Hopeflight's Diary (Warriors Short Story)

10th November 2015

I woke this morning to find Lemonpaw gone. It's all my fault. I should've paid more attention to her, especially since she is still recovering from the border skirmish.

Mousedung! Her leg, oh her poor leg! However will she cope on her own? She won't be able to hunt! What if she can't hunt? Say she loses her concentration and her prey gets away... She'll stave out there. I can't bare the thought of it... What can I do?

No mate. No kits. No family. No daughters. I'm so useless... If only Clearwater was still here. I'm sure he'd know what to do.

I turn away and walk back to camp on my own, without returning with any prey I told Scarletfall our medicine cat, that I just misjudged on attempting to catch a vole. She just nodded, knowing that I wanted some time alone. I pad across the clearing, slump down in the Warriors' den and closed my eyes.