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not sure if this needs a mature content warning or not ackk

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Word of advice.

Do not listen to "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road," or any sad song for that matter when drawing and writing depressing stuff like this.

Because let me tell you about a little thing called feels... ;; A ;;

my goodness gracious...

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She had been crying.

It was a strange feeling; something that she would never want to get used to. The stinging in the back of your eyes...the uncontrollable hiccups that pulled at your chest...the intense sensation of being alone.

It hurt more than any physical injury one could inflict.

"P-Please..." she begged for what felt like the 20th time, her eyes now red from the tears that pooled down her cheeks. "Please just...j-just bring him home. I can't lose anyone else...I can't."

Biting her tongue and tasting the bitterness of blood, the petite calico continued to huddle where she was, her head drooping low to the ground as she refused to look up at the dead forest that loomed before her.

"I already lost so many..." she continued, her voice holding the fragility of butterfly wings as her words shook in the air before her. "Momma...Papa...Ducky...Addie...Dusty...a-and Sissy too. They're all gone, and I don't know if I would be able to carry on if he...i-if he were..."

The queen seemed to choke on her own words at the last moment, unable to bring herself to finish the bile-tasting sentence in fear that it would confirm it to be the truth.

He couldn't be gone. She refused to believe it.

In fact, he would probably come bursting out of the woods any minute now, giving her that crooked grin she'd come to love; gazing at her with those piercing amber eyes that swirled with hues of blue and purple; pulling her close and whispering words of comfort into her ear.

Any minute now.

He had to.

...He just had to.

"Please...!" she whispered again, the tight sensation in her chest becoming more and more unbearable until it threatened to spill over. "StarClan, please I'll do anything. I swear I-I'll do anything to-"

CAW! CAW, Caw, caw...

And at last it tipped

and fell.

Still hearing the echoing caw ring in her ears, she finally parted her jaws in silent horror before a scream ripped through her chest, her throat burning raw with tears as an uncontrollable sobbing seemed to possess the blue-eyed calico. The world around her was crumbling in on itself; crumbling into gray and white as all the color drained out and vanished until she was alone in a sea of scarlet.

And she cried.

She cried for her parents.

She cried for her siblings.

She cried for her clanmates.

And she cried for...

"WISHSPIRIT!!" she screeched, repeating his name over and over again like a kit crying for their mother; yelling it out to the moon in hopes that it would be ingraved there forever for all to see. "Wishspirit! Wishspirit! Wishspirit...!"

Collapsing onto her belly, Skylily curled in on herself, her claws digging into her muzzle as if her body hoped the pain were enough to distract her.

But nothing was.

Nothing would ever be the same.

"...Mama?"

She froze.

It only took one word; one single syllable before everything came crashing back into reality.

The sounds of crickets in the distance; the taste of blood on her tongue; the tiny patter pawsteps that neared her frame.

It was as if that one word had all the strength it needed in order to bring her back.

Slowly lifting her head enough to peer over her forelegs, four pairs of multicolored eyes stared back at her with a mixture of emotions she couldn't completely make out.

One gray.

One amber.

And blue.

And one green.

"Momma...?" Dizzykit managed again, unable to hide the uncertainty in her voice. "A-are...are you okay?"

Unable to say a word, she simply stared at the sight before her. Her kits- their kits -standing in a small row like little stars of innocent light as they each regarded her with equal looks of concern, still too young to comprehend everything to the fullest capability.

And that's when she remembered that she wasn't alone.

She had them.

"M-momma was just crying, sweetheart." she murmured, her voice coming out hoarse but still managing to pull off a sad smile. "She's...just lonely is all..."

"Is it because of Papa?" Peacekit whispered from behind her older sister, her eyes the size of saucers.

"...Yes." she sniffled, quickly wiping at her face. "Yes Pae, it's becauze of Papa. It's lonely without him."

"W-well...well you still have us!" Tricklekit managed after a pause, puffing out her chest as she tried to keep her expression tough. "You still have us Mum! So until Papa comes back to us, you won't have to worry about being alone. Right Pinekit?"

Turning towards Pinekit expectantly, the usually-grumpy tom now held an unreadable expression as he gazed past his sister and at his mother's face, words refusing to escape his mouth. However, after a brief pause, the dark kit slowly padded forward, closing the distance between the familiar calico fur and himself until his muzzle pressed tightly into the crook of her neck; his shoulders shaking with quiet sobs.

Blinking wide periwinkle eyes, Skylily's jaw parted slightly in shock, her forepaws now completely removed from her face as her mind tried to understand what had just happened.

"M-Momma...! Momma!"

And then she felt another gentle pressure; this time a smaller one that pulled itself towards her cheek, wet tears falling into her fur while Peacekit let out a shaky sob that mixed with her brother's.

She couldn't find it in herself to move.

It was almost as if she were frozen in time as her remaining two kits finally cracked the shells of armor they had tried to pull around themselves and rushed to their mothers side, tears pooling their eyes.

"Momma!!"

Four tiny muzzles total buried themselves into her fur; crying out sad child-babble that one could never hope to comprehend.

And so, with her soft gaze continuing to stare ahead in an unfocused manner, the petite calico curled onto her side and pulled her kits closer to her; her tail forming a sort of barrier against the outside world as she closed her eyes and cried silently alongside them.

Nothing else mattered in that moment.

The only thing that mattered was the sorrow that they shared; a sorrow that nobody else could possibly understand.

It was the unspoken realization that seemed to hang permanently over each of their heads, but just out of reach.

...Wishspirit was gone.

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Sky's reaction to Wishspirit's disappearance ; ~ ;
There will always be a little part of her that hopes he's alive, but after everything that went down around her

and losing her parents and remaining siblings in one day

she's a fragile piece of work.

hhh why do I keep posting so many depressing stories in here wHY
I'm sorryyyyy ;; O ;;

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Art/Story (c) MistDapple
Skylily/Dizzykit/Mossheart (c) MistDapple
Wishspirit/Peacekit (c) LoveEccentric
Tricklekit/Adderpaw (c) TimidCute
Pinekit (c) jasperbug
Mudcloud/Duckpaw (c) Nugchuppy
Duststorm (c) liqqour
Marigoldflame (c) sparkeythehamster
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Do Not Copy, Trace, Recolor, Claim, or Steal in Any Way

Description

not sure if this needs a mature content warning or not ackk

--

Word of advice.

Do not listen to "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road," or any sad song for that matter when drawing and writing depressing stuff like this.

Because let me tell you about a little thing called feels... ;; A ;;

my goodness gracious...

--

She had been crying.

It was a strange feeling; something that she would never want to get used to. The stinging in the back of your eyes...the uncontrollable hiccups that pulled at your chest...the intense sensation of being alone.

It hurt more than any physical injury one could inflict.

"P-Please..." she begged for what felt like the 20th time, her eyes now red from the tears that pooled down her cheeks. "Please just...j-just bring him home. I can't lose anyone else...I can't."

Biting her tongue and tasting the bitterness of blood, the petite calico continued to huddle where she was, her head drooping low to the ground as she refused to look up at the dead forest that loomed before her.

"I already lost so many..." she continued, her voice holding the fragility of butterfly wings as her words shook in the air before her. "Momma...Papa...Ducky...Addie...Dusty...a-and Sissy too. They're all gone, and I don't know if I would be able to carry on if he...i-if he were..."

The queen seemed to choke on her own words at the last moment, unable to bring herself to finish the bile-tasting sentence in fear that it would confirm it to be the truth.

He couldn't be gone. She refused to believe it.

In fact, he would probably come bursting out of the woods any minute now, giving her that crooked grin she'd come to love; gazing at her with those piercing amber eyes that swirled with hues of blue and purple; pulling her close and whispering words of comfort into her ear.

Any minute now.

He had to.

...He just had to.

"Please...!" she whispered again, the tight sensation in her chest becoming more and more unbearable until it threatened to spill over. "StarClan, please I'll do anything. I swear I-I'll do anything to-"

CAW! CAW, Caw, caw...

And at last it tipped

and fell.

Still hearing the echoing caw ring in her ears, she finally parted her jaws in silent horror before a scream ripped through her chest, her throat burning raw with tears as an uncontrollable sobbing seemed to possess the blue-eyed calico. The world around her was crumbling in on itself; crumbling into gray and white as all the color drained out and vanished until she was alone in a sea of scarlet.

And she cried.

She cried for her parents.

She cried for her siblings.

She cried for her clanmates.

And she cried for...

"WISHSPIRIT!!" she screeched, repeating his name over and over again like a kit crying for their mother; yelling it out to the moon in hopes that it would be ingraved there forever for all to see. "Wishspirit! Wishspirit! Wishspirit...!"

Collapsing onto her belly, Skylily curled in on herself, her claws digging into her muzzle as if her body hoped the pain were enough to distract her.

But nothing was.

Nothing would ever be the same.

"...Mama?"

She froze.

It only took one word; one single syllable before everything came crashing back into reality.

The sounds of crickets in the distance; the taste of blood on her tongue; the tiny patter pawsteps that neared her frame.

It was as if that one word had all the strength it needed in order to bring her back.

Slowly lifting her head enough to peer over her forelegs, four pairs of multicolored eyes stared back at her with a mixture of emotions she couldn't completely make out.

One gray.

One amber.

And blue.

And one green.

"Momma...?" Dizzykit managed again, unable to hide the uncertainty in her voice. "A-are...are you okay?"

Unable to say a word, she simply stared at the sight before her. Her kits- their kits -standing in a small row like little stars of innocent light as they each regarded her with equal looks of concern, still too young to comprehend everything to the fullest capability.

And that's when she remembered that she wasn't alone.

She had them.

"M-momma was just crying, sweetheart." she murmured, her voice coming out hoarse but still managing to pull off a sad smile. "She's...just lonely is all..."

"Is it because of Papa?" Peacekit whispered from behind her older sister, her eyes the size of saucers.

"...Yes." she sniffled, quickly wiping at her face. "Yes Pae, it's becauze of Papa. It's lonely without him."

"W-well...well you still have us!" Tricklekit managed after a pause, puffing out her chest as she tried to keep her expression tough. "You still have us Mum! So until Papa comes back to us, you won't have to worry about being alone. Right Pinekit?"

Turning towards Pinekit expectantly, the usually-grumpy tom now held an unreadable expression as he gazed past his sister and at his mother's face, words refusing to escape his mouth. However, after a brief pause, the dark kit slowly padded forward, closing the distance between the familiar calico fur and himself until his muzzle pressed tightly into the crook of her neck; his shoulders shaking with quiet sobs.

Blinking wide periwinkle eyes, Skylily's jaw parted slightly in shock, her forepaws now completely removed from her face as her mind tried to understand what had just happened.

"M-Momma...! Momma!"

And then she felt another gentle pressure; this time a smaller one that pulled itself towards her cheek, wet tears falling into her fur while Peacekit let out a shaky sob that mixed with her brother's.

She couldn't find it in herself to move.

It was almost as if she were frozen in time as her remaining two kits finally cracked the shells of armor they had tried to pull around themselves and rushed to their mothers side, tears pooling their eyes.

"Momma!!"

Four tiny muzzles total buried themselves into her fur; crying out sad child-babble that one could never hope to comprehend.

And so, with her soft gaze continuing to stare ahead in an unfocused manner, the petite calico curled onto her side and pulled her kits closer to her; her tail forming a sort of barrier against the outside world as she closed her eyes and cried silently alongside them.

Nothing else mattered in that moment.

The only thing that mattered was the sorrow that they shared; a sorrow that nobody else could possibly understand.

It was the unspoken realization that seemed to hang permanently over each of their heads, but just out of reach.

...Wishspirit was gone.

--

Sky's reaction to Wishspirit's disappearance ; ~ ;
There will always be a little part of her that hopes he's alive, but after everything that went down around her

and losing her parents and remaining siblings in one day

she's a fragile piece of work.

hhh why do I keep posting so many depressing stories in here wHY
I'm sorryyyyy ;; O ;;

--

Art/Story (c) MistDapple
Skylily/Dizzykit/Mossheart (c) MistDapple
Wishspirit/Peacekit (c) LoveEccentric
Tricklekit/Adderpaw (c) TimidCute
Pinekit (c) jasperbug
Mudcloud/Duckpaw (c) Nugchuppy
Duststorm (c) liqqour
Marigoldflame (c) sparkeythehamster
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Do Not Copy, Trace, Recolor, Claim, or Steal in Any Way