Ello! :D Faster update I see,made your Tuesday a whole lot better ^.^ ;u; I also named a chapter,what is dis? o3o Haven't named a chapter since chapter 17...

Tuesday wasn't so great for my little bro ^^; He has a sore throat ;^; The baby is sort of being a butt as usual,nothing new there XD

Don't worry I'm not sick ^^ Which is good...I'm looking forward to Friday eue 

ANYWAYS enough pointless author notes,LET THE STORY COMMENCE! .O.

::Alex's POV::

Dead (17):Apollo,Arjanna,Hazelclaw,Bismuth,Angelfeather,Comet,Midstrip,Silverpaw,Kelive,Tundrafrost,Vi,Burnflight,Dappleheart,Shadestar,Skycloud,Skyfire,Echostrike

Tributes:

Coldice

Dodre

Swiftstar

Splash

Alex

Bearpaw

Firefly

Ah,you noticed Firefly is still alive?You're going to find out why... ;3

Hollow grief swelled in Alex's chest.He had watched how fiercely Echostrike had fought against Dodre,and all it took was for a simple back flop to literally crush her to a pulp.Raw anger itched in his paws.He hoped Dodre died.He deserved to.He had murdered Echostrike,Skyfire,had turned the Goldscars against their own groups...

He was snapped out of his thoughts by a raging and spitting Swiftstar turning on Splash.Her bristling fur and curled up lips revealing her thorn-sharp teeth could clearly show she was upset about something.

"Why did you let him kill her?!Why,Splash?!"she yowled.

The Aussie was cowering in fear under her burning glare."She was just protecting me!"he whimpered.

"She wouldn't have needed to if you hadn't move out of the way,fox-brain!"she spat back,her voice seething with undisguised anger.

"She knew what she was doing!"

"No!!She didn't!None of this would have happened if it wasn't for you!"Swiftstar accused.

Feeling growing discord drive a rift between them all,Alex tried to intervene."Now,hang on,there's no need for this..."

Whirling her head around,the she-cat hissed,"You don't get a say in this!"Turning back to Splash,she continued,"Why don't you leave us alone and go right on ahead and join Dodre and the rest of his Goldscars?!You clearly didn't care enough to save Echostrike!"

"That's not true!"Splash growled back,finally standing up.Startlingly,he had grown since the Games began-just by an inch or so,but he definitely didn't look like a poor,beaten,defenseless pup ripped away from its mother."She told me I didn't have to protect her!"

"Just because she said you didn't have to doesn't mean you shouldn't have!"Swiftstar retorted,her claws sliding out.

Desperate to resolve the conflict,Alex shoved himself in between the two."Swiftstar,blaming each other for Echostrike's death isn't going to solve anything.What will solve some of our problems is if we hold a burial ceremony for Echostrike,go back to camp,get our strength back,and try to survive."

"Is that all that matters to you?Surviving,strength,who's the victor?"Swiftstar mewed darkly,her gaze still unforgiving."If it is,then you're more dark-hearten than Dodre.Honestly,Alex,I thought you were better than this."

Flinching from Swiftstar's stinging words,Alex watched helplessly as she glared back at Splash."And as for you,"she spat,her voice like the venom seeping into a python's prey's veins,"I don't want to ever see you near our camp ever again.If you do show your disgusting face,I'll kill you,then leave you for the crows."

"Y-you wouldn't!"Alex stammered,trying to hide the desperateness in his voice.

If the Clan leader had heard him,she didn't show it.Thrusting her head forward until their muzzles were a whisker apart,she hissed at Splash,"Get out from here Splash.I know you'll bring more death with you,and I don't want to be a part of it."

"Please,don't!"Splash wailed,whirling his muzzle away.Alex could see his eyes were brimming with tears."I-I'll do anything!J-Just please,don't make me leave!"

Pure hatred burned so intensely in Swiftstar's eyes Alex thought it could scorch him like the fire he and Midstrip had been in."You're going to avenge Echostrike's death."

"I can't go after Dodre!He's too big!"Splash began.

"Not Dodre,mouse-heart,"Swiftstar snarled,her back arched."You're going to go after Bearpaw.He tried to keep me and Alex from saving her,and he cannot go on living without paying."

"You want me to murder another tribute?!"the pup howled,his eyes wide with disbelief and horror.

"There's no such thing as murder when comes to Dodre and the Goldscars,"Swiftstar purred,though it definitely didn't sound like a warm purr.

"No!I won't do it!"

Swiftstar's eyes suddenly narrowed to icy slits."Then don't plan on coming back."

"Who suddenly made you leader?"Alex barked sharply,glaring at Swiftstar.

"I did,when you didn't try your hardest to save Echostrike."

"You didn't save her either!"Alex pointed out,rage boiling inside of him."Why don't you leave?Maybe you're the reason Echostrike died!"

Small satisfaction crept inside him when he saw the she-cat's eyes widened,then it quickly demolished as she hissed,"At least I don't kill other tributes on accident!"

Snarling,Alex forced himself not to hurl at Swiftstar and shake her by the scruff."I suppose I also let my allies drift away like dust!"

Howling with fear,Splash barked,"Please don't fight!"

Lashing out,Swiftstar let out a fearsome yowl and scraped her claws against his muzzle.Yelping in surprise,Splash tumbled onto his side.Fear began crawling underneath Alex's pelt when Splash didn't immediately get up,then let relief flood him as the Aussie staggered to his paws.

"You know what?Maybe we shouldn't have teamed up at all!I don't know,maybe we shouldn't even be in the same O.C. group!"he snarled,his blue eyes cold.

"Good!"Swiftstar yowled back."I always thought you two were mouse-brained,anyway!"

"We're the mouse-brains?!"Alex shot back accusingly,looming over her."You don't seem to know or so much as care that you caused this yourself!"

"I never did!Feather did!"she hissed back.

"Why are you getting Feather in this!"Splash growled.

"You know what!I don't even care anymore!Let's just forget this all happened and leave each other alone!"Alex barked,getting amazingly irritated at their fight.

"Good!"Swiftstar agreed,glaring hostilely at them.

"Sounds wonderful!"Splash added,storming off.

"Fox-heart!"Swiftstar yowled back,storming off into the opposite direction.

Feeling huffy with tornado-brewing anger,Alex stomped off into the bushes,barely noticing the brambles and sharp thorns piercing his skin.If Swiftstar wanted to start a fight and break them apart,that was fine by him.He didn't care.

"Revenge can sometimes be bittersweet,Swiftstar...Revenge can be bittersweet,"he growled under his breath.

(NUUU THE WEBKINZLUVER5 GROUP HAS SPLIT APART AND IT'S ALL SWIFTSTAR'S FAULT D:< SWIFTSTAR YOUR MY SECOND MOST DISLIKED O.C. NOW!)

::Dappleheart's POV::

Horror and fear swamped over Dappleheart as she replayed the events in her head.How could Swiftstar do such a thing?She thought she was the beloved Clan leader all of SwiftClan knew and would be loyal to till the day they died,but now look at her-battle-scarred,broken down,a hollow shell of herself...and possibly even insane.

She wasn't the only O.C. taken back by this sudden turn.Vi was starting to speak in strange languages,Angelfeather and Comet were huddled up against each other,quivering with undisguised fear,Midstrip and Silverpaw were as frozen as ice (sorry for the Frozen mention...T^T),and Hazelclaw was tearing her claws against the ground as Shadestar half smirked.

"Typical Swiftstar would do something and ruin everything.She's always done that,"he meowed.

"Mouse-brain!"Hazelclaw spat,her eyes glazed with anger."Can't you ever do anything but blame Swiftstar for everything?"

"If you actually knew her,you would know why,"he snarled.

Rolling her eyes,Dappleheart meowed loud enough for them to hear,"You're both being mouse-brained,so just sit back down and be quiet!"

"So you're Clan leader now,I suppose?"Shadestar muttered.

"Is he always this stupid?"Skyfire barked,clearly sounding impatient.

Dappleheart couldn't help herself and let out a mroww of amusement while Shadestar let out an indignant hiss."Not really.He's usually always trying to destroy SwiftClan and kill our most beloved cats and take our boundary."

"Of course,that's all he must talk about,"Hazelclaw added in a slightly lofty tone."Revenge,revenge,destroy Swiftstar,destroy Swiftstar,I never have anything better to do."

"I'm right here,you know!"Shadestar yowled,his yellow eyes gleaming.

Hazelclaw just let out a sniff.Feeling an awkward silence starting to spread over the group,Dappleheart softly and quickly dabbed a paw into the pool.Ripples emerged along the surface as her paw came in contact.Narrowing her eyes,she mewed to no one in particular,"It doesn't seem very deep..."

Silverpaw dabbed her own little paw in the water.Once again,ripples traveled through the water."I didn't know it was shallow!"she squeaked.

Midstrip did the same as the two she-cats and finally woofed,"I wonder if we could swim down there..."

"Why in the name of StarClan would we want to do that?"Angelfeather mewed,sounding shocked at the idea.

"I don't know,"Midstrip replied,shrugging."Besides,I'm starting to get a little tired of watching the tributes die one by one."

"I think we all are,"Skycloud muttered.Along with Echostrike,she was the newest tribute to join the O.C.s that had been slaughtered,crushed,or brutally wounded in the Games-terrible deaths that led to a strangely peaceful ending.

Echostrike peered into the pool,her blue eyes wide with interest."It doesn't seem so cold,"she pointed out.

"That fact that it isn't cold isn't the problem,"Bismuth pointed out."The problem is we don't really know if the water isn't deep."

"Then quit talking and somebody go in there and find out!"Arjanna howled,sounding impatient.

For some reason,Dappleheart felt drawn to some mysterious force that kept trying to pull her into a deep,wondrous,yet dark world that few O.C.s would ever get to experience.Getting to her paws,the white she-cat summoned up her strength and raised her head and tail,then puffed out her chest and meowed,"I'll do it."

"Why?"Comet asked,looking worried."What if it isn't shallow?"

"Why would you want to find out if it is,anyway?"Tundrafrost yipped,her frosty fur glittering from the yellow light radiating from the giant crystal."It sounds like a ridiculous idea to me."

"Somebody has to do it,and none of you are brave enough to try,"Dappleheart mewed,a slight edge to her voice.

"Alright,but if it isn't shallow,I'm going to rub it in all your faces,"Comet meowed loftily.

Taking in a deep breath and closing her eyes,Dappleheart waited a couple seconds before diving into the depths of the pool.The icy shock took her back as her eyes jolted open and she found herself floundering in dark,murky,blue water.The she-cat tried to find which way was up and which was down,but water filled her nose and washed into her eyes that made her vision blue and her lungs start screaming for air.

Dappleheart suddenly noticed a faint,soft,yellow light glowing in the darkness.Fighting against her aching muscles,Dappleheart tried to swim towards it,but a soft whisper suddenly filled her head.

Don't swim.Let the river carry you...

Dappleheart didn't know why,but she felt safe and secure around this whisper,so she decided to listen to it and let herself drift to the light.Soft rays of heat warmed her pelt as the light became brighter.

What is that? she wondered to herself.

Just as she thought she would make contact with it,the light seemed to explode in her face.Sharp pain gripped her.Yowling out in agony,Dappleheart felt herself thrown against something hard and another sharp second of pain clawed at her.Wailing out,the she-cat's head dizzy with confusion and of her earlier torture,she groggily lifted her head up.Tall,rolling,green grass spread out over a expanse of land.A bright blue sky cradled the warmth of the sun in its gentleness.White,puffy clouds slowly drifted in the gentle breeze.With a jolt,she soon realized where she was.

"I'm in the arena!"she breathed.

A small,squirming movement made her look down.Two small kits,one gray and one dark brown tabby,were huddled up against her belly,trembling with fear and mewling out in sheer terror.

"Don't let him hurt us!"the gray one called out.

"Leave him scars he won't forget!"the tabby added.

Where did these two come from?Where's there mother?And what are kits even doing in the Games?

Her mind whirling with questions,Dappleheart turned her head around and saw blurred figures in a bloody and ruthless wrestle,hideous shrieks and snarls echoing out into the field.Big paws slammed against the skull of the other figure,who yelped out in pain.

Not knowing who was who,Dappleheart was about to intervene,but a heavy weight bowled into her head.Letting out a squeal of terror,Dappleheart felt her consciousness slip away as darkness enveloped her.

Dappleheart's head broke the surface of the water.Coughing up water,the she-cat practically dragged herself onto the fiery orange rock,gulping in gasps of air.Her fur was plastered against her,her skin cold to the bone.Water still clouded her vision and filled her ears,though she could make out the voices and shaped of Hazelclaw and Comet.

"I told you it wasn't shallow!"

A disdainful hiss was let out by one of them as a paw was put gently onto her flank."She's still breathing!She wouldn't be if it wasn't shallow!"

"I still think it was a stupid idea,"a huff added in.

By now,Dappleheart's hearing was starting to come back."I agree with Tundrafrost!"It was Comet talking."Why do you Webkinzluver5 O.C.s have to be such daredevils?"

"We're not daredevils!"Hazelclaw retorted.

Shakily getting to her paws,Dappleheart mewed in a raspy voice,"I...I saw something."

All eyes turned to her."What did you see?"one of them asked.

Trying to do her best to remember what she had witnessed,the she-cat sat back on her haunches and explained everything.The light,the two kits,the fight,the heavy weight,everything that had happened.

An eerie silence spread over the O.C.s once she had finished explaining.Not the smallest sound escaped from them.They all just stared,some of them with their jaws dropped down in disbelief.

Finally,Skycloud broke the tension."It's an omen."

AAAHHHH CLIFF HANGER .D. Mwhahaha I'm su evil eue Yeeeaaa,I planned on putting in a POV explaining WHY Firefly was still alive,but it's close to the time I'm supposed to be in bed,so...maybe tomorrow ^^; 

Yea,I'm just trying to get my load of work off my shoulders,so I'm most likely going to stay up tonight in bed and try to get that over with T^T FRIDAY WHY ARE YOU SO FAR AWAY ;A;

Don't worry,I won't make you wait forever for the next chapter like I sometimes do -u- I'll do my best to update fast.I actually have an idea for the next chapter eUe Sadly,though,I was only able to get chapter 33 out D: 

I MUST WORK FASTER THAT IS THE ULTIMATE SOLUTION >:D

~Webkinzluver5