CHAPTER TWO
"Uh, I'd love to answer that, but we have no clue why we're here," Lacey responds to the cat.
"Don't you fucking tell me what to do," Rose snapped.
Fucking? The cat thought, and glared at Rose, "I can tell you to do whatever I please. You're on OUR territory. We have the authority."
The other one just sighed. Black Rose started to steam, "Why you little—" she began, but was interrupted by the black and brown one, "I'm sorry for my sister's rashness but, you do need to either follow us to talk with our leader or leave. If those options don't work, we can forcefully chase you out of our territory~." She smiled cheerfully at the last part.
"THE GREAT BLACK*STAR FOLLOWS NO ONE!" Black*star suddenly shouted out. Night and Hiro then attacked him while Matt bowed his head, "Please, take us to your leader catlings~."
At that remark everyone froze and looked at him strangely. After a few minutes of awkward silence Arata looked at the sisters, "Shouldn't you be leading us to the camp? I wanna meet more kitties~."
"Okay then…" they responded in sync and led them away.
"So~, who are you," Night asks suddenly.
"I'm Crow. She's Raven," the black and brown cat answered.
The other sighed, "My name is actually Ravenfeather and she's Crowheart."
"I'm not acknowledging those names," Crow retorted. Raven just shook her head.
"I'm confused~," Yue stated, "What do you guys, uh, cats want to be called?"
"Crow/Ravenfeather," both responded.
"Okay~! Hello Crow and Ravenfeather! I'm Yue and their Hiro Arata Matt Night Black*Star Tsubaki Kidd Maka Lacey Annie Trevor Soul Rosie and Machi~~ Can you remember that," she inhales deeply after saying all that in one breath.
"You guys have funny names," they stated, still in sync.
They're creeping me out. . . like Matt and Night did at the market, Rose shivered.
"Well so do you," Night retorted.
"No we don't," Crow exclaimed, "Purplepelt has a funny name!"
"And sorry but, we don't believe you could be a '-star'. You're too young to be a leader," Ravenfeather says, giving Black*Star a weird look.
"I AM THE GREAT AND ALMIGHTY BLACK*STAR," Black*Star exclaimed, "I'M NOT TOO YOUNG TO DO ANYTHING YOU UNDERLING!"
Ravenfeather started to growl, "Wanna call me that again? I can hurt you worse than I did earlier."
"Ooo~," Crow smiled, "Make her madder! I wanna see her kill you!"
Suddenly Kidd shoved Black*Star aside and bowed his head, "I'm sorry, he has the mental age of a four year old and the stupidity of a middle school guy."
"What in the name of Starclan are those," Ravenfeather shouted.
Crow shrugged, "We can ask Nightfang. He'll know."
"I don't wanna ask him," Ravenfeather started to whine.
"You know of my clan and don't fear or hate them!? You must be friend's of the great Black*Star's family!" The self-centered idiot (no offense to Black*Star fans) laughed.
"Why would we fear Starclan," Ravenfeather asked.
"And of course we know about them. Everyone at this lake does," Crow remarked.
"And for them to be your family, you must be dead," they finished in sync.
Black*star trotted towards them, "But you see, I am so awesome that I am both dead and alive! This is the dead me—" he walked over to Night, "—She's a ghost. And I am the alive me!"
Night hissed and pounced on him, digging her claws deep into his throat, "How 'bout I make you the dead one!"
"THAT'S ENOUGH," Crow growls in frustration, causing everyone to freeze, "YOU GUYS FOLLOW ME. Raven, go back to camp and tell Darkstar about them."
Ravenfeather nodded, "Okay." Then ran off.
Nightfang. Go to the border. NOW, Crow thought angrily at Nightfang.
Okay, okay. What's wrong, his thought echoed in her mind.
You'll find out when you get to the border.
Okay. I'll be there in a few heartbeats.
Good.
She then glared at the other cats and pelted towards their left. Everyone ran after her and a few moments later they were at a clearing with a line of mushrooms near the edge.
"Nightfang. Come out. Now," She snapped.
A black and white cat with strange markings crept out of behind the bushes on the other side of the mushrooms. He was crouched low to the ground and his muscles were tense, "Why are those outsiders here?"
"That's what I want to know. You're all-knowing. So, be all-knowing about this. Who are they and why are they here?"
The male sighed, "They smell of two-legs. Could be kittypets…" he trailed off.
"Uh, what exactly are 'kittypets'? And 'two-legs'," Lacey asked.
"Kittypets are cat that are owned by two-legs. Two-legs are humans," he explained absentmindedly. They all stood there in silence when all of the sudden Nightfang knew who they were!
"THEY'RE NOT CATS," He exclaimed happily.
"Excuse me," Crow gave him a funny look, "They look like cats? What are they? Dogs that have the brains to talk, and just look like cats?"
"No, they were two-legs but something, a potion of some sort, changed them into felines. Then they were somehow transported here."
"Stein," the group from Nevada muttered darkly, "We will get our revenge."
"… You lost me," Crow stood there.
"These cats were once two-legs but they were turned into cats by the power of some great two-leg. Then the great two-leg brought them here somehow," Nightfang responded.
"NO TWO-LEG IS GREATER THAN THE MIGHTY BLACK*STAR," Black*Star shouted.
Nightfang looked apologetically at Crow and muttered in her ear, "I could take him to my camp so that he'll be sentenced to death if you'd like."
"I don't care what happens to him, as long as it means he won't bother me anymore," she growled back.
"YOU WILL NOT KILL MY BELOVED BLACK*STAR! OR MY REIGN OR TERROR WILL RAIN UPON YOU LIKE…. Like… uhm…. Gimme a second here…. CHOCOLATE PUDDING!" Yue yells as she pounces in front of them. The couple jump, "Eh!?" Crow then tilted her head, "What it that? Oh, and Nightfang, what does fucking mean?" Yue choked and fainted.
"Chocolate pudding is a sweet chocolate flavored custard-like pudding usually thickened with flour rather than eggs," Nightfang explained
"Speak normally please."
"It's a dish two-legs eat that would kill us if we were to eat."
Yue popped up, "No…. chocolate pudding? Ever!?" she ran to Black*Star and cried in his shoulder.
Both Nightfang and Crow looked at her strangely. Then Crow turned to him, "What is fucking?"
"It is a vulgar term used for emphasis or to express anger, annoyance, contempt, or surprise," he explained patiently.
"Really," Crow glares at Black Rose, who glared back.
Yue then hopped back to them, "So, are you two, like, married or something?"
Nightfang's pelt grew hot and Crow gave her a weird look, "Married?"
"You know; 'linked for life', 'together as one', and planning on having babies."
Nightfang's pelt grew hotter. Crow looked at her, dumbfounded, "WHAT!? DO YOU MEAN MATES!? AND KITS!? ABSOLUTELY NOT!"
Nightfang looked at Yue, "What in the name of Starclan would make you think that!"
"Well, you two just look and cuddly and comfortable and you have a certain feel," She smiled, "I have the power to tell who's a couple and who's going to be a couple in the future. Like Matt and Night! They're so~ going to be a couple. I can tell because couples set off a certain feel. And soon to be couples confess to their friend—ME!—so that's how I know!"
Matt and Night looked uncomfortably at each other while Crow and Nightfang shift awkwardly. Then all four seem to come to a mental conclusion and sprang at Yue.
"You're dead," Night hissed
"How dare you blab. I trusted you." Matt growled.
"No one must know. They all must die," Nightfang and Crow muttered in sync.
"YEEEE," Yue squealed as they attacked. She was under four angry balls of fur when she heard a muffled yowl from above her, "GET OFF THE GREAT BLACK*STAR'S LOVE YOU… uh…. CATS!"
Yue felt the weight on top of her disappear, I wonder why they got off of me….(a/n: Yue couldn't hear B.S.'s outburst underneath the dog pile—or should I say cat pile?—anyway: so she doesn't know what he said~) The four cats that were originally on her looked over at Black*Star. Night and Matt walked over to him, "Blackmail~~," they laughed silently, so that no one could hear.
Crow and Nightfang exchanged a glace, Revenge. They thought deviously in sync.
Yue looked at Black*Star curiously, "Black*Star… Why did the cats get off of me?"
Black*Star laughed, "BECAUSE I, THE GREAT BLACK*STAR, DEFEATED THEM WITH MY ALMIGHTYNESS!"
Yue giggled, then walked off to talk with Night and Matt who were awkwardly standing next to each other.
Crow glared at Black*Star, "One slip. And your secret gets told. Now, we have to go back to our camp." She dipped her head in Nightfang's direction and walked off. She turned around glared at the others, "Are you coming? Or do you want to be killed by his clan."
Everyone—Except Nightfang—ran after Crow, who was already heading back to her camp. Moments later they arrived at a cavern, in it were rocky ledges that rested close to the ground. Outside of th ledges were round piles of moss. On one wall there was a small rock formation that reminded the students of Pride Rock from The Lion King. There was also a crevice whose entrance was covered by a bramble bush. Being at the entrance the cats could see far in the distance, where a sparkling pool could be seen and near a pile of rocks rested a pile of dead rodents.
"Uh, question: what's with the pile of dead stuff," Arata asked to Crow.
She gave him a weird look, "That's our fresh-kill pile."
"Fresh-kill pile?!" Yue asked, shocked.
"Yeah. It's our pile of food. Now come on." Crow then walked into the area. A bunch of cats then crept out from the crevices, giving the new comers strange looks of curiosity.
A black cat with gray front feet, ears, muzzle, and a grey heart on her chest walked up to them, "Greetings. I'm Darkstar leader of Moonclan. Who are you?"