I don't need to do any APC challenges but meh :3 Kudos if you get the hidden reference. Challenge was Truth's Worst Enemy.

That StarClan-forsaken liar! That piece of fox dung! That absolute mousebrain!

Gah. Ivyshadow kept muttering curses under her breath. Nothing could be accomplished with lying. Nothing. Lying only broke trust, friendships, and although she was unwilling to admit, love as well. How could she have loved that filthy monster?

All those nights staying up, praying for Dovebelly's life. All those nights, not wanting to fall asleep, in case she might be gone when she woke up. All those nights, foolishly being tricked by her 'lover'. All those nights, wanting to desperately to tell the medicine cat, but Dovebelly insisted that she was fine without and wasn't worth the herbs.

But she was dead. So she doesn't matter anymore.

...Right?

Who would tell such an awful and absolutely dreadful lie? Did Dovebelly ever even love Ivyshadow? What if, what if, this whole ordeal hadn't occurred at all?

Ivyshadow wouldn't be a murderer.

Ivyshadow wouldn't be paranoic and 'insane'.

Ivyshadow wouldn't be too heartbroken to not even be able to stand a flirting glance her way.

Dovebelly wouldn't be dead.

It was over now, but it didn't always feel like that. She felt her sins crawling on her back every single moment she was alive. She felt guilty for everything and all the turmoil the clan had been in. Of course, nobody knew that Dovebelly had been ill, or actually, had been lying about her illness. They also didn't know where the heck she was. Dovebelly was in the river, though. Rolled in after Ivyshadow had made the killing strike, and zoomed away by the current.

It had happened one moon ago, today. She didn't even know when the lie had started... but it had ended a moon ago, today. Ivyshadow knew that for sure.

StarClan, this was too much. The burden was still weighing down on her from what she had done, and after Dovebelly had died, she had lost her only 'friends'. Perhaps Ivyshadow had had a few admirers before it happened, but ever since, she had turned away from the group, forcing herself to become a loner.

Not that she even wanted 'friends' afterwards. They might trick her and lie to her again, and she would also just be a huge burden for them too.

StarClan, this was too much.

Too much to handle.

Too much.

Why not just end it now? Everyone will be happier.

Why not just end it now?