IceKingGlaceon here, still not owning things but bringing chapter for you all to enjoy. I made this a lot longer than last chapter because I felt that was sincerely lacking. So this one is rather long. I know this comes a day after I posted Chapter 3, but I felt bad about this and binged this one out. Eitherway hope you enjoy!

Waking up to sun shining through the entrance to the nursery, it was only then that Bumblestripe thought to himself "Great Starclan it is cramped in here, if I were a queen I would hate it!" And with that a new respect he had gained. He padded past Daisy who had slept in the warriors den, to which he gave a quick nod. The sun was just rising and Squirrelflight was just organizing patrols.

"Toadstep, Blossomfall, Bumblestripe, hunting patrol!"

And with that thry quietly walk out of the camp, nodding to Millie as they pass. Blossomfall whispers to Bumblestripe quietly "I'm really sorry for what happened, and it'll get better." She smiles. Then she says "We should split up."

Toadstep quickly agrees "Indeed. Good luck."

And with that they part. Bumblestripe opens his mouth and scents the area directly around him. "A mouse" he thinks. He quickly and quietly moves in that direction, tail immobile, he waits. The wind suddenly changes and so the mouse knows he is there and bolts. "Mouse dung." He curses himself for not being careful.

"It wasn't your fault, the wind could just have easily kept blowing." A voice speaks from above. Looking up he sees Dewnose balancing on the tree.

Jumping down he softly says "Just because you lost someone doesn't mean everything is your fault.."

"But-" Bumblestripe starts to respond.

He sharply interrupts. "Keep living, grow closer to your other two kits, you haven't had time to be a good father, so do it now, they need it more than ever!"

"Wise words from a cat so young, since when have you been so wise on love, and others?" He teasingly asks.

"Eh, being quiet and observant has it's benefits. And once in a while the wisdom helps. Now let's go catch some prey!" Dewnose enthusiastically says.

Some time passes, they hunt down a thrush together, quietly Dewnose catches it by surprise, as it tries to fly away Bumblestripe nips it down. "Great job!"

"No you did the surprise, I just went for the kill."

"Prey is prey nonetheless, now let's head back to camp."

Quietly Bumblestripe says "Thanks for the advice."

"Don't mention it." As he disposes his prey, he heads back out of the tunnel towards the Great Oak. Sandstorm told them a story about how the clans once had a competition there, where Jayfeather saved two cats! But now, it's merely for looking out into the lake and gathering moss..

Neatly prodding a bundle together, he heats yowling from the Windclan border, so he heads for the Stream. Once he gets there he sees Stormcloud bloodied, Sandstorm with some scratches, a lifeless bloody Thornclaw, and a dead ginger tom named Crouchfoot. Meanwhile Ambermoon sees Bumblestripe and starts fanatically talking.

"They came at as randomly, jumped over the river and quickly slew Thornclaw. He never saw it coming. They were yelling 'For Larkwing' " as she said that she could see Mousewhisker's eyes dart. So he quieted her and walked up to Mousewhisker, calmly asking "Why did your eyes dart when she said that?"

Suspiously answering "Erm I don't know, i'm shaken I guess."

"You weren't at this battle though"

"Yeah but death is a touchy subject..."

Losing his patience he pounces on him to a shocked yelp from him.

"What's the real reason?" He growls.

"Enough!" Sandstorm's voice booms.

He trembles "No, he-he's right... The the real reason is that after we heard that Whitekit was dead, me and Thornclaw went into Windclan territory... We say a brown she cat hunting alone very near the border.. We pounced on her as she prepared to chase a rabbit. We-ee captured her, and took her to one of the secluded tunnel entrances, and.. and.. we raped her... And then abused her... Then mercilessly raped her again. And injuring her, at one point seriously injuring her. Then we took her to the border and let her go after a few more slashes... It was the heat of the moment but now he's dead, she is scarred for life, and I get to live with this for my life..."

He starts breaking down as Sandstorm says "We'll keep this to ourselves... Both sides have done bad things, we must accept and learn to live with it. Mousewhisker, take Thornclaw's body back with us, Bumblestripe, act like you were hunting or something... This is not to be discussed..."

And with that he walked back towards the Great Oak for the moss ball, but the conversation keeps nagging at him..

He finally makes it to the camp and the Clan is once again mourning.

Bumblestripe puts his nose to Dovewing's then gives the ball to Graykit and Silverkit. "Bumblestripe why are we fighting?"

"Silverkit I love you, and I wouldn't lie to you, but at this point I just don't know... Now go play with your brother please."

Their eyes bore into me, but they obey.

Bramblestar addresses the clan but Bumblestripe doesn't notice. "Would I do that, would I lose control like that... I nearly did with Dovewing but.. but.." he thinks to himself, somewhat worried.

"No, I will not stoop to that level... It just isn't right. I don't want to live with it..."

Bramblestar's Finishing the speech about Thornclaw dying etc, and there is silence. Slowly the life comes back to the clan.

Bumblestripe calls "Catch it Silverkit!" She jumps to the left and brings it down. "Great job!" Graykit calls "Send it to me!"

"Hey let us play too!" Jaykit calls.

"You kits be nice and have fun now." With that he dismisses himself.

Padding away, it's coming to dusk, the sun is setting and it will soon be night. Bramblestar quietly walks up to Bumblestripe. "I want you and Ivypool to deliver a message to Mistystar. Tell her to attack Shadowclan tomorrow at dusk. We meanwhile will attack Windclan."

He quickly pads away while Bumblestripe goes to find Ivypool.

He walks up to her and tells her what they're going to do. She nods and side by side they exit the camp.

Silence... a rather long period of silence. Sneaking through the Windclan territory with ease, as they pass the barn Bumblestripe asks Ivypool a question. "How do you think the clan is taking the recent losses?"

Thinking for a moment "Well before the Great Battle it probably would have been a lot worse, but that was only a few moons ago. So in my opinion they've been coping rather well. Really the only concerns I've seen are Bramblestar being less charismatic and Rosepetal struggling with Molewhisker barely being alive.

"Very observant"

She quickly answers "We had to be in the Dark Forest, it was the only way to survive. If we didn't learn we would practice it until it injured us too much or until we awoke."

Molewhisker wasn't doing so goodwhen Bumblestripe last went in, so he'd have to check when he got back. He spells the air. He spells Windclan on the border. He gently hisses "get down!"

She immediately flops down. They start to very gently move forward, there's a cat on the rocks. They blend in very well with the night. "It's Nightcloud." Ivypool whispers. "There's another one a on the barn roof, but we probably can deal with her without alerting the other."

They slowly creep through the reeds, moving slowly towards the rock. Once they are a few taillengths away Ivypool cuts away and heads to a different side for a distraction. She crackles against a reed and Nightcloud looks, then starts to smell around her.

At this moment Bumblestripe slams on her muzzle and drags her off the rock, quickly and silently. Her muffled yowls turning to a desp-erate whimper. Watching the cat on the Barn, once he heads to the other side he signals Ivypool over. "What do we do with her? She's the mother of the cat who caused all this, and she hasn't been friendly in the past."

She coldly responds "Do what you wish."

Nightcloud starts crying and says something muffled like "I'm sorry"

"For what..."

"..kit"

It was at this moment that Bumblestripe realized she killed his kit. He went insane.

(Ivypool's point of view)

Suddenly a rage flashes in Bumblestripe's eyes, and he slashes across her belly and sides. repeatedly to the muffled yowling of Nightcloud. He slashes her some more..

"Ivypool come over here.. help me drown her."

Shocked as he was reminding her of the Dark Forest, he repeated it again.

With a look of shock in her eyes she asked "Is this really nessacary?.." as Nightcloud let out panicked muffled meows of pain, sadness and rage.

He coldly responds "Yes. Very much so."

"Heh, take one last look at the moon, because it's the last thing you'll ever see." He said it with such malice that Nightcloud looked up in terror, and Ivypool that she was back in the Dark Forest.

Then he proceeded to push her head down and drown her. She put a paw on her neck to 'help' and after a few moments., she stopped struggling. He proceeds to push her in.. Watching the blood coat the water as though the blood was pooling after a harsh battle..

(Back to Bumblestripe)

Looking into Ivypool's eyes, he sees the pure terror, then the realization sets in. He just tortured her... But he didn't really feel sorry. It's like all his rage came out...

He brushed up against Ivypool "I'm sorry you had to see that. But it needed to be done." He says coldly. "If you say so… But you looked like you were in the Dark Forest."

He mumbles quietly so Ivypool doesn't hear. "No wonder they gave me the Omen… They're correct, and we must stop it soon…"

They cross the border, and Reedwhisker and Mintfur greet them. "Thunderclan friends, what can we do for you?

"We need to speak with Mistystar.

"We will do our part to carry out the attack. Good luck and thank you for the information, it will be well used." Mistystar dismisses the two. They are escorted out by Reedwhisker and Minnowtail and return home cautiously.

As they sneak past the barn again, he looks down and sees her body still. He gently pushes her body farther into the lake.

Suddenly the cat on the barn meows out "Nightcloud, are you there?" He waits a moment, then repeats his question. "Nightcloud, are you out there?

They stop quickly. Meanwhile Ivypool whispers 'when he jumps down from the roof, sneak away. Then when he passes the rock, bolt out of the reeds."

He obeys, he jumps off, and they start sneaking to the edge of the reeds. They make it to the log bridge as the Windclan cat passes the rock, and they quickly run away. He doesn't see them and doesn't give chase.

After they stop running, Bumblestripe whispers "We don't talk about this, agreed?" "Agreed..." she quickly answers.

And after dodging a patrol at the lake, they make it back to the camp, with that they return the news. Bramblestar is very pleased and he proceeds to whisper something to Squirrelflight, who looks uncertain. They then tell him that Windclan is watching the Riverclan border with guards, to which he seems annoyed by. He thanks them once again, dismisses them and so they head to their nests just after Moonhigh. Millie congratulates them as they pass, and with that they both curl up into their nests, and fall to sleep.

Another twist, I feel I'm getting better with this. Anyway I hope you enjoyed and hope you continue reading-Any critics/comments are appreciated.