Love, Hate, and Much More
by Brambleclaw's Babe
Author's Note: I'm so sorry that I poofed again, but now school's out, and I'm back on track with my stories! You voted this time, and chose Hawkfrost's Death to the song Side Of A Bullet by Nickelback. This will be written in Tigerstar's point of view. I read over the lyrics(not that I don't listen to the song every day xDD)and I just thought of Tigerstar thinking these things as he watched the two from a distance. Now, I know he doesn't walk the skies with StarClan, but he does walk the dark forest, and, as we know from Dark River, he can walk as a spirit among the lake territories. I will be pretending that he was walking among the cats around the lake the day that Brambleclaw murdered Hawkfrost. It switches to Hawkfrost's point of view about halfway through the story.
Disclaimer: I do not own Warriors or the song Side Of A Bullet by Nickelback.
--Crimsonnight
Hawkfrost's Death:
Side Of a Bullet
Finally. Thought the dark tabby, his pelt brushing past a fern, and not even making it move at all. Technically, though, this tom was not a real cat. Well, at one point in time he was, but the dark, cold-hearted Tigerstar had been dead for quite a few seasons now. He hadn't gone to StarClan, which, somehow, didn't bother him that much. Now that he had figured out he could walk among the living, this was even better then StarClan. But to walk among the living wasn't the reason that Tigerstar had chose this day. He had decided on this day because today, Hawkfrost and Brambleclaw were finally going to do what he had failed when he was living. Today, they were going to kill that putrid kittypet, Firestar, and Tigerstar wanted to see it. He wanted to see the light vanish from his mortal enemy's eyes. He wanted to see his sons rise up above the rest of the forest. Silently, the spirit made it's way out of the forest, and a light sparked in the tabby's amber eyes as he looked down upon the lake. Yes, it's all set up perfectly...he thought to himself. He darted down the hill, and sat down beside a rock, calm and collected as if he was sitting in at a Gathering instead of watching his number one foe about to be murdered.
"And...go..." he hissed under his breath, seeing Hawkfrost making his way into ThunderClan territory. He saw Firestar at the scene and his mate, Sandstorm along with a few other ThunderClan cats, but...where was Brambleclaw? He was playing a big part in the plan, and was most definately needed.
Uncle Sam taught him to shoot maybe a little too well,
Finger on the trigger,
Loaded bullet,
He hit the stage so full of rage and let the whole world know it,
Six feet away they heard him say;
"Oh God, don't let him pull it..."
Please God don't let him pull it,
How could you put us through this?
His brother watched you do it
Tigerstar was pleased with his son as Hawkfrost did everything according to plan. He still was slightly upset that Brambleclaw wasn't here on time, but then a thought came to him. What if Brambleclaw was laying low just for now? Maybe Tigerstar's second son would come into play later. A smirk threatened to make it's way across the brown tabby's emotionless look, the corners of his whiskers twitching up with malice. But they didn't. Finally, pleasureable shivers went down the spirit cat's spine. He saw Firestar struggling against the metal prison he was in, but he couldn't break free. But then...then something changed the course of the plan all together. A dark ginger she-cat, Firestar's daughter, Tigerstar guessed, had went running back to camp not moments before, and he could see her heading down with another patrol, and the cat leading it- was Brambleclaw. He watched as his son raced down the hill, murmuring comforting words to the dark ginger she-cat, and now Tigerstar had an idea that his son had mated with Firestar's daughter. Mouse-brain...he thought to himself, wanting to lash out at Brambleclaw. He was supposed to lead a Clan, not fall head over paws for his enemy's daughter!
How could you take his life away?
(What made you think you had the right?)
How could you be so full of hate?
(To take away somebody's life)
And when I heard you let him die,
And made the world all wonder why,
I sat and home,
And cried alone,
And on my own I scratched your name in the Side of a Bullet
Hawkfrost let out a hiss of frustration as he saw his brother coming down the hill. He was already late, and what was he doing?! He was supposed to drive the spikes into Firestar's neck, take the ginger tom's life in one blow.
"You mouse-brained furball!" Hawkfrost spat at his brother, ice blue eyes full of rage and disappointment. "You were late!"
"Brambleclaw?" the ginger she-cat beside Brambleclaw asked, turning concerned and upset green eyes towards him.
"Who ever said I was going to come and watch you murder my leader?" Brambleclaw asked, setting his tailtip on the she-cat's shoulder to calm her. "I didn't want to be part of this, Squirrelflight."
"Hurry up!" Squirrelflight spat towards her mate, flicking her ears towards her father that was now starting to give up.
"Brambleclaw, don't!" Hawkfrost ordered, stepping between Squirrelflight and Firestar. "You know this was not part of the plan."
"What plan?" Brambleclaw hissed, pushing past his brother and beginning to dig the trap that held Firestar around the neck.
And in the wake of his mistake so many lives are broken
Gone forever from a loaded bullet,
And no excuse that you could use
Would pull somebody through it,
And to this day so many say,
"God why'd you let him do it?"
How could you let him do it?
How could you put us through this?
His brother watched you do it
But Hawkfrost wasn't going to back down that easily. Waiting until Brambleclaw had dug up the trap, he didn't even care about killing Firestar anymore. The ginger cat could go, but right now, he was mad at his brother.
"You are a stupid furball, you know that?" Hawkfrost hissed, beginning to circle his brother.
"Stupid furball? Me? No. I am a loyal warrior," Brambleclaw growled, circling Hawkfrost as well, not breaking the gaze the two were locked in.
"Loyal warrior? You disobeyed your own father!"
"If it is worth saving my Clan leader, then I will disobey my father, and my grandfather, and my great grandfather!"
"That's it!" Hawkfrost yowled, lunging at Brambleclaw with unsheathed claws. The two faught for awhile, and by the end of the battle, Hawkfrost found himself losing terribly to his strong brother. Finally, Brambleclaw pushed him towards the fox trap, and slammed his neck down on one of the spikes. Hawkfrost felt the breath leave his body, and his heart stop it's steady drumming. I...loathe...you...was Hawkfrost's last thought before darkness came over him.
How could you take his life away?
(What made you think you had the right?)
How could you be so full of hate?
(To take away somebody's life.)
And when I heard you let him die
And made the world all wonder why
I sat at home
And cried alone
And on my own
I scratched your name in the Side of a Bullet
In the Side of a Bullet
In the Side of a Bullet
The darkness that surrounded Hawkfrost never went away. He found himself blinking open his eyes and staring straight into the amber pools of his father. Fear surged through him, but when he saw the look of pride in Tigerstar's eyes, he felt relieved.
"You tried very hard today..." Tigerstar's tone was harsh, though his eyes showed that he wasn't as mad as he seemed. "Even though you did not kill Firestar, you faught like any son of mine."
"Thank you, Tigerstar," Hawkfrost replied, getting to his feet.
"And..." Tigerstar mewed, taking in a breath. "I'm proud of you."
Woot! I had to put a little bit of nice Tigey in the end xDD. It's just so cute D
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