"He will never be satisfied."

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Dimstar had spent most of the night with Peonyflight. The two had stayed awake and conversed amongst one another until the moon had rose to the center of the sky. The two then finally walked back to camp and split up to finally go to their own dens.

He instantly fell asleep, but not before thinking about what had just taken place. He had decided to stay with Peonyflight last night and comforted her. The two had grown awfully close and a relationship that Cloverpool would probably even grow jealous of. That was why Dimstar would keep it all to himself. He would keep it between Peonyflight and him.

It was not like their connection was romantic though, right? Dimstar was Peonyflight's friend and he simply wished to comfort her. Plus, he had Cloverpool and Peonyflight did not seem interested in a true relationship at all.

Or did she?

Dimstar shook his thoughts away as his eyes fluttered open. His ears perked to commotion growing louder and louder outside of his den. He rose to his paws, his eyes brimming with curiousity. What was going on outside of his den? What were cats so loud about?

His eyes narrowed when the commotion shifted into hisses and cries. The fur along his spine rose and his claws unsheathed. Did Jayclaw turn on us? What is going on?

A shiver traveled down Dimstar's spine when the hisses grew louder. He began taking slow paw steps towards the exit of his den, his ears flat against back of his head. He could clearly hear the words that slid free of the cat's outside now.

"Leave her alone!"

"Stay out of this, Redcloud! You don't even know what is going on!"

Dimstar inhaled a large gasp of air and then exhaled. He shut his eyes and braced himself for what dispute was taking place in the middle of camp. He finally stepped outside of his den and froze.

Everything became silent the moment he stepped out. His heart beat louder against his chest and he hesitantly fluttered open his eyes. Every cat's eyes were locked on him after they glanced away from the four cats that were arguing.

Redcloud stood protectively in front of Peonyflight, his fur bushed and his jaws gaped to hiss at his opponents. Smokeflight faced the tom, his tail lashing and his eyes flashing with pure hatred. The instant they spotted Dimstar, they stepped back and eyed the tom as if he was some cat they despised with all of their hearts. When they stepped back, they revealed the last cat who stood behind them.

The she-cat stood tall with her chin tilted towards the roof of the tunnels. Her green eyes flickered with a fire fueled by rage and disappointment. Her claws were unsheathed and her frozen stance made Dimstar's eyes widened. Her teeth bared and a growl rumbled in her throat, cat's turning to the she-cat. Her brown and white fur then stood on end and she took a paw step forward.

Cloverpool.

"Dimstar, look at this trouble you have caused," Cloverpool growled to him, her tail lashing.

Smokeflight glared at Dimstar, his eyes slits at the sight of the leader. "It's alright Cloverpool, he should learn to keep to one mate and not break her heart," He hissed, stepping over to Cloverpool and laying a tail on the deputy's shoulder.

Dimstar rose his head to cast his gaze over the four cats. His gaze flickered with confusion and his eyes narrowed. "What are you talking about?" Dimstar asked, directing the question towards Smokeflight.

"I saw you two last night. You say in the forest and bathed in the moonlight. Clear as day her head was rested on your shoulder, and I heard her explain to you how she wished to not be my mate anymore. You have Cloverpool, and Peonyflight and mine's relationship is none of your business even if you are our leader!"

Dimstar's eyes widened when he brought up the conversation between Peomyflight and him. Was the tom watching the two last night? He shook his head rapidly in response to Smokeflight. "You don't understand, our relationship isn't like that!" Dimstar switched his glance over to Peonyflight. "I was just trying to comfort her...help her."

Before Smokeflight could reply, Cloverpool moved into Dimstar's line of sight. She stood before Peonyflight and blocked her out from Dimstar's sight. The russet tom took a step backwards as Cloverpool stepped towards him.

"Look what dispute you have caused Dimstar! Look at what you have done! Smokeflight saw every thing that happened and Peonyflight even confessed this morning!" Tears brimmed her eyes as she went on. "She confessed that she loved you, Dimstar, not Smokeflight! Look what you have done!"

"We don't have a connection like that!" Dimstar hissed back, his tail falling to the ground when he caught Peomyflight's hurt expression behind Cloverpool. "Cloverpool, you are my mate! Peonyflight is my friend!"

Cloverpool's ears flattened and she arched her back. "Are you sure about that because last time I checked you were snuggled next to Peonyflight and comforting her, not me!"

"Peonyflight can be attracted to me, but I am your mate Cloverpool! I was just trying to comfort a friend, stop this nonsense!" Dimstar snapped back at his deputy.

"Nonsense?" Cloverpool spat out the word as if it was fire on the end of her tongue. "Well this has gone way too far now to be considered nonsense now, hasn't it?"

"You are all overreacting, especially you Cloverpool! We have more important things to discuss!" Dimstar hissed, his tail lashing to and fro behind him.

Cloverpool leaped forward and was face-to-face with Dimstar. He cowered back when her glowing eyes that were lit with flames of fury met his gaze. "Overreacting?! Oh please, stop being such a kit! Are you our leader or not?"

Cloverpool pulled away as she awaited Dimstar's reply. The russet tom's breathing was fast and he scanned his gaze over the crowd gathered around. Smokeflight hissed at him when his gaze locked on him while Redcloud looked away. Quailpaw shuffled closer to Splashsky, Lilypaw as well. Minktalon watched with a narrowed eye as she stepped up beside Peonyflight, who met Dimstar's gaze for a split second before looking away as well.

Why did something so simple crumble the path he took to multiple pieces? All he did was comfort the she-cat, but she ended up developing an attraction to him in the end. All of their eyes scorching through his fur made thoughts clash around in his head. Was every cat overreacting, or had he truly made a mistake? A cat needed to make no mistakes in order to be a leader. He had made a mistake.

Dimstar felt stress pile onto his shoulders like boulder. His legs trembled as he struggled to search for a correct reply. He then shook his head and turned around, glancing out of the tunnel exit. He hung his head and sighed.

"No...I'm not your leader. I don't deserve the role."

"Dimstar!" Cloverpool's voice turned soft and her ears fell back.

"No, you are right. All I am doing is causing disputes that takes away from our real goal. I will leave now, and Cloverpool can lead you all," Dimstar mumbled, beginning towards the exit.

He heard Cloverpool take a few steps forward and a light cry escape her. "Dimstar! You can't leave us! You can't leave me!"

"Why can't I? Every cat seems to want me to. Why do you suddenly change your mind?"

"Dimstar...I'm-"

Cloverpool was interrupted by a clamorous hiss that emerged from the entrance to the tunnels. Dimstar's eyes grew wide and he spun back around to face the source of the hiss.

Sioulhettes of many cats stood before them. The cat in the center's eyes were narrowed as their tail lashed back and forth. When their scent washed over Dimstar and they came into a clear view, his ears fell flat and he gasped in surprise.

EchoClan and Archangel, the leader at the front of the crowd. The white tom's eyes were lit with a fiery rage and his teeth were bared. He looked as if he was immensely enraged by something that had occurred.

"You murdered one of my own! Now, you mousebrains will pay!" Archangel hissed.

Dimstar's eyes flickered with confusion and apprehension. What did he mean? He never recalled an attack recently when one of Archangel's followers we killed. What ever cat it was though, Archangel seemed highly enraged by it.

Everything was just falling more and more apart.

"EchoClan, attack! Kill! No mercy shall be delivered!"