Chapter 37. The poll has been closed and the winner is all kin of Firestar with Cloudtail in a close second and all non-clanners and Firestar tied for third place. Thanks for voting!

The next morning Brightheart was eating a vole, thinking of how to destroy the other her when Hollyleaf came over with a piece of prey and settled down next to her. Brightheart did not even realize that the other her had taken over. "So?" she asked, continuing to eat the vole.

"I asked Jayfeather and he told me that Firestar had two lives left," replied Hollyleaf, eating the thrush she got from the pile.

Brightheart nodded, trying to keep the giddiness out of her voice. Two lives! That was less than she thought! She needed to figure out how to remove one of Firestar's lives. The last one she will remove herself. She wanted to see him struggle and plead for death. "Did Jayfeather tell you anything else? About...StarClan?"

Hollyleaf shook her head. "No. All I was able to get out of him was Firestar's lives."

"That's fine," said Brightheart, noticing Sandstorm returning with a patrol. Probably a find Squirrelflight patrol. Brightheart knew it was time to pull that out. It was amazing that Squirrelflight's body had not been found yet but it was only a matter of time. She was upset that she would lose a pawn but that could not be helped. "Hollyleaf," began Brightheart, her eyes still on Sandstorm, "Meet me at the abandoned twoleg nest a little before sunhigh."

"Why?"

Brightheart didn't answer. She got up and walked over to Sandstorm. Sandstorm's eyes filled with warmth as Brightheart came over. Sandstorm walked over and met her halfway. "What is it? Did you find something out?"

Brightheart looked around cautiously, like she was checking for enemies. "Meet me at the abandoned twolegged place at sunhigh. Bring some warriors with you."

Sandstorm looked around and whispered, "Why? Is there something there?"

Brightheart shook her head, signaling that she could not say. "Just meet me." She turned and left camp. She headed for the abandoned nest, careful to make sure no warriors saw her. Once she got there she went inside and checked on Squirrelflight's body. Still there. She checked on the foxglove and knew it was still edible although she wouldn't be the one to test that.

Since Hollyleaf wouldn't be here yet, Brightheat looked over Squirrelflight's tail, trying to figure out what would be the best method to remove it. Knowing it probably wouldn't happen because of her plan, she decided to pull up Brightheart and speak with her.

"Stop this!" yowled Brightheart, causing the other Brightheart to wince at her loud voice. "ThunderClan has suffered enough. Please stop."

"You don't know anything do you?" replied the other Brightheart, watching the sunlight filter through the cracks in the ceiling. "I am Brightheart and I will rip Firestar apart. There is nothing you can do about it so just sit and enjoy the show."

"I won't!" snarled Brightheart, "I will fight! For all the cats dear to me, I will take you down. You can count on that!"

The other Brightheart shrugged, "You can try I guess. Won't do any good but at least you'll make it interesting."

"I'll tell everycat!" threatened Brightheart, "I'll tell them of your crimes."

"How are you going to do that? In case you forgot, we both share one body. If you tell, that means you are going to be seen as an enemy. Who is going to believe my existence? Plus, I won't let you do that. I'll just take over."

Brightheart fell silent leaving the other Brightheart in peace. She wondered what StarClan was going to throw at her next. After Brightheart had left, the other Brightheart had ripped her claws out of Bumblepaw's stomach and fled. Bumblepaw would be out of it for a while but she was worried about Spottedleaf. She didn't know how fast StarClan cats healed after being injured but Spottedleaf would tell StarClan about her existence and then she did not know what StarClan would do about that.

She was taken out of her thoughts as she heard somecat approaching the nest. She got up and walked outside. "Hollyleaf," she purred to the black she-cat, "Come inside. Quickly."

Hollyleaf obeyed and when they were inside, Brightheart stepped to the side so the she-cat could have a full view of Squirrelflight's body. She watched Hollyleaf out of the corner of her eye. The she-cat's green eyes widen and she looked like she was going to say something but couldn't.

"Why?" she finally said, "What did Squirrelflight do?"

"She betrayed the code," replied Brightheart walking over to Squirrelflight's body. "It was horrible for me to do it but cats who betray the code must be punished."

"What…did she do?" asked Hollyleaf walking over and stared down at the cat she thought as her mother for a long time.

Brightheart shook her head, "I'm sorry but we do not have enough time for that. I need you to help me remove her tail."

"Her tail?" asked Hollyleaf.

"Yes. Her tail. I'll tell you what it is for later." Brightheart lifted to her full height and flicked her ears around, like she was pretending to hear something. "Hang on. I think I hear something." Hollyleaf's ears flicked as she tried to hear what Brightheart did. "It's faint. I think I can hear it because I have better hearing. I'll check it out. See that plant over there?" She gestured to the foxglove, "If anycat comes, eat that. It will knock you out and then when you wake up, you can say that the cat that killed Squirrelflight is planning on killing you. If the cats are already here when you eat it, when you wake up, tell them that the cat told you to eat it because he threatened to kill Jayfeather and Lionblaze. Anyway, you get started on that while I check what's going on."

Brightheart slipped outside and sat a fox length away from the nest. A quick check of the sky told her it was sunhigh. It was time. Now for real, she heard cats approach. It was Sandstorm with Thornclaw, Birchfall, Graystripe and Hazeltail.

Brightheart flicked her tail towards the nest, "I think somecat is in there," she whispered, "We need to approach it cautiously."

"How did you find out about this?" whispered Thornclaw.

"This is no time for that," said Sandstorm, "Let's check it out before asking questions. Brightheart. Get in the patrol."

Brightheart went to the back of the patrol with Hazeltail. The she-cat was shaking but Brightheart didn't know if it was in excitement or fear. Sandstorm led the way to the nest. The patrol entered, all ready to fight. Brightheart rushed inside as well, not to fight, but to see the reactions.

Sandstorm yowled in shock. Hollyleaf looked up in surprise.

"What have you done?" yowled Sandstorm. The rest of the patrol stared at Squirrelflight's dead body in shock. All couldn't believe that Hollyleaf could do such a thing.

Hollyleaf didn't answer. She grabbed the foxglove in her jaw and swallowed the plant. Brightheart saw the plant take effect immediately. Hollyleaf's eyes widen as she realized what the plant was and she stared directly at Brightheart who tried not to laugh.

"Bye bye," Brightheart mouthed to Hollyleaf.

"Hollyleaf!" Sandstorm and Graystripe ran over to the black she-cat who was now struggling to breathe.

"I can't believe this," whispered Thornclaw not moving from the entrance to the nest, "I can't believe Hollyleaf would kill her own mother."

"I think she was involved with the other deaths as well," put in Brightheart, "She has been acting weird lately. I heard her talking to herself yesterday, saying she would be coming here at sunhigh. That was suspicious so I told Sandstorm about it."

"What about Daisy's murder?" asked Hazeltail, "Did Hollyleaf do that too?"

Brightheart shook her head, "I don't know."

"Hollyleaf did all of this," Thornclaw shook her head, "I can't believe this. Everycat knew she was obsessed with the code but to actually do murder."

Sandstorm walked over to the three cats. "Hollyleaf's dead. The plants she ate must have been poisonous." She suddenly looked fragile, like one poke would make her crumble apart.

"Are you alright?" asked Brightheart placing her tail on Sandstorm's shoulder the same way Brightheart would.

Sandstorm shook her head, "Both my kits are dead. My grandkit killed them and the clan has been suffering from many deaths recently. Why is StarClan punishing me like this?"

"Let's get the bodies back to camp. Thornclaw. You take Hollyleaf. I'll take Squirrelflight," ordered Graystripe. Like Sandstorm he also looked fragile. He probably felt terrible for Sandstorm, since he knew how it felt to lose kits.

Brightheart watched the toms pick up the two bodies by the scruff and began to drag them out. Brightheart stayed next to Sandstorm, supporting the she-cat as they returned to camp.