A/N Here it is…(climatic music in the background) THE FINAL CHAPTER OF BOOK 1!! I think a lot of you will be like omg, and then be sad, then happy when you realize there's gonna be a lot more chappies for book 2! YAY! Anyway, enjoy
Chapter 10 Lost
Birchfall
It all happened in a daze. Firestar dead, and Sandstorm committing suicide. He turned to the tunnel. What would he tell everyone? The fight didn't matter anymore, all he wanted to do was curl up in a tight ball and wake up, only to realize it was a bad dream, and Whitewing still loved him.
But it wasn't a dream. He had to go. The world seemed to be crashing down as he descended from the Highledge. Whitewing was fighting, protecting the elders, and all he could do was watch…
Whitewing
"Hold your ground!" I yowled as poor Longtail was thrown to the floor.
As if the universe had to punish me even more, Thornclaw stepped in, looking full of contempt.
"Longtail, it's been too long."
I gasped. That was not Thornclaw's voice. This voice had power to it, filled to the brim with ambition and malice.
"No." Longtail whimpered. "You died. YOU DIED!" He wailed in every direction.
"You think death would've stopped me!?" The voice bellowed. "You are a fool for betraying me, and now you'll pay the price."
As he raised his paw to strike, I screeched "NO!" and flung myself between them.
"Thornclaw, don't do this." I pleaded. "He's too old to join your rebellion. He's blind. You can't hurt him. I won't allow it" Positioning myself in the most aggressive way I could, I softly snarled, " I kill you."
The voice that answered my threat was not the one I expected. "Whitewing, get back. That's not Thornclaw."
Mousefur's terrified whisper confused me, but other senior warriors understood, stepping back in disbelief and astonishment.
"It's true, this isn't your precious Thornclaw, at least not anymore." Thornclaw stood high and screeched.
"I am Tigerstar ruler of death and life! Anyone who defies me will pay the price for treason. For example," he looked at Longtail, "For betraying me seasons ago, I shall punish this piece of crow-food."
His paw swooped down, lobbed me into the bushed, and ripped out Longtail's throat.
Birchfall
I snuck as quick as I could down the highledge without being noticed. I ran to the bush where a dazed Whitewing lay. "Are you okay?" I whispered.
She nodded weakly. Tigerstar flung himself around, his eyes gleaming with a ravenous interest. "Whitewing?"
"Don't touch her!" I snarled.
He looked almost amused. "I wouldn't dream of harming her."
He paused for a moment, then said, "But she needs to come with me."
As he started forward and snarl ripped through the clearing. "If you think you can lay one claw on my daughter, you have another thing coming to you, you BASTARD!"
Cloudtail burst through the crowd like an angry twoleg with a chainsaw. Tigerstar looked at him with contempt. "Next time you speak out against me kit, I'll send you to Starclan, and trust me, you don't want to go there."
Then, he pounced on Cloudtail, knocking him unconscious. During this ordeal, Whitewing and I snuck to the edge of the clearing, about where the two Shadowclan warriors fell and broke their necks many moons ago. "Wait until Firestar sees this." I heard Whitewing whisper.
I let in a deep breath. "Firestar is dead."
"What!? Are you sure-"
"I saw him, he's dead."
She bit back a wail of sorrow. I nuzzled her closely, and we sat there for a moment. She pulled back, and started walking towards Tigerstar. "I'll be right back." She murmured.
Whitewing
It was one of the toughest things I've ever done. I padded slowly into the clearing, and yowled for everyone's attention.
"Firestar is dead." My voice cracked and I fled back to Birchfall.
"After her!" Tigerstar's voice sounded behind me. Five cats followed after him, trying to catch me.
As I met Birchfall, I realized a fatal mistake. We were cornered. They could just push us over the edge and we would fall to out doom.
When I saw what he was doing, it confused me. He was hurling bushes over the edge of the cliff side. "What are you doing?" I asked.
He looked a bit frantic. "Whitewing, right now, we are the only ones who can escape. We need to get to Windclan so we can stop Tigerstar. But to do that, we need to jump. So to make us have a chance, I'm softening the fall."
"Can we make it if we jumped right now?" I asked. He nodded. "Sure, I guess."
As we prepared to jump, a voice growled behind the undergrowth. "Jump, and you're dead." We froze as Tigerstar, Ashfur, Berrynose, Millie, and Hazeltail emerged from the bushes.
They eyed us with bloodlust. "Whitewing?" Birchfall mewed, "I never got to tell you something."
"What?" I asked, my limbs finally working.
He said it so quiet, only I could hear it. "I love you."
Something inside me burst like flower, blossoming in the light. It didn't matter we were about to die, all that mattered was that he loved me. And he said it with so much compassion, I wanted to melt with tears of joy.
"Oh Birchfall", I whispered, "I love you too."
He smiled, and my heart skipped a beat. If we get out of this, we can be together. We were finally together, with nothing in our way. Even if we died, Starclan would welcome us with open arms.
Our paws touched the edge, and it was time to go. We turned quickly and three…two…one…Jump! As I leapt into the air, something sharp grabbed the end of my scruff and pulled me down. Hard. As lights flashed in my head, something else whammed into the side of my muzzle and everything went black.
Birchfall
Okay, I misjudged the landing about a mouse length. But as I soared through the air, nothing but happiness swelled through me. She loved me, she really loved me. I was in pure joy until I hit the ground.
It was harder than I judged. And it hurt. Like hell. It felt like a monster slamming into me, breaking each bone piece by piece. A twoleg fire roasting me alive, enjoying me pain. It was too much. I blacked out.
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A herbish smell woke me, sending jabs of pain through my broken body. "Oh good" Mewed a vaguely familiar voice, "you're awake. I thought you'd died on me."
I opened my eyes slowly to see a cat that looked exactly like Ferncloud. "Mommy?" I asked dazed.
A snort of laughter came from the she cat's mouth. "Mommy? Are you kidding me? I'm young enough to be your littermate!"
"Oh." I said embarrassed. "Then, what should I call you?"
Her Dustpeltish amber eyes twinkled at me. "I have a lot of names from a lot of cats, but you can call me by my kit name." She paused for a moment to dab a poultice on my body, which stung, a lot.
"You can call me Holly."
Whitewing
"Uuuuggghhh…" I groaned, waking up, "What just happened?"
I was in Firestar's den. Shadedsoul was at the entrance, and turned to look at me. "Hey Whitewing." He grumbled.
"Welcome to hell."
A/N GASP! Wasn't that amazing? I know it was cause I wrote it. Sorry it took so long. Book 2 will be posted soon! Twistey out.