Here is chapter 12, enjoy my fans and RRR :D

Shadow waited impatiently on the top of her fence, casting urgent glances back into the window of her twoleg's nest. Melissa was scurrying around the nest grabbing all kinds of odd twoleg things, Shadow had a feeling they would be leaving today.

Lionstorm appeared his golden pelt sleek and gleaming, he looked into the window and then back at Shadow "Today is the day?" he asked, his tail twitching urgently.

"Yes I believe it is" Shadow leapt down from the fence towards the forest "Let's go get shadow". Lionstorm looked at his mate sadly "She is holding her silent vigil; Amberstar welcomed her as a warrior last night".

Shadow sighed sadly "She needs to return to the tribe, this is all I have been told by the tribe of endless hunting". Lionstorm nodded "Well since we have some time before heading to camp, would you like to see where I battled Shadowclan for my warrior name?" Shadow purred "I would love to". He headed towards the camp along the Shadowclan border, Shadow raced after him.

Leopard stared in front of her, remaining silent until she was relieved from the vigil. Shimmersky purred, her ginger and white pelt pressed against Leopard's, her eyes still shining like stars after the ceremony. She turned her gaze and blushed meeting Rowanflight's steady green gaze, he purred and pressed his face to her flank. Leopard purred looking back out of the gorse entrance, life was perfect for her.

Shadow and Lionstorm padded silently side by side along the Shadowclan border, as they approached the thunderpath Lionstorm's ears pricked and he hissed.

"What is it?" Shadow asked, pressing her flank to his.

"Shadowclan" he snarled, his fur began to bristle as two cats came into view. One was the smaller black she-cat Leopard had fought earlier; the other was the large dark tabby Hawkclaw.

The dark tabby caught sight of Lionstorm and padded over followed by the she-cat "Well well well, what have we here" he sneered.

Lionstorm unsheathed his claws "Get off Thunderclan territory" he snarled.

Hawkclaw shrugged "I don't really see why we have to, because you see" he meowed "I felt like hunting, and there was this large fat juicy squirrel over here" he purred "I just couldn't resist" he unsheathed his claws.

Lionstorm snarled angrily "Leave now, or I'll send you back to your camp meowing like kits".

The sleek black she-cat spoke up "This is Leopard's father and mother, I remember hearing she had only three legs" she sneered "Let me kill her, please? Payback for what the kittypet did to me" she unsheathed her claws and stepped forward.

Lionstorm stepped in between the two she-cats "I'll rip you to shreds" he snarled, he launched himself at the she-cat, raking his long claws down her side and biting down hard on her ear.

The she-cat yanked her head back and Lionstorm felt the satisfying rip of her ear in his mouth, and scarlet drops splattered his face. He swiped and launched himself forward, smacking the she-cat squarely on the jaws. She yowled and raced away back onto her territory.

"Lionstorm, help me" he turned to see Hawkclaw, holding Shadow down like he had Leopard, his paw raised above her head. Lionstorm launched himself at the dark tabby tom, crashing into him the two toms rolled in a fury of tooth and claw.

Rolling out onto the thunderpath, Lionstorm heard Shadow yowl loudly; he stood up to see a large monster barreling down on him. Fiery pain erupted through his bodied followed by the cool of darkness.

Shadow yowled and raced onto the thunderpath, looking down at the body of her fallen mate, she turned her gaze to see Hawkclaw lay motionless as well. The monster had thrown him closer to his territory.

Shadow dipped her head grasping her mate's scruff in her jaws; she struggled to pull him safely onto Thunderclan territory. Casting a glance back at Hawkclaw she padded carefully onto the thunderpath once more.

Gripping his dark tabby scruff in her jaws she dragged him to his territory and left him, padding back to her mate. She rasped her tongue over his head yowling curses to starclan for taking her love, tears burning her eyes and her pelt bristled. She sadly bent her head low, grasping his scruff in her jaws and slowly dragged her dead mate's body back to his clan.

Minkstripe padded over to the three warriors dipping his head to them "Well done, your vigil is over you make speak now, and grab some freshkill" he flicked his tail towards the freshkill pile "and you may go rest in the warriors den, you will all be on the moon high patrol."

Shimmersky yawned and stretched noisily "Well I'm heading for a nap" she meowed "I'll eat later" she turned and padded towards the apprentice's den for a moment then turned around, her fur hot with embarrassment as she raced into the warriors den.

Leopard purred and laughed at her friend "Well I'm going to grab some food, I'm starving" she meowed. Rowanflight nodded "I'll get some, want to share?" Leopard nodded "Sure" she laid down waiting for Rowanflight, curling her tail over her paws.

Suddenly a black cat raced into the camp, limping slightly "Mother?" Leopard leapt to her paws racing over and brushing muzzles with Shadow.

"What happened?" she asked, seeing her mother's blue eyes were frantic.

"It's Lionstorm" she wailed, "He came to get me, it's time to go back to the tribe and when we were on our way to come get you" she struggled to speak, "He got into a border fight with Shadowclan and he was struck by a monster on the thunderpath, along with one of the Shadowclan warriors"

Amberstar raced over "What happened?"

Leopard could barely see or hear as her mother explained to Amberstar, her paws felt numb and the forest seemed to be spinning around her.

Minkstripe padded into the camp, dragging Lionstorm's limp body from his jaws, he gently laid the fallen warrior in the center of the camp. Shadow wailed in mourning and padded over falling next to her dead mate, pressing her muzzle to his fur.

Leopard raced over, her head still pounding at the shock of her father's death, she buried her face in his fur, breathing in his familiar scent, and feeling like a small kit back in her mother's nest. His body felt cold and lifeless, and she murmured to his body, sharing tongues with him for the last time.

Amberstar leapt to the top of the high ledge "One of our own has left us to hunt with starclan, Lionstorm will always be remembered for his courage and his strong belief in his clan and the warrior code" she yowled, her voice aching with sadness at the death of her warrior "We will hold vigil for him tonight and honor him as he joins starclan".

Leopard barely heard a word Amberstar said, she could only think of the monster hitting her father, see the light leave his eyes and feel the burning of the pain he must have felt. She felt two tails on her shoulder and looked up to see Shimmersky and Rowanflight looking at her sadly, together they both laid down next to Leopard to share the vigil with her.

Leopard buried her face in her father's fur, breathing in his scent once more as she drifted off to sleep.

AN: :( Lionstorm i miss you already. RRR let me know what you think and what you think will happen next.