Hexagon

Chapter 38: Left Alone

THIS CHAPTER GOT RESUBMITTED. There were a few things in the text that didn't line up and that needed fixing. Hello! If I get this chapter out on time, I will be deeply impressed with myself, because I am currently lacking any form of motivation whatsoever. Thank you to the following people for reviewing:

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Fallen Leaves' POV:

"Look what you did, you dumb bitch!", Heathertail shrieked, desperately trying to rub the mud stains out of the white suede. "If that doesn't come out, you're buying me new shoes!"

Hollyleaf just glared, bristling with fury. She shoved her bulging backpack into my arms. "Hold this", she muttered. By now, the rest of the students had stopped walking, having paused to watch. I saw Hollyleaf's fists clench. The ravenette strode forward, rolled up her heavy jacket sleeves, and with a resounding crack! Slapped Heathertail across the face. "If anyone here is a dumb bitch", Hollyleaf hissed, "It's you."

With that, she grabbed her backpack out of my arms, and marched back up the trail, to where the rest of the group had paused, having been watching, too. The ravenette didn't speak a word to anyone, just stormed up the path alongside us. Lionblaze fell into step beside his sister.

"Holly!", he panted. "That was seriously the most badass thing I have ever seen you do." The dark haired girl cracked the smallest of smiles. She didn't look quite as angry anymore.

I turned and looked back down the trail, where Heathertail was getting helped to her feet by a furiously blushing Wind boy. Her white miniskirt had a giant brown stain down the back, and I couldn't help noticing that it looked slightly like she had an "accident". Her left cheek was red and swollen from where Hollyleaf's hand had struck. To my surprise, the long haired blond picked up Hollyleaf's spare coat from the ground, and drew it around herself.

Heathertail looked up, and suddenly, her ice blue eyes locked on mine. An expression of loathing I had never seen before crossed over her face. I stared back in confusion, and then spun and jogged to catch up with the rest of the group. The conversation had moved on now, having shifted from what just happened with Heathertail to whether we'd be able to swim or not.

Cinderheart was still holding on to the hope that the weather would warm up by the time we got there, and I didn't have the heart to tell her that it would be highly unlikely.

After another fifteen minutes of walking, the path leveled out. The trees started to thin. And before we knew it, we were standing in a large clearing. The center of the clearing was taken up by a large lake, the surface smooth and glasslike. Trees were growing around the open area, surrounded by long grass and wildflowers. Several boulders and rocks were scattered around the clearing. There was a wooden building, almost like a little cottage, which housed the bathrooms. The whole picture was framed by the mountains, which rose majestically in the background.

I pulled up the zipper on my windbreaker and shoved my hands in my pockets. The entire scene was very picturesque, and had a peaceful air to it that instantly made me relax.

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Cinderheart's POV:

The first thing the boys did was scale a huge boulder sitting by the treeline. Hollyleaf watched this with crossed arms and an exasperated expression on her face. "Boys, honestly..", she muttered, but I didn't miss the fond smile that slid over her face. At that moment, Foxleap reached the top of the boulder, and with a great deal of yelling, made every effort to get Hazeltail's attention.

"Haaaazel! Over here, look what I did!" Unfortunately for him, the short brunette was currently occupied. She had found a way to smuggle her headphones onto the "nature walk" and was blasting music so loudly that birds had taken flight from the nearby trees.

Lionblaze and Bumblestripe were eagerly digging into a giant bag of trail mix. Honeyfern and Berrynose were standing on the edge of the lake, where Berrynose was attempting to hop across the rocks in the water, but only succeeded in getting his shoes soaking wet. Foxleap was now performing several dangerous acrobatics on the boulder, to the horror of Onestar, who came rushing across the clearing to put a stop to it.

Hollyleaf and Fallen Leaves were sitting on a large rock together, conversing quietly. Rising from my seat in the grass, I yawned widely and made my way over to the boulder. "Guys!", I called up the rock. Lionblaze leaned over the side, hair disheveled, mouth stuffed with trail mix. "Mwaht's hup?" The strawberry blond coughed, swallowed, then said (much more clearly this time) "What's up?"

"I just got the most brilliant idea." I paused for dramatic effect, seeing one of Lionblaze's blond eyebrows raising in confusion. "Hide and go seek tag...in the woods!" Bumblestripe took that opportunity to lean over the side of the boulder too. "What are we, five?", he asked skeptically. Lionblaze rubbed his chin. "Actually, that sounds like fun. Think we can get the others to play?" Bumblestripe snorted. "You just say that 'cause she's your girlfriend."

"Do I need to shove you off the rock or are you going to shut up on your own?" Bumblestripe just laughed, and resealed the giant trail mix bag. "I bet we can get Bumblestripe and Honeyfern to play. Hazeltail, too. I don't know about Hollyleaf, Fallen Leaves and Jayfeather though."

I grinning evilly. "Don't worry, just leave that to me..."

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I shoved a low hanging branch out of the way and dove into a bush, where Lionblaze was waiting for me. "You took your time", he muttered, as he peered through the branches. "Out of all the hiding places in the forest, you had to pick a BUSH?", I asked irritably. In that moment, I got skewered by a branch full of thorns. "OW!"

"Shhhh!", Lionblaze hissed. Right then, Honeyfern and Berrynose came bursting through a bramble thicket. "Where did she go?", Honeyfern cursed, picking thorns out of her pant legs. "I could have sworn that I just saw Cinderheart running this way!" Berrynose groaned. "I lost Lionblaze, too. I know he went in this direction!"

As the two "it" people continued complaining, Lionblaze muttered, "Who's playing anyway?"

"Just about everyone", I murmured back. "Even Heathertail and her group." Lionblaze gave me an incredulous stare. "It's not like I ASKED them. The Wind kids found out about it while I was asking the rest of Thunder and for some reason wanted to play. Heathertail, too, which is strange on it's own."

"How exactly does it work, anyway?" I picked another thorn off my sleeve. "There are two "it" people to begin with. Once you get tagged, you become "it" too, and you keep looking until everyone is "it". Last one standing is the winner." I peered through the bush again. Berrynose and Honeyfern were moving on, still muttering in annoyance. "That seems simple enough", Lionblaze said. "Did you see who's been caught?"

Seeing as the danger had passed, I extracted myself from the thorny bush and stepped back out into the open. "Well, Wind is outrunning everyone, to no one's surprise. I think Bumblestripe, Foxleap and Hazeltail have been caught so far. Oh, and Whitetail and Sedgewhisker from Wind."

"Huh." Lionblaze stepped out of the bush as well. "I was expecting Wind to totally be dominating."

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Hollyleaf's POV:

I broke into a wild sprint, Fallen Leaves close on my heels. "Get them, dammit!", Heathertail howled from behind me. Heathertail had lasted surprisingly long in her high heels, but now even she had been tagged. At this point in the game, Nightcloud, Lionblaze, Fallen Leaves and I were the only ones who had not been tagged yet.

Knowing Lionblaze, he was probably perched in a tree somewhere, being a typical Thunder. How Nightcloud was still in the game, I had no idea.

Heathertail was surrounded by several Winds. Slowly but surely, her cronies were gaining on us. As if it hadn't already been hard enough, the mountain base seemed to come out of nowhere, rising up, blocking the way. The Wind students came pelting out of the trees. We were surrounded.

I didn't notice it at the time, but the earth behind me was loose. I gripped Fallen Leaves' arm. Heathertail came striding out of the trees, grinning wolfishly. I took a step backwards...right onto the loose patch of earth.

The dirt gave way under my feet, and suddenly, Fallen Leaves and I were falling, falling some twenty-five feet into a...tunnel? Because that's what it seemed to be. Smooth rock walls surrounded us, the air damp and clammy. Luckily for us, a large, soft mound of dirt had broken our fall, and I now picked myself off the ground to look up. Heathertail and her group were standing around the hole, peering down.

"Well!", Heathertail called, her voice echoing in the tunnel. "That's an unexpected turn of events!" I glared. "Heathertail! Help us up, please!" The blond just smiled, her grin even wider than before. "Who's the dumb bitch now?" Then, she peeled off the coat I had given her, and threw it down the hole, where it landed on Fallen Leaves' lap. "You'll be needing it!"

And with that, to my horror, Heathertail walked away, leaving us alone underground.

End Chapter 38

I was actually having trouble deciding who would get stuck in the tunnels. Originally, it was going to be Hazeltail and Foxleap, but then I remembered which Warriors couple spent like a year underground in the tunnels anyway. Honestly, why didn't I think of doing that before?

The hide and go seek tag thing was inspired by The Mighty Silverblaze's "Camp Warriors", for anyone who saw the resemblance. If you haven't read that fic, go read it. It's honestly amazing.

What do you guys think of Heathertail's latest attempt to ruin the trip for Thunder? Reviews, please? :3

Azra out!