A cry echoed through the depths of the dark, ominous trees. Wind blew like whistles through the leaves that barely hung on to their branches. Two black figures wrestled beneath these trees, one of them fighting with all they had, and one fighting for kicks.
"Please! Let me go! I'll do anything you want me to," one of the figures, a mostly silver cat, yowled. He pulled himself away from the other cat as he panted for breath.
The other cat, a gray tom, hissed. He leaped on top of the silver cat and raised his paw to hit a blow to the cat's side. The silver tom squeaked quietly and his eyes widened. The cat shielded himself from the other cat and whimpered.
The gray tom hissed, his claws slightly grazing the other tom's shoulder. "I've already told you what I want you to do, flea-brain!"
"I know! But... I really don't want to do that. It's against all that we live for, killing another cat!" The silver tom cried, an angry look shaping his face. He pushed up with his hind legs on the other cat's stomach, barely moving the older, stronger cat.
The gray tom rolled his eyes. He dug his claws into the ground before clawing at the silver tom's right ear. It left a nasty nick that started to bleed immediately. The silver cat yowled out in pain and whimpered, dropping his hind legs.
"You do what I tell you, or you know what will happen. I'll blame Gorsewing's death on you. They already know the murderer has some type of silver or gray fur. They'd believe me if I told them that it was you," the gray tom growled into his ear.
The silver cat's eyes widened. "Please!"
"No. You have two moons to kill Snowswirl and Skydream's son. If you don't kill him by then, then your time as a RayClan cat is over." The tom hissed, pushing off of the other and padding away with an angry flick of his tail.
The silver tom gulped, his eyebrows furrowing. I'm not getting out of this, am I? I have to kill their kit... What's his name? Sparkkit? Yeah, Sparkkit...
I'm sorry, Sparkkit. But he needs me to kill you. And there's only one path for me to choose. I'm sorry. I'm so, so sorry.