Sorry it's been awhile since I updated. I'm sorry, I won't be able to do Cinderpelt because...-sniffs- I'VE NOT READ TWILIGHT YET! -sobs- Anyway, this is Darkstripe, and hopefully I'll have a few more up tonight.

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No Giving Up - Darkstripe

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So you found out today your life's not the same
Not quite as perfect as it was yesterday but
When you were just getting in the groove
Now you're faced with something new
And I know it hurts and I know you feel torn
But you never gave up this easily before
So why do you choose today to give it all away

This was it. The kittypet would die this day. He exiled my leader, exiled me, and it was his fault that Tigerstar was killed. He wouldn't get away with it, and Tigerstar's death would not be in vain. I would make sure of that.

That's why I joined BloodClan. Scrouge was a very powerful cat to destroy Tigerstar like he did, so it didn't hurt to join sides with him. It was actually very...well, powerful.

As I walked into Fourtrees, my heart was pounding with anger and nervousness. Firestar would die today, even if I wasn't the one to take all nine lives from him. I licked my lips in anticipation at tasting his blood on my lips. Then, I smelt WindClan, ThunderClan, and RiverClan. Though BloodClan beat them by size and number of cats - not to mention power - I still felt a bit jumpy. But right now, as I saw Firestar walk into the clearing, all I wanted was revenge.

Well it's not so bad y'all
Together we all fall
Just as long we get up we'll stand tall
We shouldn't waste another day
Thinking 'bout the things that we forgot to say

I couldn't hear the words shared with the clans and BloodClan, for I was too far back, but when cats starting flinging themselves at each other, I growled. My eyes scanned the clearing, searching for the fire red pelt of Firestar. He would die tonight, under the own stars of StarClan.

I thought I would never find him. It was hard, against the throng of cats, especally when some flung themselves at you. Finally, I saw his flaming pelt easily against the gray rock of the Great Rock, and I followed him, my paws steady and my eyes wide with longing. Lust and longing to kill.

Finally, as he came into view again, I leaped, landing right in front of him. I snarled, eyes glaring, and I knew this was my moment. My only moment.

I'm hittin' back y'all
Kickin' these four walls
Just as hard as I can til I can't crawl
I won't waste another day
With all these silly things
Swimmin' in my brain

"Darkstripe," he whispered. He obviously hadn't voted on seeing me again, and I growled with displeasure.

"You will die, kittypet!" I sneered, leaping at him. I caught him off guard, but I had to admit, as he fought back, that Firestar was a clever opponent. But once he slowed down. I purred in joy, seeing him batheing in his own blood. Then, he stumbled. Without hesitation, I leaped...

There's no giving up now
Do you really want to give this all away
Can't you ever see things in a different way
Somedays
No giving up now
Such a beautiful thing to throw away
You should think things through
Over and over again
All over again

And didn't make it. The gray mousebrain, Graystripe bowled into me, and attacked me. We rolled, snarling and biting, until finally, he twisted the wrong way, his fangs slicing into my throat. White-hot pain seered through my body as I withered on the ground. Death seemed to never come. Blood slowly filled my vision. Why wouldn't death come? Slowly, I closed my eyes and opened them again, only to see a famliar blueish gray she-cat standing in front of me. Bluestar. He gaze was angry, cross, and I nearly flinched back, if I hadn't been in so much pain.

So your scars fade away
You soaked up the pain
A better person 'cause you lived through those days
And now you know what it's like to prove
You can overcome anything that gets to you
Well it's alright
We're sayin' our goodbyes
To the past and everything that ain't right
We won't waste another day
With all these silly things in our way

"You will suffer a few minutes longer before you join Tigerstar in HellClan," she snarled, fur bristling. "You will remain in darkness for the rest of etirnity. Traitors." She scoffed before disappearing, and as the pure crimson of blood flitered the rest of my vision, I saw only the flaming red tom, staring at me with distrust.

Kittypet...May StarClan make you suffer...

There's no giving up now
Do you really want to give this all away
Can't you ever see things in a different way
Somedays
No giving up now
Such a beautiful thing to throw away
You should think things through
Over and over again
All over again

I know we have given
All that we can give
When there's nothing to lean on
Well, I remember this
All we make of this lifetime
Is always here within
And remembering that's why
We should never give in

---End of Chapter---