AN. Hey guys! Guess what? THE STORY IS COMPLETE! Enjoy this chapter! It's the final! :)

Chapter Eleven

Pain….

Death…..

Those were the only thoughts that entered the HopeClan leader's mind as she felt everything slowly go dark. No….I can't die….No!

"Shadowstar…."

Is…is that…is that Shadestar calling me to StarClan?

All then went white as Shadowstar finally flashed open her eyes. She was back at home, back by the waterfall. She looked at it and smiled as the gentle flowing of it rang in her ears.

It was then she noticed the former HiddenClan leader standing on the ledge, "Welcome, Shadowstar,"

Shadowstar got to her paws and sighed, "I'm dead…." She muttered, "I've failed…."

Shadestar shook his head, "No, Shadowstar. You aren't dead, you still got ten lives left,"

Shadowstar raised her head, "That's right! I'm a leader with nine lives plus the lives Whisperstar and Hiddenstar had given me!"

Shadestar nodded, "That is correct,"

Shadowstar lashed her tail, "Send me back then! I need to fight; I need to bring Bone down!"

Shadestar flicked his ear, "Calm down, Shadowstar. You need time to recover, then you can return. Fear not though, help has arrived."

The HopeClan leader blinked, "Help?"

Shadestar nodded, "Yes. Now it's time for you to return…."

Shadowstar was about to ask who it was that was helping but she found herself being pulled back into darkness.

Yowling and snarling rang in Shadowstar's ears as her eyes snapped open and life returned to her form. Looming over her wasn't Bone or the sky, but a frantic and grief-stricken looking Sunshaft's,.

Sunshaft's eyes then brightened, "Oh, Shadowstar! You're okay! I…I thought you were lost…."

Shadowstar smiled and rose to her paws, "I am a leader, Sunshaft. I have more than one life," she then licked him on the cheek, "Thank you, for everything," she murmured in his ear, "Now, let's take Bone down…."

Determination then shone through Sunshaft's eyes and he nodded, "Right!" and with that, they both leaped back into the battle. Shadowstar instantly snapped her jaws and clawed her way through the SorrowClan cats that tried to take her down. However, she paid little attention to them…she wanted to find Bone.

And she did……

She heard furious snarls and she looked in the source to find Bone brawling with….Firestar?!

Shadowstar starred, ThunderClan! ThunderClan is here to help!

She knew that the flame colored leader couldn't take down Bone on his own, so she dashed and leaped onto Bone who had trapped Firestar in a pin. She leaped onto the cruel leader's back and bit deeply into his throat.

Bone yowled and Firestar was able to break free of Bone's grasp. Shadowstar leaped off Bone and turned to Firestar, "You help your Clanmates, I'll deal with Bone," she said with a smile.

Firestar nodded in understanding, "Got it….good luck," he said, leaping to help a long furred grey tom who was battling two cats at once.

Bone snarled, his eyes wide with shock, "Y-You! I killed you! Why aren't you dead?!"

The leader of HopeClan only grinned, "Because I believe in hope, Bone, and that's why you won't be the won to win."

Bone hissed, "We'll see about that then! I'll just kill you again!" then leaped at her and Shadowstar leaped back, they collided in a fury of claws and teeth as they wrestled each other to the ground, neither showed mercy.

Bone bit into Shadowstar's shoulder causing the raven leader to hiss and claw Bone's sides with her claws.

Her opponent tried to break away as she did so, swapping his claws at her chest. Shadowstar yowled and loosened her grip and thus giving Bone the upper paw. He pushed her down, pinning her, "Now…shall we try this again? Hopefully this time…you'll stay dead!"

Shadowstar tried to break free, but Bone's weight was too great for her, N-No…I can't die again…even if I have ten lives, my body can only last so long….

Bone smirked, "Once I'm done with you, I'd like to see you come back! Die!"

Shadowstar braced herself for the blow, I'm gonna die twice in one night…I may only come back to die again….

But……the blow never came. Something flashed before her as another body clashed into Bone's and pinned it. Shadowstar's eyes widened as she saw who it was, Swanfeather?!

Shadowstar gazed as the….the medicine cat dug her fangs into Bone's neck and thanks to the wounds Shadowstar already gave the tom quickly went limp….and just like that …Bone was gone.

The bewildered HopeClan leader turned to Swanfeather, "S-Swanfeather?" she said in surprise as she slowly rose to her paws.

The HopeClan medicine cat turned to Shadowstar and looked at her paws, "I was helping injured cats….and….I saw he had you pinned….I-I couldn't let him kill you….i-it was all on instinct…."

Shadowstar then had a smile break out on her face, Bone was dead! "Thank you, Swanfeather!" she said, limping over next to the medicine cat, "You…You saved me…and you saved us all,"

"But I'm a-"

"A medicine cat, yes. But you only did so to protect us all and you won't be punished for that," Shadowstar said with wisdom, a smile on her face.

Before Swanfeather could reply, Eagleheart raced over, a look of joy shone in her eyes, "He's dead! Bone's dead!"

All cats turned to see the lifeless form of the once cruel cat and at once all SorrowClan cats turned to flee in separate directions. With Bone dead, they no longer had any reason to fight.

Firestar stepped forward, dipping his head, "Thank you, Shadowstar. If not for you those cats would still be roaming our lake,"

Shadowstar shook her head, "Don't thank me, it was all of us…"

Firestar smiled and nodded as a long furred grey tom came up from behind, "Everybody is fine, Firestar," he said with a smile.

Firestar gave the tom a friendly smile, "Thank you, Greystripe. Gather everyone and we'll head back to camp,"

Greystripe nodded and turned, padding off.

The flame colored cat then turned his attention back to Shadowstar, "If you hadn't killed Bone, though, they wouldn't have ever left,"

Shadowstar was about to open her mouth to say it was Swanfeather, but the said cat came in first, "Yes," she said with a smile.

The HopeClan leader blinked in confusion at her medicine cat, but Swanfeather didn't pay any attention to the expression and got to her paws, "Cats need to be attended," she said, heading off with her tail streaming behind and a peaceful smile on her face.

Firestar dipped his head to Shadowstar one last time, "And I need to take my Clan home. Have a safe journey to wherever you come from," he told her as her went over to a group of ThunderClan cats with Greystripe at it's lead, waiting for Firestar. Then, they moved and Shadowstar watched them go until they were out of sight.

Sunshaft padded over to Shadowstar, purring, "All is well at last….." he sighed. Shadowstar smiled, "At last…it's over…WhisperClan and HiddenClan can go back to living in peace,"

The two cats then gazed up in the sky where the stars shone bright, their pelts brushed up against each other, We are safe….WhisperClan and HiddenClan will live on….And…so shall HopeClan.

All was over, together, the cats of HopeClan gazed up as the sun rose into the sky. It was dawn, a new dawn. It was their dawn that they sought for…and found.

~The End~

AN. At long last, Dawn of the Rising Moon and Seeking Dawn are both complete! What happened afterwards you can all make up, I know I left a lot of loose ends but they are for you to create. (For all I care, you can create a fic on it)

So yeah, story is over! Whoo!!! I just feel so relieved...it's been going on for such a while.....Now review....and yeah....

Thanks for reading! :)