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Riddlehawk/star
I don't know who I am anymore......

^{Riddlestar...hawk... Whoever he was anymore, paced angrilly back and forth. Until he knew who he was, who he'd ever be, he'd just go by Riddle. Riddle. Riddle.... was that him? Was he still the same old Riddlehawk he had been whenever he left Bloodclan? Was he same old Riddlepaw, the curious little apprentice who wanted to learn everything there was to learn about being a Warrior? Was he the same old Riddlekit, the playful and loving little tabby kit that would bound around after butterflies, batting with his paws? He really couldn't figure out who he was. He was him. He was a deputy. He was a Warrior. He was an Apprentice. He was a kit. He was a leader. He was a follower. He was.........nothing. He wasn't anyone important. He was hated. He wasn't loved anymore. He had lost everyone. He lost his mother. Lost his father. His siblings. His friends. His mentor. His clan. Now, he was in a new clan, one that had changed him in many ways. Physical.. and mental. Riddle.. he wasn't exactly completely.. complete up top. He was a little 'mad'. A tad insane. All it was was some mercury poisoning. He wouldn't die from it. But.. it didn't exactly help him mentally. He was fine, it would only make him a tad more quick tempered.. a tad more aggressive.. a bit more unpredictable. He kept pacing, running a slight groove in the dirt where he was walking. He'd been at it all day... and would keep it up..}

[Tanglekit]

Tanglestar returned to her familiar camp after a moon of traveling. She was weary and wasn't sure how her clan would take her return home. Would she be welcomed as a missed friend or shunned as a betrayer. All this she did not know. She only knew she was as glad to be home as ever. To her right stood Mousefur, and to her left Stoneheart. They all stood frigid as they padded down the all to familiar slope to home.

Mousefur pulled ahead of her fellow warriors as she scented Riddlehawk's scent. She was almost running down the hill when she was reminded of why they had left. They had started off the dead of night one early spring evening as her leader led then towards a secret place. Poor Tanglestar was distraught with confusion as her clan was being picked off one by one by Dirtfur. So they had set off to beg Starclan for answers. They simple journey they had planned for had turned into a full moon of days passing by. Mousefur slowed as she approached the entrance, what if Riddlehawk had moved on to another she-cat in her absence. She had to risk the pain as she slipped into the camp entrance looking towards the scent she had craved for so long.

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Sparking Angel

Sunflash had been laying outside the warriors den with dull eyes. His pelt was ungroomed, and he looked a bit thinner than one would have remembered him. Ever since Tanglestar's disappearance, the golden warrior had felt so useless and empty. It was as if his very spirit had left him. He had begun to wonder if there was a point in continuing on with such a life. He had barely left the camp, going about as if in a daze, his paws hardly lifting from the ground as he went. The warrior was just a shell of his former self. The loss of his mate was too much for him.

When a gentle breeze blew through the camp, Sunflash almost felt his heart stop. Could it really be... No, he told himself, his eyelids drooping. It had happened before, once or twice when the trace of his mate's scent had lingered around the territory. But this time was different. It was so fresh, so real. Fighting the dreaded thought that there would be nothing there, he raised his chin from his paws and let his nose point toward the source of the scent.

He could see three shadowed figures near the camp entrance, all familiar, but only one mattered. He knew the she-cat's shape, and her scent on the wind. His amber eyes flared open, and he was on his paws in an instant. Could it be? Could it really be? The warrior raced toward the entrance with his heart pounding louder than ever, and slowly he could make out the face of the cat he loved. "Tanglestar!" A loud, rumbling purr came from the warrior's throat, and he practically attacked her with a fierce nuzzle to her neck. "You're here! You're back!" Sunflash was overwhelmed with a joy he could never replace. She was alive.

[Tanglekit]

Tanglestar looked around her camp wearily when she heard a yell. When she turned she was being nuzzled with a force she couldn't place. His beautiful scent filled her nose as she stuffed it deep into his fur. It was Sunflash. That was all that mattered now in her mind. She licked his cheek before sitting down. She was overwhelmed as she just sat there looking into those eyes that she had missed for what felt like ever. The only words the she-cat could speak where a short and simply. "I will never leave you again.", she whispered.

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I Missed You

Eyes shinning bright, the tom touched his nose to hers. "Tanglestar... We thought you were died. When no cat could find you..." He trailed off, not wanting to think about the heart-wrenching past. The cat he loved was here, in front of him. Sunflash blinked, shaking his head slowly as he smiled. "Thank StarClan you're alright. I don't know what I would have done if you'd never come back." The warrior looked around his mate, seeing his two Clanmates. "Stoneheart! Mousefur! Both of you, welcome back." He was too happy and relieved to cool. Wouldn't their mates be glad to see them, too.

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Oh, all the other cats may of accepted this she-cat back to camp, but there was sure one tom who didn't. No, he hated her to begin with. She should never of been made leader, he should be leader. He knew it.

He got up from his stump, and slowly prowled over to his betrayer, his old leader, who should be dead. His dark amber eyes glittered through, and stared at her, with taunting eyes. He didn't like her one bit.

He made sure his muscles were shown under his lean dark brown pelt, his three-ringed tail twitching side to side. When he made it along towards his "beloved" leader(s), he couldn't help but have a cold, harsh, and taunting voice.

"So the leader returns. And her crew. Here to try to let us trust, and let you betray once again?"

ScarShadow looked at them mockingly, his large "talon" like claws unsheathing, tapping upon the ground that was below him.

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You're Voice

At the sound of the new voice, Sunflash's head turned in surprise before his eyes darkened, narrowing dangerously. "Scarshadow," he mewed tensely, his voice just on the brink of a growl, "you had better watch your tongue. Tanglestar didn't betray anyone. I'm sure she had a good reason for going off with two other warriors." Of course, the golden tom didn't know why or where they had gone in the first place, but he never would have believed that it would be anything but because she had to. And this warrior... He didn't like him.

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The large tom couldn't help but let out a chuckle. He looked at SunFlash, and grinned wickedly, which shown almost all of his bare white fangs.

"I'm sorry, I didn't know you were in this conversation. She did betray us, she should of told her own deputy!"

He accused his old leader, and looked back at her.

"There is no excuse for that, she shouldn't of left. She betrayed us!"

He growled, his tail swishing side to side. He was enjoying this, he could just sense all the anger, hatred, and pure... rage.

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[Tanglekit]

Tanglestar's tail twitched amused. "If you must know I had gone off to seek the advice of Starclan, but the one day trip I intended dragged on to a much longer time.", she scowled glaring straight back. She did not need to pass judgment here in her own home. "Betrayer?", she frowned the name ringing into the clearing.

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Bluewillow padded from the warriors den looking sullen, her eyes clouded from hours of wailing for her lost mate. Her pawsteps were heavy and slow, but when she looked up her eyes brightened and she purred so loudly "Stoneheart!" she rushed to his side, purring loudly and affectionately.

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Stoneheart's heart ached as he took in the beauty rushing to him. He was such a fool that he had never told this wonderous she-cat that he loved her. He put his tail on her shoulder and licked her cheek. "I love you!", he purrede. He had never been so happy ever and a deep purring growl rumbled from the pit of his stomach.

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Bluewillow mewed, "I love you too, Stoneheart." she pressed closer to him and purred even deeper and more passionate. She felt their fur intertwine and she licked his cheek.

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How Dare You

Sunflash watched the two younger cats greet each other, purrs abundant, and smiled. He knew how they must have been feeling. But then the tom looked back to Scarshadow with a glare. He had been right- whatever had delayed them must have been pretty big, but Tanglestar's intention had just been to visit StarClan. This tom had no right to go about calling his leader a traitor when she was the bravest out of all of them. "There. Now don't go around throwing accusations like that. You should have more respect for your leader."

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ScarShadow looked at Tanglestar, about to retort something, when SunFlash butted in.

"I respect my leader, not a betrayer. RiddleStar is the leader!"

He growled at SunFlash, his tail swishing side to side.

"I'm surprised she didn't even tell you. Her mate, at least, her so called mate!"

He hissed.

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You Just Try

Sunflash let out a furious snarl. So much for the happiness he'd been in only a couple heartbeats ago. "Riddlehawk said he wanted her back, and now she is. He'll understand, I'm sure." His paws were itching to fling the warrior at the other tom, but he held it back. His mate and leader had just returned. He didn't need to start a fight. "And didn't you hear? She said she thought she would only be gone a day. There wouldn't have been a reason for me to worry over that."

What did this little hot-head think he was, anyway? Leader? Far from it.