Sorry for taking so long, but I'm writing a different fanfic which will hopefully be out soon! Without further ado, the end of the cliffhanger! The first part is also a teeney bit grosser than blood.
Hollowheart tackled Whitestar off of Petalpaw. He had been chewing off a tom's ear very slowly, and enjoying his shrieks of pain thoroughly, when he saw Whitestar about to kill Petalpaw. A twinge of emotion had passed through Hollowheart. Guardianship? Friendship? The only feelings he had ever known were anger, hate, and the pleasure of giving pain. That was where he was now, pinning down a leader into rock. Then, in a twist of fate, Whitestar grinned and flipped, throwing Hollowheart into the dirt. With deliberate slowness, Whitestar walked toward the dazed Hollowheart and stuck his fangs sluggishly but deeply into Hollowheart's flesh.
"LET GO OF HIM!!" Gingertail screeched, jumping square onto Whitestar's flank. A sickening rip sounded as Whitestar was torn away from Hollowheart. Whitestar spit a chunk of flesh onto the ground with revolt. Hollowheart howled and yowled and fell dead faint. That cat had never felt pain before! "R-RETREAT!" Whitestar stuttered, sagging slightly. The cats that crowded the clearing surged out of it, appalled. Blood was spattered all over the clearing and the chunk of fur and flesh had already attracted flies. "Help me and him," Gasped Petalpaw, and the boys started swarming her, smothering her, hurting her. Petalpaw, too, fell faint.
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Petalpaw's world was black. A void seemed to be under her paws, seeming to take her to nothingness. And yet she knew she was in BrightClan (StarClan). She was also utterly confused. "Your destiny is two. These things are inevitable," A voice, and yet many, boomed through her head. "Choose one, but each comes with great consequences!" And Petalpaw woke up.
Herb smell filled the air, along with the scent of Roseleaf and four toms. "Get out you mangy she-cat followers!" Roseleaf growled angrily. Petalpaw opened her eyes, and received a happy gasp from Yewpaw. "She's awake!" Whitepaw, Yewpaw, and Foxpaw crowded around her. Smothering her again. Black waves attacked her vision, until a tom's hiss emerged from the blackness. Petalpaw turned to look at a creamy brown TABBY tom wrapped in cobwebs, with ICE BLUE eyes. BLINK. It was gone.
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A strange feeling, somehow tied to the last one, built up in Hollowheart. He hissed at the toms around HER, and snapped his jaws a bit. If he could get his teeth around the throats of those mangy she-cat stealers! Wait a minute! What was he thinking? He had to be focused on the plan, regardless of what he was thinking…
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Petalpaw shifted uncomfortably on the moss nest. Hard as it was to sleep with a broken leg, her real problem was Hollowheart. He would stare at her with a hunger, different than anything she had seen before. Often she would have nightmares (when she got to sleep) about horrible icy yellow and blue eyes watching her every move. Petalpaw was having one of those dreams now. A pair of yellow eyes followed her through the forest, and they were always a pawstep behind her. Petalpaw jumped off a cliff, falling straight into a pair of blue ones.
Petalpaw woke up screeching, even though the dream itself wasn't all that scary. Hollowheart stared at her, never blinking. It was dark, and she could only see HIS eyes in the horror of night. Instantly a pair of hazel eyes, blue eyes, and emerald eyes appeared. "Are you okay, my lo-," The voice of Yewpaw came from the emerald eyes, but was cut off in a horrible gurgle. Coughs that grew weaker and weaker sounded. "Yewpaw…?" Petalpaw whispered fearfully. Flipstar yowled crazily, unlike his cocky, cool self. A snarl, then silence. The emerald eyes had disappeared, as had the blue ones.
The last thing she knew was that something warm lapped at her nest. A trail of sunlight had made it's way into the medicine cat's den. Petalpaw looked at the staring forms of Roseleaf and Hollowheart. "Looks like early snow," commented Roseleaf sadly. A crimson stain and a horrible reek showered the den. "What happened?" Petalpaw mewed. Roseleaf shook her red-brown head. "What happened?" Petalpaw said more forcefully. Roseleaf looked the other way. "WHAT IN STARCLAN'S NAME HAPPENED?"
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Two cliffies in a row! YAY! This one isn't much of a cliffhanger I guess. You can easily guess what happened!