Here is Chapter 10! I hope I didn't keep you waiting that long! Enjoy!
Here is what happened in the last Chapter:
"Shadow! Song!" Slash called. "Help!"
The two cats sharing tongues suddenly turned to see them running for their lives. They sprinted towards the action as they led the cat out into the open.
What emerged was the largest cat any of them had every seem, with short black fur and scars all along it's back and face.
It reared up, glaring at them. Burn ran behind Song and Shadow with Slash not far behind. Burn suddenly recognized the cat instantly and gasped with shock. "Its Deathspirit…"
Chapter 10
"Burn…" there was a rumble from Deathspirit, but the cats understood what it said. Burn stood beside her friends, claws extended, teeth bared, and fur risen.
The giant black cat smelled of crow-food and death, but Burn ignored the scent. Slash was shaking beside her, his eyes bright with fright.
"Hello, Deathspirit," Burn meowed, stepping towards the massive beast. The cat was about three times her size, but she wasn't going to back down.
"Burn… You killed my kit…" his voice was a rumble so deep it shook the earth beneath them.
"Flame was after my old clan. I couldn't let innocent cats die," she explained quickly.
"I am impressed by your moves…" he groaned. "And I would like to make you an official cat of my ranks…"
Shadow, Slash, and Song's heads turned straight towards Burn, and she gulped, but held her fear inside.
"I will politely reject," she hissed, "your invite. I do not kill innocent cats without reasoning."
"You killed me," Burn heard Flame's voice come from behind him. Her lip immediately curled and she snarled at her.
Song backed away behind the others, hiding from her "sister".
"Hello, Flame," Burn greeted the ginger she-cat. "You've looked better."
"And you've looked worse," she hissed back. Burn back arched, her fur rising up passed her shoulders.
Shadow joined the interrogation by copying the light gray she-cat. Slash started to creep to the other side of Burn, trying to find a way out of the fight.
There were suddenly more mews and four more cats came from behind the death cat. Burn recognized them all immediately. "Hawk that Fights with Talons," she greeted the rogue that she had recognized in her territory. "Whitewind," the ScorchClan warrior hissed as she said his name. "Flower that Dies in Winter," the she-cat growled. "And-" she paused, and her lips drew back with immense hatred.
"Ambersong…" the ginger she-cat stepped forward next to her daughter, Flame. "I should've known…"
"Well, it took you long enough. And my name is Scorch," she added hastily.
Whitewind spoke up, "And I am Light," the tom smiled with pride in his name.
Hawk extended his claws, raising his paw to scratch his ear. "I am Dark."
All the names seemed to fit the cats, and she looked to Flower, hoping she would be able to know her real name.
"And I," she butted in when she realized everyone else had said their names. "am Frost."
Burn smiled at them, trying to intimidate them all. "Are you sure you want a 'demon'" she looked to Scorch, "like me in your group?"
"Of course," she replied. "You demons can be quite a hassle, but your worth it."
"What are they talking about?" Shadow muttered into Burn's ear.
"You mean she didn't tell you?" Flame teased. "She is a demon. The worst kind, actually."
Burn growled from deep in her throat, and felt Shadow's pelt press up against her.
"She has the mark on her left eye. That stands for the Night they All Died." Flame explained. "That was the night that BeachClan and BirchClan were defeated. StarClan marked the demons," she emphasized the word with a strong hiss, "that killed those cats of those clans. They are reborn into the world to experience the pain and torture they gave to the two other clans."
Burn felt her purple eye begin to glow, and she snarled at Flame.
"So, she killed the clans. She is the reason they are dead. She is the reason that her life is just a waste of other cats' time!" Flame teased, stepping closer to Burn.
Burn seized the opportunity and leapt for Flame, sinking her teeth into her fur. The she-cat shrieked with surprise and tried to fight back.
This sent the others on edge. Song tore at Frost, Slash ran for Scorch, and Shadow took on Dark. Light ran to Burn and threw her off of Flame, and she landed with a thump. Getting up, she felt blood oozing from her shoulder, and she staggered back to battle, aiming for the white she-cat.
She met her aim, slamming heads until Burn stood on top of the cat, pinning her shoulders down. "Why do you want me? What is Deathspirit intending?" she shouted into her ear.
At that instant, she was lifted from the ground, and she dangled from the jaws of the mighty death cat. She squirmed with effort, shrieking at him. "Let me go!"
He growled, sending his hot breathe along her cheek, sending her whiskers to twitch in disgust. His kits looked to their leader and instantly retreated towards him. With a snarl, Flame converted his twisted words, "Don't follow us."
Slash shot up from the ground, his eye bleeding and his ear chipped on the side. Shadow padded up to Song, helping the weak apprentice off of the ground. She limped towards Slash and then leaned on his shoulder before collapsing to the ground.
Shadow leaned down next to her, licking her face. "Song?"
Burn looked helplessly to her new clanmates. She fought helplessly in the jaws of the beast, but no matter how hard she tried, she couldn't move.
"Get away from her!" Slash swiped at the air, threatening to go nearer.
"Don't," Shadow warned, trying to lick the life back into Song.
"But we can't just leave her!"
"You must!" Shadow screamed at him.
Slash raged away from Shadow and towards Deathspirit, whose eyes were glaring into him. He leapt for the giant tom before being slammed out of the air by Light, who furosiously began tearing at his stomach.
"Leave him," Flame called as she and the others turned away. "He is no use to them if he is dead."
"Is that considered helping?" Shadow yowled with anger from where he lay.
"In my book," she smiled devilishly. "Yes."
The seven cats faded into the darkness, taking Burn with them, her light-gray shape disappearing from the earth.
Slash picked angrily at the ground, anger rising up inside of him. "What are we going to do?" he paced around the two cats. "Burn is gone, and without Burn we can't get home!"
"Slash," Shadow tried to interrupt his panicking conversation with himself. "Slash. Slash."
"And what if-"
"Slash!" Shadow screamed from above Song who was unconscious on the floor. "Burn is fine."
"But what if she is not?" he looked straight at Shadow, searching his eyes for any emotion. "What if they kill her?"
Slash began to feel empty inside, and he sat down, wrapping his tail around his paws. He felt a tear well up in his eyes.
"You know what they say?" Shadow smiled. "If you love them enough, you might just go down in flames."
Slash is in LOVE! How did you guys like it? Thanks for reading and stay tuned for what is to come in the next chapter!
"I told you I dont want to stay here!"
"If you kill her, you have to go through me..."
"Great StarClan, why can't you just accept that you are a demon!"
"SLASH!"
