(Warrior Cats)SmokeTrail's fire

Chapter 9- Going Away

Flamepaw

I hate those stupid she-cat's that got me sent here. Do I really deserve it? Is what I did so bad that I had to be here? Mother and father seem to think so.

My father was walking by my side, saying something to me that I wasn't listening to.

Finally we reached the small camp. I was greeted by a tom who looked almost like Goldeneyes, but this tom was all white with amber freckles on his cheeks and nose.

"Flamepaw?" He asked.

My dad nodded.

" I'm SpeckledClaw. It's nice to meet you, Flamepaw. I'm the leader here, and I'm also going to be your mentor. Mentors here work much different than they do in the clan's. But I'm sure you'll do fine." The Tom meowed.

He stared at me hungrily.

The rest of the day was pretty calm except for one thing.

"Now, a physical evaluation. "

"A what? "

"We have to make sure that you aren't carrying anything. " SpeckledClaw explained further.

"I'm not allowing you to do that." My father hissed.

"Shut- I mean, don't worry, my sister will be doing it. She's the 'medecine cat' here. " the leader tom confirmed, motioning to a identical she-cat who sat in a small den that looked like it was made by her. "Come on in"

She had a sweet kind voice.

I walked in, but when my father tried to follow me in, The she-cat stopped him."No toms allowed right now. "

He nodded, and the terrible of the sat outside.

I looked at her puzzled.

"I'm frecklepelt."She meowed. No duh.

"Nice to meet you, Frecklepelt." I meowed.

For a bit she asked questions, but then forced me to lay down so she could make sure everything was alright with me.

When we were done, she let the toms in.

"She's perfectly healty. Alright, I'll see you soon, then." She said to me.

I was going to ask what the medecine cat meant but was quickly lead out.

But finally it was time for sleep. I slept in a comfortable moss bed with,you father, but when I woke up that morning, he was gone.

"Wake up."  Came SpeckledClaw's voice through my thoughts.

I got up, and he lead me to another paw-made den that smelled faintly of- I felt a huge wait land on me.

I shrieked, but my mouth was covered by a massive white paw.

Ripping. Bleeding. Pain. It's all i could feel.

Afterwards, A tired, and guilty looking tom collapsed next to me, staring into my Tearful eyes " im so sorry... I'm so so sorry...it's new-leaf. Do you know what that means...?."

I gulped down what felt like acidic bile.

"But..."he stood up and picked me up again. It happened. He did it again and again day after day. He said sorry, but this is all in reason why I hate others.

One day after it, he took me to the river. We sat on a tree branches. I was no longer Flamepaw by then. I was Flamestripe. And now...I'm not sure how or why, but I loved him. He hurt me so bad as a apprentice but it was all what I deserved for moons of ignorance and defiance.

I stared down at the water below and stood up.

He stood up too, a bit frantic looking " W-what are you doing...?" he asked nervously.

My expression went blank as I turned away from him and allowed myself to fall off of the branch.

Falling

Falling

Falling

Fell.

I died on impact. I knew, for as soon as I realized I missed the water I hit a rock, and no longer was able to see what I should of.

With the exception of a slight delay, I stood over my own limp, lifeless body.

SpeckledClaw had come down and was standing near me, but something was off. At the same time, he was covered in blood, laying next to me, a small smile on his face.

I looked up at the one standing with me "you....killed yourself....?....for...m-me....?" He held me tight "I did...."

Frecklepelt screamed. She saw her own brother die...right in her face.

Not long after, my parents were here. My mother saw my body and crouched down next to me, yowling in agony "CURSE YOU STARCLAN!" She screamed, followed by mindless swears.

I stared at my mother as she cried and cried and sobbed over my death, Frecklepelt doing the same for SpeckledClaw. Father sat with mom, blankly staring. Suddenly, blood. He drove his claws into his throat.

He appeared next to me smiling. "It was hard to choose between you and your mother...but..,your mother can learn to live without you...and me.....I can't... I love you so much...." my Father pulled me to his chest.

We looked over at my mother who looked like she was going insane. But to our surprise,  she went home.

But when she got there....slice. it wasn't her throat she slit, it was her clan's. She temporarily resigned as leader, to give her time to grieve for her family.

My family huddled around her, the kits.

I couldn't watch anymore. I had to look away. We returned to starclan.  Where we should have been. But I soon realized I was alone.

"DADDY! SPECKLEDCLAW!? DADDY!? SPECKLEDCLAW!" I screamed.

"They are not here." Came a soft male voice. His eyes were blank white as well as his pelt, his fur like feathers.

"They have gone to the dark forest for their bad deeds that held no justification. " he said.

I fell to the ground "they killed themselves to be with me...but then...they are gone...."

Suddenly I'm drawn to the ground.

Smoketrail, the cat that had gotten me in trouble in the first place was being torn apart by my mom, but eventually stopped and pulled away.

Both were in raging tears.

They had both loved my dad so much in different ways. And punished so terribly. Just couldn't help but feel sorry for them.

I wished them luck.