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Chapter 21

Larkblossom

Larkblossom stopped; panting. "What? Who is dead, Jayfrost? Is it Briarpath?" She asked sharply.

He shook his head. "It's my entire fault…" He murmured sadly. Redheart padded up beside Larkblossom and gave him an odd look.

Larkblossom's heart almost stopped. Kindlestrike and Fawntail slowly padded up from behind Jayfrost. Larkblossom looked to them for conformation.

"Larkblossom, I think you should sit down for a moment." Fawntail meowed softly. Larkblossom obeyed even though she was beyond terrified and couldn't feel her paws now.

"What's going on? Who's-"Fawntail gave her a sad look. Jayfrost stared at the ground.

"Jayfrost, tell me who's dead." Larkblossom demanded while looking at Kindlestrike whom gave her a sad look just as it began to snow.

"It's not Briarpath." Jayfrost meowed softly. He didn't raise his gaze from the frozen forest floor.

"Then who is it?" Larkblossom pleaded. Why won't you tell me?

Fawntail and Kindlestrike beckoned her with their tails and led her past the bush Jayfrost came out under from. A few last FireClan warriors were limping away quickly with RiverClan and ForestClan warriors making sure they were gone. Larkblossom then looked in the middle of the clearing where Splashstar and Briarpath were standing above some cat's body. Briarpath slowly looked up at her with pain in his gaze.

She slowly padded softly up to where they were standing and looked at the body.

Briarpath

"NO!"

Briarpath cringed from the immense pain in Larkblossom's screech. He closed his eyes and looked away from her. Stay strong.

He opened his eyes and saw Redheart who had been beside Larkblossom. She gave him a look that said all he needed to help Larkblossom. He turned back to the she-cat. Her fur was fluffed up and she was going into hysterics.

"No! NO! You can't leave me! NO!" She screeched again. She shook her head and stepped back.

"Please…no…I need you here with me! I need you! Please! Come back! Come back!" She then collapsed. Briarpath rushed up to her side with Splashstar. Larkblossom was silent now. She just stared at the dead body.

"He died a warrior's death, Larkblossom. He was a great leader." Splashstar told her softly. Larkblossom continued to stare blankly at whatever she was staring at. Briarpath didn't dare get any closer to her and simply looked at Rowantstar's dead body. Just a shadow of who he was…

Witherstar had attacked small RiverClan she-cat who was in his way. Rowanstar had noticed and had to intervene. He didn't know Witherstar was a crazy, blood thirsty leader…

Witherstar went berserk and tried to maul Rowanstar. Briarpath tried to save him alongside Jayfrost, but before they could do much, Rowanstar had left to join the stars.

A pair of RiverClan apprentices dragged in a calico she-cat. She was covered with blood and her eyes were half closed. A huge gash ran down her side and was ten times worse than Redheart had appeared when his father had attacked her.

"We found her in the middle of the forest. She kept saying to name Thorntalon as deputy if she didn't make it." A small tortoiseshell tom mewed, whiskers twitching from fear. "She tried to avenge Rowanstar."

A dusty brown tom stepped from a small cluster of warriors. His gray eyes scanned the group of cats.

"I will try my best to serve our Clan well. Thank you, Splashstar and RiverClan for your help. I will take my clan home now." He meowed with a new aurora of authority.

Splashstar nodded to him and called to her clan. "Let's go back." She said simply as she trotted off. Briarpath looked back down at Larkblossom. She hadn't moved a pawstep.

Larkblossom

He was dead. My father is dead.

She listened to the announcement of Snakefire's death and the naming of Thorntalon's new position in the Clan. But she didn't care. She could never care again, even if she wanted to.