Flames POV

All of Bloodclan watched from the roofs and ground as a shadow moved along the walls, growing bigger and bigger with each passing second until Tigerstar came into view.

"Scourge" Tigerstar yelled

"Yes Tigerstar" Scourge mewed coming into view

"Its time" Tigerstar mewed

"I'll have Flame show us the way to your camp, you have no need to stay" Scourge mewed

"Fine, but hurry up" Tigerstar mewed as he began leaving

"I don't like the tone he uses with you" Raven mewed to Scourge

"Don't worry, soon he wont be using that tone with anybody" Scourge mewed "Flame"

"Yes Scourge" Flame mewed running up to him

"Lead the way" Scourge mewed

"Yes Sir" Flame responded

Scourge jumped up onto a very tall wooden crate and yelled "Alright listen up, all of Bloodclan shall move out now, follow Flame he knows the way"

With that said, all of Bloodclan came towards Flame and got ready to leave. Scourge did a last second check to make sure everyone was here. He nodded towards Flame, signaling for him to start leading the way. Flame led Bloodclan through the streets of the Twolegplace, avoiding monsters and twolegs and led Bloodclan straight into the forest. They followed Flame into the wet and dark swamp of Shadowclan. They slowly slunk their way through all the vegetation and surrounded Shadowclan's camp. Scourge and all of his Guard walked straight into camp, demanding to see Tigerstar.

"So you finally came" Tigerstar mewed

"Yes we did, now lets get this over with" Scourge mewed

"Very well, I will go rally my warriors while you and your cats can go help themselves to some fresh-kill we caught" Tigerstar mewed before walking out of camp followed by all his warriors.

"Raven call the rest of Bloodclan in here, so that they can have some food" Scourge mewed

"Yes Scourge" Raven mewed before walking out

"What do you suppose we do now" Flame asked Scourge

"I think Tigerstar will send someone to come get us" Scourge responded

"Ok then" Flame mewed

Flame stood up and walked toward the fresh-kill pile. He picked out a scrawny mouse and walked over to where Rain, Snake, and Ice were eating.

"Hey guys, ready for the fight" Flame mewed

"Heck yes we are" Snake mewed excitedly

"Yep, we're going to show those mouse-brains who they are dealing with" Ice mewed

"We sure are" Flame mewed with a hint of sadness in his voice

"You're not having second thoughts about this battle, right Flame" Snake asked

"No of course not, its just that I hope Scourge gives a chance for some of them to join us" Flame mewed

"Why" Ice asked

"Well cause I still have some friends there" Flame mewed

"I doubt Scourge will let them join, but you could go ask him" Rain mewed

"Yeah, I think I will" Flame mewed

Flame stood up and went to go looking for Scourge. After searching the camp he did not find Scourge.

"Hey Raven, do you know where Scourge is" Flame asked

"Yeah he went outside, said he was going to go clear his mind" Raven mewed

"Thanks Raven" Flame mewed

"No problem" Raven mewed before walking off

Flame walked out of the camp's entrance and immediately picked up Scourge's scent. He followed it to a small clearing and found Scourge sitting in the middle of it. Flame approached him slowly still in the cover of the plants. Scourge was sitting in the middle of the snow and a light breeze blew through his black fur. Flame noticed that Scourge had his eyes closed and looked calm and even a bit happy.

"I never felt settled or calm, you can't really commit to life when you feel that" Scourge mewed calmly with his eyes still closed

Flame was surprised that Scourge knew that he was here, but got over it quickly.

"I'm sorry, but I don't quit understand" Flame mewed in confusion

"What I mean to say is that I've never really felt calm, but all of a sudden I got a sense of calmness come over me even though we have a huge battle ahead of us" Scourge mewed finally opening his eyes

Scourge walked towards Flame and looked Flame in the eyes with his icy, blue eyes for a long time as if trying to remember every detail about them. Why is he acting his not normal self?

"Are you okay Scourge" Flame mewed

"I'm better than ok" Scourge mewed " I have seen something in my meditation and I accept it, it has caused me to look at the world differently, in a more peaceful way"

"What is it Scourge, what have you seen in your meditation" Flame mewed in curiosity

"You'll know soon brother" Scourge mewed "Oh and no matter what happens just know that I accept my fate"

What could he mean by saying that he accepts his fate? Flame kept on thinking about what Scourge had said trying to interpret its meaning.

"Is there something you wanted Flame" Scourge mewed

"Umm… Yes, I wanted to know if you can give the clans a chance to join us" Flame asked

After giving it a bit of thought Scourge finally answered, "I don't see why not"

"Thanks Scourge" Flame mewed

"No need for your thanks" Scourge mewed "Now go I need privacy so that I may continue my meditation"

Flame walked back to Shadowclan's camp pondering about what Scourge had said. I still don't know why he's acting so weird, it all just makes no sense. Flame finally made it back to camp and entered immediately searching for Ice, Snake, and Rain. He found them where he left them but now they were done eating and his mouse was still lying there untouched. Flame's stomach growled with hunger and he walked up to the three if them and lied down next to Ice.

"So how did it go?" Snake asked

"Well it took a while, but at the end of it all he said yes" Flame responded, leaving out the part about how Scourge acted weird and the mystifying meaning to his words.

"Well that's good, you will get some of your old friends and we'll get some more warriors" Ice mewed

"If they decide to join" Rain put in

"Well I don't know about you guys but I'm going to go get some sleep, so that I can have more energy for the battle" Snake mewed

"Yeah me too" Rain mewed

"Alright see yah" Flame mewed before both Rain and Snake stood up and walked into the warrior's den of Shadowclan.

"Aren't you going too" Ice mewed

"Yeah just let me finish my mouse" Flame mewed

"Then I'll just lie here and wait for you" Ice mewed

"Thanks Ice" Flame mewed

Flame quickly gulped down the last of his mouse before standing up and walking into the warrior's den with Ice. He and Ice curled up next to each other with their backs pressed against one another and fell into a quick sleep.

(2 hours later)

Flame, Ice, and all the other cats in the warrior's den woke to the sound of Scourge calling a clan meeting.

"All of Bloodclan get over here" Scourge mewed

"I can't believe he woke me up I was having such a good dream" Snake complained

"What was your dream about" Rain mewed

"Me sharing a mouse with a she-cat" Snake replied

"And who was she" Rain asked

"Not sure her face was blurred" Snake responded

Flame and the rest of the cats walked out and surrounded the rock Scourge was standing on with another cat.

"Tigerstar has sent this clan cat to show us the way" Scourge mewed

"And before we leave all of my Guard put on your dog teeth or as I like to call them battle claws" Scourge mewed

Flame and the rest of the guard went to the place that they had stashed their battle claws and put them on. After Flame came back and had a good look at the messenger Tigerstar had sent he recognized the clan cat as Mistyfoot and hid from her view. Mistyfoot started to leave leading them toward Fourtrees. Flame could see she was uncomfortable in the presence of this much Bloodclan cats. They got there just in time to see Tigerstar talking to Lionclan and being backed up by Tigerclan. All of Bloodclan hid in the forest surrounding Fourtrees. Mistyfoot left to join the ranks of Tigerclan.

"Since you won't surrender to my terms then I must call a ruthless clan to my aid to help you all make up your minds" Bloodclan heard Tigerstar threaten Lionclan

"What are you talking about there is no other clan" Whitestar and Tallstar both mewed

"Really then come and meet Bloodclan" Tigerstar mewed

All of Bloodclans eyes flashed into view from the dark forest. All that could be seen was their eyes staring at Lionclan. Then Scourge stepped out of the forest followed by Bloodclan. Scourge jumped up on the Great Rock next to Tigerstar and Whitestar.

"Look at their collars; their nothing but kittypets" someone from Lionclan yelled

"I bet we could beat them easily," another yelled

"Hey look at their leader he looks no bigger than a small apprentice," another cat from Lionclan yelled

Through all of these insults Scourge and all of Bloodclan didn't flinch they didn't even get angry cause they knew they could beat them.

"Silence" yelled Tigerstar causing all of Lionclan to fall silent

"So Whitestar and Tallstar do you surrender now" Tigerstar mewed

"No because you're a coward to have hired these cats to help you fight" Whitestar mewed

Tigerstar was furious at Whitestar's comment and ordered "Bloodclan attack, I said Bloodclan attack"

Not one Bloodclan cat moved all they did was sit silently and watch.

"Tigerstar my cats aren't yours to control" Scourge mewed

"Why you little….we had a deal" Tigerstar growled

Then Tigerstar leaped at Scourge, but Scourge's smaller size and greater speed allowed him to dodge. Then as Tigerstars side came into view Scourge kicked out at it. His paw connected with Tigerstar's side and Scourge made Tigerstar fall on his side. Before Tigerstar could get up Scourge used his battle claws to slice a horrible death wound from Tigerstar's throat to his tail. The cut was very long and deep. Tigerstar's screeched with pain as he started to shake on the ground and then go still and start shaking again. Blood was creeping from Tigerstar's body in different angles, coating the white snow with dark, red blood.

"Oh Starclan he's dying 9 lives in a row" Tallstar mewed horrified at the wound that Scourge created on Tigerstar.

On Tigerstar's last life he looked up at Scourge with pure hatred in his eyes before his eyes dimmed and his body fell silent forever. Scourge walked up to Tigerstar and kicked him just to make sure he was dead.

Then Whitestar walked up to Scourge and said "Thank you for getting rid of that menace for us, I am Whitestar"

"And I am Scourge" Scourge mewed "You're friend thought he could control us well he found out that he can't with his life"

"Well thank you for getting rid of him, please hunt in our territories before you leave" Whitestar mewed

A small laugh escaped Scourge before he said "No I fancy this forest of yours and I think I'll take it for myself"

"What" Whitestar mewed surprised

"You heard me this forest is going to be mine either the easy way or the hard way" Scourge mewed

"What's the easy and hard way" Whitestar mewed with fear in his eyes

"Well the easy way is I give you three days to get out of here and the hard way is that we kill all of you and take this forest by force" Scourge mewed

"All the clans erupted and started yelling how they will never give up their forest. Flame, Raven and the rest of Scourge's guard were supposed to protect Scourge even at the loss of their own lives, so all five of them jumped up in front of Scourge protecting him from the angry forest cats. The whole forest grew silent when they saw Flame.

"Fireheart what are you doing up there" Whitestar asked in a surprised tone

"Ahh it seems that everyone here knows Flame, Flame you never told me your real name is Fireheart" Scourge mewed "Anyway, Flame here is a very good warrior, one of the best in Bloodclan, a really big loss for you since you exiled him"

"Fireheart how could you do this; we raised you" Whitestar mewed

"I'm not Fireheart, I'm Flame and I don't care if you raised me cause all you did after that was throw me away like I was nothing," Flame mewed in anger

"But your part of our kind" Whitestar mewed

"My kind, my kind is the kittypets unless you don't remember, I got harassed and made fun of because of my kittypet roots, and now you tell me I'm part of your kind, your just desperate for more warriors" Flame mewed in anger, which caused Whitestar to leave him alone

"Also Flame suggested to me that if anyone wants to keep on living in the forest then they have the right to be apart of Bloodclan" Scourge mewed

After a while a good number of cats walked up to Bloodclan and joined their ranks. Flame recognized them as Blackfoot, Darkstripe, Mudclaw, Heavystep, Blackclaw, Oakfur, Webfoot, Tornear, Boulder, Russetfur, Tallpoppy, Cedarpaw, Rowanpaw, Thornpaw and Cloudtail. Flame was a bit disappointed that none of them were his friends other than Cloudtail.

"So much deserters, this shows our power and that these cats have made the smart move while the rest of you will perish" Scourge mewed

"Traitors" the forest cats yelled

"Silence" Scourge mewed "Now listen I'll give you three days to leave and in that time anyone who wants to join can still come to the Twolegplace and join Bloodclan"

"Bloodclan, we're going home" Scourge mewed

Right before every Bloodclan cat came out of view Scourge turned around and said "remember you have three days" before he too disappeared into the forest.

Whitestars POV

The forest cats were going crazy; their fear stench was coming off them in rapid waves. Whitestar watch with sadness at the chaos Bloodclan had caused, so many traitors had left to help Bloodclan. How could Fireheart be so cruel and join such a bloodthirsty clan.

"Tallstar, Leopardstar, bring your deputies and medicine cats" Whitestar mewed "Runningnose your going to be Shadowclan's representative"

After the cats that Whitestar had requested had organized themselved he started the meeting.

"What do you think we should do" Whitestar mewed

"I don't know, with so much traitors I am not sure we will win" mewed Leopardstar

"I suggest we still fight to the end even though they outnumber us we will have Starclan on our side" Tallstar mewed

"Runningnose how much cats are left in Shadowclan" Whitestar asked

"Not much Whitestar, all we got is me, Littlecloud, Tawnypaw, and just a few others" Runningnose answered "After Tigerstar died then Blackfoot was next in line to be leader, but he chose to follow Bloodclan instead and most of Shadowclan chose to join Bloodclan because of Blackfoot's decision"

"What about you Leopardstar how much have left to join Bloodclan" Whitestar asked

"A few" was all Leopardstar said

"And you Tallstar" Whitestar asked

"Same as Leopardstar" Tallstar mewed

"Hmm…..even though we lost many cats we will still fight them to the end" Whitestar mewed

"Agreed" Runningnose, Tallstar, and Leopardstar mewed

"Sandstorm you and the other deputies go and spread the word for Lionclan to get prepared to fight Bloodclan" Whitestar ordered "And medicine cats go and stock up on your herbs"

As soon as everyone left Whitestar was left alone watching the word get spread. He watched alone from the Great Rock until he felt someone nudge him lightly. He turned to see Willowpelt standing there looking as magnificent as ever.

"What are you thinking about" she asked him

"I'm thinking about how we might not make it through all of this" Whitestar mewed

"Oh I wouldn't worry cause I know that whatever happens that you will be there to help us get through it" Willowpelt mewed soothingly

Whitestar and Willowpelt sat next to each other pelts touching thinking about what would happen to them. The whole forest was thinking about what would happen to them.

Flames POV

Flame led the new bigger Bloodclan back to the Twolegplace. Scourge said he would not rename them and make them officially a part of Bloodclan until they proved their usefulness to Bloodclan.

"Hey Cloudtail you decided to join Bloodclan" Flame mewed

"Yes I did, and I did cause you're my moms brother and mentor so I had to" Cloudtail mewed

"Well good choice" Flame mewed

"Thornpaw you decided to join too" Flame mewed

"Yes I did since I want to live" Thornpaw mewed as Flame nodded in agreement

"Anyway see you two later cause I have some work to do" Flame mewed

"OK" both Thornpaw and Cloudtail mewed

Flame made his way to Scourge through the huge crowd of cats.

"Look at this Flame, so much deserters and a few more on the way, the forest cats will cower under my shadow" Scourge mewed

Flame stood quietly until Scourge addressed him again "Is there something you want Flame" Scourge asked

"Yes, is there something you would like me to do" Flame asked

"Other than prepare and wait, no there is nothing I want you to do" Scourge mewed

"Raven" Scourge yelled

"Yes Scourge" Raven mewed

"I want you to go and recruit as well as train some kittypets" Scourge mewed

"What if they don't want to go" Raven asked

"Kill them" Scourge mewed

Flame left to go find Ice. After searching and asking others where she is he finally found her in the park eating a large rat.

"Hey Ice, why are you here all alone?" Flame asked

"Oh hi Flame, I was just thinking about all the things that could go wrong and then I thought of you getting killed" Ice mewed

"Ice I can't promise you anything, but I will try my best to stay alive for you" Flame mewed

"But still you never know" Ice mewed

"But I will try" Flame mewed

After a while Ice responded "As will I"

Flame lay down next to Ice and put his head on her back. Her soft fur made is so much more comfortable as well as her sweet scent.

"I love you Ice" Flame mewed

"And I you" Ice responded before they both fell asleep.

(Next Day)

Flame woke up to to a freezing cold morning. Some of his body was buried under snow and he had to get out of there. It was so cold that Flame could see his breath coming out of his mouth. Flame looked down at Ic still sleeping. Better wake her before she catches whitecough.

"Hey Ice, wake up before you catch whitecough" Flame mewed while prodding her awake

"Huh...what's whitecough" Ice mewed finally waking up and getting out of the snow that had buried her

"Its what you get when you get sick because of the cold" Flame mewed

"Oh so its like a cold" Ice asked him

"Umm...I guess so...sure" Flame mewed having no idea what a cold is

"Well come on Flame lets go and hunt something to eat instead of just standing here in the freezing cold" Ice mewed

"Sure, lets go to the old abandoned twoleg house" Flame suggested

"Sounds great" Ice mewed

Ice and Flame began their walk to the Twolegplace. They walked the whole way peacefully until they got closer and could hear commotion in there. Flame and Ice ran over there to investigate. When they got there they found the old Blodclan cats getting ready to pounce on the new recruits. The new recruits were about to do the same to the old Bloodclan cats. What is going on here?

"It looks as if everyone is getting along quite nicely" Ice mewed with sarcasm in her voice

"I've got to stop this" Flame mewed

"Well go on and stop it" Ice mewed

Flame walked into the middle of both side as they kept on arguing.

"Alright everybody stop" Flame ordered and everyone did just that

"You, whats your name" Flame asked a white tom with orange stripes and green eyes

"My..my names Leaf" Leaf mewed

"And what is going on here" Flame asked

"Well you see these new cats are trying to get into the abandoned twoleg house and eat everthing in there when we don't have that much food because of winter, so we have decided to not let them in but they are demanding that we do" mewed Leaf

"Liar all we want is to go and get one mouse for each one of us, nothing more, but you won't let us" Blackfoot mewed

"Why don't you go and hunt somewhere else, our territory is vast theres plenty of hunting space" Spot mewed

"Because as you said its leaf-bare and there is barely any food anywhere else" mewed Blackfoot

"Whats leaf-bare" Ice asked Flame

"Its the clan way of saying winter" Flame mewed

"Oh okay" Ice mewed

Right before everyone could start arguing again Flame spoke up to get everyones attention.

"Listen up everyone, I want Bloodclan to let our new recruits into the old abandoned twoleg house because even if we do have less food in there it will all pay off when we get their help to take over the forest which is filled with food, Okay" Flame mewed

"Okay" everyone replied

"Good now get going" Flame ordered

Flame watched as the old Bloodclan cats and the new cats walked together toward the abandoned twoleg house. Ice walked up to him and looked at them too.

"Well it looks as if you did a good job" Ice mewed

"I guess I did" Flame mewed

"You must be really good at this whole problem solving thing" Ice mewed

"Nah..this was easy anyone who wasn't arguing could have done it" Flame mewed

"If you say so" Ice mewed

"What do you say we go to Scourge's alley instead of the abandoned twoleg house since its going to be overcrowded" Flame mewed

"Sure" Ice replied

Flame and Ice walked silently to Scourge's alley while admiring at how beautiful the city looked when there was snow all over it. There were twolegs that were putting pine-trees into their houses. I guess the twolegs want to grow forests in their houses or something like that, I wonder why.

They kept on walking until they finally reached Scourge's alley. Brick and Frost let them in with a nod of their heads. Flame and Ice saw Scourge on the roof and stood respectfully waiting for him to address them. After a little while Scourge motioned for them to join him on the roof with his tail. Flame and Ice used wooden boxes that they found stacked up one on another to get on top of the roof and next to Scourge.

"So why have you come" Scourge asked

"Well Scourge there is no food anywhere except for the abandoned twoleg house and thats overcrowded so I was wondering if we could get some of your own food" Flame asked

"Sure, its over there"Scourge mewed while pointing with his tail at a food pile behind the dumpster

Flame and Ice thanked Scourge and jumped off the roof. They walked up to the pile of food and picked out a small sized chicken. They lied down and started eating the chicken. About half way through the chicken Scourge jumped down to join them. He lied down a bit away from them and started to study them.

"So are you two a couple" Scourge asked

"Yes" Ice answered

"Good, thats good, its always nice to have someone to love" Scourge mewed with a faraway look in his eyes

"Did you ever love anyone" Flame asked

Ice hit Flame in the ribs and whispered "Thats kind of personal, don't you think"

"Actually I did" Scourge mewed surprising both Ice and Flame

"Really" Flame mewed

"Yes, she was beautiful, she was the only cat I ever loved, my only true friend really" Scourge mewed deep in thought

"How did you meet her" Flame asked

"I'll tell you" Scourge mewed

Scourges POV

(Flashback)

Tiny comes out of his house and climbs the white, wooden fence and sits on it. His brother and sister were picking on him again. I hate them, I wish I was bigger than them, then I'd show them. He had sat on the fence, lonely as always. He had no friends, his siblings didn't like him, and his own mother looked like she was just faking her own love for him. Scourge sat bleak-eyed and hunched over looking at the world as it went by. All of a sudden he felt something poke him, but he just ignored it. Then he felt another poke and this time he turned around to see a beautiful 6 month old kitten with short, plush, blue-grey fur and dazzling blue eyes to go with her. She was only about a month younger than him and just sat there smiling at him in a friendly way. Tiny sat there just staring at her.

"Привет..Umm...are you okay" she asked with a slight accent

"Ye..ah...never been bet..ter" Tiny stuttered making a complete fool of himself

"You talk funny" she mewed

"No I don't" Tiny mewed

"Then why were you talking like that" she asked

"I don't know" Tiny mewed "Are you new here"

"Yes, me and my owners came from Russia" she mewed

"Russia whats that" Tiny asked

"Oh its a great place, but unfortunately we had to move here, because my owners got a job here" she mewed

"So is that why you have an accent" Tiny asked

"Yes, yes it is" she responded

"Oh..okay, so whats your name" Tiny asked

"My names Анастасия" Анастасия mewed

"Ana what" Tiny mewed

"Анастасия or like you cats say it Anastasia" Анастасия mewed

"Anastasia, pretty name" Tiny mewed

"Yes well I'd like it if you called me Анастасия instead of Anastasia just because I like the sound of my name that way better" Анастасия mewed

"Sure okay" Tiny mewed

"Thanks and whats your name" Анастасия mewed

"My names Tiny" Tiny mewed waiting for her to laugh, but instead she mewed "Nice name" which surprised Tiny cause whenever someone saw his size and heard his name they started laughing

"So do you want to be friends" Анастасия mewed

"Of course I do" Tiny mewed

"Thats great, what do you want to do first" Анастасия asked

"Well we could go play Hide-and-Seek" Tiny mewed

"Whats that" Анастасия asked

"Its a game where you hide and some one has to find you" Tiny exlpained

"Oh so its like прятки" Анастасия mewed

"Yeah sure" Tiny mewed not having a clue at what that meant

"So I'm going to go hide and you find me" Анастасия mewed before running off

Tiny counted to twenty before he went looking for her. After looking for a little while he found her in the bushes.

"Found Ya" Tiny yelled as he jumped on her and they both started laughing

They played this game and tag the whole day until it was starting to get dark and Tiny had to say goodbye.

"Well I've got to go home so see you tomorrow" Tiny mewed

"До свидания Tiny" Анастасия mewed before climbing the fence and jumping down on the other side

I can't believe I have a friend and a pretty one to. Tiny walked inside to only be tackled by Socks and Ruby his siblings.

"Get off" Tiny mewed

"Where you been all day loser" Socks mewed

"Yeah have you been siting in the bush again thinking about what a loser you are" Ruby sneered

"No, actually I have made a friend, and guess what she's from Russia" Tiny mewed

"Hah liar, nobody would want to be your friend" Socks mewed

"But its true" Tiny argued

"Shutup and go tell your lies to someone who cares, Oh wait there is nobody who cares" Ruby mewed

Socks and Ruby walked off laughing. They left Tiny feeling hurt inside, but then he brightened up at the thought that he has a real friend. Tiny went into his basket and curled up into a ball dreaming about what tomorrow would be like.

Everyday for three weeks Tiny and Анастасия would meet and play games and be the best friends that anyone would ever want to have. Then one day Tiny left into the forest because Ruby told him that the humans were going to drown him because he is to small and that no Twolegs would want a puny cat as him. In the forest he met Tigerpaw who attacked him and gave him scars that would stay with him forever, forever reminding him of the tabby cat. Then Tiny left into the Twolegplace where he slowly grew in power and rank until he was the leader of a clan that he created. That clan was full of vicious cats that all made up Bloodclan. One day the now newly named Scourge was walking and heard a scream. He ran toward the scream with Brick and Bone behind him. They came upon four rogue male toms and a grey-blue she-cat that Scourge thought looked familiar.

"Stop this at once" Scourge mewed

"Or what shrimp" one rogue mewed

"Or I'll rip your throat out" Scourge mewed

"Hah I want to see you try" the rogue mewed

Then before any rogue could react Scourge unsheathed his claws and sliced the rogues throat open. The other three rogues looked at the fallen rogue before they all ran off into the busy Twolegplace. Scourge walked up to the she-cat and helped her up.

"Are you okay miss" Scourge mewed

"Yes thanks...Tiny is that you" the she-cat mewed who Scourge recognized as Анастасия

"Анастасия is that really you" Scourge mewed

"Yes its me Tiny, its me" Анастасия mewed in an exited voice

"My names not Tiny anymore its Scourge" Scourge mewed

"Okay Tiny.. I mean Scourge" Анастасия mewed "What are you doing here, you left your house and didn't come back, I was so worried"

"I left to the Twolegplace where now I am leader of Bloodclan" Scourge mewed

"Bloodclan?" Анастасия asked confusedly

"Yes we are a clan that hunt and kill so that we may survive" Scourge mewed

"So have you killed, before this" Анастасия asked

"Yes I have taken the lives of many, I've put terror into my enemies hearts, All fear me" Scourge mewed thinking it would impress Анастасия but instead it caused the opposite effect

"Why would you become a killer, you are not the cat I remember, the cat who was my best friend, the cat whom I loved, but now after all the things you have done, I can't love you anymore, Прощай" mewed Анастасия

Scourge watched her go melancholily. His heart felt torn in two and because of this he vowed to never fall in love again, so as not to feel this pain ever again, the pain that hurt more than a huge, deep battle wound. After a few days Scourge got a report that Анастасия had gotten killed by a monster. Scourge sat in his den thinking about all the good times he had with her and wondered if being leader of Bloodclan was worth losing her. Was it worth it.

Flames POV

Once Scourge was done with his story, Flame and Ice just sat there thinking over the sad events of his story. Then finally after a large period of silence Ice spoke up "I am so sorry for your loss"

"Its okay I have gotten over it, even though sometimes I wonder if things could have been different" Scourge mewed

"Thanks Scourge for sharing this with us, I know it must have hurt a lot" Flame mewed

"I always wanted to tell someone, now go on and leave me in peace" Scourge mewed

Flame and Ice walked out of Scourge's alley and walked back toward their own. They thought about Scourge and the pain he must have gone threw. Both wished to not have to go through the same excruciating pain.

(Next Day)

Flame woke to someone prodding him awake. He opened his eyes to see Snake trying to wake him and Ice up. Once Flame was up he helped Snake wake up Ice.

"Finally you two are awake" Snake mewed

"Why, what happened?" Flame asked

"Well there is some forest cat here asking to join the clan and see some cat named Cloudtail" Flame mewed

"What does she look like" Flame asked

"Well she's is a white she-cat with ginger patches, and blue eyes, and also half her face is messed up" Snake mewed

"Sounds like Brightpaw, except for the half of her faced messed up part" Flame mewed

"Well lets go and see her" Ice suggested

Snake, Ice, and Flame left to go see Brightpaw. They found her being guarded by two Bloodclan she-cats. Flame was horrified at what had happened to Brightpaw. The pretty little apprentice had been turned into a monster. Flame walked up to her and she ran up to him.

"Oh its good to see you Fireheart" Brightpaw mewed

"Yes its good to see you too" Flame mewed

"And Fireheart my names now Lostface not Brightpaw" Lostface mewed

"Okay, and my names Flame not Fireheart" Flame mewed "So you have come to join Bloodclan"

"Yes, because Cloudtail joined you and I want to be with him" Lostface mewed

Just then Cloudtail came running in and both of them started covering each other with licks.

"Wow, don't they just love each other so much" Ice mewed

"I know right" Snake mewed

"Guys, Guys stop commenting on their love life" Flame mewed

"Why would you care" Snake asked

"Don't know, just doesn't feel right" Flame mewed

"Come on guys lets go see if theirs something that we can do" Flame mewed

Flame, Snake, and Ice walked for a while until they heard the sound of many feet hitting the ground. They all crept up on the cats to only find that Raven and three more Bloodclan cats had returned and they had one dozen kittypets with them.

"Guess those are our new recruits" Snake mewed

"Yeah, except for that most of them will die, I mean look at them, they look as if they never go outside" Ice mewed

"Thats true, but they will get a brief training before the battle" Snake mewed

"They probably will run at the first sign of battle since we are forcing them to fight" Flame mewed

Then Raven saw them and walked up to them and said "Well its great to see all of you, because I'm putting you three in charge of training these 12 kittypets" Raven mewed

"What" Flame, Ice, and Snake mewed at the same time

"You heard me, you guys will train them so get to it" Raven mewed before walking off and being followed by the other three Bloodclan cats

Flame, Snake, and Ice walked up to the kittypets and started to study them. All the kittypets were out of shape and some even looked old.

"Well good luck you two cause you'll need it" Ice mewed

"What do you mean by us two your in this too you know" Snake mewed but Ice was already running away laughing

"Guess its just you and me" Snake mewed

"Guess so" Flame mewed

"So what do you want to do first" Snake asked

"Well how about we go get something to eat and sit down and watch them run around" Flame mewed

"I like how you think" Snake mewed

"Okay so you go get the food while I watch them" Flame mewed

"Got it" Snake mewed before running off

Flame walked up to the kittypets and looked each and everyone one of them in the eyes, trying to put as much fear in there as he could.

"Alright listen up mousebrains, you are all fat and I am going to help you loose some of that fat and build some muscle" Flame mewed

Flame could tell none of them liked the idea of working out.

"So to start you all will run back and forward 100 times in this alley, okay" Flame mewed

All stood quietly with their heads bent down except for one brave kittypet "No its not okay, I am a respected cat and not some wild cat that runs around an alley for no reason at all"

"So you saying that you won't do it" Flame asked the orange, plump tom

"Yes I won't" the orange tom answered

Flame walked up to him and said "Wrong answer" before he unsheathed his claws and completely ripped of the toms left ear and the tom fell to the ground writhing in pain

"So anybody else not want to train" Flame asked the rest of the kittypets

No one spoke a word.

"Good now start running" Flame ordered

All 12 kittypets started running back and forward. At first they were doing pretty well, but when they reached lap 27 they were exhausted. By the time Snake came they were falling over each other and were only on lap 42. The orange tom that had lost his ear was the last one to give up and he made it to 56.

(Tsk, Tsk) "We have a lot of work to do" Snake mewed to Flame as they finished up their mouses and watched the orange tom fall down from exhaustion

Flame and Snake gave them 5 minutes to rest before they started training again.

"Okay now that your rested I want all of you to show me you fighting skills, so go ahead and fight each other" Flame mewed

Flame and Snake watched them fighting trying hard to keep from laughing, the kittypets were barely hitting each other, they were very slow, and super clumsy. After the kittypets were done with their horrible battle moves Flame spoke "I've seen kits who fight better than all of you, so come on let me start showing you how a real warrior fights. Flame and Snake got into fighting stances. All 12 kittypets got around them in a circle to watch them fight. Then they began fighting each other for six whole minutes and in the end Snake pinned down Flame. All the kittypets watched in amazement at both of them after their incredible performance.

"Told you I would win next time" Snake mewed to Flame

"Whatever" Flame mewed annoyed that he had lost

Snake and Flame walked up to the kittypets and started training them and showing them more battle moves as well as giving them more exercises to do. At the end of the day everyone was tired. Flame ordered some Bloodclan cats to bring some food for the kittypets and he and Snake left the 12 kittypets that were guarded by three Bloodclan cats. Flame and Snake walked to their alley laughing and talking about the kittypets that they were training. On their way there they smelled the scent of two forest cats.

"Maybe its just some of our new recruits" Snake mewed

"Maybe, but lets check it out anyway, just in case" Flame mewed

Flame and Snake stalked quietly toward the scent of the two forest cats. Once they were close enough they peeked at the two forest cats from behind a metal trashcan. They saw two apprentice sized cats.

"Hey Flame, I know that i don't exactly remember all the cats that came with us, but those two don't look like any of them" Snake whispered

"You're right, its Ashpaw and Fernpaw, I wonder what they are doing here" Flame whispered

"Probably spying on us" Snake mewed

"Or trying to join us" Flame mewed

"Or that" Snake agreed

"Lets go, you attack Ashpaw and I'll take Fernpaw" Flame mewed

"Which ones which" Snake mewed, but it was already to late since Flame had jumped out of hiding and charged

Snake immediately charged as well right after Flame. Ashpaw and Fernpaw looked scared out of their fur and froze with fear when they saw them running at them. Flames plan worked pretty well except for that both of them attacked Fernpaw leaving Ashpaw unharmed. Fernpaw didn't even put up a fight and Ashpaw didn't even try to help her. Flame and Snake pinned her down.

"What do are you doing here Fernpaw" Flame mewed, but Fernpaw didn't say anything

"We are here because we want to join Bloodclan" Ashpaw mewed

"Why" Flame asked

"Because we want to join the winning side" Fernpaw finally spoke up

"So the clans know that they are going to lose" Snake mewed gleefully

"Yes, they do" Flame mewed "Okay listen up you two are going to follow us and we'll take you to the rest of the forest cats"

"Okay" both Ashpaw and Fernpaw

Flame and Snake led both Ashpaw and Fernpaw through the twisting streets of the Twolegplace and toward the alley that all the forest cats were using at the moment. Ashpaw and Fernpaw ran straight to Cloudtail and Lostface who welcomed them. After seeing Fernpaw and Ashpaw get settled in they continued to go to their alley. Once they were there they both dropped into their sleeping place, Snake on the couch, and Flame on his green pillow next to Ice and both of them immediately fell asleep.

(Next Day)

Then when finally the third day came, the day when the big fight would happen. Everyone was wishing each other good luck. Even Scourge was talking to every cat, some cats that he had barely ever spoken to he now was laughing along with them like an old friend. Scourge was in a good mood and was acting as if it was his last day on earth with the way he seemed to be admiring nature and acting in such a friendly way. But when the time to go to battle came he turned back into his dangerous and serious self. Flame went to go to wish his friends good luck before the battle started. After he had wished Cloudtail, Rain, Snake,and even Scourge good luck he finally went to Ice. He found her sitting in Snake's alley, and looking to be in deep thought.

"Hi Ice just came to say good luck" Flame mewed

"Finally you come I thought you would never come to talk to me" Ice mewed "And good luck to you too"

"Thanks Ice and shall we get going" Flame asked

"We shall" Ice responded

Flame and Ice exited the alley and made their way towards the crowd of cats surrounding Scourge as he prepared to say something.

"Bloodclan today at sunset we will march into the forest and kill anyone who is still left in there, if nobody has left then it will turn into a huge battle, so eat up and prepare for battle, enjoy yourself today cause it just might be your last" Scourge mewed

"Well we have a couple of hours before sunset, what do you want to do" Ice asked

"How about we get some cats together and go hunting at the old abandoned Twoleg house" Flame mewed

"Great idea, I'll go get Spot and Snake while you go get some of your friends" Ice mewed

"Okay we'll meet up at the old abandoned Twoleg house" Flame mewed

Flame watched her run off before he too went to go and find some cats. First he saw Cloudtail talking with Lostface and ran up to him.

"Hey Cloudtail, me and a couple cats are gonna go hunting so I was wondering if you want to come" Flame asked

"Sorry Flame, I want to spend some time with Lostface" Cloudtail mewed

"You sure" Flame asked

"Positive" Cloudtail replied

"Okay, if you say so" Flame mewed

Flame walked off looking for Rain. He found Rain just sitting by himself.

"Rain you want to come to the old abandoned Twoleg house cause we are getting a few cats together and you looked kind of alone" Flame mewed

"Yeah I'll come, I probably look like a loner cause I was talking with Spot until Ice came here and took her away" Rain mewed

"Well come on then" Flame mewed before walking into the direction of the old abandoned Twoleg house while being followed by Rain

About 4/5 of the way there Flame asked Rain "So are you and Spot like mates are something"

"No, we're just friends" Rain answered

"Friends that like each other a lot" Flame mewed

"Well I might like her, though I doubt she likes me" Rain mewed

"Well as a good friend once told me, you just got to take a chance with her" Flame mewed

"Easy for you to say, you got Ice" Rain mewed

"Yes well she never was my friend that much, unlike you who's been her friend for a while now, so you got the advantage that I did not have" Flame mewed

"Guess you're right, so what did you do to get her to like you" Rain asked

"I saved her from a dog and took the blow for her" Flame answered

"Oh great that makes me feel so much better, how am I supposed to do something as brave as that" Rain mewed

"You don't have to" Flame mewed

"But" Rain mewed before being interrupted by Flame who mewed "Oh look we're finally here"

Flame and Rain entered to find Ice, Snake, and Spot waiting for them.

"What took you slowpokes so long" Snake asked

"We aren't late, I mean how long have you been waiting" Rain mewed

"Only about three minutes" Spot mewed

"See we're not that late" Flame mewed to Snake

"Whatever" Snake mewed

"Come on lets get hunting we've only got three and a half hours left before the battle" Ice mewed

All of them started to hunt and would only catch enough so as not to overstuff themselves before the battle. Flame climbed down the steps into the basement. He heard some movement underneath the couch. He jumped up onto the couch and got into the pouncing position. He waited in that position for 18 minutes. Nothing could be heard except his heart beating quietly and steadily. Finally the mouse ran out from underneath the couch. It was about four tail-lengths away from the couch when it turned around and saw dark green eyes staring at it. It dashed for cover again, but it was to late as Flame sprang and landed on the mouse, he snapped its neck with his teeth, putting a quit to its squeaking and squirming. Flame took his mouse up to the first floor and laid down waiting for the others to come back. Five minutes later Spot came back, them 13 minutes later Rain returned with Snake, and finally after 32 minutes Ice came back.

"What took you so long Ice" Flame mewed while smiling in laughter "Not as good as you say you are at hunting"

"Shut it" Ice mewed, but not in a hostile way

All five of them started to eat and after about ten minutes they were all ready to head back. All of them went back to the place Scourge talked to them last at a slow pace. By the time they got back most of Bloodclan had already gotten there. Scourge walked up to the group of five.

"What took you all so long" he mewed

"Sorry Scourge we lost track of time" Snake mewed

"Ok, now we're going to go to the Four-Oaks place and this time you don't have to lead us Flame cause I memorized the route to get there" Scourge mewed

"Ok Scourge" Flame mewed

Scourge jumped up onto a monster and yelled "Alright everyone get ready to attack the forest cats and make sure to surround the kittypets so as they don't get afraid of battle, and kittypets if you run away before the battle ends I will have you killed"

Then Scourge jumped down and started to lead all the cats to the forest. Such a big group was hard to hide and many Twollegs noticed them, so Scourge ordered all cats to run. Once they ran into the forest, Scourge allowed them to take a breather and rest before continuing. After resting Scourge lead them to Four-Oaks and jumped up onto a tree stump so that e could give a speech.

"Bloodclan out there is an enemy that needs to be taken care of, they are denying us rights to this forest, so I ask you to fight like you've never fought before, and remember I have never been more proud to call you all a part of my clan" Scourge mewed

Scourge's speech earned him cheers from the Bloodclan cats.

"So come on Bloodclan let us go and vanquish our enemies" Scourge yelled before he jumped down and ran down into the open area. As Bloodclan was running Lionclan also ran out from the other side Both sides ran at each other at full speed and once they crashed in the center, all hell broke loose. Cats died left and right as both sides tried desperately to win this battle. Flame ran at a cat that he had hated since the day he had come to Thunderclan. Flame and Dustpelt crashed into each other both trying to find an advantage over the other. Both of them hit an equal amount of blows on the other as they exchanged blows. Then Flame saw his chance when Dustpelt tripped over a tree root and exposed his stomach. Flame took his chance and jumped onto Dustpelts stomach and racked his claws onto it. Dustpelt yowled in pain, and then Flame took his paws and put them on Dustpelt's throat as he started to choke him. Flame watched gleefully as Dustpelts eyes started to roll back into his head and his eyelids started closing from the lack of oxygen. Then out of the bloom Flame was bowled over by a gray haired cat. Flame sent the cat flying away from him by using his hind legs to push him off. By now Dustpelt had stood up and ran off into the bushes. Flame turned to look at his attacker to find Graystripe looking back at him. "Hello old friend" Flame mewed. "After what you have done traitor we are not friends, we are now enemies" Graystripe snarled. "Agreed" Flame mewed. Then Graystripe jumped toward him and Flame stepped to the side and slashed out with his claws at Graystripe's flank. Then he jumped onto Graystripe's back. Flame held on as Graystripe tried to shake him off by sticking his claws into Graystripe's back very deeply, creating holes from which a lot of blood in a great amount came out. Graystripe yowled and rolled on his back, crushing Flame underneath him. Graystripe raked his claws on Flame's belly when it was exposed. Flame then took his claws and stuch them into Graystripe's right eye, permanently blinding him in that eye. Flame stood up while spilling blood onto the white snow. Flame jumped at Graystripe and bowled him over. Both of them rolled in the bloody snow while the sounds of battle were still high. Graystripe bit Flame on his front, right leg. Flame yowled and broke away from Graystripe but then before Graystripe could get up, Flame twirled around and using his back leg he hit Graystripe in the throat with his hind legs's claws and Flame could hear as Graystripe's throat ripped open and he fell onto the ground. He was dead before he hit the ground. Flame looked at Graystripe, who was in a pool of growing blood with only a little remorse before he ran back into the battle. The next opponents were two small Riverclan apprentices. One of them ran at him and Flame just raised his paw and brought it down on the apprentices head making him fall down. Then Flame jumped at the other small apprentice. He landed with full force onto the small apprentice's back. The sheer force and his wait snapped the apprentices back, killing it instantly. The other aprentice had now stood up and ran at Flame. He jumped onto Flame's back and held on. Flame rolled onto his back which caused the apprentice to let go. Then Flame bit down onto the apprentice's neck. He held on until the apprentice's movement became weaker and weaker until it stopped entirely. Flame then spotted Onewhisker fighting with Ice. Flame ran up to assist Ice but all he got was a yell from Ice " I can fight my own battles". Then Flame saw Snake and Rain fighting back to back as they fended off four apprentices. Then Flame saw Scourge who had just killed off Leopardstar by using the Death Strike and now she laid there dying her last couple of lives. Flame ran up to Scourge and both of them started fighting back to back. They were attacked by a Riverclan she-cat and a Windclan tom. Flame fought the she-cat while Scourge fought the tom. All of a sudden the tom was backed up by another Windclan warrior and both of them started to attack Scourge. Flame quickly ducked underneath the she-cats paw and struck out with a blow to the throat. He hooked his claws in her throat and then pulled out causing the she-cats throat to be ripped open. By this time Scourge had been hit in the side and was now lying on the ground exposed to the two Windclan warriors who were getting ready to deal their final blows. Flame quickly reacted and jumped onto on of the cats causing them to crash into the other Windclan warrior. Flame held onto the cats throat while Scourge stood up and fought the other Windclan warrior. Soon both warrior were dead. Then they saw raven come toward them he was bleeding badly and needed help. Before Scourge, Flame, or some other Bloodclan cat could help him, Tallstar jumped out of nowhere and bowled over Raven. Then Tallstar delivered a death bite to Raven's neck. Raven had a quick death. Flame was enraged over Raven's death and he ran at Tallstar. Tallstar turned around, but it was to late, as Flame struck him in the side, causing him to lose balance and expose his belly. Flame took advantage of this and used the Death Strike on Tallstar. Flame sunk his claws deep into Tallstar's throat and pulled them down along his stomach and to his tail. Tallstar looked at Flame once, before he died. Tallstar only died one life cause that was all he had left. Then Flame turned around to find Scourge battling against Whitestar. Before Flame could run to help him he saw Whitestar slide his claws across Scourges face, leaving a huge, ugly, bleeding scar. The blow caused Scourge to fall down and then Whitestar took his claws and dug them into Scourge's stomach. Whitestar then slashed a bit more of the stomach causing some guts to come out and only to be slashed to ribbons by Whitestar's claws. Flame was shocked by what just happened. The whole battle seemed to have frozen as they watched Scourge's death. Then Bloodclan started to retreat, but before they ran away completely Flame ran at Whitestar. He pushed Whitestar over by crashing into him with his head with full force and Flame delivered the Death Strike to Whitestar as well when Whitestar exposed his underside. Flame got off of Whitestar to watch him die his nine lives. Flame watched Whitestar twitch on the ground over and over again as blood poured out of his mouth and wound, then Flame heard Whitestar whisper "Why?" before he finally died his last life. Flame took action and yelled out "Stop Bloodclan, all of Lionclan's leaders are dead and we outnumber them badly, so why run, we can't just let Scourge's death be in vain, so strike out and finish what we started" This caused all of Bloodlan to stop running and turn around and run straight back into the battle. At this point al of Lionclan started retreating, but some of them were to late as they got caught up with the charging Bloodclan and were slaughtered mercilessly. As the last couple Lionclan cats retreated Bloodclan cheered for their victory. Flame looked at the cheering cats and the he looked at the dead bodies of the fallen. Both sides had lost a lot of cats but there was more from Lionclan. The pure white snow was now coated with deep red blood and bodies were lying everywhere. Some where still alive and were moaning for help or for a quick death. Then Flame heard some coughing from behind him. He turned around to find Scourge lying on his side in a pool of his own blood, dying a slow, painful death.

"Flame" Scourge whispered

"Yes Scourge" Flame mewed

"Tell Bloodclan that they have done a great job" Scourge whispered before he started coughing up more blood

"I will Scourge I will" Flame mewed with tears in his eyes

"Good" Scourge whispered while trying his best to nod

"I could have never asked for a better brother or for a better leader for Bloodclan" Scourge wheezed out

"Me leader" Flame mewed in surprise

"Yes" Scourge wheezed

"I'll try my best, Brother" Flame mewed

"And Flame, remember this I accepted my fate" Scourge whispered as he again started to cough up more blood

Flame remembered when Scourge had told him this about three days ago. But before he could ask Scourge how he had known Scourge started to shake. Then Scourge looked Flame in the eyes and mouthed the word farewell before he died. His eyes got dim, their Icy, blue color was replaced with a dull blue. He stopped breathing and everything about him became lifeless.

"Goodbye Brother" Flame whispered as a tear made its way from his eye and it dropped onto Scourge's fur beneath him

The wind picked up causing Flame's fur to blow in the wind. Flame turned around to face Bloodclan, his clan now.


Poor Scourge :( oh well I had to kill him sometime

Anyway this was fun to write, yes this is the end, but I might make a sequel, I'll see

Anyway thanks to all the people who supported me during this time. I thank you.