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Bluestar and he words at one time had meant law. Or at least held high authority and even though they still did for a while they had been plagued with madness.

"We are not dying her," Fireheart had heard the she cat repeat over and over again many times. By the way she was acting it seemed that she was going to keep her promise and that filled him with joy and even more relief.

It was the following morning when Fireheart was hunting that Bluestar acted like her old self… when they were attacked by a badger.

There was a slight breeze in the trees that surrounded the two cats. Fireheart had his sights set on a nice looking squirrel and he was determined to catch the furry creature. There was hardly a sound except for the quiet munching of a nut. The wind was blowing towards him so he could smell the squirrel but it couldn't do the same to him. He opened his mouth and he could tell he was already salivating over his catch.

He had already dropped into his crouch and was making his way towards his prey. He was so close and no error had been made on his part. When he was only a tail length or two away and ready to spring there was something awfully wrong. A strong and sour sent hit his noise and it must have done the same thing for the squirrel, because it froze before darting away at a lightning speed.

"What in the name of Starclan," he said out loud before the claws swiped in front of him. It was a big creature that much he could tell and he jumped back trying to get away from its massive claws. When he was further back he got a good look at his attacker before he was swiped at and had to dodge a second time.

"Badger!" he shouted out and leaped onto the monsters back. Clawing and biting the best he could before he got thrown. There was a panic in his mind worse than what it normally might have been as where they were there was no medicine cat that would have been able to help him and this brought fear in his heart.

The beast screeched in pain as blood began to pour from the ranks and bites but it flung Fireheart from its back almost to easily. Fireheart unfortunately landed on the ground with a, not to comforting or soft, hard thud. He was stunned by this and without a doubt dizzy. As he tried to regain his balance he hissed and spat at the badger who was getting closer but he knew his odds weren't as good as they were before.

A yowl pierced the air followed by a thud and slash. Fireheart blinked to see Bluestar throwing herself at the monster and slashing at it with the furry of a queen defending her new born kit. There was another screech from the badger as Bluestar slashed across its face barely missing its mouth.

"Fox dung," she shouted at the badger that didn't do anything but make an ungodly noise and swipe at her. Fireheart who had regained his well everything that had been temporarily knocked loose saw this as an opportune moment and lunged at the badger with as much force he could muster and flung himself at the beast's throat. Bluestar has hissed and the badger had turner its head to look at her.

Aiming to strike her down with a strike of its paw the badger roared before falling to the side and screeching with pain. The beast was unbalanced by Fireheart's attack and to make matters worse for it blood began to well up in the throat of the monster and it tried to stomp away in agony. Bluestar looked at Fireheart in shock to see his blood soaked muzzle.

"Fireheart what did you do," she began to say as a terrible sound that was the cross between a drowning choke and screech struck their ears. They both looked over towards the badger that lay on its side dead.

"I did what I had to. There is no medicine cat to aid us and I am sworn to protect you with my life," Then there was silence as the two looked at the dead badger. This was a moment that was uncommon even to Bluestar who had lived a good amount of moons. Badgers were feared by many cats or at least seen as a formidable foe.

"That is true but we killed it," she said. There was nothing that they could do except stare at is corpse as blood pooled out in a large crimson puddle.

"Correction I killed it and how do we know if this badger is truly real if star clan brought us here," he said and Bluestar knew he had brought up a valid point. She didn't know. Neither of them knew what was real and what wasn't.

"What should we do with it?" He asked and Bluestar had opened her mouth to say something but nothing really came to mind except one thing.

"You were hunting when this badger attacked you correct?" she asked and he nodded.

"I was hunting a squirrel and right before I was able to catch it the monster came out of nowhere and scared it off. That was not long before you came to my rescue," he said and Bluestar nodded.

"You rescued me just as much as I did you. Now then because of all the noise this fight cause I would think all the prey in the area would have found a place to hide," she said.

"That would make sense," he replied.

"So I guess we should at least eat part of it if we can. It is food and we do need fresh kill," as she said this Fireheart could feel his stomach grow and he got near the badger, choosing a piece to sink its teeth into. Not long after they were both eating but something didn't feel right. In his gut, Fireheart knew that this badger attack was just the beginning.

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