Chapter 13, Waterfall

Shadowflight pattered into the camp with a mouse clamped in her jaws. The cats had slid into the dens, and the sun had sunk.

Shadowflight yawned, and there was a rustle of paws behind her.

"Shadowflight," came Graystar's voice, "did you feed the elders?"

"Yes," Shadowflight sighed.

"I want you to lead a patrol by Sunningrocks. You can take…Rabbitpaw, Flamepaw, Cloudtail, Thornclaw and Sootpaw, his wound healed."

"At this hour?" Shadowflight gasped.

"Yes, of course," Graystar dismissed the thought easily.

She sighed, then padded over to the dens, and summoned the bewildered looking cats.

She led the way.

"Hey!" Thornclaw cried suddenly, "A mou-,"

"Quite!" snarled a voice. Shadowflight dashed up to the Sunningrocks with the other cats close behind.

Mousefur sat a few tail-lengths away, her tail rapped neatly around her paws. Next to her were Deathpaw, a small ShadowClan apprentice named Cedarpaw, and several other WindClan and RiverClan cats.

"Deathpaw!" Shadowflight yowled at her daughter.

"Yes," Snarled the black she cat, "I'm on her side."

Mousefur cackled. "Now I can kill you, Shadowflight, you, the ThunderClan idiot. Graystar will be here in a few moments. You cannot expect to kill a cat with nine lives, do you Shadowflight? You have no chance of winning!"

There was a splash in the water, and Skystar appeared, "A leader on Shadowflight's side," he snarled at Mousefur.

Skystar walked over to Shadowflight, and Graystar emerged from the shadows.

The cats fell into a snarling heap.

"Let's do it," Shadowflight whispered.

"It's time to fulfill our destiny," he whispered.

Shadowflight leapt at the nearest cat, Deathpaw.

"Why are you doing this?" she asked desperately.

"Because I agree with Mousefur," she whispered, "I think that there are a few cats in ThunderClan that are complete pieces of roadkill."

"Me?" Shadowflight asked.

"No," Deathpaw answered finally, "Not you."

The black apprentice crawled into the mass of cats.

A skinny WindClan cat leapt at Shadowflight.

Shadowflight twisted to give him a sharp bite on the shoulder. He seemed not to notice, and pulled back, then jumped at her, his paws snagged her neck and she fell to the ground. He landed on her and raised his head for a killing blow.

There was a howl of fury and Skystar jumped, and knocked the WindClan cat to the ground. Shadowflight's one ear twitched in thanks, and she leapt on the WindClan cat before he could stand. He yowled desperately, but no one came to his aid. Shadowflight scratched again and again, until his eyes glazed over with pain and shock. He limped over the border and was gone.

Shadowflight spun around as a thin RiverClan apprentice landed on her back. She rolled on her back, and then stood up, and crashed right into the apprentice.

Claws raked down her face and Shadowflight narrowly avoided the claws in the scar above her eye.

"This is your last chance. One more scratch of it and you will be blind forever." Bluestar's voice whispered.

Shadowflight shivered at the ominous words.

The apprentice raked her claws down Shadowflight's flanks, and turned to give her a bite to the shoulder.

Shadowflight snarled and leapt with all the power in her young limbs. The apprentice's eyes grew round with terror as she saw the cat come crashing toward her. Fury coursed through Shadowflight's limbs and she plunged her teeth into the apprentice's neck, killing her.

A yowl of fear and terror echoed through the clearing. Shadowflight bounded up the side of one of the rocks.

Mousefur had Skystar pinned down. On the other side of the rock, which plunged into the black river, was stained with a stream of blood.

Mousefur pushed Skystar to the edge. He clawed desperately with his front paws, and his hind legs churned air.

"No!" Shadowflight yelped, jumping over and trying to grab him.

Skystar's eyes glistened with a life of love for the black she-cat in front of him.

"Goodbye," he whispered, and with a desperate wail he plunged into the churning black waters below him.

"Skystar, come back!" Shadowflight yowled, looking over the edge to see nothing.

A soft sent appeared beside her.

"Spottedleaf," Shadowflight moaned, "help him, please."

Spottedleaf's eyes glistened with sorrow, "I can't."

She turned back to the water. "It is the Waterfall."

Ohhh! I killed him off!

Also, I'm going to write another story called, Look To The Stars, about a kittypet joining ThunderClan. The first chapter will be up soon, so R&R to that!