Post by 𝓣𝓲𝓷𝓾𝓿𝓲𝓮𝓵 on Oct 23, 2021 13:45:18 GMT -5
I was going to make this the next subject for my thread, but because it's still new, I decided to have it be a separate topic instead.
So, after Leopardfur becomes deputy, it's mentioned that she hasn't been spending time with Frogleap.
Frogleap soon expresses his concerns over this that very night and they eventually break up.
Since Leopardstar had only been deputy for a short time at this point, do you think Frogleap should've been more patient or do you think his concerns were valid?
So, after Leopardfur becomes deputy, it's mentioned that she hasn't been spending time with Frogleap.
Frogleap had not left her side since they’d started out for the Gathering, and she was glad to have his steady company. They’d had the chance to catch up. In the days since she’d been made deputy, she’d hardly had time to speak with him. She’d been busy organizing patrols, making sure that the borders were well-marked—especially ThunderClan’s—and checking on Emberpaw and Mosspaw’s training. She’d told Owlfur and Ottersplash to focus on their battle skills since ThunderClan seemed determined to steal RiverClan territory. And, since prey was rich and hunting still easy, she’d insisted that every warrior spend time practicing fighting moves and often joined them. Indeed, she’d joined almost every patrol, whether it was hunting or training, and shared tongues and prey with as many warriors as she could. She was determined that even RiverClan’s most senior warriors would see that she had her Clan’s best interests at heart and that Crookedstar had made the right choice in choosing her as deputy.
Frogleap soon expresses his concerns over this that very night and they eventually break up.
As Leopardfur headed to the warriors’ den, a shape moved in the shadows outside. She recognized Frogleap’s gray pelt and striped tail, her heart lifting a little. “You waited for me.” She was touched and pressed her nose to his cheek.
His warm scent soothed her, and she realized how much she’d missed himthese past days.
“I need to talk to you.” His eyes glistened in the moonlight. He looked serious.
She tensed. “About what?” Had something happened?
He guided her away from the den. “This is the first time we’ve been alone since you became deputy,” he mewed, stopping in the shadows beside the sedge.
“I know,” she mewed guiltily. “I’m sorry. I’ve just been so busy.” She promised herself that she’d try to make time for him tomorrow. Perhaps she would assign them to a patrol together. They could go hunting upstream, maybe fish in the minnow pool like they used to when they were training Whiteclaw.
“You’re going to be just as busy from now on, though, aren’t you?” Frogleap’s eyes sparked with hurt.
She wished they didn’t, although she knew what he’d said was at least part true. She wanted to comfort him. “There’s so much I need to do.” She moved closer. “But I promise, I’ll try harder to make time for you.”
“I don’t want you to have to ]make time for me,” Frogleap murmured. “I shouldn’t be one of your duties.”
“It’s not like that.” What did he expect? She had to put the Clan first. But that didn’t mean he wasn’t important.
“I thought we had something special,” he mewed.
“We did!” Where was he going with this? She began to feel nervous. “We do!”
“I imagined we’d become mates soon,” he mewed. “And have kits together. Like Sunfish and Beetlenose.”
“Kits?” Leopardfur couldn’t hide her horror. “I can’t have kits right now. I’m deputy. And one day I might be leader, although I hope nothing happens to Crookedstar. . . .” Her mew trailed away as her thoughts quickened. What if something did happen to him? What if he died? She’d have to travel to the Moonstone. She’d be given nine lives. Everything would change. “But if it did—”
“If it did,” Frogleap interrupted her, “there’d be no time for me at all.”
“I’d make time,” she mewed. “Other leaders have mates. Why shouldn’t I?”
He was gazing at her, his eyes round. “I guess other cats are less selfish than me,” he mewed. “They can put their Clan before their own needs. But I want kits, and a mate who has time for me. And I’ve come to realize that means I need a mate who’s just a warrior, like me.”
“You’re not just a warrior,” Leopardfur mewed. “You’re special. Like me. Together we can make RiverClan strong.”
“That’s your destiny,” he mewed. “Not mine. I want to belong to RiverClan. You want to lead it. You want nine lives. I only want one, and I don’t want to waste it waiting for the cat I love to make time for me.”
Pain tightened like brambles around her heart, piercing it until she could hardly breathe. “Would a life with me really be wasted?” she mewed hoarsely.
“Not if it was our life to share,” he mewed. “But you want to share your life with all of RiverClan. And I don’t want to get in the way.”
His warm scent soothed her, and she realized how much she’d missed himthese past days.
“I need to talk to you.” His eyes glistened in the moonlight. He looked serious.
She tensed. “About what?” Had something happened?
He guided her away from the den. “This is the first time we’ve been alone since you became deputy,” he mewed, stopping in the shadows beside the sedge.
“I know,” she mewed guiltily. “I’m sorry. I’ve just been so busy.” She promised herself that she’d try to make time for him tomorrow. Perhaps she would assign them to a patrol together. They could go hunting upstream, maybe fish in the minnow pool like they used to when they were training Whiteclaw.
“You’re going to be just as busy from now on, though, aren’t you?” Frogleap’s eyes sparked with hurt.
She wished they didn’t, although she knew what he’d said was at least part true. She wanted to comfort him. “There’s so much I need to do.” She moved closer. “But I promise, I’ll try harder to make time for you.”
“I don’t want you to have to ]make time for me,” Frogleap murmured. “I shouldn’t be one of your duties.”
“It’s not like that.” What did he expect? She had to put the Clan first. But that didn’t mean he wasn’t important.
“I thought we had something special,” he mewed.
“We did!” Where was he going with this? She began to feel nervous. “We do!”
“I imagined we’d become mates soon,” he mewed. “And have kits together. Like Sunfish and Beetlenose.”
“Kits?” Leopardfur couldn’t hide her horror. “I can’t have kits right now. I’m deputy. And one day I might be leader, although I hope nothing happens to Crookedstar. . . .” Her mew trailed away as her thoughts quickened. What if something did happen to him? What if he died? She’d have to travel to the Moonstone. She’d be given nine lives. Everything would change. “But if it did—”
“If it did,” Frogleap interrupted her, “there’d be no time for me at all.”
“I’d make time,” she mewed. “Other leaders have mates. Why shouldn’t I?”
He was gazing at her, his eyes round. “I guess other cats are less selfish than me,” he mewed. “They can put their Clan before their own needs. But I want kits, and a mate who has time for me. And I’ve come to realize that means I need a mate who’s just a warrior, like me.”
“You’re not just a warrior,” Leopardfur mewed. “You’re special. Like me. Together we can make RiverClan strong.”
“That’s your destiny,” he mewed. “Not mine. I want to belong to RiverClan. You want to lead it. You want nine lives. I only want one, and I don’t want to waste it waiting for the cat I love to make time for me.”
Pain tightened like brambles around her heart, piercing it until she could hardly breathe. “Would a life with me really be wasted?” she mewed hoarsely.
“Not if it was our life to share,” he mewed. “But you want to share your life with all of RiverClan. And I don’t want to get in the way.”
Since Leopardstar had only been deputy for a short time at this point, do you think Frogleap should've been more patient or do you think his concerns were valid?