p style="text-align: center;""Where have you been?" Hawkfrost demanded. br /br /Clawface spun around to face the larger tom. "You smell like StarClan" he snarled. "Were you spying on them?" Clawface was about to speak, but he remembered what Spottedleaf said. "Yes. My mission seemed to be pointless, however, as I didn't gain any vital information." Hawkfrost didn't seem pleased with this answer. "It is good that you spied, but against our rules. Thistleclaw sent you to observe the living cats, but you disobeyed him. Why? Clawface, you are of high status here. Surely, you didn't do this to your own accord. Did someone send you?" Clawface gulped. He knew the price the cat he claimed sent him would pay, but it was better than what happened to a cat that positively affiliated with StarClan. With a great sigh, he spoke to the large brute. "Snowtuft sent me. He saw me observing the Clan cats, and said it would be more important if I spied on StarClan. Since he is higher up than me, I obeyed." It hurt to lie, especially when he knew Snowtuft's fate./p
p style="text-align: center;"Hawkfrost crept up behind Snowtuft, who was casually enjoying a conversation with One eye. He silently raised a paw, claws extended, and hovered it below his right eye. Before any cat knew that his paw was even there, Hawkfrost had dragged his claws to the top of the scrawny tom's skull. Snowtuft let out a bloodcurdling scream as half of his vision went dark. "This is what you get for disobeying Thistleclaw's orders and bossing around Clawface!" And with those words, he sank his fangs into Snowtuft's neck. The tom went limp as Hawkfrost threw him across the field. He twitched and gagged for several moments before blood started bubbling out of his broken windpipe./p
p style="text-align: center;""And that," Hawkfrost paused to lick the blood from his claws, making it agonizingly slow. "Is why you never- Ever -disobey your superiors." Clawface's mouth was agape, still in shock from Snowtuft's execution. "Now, Snowtuft was a secretary. You were directly below him in our hierarchy, so you will replace him." And with a loud yowl, he summoned the members of the Dark Forest. "I, General Hawkfrost, proclaim Clawface to be the Dark Forest's new secretary. He will be superior to Maggottail and those lower than him. He will not be superior to Lieutenant Thistleclaw, I, General Hawkfrost, Deputy Tigerstar, or Leader Brokenstar." He paused. "Clawface, do you accept this position?" the tom inquired. With a heavy heart, Clawface accepted./p
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p style="text-align: center;"Hawkfrost crept up behind Snowtuft, who was casually enjoying a conversation with One eye. He silently raised a paw, claws extended, and hovered it below his right eye. Before any cat knew that his paw was even there, Hawkfrost had dragged his claws to the top of the scrawny tom's skull. Snowtuft let out a bloodcurdling scream as half of his vision went dark. "This is what you get for disobeying Thistleclaw's orders and bossing around Clawface!" And with those words, he sank his fangs into Snowtuft's neck. The tom went limp as Hawkfrost threw him across the field. He twitched and gagged for several moments before blood started bubbling out of his broken windpipe./p
p style="text-align: center;""And that," Hawkfrost paused to lick the blood from his claws, making it agonizingly slow. "Is why you never- Ever -disobey your superiors." Clawface's mouth was agape, still in shock from Snowtuft's execution. "Now, Snowtuft was a secretary. You were directly below him in our hierarchy, so you will replace him." And with a loud yowl, he summoned the members of the Dark Forest. "I, General Hawkfrost, proclaim Clawface to be the Dark Forest's new secretary. He will be superior to Maggottail and those lower than him. He will not be superior to Lieutenant Thistleclaw, I, General Hawkfrost, Deputy Tigerstar, or Leader Brokenstar." He paused. "Clawface, do you accept this position?" the tom inquired. With a heavy heart, Clawface accepted./p
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