Splashheart buried Ravenclaw that same night. She didn't how to prepare his body like a medicine cat, so she just went ahead and buried him. Splashheart sighed and lied down on his grave. It was very dark, and very cold. Splashheart shivered. Will this stupid Leaf-bare, go away soon? She thought, angered. She curled up and rested her head on her paws. Splashheart looked up at the stars. She wondered if Ravenclaw was watching her. She saw a small twinkle come from the stars. Ravenclaw… She thought. She then drifted into a deep sleep.

Splashheart awoke in her dream yet again. Splashheart growled. "Mistyleaf!" she spat. "Why did you kill him?"

A cat then came from the shadows, but it wasn't Mistyleaf. It was Ravenclaw! Splashheart felt her heart skip a beat. She then tried to run over to him, but something was keeping her back. She was confused for a moment, and then she remembered how Mistyleaf showed her the deaths of Spottail and Bluestripe. "Mistyleaf!" she called. "I don't want to see Ravenclaw get killed again!" she fretted.

"But you never did watch him die," Mistyleaf growled, though Splashheart couldn't see her.

Splashheart then looked into Ravenclaw's green pupil less eyes. They were filled with regret. Ravenclaw…Splashheart thought. "I'm so sorry!" she yowled. Then suddenly, a little white kit with a blue splash on his nose bounded beside Ravenclaw. Splashheart gapped. "You killed my sister's kit?" Splashheart asked.

"She needed to feel the pain also," Mistyleaf mewed. "She already knows about my list, but I need to tell her I killed her kit," Mistyleaf smirked.

The little tom's blue pupil less eyes, were filled with excitement. Splashheart felt the little kit's ambition to become the best warrior ever. It'll never happen though. Splashheart thought. Ravenclaw and Midnightgaze's little kit then were scratched in the throat. They both fell down dead. Splashheart sighed. "Mistyleaf," Splashheart started, "Please let me know if these cats are in StarClan," she pleaded.

Mistyleaf cocked her head. "What?" she asked.

"Bluestripe was kind of a bully, and Ravenclaw murdered someone," Splashheart mewed. "I want to know if StarClan allowed them in StarClan," Splashheart mewed.

"I really don't know, or care," Mistyleaf growled. Splashheart lowered her head. Mistyleaf sighed. "I haven't seen any of them in the Dark Forest," she mewed. "Does that help?" she asked.

Splashheart nodded slowly. "I guess," she muttered.

"I'm going to tell you now about my last victim on my list," Mistyleaf smirked.

"Ok," Splashheart mewed, not really listening.

"Better listen up," Mistyleaf growled, almost reading Splashheart's mind, "this victim is important," Mistyleaf mewed. Splashheart just nodded. "Ok," Mistyleaf mewed, clearing her throat. "This victim will be my final one before our war starts," Mistyleaf mewed. "This cat will break your and Midnightgaze's heart so much, that you'll be begging for me to bring her back. This cat will get and infected wound from a fox attack," Mistyleaf mewed. "Then my apprentice will take care of the rest of the problem for me, since this cat will be too weak to even move." Mistyleaf paused, and licked her paw. "Once my apprentice kills her, she'll come to me, where I will wipe out her sprit, forever!" Mistyleaf laughed.

"Wait," Splashheart mewed, "how will this cat come to you?" Splashheart asked. "You can't just walk into StarClan and get her out of there," she stated. "And why do you hate this cat so much? What did she do to you?" Splashheart mewed; trying to think of a cat close to her that wasn't Midnightgaze.

"Good questions, my dear," Mistyleaf growled, rubbing her tail along Splashheart's spine, making Splashheart tingle. "This cat will come to me, while I use yours and Midnightgaze's connection," Mistyleaf mewed.

"What?" Splashheart growled. "You can't do that, can you?" Splashheart asked, worried.

"Well I can't," Mistyleaf growled, rubbing her paw along her head, "but my apprentice can," she smirked. "Once he finishes his test I gave him, he'll be able to do it," Mistyleaf growled.

Splashheart growled. "I'll make sure he doesn't finish his job!" Splashheart spat.

"But you're so far away from your territory," Mistyleaf mewed. "The foxes have already come and destroyed your camp," Mistyleaf growled. "I bet about the time you come back, he'll already be leader," Mistyleaf mewed.

Splashheart gasped. "Redheart…" her voice trailed off. "Redheart's your apprentice, isn't he?" Splashheart growled. "He has to become leader to be able to get me and my sister's connection!" Splashheart hissed. "In order to do that he…he…must kill Rockstar…" Splashheart's voiced trailed off.

"Bingo kitty," Mistyleaf mewed. "Once you set foot in your territory," Mistyleaf unsheathed her claws, "destruction will happen, my little friend," Mistyleaf smirked. "It'll happen between you and your sister, your Clan, and probably some other Clans," Mistyleaf mewed.

"Wait," Splashheart started, "How will this battle, affect our Clan?" Splashheart asked. "I thought Midnightgaze and I would fight you and Redheart alone," Splashheart mewed.

"Yeah," Mistyleaf mewed, "but I'll need to keep your Clan busy for whenever I come," Mistyleaf mewed. "I'll bring the Dark Forest with me," Mistyleaf murmured.

"But you can't do that!" Splashheart protested. "StarClan forbids any Dark Forest member to come out into the real world," Splashheart mewed. "It's still a mystery how you are able to do it," Splashheart stated.

"I can do it because of the cat who murdered me," Mistyleaf mewed, "however, the Dark Forest can't," she mewed. "Since I've been going into your and your sister's dreams, I've been collecting tiny bits of your connection," Mistyleaf mewed. "Now I have enough of it, to let most of the Dark Forest out!" Mistyleaf smirked.

"What?" Splashheart exclaimed.

"Yes dear," Mistyleaf mewed, "it'll be your and your sister's fault, this is happening to your Clan," she mewed.

Splashheart's head hung low, and then she shot it back up, "Who killed you?" Splashheart asked. "I want to know this 'special cat' that killed you!" Splashheart yelled.

"I really can't say that, Splashheart," Mistyleaf mewed. "It's mine, and that cat's secret only," Mistyleaf mewed.

"Why?" Splashheart asked.

"Let's just say, that my connection with my sister wasn't as 'special' as yours with your sister," Mistyleaf muttered. Then Mistyleaf padded back into the Dark Forest, leaving the confused Splashheart, in the distance.

Splashheart awoke and saw the vast green grass in front of her. She stood up, and stretched her legs, and padded into the green lush forest beside her. Before she did, she said one final goodbye to Ravenclaw, and then walked into the forest. It would take some time for Splashheart to realize that she was alone now. She sighed, and started to pick up her past. She then broke into a run. It felt good stretching her legs out again. She then caught a whiff of a mouse, and started to follow its scent. She found it in the middle of a clearing. So she hid in a bush, and waited for the right time to pounce. The mouse then dug up some berries, and started to eat. Splashheart then got into a hunter crouch, and then pounce. At the same time, a slender gray tom, with blue paws, and a white blaze on his face, jumped also. Splashheart gasped, while the tom collided with her head. Splashheart growled. "That was my piece of prey!" she hissed.

"Oww," The tom whined, rubbing his head with his paw, "that hurt Clan cat!" he spat.

"Clan cat?" the blue-and-white she-cat cocked her head. "How do you know about the Clans?" Splashheart asked. Before the tom replied, Splashheart said something else. "Were you spying, on me and Ravenclaw?" she hissed.

"Look," the tom mewed, still rubbing his head. "I haven't spied on you or your friend, I've just came to get some breakfast," The gray tom mewed.

What's Breakfast? Splashheart shook her head. "How do you know about the Clans then?" she asked.

"I'm a traveler, and plus my dad was a Clan cat," the tom mewed.

"Really?" the she-cat mewed..

"Yeah," The tom muttered.

Splashheart cocked her head. "What's wrong?" she asked.

"My father left his Clan 'cause of my mother," the tom mewed, "who was a kittypet," he murmured.

"Wow," Splashheart mewed, loss of word. "Do you know which Clan your father was in?" she asked.

The tom shook his head. "No," he mewed, "but his name was Razorstrike, the warrior. My mother's name was Flower, and my name is Strider," he mewed.

Strider…Splashheart thought. What a handsome name.

"What's your name?" Strider asked. "Are you a warrior?" he asked, again.

"My name is Splashheart," the she-cat replied. "I'm a warrior of RockClan," she mewed, standing up with pride.

"Nice," he mewed. "Now let's go hunting, what to you say?" Strider asked. "You can't tell me about all your life, after we eat, ok?" he mewed.

Splashheart nodded.

After the two ate, Splashheart told Strider about her life.

"Wow," Strider mewed, impressed. "That's a lot," he murmured.

"I know right," Splashheart mewed. "Now tell me about your life," she mewed.

Strider nodded. "Ok, like I said before, my father was a warrior named Razorstrike, and my mother was a kittypet named Flower," he mewed. "I was born in a house, or what my father liked to call it, a Twoleg nest," Strider paused, and liked his chest fur, "I was the only kit my mother had, and I think the Twolegs there, were planning to keep me," Strider murmured. "But the Twolegs were old, and I think they died or something," Strider mewed. Splashheart gasped. "So me and my parents were left abandon," Strider mewed. "Then my mother and father started to fight a lot, and then they parted ways." Strider looked at his paws. "I chose to go with my mother, but I should've known better that she couldn't hunt or fight," Strider mewed. "I tried to teach her, but she never listened," he growled. "Then after a while, my mother and I were very weak. One day she collapsed on a thunderpath, and she was hit by a monster." Strider shook his head. "I was then left alone in the woods," he mewed. "I've grown in the past couple years, though, and I can hunt for myself, but it gets very lonely," Strider mewed, looking at Splashheart. "That's why I'm happy to find a cat out here, and a new quest to do," Strider mewed.

"Thank you," Splashheart mewed.

Strider nodded. "It's always a pleasure to help a damsel in distress," Strider mewed.

Splashheart just nodded.

"Let's get some rest, and then we'll start on our journey, ok?" Strider asked.

"Yes," Splashheart replied back.

Then the two curled up with each other, and went to sleep…

A/N

Are you happy this chapter didn't end in tragedy? Hah. Thanks for everyone who voted! Sorry if your name wasn't picked! Plus I'm very sad right now…iCARLY IS ENDING FOREVER! *crys* They're playing their very last episode tonight! (iGoodbye) It's an hour long though. I hope Sam and Freddie get back together (though it won't happen I bet). The reason why it's ending, is because Miranda Cosgrove (Carly) is going to college, and I bet she isn't going to make any more when she comes back :(! Also, put in the comments who you think murdered Mistyleaf.

May the powerful connection light your way…