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Shatter sighed and put a paw over her face as she laid down under Top Hollow Tree. There was a red mist, which was mist mixed with the constant red light of the sky. A few days had passed since her encounter with Daisyfur.

When the red mist had become really thick Shatter got to her paws and headed in no direction in specific. Shatter had been in a slightly gloomy mood since running from Daisyfur. She couldn't quite pin why she was miserable though.

"Who's there?" A voice brought Shatter out of thought and she poked her head around the nearest tree and saw a hazy blue furred she-cat with yellow eyes. Beside her was a kit that looked a lot like the first cat only maybe a little older than Shatter though.

The full grown she-cat's eyes fell on Shatter, and with a jolt Shatter realized her silver fur may have given her away! Shatter pulled her self back behind the tree a surge of panic washing over.

"Thorn!" Shatter heard the she-cat call fearfully.

Shatter started to climb the tree in an effort to get away. She'd learned to use trees for traveling, it did seem to be Night's favorite method after all.

"What is it?" A tom's voice demanded, and fear drove Shatter up the tree faster.

"Someone's here!" The she-cat said quickly wrapping her tail protectively around the kit, Shatter noticed this as she paused in the branches to look. Shatter was quick to start climbing again as silently as she possibly could in hopes of a quick and easy escape.

Nothing else was heard except the sound of the approaching tom's paws. When the tom came around to the part of the tree Shatter had started the climb from he looked for her and seemed surprised to see a silver and black-obviously a kit-in the tree branches. "Who are you?" Thorn
growled aloud, he was a jet black tom with amber eyes with a long scar was across his chest.

Shatter didn't answer as she continued deeper into the network of branches. Hoping there was a hollow or something she could hide in.

The tom started to climb after her. Shatter was starting to panic even more now and then started thinking of what to do while trying to climb as fast as she could-attempted silence forgotten. This cat is older, he's a faster climber... But... what about the branches even higher? The ones that, as you go up get weaker then the last. If I can get to the branches that can barely hold my weight, the tom will have to stop much lower considering his weight. If he doesn't... Shatter was glad the plan came to her so quickly.

Thorn reached the branches a lot faster than Shatter had, and was weaving up the branches with a more practiced ease.

Shatter was relieved when she reached the branches that barely supported herself and watched Thorn now as he came closer, she could tell he wasn't going to stop at the point where branches barely supported him.

Thorn paused on one of the branches and looked up at Shatter, for the briefest moment there was shock in his eyes at a closer
look at her for some reason. Then Thorn started to climb faster up to Shatter, barely making jumps as branches fell just after he jumped from that branch to the next.

Shatter dug her claws into the branch beneath her as vibrations from mere branches below shook the tree. If this went on much longer, her branch would snap.

When Thorn was just a branch below he looked up at her again. The branch beneath him creaked and was lasting much longer than it should've. "Let me help." He whispered just loud enough for her to hear, just before the branch beneath him cracked and he fell onto branches below that cracked, broke, or creaked as his body hit them. Although Shatter was sure some of the cracks came from Thorn himself. Eventually his body hit the ground, branches it had hit hard enough joined him with some twigs and leaves falling after with a loud crashing noise. Shatter was kind of surprised none of the branches had hit him.

"Thorn?" The she-cat's voice called out fearfully, undoubtebly having heard the crash.

Shatter looked over at them from her perch, just in time to see the she-cat run to the other side of the tree, the kit following behind, to the limp tom.

The she cat nuzzled the tom who was apparently barely alive for a little longer. There was no way he would survive. A few fading words were exchanged before the kit caught up, and then the she-cat wailed meaning that Thorn had just died.

"No!" The kit cried out and ran over to them.

Shatter watched in horror. This had been the fifth cat she'd ever seen die.

Flashbacks:

Death one- A white tom drowning in Bloody Lake, while all cats that saw only watched coldly. Shatter had been a little younger than she was now.

Deaths two and three- A gold tabby tom and a gray tabby battle it out, taking each other's lives. Shatter had been older than when the white tom died, but younger than now.

Death four- Shutter was killed by Zero which had been a while ago.

End Flashbacks

Now there was a fifth death to add to that list. This time it was my fault though. Shatter thought quietly.

The she-cat started looking around as if hoping to find someone, she then looked up at the tree where Shatter still was.

Shatter ducked down to avoid another death happening by following her into the tree tops.

The she-cat shook her head sadly and started dragging the tom's lifeless body towards Dead Mountain.

Shatter relaxed a little as the kit followed. But the kit took one last look and Shatter could've sworn the kit had seen her, but if she did, she didn't do anything to point it out.

Shatter climbed down the tree when she was sure they were gone and walked to the nearest part of the wall. She used her claws and made a picture of a thorn on the stone wall, there were a few others there but most of them faded from recognizable. Then Shatter walked back to Top Hollow Tree. Along the way she wondered why the she cat had looked. Then Shatter remembered something the tom had said, no, whispered before falling out of the tree:
"Let me help."

*Sips from can of soda before noticing this is being read.* ... What? Don't look at me like that! Wait and read.