(( THE FALL OF THE FOREST ))

Rosestar trudged into her den.

"Whitestar!" Jewelsky called upon entering FeatherClan territory. "Whitestar, are you there?"

Rosestar sat down on her moss bed.

Cometkit ran back into camp, forgetting to check that no one saw her enter. She headed straight for her sister's den. "It's me Rosestar, can I come in?" she called.

"I guess." Rosestar sighed sadly.

Cometkit slowly padded in, and settled down on the floor. "I'm sorry, it must have been too much to be there with everybody," she began. "But they knew you never meant to hurt Wheatpaw... Ugh, everything's just so hard." Cometkit didn't know what else to say.

"I know." Rosestar sighed. "I just became leader and the first thing I do is blow it. And there's no way to fix it. Oh, I wish Blossomberry was here."

Jewelsky sat in the warriors' den sadly.

Roseblossom turned away from Cometkit sadly.

"Why did we have to be in different Clans, Stealthvixen? Why must I have to fight you?" Jewelsky murmured softly.

"Traitors! Traitors!" Wheatpaw rasped. She disappeared into the mist, Jewelsky secretly following her.

Rosestar looked at Cometkit. The small kit was friends with Wheatpaw. "Cometkit, are you mad at me?" she mewed.

Jewelsky rushed out of camp, searching for Wheatpaw and calling her sister's name.

"Oh Rosestar. No, I'm not mad at you." Cometkit mewed. "I'm as sad and upset as everybody about her death. I really miss her. But I believe in you, and know that you would never do a thing like that on purpose. I can't blame you, you weren't yourself. I just wish we understood better what those berries did to you..."

"Wheatpaw, where are you?" Jewelsky called, realizing she was in an unfamiliar forest. Mist loomed in towards her, trees closing her in with no escape. The fog prevented her from seeing anything. I'm lost! she thought desperately. Pain clawed at her heart like an eagle's talon. What if she never found her way back to FeatherClan and she was lost forever?

Rosestar looked at Cometkit. "I do too..." she mewed.

Jewelsky sighed. "I'm lost... and alone."

Rosestar groaned. "Jewelsky's probably planning an ambush to kill me."

In that dark and lonely forest, where mist shrouded all vision, stood the deputy of FeatherClan, cold and hungry. "Is anyone there?" she called through the foggy forest thick with trees. Crystal-clear tears streamed down from her large, shimmering amber eyes. Jewelsky was still alone.

Rosestar padded into the far area of her den.

Jewelsky laid down alone and began to cry.

Rosestar laid down and began to cry.

Jewelsky clawed helplessly at the earth.

"I'd do anything for things to be different." Rosestar muttered. "An innocent apprentice has been murdered and everybody hates me. It feels like I'm alone in a strange forest, where mist blocks loved ones out of my sight." She looked up at the stars, and she could almost feel angry eyes burning into her skin. She couldn't tell if it was real, or if it was her imagination. Do whatever you want to me, Wheatpaw. she thought. I won't try to stop you.

Maybe if the land hadn't have been destroyed, all of this wouldn't have happened! I wouldn't be the deputy of a mangled group of cats that calls themselves a Clan! Jewelsky's gaze shifted up to StarClan. "Oh, Wheatpaw, Wheatpaw. I miss you so much." she meowed. "Come back to me, please!"