[ti]Private[/ti]I've Missed You (Heronflight)

[Dragon]

Wildstep had run his apprentice through the hoops that day. He had made them clean out the elder's den and the nursery. Then he took him hunting and told him it was his job to feed the elders, queens, and their kits today. Once they finished hunting Wildstep had taken her for battle training. By the time the sun was beginning to set his apprentice was so tired she headed straight for the apprentice den and went fast to sleep once they got back to camp. He himself went to his den and dozed lightly as he waited for everyone to go to sleep. Around moon high, the last of the cats were finally asleep. 


Wildstep carefully wound his way around his fellow warriors. He gave a nod to the guard and mumbled something about being unable to sleep and doing some night time hunting. He made his way slowly towards Lampsi Forest where Mistclan bordered with Ivyclan. He hadn't gone to the last gathering so it had been almost a moon since he had last seen Heronflight. They had both been super busy with their apprentices but now he had heard that Heronflights apprentice had been made a warrior, Bloomfrost he believed.

Once at the border he gave it a good sniff but couldn't catch her scent yet. He didn't hide like he usually did, Instead, he just sat there staring up at the sky waiting. He had seen her on a patrol a few days ago and had managed to get a second alone with her to ask if she could meet with him. But she hadn't been able to give a reply for her patrol had called her name causing her to dart off. Wildstep hoped she would show up. 

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Heronflight padded through the forest, a big smile stuck on her face. It had not exactly been difficult to escape camp, as she was known in her camp for how seldom she could stay in one spot. After what felt like ages, she would be seeing her MistClan love, Wildstep. They had only seen each other in passing, but she hoped that he would still be able to meet her tonight. She did not bother to sneak through the shadows, as she knew that any cat who spotted her would simply think she was going on another nightly run, as she was often known to do. Nobody would suspect a thing. 
But for once, she found that her searching was unneeded, as he was sitting out on a stump, majestically outlined in the moonlight. For a moment, Heronflight found herself struck speechless, marveling at his handsome beauty. How was it that he looked even more handsome by the light of the moon? To her, that was one of StarClan's mysteries. 
"Hey there stranger."

[Dragon]

Wildstep sat on the old tree stump staring up at the stars and the moon when a sweet familiar scent was blown to him on the wind. He smiled and purred as he turned his gaze from the sky to look across the Ivyclan border where he spotted Heronflight looking at him. He chuckled softly and gave a flick of his tail inviting her to sit at his side.

"Stranger yourself," he purred. It was good to see her again. With the almost full moons light shining down on her fur made him lose his breath. She was even more beautiful in the moonlight than she was in the light of the sun. How was that even possible? "I have missed you so much Heronflight. It's unbearable being away from you for so long. I hope we never have to stay away from each other that long again." Wildstep buried his face in her fur and breathed in deeply trying to memorize her scent so he could carry it with him whenever they were apart.

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Heronflight leapt up to sit beside Wildstep, allowing herself to settle against his soft fur, breathing in the scent of the MistClan tom. It was hard to believe that as a young apprentice, she had thought of the other clans' scents as being weird. Now, she practically basked in his scent as she nuzzled his shoulder. It was a cool leaf-bare night, but she could not help but feel warm at his side. 
"I have missed you so much Heronflight. It's unbearable being away from you for so long. I hope we never have to stay away from each other that long again."
She leaned into him, purring. As usual, her tom-friend's beautiful way with words was much more eloquent than hers. Every note sounded like sweet birdsong to her lovestruck ears. 
"I miss you too," she mewed, "Every moment...but...we are together now, so that is...good."
Yes...he was much more eloquent than she was. 
"Bloompaw is a warrior now. Owlstar named her Bloomfrost because she always..." Heronflight paused, trying to remember the way her leader described the young warrior. "She has 'admirable solidarity.' She helps others, without taking credit..."
She smiled awkwardly, hoping that she had done the new warrior's name justice. 
"What about Littlepaw? You know...once she is a warrior, we could...figure stuff out."