like him..
"Flickerkit for the she kit.. Echokit for the small tom.. And.. Smokekit .."
As she said those words, the wind stirred around her as a starry figure appeared.
"Smokeflame?"
The figure smirked.
"Its good to know that you missed me."
She nuzzled him.
"I missed you.. But how are you here?"
He licked her cheek, and nuzzled his kits.
"I told you my dear, Not even the stars above can separate the two of us.."
A/n: I hoped you liked it! It was rather rushed but I think its better than what it was supposed to be. ( I changed the happening of events several times)
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