Now, this NEVER happened, and NEVER will. I KNOW Ashfur is dead! Just pretend he isn't okay? Pretend that Hollyleaf didn't die, or kill him. Just use your imagination. It's just something that popped into my head. Okay?

THANKS FOR THE MEMORIES

"Squirrelflight!"

The dark ginger she-cat glanced up from her vole to see gray tom with darker flecks trotting towards her. She swallowed her immediate guilt and mewed, "Hi, Ashfur."

"Do you want to go hunting later?" He smiled. There's no way he can know, Squirrelflight assured herself.

"Um…just you and me?"

"Why not?" Ashfur cocked his head.

"Oh…um, well…okay," Squirrelflight agreed uncomfortably. Ashfur's eyes sparkled. "Great! Can't wait!" He turned and headed toward the fresh-kill pile, greeting Brambleclaw along the way.

What is up with him? Squirrelflight wondered. He's never this happy. I wonder what he's up to…maybe he's just happy that I agreed to hunt with him. Yeah, that's got to be it.

"Hey, Squirrelflight." Brambleclaw hurried over to her with a blackbird in his jaws. "Can I sit with you?"

"Of course."

Brambleclaw settled down beside her and began to devour his meal. "What did Ashfur want?" Squirrelflight detected a hint of unease in his voice.

"Oh, nothing." The ginger she-cat shrugged. "He just wanted to hunt with me later."

Squirrelflight could've sworn she saw envy flash in her mate's amber eyes, but it went as soon as it came. "Oh. Well, in that case, I might as well join you, hm?" He nudged her with his broad shoulder.

"Well…he wanted to go with just me," Squirrelflight mewed awkwardly.

Brambleclaw's tail-tip twitched. "Oh, well, okay."

"Are you okay?" Squirrelflight panicked. What if her mate was angry with her for agreeing to go?

"Yeah." The dark tabby tom nodded. "I mean, you should be able to go hunting with anyone!"

Squirrelflight batted his ear with her paw. "Of course I can!"

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"Look at this rabbit I caught!" Ashfur bounded over to Squirrelflight, a young rabbit dangling from his jaws.

"Wow!" Squirrelflight gaped. "That's probably the fattest rabbit I've ever seen!"

Suddenly Ashfur's expression turned solemn. Squirrelflight took a pawstep back. "W…what?"

"Follow me." Ashfur turned and raced away from their hunting spot. Squirrelflight hurried after him.

They soon arrived at the lake. "What is it, Ashfur?" Squirrelflight asked.

Ashfur didn't respond. Finally he took a pawstep into the lake, then jerked it back out. "Feel how cold the water is!"

Squirrelflight cautiously placed her paw into the shallow water. Icy ripples floated away from where her paw was. "Great StarClan!" she breathed, lifting her paw back out. "I guess it still hasn't warmed up from leaf-bare."

"Nope." Ashfur was staring at her. Squirrelflight turned to him. "What?"

Ashfur sighed. "I'm sorry, Squirrelflight."

"Sorry for wha-" Squirrelflight was cut off. Ashfur tackled her to the ground, splashing in the icy lake, his claws ripping into her ginger fur. Squirrelflight struggled to her keep her head above the water and to push Ashfur off of her. "Ashfur, what are you doing?" she gasped.

"I'm paying you back for what you did to me," he panted. "You broke my heart!"

He pinned her down, her head submerged in the water. Then he sank his claws into her throat. Blood gurgled from the wound, and slowly stained the water a foggy red. He stepped off of her and whispered, "Thanks for the memories, Squirrelflight."

O.O Wow. Creepy and scary. Once again, I KNOW Ashfur is dead. So don't reply saying, "OMG Ashfur is dead!!!!11!!1one!!11" Because I KNOW!!! This was also pretty short.

xx-Starfall-xx