The tabby crept through the everlasting dark forest. He seeked one cat, his grandson. His paws sinked in the marsy ground. Squishing noises erupted as he padded away tp nowhere. A scared whimper came from the bushes. The tabby recognized the scent from back when he was alive. He felt proud of the cat once, but know he was as pathetic as crow-food.

"Darkstripe, come from the bushes mange-pelt." The tabby growled, his voice deep. Darkstripe padded out, his eyes scared.

"Take me with you, Tigerstar! The dark freaks me out. Please, let me come with you." Darkstripe pleaded. Tigerstar stared camly at his old friend.

"No." Tigerstar padded on, but the pathetic cat followed him.

"Please Tigerstar! Help me find the entrence to entering dreams. Please." Tigerstar remained silent as Darkstripe went on. "I could help you with your exploit, whatever it is." Tigerstar stopped in his tracks. "What?" Tigerstar hissed.
Darkstripe crouched nervously.

"I- I could help you with whatever you want. Just as you lead me to the entrence." Darkstripe stammered. Tigerstar thought this through. Hmmm, he does need more cats to take over the forest and grow strong again.

"Very well, you can come. Just don't start acting like a kit-" Too late. Darkstripe bounced like a kit.

"Thank you thank you thank you!" Darkstripe squeaked. "Come," Tigerstar beckonded him forward and he lead him deeper into the dark forest.

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"What do you want me too do?" Tigerheart asked, his head bowed as he addressed his father.

"I want you to enter ThunderClan's land and mark the border inside their territory." Tigerstar meowed, his eyes cold.

Tigerheart nodded obidiently and Tigerstar faded away. Tigerheart woke up and stretched in his nest. He yawned and stood up. He brushed his neck and then his spine. He crept out of the den and then out of Shadowclan's camp.

He crept through the forest till he made it to ThunderClan's border.

"Good. Now mark your scent." Tigerstar's voice drifted around him, controlling him. Tigerheart leapt over the border and marked his scent. He rubbed his head against ferns and then rolled in the grass. He leapt through ThunderClan's side of the border like an excited kit. He entered his territory once again.
He heard a rustle of leaves behind him and then he leapt on the intruding cat. Tigerheart hissed into it's face. He stopped short when he noticed who was underneath.

"Sorry!" He squeaked and let the ThunderClan medicine cat up. Jayfeather hissed and patted back to his camp.

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Tigerheart's heart leapt inside of him as ShadowClan and ThunderClan fought over ShadowClan crossing th border.
Tigerheart huffed and moewed, "Fine. I'll check if ShadowClan crossed the border."

He leapt over the border and marked his scent with his old one. Tigerheart wrinkled his nose at the stench of mushroom. He controlled a murmur of laughter when he noticed the stench coming off Lionblaze's ginger coat. Tigerheart padded through the quarreling patrols. He passed Dovepaw. What she said made him stop dead.

She hissed into his ears, "I know it was you that crossed border. What were doing in ThunderClan territory. Did Blackstar sent you?" Tigerheart's widened. He ignored her.

"Don'r deny it. I know it was you. I recognized your scent like one of my littermates." Tigerheart looked back it his Clanmates.

"I'll tell you everything at the Gathering." He leapt over the border and back to the safty of his territory.

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Dovepaw stared as Tigerheart leapt over the border. She narrowed her eyes. Ill find out what your up too. She turned away and followed the patrol back to camp.

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Tigerheart padded into camp. Whew, a close one. Tigerheart padded into the warriors den and curled into his nest.
He hoped to get some peace but Tigerstar wouldn't leave him alone.

"You almost failed me!" Tigerstar raked his claws against his grandson's eyes. Tigerheart staggered back in shock.

"Now listen. I know that Ivypaw will cross the border tommorrow. I want you to capture her and use her." Tigerheart nodded.

The next day, Tigerheart lead Ivypaw back to camp. Ivypaw held her head down.

"What you got there, Tigerheart?" Russetfur hissed. "Looks like a Thunderscum aprrentice." Ivypaw flinched at the insult.

"I found her in ShadowClan's terrirtory eating a mouse." Tigerheart reported. IVypaw's head shot up.

"I did not-" She got caught off as Russetfur clawed her. "You don't get a say in this scum!"

Tigerheart led her too Blackstar and then he dissappered into the warriors den.

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Tigerstar's next order killed him. Kill Dovewing. Tigerheart flinched when he imagined his claws rip her beautiful fur. He couldn't do it her just couldn't. He remembered when Tigerstar lashed at him. His ears still rang from the well aimed blows.

"You will obey me!" Tigerstar snarled as he pinned Tigerheart to the ground. Tigerheart gurgled from Tigerstar's big paws pressing down on his throat.

"Good! Now go!" Tigerstar pushed him aside and Tigerheart woke up, his fur matted and torn.

Now he sat inside ThunderClan's border, waiting for a patrol. The discusting scent of ThunderClan caught in his thoat and he gagged.

"There!" A harsh cry from deep in the territory made Tigerheart lash his tail. Ivypool had cried out. She raced to the trees and bowled Tigerheart over. He stared calmly at her. Behind her followed Brambleheart, Thornclaw and ...Dovewing. Tigerheart stared at her pleadingly. Her eyes met his and she snarled. Tigerheart pushed over Ivypool and he pounced on Dovewing. Behind him, Breezepelt and Redwillow and Scorchpaw attacked the other ThunderClan cats. They held them down as Tigerheart fufilled his duty.
Dovewing stared up at him with hatred and fear. She hissed, revealing sharp fangs.

He bent his head towards her and asked, "Do you still love me?" Dovewing looked at him, hatred in her beautiful blue eyes.

"NO! I did once, but then you betrayed me!" Dovewing spat up at Tigerheart as he pinned her to the forest floor.

"Very well. Then I must fufill Tigerstar's order." Tigerheart annonced and Dovewings eyes grew confused and wide.
Tigerheart's old fear of hearting Dovewing left. He dig his claws into Dovewings shoulders and ripped. She yelled so loudly that cats in the ThunderClan camp heard her. Paws pounded against the forest floor as claws met claws. Tigerstar's warriors and ThunderClan warriors clashed together. Tigerheart dragged Dovewing away. She hissed and fought but couldn't break free.

"I love you Dovewing, but you don't love me. You must pay." Dovewing screeched as he mated with her.

"Are you done yet?" Dovewing screeched in pain as he ripped his claws over and over through her flesh as he mated with her.

"Yes love. I'm done and so are you." Tigerheart raked his claws through her throat and she fell, blood gushed from the wounds he created.

"NO! What have I done?!" Tigerheart yowled in grief.

"Well done Tigerheart, maybe your not that bad as I imagined." Tigerstar purred beside his grandson.

"You made me do this! Just for your YOUR EXPLOITS!" Tigerheart screeched.

"Oh well," Tigerstar purred and faded away.