Poisoned Fangs, Scenes 7-8: Another death too soon

## Snakeclan's POV

#### **Summary: Pigeonpaw and her mentor, Chivebean are out training. Tumbleflight follows them to make sure they don't go to the twoleg's place again where Pigeonpaw meets up with Violet, a kittypet. Pigeonpaw gets hurt during their training session, she mentions meeting Tumbleflight to care for the wound, but Chivebean changes the subject by letting her visit Violet this time. After Pigeonpaws leaves to meet up with the kittypet, Chivebean is left alone and then, Tumbleflight appears and confronts her about allowing Pigeonpaw breaking the warrior code. When Tumbleflight threatens to punish Pigeonpaw, Chivebean lashes out and attacks him. Tumbleflight eventually drowns Chivebean to her death and Pigeonpaw is the first cat to find her body. Pigeonpaw takes Chivebean's feather as her own and swears to keep it safe as long as she lives.**

The sun shined brightly over Snakeclan's camp. Many cats sharing tongues with one another, some chat uneasily. A silver-blue she-cat is enjoying her prey by herself.

"pigeonpaw!" Chivebean mewed from a clearing, "are you ready for training?"

Pigeonpaw, the tiny she-cat perked her head with excitement. She quickly finished up her prey then came prancing over to her mentor.

"someone's excited" Smirked Chivebean

"Wouldn't any apprentice be?" grinned Pigeonpaw

"Let's go then" Chivebean mewed. As the two she-cats walk out of camp, a black and white striped tom look at them curiously

Sunflower sighed, watching as the two she-cats left camp. She sighed unhappily. She wished she had an apprentice.

"I should make sure their not going to twoleg place again" Tumbleflight thought He could excuse it once as  a kittypet wondering in their territory and wanting to say sorry "No" He thought "That's nonsense" Tumbleflight followed the she-cats through the forest past where sandfoot at met his fate Tumbleflight had nothing to to with sandfoot's leg going missing

Pigeonpaw got into a low crouch making sure that she stayed unseen. The tiny blue she-cat leaped onto the massive cream cat. Usually Chivebean would easily dodge her every attack but this time, she managed to pin her mentor down. Chivebean suddenly jumped back to her sense and pushes pigeonpaw off with her hind legs. Pigeonpaw scraps her back against the stone-hard rock. Chivebean shot her head up, her eyes full of worry.

"pigeonpaw! Are you hurt?" Chivebean ran over examing pigeonpaw's cut.

"ah, it left a cut. We might have to see Tumbleflight for this." Said pigeonpaw.

Chivebean fliched at the mention of the tom's name.

"pigeonpaw," Chivebean reassured, "you have done so well this session, we don't we visit Violet?"

Pigeonpaw's face quickly ligthen up "of course!" she squealed

The two she-cats began heading to the twoleg's den where Violet lives

"Don't stay too late" Chivebean then pressed her muzzle against pigeonpaw's cheek. Her face bloomed red with embarrassment

"Chivebeannn" pigeonpaw groaned. The blue she cat was soon at the fence then shot one more smile at chivebean before disappearing.

"Exactly what I thought" Tumbleflight had been watching the. Two she-cats " "Traitors all of have them" he thought Chivebean sat up and walked over to the small pond made by twolegs "Chivebean" Tumbleflight said calmly "It's great to see you here" The she-cat looked up at the black tom "We have some things to discuss" he said walking closer

Chivebean quickly turned around, unsheathed her claws "What you want, there is nothing to discuss!" Chivebean growled

"Oh Chivebean" the tom said almost laughing "there's plenty of things to talk about" he continued "It's a good day out isn't it? Maybe we could talk about how your apprentice is a traitor and so are you?" The tom stopped Walking and watched the she-cat waiting for a reply

The she-cat took a step back, "I may be a traitor but so are you" Chivebean snarled

"have you forgotten what you've done?"

"Me?" The tom questioned "I'm loyal to  the warrior code" He growled "How dare you tell me I'm not loyal" he stared for a second "I was going to let your little apprentice go but maybe she'll need a punishment too?" The tom started walking closer again claws unsheathed

"I won't let you lay a single toe on her!" Chivebean leaped and pinned the medicine cat down. "I'm not going down without a fight" she snarled

the tom quickly pushed the she-cat off "forgotten a was a skilled warrior?" The tom put a paw to his throat and paused remembering what happened "poor Chivebean all alone noone to help her" he said laughing at the she-cat before Chivebean could react Tumbleflight had leaped on top of her pushing her head into the pond

The more Chivebean try to lift up her head, the more the medicine cat shoved it deeper into the pond.

"You need to be punished Chivebean!" He yelled holding the she-cat under "wait till your poor apprentice finds you dead!" He laughed "it's the perfect punishment" Chivebean slowly stopped fight and laid still in the pond Tumbleflight let go and stared at her before walking away to the bushes waiting for pigeonpaw

“Chivebean! I’m back!” Whispered Pigeonpaw

No response. “Where did she go off to?” Worry fulled in pigeonpaw. Eventually, she found a massive cream she cat floating in a pond.

“Chivebean!” Pigeonpaw cried

She came dashing over to her mentor’s side. She prodded her paw towards her side “wake up!” Chivebean was silent. A wave of tears began emerging for her eyes

Tumbleflight watched the young she-cat cry his plans had worked "When she gets a new mentor she won't be able to see her kittypet friend" he thought and slowly Walked away not making a sound

Pigeonpaw looked around, hoping she could find the cat who done but all she can hear the erie silence and the rushing of the water. Pigeonpaw brushed her muzzle against her fur taking in every scent of her in “you were like a mother to me” whispered Pigeonpaw, “how I can live without you here now?” Pigeonpaw sat by her mentor’s side her fur soaked in water. She couldn’t carry Chivebean’s body on her own

Pigeonpaw was still resting her head in mourning next to Chivebean's body when Sagespark and Mossfoot came through on patrol. They had their tails intertwined and were padding toward the twoleg place fence to make sure there were no kittypet intruders.

Sagespark heard loud mews of grief and turned his head to see Pigeonpaw crying, his stomach dropped with horror, another cat had been killed and he still didn't know who had done it.

Pigeonpaw looked up to face the approaching cats her eyes swelled from the crying. She turn her head anyway and muttered to them “c-can you help m-me carry Chivebean’s body?” Pigeonpaw hasn’t really talked any of the cats much aside from Chivebean.

Sagespark nodded sadly and helped carry the large cream she-cat. Once they reached the camp again he set her body on the floor and Pigeonpaw returned to her pitiful grieving.

Kinkstar came out of his den in shock

Chivetail ran out of the leader's den behind Kinkstar and looked at the corpse with fear and dread. "Chivebean!" He ran over and stuck his nose deep in her fur. "I'll miss you, Chivebean."

He looked at Pigeonpaw and the patrol with dread and grief. "What happened?"

I-I-I” stammered pigeonpaw. She looked around, everyone was watching her. She rapidly shuffled her paws with anxiety. Her heart is beating so fast it could leap right out of her mouth, she can feel goosebumps arising in her pelt

“I f-found her body in a pond.. I was separated from my m-mentor” Pigeonpaw then shut her mouth. She didn’t want to lie but she couldn’t tell everyone what that she went to see a kittypet

Pigeonpaw was trembling with every breath she took.

From the nursery, a small cloud like kit yelled “Pigeonpaw probably kill Chivebean!” The queen then pulled fogkit back into the nursery

Tumbleflight watched in amusement as the apprentice was miserable kinkstar jumped onto the high Rock ignoring fogkit  "Chivebean was a noble warrior her  death will be a loss for us all" "Noble?" Tumbleflight thought "she was letting her apprentice see a kittypet!" kinkstar continued "Pigeonpaw will need a new mentor" he looked around "Ashface" he said  you were chivetails apprentice" He looked at the brown and gray she-cat will you continue Pigeonpaw's training"

Pigeonpaw's gaze did not flinch once so ever, she didn't want a new mentor. All that she wanted was Chivebean. She didn't say a word Pigeonpaw rested her head on her mentor's soft fur. She saw the feather that was still clinging on to her mentor's ear, she took it made a vow to keep it safe for as long as she lives.

Clan stared at each other in confusion and grief. They had lost another warrior. But no information is known about this death.