AN: I can't believe how long I've put this story off… I'm so sorry, forgive me as I am a complete failure and this chapter will most likely be a fail because my writing depends on my mood and as of now I'm upset and I don't know why (I know why. This one person on Devianart was being a jerk to me...)…. Beware of run-ons and other stuff…..

Jealousy. It's a sin that most commit without knowing. However I knew that I was jealous and I was going to do something about it. Wolfpaw and Cloverpaw- now Wolffang and Cloverheart were going to become mates. Wolffang once promised that I was the only one for him- he lied. It was a pain worse than any battle wound one could get- and it wasn't ever going to heal. Cloverheart made it worse. She rubbed it into my face every single time she saw me. It was driving me insane.

"Well why don't you just end it?" A voice in the back of my head had asked. No, it wasn't Hawkfrost- he was much too nice to say something like that. In fact, he was begging me to not go through with this.

"This isn't a good idea!" Hawkfrost warned me for the millionth time that day.

"Shut it Hawkfrost! You can't tell me what I can and cannot do!" I yelled at him as I walked out of camp secretly. I knew exactly who I needed to help me with this. Maybe that was why he kept telling me that this wasn't a good idea. I mean- dragging Windclan into my personal life? If Thunderclan ever found out- it could cause a full-scale attack. Many cats would die. However, I just couldn't say no to the nagging voice in the back of my head.

I stopped at the edge of the territory. I sat down and waited for a border patrol to come by. After waiting a bit, a lone dark gray she-cat with green eyes came by. She took note of me and smiled.

"Hi! What's your name?"

"I'm Hawkpaw."

"Wow! Wish my parents gave me a cool name like that!" She exclaimed. "My name's Pepplepaw. I'm going to be a warrior in a few sunrises."

"Wait- why are you patrolling by yourself?"

Pepplepaw tilted her head slightly. "You know- I'm not quite sure why. It may have something to do with my mentor having to take care of all the other apprentices today."

"How did he get stuck with that job?"

"It's not like he hates it! He enjoys teaching the apprentices in animal safety."

"What's that?" I asked.

"You know- how to defeat large animals such as badgers, foxes, wolves and stuff like that. I remember he also taught me how to catch an owl!"

"Whoa! That's amazing!"

"I know- right? He's so amazing! No wonder why all the she-cats like him!" Pepplepaw stated, half-jokingly.

Suddenly it clicked in my head. "You're Typhoon's apprentice? LUCKY!"

"Yeah- he is amazing….."

"He's mine!"

"What are you talking about?"

I blushed in embarrassment; no one was supposed to hear that out loud. "Nevermind me."

"Well what are you here for?"

"Actually- I need to talk to Typhoon…."

"All right! Let me bring you to him!"

I followed the overly-friendly she cat until we came across what appeared to be a river. She cleared it in a single leap but I swam across. While shaking out water droplets from my pelt she pointed with her tail to a well-worn path that I wouldn't have noticed on my own.

"It's not too far now."

I nodded my head as we started off again. As we went on- I started to notice several voices.

"Aw! Come on Gorsepaw! It's my turn to try the move out!"

"No way Robinpaw!"

We came across the scene rather quickly. Two apprentices- one a brown tom with yellow-green eyes and a she cat with reddish fur and blue eyes, were facing each other, their fur bristling. Four older apprentices were watching with great interest. I saw Diamondpaw, a tom that looked almost exactly like her but had a black paw and darker eyes, a black she cat with violet eyes and a light yellow-brown tom with amber eyes. My eyes automatically landed on Typhoon who was trying to separate the two fighting apprentices.

"Gorsepaw! Let your sister try the move out!" He demanded, head turned towards the brown tom with yellow-green eyes.

The apprentice backed away in shame. "I'm sorry Ty….."

"Ty?" I asked Pepplepaw who smiled innocently.

"That's Typhoon's nickname."

"Oh…. I didn't know that."

Pepplepaw pointed her tail towards the tom with yellow-green eyes, the she cat with reddish fur, the black she cat with violet eyes, then Diamondpaw and the tom that looked similar to her and finally the yellow-brown tom. In turn she stated. "That's Gorsepaw. Robinpaw. Riotpaw. Diamondpaw and Hailpaw. Finally that's my brother- Pinepaw."

"Pepplepaw? I thought I sent you on a patrol and why is Hawkpaw here?" Ty asked, not even facing us. That was something I would never get used to- he could easily tell who we were without even looking.

"Hawkpaw wanted to talk to you for some reason." Pepplepaw replied.

"Alright- what is it?" He asked me while he sat down.

I was speechless for a moment, trying to put my problem into words. "I need your help with something."

His amber eyes locked onto my blue ones. "What kind of problem are we dealing with here?"

"There's this one evil cat-" I started but he cut me off.

"You're lying."

"Wha- how? How did you know?"

"Do the names of my former mentors mean nothing to you?"

"Um….. I thought your mentor was Crowfeather…."

"No- well sort of. He was my clan mentor. As a rouge I had three official mentors and assistant mentors." He let out a small sigh as if he didn't want to talk about this. "Flint and Chaos were my assistant mentors although they weren't that much older than me."

I noticed how sad he was so I stated. "You don't have to tell me if you don't want to!"

"It's alright… It's kinda funny if you think about it….. Everyone always said that I wouldn't make it as far as I have. They always said that I was too small and weak to survive. I proved them all wrong- just as Scourge did."

I tilted my head slightly. "Scourge? What does he have to do with you?"

Typhoon got up and glanced over at the apprentices. "Why don't you just head back to camp? Don't worry- I'll be back soon." He waited for the apprentices to walk out of sight before he continued. "I know him better than most."

"He was dead long before you were born though!" I protested. He wasn't looking me straight in the eye so I called out the one name that he was really sensitive about from what Diamondpaw told me. "Badgerstrike! Are you even listening to me?"

He glared at me. "Don't ever call me that again!"

"Why not?" I challenged.

"Have you ever heard the story from the old forest- the one about the young Shadowclan apprentice Badgerpaw?"

"Yeah. Why?"

"I was Badgerpaw in a past life- much like you were Hawkfrost in a past life."

"Well I know that I was pushed into the pool but what about you?"

"I was offered the chance to come back and I accepted. However- the one day I was to go there….. something went wrong. I ended up walking into the Dark Forest. I was so lost- and so scared. I could feel many pairs of eyes on me but I couldn't tell where they were coming from until I saw a pair of bright blue eyes in front of me."

I nodded my head. "What happened?"

"Out walked Scourge. He looked down at me and smiled. He said that I was lucky to have ran into him as most other Dark Forest cats would've destroyed my spirit- literally. Scourge promised to show me the way out if I promised him something."

"What did you promise?"

"Eternal loyalty. I foolishly made this promise and Scourge put a curse on me. It was- 'You will live in shade of shadow and commit the eighth sin. Unrequited existence will turn everything into nothing.'"

"What does that mean?"

"That I would have to live in the shadow of all past wrongs and commit the eighth sin- treason." He paused. "That's enough of me- now tell me what's been eating you?"

"I need your help with this one she-cat…. She really is being mean to me. Can you help?"

I held my breath as he thought this over. "Hm the possibility of getting both clans into a battle….. the fact the plan must be perfect…" He smiled. "Of course I'll help. I love high-stake games."