Post by Lightningstar on Nov 18, 2007 22:07:53 GMT -5
Title: Yesterdays
Chapters: One-shot
Author: Lightningstar
Pairing: SilverxGray
Rating: G
Spoilers: Forest of Secrets spoilers
Summary: Graystripe struggles with the death of his RiverClan lover Silverstream.....
Warning: None really, except the story may seem kind of emotional.
Disclaimer: I do not own Warriors or the song Yesterdays, which is by Switchfoot.
Beta: N/A
Cover: Pending
Author's Notes: I know that I've already made a fanfic on this topic, but I thought a songfic should be introduced as well. =) Hope you enjoy it!
"Silverstream, no!" I cried into the night. I sat there in the rain, leaning over my mate's dead body. Fireheart had his flame colored fur pressed into my striped gray pelt, and Cinderpaw and Tigerclaw were arguing about the kits a little farther off. None of them knew my pain.
Fireheart got up and told me that he would be back with me to mourn Silverstream soon. I didn't say anything; how could I, when there was nothing left to say?
I felt broken; alone. Like I was tumbling into an empty abyss; falling, falling, falling…
The ache I feel inside
Is where the life has left your eyes
I'm alone for our last goodbye
But you're free...
"Goodbye, Silverstream," I murmured. There I was, laying at my dead love's side, wishing she would come back. I glanced up towards the moon and the stars, praying that she could be with me, and me with her.
But what could even StarClan do to bring her back? She's gone, Graystripe, I heard a voice whisper softly. She's not coming back to you.
"No!" I hissed. "It can't be!" But it was. Oh, the pain! My soul shattered, my heart bled….
I remember you like yesterday
Yesterday
I still can't believe you're gone
Oh I remember you like yesterday
Yesterday
And until I'm with you, I carry on....
My claws were caked with mud as I struggled to dig a grave between ThunderClan and RiverClan territory. The rain pattered down on the soil beside me, and I was thankful that the downpour was there to hide my tears.
"Graystripe."
The sound made my head snap to attention, and I fluffed out my fur. I surveyed the land before me, but there was no other cat there.
"Graystripe."
That soft, melodic voice… it could only be…
"Silverstream!"
But the voice faded as I said her name. "Silverstream, come back!" The wind ruffled my fur and blew through my whiskers, and I felt a deep pang of loneliness surge inside of me.
Adrift on your ocean floor
I feel weightless, numb, and sore
A part of you and me is torn
You're free…
Fireheart kept his promise. He came back to the river and sat beside me, mourning my loss. "Silverstream was lucky," he mewed. "And so are your kits."
"I didn't deserve either of them," I spat. "I'm just an idiot tomcat that can't even keep his love life inside his own Clan!" My eyes burned with amber fire, reflecting my own hatred for myself.
"But you did love Silverstream, right?" Fireheart asked me.
I nodded. "Of course," I whispered. My voice was so choked with tears that I could hardly speak. The rustle of the wind-blown reeds and the rushing of the river only reminded me of her…
I woke from a dream last night
I dreamt that you were by my side
Reminding me that I still had life
In me…
I returned to camp with a load of guilt upon my shoulders. What would my Clan do to me? I had done so much wrong, and I had broken the warrior code many times over. How could they forgive a crime that was… unforgivable?
No cat said a word. I felt all eyes on me as I padded towards the Highrock. I could hear the others whispering words of contempt and pity. Bluestar's now icy gaze bored into my heart, chilling it. Or what was left of it.
"The kits are to be given to RiverClan," Bluestar announced. "Their mother was of RiverClan, and that is where they belong." I saw the truth in her words, and immediately I made a choice that might have changed my life forever…
I remember you like yesterday
Yesterday
I still can't believe you're gone
Oh I remember you like yesterday
Yesterday
And until I'm with you, I carry on…
The stepping-stones felt cold under my paws, and the water splashed up around me. My two kits dangled from my jaws, and Fireheart was bidding me goodbye.
"Have a good life in RiverClan," he mewed. I couldn't even begin to explain how much sadness I was hiding from him as I replied, "I'll try."
At last, I turned away from him and walked towards the opposite bank. My whole life was washing away as I knew it. But then again, what else did I have to lose? Silverstream was gone, and my own Clan had shunned me. I just had to keep looking ahead, and sooner or later I would rebuild my broken heart.
I'll carry on, I'll carry on...
Chapters: One-shot
Author: Lightningstar
Pairing: SilverxGray
Rating: G
Spoilers: Forest of Secrets spoilers
Summary: Graystripe struggles with the death of his RiverClan lover Silverstream.....
Warning: None really, except the story may seem kind of emotional.
Disclaimer: I do not own Warriors or the song Yesterdays, which is by Switchfoot.
Beta: N/A
Cover: Pending
Author's Notes: I know that I've already made a fanfic on this topic, but I thought a songfic should be introduced as well. =) Hope you enjoy it!
"Silverstream, no!" I cried into the night. I sat there in the rain, leaning over my mate's dead body. Fireheart had his flame colored fur pressed into my striped gray pelt, and Cinderpaw and Tigerclaw were arguing about the kits a little farther off. None of them knew my pain.
Fireheart got up and told me that he would be back with me to mourn Silverstream soon. I didn't say anything; how could I, when there was nothing left to say?
I felt broken; alone. Like I was tumbling into an empty abyss; falling, falling, falling…
The ache I feel inside
Is where the life has left your eyes
I'm alone for our last goodbye
But you're free...
"Goodbye, Silverstream," I murmured. There I was, laying at my dead love's side, wishing she would come back. I glanced up towards the moon and the stars, praying that she could be with me, and me with her.
But what could even StarClan do to bring her back? She's gone, Graystripe, I heard a voice whisper softly. She's not coming back to you.
"No!" I hissed. "It can't be!" But it was. Oh, the pain! My soul shattered, my heart bled….
I remember you like yesterday
Yesterday
I still can't believe you're gone
Oh I remember you like yesterday
Yesterday
And until I'm with you, I carry on....
My claws were caked with mud as I struggled to dig a grave between ThunderClan and RiverClan territory. The rain pattered down on the soil beside me, and I was thankful that the downpour was there to hide my tears.
"Graystripe."
The sound made my head snap to attention, and I fluffed out my fur. I surveyed the land before me, but there was no other cat there.
"Graystripe."
That soft, melodic voice… it could only be…
"Silverstream!"
But the voice faded as I said her name. "Silverstream, come back!" The wind ruffled my fur and blew through my whiskers, and I felt a deep pang of loneliness surge inside of me.
Adrift on your ocean floor
I feel weightless, numb, and sore
A part of you and me is torn
You're free…
Fireheart kept his promise. He came back to the river and sat beside me, mourning my loss. "Silverstream was lucky," he mewed. "And so are your kits."
"I didn't deserve either of them," I spat. "I'm just an idiot tomcat that can't even keep his love life inside his own Clan!" My eyes burned with amber fire, reflecting my own hatred for myself.
"But you did love Silverstream, right?" Fireheart asked me.
I nodded. "Of course," I whispered. My voice was so choked with tears that I could hardly speak. The rustle of the wind-blown reeds and the rushing of the river only reminded me of her…
I woke from a dream last night
I dreamt that you were by my side
Reminding me that I still had life
In me…
I returned to camp with a load of guilt upon my shoulders. What would my Clan do to me? I had done so much wrong, and I had broken the warrior code many times over. How could they forgive a crime that was… unforgivable?
No cat said a word. I felt all eyes on me as I padded towards the Highrock. I could hear the others whispering words of contempt and pity. Bluestar's now icy gaze bored into my heart, chilling it. Or what was left of it.
"The kits are to be given to RiverClan," Bluestar announced. "Their mother was of RiverClan, and that is where they belong." I saw the truth in her words, and immediately I made a choice that might have changed my life forever…
I remember you like yesterday
Yesterday
I still can't believe you're gone
Oh I remember you like yesterday
Yesterday
And until I'm with you, I carry on…
The stepping-stones felt cold under my paws, and the water splashed up around me. My two kits dangled from my jaws, and Fireheart was bidding me goodbye.
"Have a good life in RiverClan," he mewed. I couldn't even begin to explain how much sadness I was hiding from him as I replied, "I'll try."
At last, I turned away from him and walked towards the opposite bank. My whole life was washing away as I knew it. But then again, what else did I have to lose? Silverstream was gone, and my own Clan had shunned me. I just had to keep looking ahead, and sooner or later I would rebuild my broken heart.
I'll carry on, I'll carry on...
