For reference, Amberleaf and Spidereyes' appearances, in order;

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There was a dead cat in the clearing tonight.

Cats were murmuring about her, how she could have possibly died when she was found in the reeds, not close enough to the water to drown. Some had not even questioned it, and her mother was still wailing in grief, her nose buried in her daughter's now cold fur as it swayed a little in the cold winds brought by leaf-bare.

A couple tail-lengths away, a white and ginger tabby she-cat was shuddering, not from the cold, but from the shock of it all, and she had hardly been able to eat the thyme administered to her by their medicine cat, Heronfeather. Her claws dug into the ground as a feeble attempt to stay still, and her frost coloured eyes ravaged the clearing around her, occasionally staring at a cream coloured tom that stood a fox length away from the body in the center. His amber eyes gleamed anytime he caught her looking, and he flicked his tail as if questioning her stares.

The small she-cat couldn't even bear being within whisker-lengths of her now dead friend, only momentarily laying her eyes on the brown and cream she-cat, who now looked even smaller than she already had been as she lay limp on the ground, the tear in her throat now covered with cobwebs as not to drench the spot she lay in with her blood.

Doespots was dead, and Amberleaf still couldn't grasp it, even though it was her who had found the formerly soft and kindhearted warrior laying limp in the reeds close to the river, already lifeless as blood still oozed from her throat.

Amberleaf had screeched in horror, and even now she could swear she remembered seeing a cream face staring at the two between the reeds, a malignant look to his eyes.

Said cream tom, named Lightfur for his brightly coloured pelt, was licking his paws gingerly, and the delusions running through Amberleaf's mind kept making her see blood drip off his claws, even though there wasn't any.

Feeling another cat's gaze boring into her, Amberleaf shook her head and snapped out of it, looking around until she spotted a grey and white she-cat with black spots padding towards her. The cat, known for being generally brash and mean-spirited at times, had a surprisingly soft look in her eyes as she regarded Amberleaf, and she sat beside her, giving Amberleaf a quick lick over the ears in greeting before she began to speak.

"Amberleaf? Are you alright?"

Amberleaf realised that she was still shaking at that moment, and finally gave up on any hope that she'd stop soon, looking over at the other she-cat with a terrified look in her eyes.

"N-No, Spidereyes," Amberleaf stammered, "Doespots was murdered and I'm paranoid about who could have done it and I don't know what to do."

Spidereyes looked into Amberleaf's eyes, and Amberleaf focused on them. They had always been a target for teasing, as they were an unnaturally milky white colour, and Amberleaf briefly remembered defending Spidereyes when cats made fun of her during their apprenticeship. Nowadays, unlike some cats, who found her eyes odd or creepy, Amberleaf found an odd comfort in them, which she knew made the grey and white she-cat happy.

Spidereyes sighed eventually, once she was satisfied. "I'm sure it was just a rogue or some fox-hearted Shadowclan warrior who tried to sneak into the camp, don't worry, I'm sure you'll be safe."

"B-But, I...I..."

"You what?"

"H-He-" Amberleaf stammered, her eyes staring directly at Lightfur, her fur fluffing out until she looked twice her size. "He-"

Spidereyes followed Amberleaf's gaze, and she narrowed her eyes at Lightfur, suspicion beginning to cloud her senses. "He..what?"

"When I f-found Doespots I c-could've sworn I saw him staring across the river a-and there was- there was cream coloured fur in Doespot's claws as if she fought back."

Spidereyes bristled in shock, and she felt her tail twitch. "You-you're saying that Lightfur killed Doespots?" Spidereyes never liked the tom that much, as he acted like a creep near Amberleaf and had been the main cause of the bullying towards her eyes, but she never expected him to go so far as murdering someone.

"L-Lightfur d-doesn't like it when c-cats get close with m-me," Amberleaf explained, shivering as she recalled memories of the amber-eyed tom. "H-He would always try to keep other cats away from me because he-"

"He wanted you all to himself," Spidereyes finished, the last few words coming out as a snarl. Her tail swayed back in forth as she stared between Lightfur and Amberleaf, her lip curling back. "That fox-hearted piece of fox-dung, I'll rip his fur off!"

"Spidereyes, don't-"

"No, Amberleaf!" Spidereyes snapped, swiveling back to face the white-and-ginger she-cat, her eyes filled with a rage Amberleaf had never seen before. "You are not a piece of fresh-kill he gets to claim to himself. You are not a possession he gets to keep. You are not- you're not a trophy!" she spat, her claws sliding in and out as she tried to calm herself down. "He doesn't deserve to be exiled, to run off and be able to redeem himself or repeat this again, he deserves to suffer the same fate Doespots did, only worse."

Both she-cats watched as Lightfur stood up, murmuring something in Doespot's mother, Mossdapple's, ear, most likely fake condolences. He then trotted off towards the reeds, announcing that he was going to go hunt to get his mind off the murder, towards the Shadowclan border. Amberleaf bristled as she felt Spidereyes stand up next to her.

"Spidereyes, please, don't do what I think you're going to do, they'll exile you!"

"I'll be fine."

"No, you won't," Amberleaf hissed, standing up as an attempt to race forward and stop the grey-and-white she-cat from leaving the camp. "You were lucky in the last fight with Shadowclan, when that tom scratched your eyes, you could've gone blind but you didn't"

Spidereyes glanced at Amberleaf, confused. "What does that have to do with Lightfur?"

"I'm saying that you might not have that same luck if you go after Lightfur, he could kill you Spidereyes!"

A dry purr of amusement left Spidereyes' jaws. "I'm always lucky, don't worry about me."

"This isn't the time to joke around, I don't want you to die or get exiled because you want to avenge me or Doespots, you don't deserve that."

"Amberleaf, I deserve a lot of things," Spidereyes replied, dryly. "You're right, the clan would more than likely exile me over Lightfur, accusing me of Doespot's murder. I'm a much more realistic candidate for murder. Lightfur is more charismatic and nicer to cats than I've ever been. They'll kick me out because I'm mean-spirited and cold, he'll stay with his fake persona."

"Then why are you doing this?" Amberleaf cried, fear lacing her blue eyes.

"Because I'm doing what I think is right, and letting him live and continue to torment you is not right in my eyes. Besides, this is what he gets for being the ringleader in bullying me throughout our apprenticeship. He gets to watch "poor little Spidereggs" get her revenge for the torment you and I have gone through."

"Are you just going to do the same thing as he did to Doespots? Tear his throat open and run?"

"Oh, I'll do that, sure, but not before I make him pay for everything he's done," Spidereyes hissed, padding toward the reeds that Lightfur left through, her tail brushing against Amberleaf's ears as an act of farewell.

Amberleaf felt herself begin to shudder in fear. "W-What are you going to do?" she questioned, her eyes widening in terror as Spidereyes stopped at the reeds, turning her head back to Amberleaf, the milky white eyes that had been the source of countless amounts of bullying staring at Amberleaf with a sense of determination and anger that she had never seen before.

"I'm going to tear that fox-heart's legs off."

Amberleaf never saw Lightfur again, and, just as Spidereyes predicted, her luck had paid off.

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Spidereyes is my edgy daughter and I love her

Also, this is canon to the story I'm writing, but it isn't mentioned much as when this happens, I'll be focusing on either Maplestride or Doveflight's POVs. It's announced at a gathering that Lightfur had disappeared, and it'll be mentioned by Doveflight or the character I'm focusing on that Spidereyes looked smug about it, with Amberleaf sitting next to her with a relieved expression on her face.

For clarification on the issue between Spidereyes and Lightfur; Spidereyes was an orphan found at the edge of Riverclan territory, and she was littermates with Lightfur, who teased her on the odd colour of her eyes. Lightfur called her Spidereggs because he always told her her eyes looked like them, and it eventually evolved into other apprentices, who do show up in the story, doing the same thing. It made Spidereyes become extremely bitter and cold as she grew up, and she began to lash back at any cat who teased her on it once she became an apprentice. The only three apprentices that never teased her were Amberleaf, who defended her, Doespots, and Goldenpaw/splash, the apprentice medicine cat.

Lightfur wanted to be mates with Amberleaf in an almost Ashfur and Bumblestripe manner of things, only way worse. Amberleaf is terrified of him since he was extremely possessive and constantly threatened anyone close to her, and it led to Doespots death as Lightfur saw her as an obstacle in his way. Spidereyes began to notice this a few moons before they became warriors, and started protecting her from him in any way she could.

Lightfur goes to the Dark Forest when he dies. Spidereyes goes to Starclan, despite some cats thinking she was too violent and cold to be there. She is not listed among the cats that will die in my story though, so don't worry.

Spidereyes is also resented by some Starclan cats for how ruthless she is in battle. She got her name partially because she always aims for the eyes first, reminiscent of the battle Amberleaf mentions in the story, where a Shadowclan tom aimed for her eyes and missed her barely, cutting the skin above them. Spidereyes got back at him, and when Amberleaf asked what happened, she mentioned that she "did the same thing he did, except I didn't miss."

For those who might wonder, Spidereyes IS interested in Amberleaf, although I'm still questioning which cat Amberleaf ends up with in the end. I don't want there to be a love triangle but I like both ships so I'm having a lot of trouble lmao.

If you have any more questions about Spidereyes or Amberleaf, or even Lightfur and Doespots, then feel free to ask me. I like talking about them anyways