"Let all cats old enough to fight join here beneath the bloodtree for a clan meeting!" 

Smokestar's call woke hazepaw from her sleep. She pushed herself up, giving her chest a few quick licks, and padded out into the harsh sunlight, gleaming though the trees, and blinding her before she looked away. Smokestar was standing on a thick branch in a tree in the center of the SparkClan camp, a red tree that used to be called the clantree, or so hazepaw had been told. But smokestar had renamed it the bloodtree. It was creepy to hazepaw, but she had to his her feelings. Everyone did.

 "I said get over here! " smokestar snapped.

More cats rushed from this dens, looking scared at smokestar glared at the gathered clan from his perch. Ashblaze sat at the foot of it, washing herself, and looking around to make sure all the cats were following orders, and that no one was missing.

Then hazepaw remembered that, because she was smokestar's only living close relative, she had to sit down at the bottom of the tree too. If he and ashblaze were to die, she would be leader. And of course, smokestar had ashblaze as her mentor, and hazepaw knew it was to make sure that she ended up the same as the evil leader. As if that was ever going to happen. She padded up to sit on the other side of the tree, she refused to call it the bloodtree in her mind, and sat down. This was always awkward. Everyone thought she was just like her father.

 Smokestar looked around. Every cat was silent, glancing at each other nervously. Mouseface was sitting towards the back of the crowd, and that's when hazepaw knew what was coming. Any cat who showed any sign of fear, of disloyalty, would be killed. Ashblaze just have told smokestar about what had happened before the patrol yesterday. 

The scratch ashblaze had given her wasn't to deep. It was fine. 

After what seemed like a moon, smokestar began to speak. "You know the warrior code. The real one. That is how we became wish a strong, and feared clan. But to maintain that status with the other three clans, cats who are weak and cowardly just not be allowed to live here. Only the strong. You must not be afraid to spill blood, or your own books will be spilled! Those who fear our ways must die. Mouseface. Come here." He spat .

 The crowd of cats started muttering, and gasps rose from the group. Mouseface, breathing heavily, stepped forward, her legs shaking, her eyes wide.

 "W-what did I ever do?" Mouseface asked, her eyes flicking around the clearing .

 "You were scared. Ashblaze told me." Smokestar answered , a smile beginning to appear on his face. "So you must die."

 " n-no! " mouseface squeaked.

Hazepaw sighed. Another innocent cat, who had done nothing wrong, was about to die.

"Any last words, traitor?" Smokestar growled.

the clan had gone silent again, many of them had their eyes squeezed shut, or their heads turned. Mouseface's best friend, stormwind, looked like she was trying to blink back tears.

"Y-yes." Mouseface said, to hazepaw 's surprise. "I- I do, in fact. This whole clan, you especially, is evil! Most of us don't want to be killed, so we f-follow you, smokestar! B-but wouldn't dieing be better than k-killing helpless kits because of the way they were born? Hurting innocent cats just because they didn't want to go on a simple patrol that only caught one thing? W - wouldn't dieing be better than following this- this piece of crowfood?" Mouseface exclaimed , still shaking, but holding her head high.

Smokestar growled. "Any other cat who agree with this stupid cat can stand up here next to her. " he hissed.

hazepaw resisted to urge to leap in frost of mouseface, joining her. She didn't want to die, but at the same time she knew mouseface was right. Dieing was better than this! But Starclan might not accept her, being a murderers kin.

"No one?" Smokestar actually sounded a little bit sad to hazepaw . "Ok. Mouseface. You can die! Hazepaw, would you like to do the honors?"

 Hazepaw froze. It took a moment for what smokestar had just said to sink in. He wanted her to kill her friend? 

 "Go on." Smokestar insisted impatiently . "Or hi to much of a foxheart?"

Hazepaw was breathing heavily. She took a deep breath, trying to call herself down. Smokestar would be mad if she didn't kill mouseface. Looking up, she saw that the brown warrior was looking at her, defiance shimmering in her beautiful hazel eyes. She seemed to be saying "You wouldn't kill me, even if you had not choice." But she had to. She couldn't let smokestar see that she didn't want to.

hazepaw unsheathed her claws. Smokestar nodded at ashblaze, who had finished washing herself. Ashblaze gazed coldly at hazepaw. She took a step forward, hazepaw doing the same. Hazepaw took another. And another, but still mouseface did not move, though her eyes were darting around the camp, filled with fear.

"JUST KILL HER!" smokestar roared , and hazepaw leaped, landing on top of mouseface, who easily pushed her off.

ashblaze leaped as well, and out of the corner of her eyes hazepaw saw stormwind hissing. She pushed herself up, and leaped again, this time pushing mouseface down, and scratching at her belly. She gagged as hot, sticky blood began gushing from the wounds. Mouseface once again pushed hazepaw off of her, spitting, but ashblaze was there, and pushed her down again.

"She's all yours." Ashblaze told hazepaw , as mouseface tried and failed to get up.

hazepaw padded towards the warrior. she didn't want to have to do this. She's didn't want to kill another cat! But she had to. Ashblaze stepped off mouseface, who was now panting, the wounds hazepaw had given her making her unable to get up. Hazepaw jumped on her, and raised her paws for the final blow.

"I don't want to do this. Pleas... Forgive me." Hazepaw muttered , making sure no cat other than mouseface could hear, before slashing at her throat. Mouseface's eyes began to dim.

"I know." She rasped , she's cold with hate. "But you could've just died with me." Then she was quiet . Dead.

hazepaw stepped away from her friends blood stained body, shaking her head. She looked up. The entire clan was staring at her, their eyes reflecting their terror.

"I will never forgive you." Hissed a ginger tabby tom, fireflame . "You killed my littermate! "

"I'm sorry..." Hazepaw muttered , making sure no one could hear. "Starclan, please forgive me. Please..."

As if her warrior ancestors were answering the young apprentice, thunder rolled in the distance, and she was dark storm clouds moving in.

"Please." She repeated , before walking into the apprentices den, head hung low.

A/N

Like it? Yeah i know Im evil. There's going to be a lot more death. and yes hazepaw did just kill someone. How are you liking your main character now hehehe... Also another cat will die in th next chapter. I'm not saying who, but they are not in SparkClan, don't worry. Or maybe do worry. HEheheheheheheh...