Welcome, my lovelies, to the chapter of your doom! Some of you will find great joy in these words, others, great disappointment. What will you feel?

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Chapter Twenty-Nine

It was endless.

At least it seemed that way. She continued falling deeper into the abyss of sleep, and it got so black that she was surprised that it got even blacker as time wore on. For all she knew, it could have been forever, or it could have been heartbeats. It felt like nothing, as if her existence was fake, but yet she was aware of her life pushing on her from all directions, and though she could not feel it, she could sense that it was there, the pain, surrounding her, but daring not to touch.

And then she landed.

The ground was soft, but the world still vibrated around. Slowly, piece by piece, she started to see what stood around her. Her head pounded as well as her heart, struck with the sudden realization that she was not where she had been before. The snow was gone, and had been replaced with a marshy, damp forest floor. A dark, depressingly murky sky hung low to the dead ground, which she had just then realized was littered with pools of blood and tufts of fur. A distinct, lewd odor hung in the air as if it was going to crash down upon her at any moment. It was very cold, colder than a night of a leafbare blizzard, but yet, at the same time, it's sodden atmosphere gave of a sense of humidity. There seems to be no sign of life for tree-lengths, and that is when she realizes.

"Welcome, Frozenleaf."

She leaped to her paws and whirled, facing a pair of passonless green eyes. They held a warning to deadliness, almost like an omen, a sign to get out. A cat revealed itself; a white she-cat, the same size as her, and covered in scars.

"I have been expecting you."

Frozenleaf bristled, curling back her lips. "I am not deserving of such a name as Frozenleaf, as I realize now. Perhaps Frozenhear is a better fit. I know that what I have done is wrong."

"Yes," the she-cat growled delightfully, a slight rasp to her voice. "Wrong enough, in fact, for you to come here, and meet me, in ideal of being trained, we can take down the Clans. Isn't that what you want?"

"No!" she yowled, causing the she-cat to flinch. "I want nothing more to do with hurting any cat. I walk alone now, alone and in cautious light. I wish to leave now, and don't ever think about coming to me again."

"What do you mean, 'don't ever think about coming back,'" the she-cat asked with an innocent tone. "Don't you know who I am? Are you that mouse-brained?" She threw her head back and laughed. "You see, Frozenleaf, I have a story very similar to yours. I was, like you, hidden in the shadow of my brother. He was always more superior to me in the eyes of all others." She paused. "Even my parents. Oh, especially my parents, but I got my revenge. You see, Frozenleaf, when you are treated like a nuisance, when really you are greater than all. Do you really think that these blind cats, these oblivious, idiotic, warriors that call themselves Clanmates deserve so much as a second chance? Their lack of wisdom, forbid them to be watched over by the ones of StarClan." she spat out some saliva. "Well, they are in for an hellacious experience when we attack, and give them a dose of who we really are. Us Dark Forest warriors, we were never born with our dark sides, no, we were made, made by those cursed warriors. Just because we were smaller, ambitious, and expected much from life, they saw it as a weakness that needed to be out to end. They have no idea what is to be coming for them once we punish them for their deeds."

Frozenleaf shivered at the thoughts of it all, but then froze in place, she turned her head slowly towards the white she-cat. "Your story, it is just like mine. I too was treated lower than my brother, and my parents hated me. Who-who are you?"

The she-cat grinned devilishly. "You are so clueless. The answers have been in front of you all this time and you are too dumb to see them? Look at me! I am your reflection! I, my, friend..." she paused, "...am your future."

Frozenleaf's jaw dropped, her eyes wide as the moon at its fullest. "But," she meowed, "but that's impossible! I'm still alive! And weren't you in StarClan?"

"StarClan? Ha!" the white she-cat laughed. "It was an illusion. Thanks to my strength in this domain, I have been able to reach you dreams to turn them to nightmares."

"No, that can't be! Even if it was an illusion! How are you here, if I'm alive!"

"You were meant all along to join in with me so we can rule the forest," the white she-cat hissed. "I am your strength, your bravery, your dark side. Together, we can go back to the present and show that little StarClan who they have put fate up against." She unsheathed her claws. "I've done the things you have always wondered about. I am your anger that fueled you natural skill. The problem is," she said. "You are the live one. I am simply an idea, ready to break from the mind and reach the real world. We are powerless without each other."

"What do you think I am, stupid?" demanded Frozenleaf, voice a screech. "I told you that I want nothing to do with your merciless plans. What I have done was wrong, and the regret I feel for it will lead me down a safer path. I am leaving. I hope you fade from existence, because I will not allow it."

The white cat hissed. "You're unwise! You are nothing without me! I think I would know what is best for myself, and lucky for me, I was given the ability to watch you, and finally, the moment you shine through to your true potential, I am strong enough to finally truly meet with you."

"I don't care," Frozenleaf snarled. "I will not accept your help. I don't deserve what you offer."

"I don't deserve such a petty statement," the white she-cat growled. "Do you not know the things I have done? You should be proud to have one as strong as me. Do as I say! I've gone through too much to let you slip away. And if you don't agree now, the pain will get worse until it is unbearable. You will want to die, and when you do, don't think that StarClan will have forgotten what you've done. One day, you'll be here again with me. I cannot be outrun."

"Go away! I have suffered too much pain to have you following me now! You're weak! If anything you need me, but you're not going to get me!"

"Weak?" echoed the white she-cat. "You're calling me weak? I've killed so many without you there! Goldenwillow, weakened to death because I was beside her. I was the one that left you with Squirrelfur! And it doesn't end there! Your father was made deputy because Mousewhisper was hurt in battle! But it wasn't a ShadowClan cat the wounded her! It was me!"

"That doesn't scare me," Frozenleaf spat. "You could have done much worse."

"And I have," the cat meowed, eyes blazing. "I pushed Greyson into the fox!"

Suddenly, it all disappeared around Frozenleaf, the ground, the blood, the sky. All that was left was herself. The white cat before her. Her claws slid out, her muscles bunched and she leaped through air.

The two cats collided in a jumble of claws and white fur. Teeth sank into shoulder, claws into flank until Frozenleaf was left pinned.

"You foolish she-cat," her future self growled, gripping her shoulders tightly.

"Get off me!" Frozenleaf yowled and she twisted, hind leg coming up and pushing the other to the ground. The white cat's claws unhooked and she was slammed onto the forest floor. Frozenleaf ignored the blood pulsing from her shoulder and pinned the white cat's own. With each hearbeat, her claws went deeper.

"Look at you!" the white she-cat exclaimed. "No warrior training, and this is what you can accomplish. You may not like it, but you were meant for this! Accept it and join me! Together we will take back our honor when it was stolen by our blind Clanmates and rule the forest!"

"Never!" she snarled. She raked her claws along her exposed belly, opening a wound for each claw. The white cat yowled in anguish and twisted, trying desperately hard to escape, but to no avail. As swift as a snake she lunged, and when her teeth connected with the neck of her opponent, a shriek tore from the white cat's lips, her paws thrashed and her evil eyes glazed over. Limp, she fell.

Frozenleaf jumped away, looking at what she had done. A certain sense of triumph rose in her blood, but along with it came a touch of despair, asking her, what had she done now? Another cat dead because of her anger, because she couldn't control herself.

And then it started. It began with a creepy cold feeling crawling up her spine but quickly spiraled into something much, much worse. The ice froze over her brain again, trapping it in a cage of merciless pain. Agony reached all tips of her fur, from her nose to her tail. It felt as if it was burning her with ice, except this time it was different. This time, she liked it. Her gaze drifted down to the place the cat she had just killed laid, but she was gone.

No...no...NO!

Frozenleaf realized what had happened, and it had happened so quick.

Stop it! You have to stand strong! Don't let it capture you! Don't let it-

Her thoughts were cut off as the land around her faded to blackness. The pain of the attack still gripped her mind until she woke again, collapsed in the snow. She looked up to face her surroundings, and saw that she was where she had killed Blade and Arrow, for there bodies still laid there untouched.

And then it ended.

Frozenleaf heaved herself to her paws, raising her head to look up at the sky, which held the blackness of night. She looked at the tree before her, the snow, her own paws. Everything looked different now, and when she again rested her gaze on Arrow and Blade, she felt a smile sneak upon her lips.

There we go, she thought, and aloud she purred, "Simple as that. Sorry Frozenleaf, but you're dismissed. Ice is taking you place."

Thank you for reading this disappointing/exciting chapter. I hope I lost no readers! *gulps* Review please!

~Destiny