I love Azrakatz's Warriors fanfiction "Hexagon," and after getting permission to do this, I decided to rewrite one of their chapters. It's an alt ending to chapter 44 continued to chapter 45, with of course, my own spin on it of course :D

So, without a further of a do, I release, "Conflict Resolution… or Just More Conflict" to the public! :D

This is a Rewrite, so not everything matches, I've created hidden moments and some secrets to help carry my version, so keep that in mind.

I Can't Handle it Anymore!

Chapter 1 of 3 in Conflict Resolution… or Just More Conflict

Chapter 44 Ending Part Rewrite

Cinderheart giggled as Lionblaze missed once, twice, three, four, and even five times before the man in charge of the festival game stall told him how much time he had left.

"Ten seconds…" The man drawled boredly from where he was leaning against the counter scrolling on his smartphone without really paying attention to Lionblaze's attempt. The fiery blonde was trying to shoot ping pong balls from a special gun to win one of the two stuffed cats dangling above their heads as one of the prizes. However… he seemed to have terrible aim. He gave up trying to aim and flat out spammed the trigger, firing as fast as possible as if it would increase his chances.

Cinderheart's giggles turned to laughter as his very last shot barely skimmed the top of the figure and caused it to wobble promisingly. Only for for them to hear a tell tale click, he hadran out of ammo.

Seconds later the timer beeped, signally the end of his time.

Lionblaze pulled a face and put down the shooter, hiding his displeasure even though Cinderheart could read him like a book. As he was about to apologize though, Cinderheart cut him off with a gentle smile, unconsciously making his heart melt.

"Hey, don't worry about it Blaze, there's always next time right?"

Lionblaze nodded smiling as well before his expression changed to shocked as Cinderheart suddenly smirked and raised her silver eyebrows.

"That being said," her blue eyes twinkled lightly, "it's my turn." She brushed past the confused boy and flipped a euro onto the counter, "mind if I give it a try?"

The man shrugged impassively, took the currency and handed her a freshly loaded pin pong ball launcher, "knock yourself out kid."

Cinderheart grinned and settled into a semi experienced stance, aiming the launcher carefully. The way she was standing made the late evening light hit the silver haired girl beautifully, turning the ends of her lightly wavy hair to gold. Her attire was simple yet elegant, and completely Cinderheart. With a blue dress with gold trim that brought the calm yet stormy blue pools of her almond shaped blue eyes, and had a slit up the left side, showing off her long legs toned from soccer and teasingly her lightly tanned skin. Around her waist and cinching the dress, keeping it close to her body before letting it fall rather straight at the hips down was a slim golden belt with silver buckle, and the dress was embellished with flowers.

She had been beautiful earlier, the morning of the festival, but the soft yellow and orange light of the setting sun caused her eyes to lighten from a stormy blue sea that made Lionblaze's breath catch to a soft afternoon sky. Like the color of a sunny sky and you knew that nothing was going to go wrong that. It hit her skin softly, highlighting the skin of her upper arms and sleeveless shoulders, while also causing the faint freckles in her skin to be more visible from a further range. All in all she was breathtaking and beautiful, and Lionblaze couldn't keep his eyes off her.

Imagine his and the other man's shock when hardly ten seconds in the game they heard the sound of a ping pong ball bouncing cleaning off of the figurine.

Lionblaze's amber eyes snapped from watching Cinderheart and her current stance, to the figure atop it's moving platform where it wobbled perilously. He watched as Cinderheart's eyes narrowed in concentration and she lined up another shot before pressing the trigger. The ping pong ball nailed the figure right in the middle and it toppled over. Leaving both men gawking at her.

The man's eyes were still wide with surprise as he spoke to Cinderheart who put down the launcher onto the counter with a faintly smug air about her. "Well done young lady, which one would you like?" He asked, gesturing to the prize rack above and behind him.

Cinderheart pointed to the golden brown tabby cat she had been talking about earlier as one half of a cat couple, "that one please," she spoke politely.

The man reached up and took it down for her before he handed it to her and she promptly pushed it into Lionblaze's arms with a smile. Her eyes softening as she gazed at him for the few seconds as she pushed the stuffed toy into his arms. "Here, he looks a little like you," she reached up and lightly ruffled his blonde hair as she said that before she turned back to the man behind the counter with a smile, a different one than the one she had given Lionblaze.

"I guess… wait, it's for me?" Lionblaze asked, looking down at the stuffed toy in his arms before looking up at his girlfriend. Who was already sliding another euro over the counter.

"Uh huh," Cinderheart hummed as she picked up the new ping pong ball launcher.

"Aren't I supposed to be the one giving you gifts?"

"Eh, screw tradition. Don't need it anyway," Cinderheart told him with a grin at his direction before she took her first shot and nailed the figurine hard enough that it flew off the platform with ease.

"Alright," Lionblaze said and slung an arm around her waist as the man reached up and fetched the other cat for her, "but where did you learn to do that?"

Cinderheart draped her plushie over her arm and lightly shrugged with a smile as they turned away from the counter, leaving the man in charge of it watching Cinderheart, stunned. "My little sister Violetpaw (I remembered her little sister Azra! :D Be proud of me! XD) loves carnival prizes, so over the years I've gotten good at them for her. I've been to more carnivals than I can count actually."

Lionblaze lightly shook his head in amazement, "the more I find out about you the more you intrigue me."

Cinderheart giggled in response.

Lionblaze took his arm from around her a moment later though, "I'm gonna use the bathroom, stay here okay?"

"Mkay," Cinderheart replied and pointed at a semi distant arts and crafts stall, "I'm gonna wait for you over there okay?"

"Gotcha," Lionblaze grinned, "don't wander away," he teased before he pressed his lips to her cheek and jogged off through the crowds of people.

Cinderheart quickly lost sight of his spiky blonde hair and with an affectionate roll of her eyes headed toward the arts and crafts stall she had pointed out earlier. For a few moments she looked curiously at all of the stuff available from homemade dolls and wood carvings, mini baskets, to even little paintings small enough to go in a wallet. She noticed a rather large bowl of what looked like smooth rocks and curiously pushed her hand into it, the cool temperature of the rocks were soothing against her skin.

* Cinderheart's Point Of View *

"Well well well, look who's enjoying the festival, the new weak little new girl." An icy voice spoke behind me. I knew that voice, I could tell who it was from anywhere. That icy stuck up tone could only belong to one person.

"Heathertail," I spoke her name as I turned around, only to face the one person I could stand to completely live without. If you asked me, the world would be better off without her irritating half the school and getting under my skin. Quite frankly the whole situation had just gotten worse since Heathertail had seen Lionblaze kissing me on the train, which hadn't been worth the teasing from Foxleap and the half amused half annoyed glare from Hollyleaf. (See line break between chapters for memory) So she had locked the rest of us in the train and now she was like an annoying mosquito, buzzing around before sinking her teeth into my flesh and constantly getting under my skin. Before I had been fine, I had been slowly but surely keeping my slowly burning fuse and temper under control, but since this trip she had been getting meaner and ruder. Not to mention how I was still sore over her getting back at me for going to the Halloween dance with Lionblaze by having Sunstrike put broken glass in my boots. Those cuts had scarred over and healed thankfully, but now whenever I was in a room Heathertail had access to I checked my shoes for glass before putting them back on. Even in my dorm and hotel room.

"I don't have time for your whining Cinderpaw," she emphasized the young child suffix and my jaw clenched, "where's my boyfriend?"

I felt my hands tense at my sides before I forced them to relax, Breathe in, breathe out, breathe in, breathe out. Stay calm, the more she gets under my skin the more annoying she becomes. "For the last time Heathertail," I spoke through my teeth, somehow managing to restrain myself from making my fist meet her fat face. "Lionblaze broke up with you months ago, he's my boyfriend now. Not yours."

"Now, now, now Cinderheart," Heathertail chided as if I were a small child and I worked hard to force my jaw to slacken and my hands to remain still. "Have you ever heard of the Dark Forest?"

"I don't know Heathertail," I spoke as sweetly as I could manage, "do you think I was born yesterday?" I spoke slowly, "then of course I know what the Dark Forest is."

Heathertail looked surprised but her left eyebrow twitched in irritation at my attempt to patronize her, "well since you know so much I bet you also know that Lionblaze is a member of the Dark Forest as well."

"Of course I do- Wait what?!" My eyes widened and my jaw dropped, Lionblaze was part of the Dark Forest?! My Lionblaze?

Heathertail smirked, clearly happy to have found a weak spot, which I didn't have many of. Since I ignored her for the most part and didn't react to most of anything she said on a daily basis. Not to mention I ignored her virtually every time she interrupted my time with Lionblaze, which was virtually every day. "What? You didn't know?" She looked mock surprised, "I thought the whole school knew by now!" Heathertail's smirk widened, "Lionblaze comes to the Dark Forest to see me. We never broke up, he's just using you. You know, playing with your emotions."

The comment stung more than it should have, and I was really having problems keeping my temper in check. I had promised my sister I wouldn't get into any fights, even though I rarely started them, and I was going to hold out as long as I could against this pest of a girl. "Heathertail…" I warned lowly, clenching my arms and speaking slowly with care. "I don't want any of your ridiculous lies."

"Lies? Oh Cinder darling," Heathertail smirked, "Lionblaze has always liked to play with someone else's emotions," she sighed in an adoring fashion, "he's always liked to do that."

Nightcloud's comment didn't help my terrible mood. "Honestly, did you really think Lionblaze would ever be with someone like you? A frail soccer player who breaks her ankle in the first game and has a terrible self image?" She lightly shook her head, "how stupid."

Tears stung at the corners of my eyes while I tried valiantly to stay strong, keeping my chin up and raised, hands at my sides, and my eyes clear. Everything had gone from fun and relaxing to harsh and terrible in barely a few minutes. I had been bullied before, but never like this. Hounded on by a girl jealous of me getting her ex.'s attention and making my life a living hell. (I don't usually swear, but it's context is as a place so I'm not swearing :P) Coming to Hexagon Academy all I had wanted was a quiet school with a soccer team and a few friends, maybe eventually finding a guy who liked me enough to be with me. Not stealing the attention from the Queen Bee and having my ankle broken and being injured more than anywhere else I had ever been. All because of Heathertail. My anger bubbled beneath the surface and yet I still contained it, breathing slow and deep breaths while Heathertail's cronies continued to beat on me with their verbal assault.

Dawnpelt's sneer was a kick to the stomach, and I wanted to cry. "To him you're just a sort of pretty face and new opportunity, once he gets you to himself he'll drop you like the worthless cry baby you are and get back together with Heathertail."

The tears stung harder at my eyes and I could've sworn I heard Sunstrike mutter, "Please don't cry…" under her breath. She had been looking at the ground the entire time, shame painted over her pretty face as she quietly scuffed the ground with the toe of her sandaled heels.

"You're deluding yourself into thinking you mean anything to Lionblaze."

"I bet you even developed feelings for him, didn't you?"

"Completely moronic."

The tears stung harder and I blinked hard to push them back, refusing to let Heathertail see me cry. She could see me laugh, or glare, or just look cooly at her, but never would I allow her to see my cry.

Still, she somehow managed to tell I was holding back tears. "Aww, is the poor little cry baby gonna cry? Why don't you run home to your parents then and hide, huh?"

They all laughed at the statement and I couldn't hold it back anymore. I spoke in a hoarse tone, my vision blurring slightly with withheld tears even as I carefully put the stuffed cat in my arms on the counter behind me. "Screw being calm," I said, my voice cracking with my emotions and stress, months of this harassment, months of quietly dealing with it and keeping it to myself and sometimes Hollyleaf my dorm-mate, "I've tried for long enough." With that it was like the wall inside of me holding back all of my rage and hurt, my shame from the things Heathertail's done to me, and the feeling someone got when they couldn't handle being terrorized anymore, exploded. With a roar of pure fury and resentment I charged headlong at Heathertail. My shoulder connecting hard with her ribs and I hunched over and charged, throwing my weight behind the charge and knocking us both to the ground. I landed on top of her from my charge and promptly punched her where I had wanted to since I saw her annoying pretty face. Right in the kisser. I hated this girl, I hated her with all my being. She made my life here a literal living hell and I was done, I couldn't do it anymore! This demon had to stop haunting me, I wanted my life back, with Lionblaze without her haunting my every movement.

I couldn't see straight from the tears no doubt trickling down my face and I didn't care about Heathertail's indignant screech of pain as I punched her again and again, yelling something even I could barely recognize through the gasping tears and harsh breathing. "I hate you! Why won't you leave me alone?! I hate you Heathertail!"

My fingers yanked at her ear without thinking, blood staining my fingers red as her hoop earing was ripped out by my other hand, blood beginning to run down her ear and stain her neck and collarbone.

Heathertail screeched in fury and a moment later I felt my back collide hard with the earth as she flipped us over and nailed me in the face.

I could barely feel the pain over the emotions running through my body. I just wanted it to stop… The harassment, the bullying, the harsh beatings on my confidence, I wanted it to stop. "G't off me!" It was clear even in my fogged status that Heathertail was a skilled fighter as her fingernails raked down my right cheek and she punched me in the soft spot under the ribs, knocking the air out of me. I lifted my arms to block her attacks and felt the bones in my arms resonate in pain as I blocked some of her attacks while striking at her with a few of my own, blindly trying to hit her with my tear blurry vision. I was physically stronger sure, but I was dazed, confused, and over run with enough emotions that my body practically hummed with it. "I just want it to stop," I moaned through my tears before Heathertail broke through my defense and nailed me in the upper lip, causing pain to erupt in my face and make me gasp before the next punch cleared some of the fog in my eyes. Not that it mattered, Heathertail had me pinned with one hand scratching my scalp in her grip on my silver hair.

I could vaguely see Heathertail's friends watching in shock while Sunstrike had her hands over her mouth and was just staring at them wide eyed, a rather repulsed look in her eyes.

Heathertail leaned close to my ear, panting with a snarling sneer on her face, "you dare attack me you wretched piece of filth? I'm more than you'll ever be. Get up." She moved off of me but kept her grip on my silver hair and I winced and complied, feeling drained and sluggish.

Slowly I managed to move into a kneeling position, and got a lungful of dirt when Heathertail kicked me in the back, sending me sprawling onto the dirt. I couldn't hide it anymore, I gave up and flat out cried, burying my face into my arms and sobbing. I couldn't do anything against her, Heathertail would always beat me, and she would always be there to make my life miserable.

Suddenly something caught my shoulder after a sharp whistling sound and I gasped in pain before I screamed, getting everyone's attention in the near vicinity and scrabbling to grab my pain filled shoulder and simultaneously roll onto my back to see what she was using against me now.

Imagine my surprise and horror to see Heathertail holding a jet black whip in her hand, the tail now stained with my bood. Today just kept getting worse. I could faintly see the Dark Forest's Symbol on the handle, the silhouette of a snarling cat, and terror flooded my veins. That mixed with the pain wracking my body cleared my mind and vision, revealing Heathertail sneering above me.

I scrambled backward, or at least tried to before Heathertail slammed her heel booted foot down onto my weak ankle, the recently broken one, and kept me pinned. "No… no, no, no…" My blue eyes followed the whip intently, one hand holding my bleeding and aching shoulder, the other propping me up. I never could've imagined what I would get myself into today, I never wanted a fight like this, and I never wanted to fight against a member of the Dark Forest. Never in my life. "Let me go!" My voice was high pitched in fear and I struggled viciously, pain shooting up my ankle in the process, "let me go!"

"Heathertail," Sunstrike weakly pleaded, "she's learned her lesson-"

"Not now Sunstrike! I want my revenge!" Heathertail snapped at her and with a violent swishing motion the whip came back down with a whistle as it broke the sound barrier.

I screwed my eyes shut, trembling and waiting for the second blow, a blow no doubt to my torso instead of licking my shoulder, but… It never came.

"Cinderheart!" I heard the yell of Lionblaze an angry snarl, a gasp of pain, and a shriek from Heathertail.

Tentatively I opened my eyes, feeling my vision spin with dizziness and saw Lionblaze standing over me, the whip wrapped tightly around the palm and back of his hand. There was a bloody gash where the weapon had struck, and I blinked as blood droplets dripped down onto my face. Sliding down my nose and cheek to sting the bloody scratches on my face from Heathertail's nails.

There was a flash of blonde hair and Ivypool of all people came racing by. She dodged past Lionblaze and tackled Heathertail hard, knocking them both to the ground and ripping the whip from her hands. The blonde girl was attacking Heathertail.

Heathertail's cronies tried to flee and escape, but the rest of our group showed up and stopped them, all of them looking pretty pissed. Icecloud had Dawnpelt by the collar of her shirt and was lifting her up, eyes furious, and Sunstrike of all people had tackled Nightcloud to the ground and was now looking at me. I could see shame, concern, and worry in her shamed eyes and didn't have the heart to hold anything against her. I nodded a little to her before most of my vision was blocked by Lionblaze dropping to his knees and pulling me into his arms, tucking my stinging face into his chest and wrapping his arms around my back. What Heathertail had said earlier definitely bothered me, but I was in pain, my body was screaming at me, and Lionblaze was the only one who could make me feel better in this moment. So I let the rest of my walls crumble and buried my bloody face into his button down shirt and bawled, not caring what anyone else thought about me so long as Lionblaze was there, pulling me onto his lap and hunching his broad shoulders around my small frame, one of his hands softly stroking my messy and dirty silver hair. I couldn't care less if Heathertail had been speaking the truth as long as I had him here with me, in this moment. I would worry about Heathertail's words after my body healed, until then? I was never going to leave the safety of my boyfriend's embrace.

Okay wow, that ended up a lot longer than I thought it would be XD I'll have to do Chapter 45 in a different chapter seeing how just the ENDING to Chapter 44 is over 3000 words XD And wow, it got pretty dark at the end there, I think it's from remembering how Azrakatz said Hexagon wasn't gonna be one of those fluffy warriors high stories, and I've always wanted to bring that out in the story a little bit… Anyway, it's done now, I think this is gonna have 3 chapters, like this

~Chapter 44 Ending Rewrite (I Can't Take it Anymore)

~Chapter 31 Missing Moment (Train Ride Kiss, Heathertail Ain't Happy)

~Chapter 45 Rewrite & Expansion (The Truth Lionblaze… All of it…)

But we'll see :D Till the next chapter or story!