AN: Sorry, guys, writing this beforehand again. Even if I get no further reviews, I'm still going to upload and kind of switch back and forth. I'm a bit bored at the moment and have nothing else to do so I'd thought I would write another chapter. So for this chapter, we change perspectives again. Hope you enjoy!

-Faded ;3

P.S. I know the updating is a bit sporadic and sorry about that. Hopefully, or at least what I hope to keep, is at least one chapter every two weeks. ;)

Ember- Chapter 6: Plans

Blaze's eyes slowly opened, and he remembered what happened. He stood up to assess the damage and saw Spike standing there, his eyes narrowed and lashing. "They got away." He growled.

"How were they stronger than us? We outnumbered them, let alone have the god of war, and Death on our side!" Blaze fumed.

"I can explain to you why each and every one of you fell leaving me outnumbered and mind clouded by my search for Celestial. Snowstar fell because of some petty squabble between her and one of the she-cats we were fighting against. She didn't use her true power either. She is supposed to be a fighter, one of the best recruits I could ever have. Meanwhile you, not even an experienced warrior, is doing better than the rest of this group of weaklings! And so now Snowstar is both injured and unconscious while they should be the unconscious ones, if not dead!" Spike's eyes grew darker, darkening into a blood red. "Eternal subsided to one of the more inexperienced cats we have, using her power to fuel his. But he was being stupid, and his spell didn't work. And so he was knocked unconscious by the very cat he cursed! Twisted is just broken. You'd think she would be a powerful warrior because of it, but no, she convinces one of the greatest warriors we have to do her deeds! You, Blaze, were unable to do any damage in that battle. That she-cat you were fighting didn't even go offensive after you were down! She just blew you down and knocked you out. Anything you tried to do was impossible! I advise you to fight another cat when we are fighting again. You aren't going to get anything done with her." Spike rolled his eyes.

"You dare insult the very one who could cause your death in an instant?" Spike turned around to see Eternal standing there.

"I'm starting to think you aren't as great as you go on about. Can't even kill two measly she-cats meanwhile you'd go on about killing an Ancient!" Spike snorted.

"I am Death. I may do whatever I like. And bare this in mind, I am rather busy. Controlling the hundreds of deaths in two realms is difficult, you know. I sometimes wonder what it'd be like if everything was just...gone, or if I stopped killing things. What would happen afterwards? Maybe I would finally have some peace from this life of only destruction and death."

"You were unconscious for half a day!" Spike yowled.

"A millisecond." Eternal corrected.

"To you, maybe. I'm trying to fight a war here! And everything will bend under my power!" Spike laughed maniacally.

"You have some Oblivion tendacies, don't you sometimes?" Eternal meowed.

"He just wants to destroy everything. I want to destroy everything, and then rule over it. There's a difference you see. Oblivion will just keep destroying until everything is gone. I will only destroy so much that it benefits me." Spike explained.

"That is so much more different. I see now." Blaze caught a glimpse of Eternal rolling his eyes, but he didn't tell Spike, happy to hear his reaction.

"Yes! You see now..." Spike kept talking, his voice loud, but Blaze was listening to Eternal.

"I just stop listening to him when he's like this. You'd never think the god of war would be so much like the god of destruction and annihilation, would you?" Eternal laughed. At a worried glance from Blaze, he grinned. "Spike can't hear us now over the sound of his own voice."

Blaze grinned. "Oh really? Hey, I have an idea."

"Insult him in as many ways possible? Already done, I'm afraid." Eternal flicked his ear casually. "I'm a cat too you know."

"Well, it'll still be funny." Blaze laughed.

"Quite true." Eternal agreed, nodding.

But, their fun was interrupted by Snowstar waking up and stalking over. "What are you all doing? I can't be unconscious with ruckus like this!" Snowstar rolled her eyes. "So I'm going to guess we lost by the way Spike has been going on about forever?" She remarked dryly. "That stupid she-cat is not going to get the best of me again. Next time I see her, I am going to rip her head off and she's going to be gone for good." She muttered under her breath.

"Spike said that you should use your power when you are fighting because it will make you stronger and you won't be bested by just a normal she-cat." Blaze meowed.

"She's not normal." Snowstar growled.

"I didn't see any special power she was showing off as you were fighting her, Snowstar." They were interrupted by Spike's loud growl.

"She doesn't show off, Spike. She just sneaks around and uses it to get you out of nowhere. Do you think I knew this when I died?" Snowstar hissed.

There was silence for a bit. "I do admit, that would get rid of that she-cat quite nicely." Snowstar smiled a cold smile, her eyes hardened. "So what's our next move?"

"We set off at dawn's first light." Celestial meowed, after explaining everything they had discovered to the others.

Afterwards, Breeze came up to Celestial. "Why can't we just teleport there?"

"If you were from any other place, that would be a silly question. The Pool of Sight is sacred, it is only to be used for the most important of things, and one cannot merely teleport there." Celestial explained.

"But what if you didn't care it was sacred and teleported there anyway?" Breeze wondered.

"Well, you would likely see nothing and there is a special border that expands for a day's trek in any direction around the pool. We would be very lucky and we would have to be at light's speed to even think of getting there before sunset."

"Would this be the same with the Moonstone?" Shadow asked, her eyes narrowed, daring Celestial to deny that the Moonstone was a sacred place.

"Yes. Anywhere where life meets the dead and we touch the stars." Celestial meowed. "But you should stop worrying about the trip tomorrow. You should get some rest. We have a long day's journey tomorrow."

AN: By the way, I did not forget about Twisted there, the others don't think they need to wake her up, her being less experienced and "broken" as Spike put it. Also sorry for the short chapter, it just seemed fitting to end the chapter there. Hope you all enjoyed!

-Faded ;3