Hey people! Guess what? The story shall continue! Though I would appreciate some reviews. Also, another thing, is that my friend's story was copied by someone else without permission and I was in a really bad mood, because I HATE it when someone takes credit for something they didn't do. That's why I started with the whole, "Nobody appreciates my writing so I should just quit or someone will steal it!" thing. You guys are great though, and that's been taken care of, so...Without further adoo...

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(Slight recap)

"This is YOUR fault!"

Shadedsoul's screech tore at my ears like a swarm of bees, and I knew what was coming before it even happened.

I was pushed to the ground, my head knocking off a hard rock, making my vision spin. Weight crashed into me and I gasped. Long claws dug into my fur, itching to tear flesh, and I felt blood bleed down my ear where teeth bit. At first, I struggled, pain blinding me, but logic came through and I went limp, allowing myself to be beaten. Fighting would only make it worse.

"You rat!" Shadedsoul's voice cut through my haze as another claw tore over my back, ripping out clumps of fur. "You pathetic, weeping rat! You let your own Clanmate die at the paws of a ruthless dog because you were scared! She's dead, you wimp! DEAD!"

Each word equaled a bite, and before long I was begging for him to stop, though I didn't struggle anymore than I had to to get my mouth to air as I was being mauled.

"Please!" I choked. I was sick at my own weakness. "I know! But I-I couldn't move! And it was so big! The-The dog, it.." My voice trailed off into a howl when Shadedsoul found the bite marks his father, Clawstar, had left on my hind leg.

Like father, like son, I suppose, I thought bitterly. Both cruel and wicked, knowing just where and when to cause the most pain. It was funny in a sick way.

I could feel blood soaking my white fur, warm and sticky, staining it crimson. My blood.

"Stop," I mewl. "Stop it, please...please..."

Shadedsoul seemed to think about this for a moment, as he paused his attack, and then leaned down, whispering, "Be careful what you wish for, Tinypaw. You're gonna pay for this, and when you do, you won't be begging to live. You'll be begging for death!"

I whimpered, and Shadedsoul got off my back. Too weak to do much else, I curled up, shaking with fear. What would he do?

"What now?" Sunfur burst out. I had forgotten he was there. The tom was a very stealthy cat.

"You carry Brightmoon, and I'll help. The rat is too weak to move and I'm not carrying her, so when we get back to Camp we'll get someone to come and get her. She'll die of her injuries, if we're lucky."

I made a noise of discomfort, but it was ignored. How could they just leave me here? Shadedsoul was right. Without a Medicine Cat I'll probably die of blood loss! And worse, I'd die at the paws of my own Clanmate's, and to a lesser degree, my own brother! It was not a promising situation.

But before I could protest, Brightmoon was being carried off and Shadedsoul and Sunfur were padding away without a second glance. I whined. I was going to die at this rate! My vision was already blurry from lack if blood flow, and my entire body ached. I could tell my back was shredded and that my hind leg was torn up, and that wasn't even counting the several random nicks and cuts along my ears and sides. I felt weak, and rightfully so.

Starclan, I silently prayed, Is this my fate? To live a life of pain and then to die young, all alone in the shadows of the trees, sodden with blood and the wetland rain? Have I no purpose? No meaning? No value? Am I as disposable as they say I am?

No! a voice called back to me. Dear, you're more important than you realize. Have hope. Have faith. Have LOVE.

Too tired to be surprised or to respond to the mysterious voice, I went limp, though I silently prayed for a miracle as my eyes fluttered closed.

And maybe I did have some luck, because before my sight disappeared, I glimsed a patch of scarlet fur as bright as the sun, and a pair of warm brown eyes staring into mine.

Foxpaw, I recognized with a small smile. My savior...

Then everything went black.

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Shorter than usual, but gimme a break! I DID update...

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