Flames POV
Flame slowly followed Lion deeper and deeper into one of the tunnels. Just as Flame turned a corner he felt a claw slice his ear. Flame looked around in pain to see his attacker better.
"I promised you that we would finish our last battle" Lion mewed "And that is exactly what I plan on doing right now".
Then Lion charged toward Flame. Flame barely had time to jump out of the way, before Lions paw came flying toward him. Lion's claws shredded Flame's right ear and Flame felt the blood run down from his ear and over his eye. Flame dodged under another one of Lion's attacks and quickly slashed Lions shoulder. Then Lion pounced at Flame, bowling him over. Both of them rolled and scratched at each other until Lion pinned down Flame.
"Finally I Win" Lion mewed "And it's the end of you"
Lion went straight for a death bite to the neck, but Flame struck up and shoved his claws into Lion's eye and tore one of Lion's eyes out. Lion jumped back from surprise, thats when Flame made his move and slid under Lions belly and slashed his belly open. Even with his guts coming out Lion still stood up and charged Flame. Flame quickly jumped up onto Lion's back before his claws swiped at the area Flame was standing in a second before. Then Flame took both sets of his claws and wedged them deep into Lion's ribs. Lion tried to shake him off but was getting weaker and weaker as his blood left him, until he collapsed.
"No I can't be defeated by you, your nothing but a weakling" Lion yowled
"It's time that you left this world and into the next" Flame mewed "All the lives you have taken have been now avenged"
As Lion died his eyes got dimmer and dimmer until all the brightness in his eyes was gone. Flame just sat there until he heard footsteps behind him. He turned around to find Scourge behind him.
"So you have killed Lion" Scourge mewed in approval
"Yes sir" Flame mewed
"This victory of yours is great and a reward is deserved" Scourge mewed
"What kind of reward" Flame asked
"You'll see" Scourge mewed
Both of them made their way toward the battlefield, they were met with cheers of victory. Flame couldn't recognize who had died, but most of them were from Stoneclan. Then Scourge jumped up onto a wooden box.
"Cats of Bloodclan, today has been a good day, for we have gotten ourselves rid of Stoneclan".
All of Bloodclan cheered in victory.
"Alas this victory came with casualties" Scourge mewed" Today we have lost Death and Ginger"
"Also Bone was lost which means I'll have to appoint a new deputy" Scourge mewed
"The new deputy will be Raven" Scourge mewed
All of Bloodclan went to congratulate Raven and mourn the loss of the fallen warriors, and stopped when Scourge started talking.
"But before we do anything I would like Flame to come up here" Scourge mewed
Flame slowly walked toward the box.
"Flame has proved himself time and time again to Bloodclan, so I have decided to make him part of my Guard" Scourge mewed
"Flame, this decision is up to you, you can get whatever collar you want, but I'll suggest that you should take Lions collar" Scourge whispered to Flame
Flame left Stoneclan's camp and went into the pipe that he and Lion had fought in. Flame saw the motionless form of Lion. He slowly made his way toward his body and slipped off Lion's black collar. Flame put the collar on and ripped out one of Lion's teeth and stuck it into the collar and he looked into a puddle of sewage water.
Flame saw himself, scars everywhere, his right ear in a big v-shape, and he had a three claw scar going from his left ear over his left eye and to the tip of his nose, and scary dog teeth marks in his back right leg not to mention all covered in blood, and now a black collar with a tooth in it, a symbol of Scourge's Legionary Guard.
What have I become?
Flame made his way back to find Bloodclan going back to the surface. Once all of them reached the surface Scourge ordered everyone to go. Everyone went in a direction toward their alleys.
"Congratulations Flame for making the Guard" Snake mewed
"Yeah congrats Flame" Ice mewed
"Thanks guys" Flame mewed
"Well lets go back to our alley" Snake mewed
Once all of them got into the alley, Snake was nothing but a bunch of questions.
"So what happened on your mission?, and how did you defeat Lion?, and how did you find the sewers?" Snake asked
"Whoa slow down" Flame mewed
"Yeah Snake you'll know everything just calm down" Ice mewed
"Ok ok I'm calm, now can you tell me" Snake asked
(sigh) "Fine" Flame mewed "Well me and Ice were walking and we got attacked by a dog"
"A DOG!" Snake mewed
"Listen stop interrupting or I won't finish" Flame mewed
"Sorry" Snake mewed
"Where was I… oh yeah, well a dog came so I climbed up a tree and Ice tripped so I jumped down, fought the dog and saved her life" Flame mewed
"Wow that's pretty cool" Snake mewed
"Yeah he was really brave" Ice looked at Flame in a loving way
Flame didn't notice her look but Snake did, and he did not feel comfortable with the way Ice was looking at Flame.
"Anyway we should go to sleep before morning comes" Snake mewed
"Don't you want to hear the rest" Flame mewed
"Maybe later" Snake mewed
"Uhh ok" Flame mewed in confusion
"Goodnight" Ice mewed to Flame
"Goodnight Snake and Ice" Flame mewed
They all went to their sleeping places and fell asleep. Except for Flame who had a thought on his mind. He was thinking of all the faces of the cats he had killed. What have I become? Why do I kill cats all of a sudden? Why? The kittypet, Lion, Blaze and all the others. But Flame would never know that answer, maybe it was his anger at being exiled, or maybe its that he needs to defend himself, or maybe he's just always had a dark side that just needed a little push to come out. The answer he would never know but he knew that after all that he had done there is no way he could go back to the old Fireheart.
Flame woke in a familiar looking forest, with its green grass and trees, and a soft warm breeze. I'm in Starclan. Then he smelled the sweet smell of Spottedleaf, his first love. Spottedleaf didn't go near him as he expected and only looked at him in disapproval.
"Fireheart why have you become this" Spottedleaf finally mewed
Flame was taken aback by this but recovered quickly.
"Because Thunderclan exiled me" Flame mewed
"Are you sure that's the reason" Spottedleaf mewed
Flame was not sure at all what the reason was but he just stuck to his answer.
"Yes I'm sure" Flame mewed
"You don't have to be this Fireheart, you could be much more" Spottedleaf mewed "You can still go to Thunderclan and ask to be let in"
"Ha if you think they would let me in then you're a fool" Flame scorned
"Yes I am a fool to have ever loved you" Spottedleaf mewed "You're a horrible cat now Flame, but you can still change, I know you can"
"No its to late, and why would I go back to Thunderclan when Bloodclan is the most powerful clan in the world" Flame mewed
"Then I guess it is to late and that Bluestar was right I cant change a monster" Spottedleaf mewed
"What did you call me" Flame snarled
"A horrible, horrible monster" Spottedleaf mewed
Flame grew furious and charged Spottedleaf and slashed her but to only have his claws pass through her. Then she looked at him with hurt eyes one more time before vanishing. Flame stared at the spot where she disappeared with full hatred toward her. He couldn't believe his anger towards Spottedleaf. I never thought I would try to kill Spottedleaf.
Flame woke to rays of sunlight coming through the fence and a bird singing in the distance its beautiful melody. Flame stood up to find that Snake and Ice were gone. Flame went out and went toward the abandoned twoleg place at a brisk pace. On his way there he spotted four rogues walking through Bloodclan's territory. Flame immediately went back a couple of alleys and collected three Bloodclan warriors to join him. All of them agreed to help him since he is of higher rank now.
The four of them went up to the four rogues. The four rogues got real scared when they saw Flame and his cats Surround them with their claws unsheathed.
"What do you want here" Flame snarled
"Please, we only want to join your clan" the leader tom mewed who was a brown tabby.
"Why would you want to" Flame snarled
"We would like protection and we would be great fighters for you clan" the brown tabby mewed
"To let you in is not my decision, we'll lead you to Scourge, but remember if you get excepted your leadership over these cats is over" Flame mewed
"I understand that" the brown tabby mewed
After walking for a bit with the Bloodclan cats ready for battle at any moment they finally got to Scourge's alley. Brick came toward Flame and asked him what the rogues wanted, after Flame explained he let them pass. Only Flame and the brown tabby entered.
"What do you want Flame" Scourge mewed
"Well there are four cats asking your permission to join Bloodclan" Flame mewed
"Really and what may I say is it that you have to offer Bloodclan" Scourge questioned the tabby tom.
"Well we can offer you really good fighters" the tabby tom mewed
"And what is your and your companions names" Scourge mewed
"My name is Mud and the others are Rock, Grass, and Cloud" Mud mewed
"Well then I'll accept you into the clan but if you step out of line then you'll hope you were never born.
"Yes Sir" Mud mewed
Flame and Mud left Scourge's alley and soon came to the rest of Mud's group who are still being guarded by the Bloodclan cats.
"You can go now" Flame mewed
The Bloodclan cats all left back the way they came from.
"And as for you four you should go and pick yourself a place to stay" Flame mewed
Flame left them standing there as he continued to go toward the abandoned twoleg place. Flame got there to find Ice and Rose hunting there.
"Hey guys mind if I join you" Flame mewed
"Sure" Both of them answered
"Just make sure to not get in our way" Ice mewed
Flame started looking around until he spotted a mouse run across the floor. Flame pounced at it before it got half way across. He bit down on it with a crunch taking its life. Flame lied down to enjoy the warm meal. He bit into to have the great flavor go through his mouth. He was interrupted by Rose coming to lie down next to him, a little to close for Flame's comfort. Ice just lied down a bit away and stared warningly at Rose.
"That was very brave of you to take on and kill Lion" Rose mewed
"Uh thanks I guess" Flame mewed
"Your welcome, and your also very muscular and strong" Rose mewed
Flame was starting to get very uncomfortable.
"Also you're the most handsome cat in the whole twoleg place" Rose mewed "What you need is a she-cat"
Ice stared at Rose as if she was sickened by what she was doing.
Rose stood up and started to curl her body around Flame.
"And I think that she-cat should be me" Rose mewed seductively
"Sorry Rose but I already told you I've already got someone" Flame mewed while trying to get out of Rose's curled up body.
"Ah but you should forget her and just think of me" whispered Rose
"You heard him he already has someone so you better leave him alone" Ice mewed warningly
"Or what he knows he wants me, he can't resist" Rose mewed
"I'll rip your eyes out if you don't" Ice mewed
"Psssh sure you can" Rose mewed
"You want to find out" Ice mewed
Both of them unsheathed their claws and got ready to fight.
"Hey Ice, calm down ok, come on lets just go" Flame mewed
"Fine I'm coming with you, she's not worth my time anyway" Ice mewed
Both of them walked outside and left Rose inside. They walked until they reached the park and went to get a drink, and have a little rest. Both of them went to a tree and lied down in its shade.
"Ice, why were you defending me back there, I mean it wasn't your fight" Flame mewed
"Well I'll give you three reasons, one is that you're my brothers friend, two you saved my life, and three I never let someone seduce another person, especially if the other person doesn't want them to" Ice mewed
"Oh ok" Flame mewed "Well I'm going to get going and find Snake, so see you around"
"Bye Flame" Ice mewed
Sandstorms POV
Dustpelt and I have become official mates now. I've gotten used to my responsibilities as deputy and Graystripe has come back to us from Riverclan, at first he was angry that Fireheart had been exiled but later on got used to it. Also now I barely ever think of Fireheart since he's probably dead. I do from time to time feel regretful for just leaving our love and moving on, but soon I will have Dustpelt's kits and Fireheart will be the last of my worries. Tigerstar has joined Riverclan with Shadowclan to create Tigerclan. Tigerstar threatened to kill us if we did not join, so Thunderclan and Windclan have joined together to form Lionclan. With war so close the whole forest is tense. I wonder if we will survive Tigerstar and his greed for power.
Flames POV
Flame looked for Snake for about an hour until he found him talking to two of the new cats.
"Hey Flame, come meet Rock and Grass" Snake mewed
"Who is Who" Flame asked
"I'm Rock" a dark gray tabby tom mewed
"And I'm Grass" a light yellow she-cat mewed
"Nice to meet you" Flame mewed
"And you as well" Both of them mewed
"Snake here was just telling us the rules of Bloodclan" Grass mewed
"Do you remember them all" Flame asked
"Yeah we do" Rock mewed
"Good oh and Snake can you come hunting with me" Flame mewed
"Sure Flame" Snake mewed
"Where do you want to hunt" Snake asked
"How about the forest" Flame mewed
"What, the forest has forest cats in there that will rip us apart" Snake mewed
"Well I'm from there so I'll make sure we don't get caught, plus the fresh-kill there is better than here" Flame mewed
"Yeah that's true, I've only had fresh-kill from the forest seven times since most of it goes to Scourge" Snake mewed
"And how was it" Flame asked
"It was the best" Snake replied
"Then we should go in there and get some, right" Flame mewed
"Yeah lets go" Snake mewed
Both of them got there about 30 minutes later. They entered slowly into the forest and started immediately searching for food. Flame enjoyed the smells and sounds of the forest and he felt right at home. Both of them split up to find something to kill. An hour later they came back together. Snake had caught a mouse and a vole, while Flame had caught a thrush.
"We'll take the mouse to Scourge" Snake mewed
"Ok, lets go before we get caught" Flame mewed
When both of them exited the forest Flame turned around once more and he knew that he would go back soon. They went to Scourge's alley first and dropped off the mouse. Then they left towards their alley. They came in to find Ice curled up and sleeping on the couch. Both of them lied down and ate their catches in silence. Then without a goodnight, both went to their places and fell asleep.