Chapter 30

Shadowstar stood with bristled fur as he stood his ground to Wolfeye. The gray tom was protesting yet again, on how Shadowstar shouldn't be the leader of SkyClan and he was making a commotion in the clan.

"If I have to tell you to stop disrupting the peace one more time, Wolfeye, I'll give you apprentice duties for a whole moon!" Warned Shadowstar, not wanting to disturb the cats in the clan

"Or what…" Wolfeye snorted. "You'll kill me too? No one is afraid of you Shadowpaw!"

Shadowstar snarled at Wolfeye's petty jab to his name and stepped forward with gleaming claws. The bigger male snorted and shared a smirk with Rabbitbreeze.

"Little kitty is mad…" taunted Shortfoot. Rabbitbreeze laughed and glared at Shadowstar with hostile glares.

"Alright, that's enough!" Snarled Hazestorm, the gray-and-white tom stepped in front of Shadowstar and Wolfeye, his crystal eyes narrowed. "Leave Shadowstar alone, we all know you wanted to be leader, Wolfeye…get over it, StarClan didn't want you they wanted Shadowstar."

Wolfeye looked stunned by the harsh words that came from the older tom's mouth, his yellow eyes wide with anger. Shortfoot stepped down and sat in the crowd of cats. Rabbitbreeze shouldered her way past Wolfeye and stood muzzle to muzzle with Hazestorm.

"Listen flea-bag! Shadowstar doesn't belong here; he belongs back into the forest to rot!" Rabbitbreeze growled.

The ginger tabby gasped in surprise when a flash of silver fur slammed her onto the ground. Rabbitbreeze flattened her ears and snarled when she saw Rainstorm defending her leader. The ginger tabby shot up to attack the new SkyClan deputy but Rainstorm was stronger, the deputy slammed her head into Rabbitbreeze's muzzle. The she-cat hissed in pain as Rainstorm placed her paw on Rabbitpaw's neck with unsheathed claws; her nose was leaking blood and getting in her teeth when she snarled.

"If you know what's good for you," Rainstorm warned, snarling right in Rabbitbreeze's face. "You will stay down and obey my every word."

Rabbitbreeze narrowed her eyes and squirmed from under Rainstorm's claws. The silver deputy looked over at Shadowstar and smirked in victory. The black leader stood at her side and raised his tail in challenge.

Wolfeye curled his lip and circled Rainstorm and Shadowstar, his neck fur bristling in anger. Rainstorm raised her chin and met Wolfeye's burning glare in exact. The gray-and-black tom snarled at the proud she-cat and flicked his tail.

"He will not stay here," Wolfeye snarled at Rainstorm. "What ever happened to the old Rainstorm, the one who hated Shadowstar? She was so much better."

"The old Rainstorm was blinded by a group of stupid warriors named Wolfeye and Rabbitbreeze when she was a kit." The silver tabby snarled. "The new Rainstorm is smarter…but still willing to rip your fur to shreds!"

"Is that a challenge, she-cat?" Snarled Wolfeye, bunching his muscles in preparation for a fight

Rainstorm howled and leapt for the long-haired tom with long claws. Shadowstar opened his mouth to keep the peace, but in a flash of lightning, the warriors began to quarrel and fight each other as if they wanted to eat each other. Shadowstar saw a starry image of Scar in the mist of the fight and watched as he stepped forward.

"I can help." He smirked. Shadowstar gagged as Scar's spirit shoved its way into his throat, climbing inside of him and taking control of his body. The black leader hissed in pain as a trail of fire made its way up his spine, foam began to form around Shadowstar's mouth and his vision turned blood red. Anger and blinding rage overcame him, his once blue eyes where now burning red and his body felt like it was scorching and burning.

Shadowstar listened as Scar roared through his body and took control of his muscles. The leader blasted through the crowd and pushed Wolfeye off of Rainstorm with such force that he heard the earsplitting sound of bone breaking. Wolfeye screeched in pain as he rolled across the camp clearing.

Stop it Scar! Shadowstar demanded.

Why…this is fun! Scar hissed.

Shadowstar hissed and sunk his fangs into Wolfeye's tail, shaking him around like a dog would. Wolfeye howled in pain and flailed his paws helplessly. Shadowstar sliced his claws across Wolfeye's face and hissed in satisfaction when blood splashed onto his paws.

"Rot in the dark forest, you useless piece of fur!" Scar spoke through his son. Shadowstar didn't have the strength to fight off the spirit of his father that possessed his body and made him fight like a murderer. Shadowstar growled in frustration and tried to push his father out, but Scar fought back and forces Shadowstar to bite down on his own leg with blinding pain.

Get out of my body! Growled Shadowstar, the noise only came out as a gurgle from his body. Foam was bubbling from his mouth as Shadowstar was forced to bite down on Wolfeye's ear. The gray-and-black tom caterwauled in pain as Shadowstar ripped a chunk of his ear off and spit it to the forest floor. Shadowstar tried his hardest to keep his body from doing any of Scar's actions, but his father was stronger. Scar made Shadowstar push Wolfeye onto the forest floor and slice his claws across Wolfeye's chest.

"Shadowstar, get off!" Airwhisker wailed. The she-cat pushed Shadowstar off of Wolfeye and pinned him down with the help of Rainstorm and Clifffall.

Shadowstar gagged as Scar smirked and slowly crawled out of his son's throat. Rainstorm and the others looked confused as Shadowstar gasped for air and struggled to get up on his paws. The leader stumbled to his paws and lowered his head, coughing for air to come back to his lungs.

The cats of the clan looked at Wolfeye with fretful eyes and backed away from Shadowstar whose eyes now back to their normal color. Blood was splattered across his muzzle and paws as he looked up and saw the distressed eyes of his clan.

Shadowstar opened his mouth to explain but it was useless. Wolfeye was lying on the forest floor, his leg broken and his body covered in blood while the other warriors back away with bushed tails. Shadowstar blinked and saw the kits in the nursery shivering in fear, especially Wolfeye's kits. Weaselclaw curled her lip at Shadowstar and covered her six tiny kits with her tail.

"Shadowstar…" Whispered Rainstorm

The black leader looked deep into the eyes of his deputy and felt a wave of guilt and anger. The tom hissed and pelted for the forest, leaving only the tracks of his bloody paw prints behind him. His heart raced as he ran through the forest at lightning fast speed, his paws matching the rhythm of his heartbeat.

He ran until he caught his leg on a bramble bush. The leader was flown from the top of a hill and rolled down with a hard impact with stones at the bottom. An awful smell slammed into Shadowstar's nose as he tried to regain his balance on the even stones.

The ground began to shake. The impact of realization hit Shadowstar like a rush of water. The leader turned to look behind him and screeched as he saw two bright lights.

"Monster!"