Chapter 4 - Crazed With Grief

Stirring in his warm moss nest, Lionkit raised his head ears flicking. He could hear his father padding out of the warriors' den where he slept now and a sense of foreboding was making his pelt itch. Lionkit padded through the moss and tripped on a piece of bracken, rolling through the entrance in time to see Blackblaze follow Silverwing to the medicine den. Curiosity got a hold of him and he followed as well practicing as much of stalking as he knew.

He paused at the entrance and stepped lightly so either cat couldn't hear him. Blackblaze was standing by Bloodclaw whose breathing was harsh and fast. Silverwing sat a part from them, watching them with her ears drooped. His tail flicked and he willed it to stop as he edged closer.

"I'm so sorry, Bloodclaw, but you must go to StarClan," Lionkit's father muttered pressing his muzzle into her pelt. "But we'll be together soon, my love. Promise."

Shock coursed through his body then grief. Bloodclaw's dying! He ran into the medicine den yelling, "No! She can't die! She just can't!"

Both Blackblaze and Silverwing glanced at him in surprise. "Lionkit! What are you doing in here?" exclaimed his father.

"Stay back!" The calico tom stopped in his paw steps at his son's command. "Don't come anywhere near me! Fix Bloodclaw!"

"Lionkit, we can't," Silverwing said softly staying where she was. "Your father has tried his best and so have I. She's on her way to StarClan now."

"NO!" Lionkit ran to his mother's side and put his front paws on her trying to shake her awake. "Bloodclaw, don't leave!"

Bloodclaw's eyes fluttered open and she shifted slightly. A gasp sounded behind Lionkit but he ignored it. His mother rasped her tongue over his ear and said as loud as she could between gasps of breath. "Do not…cry my…precious kit. I'll…be looking…over you in…StarClan."

He pressed his muzzle into her pelt. "Don't leave."

Rasping her tongue over his ear again, she stilled and her breathing stopped. Lionkit stayed there, grief overwhelming him.

They killed her. They were medicine cats, and they killed her! He thought a sob shaking his body. I will avenge her death! One way or another, I will.

Sorry for the short chapter :( But the ending was perfect! Chapter 5 coming soon~~