Yay! Hollyleaf is back with some awesomeness! Fight scenes! Questions! WELLLL... enjoy! Best 2 reviewers get hmm, Hollyleaf plushies (or voodoo dolls, your choice)!! Have fun reading this chapter! She's here to fight. What of Tigerstar and Hawkfrost? What can Hollyleaf do??
Chapter Eight
DARK FOREST
Questions
Hollyleaf's POV
I can't believe how unlucky I was, especially today. You don't know what I mean by "unlucky"? Well, look at it this way. I just finished walking away from Brokenstar after a small fight, and now I'm standing here, facing Tigerstar and Hawkfrost. You bet. I'm the unluckiest cat ever, I suppose. Okay, let's set things up. Tigerstar and Hawkfrost were circling us, sly smiles printed on their faces. Have I mentioned how much I hated those kinds of crooked smiles, thinking about evil things? I suppose everyone hates those smiles, anyways. Except these two stupid dark brown tabby toms, of course.
"Let us go," I growled angrily. But my fear-scent utterly betrayed me. Stupid fear-scent. I glowered at the two treacherous toms, and Ashfur did the same as we closed up together. Tigerstar and Hawkfrost were near us now. Their whiskers brushed my nose, making me want to sneeze. Still, I prevented myself from doing so, because it would mean ultimate embarrassment (not to say I've got enough of that in front of villains). Tigerstar's lip curled slightly as he sneered, "Oh? You think I will let you go?" I gazed into his ambitious amber eyes intently (half-pleadingly), and nodded. I guess they thought I was foolish for nodding, because Hawkfrost let out a chuckle. "Tigerstar, I reckon we should just leave the two for Darkstripe and Clawface," he snickered loudly (making my fur bristle and spike up). The huge dark brown tabby just glared at me and muttered, "That may as well be so." Hawkfrost had Tigerstar upset, and so he quickly meowed, "But we might as well leave a mark." Rolling his eyes, Tigerstar meowed, "You're mouse-brained." They stalked off. I sighed in relief, but Ashfur froze.
Cocking my head, I asked, "What's the problem?" Gazing at me, Ashfur choked, "Because… when they say Darkstripe and Clawface…" He couldn't say the rest. I've gotten the answer. Two toms emerged from the shadows. I am unfortunate. I finished Ashfur's sentence for him. "… they really come." I turned to face a dark gray and black tabby tom with green eyes and a battle-scarred brown tom with yellow eyes. Darkstripe and Clawface were here. I gasped for breath, and we both backed away.
"Tigerstar left them for us," Darkstripe murmured eagerly, and I could tell he's gone insane. Yeah, the Dark Forest could really get some cat to turn insane. He leaped into the air, letting out a vicious battle cry. I quickly sidestepped and pinned him down. Right. I had to be aggressive. Clawface charged toward Ashfur, yowling furiously. I fretted for my companion, because Ashfur was weak. I knew that, for I had pressed my own teeth onto his throat before. I let go of Darkstripe to help Ashfur. In an instant, I had Clawface pinned down, and I lowered my head to bite his throat, until I realized the mistake I made by helping Ashfur. I released Darkstripe. How stupid of me. The dark tabby tom let out an eager, disgusting squealing noise as he dove toward me to claw me.
Maybe Ashfur wasn't that weak after all, I realized as the gray tom tackled Darkstripe powerfully and had him pinned down. Now I felt safe and I could deliver a bite to Clawface (I couldn't say death bite, because I knew he still wouldn't die after that). I turned my head only to be smacked in the face with a paw. How stupid of me, getting distracted and turning my head to other places during a battle. Clawface launched a strong kick toward my belly, but I quickly leaped up to dodge it. Bad mistake. Now Clawface was free, and if I didn't jump up, maybe his kick would've hit, but I could've kept him pinned. So I had to do it all over again, huh? How irritating.
"What is wrong with you?" I shrieked, anger consuming my voice like a fire eating up the forest would do so. The two evil toms just flashed a murderous smile, and my fur bristled mutinously. I sprang into the sky, side-tackled Clawface, and gave him a blow in the stomach, claws unsheathed. Blood flowed out of his stomach like a splash of a river full of blood. He lay broken on the forest floor, and I pinned him down furiously. "I… will… kill… you… all… over… again!" I lowered my neck to deliver the bite, but Ashfur stopped me by yowling, "No, Hollyleaf. He won't die. He'll just recover. Let's go." I turned my head; my eyes crazed, and sighed. "I'm sorry for losing control, Ashfur." Those two cats were traitors who betrayed the warrior code. I wanted to kill them so much, with my own claws and taste their bl— never mind. I shouldn't lose control, according to Ashfur. He said it would be useless to kill them anyways. I saw that Darkstripe was also lying on the ground, panting, with blood soaking his dark pelt, turning it into a bright scarlet color.
I just thought a lot about what I just saw, thought, and felt. I just said those two cats were traitors who betrayed the warrior code, right? It reminds me of when Yellowfang told me that I being defensive of the warrior code was exactly the problem. Come to think of it, even if I adore the code so much, I still disobeyed it several times. I even killed, breaking it within its core by then. No matter how much I tried to protect the code, how come I still break it? Why can't I seem to keep it? Ashfur one day had told me I was overly obsessed with the warrior code, and I shot back that it kept my life in order. But what he said next really caught onto my nerves. He had told me that I died because of the warrior code. He said I tried so hard to protect it, but ended up breaking it myself, and ultimately killed myself. I didn't know how to retort then. Now I just thought about all the blood I saw. It's not a pretty color cats like to see all the time. I hope I don't have to see blood in the Dark Forest again. But ah, that's impossible, right? I don't know how to answer lots of questions I have at the moment. I hope some day, I can find a way to answer them.
Hmm, is Hollyleaf seeing what Yellowfang had meant? Whoa, Hollyleaf lost control. She's scary! I didn't want them to deal with Hawkfrost and Tigerstar, because if I let Holly and Ash win them, it would be VERY unreal. So I decided to play with the insane Clawface and Darkstripe. I hope you enjoyed this chapter! Adios!!
~~Rainy