Darkfrost woke up in the forest. Not far from where he and Shellpaw had been attacked. He grimaced as he tried to stand up. He was lightheaded and he felt like his.stomach was flying all over his body. He reached a paw up to touch. The top of his head and pulled ditch down to show it was covered in blood. Darkfrost stepped back a few paces and looked atound. Fawnshadow was sitting patiently to his right. "Darkfrost, I never felt that you were untrustworthy. You were a loyal warrior, you did everything you u could to keep your clan safe. And then you brought back Shellpaw's body. That's where you made a mistake. Any sensible killer would have left the body, or even buried it, and ran. You decided to bring back the body and prove that you killed him.", she went on. Darkfrost's head spun. "I didn't kill him...", he managed. Fawnshadow shook her head. "You continued to defy us, we we hoped you would get better, but you only got worse, first threatening your brother then your father, and not to mention tricking poor Poppykit.", she said. Darkfrost bit his lip. "They aren't my family. And I didn't do anything to Poppykit, I only gave her a friend",he said. Trying to distinguish the brown tabby from the rest of the swirling colors and shapes and sounds. Fawnshadow shook her head. "You only got close to her so you could kill her because she was easy to kill since she is blind.", the deputy snarled. Darkfrost stopped. "For the last time I didn't kill anyone!" He screeched. He wanted to launch himself and end the torture she was causing him, but his paws were stuck to the ground. He could have sworn that he saw a starry cat no bigger than and apprentice pass by him. Darkfrost frowned in confusion, but Fawnshadow was thrown to the ground before he could say anything. He tried to say something but he was fading in between reality and soon fell to the ground. He awoke in a starry glade to find Shellpaw in front of him. "Hi Darkfrost!", the grey tom said. Darkfrost smiled and couldn't contain his tears, they spilled form his eyes. He had suffered so much, and now he was finally coming to be with his brother. "Shellpaw, I'm so glad, I never thought I would be happy come to starclan this early but I just can'tc, he didn't get to finish. "Darkfrost, your not dieing, I had to tell you that I'm sorry I left you to deal with this mess, the other warriors wouldn't let me interfere. You need to keep going, keep rebelling. Keep breathing, if not for me, then for Poppykit.", Suddenly a pool rippled and showed an image of the calico kitten curled up in a nest, with tears in her eyes. Darkfrost reached a paw out to her but the image disintegrated. He looked back at his brother. "I'll do it. And don't apologize for what is happening to me, it's not your fault.", he could tell that Shellpaw shouldn't be telling him this by his urgency. He smiled and nuzzled his brother. "I missed you.", he said as the world around him started to fade. Shellpaw replied, but Darkfrost never heard it. He awoke again in the same Grove he raced over to Fawnshadow and was relieved taht she wasn't hurt. He breathed a sigh of relief and sat down a little ways away from her. He watched her as she lay there.
Fawnshadow awake and leaped in the air bristling with her claws unsheathed. Darkfrost jumped and crouched. She had scared the hairballs out of him. "Great Starclan!", he exclaimed as she stomped torwards him. She knocked him on the ground and pinned him. "What did you do?!", she asked a paw pressing down on his throat he choked in his words. She got off of him and stalked away but came back and paced, leaving him coughing. He got up shakily. "Can we try and settle this, without you cutting off my wind pipe?"  He asked. She spun around and swung at him scratching him across the jaw. He backed up and widened his eyes. "Or you can try to kill me.", he said as he ducked as she swung again. He backed up against a tree and opened his jaws. She beared her teeth. "Darkfrost, do you u ever shut up!?", she seethed. "Not when I'm trying not to die!", he exclaimed. Fawnshadow stopped. "If you don't want to die, then why aren't you fighting back?", she asked curiously. "Because I don't want to be blamed for attacking you if you die. I'm already in a deep hole for something I didn't do, and I don't want to go any deeper for something I did do!", he said. Fawnshadow hissed in frustration. She paced some more. Darkfrost tried to inch his way out of range when she spun around again. "I'm going to get that ivy over there, wrap it around your neck and take you back to camp, or was supposed to kill you out here, but I'm not. So you better be grateful. Things are going to be tough. More work more guards more rules. And your not going to protest!", she said feircley. Darkfrost forwned. "That hardly seems fair! What do I get out of it? I'm the one that's hated here!", he exclaimed. Fawnshadow hissed once more. "I'll figure out a way you can be with Poppykit anytime you want.", she said with a tired tone. Darkfrost smiled. "Deal!", he said bounding up to her and inclineing his head and exposing his neck for her. She began wrapping the ivy around his neck. "Don't make me regret my decision not to kill you", she said with a glare as she began to lead him back to camp. Darkfrost couldn't help but smile as they walked back to camp, simply thinking of Poppykit.