Special POV Chapter

Zeye's POV:

The sound of Sagestar's body collapsing on the ground made Zeye flinch and he flattened his ears, turned away from his kit as the life left her.

She had a long, fulfilling life as Smallclan's leader. He chanted in his head to keep himself from yowling in despair. She can go to her family now. I can still see her in Starclan. She is safe. The Dark Forest cannot get her there.

"All done." Taylor's voice sounded behind him. Zeye glanced at the grey tom and the neatly curled up body of Sagestar beside him.

The white tom nodded his thanks to his brother before blinking away, heading straight for Starclan.

Zeye appeared in one of the many clearings of Starclan and looked around intently. Where did Sagestar go? He wondered.

Suddenly his tail was tackled and he gasped in surprise, looking back to see a black tom with blue eyes playfully attacking his tail. He chuckled as he recognised the apprentice as Hollowpaw.

"Hollowpaw." He purred, tugging his tail away from the Smallclan tom. "How're you doing?"

"Great now that I have your tail again!" The apprentice grinned and latched onto his tail again, nibbling on it.

"I thought you were out of that phase now." Zeye rolled his eyes. He had known Hollowpaw since he was a kit in Smallclan, and the two had bonded together quickly.

"I will never let you go now!" Hollowpaw smirked, hugging his thin white tail.

Zeye chuckled and lifted Hollowpaw up with his powers. The black tom grinned and churned the air with his paws. "Make me fly higher!"

The white tom happily complied, lifting Hollowpaw up by another tail-length. The black tom laughed joyfully and twirled around in circles. "Wheeeee!"

"PSSSTTT."

The white tom flinched at the loud whisper in his ears. "Hey!" Zeye hissed, turning to see Skystar grinning at him, leaning away from his ears.

"How's it going?" She asked, glancing at Hollowpaw, who had dropped gracefully to the ground.

"I came to see how Sagestar is doing." He meowed, placing his paw back on the ground as the blue mist disintegrated from around Hollowpaw.

"Oh, she's with Frostpaw." Skystar smiled. "It's nice to see those two together again."

Zeye smiled and looked around. "Where is she?"

"Follow me." The white and green she cat meowed, breaking into a trot as she led the way through Starclan territory towards a tall, thick oak tree.

They stopped at the tree, and Zeye murmured. "That is one big tree..."

"The biggest tree in Starclan." She grinned. "It could serve as quite a nice den for someone who enjoys heights."

Zeye smiled and glanced back down from the tree to see Roundclaw, Whitetail and Waterpaw lounging around a small pond with Sagestar and Frostpaw chatting with them on the other side. He purred as he watched them. They were happy in Starclan.

Suddenly there was a sudden chorus of growls coming from behind them and Zeye turned around to see a group of Starclan cats stalking towards them. The cats held angry looks on their faces as they approached. Zeye immediately nosed Skystar towards her kits, his protective instincts rising as the Starclan cats drew closer.

"What do you want?" He demanded.

"You killed Lightstar! You murderous fox-dung!" One cat snarled, his tail lashing.

Zeye bared his teeth. "She deserved it!"

"You deserve to be kicked out!" A she cat yowled, her words quickly followed by growls of agreement.

"This is ridiculous! You're acting like kits." Zeye growled as the cats closed in around him. He didn't put up a fight. If he wanted to he could have them all killed with a flick of his paw, but with Skystar and the kits watching he didn't think it would go down well.

"Leave now and never return to Starclan ever again!" The same she cat snarled, her ears back.

"Who's gonna make me?" Zeye hissed back, tail lashing.

Skystar pushed through the crowd, her golden eyes narrowed in anger. "Stop it! He did nothing wrong!"

"Of course you're defending him!" A tom hissed at the white and green she cat. "Are you still loyal to your own clan, or has this filthy rogue changed your mind?" He glared at them both.

Zeye snarled and glared right back at the grey tom, his eyes narrowing to slits as he used his powers to rip his tongue out. The tom let out a wail of pain and fell to his knees, blood quickly splattering on the ground, along with his severed tongue.

Skystar let out a small gasp from beside Zeye, and he looked at her. She murmured. "That was uncalled for.."

"He was insulting you." Zeye muttered back, his voice barely audible over the yowls of outrage from the Starclan cats who had circled them.

"Leave!" They yowled. "If you come back we'll kill you!"

Zeye snorted at their empty threats, but stopped when he felt Skystar's tail rest on his back. He looked down at his mate.

"Go, I'll calm them down and sort this mess out." She meowed softly.

Zeye sighed and opened his mouth to argue but closed it when she gave him a long, stern look. If she were just a random stranger, she'd have lost her life the moment she looked at him like that. But Zeye sighed again and nodded, blinking away from Starclan.

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Zeye stomped through the Dark Forest's territory. He had changed his form into a little apprentice-sized she cat, his eyes wide and golden as he made his way deeper into the territory. He was itching for a fight, and what better place would he get some easy kills in other than NoName's newly claimed territory.

He came across a patrol within minutes, and listened to their conversation.

"I can't believe you let the apprentice die like that. He should've been punished for fleeing with his stupid mentor!" The lead tom was muttering at a pretty grey she cat.

"Ha!" She laughed. "Hollowpaw would've served no other purpose as a prisoner, he would've been wasted space. I did him a favour by killing him."

"Not quickly though, he got his fair share of torture before he finally died." Another tom grinned.

"If only I hadn't rushed, it would've been a lot more fun to ever so slowly slice his in half." The she cat laughed, her violet eyes bright.

Zeye forced down a growl and deliberately 'tripped' into their pathway and stumbled onto the ground. He looked up at the patrol as they sneered down at him, and he let out a small, feeble whimper. Inwardly, he grinned as his victims unknowingly walked right into his trap.

The second the lead tom leaned down to peer closer at him, his neck was snapped. The other three warriors let out snarls of surprise and lunged to attack him but Zeye morphed into his normal white furred form and sent them flying with a strong impact from a forcefield. They let out yowls as they landed. "Zeye! It's you!"

He smirked and stalked towards the cat closest to him, quickly crushing his head. The grey she cat and mottled brown tom were struggling to their paws close by. The she cat was staring at him in terror, her violet eyes panicked as she silently begged for mercy. Oh she knows what's coming for her. She should know not to try begging. Zeye snapped the brown tom's neck before advancing on the she cat.

The grey she cat stumbled backwards, backing against a clump of bushes. "P-please don't! I don't wanna die!" She cried, her body trembling in fear.

Zeye loomed over her, his teal blue eyes deathly calm. "Bye bye." He waved a paw in farewell, his other forepaw making her evil, stone-cold heart rip in two. 

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