All right, I'm going to do something that everyone has probably already done. But still, I hope you enjoy. All right, grab a drink, some popcorn, and whatever else, and get ready. Always Fire's "Guess the Cat" is here!

Okay, okay. So here we are. I'm going to do a one-shot for any cat, you guess... you know the drill. The first three people to guess right will be mentioned at the start of the next chapter! Please do not PM me the answer; put it in a review.

Here we go!

I'm breaking the warrior code, and I know it.

Killing another cat is against the warrior code. I'm a deputy. I should know that. But I'm also loyal to my clan, and I want a good future to lie ahead. So if I can end this battle by killing the leader, I can end the bloodshed.

It's only my loyalty to ShadowClan, my loyalty and love for my leader, that causes me to tear my teeth through the ThunderClan leader's throat, not letting go. It may be against the warrior code, but if ThunderClan will not give up, I cannot risk the lives of any more ShadowClan warriors. And besides, he's a leader. He has more lives, doesn't he?

The battle will stop if the ThunderClan leader dies. It will all be fine, then. No more cats will be lost in this battle, on either side. No more bloodshed. I only fight this battle because it is necessary, and because I know I am loyal to ShadowClan. No other reason.

That is the sole thought that is running through my mind as my teeth tear deeper and deeper into the ThunderClan leader's throat. I can feel the warm blood against my teeth, and I want to recoil, but I force myself to hold on to the cat's bleeding throat.

He won't die, I tell myself. He'll just cause enough commotion to end this battle.

And that is when I see a golden-brown flash spring toward us from the side. Before I can move, the newcomer has knocked me over. Out of the corner of my eye, I see the ThunderClan leader fall back, blood gushing from the deep wound in his throat.

This battle should never have been fought.

I stare up, gasping, into a pair of amber eyes that reflect the same loyalty that I have. Except... his is loyalty to ThunderClan, not ShadowClan. We all fight out of loyalty to our clan leader. My head spins as I hit the hard ground, feeling something warm gush from the back of my head.

Blood.

It's everywhere, and there's nothing I can do to stop it, anymore.

It's going to be over for me. I know it. This cat is strong, too strong, and unnaturally strong. I don't know how to describe it... the force is overwhelming, but it's as though something burns through him as he fights. Though I attempt to claw at him desperately, I know it's over. And my blows don't reach the cat.

It's impossible to breathe, all of a sudden. There's enormous pressure against my lungs, and there seems to be fire surrounding me. My eyes are starting to burn, and my head spins. I suddenly make out cats surrounding me. My flanks are heaving, exhausted, and I hear an anguished wail from a certain tom... my leader. I've done my duty as his deputy, as a warrior. I've fought to the end, and I don't know what awaits me next.

I hear a gasp erupt from my own jaws, and I struggle to breathe. The fire closes in around me. Sparks light my vision as I try to get my limp paws to move. The heat... it's burning me, it's tearing me apart, slowly and torturously. My tail and paws have vanished in the depths of the flames, and I try desperately to move, to flee.

But I can't flee. The fire has surrounded me. It's waiting, waiting for me... pressing my throat and lungs, burning my eyes.

No, I tell myself. It's not really there. It's all a vision... there's no fire, nothing... The thought seems to console me for a moment, and I see the battle scene around me, once more. The golden cat who knocked me away from the ThunderClan leader stands over me, a look of horror in his eyes. His jaws form words that I can't hear, before the flame engulfs me.

The black waves wash over me, and I close my eyes into the soothing darkness.

All right! There it is! Guess whose POV this is written in. The first three correct guessers are mentioned in the next chapter.

I hope you all enjoyed!

~ Always Fire