Death Itself

“Death itself can love as well.”

A story by Almond c:

Foreword
I’m a murderer. I torture, I kill, and I ruin, mercilessly.

I’m supposed to kill without a second thought. It’s what I’ve always done. It’s why the clans are terrified of me. It’s the reason I’m so well-known as “Death”.

I’m not supposed to love.

But he was different.

The Beginning (Larkstream)
Oh hi! I’m Larksteam, as you probably may know. And I have one question:

Would you hate me if I told you I was a tom...and I liked toms?

Almost everyone in HorizonClan seems to hate me because of this, so....I was just wondering...

Anyways, I walk out of the warriors’ den—trying to ignore everyone’s glares—on a chilly morning. This is a very special morning, dear reader—not just that it’s been exactly 2 weeks since I told the clan about me liking toms, but today—today is Detective Day.

Detective Day is where our leader, Blazestar, receives a vision from StarClan on who the next detective is going to be.

The detective is much harder to explain.

The detective is the special cat who gets selected to hunt down Death. Death is...well, you can tell he’s a murderer. I’ve never seen him myself, but who ever crosses paths with him—dies. And sadly, it’s frequent.

That’s why he’s such a concern to the four clans.

So far, no detective has succeeded. Only two detectives have come back from their hunt alive. They both, though, died of their wounds.

It’s very omnious, and extremely scary. That’s why the cat has to be the right choice. I honestly don’t see that much of a point anymore in selecting a detective if they all die. But the two that “survived” have revealed clues about Death:

Death has blood red eyes, and he murders exactly at Dawn, Sun-high, and Moon-high.

I still can’t believe Death is able to kill of so much of the four clans.

“Watch it!!” Someone shouts, stomping on my tail. I shrink back in pain and quickly dash somewhere else. I see my mom, Moonspirit, with upset eyes as she watches the cats gathering.

My mom’s the deputy, and so far, my only friend in this clan. She’s really protective, but I can’t blame her.

tbc