(At the border between the dark forest and starclan where Ravenpaw agreed to meet Tigerstar from the shadows of the forest before the great battle...)
Tigerstar: "I hate you and if you weren't deceased I'd kill you! I wish I had been given the honor to cut your lifeline instead of that mass in your stomach! I would speed up the dead cat curse that'll allow me to take on living form during the final battle so that I can kill you but I don't want to take any risks before my chance to prove my worth"
Ravenpaw: "I'm not sorry for divulging your secret to Firestar and I don't apologize for being his friend."
Tigerstar: "No the companion of yours I have a problem with is Barley, not Firestar"
Ravenpaw **perplexion**
Tigerstar: "I'm gay"
Ravenpaw: "But you screwed Goldenflower and Sasha and who knows how many other she-cats... You even tried to recruit the sons you made with your very own blueprinted genes."
Tigerstar: "That was so I wouldn't be ostracized. I needed to fit in to become the thunderclan leader. But in the end I was callously exiled either way so don't thank me for Bramblestar. You on the other hand were sweetly concealed by Firestar and, as a result, encountered the cat that you would form an affectionate relationship with. All of your pain was mitigated when you discovered the path you were destined to be on."
Ravenpaw: "So what does this have to do with Barley again?"
Tigerstar: "YOU KNOW YOU LOVE HIM JUST ACCEDE TO YOUR FEELINGS AND ADMIT IT! Back in the day I always witnessed you two curled up together as the sun fell below the horizon line.. I don't even want to begin with the lust I discerned amassing in your eyes whenever you surveyed your soulmate. Your bodies fitted together so perfectly. My body was never an adjacent puzzle piece to Sasha's or Goldenflower's or Bluestar's."
Ravenpaw: "BLUESTAR?"
Tigerstar: "I loved that opulent cat. She was clever, strong-willed, and kind. That was why I was furious when I discovered the roots of Mistyfoot and Stonefur. It wasn't because the wretched warrior code was broken at all. Thistleclaw visited me in my dreams on one of my particularly sadistic lusting nights to get his revenge on Bluefur. Therefore, I was aware of the two cats' true roots before Bluestar even thought I did. That was how I eventually grew cold enough to summon the courage to vainly attempt to slaughter her."
Ravenpaw: "I don't recall the warrior code explicitly stating that cats of the same gender are forbidden to fall in love."
Tigerstar: "YOU IDIOT. Till this day I still can't believe that Bluestar proffered you the privilege of becoming my apprentice while she handed Graystripe, Sandstorm, and Dustpelt to other mentors. Literally even medicine cats are prohibited from falling in love. Acquiring a mate was an illicit action with severe consequences. You know what happened to Firestar's daughter Leafpool. How do you think they would react to a homosexual tom that is expected to uphold the warrior at the cost of their lives?!"
Ravenpaw: **stares at an intangible ground** I can't do this anymore..."
Ravenpaw makes a run for it but Tigerstar intercepts him and pins him down by his scruff. Ravenpaw wonders if that was the exact sinister face Redtail gazed at all those moons ago. The prospect of fading from the shadows before Barley had even the chance to wander through them tears his heart and viscera.
