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The alley was dark. A small, black cat was laying down in a cardboard box, one white forepaw stretched out onto the cold, hard ground. He glared into the distance, his mind a whirlwind of thoughts. After he had been defeated in his final battle, he had come here. He supposed it must be where rogues go when they-
Suddenly, he pricked up his ears and lifted his head. A new scent wafted around him, a scent he didn't recognize. He padded slowly out of the box, growling, claws unsheathed, looking from side to side, trying to find the intruder.
"Oh, I'll see none of that," a voice said.
A she-cat padded out of the shadows, as if out of thin air. He recognized the she-cat at once, and his eyes widened with shock.
"You remember me then?" the she-cat said, sitting down. "Yes, I am the blue-furred cat that told the tabby apprentice to spare your life all those years ago." The she-cat turned her head and gazed on at nothing, wistful.
The black tom recovered from his shock. "Why are you here?" he snarled.
The she-cat's gaze snapped back to his, her eyes sad. "It's my fault, you know. I should have warned my leader. If I had, things would have been different. For you, for me, and for my clan."
She stared at the black tom, her eyes now thoughtful. "All you wanted was respect and revenge, yes? That's all you ever wanted. You went about it in the wrong way, however, and fought and killed every cat that got in your way. You killed your enemy, you got your revenge, but I can still see revenge in your heart. Why is that?"
The black tom narrowed his slitted eyes, but said nothing.
"You want revenge on the orange tom who killed you in your last battle, don't you? You want revenge on him, and all the other cats that managed to beat you and your allies."
The black tom glared at the she-cat. "Why are we standing here chit-chatting about the past? Why did you come here? What do you want?"
The she-cat sighed, looking away, shuffling her paws uncomfortably. "I have come to grant you a new life so that you may start over."
The tom growled, baring his teeth. "I don't want your gifts! I'm fine the way I am! Now leave me before I shred you to pieces, forest cat filth!"
The she-cat jumped to her paws and shoved her face into his, her eyes full of fire. "You don't get it, do you? I have no choice! I cannot allow another enemy of my clan to sit around in a place they do not wish to be, plotting and scheming to bring the clans to their downfall! If I allow you to stay here, you will do much the same as Tigerstar did and you will wage war upon my beloved clan and cause death and despair to the cats I care about! I never want to see that happen again!"
"Leave!" the tom snarled, flexing his claws.
The she-cat backed away, head bowed. "Clans are different," she mewed, looking up, "and they treat all of their clanmates with respect and they will never force someone to leave the clan unless the cat has done unrepairable damage to his or her clan. Clan life is very different from the life of a kittypet; or the life of a rogue for that matter."
The tom sprang at the she-cat, hissing. The she-cat gasped and leaped back right before the tom's reinforced claws pierced her back. The two cats locked eyes.
"You are left with no choice," the she-cat said, baring her teeth at her enemy.
The tom lashed his tail and sprang once more towards the she-cat, but now he was fading, and fast. Before he could so much as scratch the she-cat's ears, the tom vanished from sight.
The she-cat licked her ruffled blue-gray fur. She turned back towards the shadows she had come from, her blue eyes flashing. She had done what she had had to do. Wondering if she had made the right decision, she turned towards the empty alley.
"Good-bye, Scourge. And may you lead a better life this time." Bluestar murmured. And she vanished as well, returning to her home in Starclan.
The alley was dark. Now it was empty too, save the cardboard box.
So what do you guys think? I'd love to hear any criticism or comments and I hope you guys enjoy my first fanfic!