Warriors High!

I know… I know… It's been a bit of a wait… but I'm sorry because I have no excuse except the fact that I'm lazy… Eh… Oops… Sorry…

YOU KNOW WHAT?! I'M NOT SORRY! YOU LITTLE BRATS SHOULD BE MORE PATIENT!

Who am I kidding? You guys aren't brats. You're not impatient. You're my lovely reviewers. I don't know where I'd be without you wonderful people! :D

Icecloud: And she says I have mood swings.

Ah, shut your trap. You'll have plenty of mood swings this chapter.

Icecloud: I don't like where this is going…

Me neither, but it has to be done. MWAHAHA.

Oh! Oh oh oh oh oh! The quiz question!

So, thanks to all of you who answered. But the correct answer was… D! TIGERSTAR! Because one of Graystripe's cousins is Bramblestar and Tawynpelt, who's father was Tigerstar. I tried to trick you all- Mapleshade isn't related to him. Her 'mate' took another mate and had kits, whose kits had kits, and so on. She wasn't actually part of the bloodline. So, this calls for a shout out!

But, he was probably related to Thistleclaw too, because all cats seem to be related to each other. -_- But oh well.

Shout outs to: The Age Of Awesomeness, Queen Rebelle, leefpool, QLKwriter, FatherOfSwords, Guest, Guest, and Guest!

Honourable mentions to: kurizafan, Night Illusions, Writergirl2132, Eyrmia, Cinderfire16, DragonIceFeather, Nightfrost-of-Shadowclan, Spottedmist, Mondmaedchen, Blue1272000, Eagleflame33, Lilystripe (guest), Guest, warriorslover77, and Guest!

But, you're all technically right, so… COOKIES FOR YOU ALL! HURRAH!

Oh, another shout out to leefpool (because they gave me a brilliant answer for my question) and Queen Rebelle, who spammed me with reviews until I reached 800! THANK YOU!

Alrighty. That's enough outta me. On with the story!

~Quotes~

OMEN OF THE STARS: Book 3, Night Whispers

Flametail: At least we always know what Tigerheart is thinking.

Tigerheart: I bet you don't know what I'm thinking now!

Dawnpelt: No, but I bet it won't be long before you blurt it out.

~Flametail, Tigerheart, and Dawnpelt, page 61

Yellowfang: I saw Lionblaze fight the fox.

Jayfeather: And?

Yellowfang: It was a sign.

Jayfeather: A sign of what? That he's a mouse-brain?

Yellowfang: He fought it alone.

Jayfeather: Yeah, I know. He's a mouse-brain.

~Yellowfang and Jayfeather, page 148

Jayfeather: You've never met a warrior from StarClan. You're just guessing.

Mothwing: So are they!

Yellowfang: Mothwing was born an idiot. She'll die an idiot.

~Jayfeather, Mothwing, and Yellowfang about StarClan, page 217

Firestar: In the future, any cat caught on the ice will be severely punished.

Foxleap: Yeah… By death.

~Firestar to the Clan, and Foxleap, page 285

THIRD PERSON POV

The next week was gloomy and depressing. Teachers insisted we get on with regular class schedule after the funeral took place a week ago, but it was hard. Everywhere someone turned, there was a funny looking flyer that reminded them of Hollyleaf, of someone would walk by so fast you could've sworn it was Heathertail. Everyone was jumpy and skittish. Why wouldn't they be? Anyone could have been the one to die.

But it had to be Hollyleaf.

Brave, smart, strict, Hollyleaf. The first to raise her hand in the class. The one to point out the loop hole in the rules if she ever needed to break one. The one the teachers praised about her high marks. Her. She just had to die. Why her?

Because Lionblaze was pushed to his breaking point.

There was no usual chatter in the hallways. No laughing or giggling. The famous brother-sister duo walked down the hallway, no smile on Foxleap's face.

"Cheer up, Foxleap," Icecloud cried. "You can't be gloomy forever!" But Foxleap just trudged on.

"The school needs you more than ever," Icecloud pleaded. "There's no laughter or anything at all. What's happened to you? You're not funny anymore. Please, bring back the old Foxleap- the one who could always make me laugh. Who was a bursting ray of sunshine. The one who cared so much for everyone he knew."

Foxleap shot Icecloud a long, dark look. "That Foxleap's dead."

And he walked on.

In another section of the school, another pair was facing the same devastation.

"Hazeltail," Berrynose cried, "Hollyleaf wouldn't have wanted you to be upset and lonely and cast away for the rest of your life! She'd want you to be happy!"

"This isn't about Hollyleaf," Hazeltail snapped, but that was only partially true. Hollyleaf was only a part of the reason Hazeltail's heart was splitting.

Berrynose's face softened. "It's about Foxleap, isn't it?"

Hazeltail flinched. "Don't say his name! Don't even mention him! We're done!" Hazeltail ran away from Berrynose, tears streaming down her face for the fifth time that day, and didn't look back.

But, however, these particular pair of siblings were now closer than ever. They weren't needling at each other to brighten up like Icecloud and Foxleap. They weren't pestering each other for answers like Berrynose and Hazeltail.

Jayfeather and Lionblaze were two siblings brought together because of death, not fighting because of it.

They stuck by each other's sides every moment. Went to the same classes, with teacher permission. Jayfeather watched Lionblaze's basketball practice and Lionblaze watched Jayfeather's doctor lessons. They were inseparable.

Meanwhile, the two siblings were still arguing.

"Can't you see this school is dull without your sparkle?" Icecloud persisted. "We need you, Foxleap!"

Foxleap rounded on his sister. "You don't NEED me. You have other people. Why does everyone expect ME to do something? That's why Hazeltail broke up with me- because I DID something to help her, but she obviously didn't see that."

Icecloud was speechless. As Foxleap walked away, this time, she didn't follow him.

She turned the other way and sat down on a bench, watching the quiet students walk by. Then a familiar boy walked by- one that she wanted to talk to for days, but he didn't answer his phone. He seemed to purposely be avoiding her.

Icecloud sprang up at the first sight of Toadstep. "Toadstep!" She called. She wanted to thank him for helping her when she tried to tackle Heathertail. She wanted to kiss him, make sure everything as all right, and go back to the way things were before.

But instead of his eyes lighting up when he saw her like they used to, his eyes grew darker. More fearful. "Toadstep?" Icecloud called again. "Why have you been-" She inhaled sharply.

Oh. That's why.

Toadstep was holding hands with Blossomfall.

That was why he didn't answer his calls. He'd moved on.

No, Icecloud told herself. There's a reasonable explanation for this.

"Icecloud," Toadstep whispered. "I can explain."

Icecloud watched in silence, no emotion showing on her face. "Listen, Icecloud, you're a brilliant girl. You really are. It's just… I think of you more of a sister than anything. And I don't think it would have worked out."

"I'm not brilliant," she said quietly. "But obviously Blossomfall is."

Blossomfall bit her lip. "Icecloud, I'm sorry-"

"YOU'RE sorry?" Icecloud's voice rose. Her hands started to shake. Her face was getting redder by the second. "I'm sorry, Toadstep, that I wasn't good enough for you. Good enough so that you could actually answer my call and not have to bump into me in the hallway in order to tell me.

"I can't believe," Icecloud continued, seething, "That you thought I'd accept this that easily. I thought you were better than that. Couldn't you see that I loved you? No, not like a brother. I loved you, Toadstep. More than you'll ever know. But apparently you don't feel the same way."

"Icecloud," Toadstep murmured, his face pale, "You're attracting a crowd. You could keep it down…" It was true. Several students were watching this fight.

"I don't care!" Icecloud shrieked. "Why should I care when no one else does? My brother is ignoring me like I don't exist. My ex didn't find the need to spend the time talking to me. And me? One of my closest friends just died! My brother just broke up with the girl he loved! And now my boyfriend- sorry, my ex,- just told me I wasn't good enough. WHY SHOULD I CARE WHEN NOBODY ELSE DOES?" Icecloud finished with a scream, half anger, half sadness, and shoved her way through the crowd, leaving a frozen Blossomfall standing in horror with Toadstep.

Teachers started pulling students away to get to their classes, but everyone was murmuring amongst themselves. And as Icecloud locked herself in a stall, she sobbed her heart out and thought to herself, I bet nobody cared about how I was doing. Nobody does.

Now that was sad. :( But I'm sorry. I think of Icecloud as a dramatic person.

Now, how about another quiz question?

Who is Jayfeather's brother's mother's sister's mate's father's arch enemy's father's best friend's mother? And what Clan were he or she from?

Hee hee… I'm so evil. Answers may vary… but I think you'll get the gist. Thanks, y'all!

~Dutchess Frost