Icecloud POV

I felt kinda bad for leaving Hazeltail alone in the Single Club but having Toadstep as my date was amazing. Sure it did mean I got less time to myself and had to listen to someone else's opinions before making that decision on what to watch or where to eat, but it was nice knowing that someone would be beside you no matter what. To know they loved you for who you were, that they'd always be by your side, and that you could always talk to them.

But friends were like that too...huh..

Maybe they were free compliments?

Stardamn that sounded sadistic

My attention returned to the living world when I heard a knock at the door. My head snapped around as Cinderheart, dressed as some kind of spider-goth, went to answer. Hollyleaf watched her, dusting some dark eyeshadow over her green eyes. Her costume was amazing. She was dressed as a raven, with feathered black wings and long golden fake nails curved like talons. Her face had been dusted with black and her eyes really shone.

I was dressed as an ice queen, my white hair tipped with an icy blue and a crystal-like crown on my head. I was wearing a white dress decorated with silver swirls and a long cape that flowed down into the trail. I was wearing light blue eyeshadow.

Standing at the door was Lionblaze, dressed as some kind of werewolf. I can admit it looked pretty good. He embraced Cinderheart and I immediately felt a guilty envy creeping up my spine. I slid over to the corner by the door so that he couldn't see me, and I couldn't see him. Through third and fourth grade I'd had a massive crush on him, but he never really talked to me other than to be friendly.

That was before I met Toadstep, so I guess I'm fine with it now. It's just a bit awkward when you shared a room with his new love. I still got a little jealous from time to time.

"Hey honey, did I go overboard at all?" I heard Lionblaze ask.

Cinderheart laughed. "Hmmm...not much no."

He laughed too. "Come on, let's head down."

There was the sound of footsteps and then the door shut with a click.

Hollyleaf looked over at me.

"Jealous?"

I flushed. "N-not really. Just...awkward…"

She sighed. "I get what you mean. Anyone coming for you?"

I shook my head. "I'm meeting Toadstep by the entrance. You?"

"Nah. Me and Mousewhisker ain't getting back together, I think." Hollyleaf replied, shaking her head.

"Oh. Okay."

I walked over to the door and went to open it before turning around.

"Hey, you wanna walk down with me?" I asked. Hollyleaf shut the lid on her makeup before walking over.

"It would be greatly appreciated." she responded with a smile.

I locked the door behind me and we walked to the lift. It looked like most people had already gone down, though I could still see lights on in a couple of rooms. We got down to the bottom undisturbed, though the second we got off it was called up to the River floor again. Lucky.

Sharing a lift with people on dance nights was always awkward, especially if it was a couple.

Anyway, we walked towards the gymnasium where the dance had been set up once again, flashing quick waves towards others. We were walking along the corridor, halfway to the gym, when suddenly there was a cry of "Hey Icecloudeeeeeeeeeeeeee!" from behind us and we spun around to see Hazeltail bolting towards us.

"Hey Haze." I replied with a smile.

"Why did you have to go and date Toadstep? Now I'm the only one single!" she fake-cried.

"Hey, don't go saying things about my boyfriend!" I scolded in mock anger.

She laughed. "I wouldn't dream! You're a really cute couple!"

"Aw, thanks hun."

"Aaaanyway, who will I hang out with now? I gotta have someone to relate and dance with!"

"Hazeltail, you spent the first half of the Welcome Dance eating chips. Then you danced with me."

"I ate the chips in the most stylish way possible." she said with a wink. I rolled my eyes. She continued. "But that's beside the point!"

"Hollyleaf's single."

The ravenette shot me a glare that could have only meant 'Well thanks a lot sweet'.

"Oh, my gosh really?" Hazeltail immediately slid over to a now very scared Hollyleaf. "Hey Hollyleaf! Would you like to join the Singles Club with me? It was me, Icecloud and Ivypool, but Ivypool is in a somewhat relationship with Foxleap now and Icecloud, well, you saw her with Toadstep right? They are soooo cute together but now I'm the only one left so..."

I managed to slip out of the conversation and closer to the hall where I saw Toadstep waiting just outside, dressed in a simple, yet effective, zombie costume.

"Hey sweetie," he said, pulling me in for a quick kiss.

"Heya, wanna head inside?" I replied with a smile.

Third Person POV

The night was definitely just as fun as, if better than, the Welcome Dance. Everyone had definitely settled down and there was a lot of couples on the dance floor, partying, and having a genuinely great time. Toadstep and Icecloud hung around the sides for a bit awkwardly before shrugging and really starting the party as they took over the dance floor.

Hazeltail had managed to start up a decent conversation with Hollyleaf by the snacks table, and they were eagerly discussing how boyfriends could be so annoying. Poppyfrost hung around them for a bit, contributing thoughts, but then ignored all of her complaints and went to dance with Ashfur. Hollyleaf rolled her eyes.

Cinderheart and Lionblaze were dancing together near the edge, mostly being a cute and happy couple. It wasn't long before Lionblaze stopped, panting, and asked if she wanted a drink before going to fetch them some. He spent a couple of seconds near the punch bowl relating with Berrynose before both were dragged off to dance again.

Ivypool and Foxleap, well they had long since vanished, and were sat on the gym rafters, occasionally throwing black and orange streamers down. They were talking, and mostly planning what epic trick to do next. They scared most of the crowd to death when Foxleap leapt off the rafter with Ivypool in his arms again catching himself with a rope shortly before he hit the ground and using the momentum to backflip before dancing with his girlfriend like nothing happened.

Breezepelt was in the corner, leaning against the wall and watching. Just watching.

Honeyfern and Berrynose were dancing. Not much going on.

Leafpool was hanging around with Feathertail and Squirrelflight when Brambleclaw and Reedwhisker came over to ask them to dance. They went away, Squirrelflight quickly becoming queen of the dance floor, and Leafpool was left alone with Nightcloud eyeing her and edging ever closer. But as a slower song came on, Crowfeather came over and graciously invited her to dance, and the black-haired girl watched in furious envy as others 'aww'ed around them.

Meanwhile, up a mountain somewhere, Sage That Falls Like Feather sat upside-down on her bed, throwing and catching a small ball while her roommate Leaf tried to ignore her.

"It's Halloween…and the school is doing nooothing to celebrate...they are not being sooooocial…" she sang.

"Maybe it's cause we live up a mouuuuuntain." Leaf replied in her same bored melody.

"That doesn't stop them from organising events withiiiin the schooool." Sage fired back.

But back to Warriors High.

Where there was now an extreme argument going on by the snacks table. Caused by Dawnpelt, who had seen Jayfeather and was trying to blame him by bringing up that time where he supposedly tried to drown Flametail when an edge in the pool broke while he was on it. Flametail fell in and was trapped underneath by the fallen stone. Jayfeather saved him, but Dawnpelt was convinced that he had loosened the part and had there not been so many people around to notice would have just left him there. It was now a running argument that Dawnpelt tried to spark everytime he was near, just because she didn't like being wrong. Even though Flametail had told her that she was in the gentlest way possible.

This happened a lot, so most people continued dancing as they fought it out.

"Why the heck would I wanna drown Flametail?" Jayfeather growled, "For goodness sake we're actually relatively friends!"

"You can play the friendliness charade all you like! I bet Flametail has better grades than you, and that's why!" Dawnpelt retaliated.

Jayfeather glanced at the dark ginger who was leaning against the wall by Jayfeather, listening into the conversation without his sister knowing. He muttered a no and the blind boy looked back at Dawnpelt.

"No, I have better grades than him. Not by much, but I do. Besides, this ain't the career I want, more the only career I can have, so why would I try to kill him to rank better than him."

This was enough for the creamy blonde, and she lunged towards him, grabbing listen and hissing to him in a whispered voice, "That is it! I am, or will be, the queen of this school, and you'd better start listening to me. Flametail is my brother, and if you try to kill him once more, you will have me to talk to!"
"Queen of the school? Where're ya starting? The wannabe club?" Jayfeather replied casually.

She chuckled. "Oh Jayfeather, you'll never understand. I've tarnished every pretty girls chance at being loved. I've ruined dresses before. I've smashed their makeup. Commented bad things. Told them false fashion trends. Torn apart relationships. I even started that rumour about Heathertail so that everyone would hate her. I-"

"You did what?"

Dawnpelt paled, and spun on her heels to see Heathertail standing right behind her. Jayfeather laughed to himself. Dawnpelt had really been in the wrong place at the wrong time. Heathertail's eyes were like flint, burning with and icy fire.

"O-oh Heathertail! How nice to see you…" the cream-blonde laughed nervously.

"What did you say?" the light brunette hissed.

"A-ah, well, I, ah, don't understa-"

"WHAT DID YOU SAY?" Heathertail snarled. Everything had quietened, even the music had stopped.

Dawnpelt shrank back. "I-I…"

The Wind girl turned around and looked at the crowd. "Can anyone here tell me what rumour this rat spread about me?"

There was some muttering and shuffling, then a hand went up. Heathertail beckoned them forwards. It was Whitetail.

"Whitetail. Hello. Could you please tell me what rumour Dawnpelt spread about me? I will not be in any way angry with you."

"Um, well,I-I never believed this, but she said that you, um...she said that you failed all your tests but lied and said you passed, then sweetly asked the teachers if you could get the pass mark, then that you snuck into Leafpool's room and tore her dress, then that you broke Sunstrike's heels and blamed it on Swallowtail, then went around anonymously posting hate comments on everything, and-"

"I've heard enough."

Heathertail turned back around to Dawnpelt. "Well? Did you do this?"

The creamy-blonde shuffled nervously. "I-I-"

"DID YOU DO THIS?"

"Y-yes, but-!"

"Jayfeather, please repeat what Dawnpelt was telling you."

The grey-haired boy smirked. "Well she was on about some 'being queen of the school' nonsense but then she said some things like ruining dresses, smashing makeup, commenting bad stuff, telling them untrue fashion things, ruined relationships and spreading the rumour about Heathertail so that everyone would hate her."

She turned back to the crowd.

"Now think back to the rumour. What if Dawnpelt was the cause of all those things?"

There was suddenly a loud uproar, filled mostly with shocked exclamations, gasps, and angry words thrown at Dawnpelt. The creamy blonde was so distracted by the mob in front of her that she didn't notice Ivypool -well, no one ever did- sneaking through the shadows. The white-and-silver streaked girl wove carefully around until she was right behind Dawnpelt.

Then she dumped the entire contents of the punch bowl over her head.

A loud cheer went up as she went to stand by Heathertail.

"And that is why no one lies like that, girly." she said in a matter-of-factly tone and a smile.

And so the dance went on, with not much happening apart from Ivypool jumpscaring Breezepelt twice -and finding out that he screams extremely high-pitched- and Foxleap getting several clips of both his own tricks and her scares. Oh, and Briarlight did a backflip over the snack table when she'd had enough sugary gummi worms. But we won't talk about that!

Nor we will talk about how Hollyleaf drank so much lemonade -there was no punch left after the Dawnpelt incident- she laughed madly and only came back to focus when she found herself on the rafters.

At 10:45, only half the crowd remained as they left the gym, exhausted but happy, with a couple of people recovering from a sugar high. Jayfeather returned to his room to hear Foxleap still wide awake and Lionblaze snoring. He changed and headed to bed, glad he;d finally gotten everyone behind him in the Dawnpelt fight.