(( THE FALL OF THE FOREST ))

Maybe if the land hadn't been destroyed, all of this wouldn't have happened! I wouldn't be the leader of a mangled group of cats who wish to destroy me!  Rosestar dug her claws into the ground.

Right now, I'd do anything to have Wheatpaw back. Jewelsky sniffed a little.

"I'd do anything, anything at all, for things to be back the way they were before." Rosestar mewed. "Swirlstar being my leader, Wheatpaw being alive, Jewelsky and the others not hating the sight of my face..."

It was beautiful in the misty forest, but Jewelsky was still lost. Slowly, she heaved herself up to her paws. Oh, Wheatpaw. Save me!

Rosestar looked at Cometkit one last time, then curled up and fell asleep.

Jewelsky wandered around until she came to a large clearing. It had a gigantic, old oak tree standing tall in the center of it. She decided it would be a good place to curl up and fall asleep for the night, so she laid down beside the tree to rest.

Rosestar's paws kicked and her fur bristled. She started talking in her sleep. One of the things she said was, "I didn't mean to, I swear!"

Jewelsky awoke in a mystical clearing. I've found StarClan's visiting place! she thought. Her assumption was confirmed when a tortoiseshell she-cat padded up to her. "Aquapaw!" Jewelsky grinned at the sight of her old Clanmate.

Cometkit, curled up asleep next to Rosestar, was jolted awake when Rosestar stirred and thrashed. She must be having such an awful dream, Cometkit thought, with all the concern a young kit could have. She started gently licking her sister's pelt, trying to soothe her into a calm sleep.

Rosestar yowled in pain. The cats all slashed their claws at her. She fell over, hurting too much to stand up. Jewelsky grabbed Rosestar's neck, then looked at Wheatpaw. Wheatpaw nodded.
"Jewelsky! No...!" Rosestar gasped out.
Jewelsky nodded back to Wheatpaw, then closed her jaws around Rosestar's neck.
"Ack!" Rosestar woke up, wide-eyed and breathing heavily. She looked at Cometkit. "Sorry I woke you up..." she muttered.

"It's alright Rosestar. You looked so scared, your dreams must have been the worst." Cometkit said, full of worry. There was a pause. "Was it about Wheatpaw and Jewelsky?" she finally asked.

"Yes Cometkit." Rosestar gasped out. "Yes it was."

Jewelsky nodded. "I will." Pebblestream and Sunfeather came out from behind a tree as well, smiling. Wow! I've lost more cats than I know. Jewelsky thought sadly.

Roseblossom was still wide-eyed and panting, but not as hard.

Rosestar tried to go back to sleep, with no success.

Cometkit curled up close to her sister, trying to comfort her back to sleep. "I'm so sorry Rosestar, I know this is all too much for you. Right now, please try to forget about it so you can get some rest." she whispered. "We'll be okay..." she added drowsily.

"I hope so..." Rosestar muttered. She managed to go back to sleep, but her sleep was still filled with nightmares.

Jewelsky's shining amber eyes opened slowly. She found she was staring into a pair of green ones.

"Why do you want to kill me?" Rosestar gasped as Wheatpaw stood in front of her. "If you hate me so much, why do you want me to go to StarClan with you?"
"So I can kill you a second time!" Wheatpaw unseathed her claws, lunging for Rosestar's throat.
Rosestar burst awake again.

"Rainheart?" The name slipped off of Jewelsky's tongue like water flowing across rocks. The gray cat with green eyes nodded, his battle-scarred face a warm welcome to his mate. "Hello, Jewelsky." Rainheart dipped his head, smiling. Jewelsky got up on her paws and nuzzled him. "I thought you were gone when the Twolegs destroyed the forest!"