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Spottedleaf's paws skidded across the marshy land, springing up as quickly as they landed. She had to find Rippledance. She remembered that the black she-cat had turned this way...
She tasted the air, trying to just focus on finding the warrior, trying to stop her brain from wondering about what she had just saw. What had really happened? Her nose picked up a scent, clear and strong. Fresh. Rippledance. She followed the trail which seemed to be strangely obvious. But Spottedleaf wasn't thinking about that. She was still wondering about the portal. If Falconfur was pushed in, how was he still recarnated?
Turning around a abrupt corner made her lose her balance and fall to the ground. She slipped on twigs, splashing heavily into a puddle. Groaning, she pulled her soaking wet body up the muddy shore.
"Just what I wanted," She sighed. Laughter exploded beside her. She turned around. There lay Rippledance, masked with mud and rotting leaves of the forest floor, rolling around in hysterics, giggling like crazy. Spottedleaf stifled a smile. Yep, she looked ridiculous. Soaking wet, muddy, trying to find Rippledance who had set a trap for her. Which explains the extremely strong scent. At least I found her. Or, she caught me.
When the used-to-be-camouflaged cat stopped shuddering with laughter, which was so long that Spottedleaf thought it was scary, she spoke.
"I knew there was going to be questions." Rippledance squeezed between her chuckling while gasping for breath. "So I made a plan to get back on you for spying."
Spottedleaf attempted a frown, but she couldn't hold it either. They both laughed for a while before finally calming down for business.
"Fine. I have questions- Who is Falconfur? And why'd he kill Aspen-whoever and WHY IS THIS HAPPENING TO HIM?"
"Let's start from the begining." Rippledance cut in quickly. "And let's go slow."
She opened her mouth. "SkyClan still exsisted, and was flourishing that time. It was really close to the time when SkyClan was going to be exiled. I was in SkyClan. Falconfur's mother was a tempered rogue who killed cats to defend the SkyClan tom that left the clan to join her- a huge mistake that many saw as betrayal. And Falcon was her kit. He was influenced by his father, and joined the clan again after his mother died. Unfortunately, well... that resulted in Falconfur having to defend himself both verbally and physically due to the lack of respect for his mom and dad. So, once there was a huge fight and he had to defend himself and accidentally killed a apprentice. He was seen as unworthy and was teamed up against some cats. This resulted in more killing and... he and me both died, going to StarClan. Let's say that the medicine cats were terribly alarmed and angry when they saw him in StarClan, not the Dark Forest, so, more riots exploded and cats, including StarClan cats died."
Spottedleaf nodded as Rippledance paused. "Then, over here, we tried to find the way out. It took a long, long time. Way too long. When we finally found the recarnation portal... Aspenwing wanted to push him in, as a punishment for his father running away with the rogue, because she wanted Falconfur's father. A huge arguement broke out and it ended up as Aspenwing dead, resulting in the pushing in of Falconfur..."
The black she-cat paused, her voice soft. Leaves rustled. She started again, this time turning bitter.
"I had to prove my loyalty to SkyClan so I had to push him in, though the cats back in SkyClan still remembered him faintly. He was recarnated. Into another one. Darkspots of ShadowClan. He came back here, and never remembered me. I tried to get him to stay. I tried to explain to him. I tried. He did. For a long time. He never believed me though. But then, one day, I let him go. And Firestar was born."
Spottedleaf nodded blindly. Her head had caught onto something that she couldn't get past. And the loud rustles of leaves and shrieking of birds fleeing didn't help either.
"But wait," Spottedleaf began, unsure of what she wanted to say. "How did Falconfur recarnate if he was still remembered?"
Rippledance's eyes went wide. She stared at Spottedleaf for a moment.
"What?" Spottedleaf asked, uneasily. Rippledance kept staring, but her expression was one of worry. When she finally spoke, she was solem.
"You could always recarnate. Always. Anytime. But the pain strikes... the more cats that remembered you, the more pain you would have." She admitted quietly. "I just wanted some cats to stay with me. You could leave right now, but still have some intense nagging. Though I, would have a painless recarnation."
Snorts erupted from the bush. "Not if you're sent there another way. Or maybe, you don't get a chance at all." A venomous voice laughed.
Three shining pairs of eyes. Mapleshade. Brokenstar. Hawkfrost. And they had heard the entire thing.
Spottedleaf's heart skipped a beat. The air was thick with tension.
"Well? What do you have to say for yourself?" Mapleshade hissed, her eyes glowing with accusation. "I could have become new cat, a long, long time ago. I won't care about the pain! I had enough pain."
Rippledance hung her head. "I'm sorry. I just... I..."
"Apologies don't help make up time." Brokenstar growled. "Just let me leave already, foxheart."
Rippledance looked up, hesitating.
"So? Are you going to move?!" The scarred tortiseshell howled.
Rippledance blinked, unable to comprehend. And then, the warrior leapt straight at her, aiming for the throat.
So, how was the chapter? Enjoy the end? I know, I'm very mean. Hope you enjoyed, and thank you again for waiting.
Thx ever so much - Misty
