Frozen Stars }{ UF, Voilence, Death, Romance

[[Mousewhisper]]

Title: Frozen Stars
Chapters: UF
Author: Mousewhisper
Pairing: ShrewxSquirrel - SquirrelxBramble - SquirrelxAsh
Rating: PG
Spoilers: Meh
Summary: ------
Warning: Meanie bean Mousewhisper explains battles and stoof pretty well. :) Oh, and I know some things are off. I like writing it my own way. ^_^
Disclaimer: Warriors and all its characters belongs to Erin Hunter
Beta: N/A
Cover: Oi..

Author's Notes: I suddenly felt a sudden urge to write about Squirrel/paw/flight, so here you go. ^^ Enjoy!

I stared at his crumpled body, his cold brown fur ruffled in the cold wind. His amber eyes stared on and on, glazed and unblinking. His mouth was parted in a soundless scream, and his neck and front legs hung in awkward angles.

I heard someone crying softly, and I shifted to stare at Ferncloud, who's face was buried in Dustpelt's shoulder. The brown tabby tom hung his head, his once proud amber gaze was now dull and gray, and his breathing was ragged and slow.

I felt a pang of sympathy for the tom. The leafbare weather was already terrible, and I didn't know how Dustpelt could drag himself out here when he was taken by Whitecough, ignoring the fact that we had to live at Sunningrocks to stay alive.

I scolded myself. Shrewpaw was his and Ferncloud's son. When I thought of his handsome, shy smile and his warm eyes, something stirred inside me and made my paws tingle. I shook my head. What was happening to me? My heart beat faster, and I closed my eyes. Shrewpaw's laughing eyes echoed in my mind.

Brambleclaw pawed over to me. "Squirrelpaw?" He touched his tail tip to my shoulder. "Are.. are you okay?"

I didn't feel comforted by the tom's touch, as I usually did. His amber eyes burned into me, and I could almost feel his heart beat faster when out fur touched.

"I don't know," I spat, my ginger fur fluffing up. "My best friend just died."

Brambleclaw opened his mouth to say something, but I only stood up, I cast a glare at him, and darted out of the crowd, my eyes brimming with tears. I forced my paws to carry me out of camp, and I soon collapsed on the undergrowth.

"Why," I whispered, half to myself, half to Shrewpaw, "why did you leave me?"

The wind blew a little stronger after "Shrewpaw" escaped my lips. My blood seemed to become cold with hatred, a hatred that I couldn't let out.

My mind soon wandered over to Brambleclaw. My heart didn't beat any faster, my fur didn't tingle, my eyes didn't close. No warm sensation crashing through me.

None. None of it.

I knew the tom loved me. I could tell by the way his eyes would light when I talked to him, or how he would pretend to stumble so our fur would press together. Or by the way he would twine his tail with mine when he thought I was asleep.

I thought I loved him. I thought that we could be happy together, and when I became a Warrior, we could be together. I really hoped and tried to. Tried my hardest.

Then I unsheathed my claws. Brambleclaw had to go.

[silverfog]

Awww... Sad. I like both, SquirrelxBramble and SquirrelxShrew, just not SquirrelxAsh.

[[Mousewhisper]]

Chapter One

My heart ached as I watched the elders carry Shrewpaw's body out of camp for his burial. I saw Sandstorm walk over to Firestar and sit next to him, mumbling something in his ear. When my father set his eyes on me, I pretended to be staring past him.

"Squirrelpaw.." Brambleclaw lied his tail tip o my flank. "I know.. he was your.. friend. I'm sorry."

Pff. Empty words! "Yeah. I suppose you'd care."

Brambleclaw pinned back his ears. "This is not like you, Squirrelpaw. Ever since Shrewpaw died you've been.. really odd."

Now it was my turn to pin back my ears. "Not like me, huh? And you know what I'm like?" I hissed, baring my teeth. "You know what, Brambleclaw? Just leave me alone."

I left the tom, who stared at the back of my head. His eyes were filled with hurt, and I didn't feel one bit of regret. I know.. he was your friend. I'm sorry. "Like he'd be sorry."

"Squirrelpaw? Are you okay?"

At the sound of my sister's voice, my heart softened. "No." I flopped down in my nest, shutting my eyes and trying to block out the world.

Leafpaw lied next to me, her warm fur pressing against mine. "I saw you with Brambleclaw. You really crushed him."

"Did I? Well, that's what he deserved," I spat, opening my eyes.

Leafpaw sat up. "I.. know you loved Shrewpaw. And every day I saw him getting ready for your return after a patrol or a hunt. He loved you too, Squirrelpaw. But it's time to let him go."

I clenched my teeth together. "I ca --"

"Squirrelpaw?" Firestar's head poked into the Apprentice's den, blocking out the cold Leafbare sunlight.

"What."

The flame colored tom sat down next to me. "You are really.. just being a badger lately. When you returned from your journey you were fine, but after Shrewpaw.. What's up?"

I sighed. "Nothing," I mumbled, turning away from my father.

Firestar flicked his tail at Leafpaw, who dipped her head and slipped past her leader outside. "Oh, right. Like I'm going to take nothing for an answer."

"You wouldn't understand," I snarled, darting out of the den and scrambling outside. I dodged Brambleclaw as fast as I could, ignored Firestar's "Wait!" and hustled outside.

I wondered, letting me paws take me wherever they wanted to go. The sun started to sink, and darkness soon swallowed up the forest. Finally I knew I was completely alone. I stumbled inside a crumpling log, curling into a tight ball. My fur ruffled in the wind, soaking me in cold.

A prickling crawled up my spine. I felt a pair of cold eyes burning into me, and I growled. "Brambleclaw, I swear.." I clawed my way out of the log, and looked around. Nothing was there, not even Brambleclaw.

"Who's.. who's there?" I yowled at the darkness, unsheathing my claws.

All of a sudden, I crashed to the ground, an excruciating pain searing from in between my shoulder blades. Heavy paws dug into my neck, and I gasped for air. I tried to scream for help, but no sound escaped my mouth. I flipped over, trying to throw off my attacker. It only leaped and then landed on my underbelly.

A pair of pure white eyes stared into my own amber ones. They came closer and closer until they were inches away from my face, then melted into blackness. The weight dissolved off me and I sucked in air.

I moaned. My whole body shook, and I was unable to haul myself up. All I could do was rasp "Help" until my throat hurt.

"Squirrelpaw? Squirrelpaw?" The scared voice of my mother echoed off the trees, and I struggled to keep my eyes open.

"Over here.." I whispered, my throat threatening to stop working. "Over here!"

"Squirrelpaw? Squirrelpaw!" Sandstorm, Firestar, Leafpaw, and Cinderpelt raced over to me, and I gave a weak purr. My vision started to melt away as they picked me up, and then the world blacked.

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I opened my eyes. I was in Cinderpelt's den, who was sorting through her herbs. I decided not to bother her. I stiffly sat up, my muscles screaming. I feebly started to groom myself, and for the first time in hours and I looked at my fur. Long, deep cuts were scarred down my flank, and holes where claws had dug into me were in between my shoulders.

"Good morning, sleepy head," Leafpaw purred, touching her nose to mine as she walked into the Medicine Cat den.

"Hi." I yawned, looking around. "I'm hungrier then a half starved badger!"

Cinderpelt turned around. "Well, then, I'll go get you something from the Freshkill pile."

"No, I'll go.. get some myself." I clenched my teeth as I stood up. I hobbled over to the freshkill pile, where I saw Brambleclaw.

"Feeling okay?"

[SandsofTime]

MORE!! MORE!!!

[[Mousewhisper]]

Thank you! Heheh.. Sorry Silverfog, Ash x Squirrel is meh favorite and it is comin' right up! xD Cute Chappie:

Chapter Two

I narrowed my eyes and stared at the tom. "Fine." I was about to push past him, but the tom scooted over, blocking my way.

"Squirrelpaw please just tell me what's going on. You've been.. just.. ever since Shrewpaw d --" Brambleclaw sighed. "Look, if you tell me I'll leave you alone."

I felt like yowling to StarClan how I hated him, how much I despised just looking at him.

But I couldn't.

The fact was that I didn't know what was wrong with me. I stared at my paws, my eyes wide. "I -- It's -- I don't know," I mumbled the last part under my breath, pinning my ears. I finally was able to squeeze past him, and flinched when he drooped his head and stared at the ground, my then, something inside me felt accomplished, happy that I had crushed the tom.

Sucess.