Kin Alliances
Leader:
Darktail- a strong muscular tom with white fur broken up by black spots around his eyes
Medicine Cat:
Puddleshine- brown tom with white splotches
Frondfire- white and brown she-cat
The "Kin":
Rain- long furred gray tom with green eyes
Raven- long furred black she-cat
Roach- silver gray tom
Nettle- brown tabby tom with long spikey fur
Bark- brown tom with a ripped ear
Thorn- yellow she-cat
Loki- brown tabby tom
Zelda- white she-cat with long fur
Violetfeather- black and white she-cat with yellow eyes
Sleekwhisker- sleek yellow she-cat
Juniperclaw-black tom
Yarrowleaf- ginger she-cat with yellow eyes
Strikestone- tabby tom
Dawnpelt- cream furred she-cat
Beenose- plump white she-cat with black ears
Scorchfur- dark gray tom with slashed ears
Cloverfoot- gray tabby she-cat
Rippletail- white tom
Sparrowtail- large brown tabby tom
Mistcloud- spiky furred pale gray she-cat
Birchbark- beige tom
Lioneye- yellow she-cat with amber eyes
Slatefur- sleek gray tom
Pinenose- black she-cat
Conestrike- white and gray she-cat with blue eyes
Gullfang- gray tom with dark patches
Sludgefoot- brown tom with yellow eyes
Reedwhisker- black tom.
Shadepaw- black she-cat with white paws
Mudpaw- brown tom with a black tail and paws
Queens:
Needletail- silver she-cat
Grassheart- pale brown tabby she-cat (mother to Shrewkit)
Darktail narrowed his eyes trying to ignore the screams coming from the nursery. He licked his paw and began grooming himself. 'Queens, what a waste of space.' he thought and then chuckled.
It was true that Darktail always needed new warriors but what use was a warrior that couldn't hunt or fight. And kits… 'The clans are so weak.' He thought 'What a waste of time. 6 "moons" is too long to wait.' He needed new warriors quickly, he didn't want to waste energy waiting. Darktail watched as Conestrike rushed over to join the crowd around the nursery. 'Humph… 3 moons are enough. Conestrike and her siblings turned out fine. Who care what the Kin thought. I am their leader. They fear me.'
Darktail look around at his "Kin". They were strong. Darktail flicked an ear towards the nursery. They were stronger than any of the clans and they were still growing.
Darktail stretched and padded overto where Loki was guarding the Riverclan and Windclan prisoners. When Darktail approached, Loki dipped his head respectfully and stepped to the side allowing Darktail to see the malnourished prisoners. Puddleshine had insisted on tending to the injured warriors. 'Puddleshine.' That cat was an annoyance. But at least he was a controllable annoyance. Unlike some. He looked around at his prisoners.
The prisoners were catching prey in leaf-bare. It would take awhile but eventually their spirits would break. He glanced in the direction of Reedwhisker. For the once deputy of Riverclan he wasn't very strong willed.
Their pelts hung from their bodies and their pelts were littered with scars. Darktail smirked. Loki had done his job well. He looked at the little kits suckling next to Minnowtail. They would become loyal warrior when they were older. Darktail cleared his throat. When they saw who it was they glared.
"What do you want?" Shadenose growled, his eyes alight with anger. The other prisoners nodded and a few stood up and stalked over to Darktail. Darktail grinned. Their pathetic attempt to intimidate him amused him. He would tell anyone but this was the favourite part of his day. Shadenose pressed his nose against Darktail's. "What are you smiling at?!" He snarled "Haven't tortured us enough?" Darktail chuckled as some of the prisoners instinctively used their tails to cover up the scars of beatings.
"I just wanted to ask if you've finally taken up my offer to pledge your loyalty?" Darktail announced innocently. The Riverclan and Windclan warriors stared at him in stony silence. "No?" Darktail asked. "Why not? Reedwhisker seems happy enough." Darktail grinned. He knew that this was a touchy subject. Some of the prisoners flinched.
"He's a traitor!" Brackenpelt exclaimed while Foxface nodded. All the prisoners glared at Reedwhisker who just flicked an ear at Brackenpelt's voice. A loud shriek from the nursery distracted Darktail. He narrowed his eyes. 'Mousebrained Queens' he thought. He turned around.
"Sorry. As you see I have another matter to deal with. The Kin just gained more warriors." He looked at Loki and nodded, ignoring the snarls coming from behind him and a last shout from Minnowtail.
"Our clanmates will come for us. In the end Starclan will prevail! We will win foxheart!" Darktail's whiskers twitched. 'Ahh yes the magical cats will save us all' He mocked in his head.
Darktail shoved through the crowd of cats and strode into the nursery. Needletail was lying on the ground, exhausted. There were two kits suckling next to her and one kit in the corner of the nursery, dead.
Darktail smiled at Needletail.
"Congratulations." He purred. "What are their names?" Needletail looked up at him her eyes hazy.
"Huh?" She whispered. "Oh Darktail." She looked up and smiled weakly at him. "I haven't decided on names yet. I can't think…" Needletail's head slammed back into the moss. Darktail reached forward to nudge her but a brown tail stopped him. He glared around into Puddleshines uncertain eyes.
"You shouldn't be bothering her. She is um very tired." He whispered meekly. When Darktails glare increased Puddleshine backtracked. "Not that you would ever be a bother to anyone Darktail." He hastily added. Darktail reached out a big paw and Puddleshine crouched almost flat on the ground.
"Get out." Darktail hissed. Puddleshine shot up and pelted out. Darktail prodded Needletail. She raised her head groggily. "Names." He growled. Needletails eyes widened slightly. She gestured to the small yellow she-kit.
"I was thinking, Goldenkit?" She mewed. Darktail nodded. Not his favourite name but it would have to do. "And for this one" She gestured to the small silver and gray she-kit. "I thought, Flowerkit?" The reaction from Darktail was almost instant. He glared down at the she-cat and growled.
"Do you want the Kin to be a laughing stock?!" He snarled. "What are we? Thunderclan?!" Needletail whimpered slightly and her tail curled around her kits. She was a bit indignant but she knew that it wasn't wise to fight back.
"F-fine." She murmured. She looked down and frowned slightly. She never told anyone but she had always wanted to name her kit Flowerkit, after her sister who had been still born. Needletail blinked back tears. What name?
"Badgerkit." Needletail looked up in surprise at Darktail's voice. She tilted her head slightly. "She looks a bit like a badger." Darktail explained indifference clear in his voice. Needletail nodded.
Uncomfortable silence filled the air. Needletail tried to avoid wrapping her tail around her kits. Darktail just stared at the kits a curious expression on his face. Thankfully after a few minutes of the silence the sound of thudding pawsteps filled the air. A few seconds a very flustered Rain rushed into the den.
"I came as soon as I heard. Are you okay?! Are the-"Rain realised that him and Needletail weren't the only cats in the den. Once Rain stopped talking he could almost smell the tension. He dipped his head respectfully at his leader and then tilted it. "Uhh sorry. Am I interrupting something?" He mewed. Darkatail looked at Needletail in distain and she narrowed his eyes at her.
"No." Darktail narrowed his eyes at Needletail. "I was just leaving." With that Darktail left. He could feel Needletail's stare dig into his back. As he left he could hear Rain's purrs and excited conversation.
Darktail sighed. He would never knew what it was like to have a loving father. Darktail glared in the direction of Windclan. A sadistic smile spread across his face. He had never known the love of a father but he would know the feeling of power when the clans eventually bent to his will. He looked at his clan, lazily sharing tongues. They were so close. His claws dug into the dry earth. Soon the power of all the clans would be his.
