The End of a Legacy

A songfic in memory of Hawkfrost

By: SilverMoon

Song and Lyrics By: Linkin Park

In the End

It starts with

One thing, I don't know why

It doesn't even matter how hard you try

Keep that in mind I designed this rhyme

To explain in due time

All I know, time is a valuable thing

Watch it fly by as the pendulum swings

Watch it count down to the end of the day

The clock ticks life away

It's so unreal, didn't look out below

Watch the time go right out the window

Trying to hold on but didn't even know

Wasted it all just to watch you go

I kept everything inside and even though I tried it all fell apart

What it meant to me will eventually be a memory of a time when

Hawkfrost waited patiently in the bushes by the lake while he watched Firestar writher in the fox trap. Brambleclaw was late! His precious clan leader would be dead even before he could kill him! Hawfrost grinned evilly. They were so close to ruling the forest, he could almost taste it.

I tried so hard

And got so far

But in the end

It doesn't even matter

I had to fall

To lose it all

But in the end

It doesn't even matter

Hawkfrost stared at his brother in horror. "I thought this is what you wanted," he spat. "Yes, I want to be clan leader someday, but I want to earn it the right way." "Fool, if you won't kill Firestar, then I will." Hawkfrost advanced toward Firestar, but Brambleclaw suddenly attacked. "I won't let you kill him!" Brambleclaw yelled. Stupid cat, Hawkfrost thought, he's ruining everything! "If this is what you want Brambleclaw, then so be it." And with that, the two brothers locked into a fierce battle.

I put my trust in you

Pushed as far as I can go

And for all this

There's only one thing you should know

Suddenly, Brambleclaw pulled out the fox trap stick and jabbed it into his throat without warning. Hawfrost stared at him in shock, and then collapsed by the lake. "I thought I could trust you, to help me avenge our father", Hawkfrost managed to choke out. Brambleclaw said nothing, just turned his head away. "I thought we were brothers." He mumbled and then, in his last final moments, Brambleclaw and him had the same vision, a vision of StarClan repeating the prophecy that had been hovering around them for ages: "Before there is peace, blood will spill blood, and the lake will run red. Sure enough, Hawfrost's blood was spilling into the lake.

"You will pay, Brambleclaw, you and all the clans will pay for what you have done!" And with that, he collapsed dead.