I had lost the rogues scent. I had lost Flightpaw. I was panting now, my sides heaving as I glanced around, drinking in the cooling air of night. A few of the brightest stars glimmered in the sky already, and the moon shone gently on the lake, giving it a slight silvery sheen. The suns last rays were poking over the mountains, soon it would be to dark to see, and I had to get back to Sparklepaw and Frostpelt. So instead of trying to find the scent again, I backtracked and fallowed my scent over the moor to the gorse tangle.

As I reached the top, pains like needles woven in my flanks, I saw Frostpelt and Sparklepaw were both bleeding badly, and had blood dripping from their mouths. Sparklepaw was huffing hard, and Frostpelt looked identical to the ginger tom with his own blood spattered over himself. With a howl I tore down the moor, Jealousy and Hatred spinning around. Sparklepaw saw her chance and leapt at Jealousy.

She landed solidly on her back and clawed forward, getting to her neck. Jealousy whipped around, bucking madly, before twisting around and leaping into the air, spinning, and slamming into the ground with Sparklepaw between her and the moor. There was a sickening crack and Sparklepaw went limp. Blood dribbled out of the side of her mouth. Jealousy let out a gasping cry and twitched, Sparklepaws fangs had caught in the throat. Blood poured from the two holes in her neck, staining the ground and my sister.

Jealousy convulsed a few times before laying still, and I crept over. Sparklepaw was smiling, her eyes half-open, eyes fogged in death. She had taken the last of her strength to kill the terrible rogue, but it wasn't enough. But still, I found myself forgiving her of her foolishness and instead diving into misery. The two cats who I would sacrifice the world two were gone, taken by icy claws of death and kidnap.

Hatred growled at seeing Jealousy dead, and leapt at me. I managed to scramble out of the way as he slashed once, to protect his teammates' body. Jealousy shuddered, the closed her eyes for good. Hatred sniffed her body once, before grabbing her scruff and pulling her away from Sparklepaw. He dropped her and stared at the two of us.

"My name is Hatred." He meowed at last, green eyes as cold as ice, "Jealousy was my mates' sister. I will not kill you now, perhaps later, perhaps ever, but I will remember your faces, your smells, and your claws. If our paths cross again, I shall avenge her death." And with that he flipped her onto his back (using that weird Lion King 2 move that Kovu did during the fire thing) and raced out of the battleground.

I padded slowly back over to Sparklepaw, and sniffed her body. My eyes burned in pain, clouding my vision. I felt Frostpelt brush his tail past my shoulder.

"Don't worry." He murmured, "She will watch over you in StarClan. Come, we will take her body back to the camp." He buried his teeth in her scruff and waited for me to help when I shook my head. I looked up and stared at me.

"I'm going after Flightpaw." I meowed at last, "She's the only cat I care about who I know if alive. If I can't find her, I'll kill myself. Sparklepaw knew what was best for her and me." Frostpelt nodded slowly, and I continued, "I'm going to visit Shark, Bog, and Flash again. I don't know when I'll be back, but when I do come back, I'll have Flightpaw with me." I turned slowly and padded back over the moor. Scourges descendant or not, I knew I loved Flightpaw.

Flightpaw

Shark had saved me from the rogues, and now I was sleeping in a reed island a good distance from the camp where my father, brother, and cousin slept. I was weak, and blood was dying on the back of my neck. I had tried to clean it off, but it wasn't very easy. It hurt every time I touched it, and occasionally I got dizzy spells, where I would fall asleep before I knew I hit the ground. I don't know how long I had been asleep, only that whenever I woke, a mouse was in the clearing, waiting for me.

On the third day of my recovery, Shark came to visit me. Be brought two mice, one for him, one for me, and we talked, it was good to talk to another cat after three days recuperating.

"The Father told me to bring to back to us." He meowed truthfully, "He said to keep you here for a moon, and to keep you hidden from all the others until then. Only Flash and bog know your exact location."

I blinked in surprise; the Father had told Shark to keep me here? Of course, he would want to keep me safe until he could be reborn. I pulled a dirty face and stared at Shark. He knew I was in pain every night from the Black Mark, and the gathering was two sunrises away! At this pace I really would unleash the monster within me.

Shark' ears swirled around and he growled getting up. He stalked out of the den, tail twitching irritably, and vanished into the bog. After a few heartbeats, and gulped, and then quietly fallowed him.

Sinewpaw

It took longer then I thought to find the place where Flash, Bog, and Shark lived. I learned they moved every two days to keep others from getting to them. And I finally picked up Flashs' scent not far from where I had been led. And fallowing it, I found Flash himself sleeping in a murky clearing, with Bog chewing on a water vole nearby. They both pricked their ears when they saw me.

"Sinewpaw." meowed Flash, getting up to touch noses with me, "I thought I'd seen the last of you." I shrugged and sat down, curling my tail around my paws.

"I'm looking for Flightpaw." I meowed, "I was hoping you know where she was. She was kidnapped by rogues two days ago, but I caught their scents all around the swamp, as if they were looking for her. She must've escaped." I glanced around a few times, "Where's Shark?"

"I'm right here." Came the gruff reply of the strong warrior, his fur was fluffed out, making him even more intimidating. He seemed rather angry to look at me, and I fought his cold gaze with every ounce of courage I had. "What are you doing here?"

"I was looking for Flightpaw." I meowed slowly back, "She went-" I broke off as Shark suddenly lunged at me, his long fangs slicing through the air, aimed for my neck. I managed to slip away and felt the fangs graze my shoulder, a droplet of blood dripping down my leg. Shark lunged again, and I managed to get behind Flash to avoid his attack. Flash bolted upright, his gray eyes furious.

"What are you doing, Shark!" he snarled, "Leave Sinewpaw alone!" Shark laughed and pushed his cousin aside, slashing at me with his long claws again. I scrambled out of the way as Bog rose, but Shark knocked him flat and scratching my cheek with one of his long claws.

"Power, father, he will give me power for his death!" he yowled madly. I scrambled out of the way again, and for a brief instant say Flightpaw bounding into camp, her sides long and powerful like Flashs, and muscles taunt and flexing like Shark. She roughly shoved her brother, but before she could anything else, he was upon me, teeth bared, he slammed his paw across my head and everything went black.

Flightpaw

Everything was silent for a moment before there was a trickle and blood oozed out of Sinewpaws' ear. Shark spun around to me and grabbed my scruff, dragging me out of the clearing. I kicked at him and tried to twist around to scratch or bite him, but it didn't work.

"Sinewpaw!" I wailed hopelessly, still fighting Sharks tight grip, "Sinewpaw!" but he was gone.

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Yes, well, yes, Sinewpaw hits the hay

But he will return in the next chapter!

And I have decided his name!

And a really cute pairing that just came to me!

And thank you for everyone who reveiwed!