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9. Tell him that if he loses one more life he'll get his teddy bear back.

Tigerstar now officially hated everyone in ThunderClan. Especially Mousefur. After the small incident the day before, he had been ignoring her and she the same. Tigerstar considered going to Firestar just to tell on the whole freaking Clan, but he knew that that wouldn't help at all. He was pretty sure that Firestar was devising a plan of his own to kill Tigerstar. And since Tigerstar was on his last life, he knew that he had to be extra careful. As much as he loved spending time in the Dark Forest, he just wasn't ready to die yet. And when he did, he was going to die with some dignity, not at the paws of another cat in his Clan. No; it was going to be in battle, of disease, or, Tigerstar was praying, of old age. But he was pretty sure that wouldn't happen. Not with the Clan that he lived in.

Tigerstar had almost completely forgotten about Cuddles. The small empty space in his heart had been quickly filled up as he slowly, bit by bit, forgot about his only friend. It wasn't until one after that he was remembered of him.

Tigerstar had been lounging around in the sun, too scared to go out in the forest and too scared to talk to another cat. It had been three days since he had died last, and he was going for the record. He had, of course, already beaten it, but he wanted to beat it the proper way. Till it wasn't there anymore. So Tigerstar had made up an agenda of his day. He was going to wake up, go hunting really early in the morning, before any cat was up, eat his fill, tease the kits a bit (he was pretty sure that they couldn't manipulate him into dying), lounge around in the sun, hide in the bushes and make hissing at passing cats, then lounge around some more while he ate.

He was becoming a very fat cat.

And that was what brought up the subject of Cuddles. Tigerstar had lazily been watching Yellowfang out of the corner of his eye, and he was thoroughly surprised when she padded up to him.

"When was the last time you got up?" She growled.

Tigerstar shrugged, licking his fur.

"You lazy cat, you're get all overweight."

"Am not!" Tigerstar protested.

"Yup; just like your teddy bear, Cuddly, or what was it?"

"Cuddles," Tigerstar mewed through clenched teeth, painfully reminded of his long lost friend.

"Yes; him. I'm just saying that you really need to move your butt and do something."

"You can't tell me what to do." Yellowfang clicked her tongue and padded away. Tigerstar suddenly realized that he missed Cuddles. He missed him deeply, now that he had been reminded.

Later that night, Yellowfang approached Tigerstar yet again.

"What do you want now?" he growled on seeing her approach.

"Nice to see you, too," she sniffed. "I just want to say that I'm sorry that I brought up the subject of Cuddles. I should've never done that. Because, I think it's time that you know, Cuddles has been dead for a very long time."

"What?" Tigerstar sputttered.

"Yes. So the only way that you can reunite with him is to die, because he's dead."

"You're kidding."

"No; I'm not. I swear on StarClan."

"That's a very weak promise."

"Fine. I swear on the Dark Forest."

"That's more like it," Tigerstar mewed, knowing what he had to do. He had to die, just this one more time, so that he could be with his dear Cuddles again. Why hadn't he seen Cuddles in the Dark Forest before? How long had he been there? Oh, poor Cuddles, he must be so scared, all by himself. Tigerstar hoped that he had friends.

Finally, when the sun fell, Tigerstar got up and heaved across the camp. By the time he reached the forest, he was out of breath. Wow. I am getting fat, he thought sadly. But that doesn't matter now, does it? I'm going to die. Surprisingly, Tigerstar wasn't scared. Sure, he had died plenty of times, eight to be exact, but this time it was for real. This time he was going to stay dead.

How will I die? He thought. What's the least painful way? Deathberries? Well, yes, that might've worked, but Tigerstar wasn't quite sure. He spotted some on a bush and thought, aah, what the heck. So he lapped up 5 of the bright red berries and let the darkness take him.

Even though Tigerstar has died officially, that doesn't mean this is the end of the story. I'm going to be featuring adventures of Tigerstar in the Dark Forest, so don't take me off of your favorite stories or whatever. This story isn't through. Please review!