This is my new story, the chapters aren't going to be long, maybe a bit longer than this one though, and they are one-shots!
I remember clearly when I was a young cat, I had beautiful, shining amber fur, long graceful legs, and a keen mind. I remember I was called Amberberry then, but I'm not called that anymore. Let me tell you how this happened….
I was a cat in ThunderClan, everyone thought I was the best of all their clanmates. I had all the toms to bend to my will. They always told me how I was beautiful and kind, and how they wanted me to be their mate. All except one, his name was Sparrowflame, and he was the one I loved. You can imagine how much pain I felt when every time I brought back prey, everyone else told how I was the greatest hunter in the clan, but I only got a nod from him at best. I tortured myself all day watching him, my sister Silverflash told me to find a mate, to forget about Sparrowflame, as she had Sharptalon, when he liked me instead of her. But I couldn't be convinced out of it. I got up the nerve to talk to him one time, I asked him if he had thought of taking a mate. He told me no, and I was half happy to hear it. At least he wasn't interested in another she-cat! Then it happened, what I had been dreading, he started to share prey with Silverflash.
"How could you do this?" I asked her outraged.
"He likes me, Amberberry, he's the only one who doesn't like you," was all Silverflash said. I had had enough. I went to the medicine cat Squirreltail, and asked if I could go to the Moonpool with him. He was confused, but eventually agreed. When he went to the Moonpool, I came with him. With only one thing on my mind: how to get Sparrowflame to love me. StarClan welcomed me, or at least the former leader, Boulderstar did.
"What is on your mind Amberberry, that it brought you here?" he asked.
"Do you know the tom Sparrowflame?" I asked.
"Of course, why?" asked Boulderstar.
"Well I was wondering, if-if you could make him like me?" I asked trembling. Boulderstar looked outraged.
"Love is something that can not be trifled with, Amberberry," meowed Boulderstar. But I wasn't giving up! He would help me!
"I don't care! Do you have anything at all?" I screeched. Boulderstar looked me over, and then nodded he vanished, Squirreltail began to walk over to me but ran out of time. Boulderstar was back, and in his jaws was a leaf cradling a small, golden berry.
"Will this berry make Sparrowflame love me?" I asked staring at it.
"It is a wish berry, it grows in StarClan only, it can grant your wish, but at a cost," Boulderstar meowed seriously.
"What cost?" I asked.
"Whatever you value second most," Boulderstar meowed. I thought about it, for a second, but I did think about it. Was it worth it. Then I thought of Silverflash and Sparrowflame sharing prey, longing burned in my stomach like fire.
"Give me the berry," I commanded.
"Are you sure, Amberberry, there's no turning back," Boulderstar meowed, sounding concerned for the first time.
"Give me the berry," I repeated. With a small sigh, Boulderstar rolled over the berry gingerly. I gently picked it up in my mouth, was this what I wanted? Yes it is. I was certain I had to. I swallowed the berry. As the world swirled around me I heard the voices of StarClan chant.
"Amberberry, from this moment on you will be known as Wishberry, I hope you find satisfaction in your choice." When I woke up I realized the berry had worked. My pelt didn't shine the way it used to, it was a dusty ginger, my legs were short, and my once beautiful pale amber eyes were now dull. How could this happen? I wondered. But then I remembered, Sparrowflame liked me now. When I returned to camp I was scorned. Even more so when Squirreltail told Brackenstar to change my name to Wishberry, they thought it was because I wished to be the way I once was. They had no idea. But StarClan kept their end of the deal. Sparrowflame loved me and we had kits together. I am Wishberry, the one they all call foolish. I am Wishberry, and I do not regret anything.
Did you like it? I'm going to write another one soon, but if you have any name ideas I could write one for that name.