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"Shimmerlight! No!"
The desperate call rang throughout RiverClan's camp. A dilute tortoiseshell queen was sobbing beside the body of a she-cat with ginger front paws, her head buried in the obviously dead cat's fur. A white tom with brown tabby markings took a deep breath, letting it out slowly. He padded over to the mourning queen, and rested his tail on her shoulder.
"Rainfire, I'm sorry, but Shimmerlight is dead," the tom stressed.
The she-cat shook him off. "First my mate, my mother, my best friend, and now my sister! All of them! Why do they all have to die? It's not fair!" she wailed.
At least you have someone to mourn over, the tom thought bitterly. At least you aren't HalfClan, and have the Clan stare at you when you come back from the ShadowClan border patrol, wondering if you finally jumped the border.
"I don't know why this happened, but it isn't safe in RiverClan's camp anymore. We must go," the tom meowed, turning away. Glancing back, he saw Rainfire languishing beside her sister's body, as if she hadn't heard a word he said. I could give her a little time to mourn. But not too long, he concluded, looking up at a tipping tree, slowly creaking.
"Shimmerlight, I couldn't have had a better sister," Rainfire croaked.
"Sorry to break it to you, but these goodbyes need to be curt," the white tom declared, not taking his eyes off the tree.
Rainfire spat at him, but moved on from Shimmerlight's body. Sitting down next to her mate, Perchclaw, she said, "Oh Perchclaw, I couldn't have had a better mate. It's a shame you'll never see our kits."
Padding on, she went to Appledusk, and sobbed. "You were the best friend a cat could have. And your kits and mine would have been great friends."
Pricking his ears, the tom heard the creaking suddenly get louder.
"Rainfire, we need to go. Now."
"Honestly, Snowhawk, sometimes I-"
"We don't have time for this!" Grabbing her by the scruff, Snowhawk started dragging Rainfire across the camp toward the exit.
"Snowhawk, stop! I still need to say goodbye to Frostbreeze!" But the white tom ignored the struggling queen, and when they were finally out of camp, he let go of her scruff and gasped.
Immediately, Rainfire got up, and tried to dash back in the camp. With the creaking louder than ever, Snowhawk leaped on Rainfire, and she collapsed under his weight. The tortoiseshell queen struggled, but was no match with the burden in her belly keeping her down.
With a loud snap, the tree decided it couldn't hold on any longer. As it crashed down into the camp, Snowhawk's back was pelted with splinters. Only when the dust died down did Snowhawk get off Rainfire. She didn't say anything, just gaped in shock about how the tree could have made her join her family. Snowawk sighed with relief, but Rainfire again started heading for the camp.
"What are you doing?"
"Giving my clanmates a proper burial," she replied without looking back. Snowhawk leapt in front of her.
"Rainfire, look, I understand you want to respect our fallen clanmates—I do too. But it's too dangerous. The best way to respect them is too keep on living, for their sake."
The fire died in Rainfire's amber eyes, but quickly started up again. "Well what do you propose we do?" she said with a sneer. "Visit your daddy in ShadowClan?"
Snowhawk didn't flinch. "Precisely."
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