Rabbitspring's Fate

(*Chapter 23*)

Hello! It's me again! so sorry for the set backs, I've just been sooo lazy recently. Anyways! Doveflower and I present Chapter 23 of Rabbitspring's Fate! 

As the white warrior opened her eyes again she found herself facing the old EmberClan medicine cat, Blackscar.

"Hello again, Rabbitspring..." she started, "you seem quite worried..."

Rabbitspring nodded, feeling her eyes well up with tears,

"I've made a terrible mistake, Blackscar, I don't deserve to be with my family again, Foxslash can have my family, I don't care anymore..." she burst out crying.

"Shhhhhh, it's alright, I've come to let you know that I'll help you, I'll get Wispstar to forgive you after you kill the two queens, if she finds out. This doesn't mean I agree with what you're doing, but I know it's to save your family, and to never do this again..." Blackscar mewed softly, then her eyes were wide, "Howlingstar..." She growled, staring at Rabbitspring with sudden cold eyes, then her gaze softened again, "Rabbitspring, this is your destiny, when you kill the StormClan deputy, all is not lost for us, but I'll let you go, Howlingstar needs you..."

Before Rabbitspring could say anything, she was jerked awake by a paw in her side.

She looked up tiredly to see Baskingtail standing above her with a piece of prey in his mouth.

"Heya, Rabbitspring. I got you a hawk. We eat these here a lot," he added, smiling.

Rabbitspring nodded gratefully to Baskingtail and ate her hawk. She wasn't used to eating this type of bird in the forest, but it tasted okay.

One of the warriors (whose name she thought was Mellowfur) got up from his nest with an untrusting look in his amber eyes as he glared at her. Rabbitspring nodded to him in a friendly way, laying her head back down to see what Howlingstar had in store for her. As the landscape faded in around her Howlingstar growled,

"At last! I need to tell you something, and show." Howlingstar mewed, "Foxslash is becoming closer to your mate, there will be kits in there future if we don't do something fast. Here I can show you all that has happened while you were gone." Howlingstar hissed quickly, as all around her looked like MapleClan camp, the day unfolded before her, and Rabbitspring's jealousy grew. At the end of the day, MapleClan camp faded away so all she saw was Howlingstar,

"Bring Tigerwhisker to me," Rabbitspring growled, as Howlingstar nodded, and her mate faded into view.

"Rabbitspring!" Tigerwhisker cried running up to his mate. Rabbitspring growled, making him stop right in front of her, "What's wrong?" He asked her.

"What's wrong?" Rabbitspring hissed, "I'll tell you 'what's wrong' what's wrong is that you don't care about me anymore, you care about that no good Foxslash. What about my kits, do you even care about them anymore?" She growled standing up, and before Tigerwhisker could answer her, she yowled, "I might as well stay lost, I'll have another litter of kits, with someone who cares about me. I don't want to see you again, I saw what happened today, I'm no longer a warrior of MapleClan." Rabbitspring growled her eyes welling with tears.

"Wait!" Tigerwisker mewed before Rabbitspring told Howlingstar to let him get back to what he was doing, "Rabbitspring, I still care about you and our kits, I've been looking for you everyday, and almost for the whole day, I haven't eaten much lately. Please come home, stay with me in MapleClan, we can have another litter of kits together, just you and me." Tigerwhisker mewed, pressing his muzzle to her's.

"I still have to finish what I started, so I don't have to kill more cats... I'll be home, I promise, I'll try to speak with you every night." Rabbitspring mewed quietly, as her surroundings faded away again as she felt a prod at her side.

"Oi! Rabbitspring, it's dawn, I still have to show you around!" The voice of Baskingtail smiled, getting up from beside her. Rabbitspring felt her pelt becoming hot but she nodded following Baskingtail to one of the many dens.

"This is the deputy's den, here's Stormfeather." Baskingtail mewed, walking into the den with a purr.

"Baskingtail! Who is that!? How dare you bring someone in without knowing them!" The queen yowled in panic in her nest.

"Relax, this is Rabbitspring, she's from the clans, and Wispstar is letting her stay for however long she needs, she means no harm. She's had kits of her own, she tells me." Baskingtail mewed, sitting down beside Rabbitspring, his eyes looking somewhat moony when he looked at her. Stormfeather looked at Rabbitspring with narrow eyes,

"Oh really? Then what are there names and age of your kits, Rabbitspring." She hissed. Rabbitspring looked at her with a sadness in her gaze,

"Well...I nursed my sister's kits, since she died...while expecting, Tigerwhisker's kits. Right now I have 5 beautiful kits, but at birth I had 6." Rabbitspring paused, her voice shaky as she spoke about her dead kit, "My little Brakenkit...he was too weak to survive...but the names of my other kits are, Swiftkit, Cinnamonkit, Fernkit, Ravenkit and Talonkit. All five of them are almost six moons old, then they will be apprentices." Rabbitspring mewed, her voice soft, and her eyes welling with tears. Baskingtail wrapped his tail around Rabbitspring, as if to say, 'don't worry, I'm here for you.' Stormfeather nodded,

"Well, I'm sorry for you losing one of your kits, tomorrow I'll get Wispstar to get rid of all these guards, I know I'm safe in my clan, I trust you Rabbitspring. And my trust is hard to earn." Hearing Stormfeather mew that sentence made Rabbitspring feel guilty. She got up and walked out of the den, heading for the exit of the camp.

"Oi, wait up, Rabbitspring. Where you goin'?" Baskingtail mewed, catching up with the fluffy white warrior.

"I'm going back home, I can't stay here." Rabbitspring replied, growling to herself.

"What!?" Baskingtail exclaimed, "stay for a bit! Why are you leaving!?" Baskingtail mewed running in front of her as they reached the tree line outside of the camp.

"I can't do it, I can't go through with it, I've done enough damage..." Rabbitspring explained.

"Can't go through with what?!" Baskingtail asked, his eyes obviously showing the she that he loved her.

"If I told you...you would want to get rid of me as fast as you could..." Rabbitspring replied, trying to walk around the tom.

"Tell me, Rabbitspring, I want to understand!" Baskingtail exclaimed, jumping in front of Rabbitspring, to block her way again.

"Fine...Howlingstar do it..." Rabbitspring mewed softly, as everything turned black and they both fell to the ground.