SomeoneImSure

Heyo, everyone! For all my Legends Begins fans, I wanted to share an awesome piece of art. A friend of mine asked commission artist Arven92 to do a full color scene piece for me involving Foxshadow. I wanted to share the completed piece with you guys because it's absolutely gorgeous. But first, let's set the scene.

Excerpt from Chapter 25 of The Legend Begins

Take me to him, Foxshadow thought. Let's finish this together.

She shuddered, a ripple of energy passing through her fur, and then standing in her place was the dead leader of ShadowClan. Raggedstar raced around and down the slopes of Fourtrees, the blood red gleam of the moon turning his dark amber eyes a brighter, reddish color. He was like a red-eyed demon leaping into the heart of DarkClan's ranks. Raggedstar knew exactly where he was going and exactly who he was looking for, and he did not stop for anyone. They found Brokenstar quickly.

Nightstar was lying in a pool of his own blood, still in death. Bluestar was struggling to breathe, trying to force herself back to her paws and rejoin the fight. Crookedstar was the only one left standing, though he was struggling, and he was face-to-face with the triumphant, blood-covered DarkClan leader.

"You can't stop me, Crookedstar," Brokenstar hissed, a mad gleam in his eyes and every tooth showing in a wide open smile. "I will bathe the forest in your blood!"

"Brokentail!" Raggedstar snarled.

The dark brown leader of DarkClan whipped around like a frightened squirrel, eyes as round as the bloodmoon. "Raggedstar?" But then he relaxed, a wicked smile on his lips. "You caught me by surprise last time, but this time I have the backing of the Dark Forest."

"I have the backing of someone more powerful than the Dark Forest," meowed Raggedstar. "And she has given me permission to do this." The dead leader lunged and slammed into Brokenstar's side, bowling the tom over and exposing his belly. Raggedstar hesitated briefly, but Foxshadow did not and slashed her long claws across Brokenstar's underside. Brokenstar yowled in pain. Raggedstar hardened his resolve. "I won't let my mistake destroy this forest," he announced, before tensing and striking, this time putting all his strength and speed behind his blows.

Brokenstar was forced to twist out of the way and back off to avoid the blows, landing a few blows on his pelt but Raggedstar's pelt remained unmarked. They backed off one another. Brokenstar looked at his bloodied paws in confusion, before looking at Raggedstar's pelt.

"How is this possible?" he demanded. "I should be harming you."

"I'm protecting him," meowed Foxshadow, and for a heartbeat the dark brown and white she-cat was standing where Raggedstar had been. Blood smeared her pelt where Brokenstar's blows had struck.

Brokenstar sneered. "Who are you?"

"Your destroyer," meowed Foxshadow with a dark hiss, "kit-killer!"

Foxshadow lunged towards the tom and hooked his forepaws out from under him, but Brokenstar shifted his weight to his haunches and reared, bringing his claws down on Foxshadow. She bolted forward and slammed into his stomach, lifting him bodily off the ground. He yowled angrily as he landed, but Foxshadow twisted around quickly and landed on his shoulders. A heartbeat later, Raggedstar was in her place and he lunged for Brokenstar's throat, clamping his teeth down on fur and flesh. Brokenstar let out a yowl of pain and thrashed, but he grew weaker with every passing heartbeat. His blood pooled around him, black and putrid. Raggedstar curled his lips and let go in disgust.

"Raggedstar?" meowed a familiar voice and Raggedstar turned to look at Nightstar. The current leader of ShadowClan was stunned. "You're alive?"

"No," meowed Raggedstar, dipping his head towards the current ShadowClan leader before turning away. "I'm just here for him."

Then, Raggedstar picked up the temporarily dead DarkClan leader and bolted up the slopes of Fourtrees, dragging Brokenstar's body behind him. His long claws dug into the ground and his broad chest heaved with each breath as he struggled with the weight. He pulled them up over the edge just as Brokenstar twitched and sucked in a breath.

"What?" Then DarkClan's leader thrashed. "Release me!"

Raggedstar ignored him, clamping his teeth down hard on Brokenstar's throat as he continued to drag the dying leader of DarkClan. Brokenstar's thrashing grew weaker, and he stilled once more. Raggedstar picked up his pace. They heard the sounds of the gorge before they saw it and they burst out of the forest to find themselves at the edge of a long drop, a thrashing roaring river far below them. With Brokenstar struggling back to life once more, Raggedstar kept running, straight over the edge.

Foxshadow sucked in a gasp of air as she halted beside the edge of the gorge...

Special thanks to Arven92 and my friend, Littlesmack, for making this scene come to life!