Warriors High!
I'm really sorry I haven't updated. Now, I'm only able to update on weekends. Sorry, guys.
Anyways, onto the chapter! Hope you enjoy!
Oh, wait! I'm starting this thing where every chapter, I put some of my favourite quotes or parts or something from books into the start. Because, hey, why not?
~Quotes~
OMEN OF THE STARS: Book 1, The Fourth Apprentice
Cloudtail: Wake up! What are you, a door mouse?
Lionblaze: Did you have to do that? I was having this really good dream…
Cloudtail: And now you can go on a really great water patrol.
~Cloudtail and Lionblaze, page 17
Dovewing: This- this is the lake! But it's full! I've never seen so much water. Am I dreaming?
Yellowfang: At last! Are they filling the apprentice's heads with thistledown these days? Of course you're dreaming.
~Dovewing and Yellowfand, page 65
Foxleap: Hey, Jayfeather! Isn't this great? If it keeps raining, we won't have to go get water anymore.
Squirrelflight: Foxleap, now look what you've done! You've dropped your moss, and it's all dirty. Stop getting so excited, and concentrate.
Foxleap: Sorry. I'll wash it off when we get to the water.
~Foxleap and Squirrelflight, page 276
Blackstar: Welcome to our camp! Rest here and take your pick of the fresh kill pile.
Lionblaze (to Dovewing): Who are you, and what have you done with Blackstar?
Blackstar and Lionblaze, page 286
There! Hope you liked! If not, well… Life ain't fair. Get used to it.
Lionblaze's POV
With shaky steps I walked up the stairs to the stage and sat down. On my right was a silent Jayfeather, on my left Fallen Leaves. Honeyfern, Cinderheart, and Poppyfrost were there as well.
I fidgeted in my chair. I was really nervous for the outcome of this. The police were trying to get Heathertail out to the stage. Thunderstar, Windstar, Riverstar, and Shadowstar were all waiting impatiently by a table. The entire school had gathered and was sitting on chairs, watching the stage. We were all quiet.
Until we heard screams, and cries of, "Let go of me! Get off!" And then Heathertail was thrown onstage, snapping at the police officers.
The head police guy sighed. "Hope this is who you wanted."
Thunderstar nods, and the police border the gym. Heathertail sits up, hands tied behind her back, and plops herself down in a seat.
"So," Windstar begins, "Heathertail. This case is presented against you by Lionblaze, Jayfeather, Cinderheart, Fallen Leaves, Poppyfrost, and Honeyfern. Would any of you like to speak?"
Of course, our principals knew what had to be done. But they didn't know how exactly a court schedule went. So I guessed they were kind of winging it.
I rose and took one step forward. Glaring into Heathertail's eyes, I said, "You are guilty of murder. Murder of Hollyleaf, my sister and friend of many. You have attempted murder continuously, have been suspended once already, and have no reason not to go to jail."
With a nod, Riverstar thanks me, and I sit down again. Heathertail's eyes narrow.
"Do you have proof?"
There's a pause. Then Poppyfrost pipes up, her voice raw with grief. "There are many witnesses of Hollyleaf's body, and there are many to say they saw you running away from the scene."
Heathertail snorts in disbelief. "Right. Who said it was me? A lot of people have blonde hair."
"Who said anything about us seeing your hair?" Jayfeather questions quietly.
"That's beside the point, blind boy," she snaps. "Nobody saw me by Hollyleaf's body."
"No," he retorts, "but I smelled you."
"Anything said here can be used against you," snaps Shadowstar, trying to sound professional.
"I know that!" Heathertail hisses. "I'm not dumb."
"Neither am I!" Barkface? Why is he-
"I was there to see Hollyleaf, and I distinctly remember you running away. I'm not blind." He winces at what he said. "Sorry, Jayfeather."
Jayfeather waves it off. "It's fine."
"I've already told you," she screeches, "I did NOT choke Hollyleaf to death!"
There's an uproar of yelling before everyone quiets down. Then Cinderheart speaks, for the first time. "Who said she was choked?"
She has a good point, and Heathertail knows it, because her face goes beet red and she bites her lip.
"I have proof." Foxleap? I haven't seen him since… since…
The break up.
Foxleap looks terrible. His eyes are red, and his hair is matted and dirty. But he clambers onstage. He calls over his shoulder, "Play the footage!"
Suddenly an image of the school is projected on the back wall. Everyone's eyes are transfixed. To be more specific, it's just inside the front doors. That's where we found her body-
On the screen, it shows Hollyleaf, running towards the doors. She stops in front of the doors, panting and rubbing her head. This must be just after the incident, and during while we were chasing her or something like that.
But then Heathertail appears on the footage. The two girls are wrestling on the ground, the crowd is screaming, Foxleap's eyes are hard with concentration. I hear Hollyleaf's scream as I see Heathertail hit her in the head, wrap her fingers around her throat…
I look away. Everyone is in chaos. Cinderheart's face is petrified with shock, Jayfeather looking awfully confused.
"What's going on?" he whispers.
"You don't want to know." I say, and that's seems to be enough answer for him.
