Splashheart and Ravenclaw had been traveling for a couple of days now. Splashheart was getting worried that she would never be able to get back home. Plus she was very hungry, and the cold Leaf-bare wasn't helping at all. She wondered if Midnightgaze had named her kits yet, or if Dovekit and Quailkit got their apprentice names. I promised Spottail I would be there when his kits were made into apprentices. Splashheart thought with a pang. She just sighed and followed Ravenclaw over a hill. Splashheart was surprised to see that she made it up there to him, but she knew that she wouldn't be able to go any further. Ravenclaw turned his head and looked at Splashheart. Splashheart could tell that he was tired and weak too. She could see his ribs underneath his black-and-white pelt.

"Maybe we should rest," Ravenclaw suggested.

Splashheart nodded in agreement and lied down on the soft grass. She sniffed the grass and smelled a faint scent of a rabbit. Her belly growled and she rolled over onto her back. She didn't want to smell anything that would make her even hungrier. Splashheart looked up at the stars and wondered if her ancestors were watching her. She sighed and then she heard a squeak. Splashheart lifted up her head and saw Ravenclaw coming back with a rabbit in his mouth as big as a fox. Her mouth started to water.

Ravenclaw dropped the rabbit in front her and he beckon her to eat it with him.

Without hesitation she took off a piece of fur and then started to eat.

"I used every bit of my strength to catch this," Ravenclaw mewed. "I'm happy it paid off," he mewed, licking his lips.

Splashheart nodded and went back to eating. Once they were full, they buried the rabbit so that no badgers or foxes came. Splashheart and Ravenclaw then shared tongues. Once they got done with that, they lied down in the grass together. Splashheart felt better with a full belly and knew she would sleep well tonight. She looked at Ravenclaw who looked somewhat troubled. Splashheart cocked her head, "You ok?" she asked.

Ravenclaw took a moment to reply. "Not really…" he trailed off.

Splashheart got up and sat right beside him. "What's wrong?"

"Splashheart," he started, "I-I don't think we will make it back to the Clans," he mewed.

Splashheart sat there and looked up at the stars.

"Well, are you going to say something?" he growled, unsheathing his claws.

Splashheart looked at his huge blood stained claws.

Ravenclaw then looked at his own claws and quickly sheathed them back in. "I've used these way too many times," he muttered. Then he looked at Splashheart. "Sorry for that," he mewed, "force of habit."

"It's fine," Splashheart mewed, slightly lying. "I don't like to think we will never see our Clans again," Splashheart murmured. "I believe that StarClan is watching us now," she mewed, rubbing against Ravenclaw's fur.

"Yeah, but…" he trailed off once more.

"But…" Splashheart mewed.

"I was thinking we could start a Clan of our own," he mewed.

Splashheart shot her head up. "WHAT?" she yelled.

"A Clan," he repeated, "I think we could pull it off."

"But…" Splashheart trailed off.

"But…" Ravenclaw mewed. Splashheart could hear a slight smirk in his tone.

"What about our Clans?" Splashheart mewed. "What would DarkClan do without you?"

"DarkClan doesn't care about me!" he snapped.

"What do you mean?" Splashheart asked.

"They kicked me out!" Ravenclaw hissed. "The stupid Twolegs probably wouldn't have got me if I was still in DarkClan!"

"What did they exile you?" Splashheart asked.

"Because…" his head drooped, "Because I killed Blackpetal."

Splashheart gasped. Blackpetal was DarkClan's deputy, and also Ravenclaw's sister. "How could you kill your own sister?" Splashheart hissed.

Ravenclaw lifted his head. "Do you think I didn't feel guilty?" he growled. "I mourn every day for her!" he snapped.

"Then why would you do it?" Splashheart growled.

"Because," he growled, "I was meant to be deputy!" he hissed. "Not Blackpetal!"

"So, you're telling me your ambition got the best of you?" Splashheart hissed.

"No!" he snapped.

"Then how could you do that?" Splashheart asked once more. "I could never live without my sister!" Splashheart mewed. "It's bad enough not having a father."

"We're getting off topic here," Ravenclaw growled. "Do you want to make a Clan together?" he asked again.

"Oh yes!" Splashheart sarcastically mewed. "I would love to have a cat in my Clan that murders other cats for fun!" she faked a smile.

"I didn't murder Blackpetal for fun!" Ravenclaw growled, "I-" Splashheart cut him off.

"Oh yeah," she mewed. "It was because of your ambition!" Splashheart mocked.

"You know what?" Ravenclaw growled. "Just leave me alone!" he snapped.

Splashheart just snorted and ran to the far side of the hill away from Ravenclaw. She couldn't believe what he did! How could a cat kill someone like that? Splashheart sighed and then curled up, and fell asleep.

Splashheart awoke in her dream. It was dark and shadowy. She snorted. Splashheart knew exactly who was going to appear to her. "Come on out Mistyleaf," Splashheart growled. "I know you're here!" Splashheart then saw a gray cat from across the clearing, but it wasn't Mistyleaf. Instead it was a gray tom with a white spotted tail. His blue pupil less eyes, and filled with sadness. Splashheart gasped. It was Spottail! Splashheart wanted to run to him, but something was keeping her back. Just then, Bluestripe appeared behind him. His amber pupil less eyes filled with confusion. Splashheart gapped as scars appear on their necks. Then suddenly Spottail and Bluestripe dropped down, dead. Splashheart yowled then finally she was released from the thing holding her back, and then she ran over to them. But once she got over there, their bodies were gone. Splashheart yowled. "Mistyleaf," Splashheart growled, "whatever you're doing, please stop!" Suddenly Mistyleaf appeared from the shadows and walked over to Splashheart. "What are you going to say now?" Splashheart growled.

"That two of my five cats on my kill list are dead!" Mistyleaf smirked.

Splashheart was confused for a moment and then gasped. "You killed Spottail and Bluestripe?" Splashheart asked.

Mistyleaf nodded.

"Why did you do it?" Splashheart asked, sobbing.

"They were practice killings for my apprentice!" Mistyleaf growled. "He did very well!" she smirked.

Splashheart growled, and then tried to pounce on Mistyleaf, but when she hit the ground, Mistyleaf vanished.

"Over here," Mistyleaf smirked, from behind Splashheart, making her jump.

"Who's you're apprentice?" Splashheart growled, unsheathing her claws.

"That's secret for now, dear," Mistyleaf mewed. "But you'll find out very soon!" she smirked, also unsheathing her claws.

"Who are the others on your list?" Splashheart asked.

"That's secret too," Mistyleaf mewed. "But I can tell you how the rest of them die on my kill list."

"Why?" Splashheart asked.

"Because when it's our time to fight, I want you and your sister ready for me," Mistyleaf growled. "I want you two to be ready for a good fight. I don't wanna kill another dumb, weak, worthless cat-"

"Spottail and Bluestripe were not dumb, weak, or worthless!" Splashheart snapped.

"They are when they aren't ready for a battle," Mistyleaf muttered.

"But-" Mistyleaf then put her tail over Splashheart's mouth.

"Shush dear, and listen to me," Mistyleaf mewed. "This will be very good information for whenever we fight."

Splashheart just swallowed and listened to what Mistyleaf, had to say.

"My apprentice and I killed Bluestripe for exercise," Mistyleaf mewed. "Spottail wasn't a part of the list at first, but he came at the right time when Bluestripe was killed. So I and my apprentice killed him also," Mistyleaf mewed, licking her paws. "My third victim will be killed brutally by me. He will say his dying words to you about the things that he had wished happened in his life, and you will feel guilty forever because you could have made it happen for him." Mistyleaf then looked at Splashheart sternly. "But no, you let the best get over you."

"What are you talking about?" Splashheart asked.

"You'll found out very soon!" Mistyleaf smirked. "After this cat I kill, I'll come back to you and tell you how the next cat will die."

"But why are you killing these cats?" Splashheart asked.

Mistyleaf blinked in confusion. "I already told you," she mewed, "I want you and your sister ready for me whenever I fight you two."

"Yes, I know," Splashheart mewed.

Mistyleaf cocked her head, "Then why did you ask me that question?"

"I meant, what does killing cats have to do with me and my sister's fighting skills?" Splashheart asked.

"Oh," Mistyleaf mewed. "Because I want to show you and your sister what destruction I can do!"

Splashheart growled. "Mark my words Mistyleaf, you will go down!"

Mistyleaf just snorted and walked away.

"Splashheart…"

"I'm sorry…"

Splashheart awoke and saw Ravenclaw looking down at her. She grunted and stretched her legs. Splashheart still seem a little weak and tired from the night before, but she was very perky. She looked at Ravenclaw, whose eyes were filled with sadness. But Splashheart didn't care. "What's up…murder?" Splashheart mocked.

"Splashheart," Ravenclaw murmured, "I told you, I didn't mean to kill her," he mewed. "I…I…I did kill her because of my ambition."

"How could let your ambition do that to you Ravenclaw?" Splashheart asked.

"Because, I'm a dumb, weak, worthless cat," Ravenclaw growled.

Splashheart tensed. He just said what Mistyleaf says about other cats. I wonder if he's Mistyleaf's apprentice. Splashheart thought.

"Splashheart," Ravenclaw murmured, "I don't wanna go back to the Clans," Ravenclaw mewed. "Even if another Clan lets me join their Clan, it wouldn't be the same," Ravenclaw mewed. "I want us to make a new Clan. We'll be known as LostClan because the other Clans wouldn't know where we went."

"We can't just make a Clan," Splashheart mewed. "Me, you, and…our kits," Splashheart choked. "That wouldn't be enough cats to make one Clan."

Ravenclaw then put his tail over Splashheart's back. "I'm not that mouse-brained Splashheart," he muttered. "We would find some rouges and…kittypets to join our Clan."

Splashheart sighed. "Ravenclaw," she mewed, "I couldn't do that to StarClan."

"I agree," Ravenclaw mewed. "No kittypets!"

Splashheart held back a laughed. "No, you mouse-brain," Splashheart mewed. "I mean, I couldn't do that to RockClan. I can't live without my sister," Splashheart mewed. "Plus," she muttered. "I couldn't start a Clan with a cat that has broken the warrior code so shamefully."

"What about Midnightgaze?" Ravenclaw growled.

"Huh?" Splashheart mewed, confused.

"Your sister broke the medicine cat code, and you still allow her in your heart!" he snapped.

"That's different," Splashheart mumbled.

"She broke the code as bad as I did!" he hissed.

"But Ravenclaw…" Splashheart's voice trailed off.

"But what?" he growled.

"Mistyleaf told you!" Splashheart growled.

"What?" Ravenclaw growled.

"You weren't there when Midnightgaze had her kits!" Splashheart snapped. "You were at the vet!" Splashheart then looked up at the sky. "Mistyleaf, your apprentice was hard to crack, but I finally found a fault." Splashheart was then knocked to the ground by Ravenclaw, which had gotten on top of her.

"Splashheart!" he growled. "What is the matter with you? I don't know any cat named Mistyleaf."

"Then how do you know my sister had kits?" she growled.

"Because my sister told me about it," he mewed.

"Oh yes!" Splashheart hissed. "The same cat that you killed would come to you in dreams?"

"Blackpetal has already forgiven me," Ravenclaw mewed. "We are very close siblings you know."

Splashheart still wasn't convinced.

"Would you forgive Midnightgaze if she killed you?" he asked.

Splashheart tensed. She didn't know how to answer that.

"Well?" Ravenclaw asked.

"I…I…" Splashheart mewed, and then she stood straight up. "I don't want to be put of this problem!" she hissed, before running into the woods.

"Hey!" Ravenclaw growled. "I want an answer, NOW!" he growled, before running after Splashheart.

Splashheart looked behind her and saw Ravenclaw hot on her heels. She ran faster and faster till she couldn't feel her legs anymore. She stopped and saw that Ravenclaw wasn't behind her anymore. She panted and closed her eyes for second, but then she smelled blood. Splashheart shot her eyes open and opened her mouth to see where the blood scent was coming from. It seemed to be from behind her. So she followed the scent over some hills she passed a few minutes ago, and when she reached the final one, a horrible surprise was at the bottom of it. It was Ravenclaw's body. His body was covered in wounds, but one wound that stood out was the one on his neck. It looked exactly like the wound on Spottail's and Bluestripe's neck. She ran down the hill and realized he was still alive.

"Splashheart?" he choked.

"I'm here Ravenclaw," Splashheart mewed.

"Why did you leave? All I wanted was an answer…" his voice trailed off.

"I would forgive my sister if she killed me," Splashheart mewed, finally answering to his question. "I understand that now."

Ravenclaw smiled. "Splashheart, I may haven't got what I wanted, but I'm happy to die here, and not where the Clans would mock me at."

"Ravenclaw…" Splashheart sobbed. "It's my fault you're going to die."

Ravenclaw shook his head. "No it's not," he mumbled, his breaths getting swallow. "I let my ambition get the best of me."

"But, I could have started LostClan with you!" Splashheart wailed.

"But what about RockClan, and your sister?" he whispered.

"I could live without them," Splashheart murmured.

"Maybe," he coughed. "But RockClan couldn't, they need a great, perfect, and loyal cat like you!" Ravenclaw mewed.

"Ravenclaw…" Splashheart then plowed her head into his blood soaked fur.

"I see my sister coming now to pick me up," he whispered.

"Please don't die, Ravenclaw!" Splashheart pleaded.

Ravenclaw's breaths started to get slower and slower. "I l-love you," he choked, and then he fell silent.

"Ravenclaw," Splashheart sobbed, "I love you too…"