Robincall here, with reasons why Mapleshade didn't belong in the Dark Forest. First off, no other cat that had kits with a cat of another Clan was exiled. They also didn't have kits with that cat again, so it wouldn't be the worst thing. Thunderclan had just endured a battle in which two cats died. So Thunderclan needed more warriors. Mapleshade had three kits, Patchkit, Larchkit, and Petalkit. They would've made great warriors for Thunderclan, but since Mapleshade was exiled, Thunderclan lost four more warriors.
Then, when Mapleshade tried to cross the river, her kits drowned, which was not her fault. She couldn't have waited until the water went down, or else the dawn patrol would've found her and killed her. Riverclan should not have gotten rid of Mapleshade. She didn't do anything wrong! They could have at least sheltered her, and eventually allowed her to become a warrior.
Then, after Riverclan got rid Mapleshade, she started hearing the voices of her kits, she wanted nothing more than to get rid of them. So, she decided to do as the voices advised, and take revenge on her dead kits. So, she did what she thought was right, and so she killed the cat that exposed them, Thunderclan's medicine cat, Ravenwing. She wasn't being purposely evil. She was doing what she thought was right. But when only one kit's voice went away, she killed more cats to get rid of their voices. So she killed the cat who watched her kits drown, Frecklewish. After she killed her, only Patchkit's voice was left, and Mapleshade was terrified of being haunted forever by her dead kit. So she killed Appledusk himself, the cat she had once loved.
In the end, Mapleshade was killed by Perchpaw, her former mate's apprentice, by him biting her on the back of her neck. Reedshine, Appledusk's new mate, ordered Perchpaw to just leave her, and to let her suffer a slow death.
So, in conclusion, Mapleshade was innocent, and did not deserve to go to the Dark Forest. She was an innocent cat that just wanted to love her kits. She was an amazing mother. She just wanted to be with kits, but now she will never be with them, because of Starclan's poor judgement. So, for my final judgement: INNOCENT.
Let me know what Dark Forest cat I should judge next! From these choices: Tigerstar, Darkstripe, Brokenstar, Clawface, Thistleclaw, or Antpelt. This will have at least eight chapters, unless I find more Dark Forest cats to judge. I may also judge a few Starclan cats that I think need judgement. If you have any Starclan cats for me to judge, put that in the review as well.