Powerless

'''You hid your skeletons when I had shown you mine You woke the devil that I thought you'd left behind'''

Rookpaw flexed his claws. His Clanmates were lined up on either side of him; the auburn fur of Rowanblaze to his right, and the golden Brackenclaw to his left. Both bore bristling fur and bared teeth.

Looking down on them from the gradually slanting hill in front of them were silhouettes of more cats. Cats from the opposing Tribe who were set on taking the Clans' territory.

The Tribe deputy, Dusk Flame, glares down at the cats with hatred smoldering in his golden eyes.

'''I saw the evidence, the crimson soaking through Ten thousand promises, ten thousand ways to lose '''

'''And you held it all, but you were careless to let it fall You held it all and I was by your side, powerless'''

'''I watched you fall apart and chased you to the end. I'm left with emptiness that words cannot defend'''

'''You'll never know what I became because of you Ten thousand promises, ten thousand ways to lose'''

'''And you held it all but you were careless to let it fall You held it all and I was by your side, powerless'''

'''And you held it all but you were careless to let it fall You held it all and I was by your side, powerless'''

Powerless

Powerless