It was late at night. The sad vigil was over and the elders were now off to bury Crowstar. I had just trained all day and I think I did pretty well cause I spent most of the day reciting the names of herbs. I was very happy with myself. Suddenly, I heard pawsteps. "Who's there?" I whispered.

"It's me, Badgerpaw."

"Oh, hey."

"Would you like to go for a walk."

"We can't roam off, you know that right. We will get in touble."

"We'll sneak."

"Very well then."

We were wondering through the flower patch. "So, is there anyone you like?" Asked Badgerpaw, breaking the silence.

I liked Shadow, but of course, if I said that, I would give everything away. "No." I said quickly.

"Oh..." We stopped and sat under an apple tree, apple blossoms all over. "You look beautiful." Badgerpaw said kindly to me.

"Oh, thanks." I said, smiling.

"I was wondering do y-" He was broke off by a ruffling noise in the flowers. "Who's there?" He growled, getting up.

"I'm sure its nothing!" I snapped. Its shadow.

"I'm going to make sure."

"No you wont!"

"Why?"

"Er..."

"What?"

"D-dont! Its nothing! Nothing at all..." I said tensly, running in front of him. I smelled Shadow's sent now.

"What in Starclan's name is going on?" He asked.

"Nothing!"

"I think your lying."

"I'm not!"

"Then let me check." He said, walking around me.

Quickly, I leaped over and swiped my paw across his face, clawing him and leaving scars across his muzzle. "No!"

He growled and leaped on me, pinning me down. "Your insane!" He growled.

"No, you just dont understand!"

"Understand what? Understand that you clawed my face cause I heard a noise?"

"No!"

"What then?"

"I-I..."

"Go on."

"I cant tell." I said in a quiet, nervious voice.

"You cant tell? What if I'm going to claw your face off if you dont tell? He growled. I thought about him hurting Shadow and I knew what I had to say.

"No." Suddenly, Shadow ran over and leaped on Badgerpaw,pinning him down and getting him off of me.

"Dont hurt her!" Shadow growled.

"So its you she's hiding!" Sneered Badgerpaw. I never imagined Badgerpaw acting this crazy.

"Maybe so." Spat Shadow. They both glared at eachother, growling. Badgerpaw got free and clawed Shadow, making him fall over. Then, he bit his muzzle. Quickly, Shadow got up and rammed into Badgerpaw and clawed him right in the jaw. I crouched down in horror. They were both bleeding badly. They began to circle eachother, growling.

"Rouge!" Sneered Badgerpaw. Shadow ignored him. Suddenly, Badgerpaw leaped, pinning Shadow down. But quickly, Shadow got up and pinned Badgerpaw down instead. Shadow began to furiously claw his face, it was so horrible, I had toshut my eyes. When I opened my eyes, I saw a huge puddle of blood, and saw Badgerpaw lying in it, his whole face grueomley clawed.

"Stupid she-cat!" He spat weakly. "You just let me get hurt, huh? Not even bothered to get help!" He growled. I stood there paralyzed by fear and shock. "I loved you! But now, I hate you. You let a rouge just wonder about in Springclan territory! You probably let him eat all of our food too, huh?"

"He's not bad!" I whined, my ears pulling back.

"Thats why he tried to kill me..."

"He was defending me!"

"Just wait till I tell Thunderstar."

"N-no... Dont do that... Please..."

"I will. Mostly to see you in pain!"

"Dont... I'm sorry, it's just... I love him..."

"Too bad. Things dont allways go your way!" He spat, furious.

My face became cold and my eyes narrowed. "Then you must die." I hissed through my teeth.

"How are you going to kill me?"

"You are weak."

"I could still kill you even when I'm weak! So go ahead... I dare you."

I looked at Shadow. He face looked twisted with guilt and confusion. "Shadow?" I said, walking up to him.

"Yes?" He asked.

"Are you okay?"

"I-I'm fine. Just had a rough fight, thats all."

"I understand. Er, could you hand me a few of those berries?" I asked, pointing my muzzle to a push dotted with bright red berries. He ran over and began to pick a few, then handed them to me. "Perfect..." I said, my mouth twisting into an evil little grin.

"Why did you need berries?" Asked Shadow, back to normal.

"You'll see." I said in a satisfied voice, walking over to Badgerpaw, still lying in his own blood. I dropped the berries by his head.

"Why in the name of Starclan did you bring me berries?" He spat.

"Eat them!" I shouted.

"What are these? The berries of death?" He sneered, laughing.

"Maybe."

"Hah! I'll eat them, its not like I could die from eating a few berries." I said, still laughing, he ate them.

"Want to know what kind of berries these are?" I asked in a satisfied voice.

"What?"

"Deathberries."

"Deathberries?"

"Yup. We use them to kill cats painlessly."

"What? You little-" He began to choke. And as he choked, my face was expressionless. The cat that tried to kill my love, the cat who threatened to claw my face off... Was dying... Right at my paws. And I was the one who killed him. Was this possibly an accomplishment? Did he deserve to die? Suddenly, his breathing and choking stopped. His eyes had stopped moving. His blood matted face became expressionless. He was dead. I looked up, feeling bad. I never thought I would help a cat die. Thunder boomed and it was now raining. Lightning struck across the sky.

"Fawnpaw?" Murmuered Shadow, walking over to me carefully. "You okay?" He whispered, stroking his tail across my back.

"I really dont know." I murmured, and looked down at the body right at my paws. Thunder clashed and lightning struck across a the sky. That was when I saw my best friend, Pondpaw, staring at me, shocked. "Fawnpaw?" She gasped.

"I-I..."

"You killed him."

"I didnt..."

"Then why is he dead?"

"Well he-"

"And his face! Its clawed to the point where I cant even see it! What did you do to him? I never thought you would kill anyone!"

"Please, let me explain..." And I explained everything to her. "You wont tell, will you. Lets just say he got in a badger attack and it was too late to help him... Please?"

"Whatever. But if someone does find out, I'm out of this whole thing."

"Thanks, that all I need. Could you go back to camp, please, and tell them what happened. Say I'll be there soon to show them where the body is."

"Fine." She growled, running back to camp.

I turned and faced Shadow, who reappeared from behind the apple tree, where he was hiding. I ran over to him and brushed cheeks. "Promise me, promise me one thing." I whispered to him.

"Anything for you, love, just name it." He said sweetly.

"Promise, you wont hurt me." I said.

"I promise I'll never hurt you." He said.

"I must go now. You better get as far as possible so no one sees you. I love you."

"I love you, too."

Then, we parted.