"Hey hot stuff!" Autumngossamer called out to Lovesmitten.

Her tongue swept across her her lips, a voluptuous smile left in its wake. She looked gorgeous, deep auburn and strawberry blond highlights cascaded through her ginger tabby pelt like rivulets of shining magma. Her brown gaze was lined in black as usual, but this time the color surrounding her eyes were like a vibrant comet straight out of the galaxy. Crashing hues of dark amethysts, midnight purples, lightning gold, and phoenix fire reds rippled like unearthly fire. For the first time in a long time she looked like a Goddess again.

She came up beside him, their kits in tow. Leaning forward she nuzzled into him breathing in his scent before sitting beside him, "Like it? I did it myself, no help from Dusky this time. Scarletpaw's been a good advocate for me not to rely on toms to do things for me."

Gingersnap walked beside Amberpaw and Scarletpaw, it felt weird knowing that they weren't going to train together. She always pictured them being apprentices together and convincing their mentors to team up to train the three of them. Now that she was made a janus she was instead spending a lot more time with her mom rather than her littermates.

Harvestpaw walked farther behind, the death of his sister Siennakit still weighing on his heart. The Sun God had blamed him and Sweetpaw for Siennakit's death. If the Sun God blamed them then so did the rest of the family.

Harvestpaw's distressed expression melted away at the sound of his sisters voice. She was like a rock that could shield you from stampedes and raging waters. Every danger just had a way of moving around him like water when he was with her. He smiled deviously, bumping into her hip his tail curled around hers, "Yeah, you're right though, we need to focus on what we've been given. You always know what to say. Sun God will see by the time we're warriors that he made a huge mistake cursing us like that." He rubbed his paw around his throat remembering the initial curse. To be unable to die, to not have a release from a pain that should warrant death. He was choking to near death on water for a week leaving his throat feeling raw. Even though the pain was gone he still lied awake some nights, replaying the pain in his mind.

His tail tightened firmly against his sisters. He was determined to make sure Sweetpaw never felt that again.

Autumngossamer gasped at the sight of the vine, her heart losing a beat as her thoughts slowed in excited realization at what was going on. If she could feel the love Lovesmitten was feeling right now she was, it was like she was weightless. Like not even gravity could hold her away from her mate. "Love, of course, I would love to go on a trip with you and dress up and have fun with our friends, but I'm not really the type that's interested in marriage. For you marriage is life changing, but for me it's restraining."

She looked into loving gaze and realized that this was one of those moments. It didn't matter that she didn't find the bond sacred or that she felt it was restraining. Did she really believe that powerfully that it was so restraining sh would turn down a moment that to Lovesmitten was clearly important to him. She couldn't be supportive of him with the kits out of fear, but this time she could actually be excited with him.

"It's reasons like those that I know we're perfect," She smiled, "I almost gotchyah thinking I was going to say no right?" She giggled, "Kits, marriage, they were concepts to me, but when I fell in love with you, everything had meaning and weight and love. I never used to care about marriage or think it was anything more than an over hyped display of love. But being with you, I get it, it's a time to focus on us, to cement what we have and build upon it. I can't think of anything better, let's do it, let's get married. ON, the condition that before you make any announcements, I test your faithfulness towards me. If you pass the test, I'm yours."

Harvestpaw exchanged the same look Sweetpaw gave to him, "Something serious," He guessed, or maybe something to psyche them out... Hopefully. But Autumngossamer didn't play that way, not with her family. He had never been tricked by her, she was always forward with them, honest, direct. He could feel his stomach tightening into knots the more they walked, what if their dad failed the test? Or what if the test was something horrible! He knew a lot of people had circulated his moms dark past, that she was traitorous. He always felt Sweetpaw and him were an exception to that because Autumngossamer had helped save their lives, that she had been right that the Sun God would be watching them. She hadn't lied to them, but still, he felt doubt creeping up.

Autumngossamer turned around to look at her family, they were deep in the rogue lands, SunClan was nowhere in sight any longer.

"The Sun God killed you two when you were kits," She said to Harvestpaw and Sweetpaw before turning to Lovesmitten, "he traumatized you, used me. He should have left me alone when he cursed me on the battlefield, should have called it even when I was pregnant. But you know how the saying goes, looks fade, but stupidity lasts forever. I cursed him, forcing him to have consequences for his actions, to be kind to me, to actually respect the members of SunClan who worship him. In history SunClan will know me as a traitor, but I know I did the right thing. If you want to marry me you'll be a traitor too, if you want to stay with me I'm leaving and I encourage everyone to. Before I erased his memory he vowed to kill all of you. I have no regrets and that night I cursed him, I consider that me being merciful.  So, do you still want to marry me or have you changed your mind?"