You should read "Sunlit Snowdrift" by Dreamcloud. It's wonderful. Also, I'm planning on making this story long, fans. So I still have a lot to write.

Chapter 6, fighting It off

On the Highrock, Firestar stirred and raised his head.

Ashfur still held Shadowpaw down.

Kill Ashfur, Said a little voice in her head.

She bunched her muscles struggling to get free. She stopped when she remembered what Bluestar had said.

"A cat is controlling your mind, Shadowpaw. Fight it off."

KILL HIM! The voice roared.

"No," Shadowpaw whimpered. She closed her eyes tight. "No, I can't,"

KILL HIM! The voice got vicious, and Shadowpaw's head throbbed. "Stop, please stop."

AAARRRGGGHHHH! The voice screamed

Shadowpaw could feel the pain inside her head ebb. She shook in terror.

Slowly, she opened her eyes.

All the cats were looking at her, including Firestar and Ashfur.

"What… did… you… say? Ashfur asked slowly, his voice was filled with menace, and his eyes were tight with fury.

"I didn't try!" Shadowpaw blurted out. "Something made me kill Firestar! A voice…I couldn't help it!"

Ashfur spat angrily on the ground.

"Go to my den, now." Firestar meowed to her. Shadowpaw searched his face, but it was blank as ice.

Ashfur paused, unsure if he should let Shadowpaw go.

"Let her go." Firestar ordered.

Ashfur slowly lifted his paws releasing her sleek black body. Shadowpaw stood up slowly, and Ashfur followed her closely all the way to Firestar's den.

"You are dismissed." Firestar told him.

The grey tabby walked away with a flick of his tail, and Firestar turned toward Shadowpaw.

"A leader has nine lives, Shadowpaw, and you took one of mine. Now, I have only two remaining."

"I'm sorry," Shadowpaw whispered. She hoped Firestar wouldn't punish her. "I'm sorry." She whispered again. Suddenly she knew she had to tell Firestar everything.

"At the Gathering," she began, "Leopardstar challenged you. Do you remember? Do you remember how she wasn't looking at you? She was looking at me. And…And I couldn't look away. Her gazed locked onto my eyes. I really couldn't look away. Then, Leopardstar grinned at me," Shadowpaw spat in disgust. "And the moon caught her tooth. The light hit her tooth! And there was this big, bright, flash that covered my sight slowly but completely." She closed her eyes to block out the terrifying picture.

"My brain felt burnt, and it ached. But wait-! When I woke up something, a little voice, told me too attack you. I did it automatically! Then later the voice told me to kill Ashfur, but I fought it off."

Firestar was silent for a long time. His claws sank into the moss and he watched a black beetle crawl over a pebble.

"I didn't see the flash." He said finally.

"Is there anyway to stop the voice, stop its controlling commands?" Shadowpaw asked.

"Not unless you know who is controlling you."

"But I do!" she cried.

"Who is it?" Firestar asked.

"It's…It's…"Shadowpaw trailed away helplessly. As soon as she tried to name the voice, its owner faded from her mind. All she felt was the voice's strong, evil presence.

Kill Firestar. The voice was back. Kill him.

Shadowpaw took a deep breath, her ears flattened against her head and her claws dug into the moss.

"NOOOO!" She yowled, "NOOOOOO! I will not!"

AAAAAAHHHHHHH! The voice screamed, then backed away, its sound rang through her head and faded, slowly, trailing into the silence.

"That was it." Shadowpaw mewed. "The voice told me to kill you."

Suddenly there was a scream from the clearing. Shadowpaw and Firestar rushed into the clearing.

"Ahhh! AHHH!"

OoOoO

Skypaw pranced over too his mentor, Shadepelt, and gave her a mouse.

Shadepelt's head hung low as she picked up the mouse.

"What's wrong?" Skypaw asked.

"I miss Stormfur."

Skypaw felt a fresh wave of grief for the grey cat. He had been mysteriously killed. The killer didn't leave a trace of evidence.

"Ahhh!" screamed a voice.

Skypaw and Shadepelt raced into the camp. Feathertail, Stormfur's sister was collapsing into a heap in the center of the clearing.

"Stop," Feathertail whimpered. Her body gave a violent jerk and she lay still.

Skypaw's body jerked too and he felt tremendously weak.

"Oh no." he whispered. "Oh no."

OoOoO

Shadowpaw sprinted to Sandstorm, who was pacing in the clearing.

"Stop!" Sandstorm screamed.

"Cinderpelt, get out here." Firestar demanded and the medicine cat limped into the clearing.

"Go away!" Sandstorm spat at Cinderpelt. She collapsed onto the ground. "Leopardstar…must…be stopped," she croaked.

Cinderpelt laid a paw on the dead cat. She was silent for a long time with her eyes closed. Finally she opened them and spoke; "her mind was being controlled by another cat. Many cat's minds are being controlled. And every one of them will die, one by one."

An eerie hush fell around the Clan.

"Leopardstar." Shadowpaw whispered. She turned to Firestar. "That's who it is. It is Leopardstar."

NNNOOOOOOOO! The voice howled.

Shadowpaw stood stock still on the ground.

"I've got you now." Shadowpaw whispered to the voice.

Shadowpaw was wrong. Invisible fangs sunk deep into her throat.

Shadowpaw collapsed into a crumpled pile of black. She felt the side of her head hit the ground and all was gone. Everything went black.

"Shadowpaw! Shadowpaw, no!"

But Shadowpaw was lost forever into eternity, and she never heard Whitepaw's yowl.

As you can see I seem to have killed off Shadowpaw. Sorry if you're crying fans. I'm writing really fast now so it won't be long till the next chapter. Please stick with me. R&R!