Pinestar was dead. She never, ever thought of those words before now. Shrimppaw too. Oh StarClan! Shrimppaw's body was horrible! Her face was twisted into a look of pure horror, her eyes stained with blood and tears, blood leaking from her fingernails, she was covered in scars, the whites of her eyes were a misty blue, the red burn of the vine on her neck, and the stick plunged into her chest. Sparrowtail streaked out of the den into dirt place and puked. It had been a day, but she could remember every detail of little Shrimppaw. As she wiped the puke from her mouth, a whine entered her ears. Pinestar's kit. Sparrowtail wandered aimlessly to the nursery.

"What's its name?" Moonkit squeaked.

"Her name is Copperkit," Manzanitapaw mumbled.

Moonkit seemed to pause in thought.

"What's copper?"

Manzanitapaw forced a weak smile," Copper is a shiny twoleg object."

Sparrowtail looked over little Copperkit. Copper kit had choppy copper hair, ears, and tail; except for the hair that was closest to her face was a darker copper. Yes, Copperkit fit her. Such a beautiful kit...Like her mother.

"Let all those old enough to catch their own prey gather under Treerock for a Clan meeting!" Nightstar yowled out.

He's probably going to announce the new deputy. It's most likely going to be Sandfur. Sandfur was definitely one of the best. Sparrowtail slowly trudged over to the Treerock, waiting to hear what the new leader had to say.

"As you know, Pinestar died yesterday. It was a rather tragic and shocking loss. But as you know, I have to choose a deputy. StarClan! Please approve my choice as I say that Sparrowtail shall be the new Clan deputy!" Nightstar yelled out to the sky.

Sparrowtail's mouth flew open in shock. Her? But what about Sandfur?! What in StarClan was that moue-brained leader thinking? Sparrowtail ignored her clanmates as they called out her name and she stalked up to Nightstar.

"What were you thinking?! Are you insane?! Why me when Sandfur is a much greater choice? I mean, come on! Have you seen me lately?"

Nightstar sighed, "I talked to Sandfur about how he would feel about being deputy a while ago. He said he didn't want to."

"Are you that easily swayed?" Sparrowtail hissed angrily.

Nightwhisker ignored the comment and continued, "In fact, Sandfur was the one that suggested you. I didn't really get it at first. I mean, your not very strong, your hunting skills could use some work, and you did get beat up by your apprentice more than once."

"Is this going somewhere?" the tabby neko growled.

Nightwhisker smiled.

"But you make friends so easily! I wouldn't be surprised if you made friends with that DuskClanner you fought! That's the kind of leader we need, someone who would try to make friend with the enemy! Lessening the chance of attack. If doesn't work, I know you wouldn't hesitate to snap back at anyone who hurts the people you care about."

Sparrowtail just sat there for a few seconds before a huge grin came across her face. Forcing all angry thoughts to the back of her head, she marched off proudly. As she passed the Medicine Den, a pang of guilt hit her like a claw. She looked at Frostclaw sadly; he was staring off into space, mumbling to himself. Here she was being happy, when Pinestar and Shrimppaw were dead! Sparrowtail went into the Medicine Den to see how poor Frostclaw was doing.

"You okay?" Sparrowtail asked as she poked her head in.

Frostclaw turned slowly towards her and nodded. Yeah, he was really out of it.

"I'm going to be with Pinestar and Shrimppaw," the white-haired medicine cat mumbled.

Sparrowtail smiled, " That's a great idea! Perhaps being with them for a while will calm you. Have fun at the Moonflat!"

Sparrowtail was happily enjoying a squirrel when she noticed Manzanitapaw entering camp.

"Have you seen Frostclaw? He's been gone for quite some time. Longer than I expected for him to be at the Moonflat," Sparrowtail questioned.

"Moonflat? Frostclaw was heading towards the river," Manzanitapaw raised an eyebrow.

Sparrowtail paused in confusion. Then her eyes widened in fear.

"Oh StarClan no!" the deputy screeched, racing out of camp.

Frostclaw sat in the cold river silently. He sighed and began to lean back into the rushing water. Just as he felt the tips of his ears hit the water; someone yanked him right out. He turned around to see who it was. Sparrowtail.

"And I thought Nightstar was insane!" Sparrowtail spat.

Frostclaw stared blankly at her.

"It's only been a day Frostclaw! You need more time to think about this!"

"..."

"Never mind! Just stay here. I'm going to get Nightstar and Manzanitapaw."

"For the last time! What wrong?!" Nightstar demanded.

Sparrowtail, who was busy dragging him and Manzanitapaw along, turned to them.

"It's Frostclaw! He's down by the river. I caught him trying to...to commit suicide!" she winced at the last word.

They had finally reached the river and they all looked around anxiously.

"W-where is he?" Manzanitapaw shivered nervously.

Sparrowtail gulped and slowly walked up to the river. She scrunched her eyes shut as soon as she saw his body. His dead body. Nightstar gasped and Manzanitapaw looked like she was about to cry.

Nightstar turned shakily towards Manzanitapaw, "F-from this d-day forward you sh-shall be known as M-Manzanitabranch, LeafClan's new M-medicine cat."

Shivering Manzanitabranch nodded.

"Come on, were going to need help getting his body out of the river," Nightstar pushed Sparrowtail along.

Sparrowtail took one last glace at his body. Another friend she might never see again...

Poor Frostclaw. ;(

Anyhow, I've decided to hold another contest. Here's how it goes, you have to write a oneshot for Duskstar and Redwood. The first person to do this wins a sneak peek of the third LeafClan fanfic, the second and third prophecy, the description of the main and evil characters, and the definition of carriers. Anyone else who does it will get a sneak peek of the third fic and the second prophecy.