Eveningpaw

Breathing in. Breathing out. The bird hopped on the spot, flexing its wings in a jittery motion. Eveningpaw bunched her hind quarters. And sprang. It was over in one quick bite. Proud, Eveningpaw brought up her catch. "Welldone!" Jadeclaw called.

Eveningpaw glared at the bird. She wasn't a kit! "Thanks," she managed to force out, trotting beside the sleek warrior. "I really hope that I get my warrior name soon," she moaned out loud. Jadeclaw gave her shoulder a gentle bang.

"With a attitude like that, it'll be a long time coming."

Eveningpaw hummed. She glanced at Jadeclaw when he padded over to sniff at some bushes. She brushed by him, still lost in her own world. "Phew! What's that reek?!" he exclaimed suddenly reeling backwards. Eveningpaw felt her fur stand on end, then relax a little. She gingerly peered into the bush, and gagged.

A horrible stench greeted her poor nose.

"Disgusting!" She cried, eyes watering. "Wh-what is it? Crow food."

"No," Jadeclaw bent in to sniff, and made a face. "Blargh… what ever it is, lets hope it's gone."

Eveningpaw wearily sat down, tired from a day outside of camp. She was a little disappointed that life wasn't that interesting at the moment. With all the excitement of the battle, she was hoping something else might have happened. Alas no.

"Penny for your thoughts?" A musical voice asked. The apprentice looked up, fur prickled at the familiar voice.

"Hi Pureheart."

The startlingly white tom was lounging in the sun, the beams giving him a slight un-Godly glow. He smiled in greeting. "I was just thinking… kinda boring around here, huh?"

"I suppose," Pureheart nodded, sitting up a little straighter. "Why don't me make our own fun, hm?"

"Okay!"

"You see old, Rubypelt there?" He asked, gesturing with a paw. The she cat was snoozing quietly in the shade of a large beach tree. "As she such an old grumpy porcupine," Eveningpaw giggled. "I thought we could brighten her day."

"What do you have in mind?"

Eveningpaw dragged over a large oak leaf, grumbling as she went. "Will this really work?" she asked the warrior, as she positioned the leaf on a tree branch, slightly above Rubypelt's head.

"Trust me, alright?" he grinned. Next, Eveningpaw was instructed to bring wet moss over to the tree. Feeling this joke was more work than results; Eveningpaw still did as she was told. "Now sit back and watch," Pureheart dribbled some water onto the leaf, and droplets began to land on Rubypelt's head. Her ears twitched, and she woke up with a snort. Pureheart let the rest of the water go. With a shriek of alarm, Rubypelt was drenched in seconds.

Roaring with laughter, Pureheart and Eveningpaw quickly escaped into the forest, hearing Rubypelt scream after them.

"Oh.. now I feel bad," Eveningpaw giggled. "We should say sorry after."

"Why. She deserves it. Haha, that was fun."

"Hm?" Eveningpaw lend in to sniff his fur. There was a defiantly change in his attitude.

"What?" That wasn't his voice either. Gagging, Eveningpaw jumped backwards. It was the same smell from the bushes before!

"You! I remember you. You're inside Pureheart's body, aren't you?" she asked. "You took off with Spiritpaw, you," Eveningpaw suddenly gasped. "You killed him. Didn't you?"

"Oh, you are clever, aren't you?" the demon voice asked, leering at the apprentice. "What gave me away. Every other cat is to mouse brained to work out why my host is weak some days, boiling with anger the others."

"I'm different from most cats," Eveningpaw growled. "StarClan chose me! And I won't let a demon enter my friends body!!"

"Like you can sto-"

"No. We will," The bushes parted, and Lavenderstar emerged, followed by Lynxheart and Snowfur. "Thankyou, Pureheart. That confession is all I need to here for your sentence."

"Huh?" Light flooded back into Purehearts blue eyes. "What are you talking about?"

"You killed an innocent kit, you will be sent into exile," Lavenderstar said calmly.

"No! Listen to me," Eveningpaw yowled. "It wasn't his fault, he-"

"Silence!" Lavenderstar snapped. "Eveningpaw, step down or consider yourself banished as well." Eveningpaw clamped up. As much as it hurt her, she couldn't abandon her family. "Pureheart, you don't deserve a trail with the Clan, nor seeing them one last time. You killed one of my kin. I here by strip you of all power, and banish you from the forest. As far as I'm concern, you have no name, or Clan. Get out," she hissed, flattening her ears. Pureheart backed away, looking frighten. "GET OUT!" she yowled, taking a lunge at him. Turning tail, Pureheart shot off through the bushes.

Eveningpaw watched him go, as the three warriors left her to herself. Her eyes filled with silent tears. Slowly, the sky turned black, and rain began to fall. She stayed looking into the forest for a long time.

Pureheart

Pureheart tripped over a tree root, and fell down a small ditch. He lay still at the bottom, fur wet and covered with mud.

Get up

"Get out," Pureheart countered dully. "I hate you.. so much. You have no idea," the demon was slightly unnerved by his emotionless voice. "I don't care what it takes. I want you out. Even if you have to rip me apart."

I… I don't know the demon confessed. I've been trying to work out a way to get out of your body. I thought getting you out of StarClan might help, because your father wouldn't have his seal on you. Maybe that was a bad idea

Pureheart just snorted, a bubble of mud popping on his nose.

Hey! I'm trying to apologise; you could at least pretend to listen!

"No. I've thought, and I know what to do. You got here by that amulet, right? But you can't touch it because I'm a StarClan cat. So that settles it. You need to turn me into a DeathClan cat."

The demon was silent for a while. How? It would take a lot of rage and wrath to turn you into a demon. No office, buddy, but I don't see you doing that

"Take over my mind, do anything!"

Alright

Pureheart suddenly felt cold all over, as the demon touched his mind. Shivering, he got up. "Wait!"

Now what? It snapped irritably. Make up your mind!

"N-no. Just give me some time. I'm not sure what will happen to my sub conscience if you do take over. I'd like one last look around," he heard the demon sigh. Obviously annoyed at his weakness.

Pureheart stumbled up the pit, claws sinking into the muddy sides. He closed his eyes, placing the feeling into his heart. The touch of muddy terrain, the smell of damp fur and plants. The feel of harsh rain and wind on his fur. He wanted to lock it all away.

Coming to the very edge of his second home, he took one last look into the forest.

"PUREHEART!"

A familiar white figure came bounding up, panting to get her breath back. "Pureheart! Please, don't go. We can try again," Eveningpaw sobbed. "Try and ask for Lavenderstar's forgiveness."

"What are you doing here?" he asked.

"I w-wanted to say go-goodbye," she meowed, violet eyes over bright.

Pureheart dropped her gaze.

"Please… please don't go. I really like you!" She screwed her eyes shut, burning with frustration. "Please.."

"Eveningpaw," Purehearts tail drooped. "I like you too. You're very special to me. Maybe I will come back some day. But not now. Not today. First I have to do something."

Pureheart took a few steps away. He couldn't touch her; it would be too hard to get away if he did. "I won't say goodbye, just see you later," he purred, then dashed away, into the open flat lands.

Sorry for the super short update ( wow an update, you say?! ) . I didn't want to make it to long, because this is the turning point chapter. We're almost half way!! GAH! I might actually finished this stupid thing one day XD Oh and I changed the name, see? Demon Unleashed was way to much like my other Warriors fiction, so I choose this name instead

-Ixi