[ MAJOR TWS : Death, violence, blood ] Unity sat down by Splish Splash pond, beaming. Clumsily it grabbed a fish, but managed to bring it ashore. {The kits will love this!} Uni thought. One of their closest friends, Heronchirp, was letting Unityheart parent their kits when they left to be a loner. Just a few more days, now, less than a moon. Uni had never found a mate, never been able to have any kits. They were fine with this, but Uni was so excited to finally be able to have kits of its own. They would be friends, cats to talk to, cats to play with. Unityheart's life was about to be perfect. A low growl came from a bush. Almost impossible to be heard. Uni picked up its fish, a decently large trout. They turned around, back towards camp. Back towards its new life. Back towards the kits. Back towards happiness. A snarl taunted Uni as orange fur darted towards them. With a screech, Unity began to run with the trout. Faster, faster, faster.. Slower. Slower. Slower. Unity couldn't keep up. After a few desperate minutes, it was losing energy. Just make it to FlurryClan, just make it to FlurryClan... It felt claws leap onto its back. Unityheart shrieked, fighting the fox, trying everything in its power to make it back to the kits. The fox was relentless. Starving. Unity realized that this was the end. Their pain, their loneliness, almost gone. But no, no, the kits. Glyphkit, Echokit, Amberkit, Papyruskit. Four reasons to stay alive. Uni was almost an elder, could tell stories like Sunkit had told them they would so many moons ago. Uni swiped at the fox in one last desperate effort. They felt pain. They felt hope. They felt desperation. Unityheart felt nothing. It was over. "No.. no. No! No, no, no, this was /not/ how it was supposed to go! No, no.. no..." Unity saw the fox bite, and saw the trout. The symbol of their new life, of happiness. Splattered with sticky red. But Uni didn't feel the pain, didn't feel the fox desperately staying alive. It felt.. peace. Unity had spent long nights gazing up at the sky. Uni loved the stars, had always hoped to live among them. But not so soon. Uni felt a calling towards them, but couldn't. Just couldn't. There was still so much left to do, and the kits had no parent anymore. Rosetrample was gone, Heronchirp was leaving. Unityheart was... leaving. Gone. Dead. There was nothing left to do. Nothing they could do. Uni closed its eyes, tears vanishing instantly as they dripped down its fur. This was the end. This was what death felt like. Unityheart closed its eyes. When it opened them, it was dark. Night? No, Unity had been here before. StarClan. Uni made it. Unityheart looked around. Was Volekit here? No, she was a shade. Oh. Right. Maybe the other StarClan cats knew how to visit shades. Uni could visit Figstar in the meantime. Unity saw the twinkling glimmers in the sky. Fireflies. Unity realized that these were the new stars of its world. There was nothing above to look at, no moons, no stars, no constellations, nothing. Except the bugs. Thankfully, Uni loved bugs. Uni loved stars. Unityheart was a star now. Glimmering brightly, purely. Maybe the kits would see them. Know Unity was watching over them, even in StarClan. That was a problem for later. Now, Unity was content to walk among the other glowing cats who had earned their place here. To walk amongst the stars.
I'll draw a thumbnail later (not of the fox attack)
