alone in my misery. [p]

[Rose]

Puffin - Former RiverClanner
She/Her

Miserable. Gloomy. Lonely. She was stuck in a cage. Even her dream was pathetic - she was stuck in a cage here too, the rest of her world mere wisps, gusts of air. It was so cold. Puffin didn't want to move. Her bell collar clanged in the breeze, a melancholy, lonely sound, betraying the deep-rooted sadness in her heart.

She wanted to go home. She wanted her Mama, she wanted her world to be simple like it'd been when all she had to do was follow Mama's rules and be a perfect daughter, a perfect RiverClanner. But Mama was dead, and her Auncle had told her Mama was a bad cat. So now here she was, nearing twelve moons, stuck in a cage, her eyes misty with tears unshed, missing home.

Missing Wingpaw.

Her breath caught in her chest at the reminder of her former best friend. Where was he? How could he have left... without her..? She knew she was being irrational, she knew... that his brother Honeypaw was more important to him than she was. She knew he had told her where he was going, who he was going for - and when he'd asked her if she wanted to go to, she'd denied him. Had chosen the safety of her home over being with her best friend.

It was her fault, all her fault. So why did she yearn? Why did she weep over his loss?

[ @Bean - Bitterpaw ]