A/N: This is going to be a bonus chapter. :) It's the choice parts of the few months that I kinda wiped out; the weeks that Scourge and Dawn become friends, fight in the Battle, and then become mates. I hope you enjoy!

Dawn peered around the corner at Scourge, who was napping on his bed of twoleg-covers. It was a few days after Dawn had arrived, and she had kept her distance after learning about Scourge's meeting with Tigerstar.

Steathly, she placed one inky black paw in front of the other, sneaking quiety towards Scourge.

"You know, you should really work on your paw placement." Scourge's comment echoed in the quiet den, making Dawn jump. "Aw, you heard me? I was hoping to suprise you!" Dawn leaped at him in mock attack, but Scourge turned to the side without opening his eyes.

"Yeah, you brushed your paws against the ground when you walk. It makes a very quiet raspy noise." Scourge cracked a eye open, a small smirk across his handsome features.

Dawn wrapped her tail around her traitorous paws. "I make do with what I have, Mr. Expert! Of course, I could use a teacher..." She flicked her ears in a hinting way toward Scourge.

"Oh, so I'm going to be a teacher, now, hey?" Scourge stood and stretched, letting a high-pitched squeal escape his muzze as he did.

"Hmm mm. And I'll be the dutiful student, who looks like she's listening but is actually daydreaming about her cute classmate." Dawn meowed, kneeding the ground with her paws.

Scourge grinned again at her. "Well, then. School starts... Now!" With a yowl, Scourge flung himself at Dawn. She flung herself to the side, but Scourge was too quick. He grabbed her tail and pulled her back to him, then patted her on the side of the neck with sheathed claws. "You're dead!" He announced, standing and flicking her on the nose with his tail.

"No fair!" Dawn meowed. "You didn't give me a warning!" Scourge looked sideways at her. "That was the whole point, Nightmare."

"My name's not-" Dawn shrieked as she was interrupted by Scourge flinging himself at her again. "Oof!" They collided, rolling head-over-heels until they slumped against the wall, Scourge laying on top of Dawn.

"Umm..." Dawn shoved Scourge off of herself, standing and shaking her fur back into place.

"Well, you need to be on guard, Ms. Nightmare." Scourge teased, licking down his ruffled chest hair.

"Hmmph!" Dawn said, turning her back to him. "Aw, is the baby gonna pout now?" Scourge said, slinking around Dawn.

Dawn ignored him.

Scourge rolled onto his back, swatting at the air with his paws. "Oh, look at me! I'm the baby! I can't do anything! Boo hoo hoo!"

He paused, checking Dawn's reaction. She stared at the doorway stonily. Scourge frowned. He was supposed to make her laugh! "Ooooooh! Only if I could be like the great and might Scourge!" He stretched across the floor, leaning his head back and laying limp.

Dawn peeked at him. Perfect! He's in the prime position... Dawn flung herself onto Scourge's unsuspecting stomach, knocking the air out of him with a hiss. She batted him across the head, yowling in triumph. "I win! I beat the mighty Scourge! Haha!"

Scourge sucked in gulps of air, staring at Dawn. "You... may have... won this time... but not for... long!" Dawn laughed, keeping her distance. "You're not mad, are you?"

Scourge stood, a pained look on his face. "Nah. I did go and practically offer my head to you on a silver platter!"

Dawn jumped up and down. "Yes yes! I beat you and you're not mad!"

Scourge narrowed his eyes, then jumped her. "Take this, Nightmare! Hehe!" Dawn squealed underneath his flying paws, feebly attempting to defend herself. "No! No! Not the Scourge of the Clans! Starclan! Help me!"

Scourge abruptly stopped. "You don't believe in Starclan, do you?" Dawn shrugged. "Nah. I was mostly saying that for the game."

Scourge nodded silently, looking at his paws.

"The itsy bitsy spider... crawled up the water spout... down came the rain... and washed the spider down..."

Scourge stared at Dawn in shock. "WHAT. Are you singing?!"

Dawn grinned at him. "I don't really know. My twoleg used to sing it."

Scourge rolled his eyes. "What's the rest of it?"

"Umm..." Dawn meowed, thinking hard. "Out came the sun, and dried up all the rain... and the itsy bitsy spider, went up the spout again!"

"What's a spout?" Scourge meowed, looking quizzically at Dawn. "I have no idea. Maybe it's were water... goes?" Dawn replied, slumping to the floor.

Scourge shrugged. "Eh." He crouched down, a gleam in his eyes. "I'm a lion, stalking my prey... A delicious, spotted deer!"

-Two weeks later-

Dawn crouched, snarling at Scourge. They circled each other, looking for weaknesses and points of access.

Scourge is favoring his left paw, where I bit him. That's my way in! I go for his left, then feint for his right! He can't push off on the left, so I'll get him! Dawn thought, leaping for the left paw.

At the last second, she skidded toward his right one. The left paw weakly pushed off, but it collapsed. Dawn successfully tackled Scourge, batting his eyes and throat.

"Gotcha! You're dead now!"

Scourge laughed. "Good thing I didn't actually have a lame left leg!"

Dawn nodded. "True, so true!"

"Hmm, I think I'm going to go eat a bite of something. Want to join me?" Scourge meowed, heading for the door.

"Eh, I need some rest. See ya later!" Dawn snuggled into the fluffy covers, thinking back over last week's Battle with the clans.

Bloodclan stood, outnumbering Lionclan four to one. Dawn was forbidden to fight in this battle, because she hadn't enough fight experiance to defend herself.

Scourge faced off with Lionclan, having already coldly killed Tigerstar last time. Dawn shivered at the memory of Tigerstar's blood-filled gasps.

Dawn was too far away to hear them speak, but she could tell what Scourge said. Attack! The two clans leaped at each other, blood and fur flying. Scourge and the bright ginger grappled, but Scourge slipped away, his dog-tooth enforced claws already dripping in the leader's blood.

A white, fluffy cat faced off against Bone and another BloodClan cat. He didn't seem to be doing well, and his white fur was matted with blood.
He weakly waved his paws at the two attackers before collasping. The ginger tom from earlier flung himself from the fray, chasing off the two BloodClan cats.

He crouched over the white tom, speaking to him. Then, a fluffy grey tom ran up, speaking to the orange.

Dawn's attention was pulled from the scene to Scourge. The small tom was fighting and holding his own against two other larger cats. A white tom that looked rather young pounced on Scourge from behind suddenly, and Dawn gasped.

Scourge reared up and fell backwards, crushing the tom beneath him. Then Scourge proceeded to claw at the young tom.

The ginger tom again leaped from the fray. Scourge threw the young tom aside, readying for the ginger.

The two fought, and Dawn averted her eyes from the bloody scene, only to turn back as Scourge clawed the ginger's face and throat, ripping a huge gash with his reinforced claws. The ginger went down, stilling as he died.

Dawn couldn't help but gasp. The leader of Lionclan... dead. Scourge grinned triumphantly, then turned and leaped on a brown she-cat.

A commotion over on the other end of the battle attracted Dawn's attention.

Three young cats, barely old enough to be out of kit stage, fought together, moving as one cat.

They tore apart first one cat, then another.

"No!" Scourge's yell was plainly heard. Dawn stared. The ginger! He was... alive! It wasn't possible! That blow was enough to kill a TWOLEG!

The ginger raced for Scourge, and Dawn saw faint, glimmery outlines of cats racing beside him, and they all leaped as one onto Scourge.

Dawn's mind was blank, and she saw nothing as her mind whirled with questions. Was that Starclan out there?! If so, how did the ginger come back to life?!

Dawn looked back in time to see the ginger slash open Scourge's throat. Blood flowed like a red river.

Dawn's mouth opened in a soundless scream. Raven, the medecine cat of Bloodclan, shouted, "Scourge is dead!"

She fled behind a large boulder, and Bloodclan dispersed.

Lionclan left also to tend to their wounded, and Dawn raced down to Scourge. "Raven!" Dawn called, holding her tail to stop the flow of blood. "Help me!"

Raven rushed over, spiderwebs in her mouth. "Here..."

Dawn blinked awake. Scourge was nowhere to be seen.

Ah, he's probably eating still. Dawn though, standing.

It was dark out, so it wasn't likely that he was STILL eating. She was about to exit the room, when Scourge's voice stopped her. "Dawn."

Dawn froze. "Y-Yes?"

"Come here. I want to tell you something."

Dawn hesistantly walked over to Scourge, who was sitting half-concealed in the shadows.

"Yeah, Scourge?" She meowed, sitting down carefully. "Um, Dawn? I've always liked you... and you saved my life, after the Battle, and... um... would you do me the honor of,... becoming my mate and-and staying by my side through thick and thin?"

Dawn stared in shock." Well... I have liked you too... but that's rather fast, isn't it?"

Scourge shrugged awkwardly. "I just can't stand it. I have to have you!"

Dawn sighed. "I love you too, Scourge. And, yes!" She nuzzled him under his chin. He purred, winding their tails together. "Let's go announce it to the rest of the Clan!"

A/N:

So, I hope you enjoy! Rather fluffy, first part of the chapter, right? :D

Please, Read and Review! I want to see your opinions on my first-ever story! But, no flames! I wanna keep my skin, thank you very much! ;)