"Brokenstar is dead!"
Mapleshade looked up, her ears twitching. She blinked, confusion and bewilderment seizing her. That couldn't be right. She must have heard wrong.
"Retreat!"
No!
All that planning, all that plotting couldn't have been in vain! She yowled her frustration and rage, the sound so loud it tore her throat raw. Fury boiled in her veins like hot lighting.
Her revenge wasn't complete, they couldn't retreat now!
Dark pelted cats raced around her, trying to get away. The Dark Forest was fleeing.
No!
She grit her teeth, she hated the clans. How could they have lost!?
Mapleshade stumbled as a dark pelt slammed into her while trying to flee. She regained her footing swiftly enough to yowl at the cat that had accidently barreled into her.
"Darkstripe!"
Darkstripe whirled around, his eyes glowing with a sickly light of fear. "Mapleshade!" He snarled, "What are you doing!? Run!"
"Why are we running because Brokenstar is dead?" The ginger and white cat felt desperation building up inside of her, it was swelling like a disgusting, infected wound. "We can still fight! We are endless!"
"You're a fool!" He hissed, "We can't fight without a leader."
"Someone else can lead," She shrieked, "It can't end like this!"
"It just did." The dark tabby spat. "Now hurry! You're falling behind!"
Without another word Darkstripe ran ahead, his pelt being swallowed out and mixed with all the other cats fleeing. Mapleshade's heart dropped.
She refused it to allow it to end like this, there had to be another way to win this fight! She growled a low growl that rumbled deep in her throat. Of course she won't let it end like this. She was Mapleshade, she wasn't going to give up this easily.
Mapleshade then ran, she ran to catch up with the patrol of Dark Forest warriors.
She also began to think.
If only the three weren't born. If only they weren't among the clans when the battle started, if only she could go back in time-
Mapleshade blinked.
Time.
As she ran amongst her clan mates, a wicked, reckless and desperate plan began to take place and blossom in her mind.
She brushed past the Dark forest members, her paws barely skimming the damp forest ground. She had to hurry. She had a plan to act out.
As Mapleshade ran she felt the soft springy grass under paw morph into dead fungus infected ground.
The whole scenery changed into a familiar murky forest. They were back.
Exhilaration pumped hard in her, and a terrible, evil smirk formed on her lips. She could taste the metallic flavor of blood on her teeth. She then knew there would be even more blood on her lips soon.
"Don't do it."
Mapleshade spun around, alarmed, and the fur on her spine lifting, then she relaxed. "Oh, it's only you," She scoffed. "I'd like to see you stop me."
Darkstripe scowled fiercely, then turned around stormed away to join the rest of the clan in mourning their loss. Mapleshade thought she heard in mumble the words, "Why do I even try?"
She then began running, she was running toward Starclan's territory. While it was something she would never like to do, she needed a very important item from Starclan to work her plan out.
Time displacement
Why didn't anyone think of this before?
As she snuck around the territory she allowed herself another smile. Oh yes, now the 3 would have never been present in the battle. Or this forest in fact. It was going to be perfect.