A/N: Woohoo! Chapter 22! Wow I can't believe I've been updating everyday, but sadly Sands of Chaos and Age of Lost souls have been neglected. As you all know I will be doing Zodiac for Nation Novel Writing Month, and the goal is to have 50,000 words done by November 30th. Well I may just push myself and do Terra: Blood Moon in the same month as well.

I know what you all are thinking "Oh Leo is just going to start another story then post another chapter 3 months later." But nope! I figure is each story is going to be 50, 000 words, then I have to 3, 333 words a day. I think I can handle that, If I write one chapter in the morning, then one at night. Well enough babbling! Thank you all for reviewing last chapter, wow I have 122! Think I can make it to 130? Only 2 more chapters left and then the epilogue!

~Leo~

CHAPTER 22

Dovepaw bolted through the ferns trailing alongside the lake.

That stupid cat Honey had taken Emberpaw further than she realized! Dovepaw had barely left ShadowClan camp when she caught his scent, the small cavern was down by the lake closer to ThunderClan territory than RiverClan.

The events that took place only moments ago hadn't really set in for Dovepaw. I killed a cat, her mind began to buzz like a bumble bee. And more than that, she killed Emberpaw's sister!

But she was going to kill him, and I couldn't let that happen.

Dovepaw didn't know why she hadn't realized these feelings she had for Emberpaw so many moons ago, did he even feel the same? What if she finally told him that she loved him, but Emberpaw rejected her?

"We're almost there" a meow coming from Emberpaw broke her train of thought.

"What?" she asked while dazed, "Oh yeah, come on we have to hurry!".

Dovepaw didn't have time right now to think about love, who needed love anyway? Love burnt like a flame, powerful when needed, but it can also charr the entire forest and kill.

Shaking her head of such nonsense, the white apprentice looked forward as the streams surrounding RiverClan territory soon came into view.

"I don't think you should fight Emberpaw" she told the tom sincerely, "You paw is still twisted, not to mention your heads the size of a gooses egg." She had managed to stop the bleeding coming from his head, but it was still a terrible injury.

"We don't have time to argue" he hissed while limping after her, "I need to stop Lightningcloud now more than ever, cats could die Dovepaw!".

"You could die" she paused and gazed with a lustrous glare into his bright amber eyes.

Emberpaw held her gaze for a short moment, and something sparked between the two apprentices. And then as quickly as it started, Emberpaw looked down and sighed.

"I'm willing to take that chance, Now come on we don't have time to waste."

Swiftly racing through the spruce trees like a flash of light, Dovepaw instantly glared in every direction to choose her opponent. Cats of both clans were fighting everywhere, not a bare spot was left on the floor of RiverClan camp!

"Am I doing the right thing?" she asked herself out loud.

Shouldn't Dovepaw be fighting with her clan and fighting against RiverClan? But my clans in the wrong, she told herself while nodding, If I don't help than innocent cats could die!

Instantly knowing she had to help the cats of the water, Dovepaw gasped as she saw a black cat scooping kits out of the nursery.

"Venomfang!" she snarled loudly, bunching her muscles and bounding over towards the evil tom. The kits were mewling for their mothers, two no more older than a couple days, were stumbling around blindly amongst the fighting warriors.

"Stop this!" she snapped baring her fangs as he looked up, "Venomfang put those kits down!".

"Oh shut up Dovepaw" he growled, "Aren't you supposed to be helping me? Oh wait I forgot! Your a traitor to your own clan!".

That statement made Dovepaw raise her eyes in pure anger. All of this stupid fighting about one clan or the other, blood was spattered across the ground, bodies were already piling up in RiverClan!

"Enough!" she yowled loud enough to stop a few fighting warriors, and then Dovepaw took her chance and slashed across Venomfang's face. At first he began to writhe under her grip, but with so much anger, Dovepaw was stronger than a LionClan warrior!

"All this stupid fighting about nothing more than fox-dung!" she growled while slashing through his pelt.

So intent on the blood that had been shed tonight, Dovepaw barely noticed the blood that was coming from Venomfang, and splattering onto her white pelt.

It was in that moment that she looked down onto the face of her fellow clan mate, and Dovepaw noticed his eyes had clouded over in death.

I killed him!

Dovepaw stepped off of the body slowly, her eyes wide in shock. Dovepaw killed one of her own clan mates! Not only was she a murderer, but she was a traitor to her clan!

What would happen when the rest of the clan found out what she did? Would they banish her to live the life of a loner?

Then what!?

No matter what happened, Dovepaw could take thanks in the fact that Emberpaw was safe, no matter what lay in her future.

Which do you prefer?

1.) EmberDove

2.) EmberAqua

3.) EmberFrost (You know they've had some chemistry!)