They ran towards the scream as fast as they could, only to find blood on the snow, Dustpelt knocked out, and Sandstorm about to get killed by a fox. Flame and Ice both ran at the fox and attacked it from both sides and as soon as Sandstorm recovered from her shock she joined in the attack as well. Flame, Ice, and Sandstorm bit and scratched the fox to tire him out. The fox lashed out barely missing Ice. Ice jumped onto the fox's back and dug her claws into its back. The fox yowled in pain and stopped its attack, shook off Ice, and retreated into the forest.
"Thanks" Sandstorm mewed in a shaky voice "Why did you help me after what I did to you"
"Because I used to love you so I had to help or I would never be able to live with myself, but now that I have helped you don't expect me to ever be nice to you again, now I owe you nothing" Flame mewed before walking off
"I'll catch up" Ice mewed to Flame
"Why aren't you going right now" Sandstorm asked
"I just wanted to tell you what you have lost" Ice mewed "How Fireheart talked about you, the love he had for you, but you threw it away like it was nothing"
Then Ice left as well, leaving behind a stunned Sandstorm. After a bit Ice caught up to Flame. They traveled in silence and all that could be heard was the crunching of the snow under their paws and the howling of the wind. They walked through the twoleg place seeing some cats they knew and some they didn't. Kittypets hid from them when they saw them coming. They walked a bit before they saw a gray tom and a white tom with black spots. When they got closer they could smell Bloodclan's scent coming off of them.
"Is Scourge at his alley" Flame asked
The two cats turned around to see Flame and Ice behind them.
"Yes he is Flame" the gray tom mewed
"Thanks, and whats your names I've never seen you around" Flame asked
"I'm Hunter" the gray tom mewed
"And I'm Spike" the white tom with black spots mewed
"Well its been great to meet you but I've got to see Scourge at the moment so maybe I'll see you guys later" Flame mewed
"Later then" Spike mewed
Flame and Ice walked in silence, all that could be heard was some monsters and a couple of twolegs. They walked toward Scourge's alley but before they got there Scourge appeared out of the shadows next to them, which sort of frightened them at first.
"So what news do you bring me" Scourge asked
"The whole forest is about to go to war with each other" Flame mewed
"Ahh that's very good news, we can use it to our advantage to slay all of our enemies" Scourge mewed
"Are we dismissed Sir" Flame asked
"Yes go get some rest and Ice keep up the good work cause if you do there just might be another opening in my Guard" Scourge mewed
"Yes Sir" Ice mewed
After they were walking for a while they finally arrived at Snake's alley. They went inside to find a sleeping Snake.
"Do you want to wake him" Flame asked Ice
"Sure, why not" Ice responded
Ice jumped onto the couch and walked up to Snake and started tapping him on his back lightly.
"Hey Snake, wake up" Ice mewed softly
"Huh what….Oh its just you Ice" Snake mewed before closing his eyes again. Then all of a sudden he woke up and jumped onto Ice.
"Ice your back" he mewed excitedly
Then he saw Flame. "And Flame your back too" he mewed
"Yeah we're back and could you please get off of me" Ice mewed
"Oh sorry" Snake apologized
"Anyway what happened while you were gone" Snake asked
"Nothing much" Flame mewed
"Well we spied on the forrest cats a bit and me and Flame have become mates, well not officially but you know, so yeah other than that nothing much has happened" Ice mewed
"Really, I knew you two with get together, just didn't think it'd be this soon" Snake mewed "I mean ever since Flame saved you I saw that look in your eyes"
"Yeah well whatever, Anyway we woke you up so that we can tell you we are here and that Flame and I need the couch" Ice mewed
"Oh no, if you want to sleep with him, you will sleep on the ground cause I'm not giving up my couch" Snake mewed
"Really are you going to do this to me right at this very moment" Ice mewed
"Yep cause this is my couch and I'm older than you by two minutes so I'm in charge of you" Snake mewed
"Fine" Ice grumbled
Ice went into a corner of the alley and pulled out a blue cushion that she pulled over to Flame's dark green pillow and lied down. Flame went over to her and lied down as well.
"Goodnight lovebirds" Snake mewed, laughter in his voice
"Shut-up Snake" Ice mewed a bit threateningly
Ice and Flame lied down back to back and fell asleep. Flame fell asleep thinking how much better his life had become.
Flame woke in a beautiful, star-lit forest, which he recognized as Starclan. Spottedleaf and Bluestar appeared in front of him. Flame's lips turned into a snarl.
"Why did you send me here" Flame snarled
"Because we have a message for you" Spottedleaf mewed while looking at him in sadness.
"Well hurry up then" Flame snarled
"Fireheart you have to stop this and save the clans" Bluestar mewed "Please I'll send a message to Thunderclan to take you in, you will be deputy and have respect and your friends back, so what do you say are you with us"
Flame thought for a while then answered "No, never again"
"Why not" Bluestar mewed
"Cause it was you who started this and now I'll destroy the clans and your exile will backfire on you as you watch the clans die off" Flame mewed in furry before he jumped at Bluestar with his claws outstretched, Flame passed right through her, but quickly turned around and lashed out again. He knew his attacks were pointless, but he needed Bluestar to know his hatred towards her. After a while Bluestar disappeared without a word. Only Spottedleaf was left.
"Well hurry up and leave so that I can wake up" Flame ordered
Spottedleaf looked at him in sadness and whispered "Goodbye"
Flame woke up next to Ice. He breathed in her sweet scent before walking off to go hunting. He headed for the dark part of the Twolegplace to see if he could catch a rat or two. Once he got there he started searching but came out an hour later empty handed. Flame started walking back toward Snake's alley until Rose came out of nowhere. She came up to him and rubbed her body up against him. Flame backed off but Rose still came at him and rubbed her body on his seductively.
"Rose back off" Flame warned
"You don't have to push me away Flame, you know you want me" Rose mewed
Then she tried to lick him. That's when Flame made his move, he tripped her with his front leg and ran off.
"You can't run forever" Rose called after him
Flame ran back toward the dark part of the Twolegplace hoping to hide from crazy in love with him Rose until he crashed into Ice who had three rats dangling from her jaws.
"Well it looks like you had more luck than me" Flame mewed
"Of course, I am better at hunting than you" Ice mewed
"That is so true" Flame responded with a purr
"Anyway me and you can get one each, but first I have to drop one off at Scourge's alley" Ice mewed
"Okay let me carry one" Flame mewed
Ice dropped a rat, which Flame picked up. Both of them walked to Scourge's alley dropped off the rat and prepared to leave, but before they could leave Raven came out from Scourge's alley.
"Flame we have been looking for you, all the Guards are already in there" Raven mewed
Flame sighed "well Ice I guess I'll spend some time with you later, here take my rat and save it for me" Flame mewed
"Okay I'll wait for you" Ice mewed before walking off
Flame entered Scourge's alley with Raven to find Scourge, Snake, Frost, and Brick sitting in a circle. They too entered the circle and began the meeting.
"Flame has found out that the clans are about to go to war with each other, which we can use to our advantage" Scourge mewed
"What we are going to do is that I am going to kill Tigerstar and take control of his clan and then I will make his clan attack the other clans, in the end they will be so weak that we will over power them easily" Scourge mewed
All the cats agreed with the plan except for Flame.
"What if Shadowclan and Riverclan don't join you then what" Flame asked
"Then we'll kill them anyway" Scourge mewed "Raven and Brick are going to go and inform Tigerstar that we have agreed to his proposal" Scourge mewed
"Meeting dismissed" Scourge mewed
Flame left with Snake toward their alley. They walked about halfway toward the alley in silence before Snake broke it.
"Do you think we would be able to win the whole forest" Snake asked
"Well there is a chance that we can't win" Flame mewed
"That's not very reassuring, but I trust our warriors to win" Snake mewed
"Same here" Flame responded
They got to the alley and found Ice grooming herself inside. She saw them but continued grooming herself.
"So what do we do now" Snake asked
"We wait for Raven and Brick to return" Flame replied
Ice came over to them and proposed that they go and walk around and then maybe go hunting. Snake and Flame agreed. They left the alley and started walking around the Twolegplace while talking and cracking jokes. They were doing anything they could to take their minds off the huge upcoming battle. They knew that anyone of them could not come out of that battle alive. They went hunting in the abandoned twoleg house and then tackled each other in the snow. Later on they climbed a house onto the roof and watched the sunset together.
(Next Morning)
Scourge walked into Snake's alley while everyone was asleep. He woke Flame and both of them walked to quiet never used alley.
"Why have you brought me here Sir" Flame asked
"I want to teach you a move that no one can survive not even those nine-life leaders you speak of can survive it" Scourge mewed
"Ok" Flame mewed
"Well then lets get started brother" Scourge mewed
"First you need a pair of dog teeth" Scourge mewed "Here put these on, they are one of the best that I've got in my collection"
After Flame put them on he and Scourge spent from morning till moonhigh training non-stop. They didn't stop to drink or eat at all. They only stopped once when Raven came to inform them that the battle would be tomorrow. Scourge would attack Flame and Flame would defend himself and the other way around. By moonhigh Scourge had taught Flame the Death Strike and a couple of other lethal moves. After they were done Scourge finally looked at him with satisfaction in his eyes.
"You're ready" Scourge mewed "Now remember don't teach anyone the Death Strike since nobody knows of it other than me or you"
"Yes Scourge" Flame mewed
Flame and Scourge went separate ways, Flame toward Snake's alley and Scourge who knows where. When Flame entered he fell down exhausted next to Ice and instantly fell asleep.
Flame woke to a lot of noise outside and nobody in the alley. He left to check out the noise outside. Flame found all of Bloodclan practicing their battle moves and sharpening their claws. Dogteeth were being handed out to some cats that started to sharpen them as soon as they got them. Flame moved through some cats until he found Rain and Snake sparring with each other on one of the roofs. He went up there to check out the fight. It was pretty good and Snake won in the end.
"Bravo that was pretty good" Flame mewed
"Do you want to try to beat me" Snake asked
"Are you challenging the master" Flame mewed playfully
"Yes, yes I am" Snake responded
Both of them ran at each other and started practicing their battle moves on each other with sheathed claws. Snake was stronger but Flame was faster and more skilled. After sparing for a bit Snake tackled Flame. Both of them started to roll until Snake held Flame under him. You could see a smirk grow on Snake's face. It quickly disappeared when Flame threw him of with his back legs and quickly jumped onto him. Snake was fast enough to roll out of the way. By this time in their little battle a small crowd had gathered to watch. Some cheered for Flame but most cheered for Snake. They exchanged more blows until Flame made a smart move that when Snake jumped he jumped onto him as well. Flame landed on Snake in the middle of the air and pushed him toward the earth with full force. Flame flipped Snake over and put his paw on Snake's neck.
"Give up" Flame mewed
"Fine" Snake mewed
Flame was met by cheering cats. There was a huge crowd now and they were all cheering his name.
"It looks as if you have some fans" Snake mewed
"I feel so loved" Flame mewed in sarcasm
"Well it was pretty impressive since I expected to win" Snake mewed
"Pshh you cant beat the master" Flame mewed
"Ha I'll see about that later on when I get a rematch" Snake mewed
"Then I look forward to beating you again" Flame mewed
Flame looked from the roof at all the cats preparing for war. Till sunhigh all of Bloodclan prepared for the huge battle. The sound of sharpening dog teeth and claws could be heard over all the cats training and preparing for battle. Never before had Bloodclan prepared for such a battle as this.
Battle coming up
Who will live and who will die
