Warriors Cats Fanfiction: Darkshade's Insanity Pt.2

Prologue

"Any sign of Darkpaw?" Asked the dark ginger tom. The tortoiseshell shecat shook her head and sighed.
"No sign of her yet Rowanclaw." She murmured.
"It's alright Tawnypelt. We'll find her. It'll be ok." Rowanclaw whispered in the tortoiseshell's black and ginger ear. " We have to keep looking. Darkpaw must be found!" The patrol kept trekking on around ShadowClan territory. The patrol spotted another ShadowClan patrol up ahead and walked over.
"Have you caught any trace of her yet Creeksplash?" Rowanclaw questioned the light brown tabby shecat.
"No I haven't caught any of her scent. Where do you suppose she ran?" Creeksplash meowed. Rowanclaw shook his head.
"Only StarClan knows, Good luck. just yowl if you find anything else that could help us." he meowed to Creeksplash as he nodded to Tawnypelt and the small brown tom beside her. "Come on. We have to keep moving. It's already Sunhigh and we don't have all day." He said as the group of three warriors trekked on, Tawnypelt sniffed the air.
"Something tells me she might've gone this way." She meowed. Rowanclaw looked over at her then at the brown tom who was standing beside him. He turned around and looked at the tom coldly and growled.

"Look what you've done. Darkpaw is gone and it's all your fault!" He hissed at the tom.
"Rowanclaw, I never meant to hurt her! How was I supposed to defend myself against her? Was I supposed to let her kill me? I did what any warrior would do and defended myself against her. She ran away and that was her choice! Forgive me Rowanclaw." He meowed softly.

"It's too late for apologies, Oakfur. She ran away from the clan. She's been gone for almost two days now and she still hasn't come back. If she were still alive, she would've come back by now. But she's not back yet isn't she, Oakfur? You know how Darkpaw is! You grew up with her for StarClan's sake! She's too soft and kind hearted to live out in the world all alone. She may seem frightening at times and can be a bit harsh towards us, but she's a sweet, kind, loving, young shecat. She only hurt you because of the way Tigerstar hurt her. She's a very loyal cat too. I've never met a ShadowClan apprentice as loyal as she was to the warrior code!" He spat in Oakfur's face with fur bristling. Oakfur put his tail on Rowanclaw's shoulder

"We all miss her as much as you do, Rowanclaw. She was like a sister to me (duh) and one of my closest friends. And now all of that is gone. Yes, I blame myself for her loss, but I still care for her Rowanclaw!" Snapped Oakfur as his grew misty and clouded with grief.

Rowanclaw flinched and moved his tail off his shoulder.
"You shouldn't have gone back for her. Blackstar cared for Darkpaw as much as we did. He gave you strict orders to leave her alone. But you just had to go help her didn't you? She didn't want your help. She-" Rowanclaw paused. "Let's just keep a move on. There's no point in arguing... Let's check around the thunderpath and see if we can find anything." But before they could take another pawstep a shecat on a patrol not too far off shrieked.
"I found her scent!" She yowled into the air calling out for a nearby patrol. Rowanclaw, Tawnypelt, and Oakfur rushed over to where the patrol was and saw the shecat standing there fur on end with worry and fear, but eyes glowing with pride and hope.
"What did you find Nightwing?" Rowanclaw asked the black and gray warrior.
"Over here Rowanclaw! I found her fur clinging to some brambles and thorns. She must've ran this way." Meowed Nightwing. Rowanclaw sniffed the fur tangled on the thorns. It had all the same shades of brown, white, and black as her pelt. Droplets of dried blood clung to the fur. This was Darkpaw's fur.
"Well done Nightwing. My patrol will keep searching this way. Try going another direction and see what else you can find. If you happen to run into Blackstar and Russetfur's patrol, tell them we found a sign." He said as he and the two others continued following where she ran through the brambles.
"Come on the scent is coming from this way!" Yowled Tawnypelt. The three ran through the trees and jumped through the bracken as they bounded up a hill. They climbed up the boulders to reach the top. As Oakfur jumped from boulder to boulder, he slipped. He dug his claws into the nooks of the round rock and tried heaving himself up farther.
"Oh, for StarClan's sake!" Hissed Rowanclaw rolling his eyes. Tawnypelt looked at him and trotted over to Oakfur who was hanging on by his forepaws. She lifted him by his scruff and set him on the ground.

"Thanks." He panted as he shoot out his pelt. They continued on towards the thunderpath. The sound of the monsters roaring past made the three cats tremble.
"Let's look around and see if we can spot anything." Meowed Rowanclaw."Tawnypelt you go that way, Oakfur you go this way and I'll stay here and scout out anything." Rowanclaw started walking off as she looked around the bushes for anything strange. He sniffed the air. Darkpaw was here, but where?
As he continued looking he came across Tawnypelt.
"Have you found anything?" He asked her. She shook her head. Not yet. I'm sure we're getting close though. All of a sudden a shrill yowl filled the air. Rowanclaw pricked his ears. Tawnypelt looked at him eyes round with fear. "Oakfur's in trouble! Come on!"

The two cats ran jumping over logs and dodging thorns. The sharp branches of the bracken whipped at their faces as they sprinted through the forest. They caught sight of Oakfur standing on the thunderpath trembling.
"What does that little idiot think he's doing?" Rowanclaw growled.
"That doesn't matter. He must've found something!" Hissed Tawnypelt. The two cam oer and stool beside the shaking brown warrior.
"Oakfur what did you find?" Tawnypelt asked calmly. Oakfur's eyes were wide with terror as he stared at the thunderpath.
"Noooo!" He wailed as he slowly broke and shakily stalked across the thunderpath onto ThunderClan's side of the border. The two rushed over.
"Great StarClan..." Whispered Rowanclaw voice trembling. A splatter of dried blood stained the center of the black path. A smeared trail of blood lead over to where Oakfur was standing. In front of him lay a large pool of blood. Most had dried but some was still fresh. Oakfur sniffed the blood. It smelled old and stale like it had been there for a few days.
"Smell the blood!" Oakfur demanded. The two cats looked at each other.
"Why?" Asked Rowanclaw.
"Do it!" Oakfur leaned into Rowanclaw's face. His reek breath filled Rowanclaw's scent glands on the roof of his mouth. He leaned over and sniffed at it. His eyes shot open and he backed away ears flat to his head fur bristling.
"No.. No this c-can't be her-..." His muscles tensed. He quickly turned his head over to Oakfur.
"You! You killed Darkpaw!" He spat as he pounced at him. Oakfur raked at his belly but Rowanclaw threw him off and pinned him to the ground.
"This is all your fault! He said as he sunk his claws into Oakfur's chest.
"That's enough!" Warriors do not have to kill to win a battle, Rowanclaw!" Tawnypelt yowled tears streaming down her dappled face. Rowanclaw got off of Oakfur and walked over to her.
"I'm sorry Tawnypelt." He murmured in her ear. Oakfur was still shaking tremendously.
"I-I Can't believe she's dead.." He choked his voice hoarse with grief. Thunder rumbled off in the distance and a drop of rain hit Rowanclaw's muzzle. He shook his head and the droplet slid off.
"Come on." Rowanclaw said padding over to the direction of camp. Let's go tell Blackstar the news and call thee patrols back to camp. It's over. Darkpaw is dead."

**More to come.... :D**