The Second Alice…

Bluestar curled his tail over his paws, glancing over the clearing. Greendream, his new deputy, was snapping at an unsuccessful hunting patrol. He ignored her. He didn't care what she did, so long as she didn't betray him. And he knew she wouldn't.

He saw Redstar curled near the entrance to her cage, waiting for some unlucky cat to get too close. Her eyes carried a mad light, claws always unsheathed, teeth bared non-stop. But, again, he didn't care. So long as she didn't hurt a cat, she was left alone.

Bluestar had absolutely nothing to do, but wait for some excitement. And that came when the border patrol came back, crying, "Rogues at the border!"

Instantly Bluestar jumped to his paws and he called out, "I want half the Clan to come with me, including Greendream, to take care of these rogues. The rest will stay here." The cats split up quickly and Bluestar hardly had to wait after his announcement until the battle patrol was ready and he led them towards the border. It didn't take long to find the rogues. As soon as he caught sight of them, he jumped at the one at the head, a tom. The rest of the battle patrol made crowfood out of the remaining rogues. He captured the leader. He had his own plans for him…

The cat was obviously scared to death. It was in the dead of night and it was only he and Bluestar. They knew the blue-eyed tom hadn't spared him out of the goodness of his heart. And his suspicions were confirmed when Bluestar shoved him towards Redstar. Even the rogue had heard of the murderous path the red-eyed she-cat had cut into forest. And when, before he could resist, Bluestar shoved him into the cage and quickly closed it once again he knew he was doomed. He pressed himself against the wall. Redstar aimed for everything but the throat, missing the cries of pain and blood from torturing a cat instead of killing them right away. Bluestar trotted off as though the rogue had just wandered too close to Redstar's cage. A crazy grin, hauntingly similar to Redstar's, spread across his face. But no cat saw. If any had, they would've thought he would turn out like the last leader. But he wouldn't.

The role of WonderClan leader was getting to him, nonetheless. He would just go out with a… different bang.

Bluestar sat in his den. He was loved. Cats fell at his paws to obey his every order. All because of his voice. So, why was he doing this? Why was he considering the one thing very few cats even think about?

Why suicide?

The reason was simple. He was well and truly mad. So, at the moment, he had already eliminated eight of his lives. They had all been painful, but he didn't care. He was beyond pain in his pure madness.

Now he trotted out of his den, gray-brownish pelt heavily stained scarlet from his own blood. He jumped onto the Dead Tree and called for the Clan to gather. They did so willingly, curious as to why his fur was so bloodied. Some checked Redstar's cage, but she was just as trapped as always. Then their questions were answered as Bluestar began to speak in his soothing, song-like voice.

"You may be wondering, why do I have so much blood on me? Well, you know all our leaders go out with madness. Or they, at the very least, become insane. Well, I decided to do something different. Goodbye, WonderClan. Greendream may last longer than Redstar or I."

He hesitated a moment, as if wondering if there was something else to say, then he sang a short verse, a continuation of Redstar's.

"The second ALICE was a fragile blue one
He sang to the world in the wonderland
Filling regions with so many false created notes
That were of a crazy blue world.
This new ALICE was that of a rose
He was clawed and killed by a mad man."

With that, he stumbled to the edge of the Dead Tree and fell off, headfirst. With a sickening snapping sound, like that of breaking bones, a crack was hewn into his skull. A smile revealed his fangs and some of the blood dripping from his broken head trickled into his mouth. From nowhere, a rose appeared right in the center of the crack. The flower caused him to add two more lines to the song.

"It left a flower blooming sadly red
The one who was loved was now forgotten."

Then his gaze dulled for the last time and all that was left was the mysterious rose perched atop his head.

Greendream stepped forewords and turned around, saying, "I guess that makes me the new leader. Amazing how quickly we're running through leaders now…" The last bit was to herself. Then she turned around and, with a careful paw, plucked the rose and set it on top of one of her ears. It was a mysterious flower, having bloomed so quickly and in one of the most peculiar of places, and it seemed to also keep it from falling off Greendream's head. She bowed slightly to the clan and said, "I won't go as easily as my predecessors did."

Honestly, I'm surprised I got this much. I didn't think there was enough to write on, then his suicide came into play, and… Now, two notes. First, I told you there would be unnatural things in this story. The rose happened in the song, so I incorporated it into the story. Second, in some versions of Alice of Human Sacrifice it says 'cross-eyed man' instead of 'mad man', suggesting he was staring cross-eyed in a mirror and shot himself. Just thought I'd point that out.