Warning! There may or may not be some majour violence in this chappy. It kinda depends on the songs Im listening to as I write it :D
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Chapter Twenty-one
Battle surounded Cliffheart, suffocating her in the hate of the Shadows and SilverStream. Why? Cliffheart thought, suddenly feeling like she was back to being a small kitten. Why do they hate so much? Why can't they just stop with their hate and forgive?
Cliffheart's body lay on the ground, her soul temporarily out of it. That made it make a little bit of sense, because she could see things. Not just the Shadows, but everything. Cliffheart liked seeing and all, but at the moment she would have preferred not to have eye sight. Everywhere was carnage. Cats lay dying and dead all around her. One pelt caught Cliffheart's interest more than most though. Shadowclaw. Cliffheart's eyes were glued on his body. His sides were un-moving and his eyes were glazed over. At his side was the cat he had died trying to protect, Hollyleaf. Up until now, Cliffheart thought Shadowclaw was only interested in her. It broke part of her heart and soul to find that he had no feeling for her whatsoever.
"Come on now," a familiar voice laughed from behind Cliffheart. "You know that isn't true!" Cliffheart turned to see ShadowClaw standing there, his pelt shining and his eyes full of the love she was positive existed between the two of them.
"ShadowClaw!" Cliffheart meowed in happiness, her eyes becoming young again. Somehwere deep into her past, before she even came to this life time, ShadowClaw had been her mate. How she remembered, she did not have a clue, but it didn't matter. She now knew what a mistake she had made when she chose Tigerstar. It was Shadowclaw this whole time. He was the one who saved her from the Shadow the first time, he was the one who protected her dreams by laying next to her in the den, he was the real father of Cliffheart's kits. She had no doubt about it now. The reason she could see her kits were because they were part of her, the reason she could see Starpaw was because Starpaw had ties to her too. She didn't admit it, not even to herself, but Cliffheart could see Shadowclaw the more clearly out of all of them.
Shadowclaw was padding towards Cliffheart when an unseen Shadow rose up and prepared to strike down. Cliffheart launched herself at it, her confidence and strength greater now. ShadowClaw seemed surprised to see the Shadow behind him, and Cliffheart would not let ShadowClaw's soul get corrupted no matter what.
"Run," Cliffheart shouted. Unlike in some of the stories that the elders told, the ones where two cats would never leave each other till the very end, Shadowclaw obeyed Cliffheart and ran for his life. It's better this way, Cliffheart thought sadly. It's better he not know the truth. I don't want him to try and prevent this prophecy, no matter how hard I try, I can and will eventually die for it. A loud laugh made Cliffheart whip her head around.
There stood Silverstream, Shadowclaws body underneathe her unsheathed claws.
Cliffheart was frozen for a moment or two. ShadowClaw? Please, please, Shadowclaw. Please don't let her corrupt your soul like hatred corrupted hers. Silverstream lifted up one of her paws and wacked Shadowclaw to the side. Cliffheart let out a low wail. She felt the pain he felt, and it hurt.
"Silverstream," Cliffheart hissed coldly. "I hope you are aware that I have destroyed all your minions. Now surrender or I will have to kill you. You know I wouldn't like that." Silverstream just laughed at this.
"Are you stupid?" Silverstream laughed before launching herself at Cliffheart.
"No!" A voice screamed in sadness. Cliffheart saw her daughter Flowerpaw in mid leap, pouncing onto Silverstreams back. That was the last thing Cliffheart saw before everything went black.
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OOOOOOOOOooooooooooooohhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!! Nice ending huh? Theres still the epilogue though. I know, I know, I have been making these past couple chapters overly short. oh and if there are any M's missing in this chappy its because the M key is being a bum!