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XxBloodoftheMoonxX: Bluepaw reminds you of yourself? Then you must be a very nice person. And I can't say I disagree with you on the desserts. And as for your submission, I said that if you are a member of FanFiction, you are supposed to PM it to me. Considering that you are the first person to send me an OC, I will let it slide. But if you want to send me another OC, please PM it, okay? Thanks. Also, about Ravenwing. It is impossible for cats to be odd-eyed (have two eye colors) unless they are mostly/fully white. Either you have to make Ravenwing mostly/fully white, or choose between amber or green. Can you please decide for me and let me know? Thanks.

ASPENTAIL: Yes, you are right. This is a remake of String of Pearly's story, The Sound of Snow. I'm not clever enough to think of such a genius plotline on my own!

CHAPTER 17: THE MIST STARTS TO CLEAR

Leopardheart's POV

That morning, I was sitting in the warriors' den with my sister, grooming her pelt to perfection.

Suddenly I saw Bluemist and Sassafraspaw come in, frowning.

"Leopardheart and Silvermoon," said Bluemist, "we have some very important news for you. First of all, I found out that Sassafraspaw actually can talk."

"Yes," said Sassafraspaw shyly. I stared at her. She had such a beautiful and deep voice. I had forgotten it within the past few moons.

"And also, we found out something important about Sandfur," said Bluemist. "Sassafraspaw killed Sandfur."

I was shocked. Not Sandfur! "Why?" I asked furiously.

"I'm expecting kits, right?" she asked. I nodded. "Well, Sandfur forced me to have them. They're his kits."

Silvermoon stood, furious. "How dare he?" she seethed. "Why did he want kits so much anyways?"

"He wanted to hurt me just because I'm not Clanborn," Sassafraspaw replied. "Hopefully, Sandfur is in the Dark Forest right now, so we don't need to worry about him."

"Oh, StarClan," I gasped. "Tell us the whole story."

Sassafraspaw's POV

Flashback (3 moons ago)

Sassafraspaw walked by the horseplace. She knew that she wasn't allowed outside after dark, but she felt like it.

Suddenly, a loud noise made her jump. Sandfur was standing in front of her. "Hi Sassafraspaw," he whispered.

"Oh, hi," said Sassafraspaw, kicking over a pebble. She had been caught! Darn it!

"I won't tell on you," said Sandfur, smiling, "if you do me a favor."

"What is it?" Sassafraspaw asked eagerly. She could do anything! She was so grateful that Sandfur wasn't getting her into trouble, she would –

– "I want you to have my kits," the cream-colored tom meowed.

Sassafraspaw stared. "What? I'm an apprentice! I can't have kits!"

"Too bad," replied Sandfur.

"Why do you need them?" Sassafraspaw gasped as he shoved her to the ground.

"I don't care. I just want to make you suffer!" The tom's amber eyes flashed venomously.

"What did I ever do to you?" Sassafraspaw pleaded as the warrior began to claw her flank.

"You're a rouge!" he hissed. "You've got filthy breeding. Rouges don't belong in my Clan. Do you know what a rouge did to me?"

"What?" asked Sassafraspaw, rolling over to dodge his teeth.

"A rouge forced my mother to have his kits!" he shrieked. "And those kits happen to be me and my brother! That means that I'm half-Clan!"

"But what does that have to do with me?" asked Sassafraspaw, as she began to cry.

"Well," Sandfur replied, "this proves that all rouges are evil! And I'm punishing you because you're like all of them! You're just a filthy rouge!"

Immediately, Sassafraspaw decided that she had enough. "It's not my fault!" she cried. "Not all cats outside the Clans are evil."

"Well, yeah," replied Sandfur, sniggering. "Kittypets and loners aren't a problem. It's the rouges that I'm against."

Sassafraspaw swiped a paw at him, but he lazily dodged. "You're going to have to try harder than that, rouge," he sneered.

Sassafraspaw rolled from under Sandfur and ran, faster than Sandfur could reach her. A heap of rocks was nearby. Sassafraspaw climbed them so that Sandfur could never reach her.

"Think I can't reach you up there?" asked Sandfur. Sassafraspaw's eyes were on fire.

"Well, you can't, because you're dead!" she roared, and kicked the rocks, aiming at his head. Sandfur's eyes widened, and he struggled to dodge the rockslide, but Sassafraspaw kicked more rocks down and they buried the warrior until his cream fur wasn't visible anymore. After a while, Sassafraspaw went down to check on the tom.

His legs were broken, but he was still breathing. Sassafraspaw grimaced, and did something that she had sworn never to do.

"Goodbye, Sandfur," she whispered sorrowfully, and reached over, cleanly snapping his neck.

End of Flashback

Leopardheart's POV

"You did the right thing," I meowed instantly as soon as the story was over.

"That tom has problems," said Silvermoon angrily. "If he weren't already dead I would kill him."

"Sassafraspaw, you're not the only cat with secrets," said Silvermoon suddenly. "Purpleflower murdered Darkshadow."

I stopped and stared at her. "What?"

"Purpleflower told me," she said. "And she threatened to tell about my relationship with Wildwater if I told on her. Leopardheart, Purpleflower did betray Darkshadow. She had a mate from another Clan, and when Darkshadow found out, she killed him – probably because she didn't want him to tell anyone her secret."

"You had a relationship with Wildwater?" I asked.

"Well, I did," she admitted. "But he threatened to kill me, so that relationship kinda ended."

"But since you aren't with Wildwater anymore, nothing is stopping you from telling everyone," I pointed out.

"Who would believe us?" she asked.

"We'll tell everyone at the Gathering, which is a half-moon away," said Bluemist. "I'm sure we'll be invited, because we rescued Leopardheart."

"I might not be allowed to come," I pointed out. "Midnightstar probably doesn't want me to go anywhere near Flowerstar."

"Well, we'll tell you about it," said Silvermoon.

We stood there talking, and planning out what was to happen.

Next up, you will hear Sandfur's side of the story.