I glanced from cat to cat as they argued, listening to as much as I could, but not only were they speaking all at the same time in a jumble of words-I just seemed to have trouble understand anything they said! I wasn't sure what they were arguing about, but I knew one thing. It was something about the black tom apprentice sitting quietly behind them.

"Darkfur, it wasn't his fault!"

The golden tabby she-cat spoke slower, I began to understand they're words.

"Wasn't his fault?!"

The dark-pelted gray tom known as Darkfur hissed.

"He killed the NightClan deputy, how is that not his fault?!"

Darkfur shot the black tom behind the golden she-cat a sharp glare as he spoke. The black apprentice opened his mouth to speak, but the golden tabby spoke first.

"It's the scent of blood-You know it messes with his head!"

I turned my attention elsewhere. This wasn't a conversation ment for my ears.

"What if we get hurt, Sunpelt?! What would he do?! Help us or kill us!?"

I watched as my brother gave me a sharp glare for the second time. I couldn't help but feel ashamed-I had killed a cat, but... Almost... Unwillingly. I could see myself do it... But I couldn't stop myself. I hung my head in shame for a moment, only to find nothing but darkness when I looked up again.

"Sunpelt?"

I called softly out into the darkness, with no reply. My heart began to beat uncontrollably with fear and worry.

"Darkfur?!"

I called again, a little louder this time. I was used to Darkfur ignoring me, but never Supelt..! I called out my brother's name again as panic took over.

"Sunpelt?! Darkfur! Anyone!"

Laughter echoed through the shadows. It was my father's voice. The darkness faded to show a thick river of blood below me. I glanced around in panic; but at this point, the only dry spot was the stone I stood on. I saw a ripple in the river of blood and a flash of golden fur through the red. I gazed at the spot the golden fur had appeared, curiosity soaking through my panic. My eyes widened as a golden-pelted body drifted to the surface.

"S-Sunpelt...!"

I gazed on in terror as more bodies began to surface through the blood. Darkfur, Shadowstar, Foxstorm, Silverstorm, Ravenpaw... I let out an alarmed yowl as the beautiful pelt of Moonpaw floated to the surface of the blood river. I stumbled backwards as a cackling laugh echoed around me. It was my father's voice.

"You killed them,"

The voice laughed. I found myself slipping from the rock, up to my shoulders in thick red blood. My claws gripped the stone to keep me from drowning in the red river, bled out by all these cats.

"You killed them,"

The voice cackled as I felt claws dig into my pelt, pulling me down into the blood. I glanced behind me to see Sunpelt dragging me down. My eyes widened as I caught glimpse of my sister; She was missing an ear, her eye, her tail, there was a large, deep cut down her belly. She was bleeding everywhere. I felt more claws attach to my pelt; Darkfur, Shadowstar, everyone I had ever known. They were each slashed apart in different ways.

"Moonpaw!"

I yelped as the short furred black pelt of the young she-cat appeared on the rock above me. She bent down, nose to nose with me as she mewed in an eerie tone,

"You didn't want me to watch you kill me,"

I gazed into her eyes as she spoke, horrified as I watched her eyes melt away, leaving only black holes where her beautiful amber eyes had once been.

"So you took my eyes from me"

She finished as she slashed at my paws. The cackling began again as I fell, yowling into the blood, claws dragging me under, claws of all the cats I had once known.

"Sparrowpaw!"

I heard the distant voice of Sunpelt growing louder as the thick red river faded away.

"Are you alright?"

Sunpelt stood directly in front of me as she spoke, worry ringing in her tone, as it almost always did.

"Darkfur, can you take him back to camp? He doesn't look so good..."

I watched as my sister glanced over at our brother.

"Fine,"

Darkfur hissed. He padded past her, pushing me along as he headed for the path back to camp. For a few moments, I couldn't move, I couldn't breath, I could only stand in shock. I forced myself to move again, following after my brother with no other choice.

.I turned my head back to the three as I heard the arguing come to an end. The two toms spoke for a moment, before they both began to leave, one more hesitantly then the other.

"Come now kits, come rest,"

Sunpelt mewed, stepping closer to me and my new siblings. My brothers, Ashkit, Stonekit, and Icekit, were the first to step forward, followed by my sisters, Snowkit, Riverkit, and Cinderkit. As they went and curled up in my new mother's pelt, I couldn't help wondering about the two toms. I ran past my siblings, towards the path the two toms had taken-Luckily without my new mother noticing-And began to hunt the two down. I hid in a nearby bush as I approached the two toms, stopped in a clearing, surrounded by willow and oak trees.

"I don't care what excuse you use,"

Darkfur hissed, circling the smaller tom, his shadow lingering over the apprentice no matter where he stood.

"If you hurt Sunpelt, her kits, or Lilymist, I will shred your pelt into peices so small, ants won't be able to find your remains,"

"I won't"

Sparrowpaw began, only to be cut off with a slash to the muzzle from Darkfur, leaving a deep, bleeding cut on the younger tom's muzzle.

"Did I say you could speak!?"

Darkfur spat out the words with an irritated hiss. The young apprentice opened his mouth to speak again, but before he could, Darkfur hissed,

"Or I could just slash you apart now,"

The black apprentice closed his mouth again, they turned to continue back to camp, but Sparrowpaw mumbled,

"Are we almost to camp..?"

Darkfur spun around, hissing,

"You whining, selfish brat!"

He lunged at Sparrowpaw with a hiss, claws outstretched. The black tom stumbled backwards, defending himself as best he could, but it wasn't enough.: He was losing. The fear shone clear in his eyes as he fought for his life against the much larger warrior. StarClan, if this why you sent me here? I thought as I watched the poor apprentice struggled to defend his life. To save this tom.. Or his entire Clan?