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'Thoughts' Dreams Memories

Tigerclaw was battling two Riverclaw warriors at once but unlike Willowpelt and Redtail's earlier fight, he was fighting against two regular cats. The big warrior hissed, baring his fangs. He swipe out hard with the long claws that gave him his name and he sent one of the RiverClan cats screeching to the river. His companion looked towards his retreating companion in disbelief before Tigerclaw lunged at him, pinning him heavily beneath his mighty paws.

He was about to deliver a crushing bite when he suddenly heard Longtail screaming for Redtail to stop. Stop what? Tigerclaw looked up, forgetting about his opponent when he caught a glimpse of Redtail dragging a RiverClan molly by her neck, his paws and body soaked in blood as he glared around the battlefield.

Tigerclaw's eyes widen as he saw Redtail lower the molly, only to drive his fangs in deeper and kill her. With bloodied jaws, the ThunderClan deputy flung his head, yowling to the skies. "Don't be afraid anymore! Kill! Kill them all! Get them! Eat them all alive!"

The RiverClan warriors stopped fighting, staring at Redtail with mounting fear and confusion before Willowpelt and Goldenflower charged into two of them, savaging them and bringing the opposing warriors down with vicious energy. This, along with Redtai's cry seemed to spur the other demons of ThunderClan on.

The scent of blood and the cries of the dying soon filled the air. RiverClan warriors seemed to sense that something was very wrong and began to edge to the river, but they weren't the only ones...

Ravenpaw, the only apprentice, got swept up from Redtail's cry and seeing his fellow demons carve into the enemy made him forgot his worry and he jumped into the fray, slashing and biting anyone who got too close. He was injured in retaliation but the young half demon felt no pain. Only hunger.

The skinny apprentice nearly crashed into a RiverClan warrior tom, who glared at him and Ravenpaw, feeling no fear and only a deep yawning hunger in his belly, glared back. The older and bigger tom's eyes widened and he felt his mind slipping as Ravenpaw walked closer to him, his left eye sporting flecks of light purple. Something was wrong, why couldn't he move his legs? Why wouldn't his body obey him?

Wait... That look in that apprentice's eyes... Could he be? "D-Demon!" His cry was cut short, the RiverClan tom was soon gurgling on his own blood as Ravenpaw bit harder and harder into his throat while clawing at his eyes.

However, his job was job as his last fearful shout was heard and though their fur shook and their eyes were wide with building terror, there was something else building within the RiverClan invaders. Hatred.

With a yowl, the RiverClan cats controlled their fear as best they could and charged headlong into the ThunderClan forces. They broke into teams, two RiverClan cats for each demon. The results were mixed. For Ravenpaw, his smaller and younger body proved a problem, he felt the enemy's claws a lot harder than his older fellow demons, but soon enough, his hunger and bloodthrist urged him on and he broke free, clawing and biting while running towards someone who could help. Lionheart.

The large warrior had blood on his muzzle, blood in his mouth. He was trembling with the effort to not swallow and give in to his rising hunger. How long had it been since he tasted real blood before? He had briefly fallen into a haze and when he woke up, the warrior he was fighting had such horrible wounds, much more devastating than any warrior should have sustained, along with a horribly bent back leg. Did he break that cat's leg?

Lionheart was wounded too, in many places, but he moved without feeling them at all. They barely stung to him. Shaking his head to try and clam himself, he then heard Redtail's cry go out. He knew what Redtail wanted him to do but...could he really just throw away everything that he worked for?

When he saw Ravenpaw getting chased by RiverClan warriors he pushed the thought to the side. A wave of protectiveness was washing over him and the big warrior beckoned the youngster closer before placing his body in front of the oncoming threat, baring his fangs.

Lionheart's eyes lit up when he saw Longtail and Mousefur running up behind the pair and raised his tail in thanks but then Longtail dashed off to the side, coming up behind Lionheart and then hooking his claws into Ravenpaw's fur, dragging him down and scratching viciously at the black apprentice's side.

"Longtail, stop! What are you doing?" Lonheart turned his head away from the RiverClan and from the incoming Mousefur and was jumped by all three.

The two RiverClan cats Lionheart fought off, his claws cutting deeper than any Clan cat had have been able to into their flesh. One ran off for his territory howling pain while the other thudded to the ground, dead. No! He hadn't meant to strike the warrior that hard! But smelling the blood that spilled and feeling his claws tear fatally into the enemy, Lionheart let out a breath, his eyes nearly closing. His whole demeanor was starting to change, but he still tried to hang on. Mousefur had been spooked by this and backed away yet she still stood, poised to attack.

"I saw what you did to that RiverClan warrior! Those wounds...they were far worse than what any cat should do. And...And your body, you have injuries all over! But...but you don't act like your hurt...and neither does Ravenpaw! I saw you both! Lionheart...you and Ravenpaw..you have to be demons!" the young warrior shouted, causing those close by to look up in fright, a few were ThunderClan cats who raced away, shouting the news.

"Yes...we are. But what does that matter? We hunted together, trained together! We would never hurt you! Longtail, let go of Ravenpaw. I swear, I won't tell Bluestar anything! Just let Ravenpaw go."

"No, ThunderClan has to drive out monsters like you! We can't let our Clan be devoured!" Longtail snarled, his claws digging hard into Ravenpaw, one dangerously close to his eye.

It was just as Tigerclaw said. ThunderClan would turn on them. Lionheart opened his eyes fully, glaring straight at Longtail who fell instantly into dark void. He couldn't react when Lionheart raked his claws across his face, sending him crashing to the ground. He had to protect Ravenpaw!

Mousefur tried jumping on Lionheart's back, spurred by the other's confession and his action towards Longtail. She tried biting on the demon male's shoulder but it did little to make Lionheart react as he simply turned his head toward the molly and grabbed her hard by the scruff, throwing her hard on the ground with a sickening thud.

He followed this up with slicing Mousefur's shoulder open, down to the bone and nearly causing her to pass out from the pain alone. Seeing how she was barely able to stay conscious, Lionheart turned to Longtail, swiping his body further from Ravenpaw and helping the apprentice up.

"Come Ravenpaw. We must help our brothers." Lionheart growled softly, as he looked out on the battlefield. As a full blooded demon, even starving as he is, his vision was leagues above even the most eagle eyed Clan cat. The fight had shifted, now RiverClan and ThunderClan had joined together to rid themselves of the demon threat.

Redtail stood with Willowpelt as the pair were surrounded by ThunderClan and RiverClan, Lionheart and Ravenpaw couldn't reach them in time before they were swarmed by the mass of cats. Still, they had to help. Tigerclaw was runing towards them too, his eyes stretched in disbelief. It wasn't supposed to be this way!

ThunderClan warriors turning on them in the midst of a battle!? No, this isn't how he thought things would play out! Joining Ravenpaw and Lionheart, the tabby half demon threw RiverClan cats left and right to help his brothers. Willowpelt was the first to be rescued, launching herself at RiverClan with a loud, terrifying snarl. Redtail was pulled next and soon the four regrouped and stood together, ears flat and fur bristling at the two Clans facing them down.

Suddenly, Redtail started laughing and took a step forward. "There's too many to fight like this, starving as we all are. But...we'll take them down with us before it's finished. Except for you, little brother." The deputy then turned to Ravenpaw, nuzzling him briefly. "I won't let you die here. Go back to camp, warn the others. Go quickly and may StarClan, if they do have mercy, light your path."

Ravenpaw was reluctant but was urged on by Redtail. As soon as he broke into a run however, the rest of ThunderClan followed, all but Whitestorm. As he stood standing, one RiverClan tom, the deputy Oakheart lunged for Redtail, his eyes gleaming. The two briefly fought before Redtail gave the order for the others to help Ravenpaw while Oakheart shouted for his warriors to defend the camp. Whitestorm hesitated before running after his Clanmates.

Tgerclaw tried to help but was snapped at Redtail to stay back, even when it looked like Oakheart was about to win, Redtail bucked him into a small cave of Sunningrocks and continued the battle there. Soon there was a horrible grating sound and Tigerclaw yelled out for Redtail while the rocks shifted above the two deputies before the whole structure shifted and collapsed.

"Redtail! Uncle!" Tigerclaw tried to check over the fallen rocks but couldn't find Redtail or a way into the cave in. Suddenly, he heard coughing and then a bright red bushy tail poked out to be followed by the rest of Redtail.

The small half demon then raced off, darting towards ThunderClan's camp only to be stopped by Tigerclaw calling him. The smaller tom stopped, panting lightly and when Tigerclaw caught up with him, Redtail was glaring at his nephew.

"So, looks like you were right. Are you happy now?"

"Wha- But you...no! I didn't want this to happen! The others...I didn't think they would react like that! RiverClan didn't seem to know what was going on when you said all that!"

"RiverClan isn't the problem, Tigerclaw! We don't live with RiverClan! We're starving, Tigerclaw! You're the only one of us who is well fed, and don't you think that is a problem too? How can you go about your days growing fat while your brothers and kin are like walking corpses. I always thought you would see the error on your ways, but you never did!"

Tigerclaw took a step back and flattened his ears, his tail flicking nervously. "I...I tried to tell you, about the place I found! You wouldn't go there, that's not my fault! You can't blame me for that!"

Redtail walked forward until his was nose to nose to with his nephew. "You talk so much about us becoming stronger but you never did anything to help anyone but yourself! Admit it, you were only saying those things to look good and once things started spiraling out of control, that's when you became scared. You only really care about your own strength."

"Don't say that, it's not true!" Tigerclaw exclaimed while suddenly jumping at Redtail, biting hard into his shoulder.

Redtail of course struggled but Tigerclaw, who had more than just of forest cat, was much stronger and his grip was very hard to break. Still Redtail clawed at the tabby's belly, and while Tigerclaw felt little pain he still hissed and moved to bite at Redtail's throat.

It was a crushing bite that Redtail could only gurgle at, his clawing and biting getting weaker and weaker until he finally went limp. Tigerclaw blinked and dropped Redtail gently on the ground, his eyes getting wide as he realized what he had done.

Tigerclaw started breathing heavily as he nudged Redtail, softly calling to him and nuzzling his head. He gently shook him with a paw as his voice began to crack. No, Redtail had to be alive. He had to! He didn't mean to-

"Redtail? Get up. Come on, get up! Please! I-I didn't mean to...I just...Redtail, I'm sorry! I take it all back! I promise, I only wanted to make our brothers strong! ...Please, don't leave me! Uncle!" Tigerclaw laid across the body, curling around Redtail and pressing his muzzle into the dead deputy's cheek. Soft sobs echoed started to echo through the darkened forest.

A/N: Well, holy shit! The whole of ThunderClan will now know that there are demons in their Clan. Redtail is dead and things are only going to get worse from here. Stay tuned to see where it will all lead. Please, as always, enjoy