A Day No Hawks Would Die

[.:*Hawkstar*:.]

Hawkstar backed away from Lunarstar as she wept. She sat with her tail curled neatly over her paws, her wounds free to the cool air. Her pale eyes watched silently as the strong figure before her broke and revealed the tender side that hid deep inside of every cat. Pity struck Hawkstar. Her and Lunarstar had so much in common, but the black cat just didn't see it. They had both done crazy things. They were both emotionally scarred, but they hid it to appear strong.

"Lunarstar," she meowed softly, padding forward and laying next to the emotionally wrecked cat, "Lunarstar, it's alright." Hawkstar ran her tail soothingly down the StreamClanner's back. "Shh, that's it, let it out. Let it all out, I won't judge you." The dark tabby braced herself for an attack of some sort, and pushed her muzzle against Lunarstar's, waiting for a clawing. She was going to get everything out of this cat.

[{Lunarstar}]

Lunarstar continued sobbing as a stream of cat images flashed before her. All of the cats she killed for power, the cats she manipulated, the innocent cats she killed for the fun of it. They all flashed before her, ending with the only cat she had loved, Raintail. SHe once again relived the memmories of her and Rainpelt.

"Oh, StarClan! I killed them all! My mother, father, Blossomkit! Rainpelt, my kits! My leader and deputy! All because of Bone!" she wailed into the night, then froze, her black body rigid. Bone. He did this to her, he manipulated her, he taught her to kill.

Just like they had all the moons before, Lunarstar's eyes flared with an inner strength. Despite her muscles yowling in protest, she stood. She knew Bone was still alive, knew it deep down in her gut, and she knew he was near. With a new strength, she yowled into the night, giving him a chance to run -- she loved the thrill of a chase --, "Bone must die!" Then she pelted into the forest, jaws gaping, nose in the air. She was going to find him. And kill him.

Hawkstripe, along with his mate, Whitefire, came into the clearing just as Lunarstar pelted away. He rolled his blue eyes and shook his head. Lunarstar was such a drama queen.

Good, son, good...

Hawkstripe whipped his head around, hearing the voice of Hawkfrost. All he saw, though, was a glimpse of icy blue eyes, just like his. He shivered and walked over to his leader.

[.:*Hawkstar*:.]

Hawkstar did not move from her spot as the StreamClan leader left. She only looked over her shoulder and watched her run. Twitching her dark ears as she heard something, Hawkstar looked up to see Hawkstripe. Blinking a greeting to the tom, she returned her gaze out to where Lunarstar's tail had vanished. She also looked away so Hawkstripe wouldn't see the smile at her mouth. It was a rather demented grin, her teeth framed by her parted lips. A long time ago, the dark tabby had felt this feeling, and here it was again. The burning sensation of blood lust rang in every one of her limbs. She could feel Lunarstar's energy as she hunted down this Bone she spoke of.

Forcing her smile down to a smirk, the NightClan leader turned her attention to the tom behind her. "Everything well in Camp?" she asked, resting her head down on her paws and nearly falling asleep. Shouldn't sleep with a battered up body like this, she reminded herself, forcing her eyes open.

[{Lunarstar}]

OOC: Sorry, not describing his death. Too lazy! Sorry, short!

"WHen we were there last, yep. Ringtail turned tail and ran. I feel bad for the cat when Lunarstar hears." Hawkstripe replied, grimacing at his leader's bloody body. "Come on, we need to get you to camp." he murmered, padding over to his leader.

[.:*Hawkstar*:.]

Hawkstar smiled softly. "I have a feeling Lunarstar won't be punishing Ringtail if she couldn't even follow through with the plan. She's a vicious cat, but she's not stupid." Hauling herself to her paws, the dark tabby wobbled for a few heartbeats, but was soon balanced enough to walk. She began the trip home, stumbling once. After gaining her balance again, she began to walk and think. Bone. That was the name Lunarstar had screamed. That was the cat she was going to make sorry...

[{Lunarstar}]

OOC: YAH! FIGHT!!!!

In the small clearing sat a cat. Not a normal cat, even by appearance. He was taller than most, regal in posture, with an air of authority around him. His body was gray, turning silver with age, and he had a pure white tail. His muzzle was already silver, and he held it up, a challenge etched on his face. His yellow eyes took everything in around him, as though he could see everything at once. He waited.

Lunarstar crouched behind the tom, yellow eyes narrowed, locked on her target. Taking a deep breath, she began to imagine herself in her mind. Lying in her body were the names of every emotion she felt, all the thoughts she had at the time. Then, she imagined an eraser slowly erasing every emotion and thought until only hatred, hunger, and the thirst for a kill remained. She lunged.

"Ah, Lunarfuga, so good to see you again." Bone purred, easily sidestepping his old apprentice. She hissed at him when he used her old name he had for her. Lunarfuga was latin for Lunarflight. He called her that when he'd taken her under his wing.

"I'm not here to sit around and chat, Bone!" Lunarstar hissed, glaring at the elderly cat before her.

"Than why are you here, my dear Lua?" he asked her, using ther other nickname meaning moon in portugese.

"Revenge." she whispered quietly, erasing her thoughts and emotions again. It was how he taught her to kill. If you only felt negative emotions and thought only about the need to kill, you couldn't be interrupted by guilt.

"Now, why's that?" Bone's eyes flickered once at the word, but otherwise his composure stayed calm and placid.

"Because of what you did to me!" Lunarstar hissed angrily, fighting back tears. "You manipulated me at a young age, using me as your tool for killing! You controlled me! You taught me wasy to kill... I hate you!"

"Oh, Lunarfuga. Dear, dear, Lua. Don't think of the skills I gave you as a punishment, think of them as a gift. No cat will ever be able to kill you again. If you're smart."

"No! You're wrong! See these cuts? A cat almost killed me tonight! It was my own cowardly running that saved me!"

"You would have managed if you'd been smater. I know you, you probably ran into a fight without any cunning."

"I planned for weeks, you old mousebrain! I had everything worked out, and I lost! You don't know a thing about fighting!" Lunarstar hissed.

"Don't you dare speak to me like that!" Bone hissed, peaceful composure gone, yellow eyes blazing. He immediately lunged at her, knocking her over and pinning her down. "I know more about fighting and killing than you ever will!"

"I learned from the master, though." Lunarstar hissed back, squirming out of his grasp alot like how a fish squirms from a cat's paws. She jumped on him, claws digging into his back and making some scratches, before she slithered to his front and caught her claws on the soft skin of his throat.

"You little whore!" Bone screeched as the blood began to pool around his paws at the front. He leaped at her, claws catching hjer ear and ripping part off with a hushed tear. He began scratching all the main arteries he could find. Bone knew more about cat anatomy than half the experts.

"Shit!" Lunarstar hissed as she got away from him. She was bleeding from so many different spots she knew she'd die. With a glare, she turned tail and fled. Not missing Bone's taunting, "Though the sun may set, it never fully disapears."
....

"Lavapelt?" Lunarstar called as she walked into the medicine cat's den. She walked over to his sleeping form and nugded him awake. "I need some cobwebs."

[*Beechstar*]

Lavapelt was in a deep, dreamless sleep, when a prodding in the side caused him to awaken. He sighed, stretched, and stood up, surprised to see Lunarstar. She had lots of cuts and scrapes, some that had a little blood gushing from them. "Shit Lunarstar! What happened to you?" He padded over to his storage, not letting her respond. He grabbed some cobwebs and walked back to his leader. He applied cobwebs to the wounds that weren't as bad, leaving some left over. When he was finished with the smaller wounds, he walked back to his storage, grabbing two poppy seeds, some goldenrod leaves, and some poppy petals. He then put the goldenrod leaves in his mouth and chewed them. After he spit the juice into the bigger and worse wounds, he covered them with cobwebs. He then looked at Lunarstar's paws, seeing that the front left paw had a cut on it. He chewed up the poppy petals, ignoring the bitter taste, and spit them into the wound. He then covered that with the remaining cobwebs. He pushed the poppy seeds towards Lunarstar and said, "Eat these. If you have anything start to hurt come and tell me."

[{Lunarstar}]

"Thanks, Lavapelt. Oh, and if you see Ringtail, tell him to come see me in my den. I'll be awake, poppy seeds work slowly on me." Lunarstar ordered, walking out toward her den. Ears flicking toward every sound, yellow eyes scanning the camp for Ringtail. She wanted to hear the reason Whitefire and Hawkstripe were still alive. In her den, she sat, and waited.


"I hope your right--" Hawkstripe began, but stopped. His icy blue eyes glazed over for a heartbeat and he fell to his side, eyes closing, chest heaving up and down rapidly as he fell into a restless, forced sleep.

"Ah, Hawkstripe, my son. You've done well." Hawkfrost's cool voice caught Hawkstripe's ears as he awoke in the familiar Dark Forest. He caught site of the cat who looked just like him, except Hawkstripe was an orange tabby, not brown.

"What do you want, Hawkfrost?" Hawkstripe asked impatiently. His "father's" constant pulling him into sleep was very annoying.

"To offer you the chance of a life time, my son." The area beside Hawkfrost shimmered, flickered, and then slowly a cat appeared beside Hawkfrost. The new arrival look exactly like Hawkfrsot, but with amber eyes. Tigerstar.

"What chance?" Hawkfrost asked, nodding his head in greeting to Tigerstar, who honestly scared him.

"The chance to be trained by Hawkfrost and I. You know, the two strongest cats in the old forests." Tigerstar purred, amber eyes fixed intently on Hawkstripe.

Hawkstripe squirmed under the other cat's stare, then cleared his throat and thought it over. The chance to train with Tigerstar and Hawkfrost...how can I say no? There's so many things they could teach me! I could be the strongest cat in the forest... I'm so close already...

"Fine, I'll do it." Hawkstripe told them, lifting his head and looking each dead cat straight in the eye.

"Good... we'll begin training soon..." Tigerstar started to drift off, followed by Hawkfrost, until only their eyes remained. Then, the shadows of the Dark forest wrapped themselves around Hawkstripe, until only his eyes remained. In the dark, three pairs of eyes stared at each other, two blue, one amber, all evil.

Hawkstripe's head was pounding as he woke. He shook his head and stood.

[*Beechstar*]

Lavapelt grumbled as soon as Lnarstar left. As he made his way to the warriors den, he muttered to himself about how he always had to do everything. He padded in and saw that Ringtail was curled up with his new mate, Prariestep. He prodded him with his paw. "Ringtail, wake up. Lunarstar wants to see you." He left at that. He did what he had been told and was going to go back to sleep. He padded into his den, curled up in his nest, and fell into another dreamless sleep.

Ringtail awoke by a prodding in his side. He heard what Lavapelt had to say, but it took a minute to 'register'. Suddenly slightly afraid, he whispered, "I'll be right back," to Prariestep and headed towards Lunarstar's den. He didn't stop outside the den, just went right in. When he came in, he saw Lunarstar waiting for him. "Lunarstar, you called?"

[{Lunarstar}]

"I'd like to know why Hawkstripe's skank is still alive and with no scratches." Lunarstar mewed, laying in her den. She had her head up, chin tilted upward, eyes half opened as she stared cooly at her warrior. She honestly had the look of a queen at the momment, her expression perfectly nuetral.

[*Beechstar*]

Ringtail though to himself, I should have known that this was what she wanted to talk about! I'm so stupid! He tried quickly to think of a lie that Lunarstar would believe. Then he thought better of it. Lying would only make matters worse. So he decided to tell the truth. "Well, you know that Prariestep and I have recently become mates." Before she could say something like, "you let her live because of my stupid sister?" he said, "No, she's not the reason I let her live. I thought of how we want to have kits and a happy life. I figured that they only wanted the same." When he finished speaking, he watched Lunarstar's reaction, seeing if it would be anger, or understanding.

[{Lunarstar}]

Lunarstar just nodded thoughtfully, eyes locked on the moon outside. She was in deep thought about what Bone had told her. 'Though the sun may set it never fully disapears...' She thought that over for a while until it finally clicked. When they were training he called her Lunar, for moon, and him Solar, for sun. She had never bothered to ask why, she was too distracted by the amazing things he was teaching her.

"Go now." Lunarstar muttered, finally remembering Ringtail's presence. "And don't tell anyone about the fight. Especially not my sister or I'll never hear the end of it."

[*Beechstar*]

Ringtail nodded. "Oh I wouldn't think of it; she wouldn't forgive me. We just started being mates and it wouldn't be good us." He left, twitching his tail in a sort of good-bye. He went back to the warriors den and layed down next to Prariestep again. He then fell into a deep, dreamless sleep.

[{Lunarstar}]

OOC: IS this over?

Lunarstar glared at his retreating back before curling up in her den. She shoved the images and memories of Bone out of her head and fell into a deep, nightmare-filled sleep.

[*Beechstar*]

OOC: Yeah. I'll lock it up!