DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT, NOR WILL I EVER (though I wish I could and would) OWN WARRIORS!!! ERIN HUNTER DOES!!

As I walk through the dark forest, my fur begins to prickle with uneasy. I know Tigerstar is out there…Hawkfrost and Brokenstar, too. I had sworn to myself that I would never come back here…but yet here I am again. As if I'm crawling back to them, like a mewling kit to it's mother.

"I know your out there!!!" I call out, taunting the horrid trio to come out of hiding. "Show yourselves!!!" Frustration and fury call at my insides as the silence continues. I start running, my anger giving my strength. But the long I run…the more and more pointless it seems. Where are they?!

I halt, picking up a familiar, sweet scent. "Dovepaw?" I call out softly. "Are you there…?" I head in the direction of her scent, hoping, no, praying that I can find her. As I get closer, another scent hits my nose…

…blood.

"DOVEPAW!!" I yowl as loud as I can. I start running again, hurrying to find her…

…I did. But it was too late…

"No…no…no…!" I cry out. Lying in front of me, torn and broken, is Dovepaw, my Dovepaw, dead and bloody. I sense a presence at my shoulder. I know immediately who it is.

"Give her up…or this will be her fate…" Tigerstar hisses in my ear, a sadistic tone in his voice.

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I jump awake, only to find I am back in the warrior's den. My heart is pounding out of my chest. I realize something…

…Tigerstar would keep his promise…

I know, I know; 'nother short chapter. Sorry; this one was kinda spontaneous. Though I kinda made Lionblaze's assumption about Tigerheart come true, huh? Oh well...it is MY fanfiction.

R&R~

P.S. I may be changing my name soon, so , don't be too shocked if it is different.