Madness Spreads Like Disease

"You don't seem like you are too old to fight. You still have a lot left in you. Also you seem responsible enough to handle a whole clan. you also seem nice enough to be there when someone is in trouble." Ghosthaze explained. "But of course I don't know you that well. This is all on first and second impressions."

He sighed. "The only thing I get to fight these days are stubborn apprentices and..." he shook his head. His face was full of trouble. He looked down and back up, a cheery smile on his face. "Well, I'll take your advice."

Ghosthaze frown. "Is there anything you'd like to talk about?" she mewed softly.

He chuckled. "If I told you, you might call me... mad." he said, his tone was too cheery and didn't quite match his sentence. Tinywhisker poked him with his tail.
"You wouldn't rat out on me, would you old pal?" Tinywhisker asked in a sly purr.

Ghosthaze looked uneasy. "I promise I won't" she told him.

He looked down. "But..."

Ghosthaze gave him a smile, to cover up her uneasiness. "But nothing. I'd never call you mad."

"You don't get it..." Sleepyyawn said softly. "I'm literally going mad."

"How?" Ghosthaze asked him. The smile was gone, seriousness came in.

Tinywhisker slapped him with unsheathed claws. "Fool! Tell anybody anything and you'll never see this forest change!"
Sleepyyawn flinched. "I... see and hear things..."

Ghosthaze nodded. "Such as?" she pressed.

"T-this cat..." Sleepyyawn said quietly. "I-it... follows me and tries to talk to me..."

Tinywhisker sunk his claws into Sleepyyawn's throat, making the deputy give out a choking noise and falter. "Fool! What do you think you're doing?!"

Ghosthaze's eyes widened. She saw a flash of was seemed like another cat attacking Sleepyyawn. She stood, and with a shakey paw she slashed at it.

Tinywhisker smiled coldly as the paw went through him.
"You see me too? You should get out of here. You're becoming insane. What will Limestone think of you?" he said through sharpened fangs. He laughed coldly. What they thought of madness was just his loophole, able to escape StarClan's eyes.

Ghosthaze gulped. "Limestone loves me no matter what." She stated firmly. She stood her ground. "Now leave Sleepyyawn alone you big jerk!"