Chapter 2.
Spottedleaf looked over her shoulder. Was she going to get out of this alive? Mapleshade flicked her tail, showing that she wasn't going to take no for an answer. Spottedleaf slowly walked towards Mapleshade. But Mapleshade showed no sign of harming her. "The prey is going to eat you before you even get halfway to the rock!" Mapleshade growled. Spottedleaf picked up her pace as Mapleshade led her deep into the forest. "Now tell me, what were you doing here in the dark forest?" Mapleshade asked.
Spottedleaf stood quietly, she would need to be like the dark forest cats in order to get out of the dark forest quickly and safely. "I was seeking revenge." Spottedleaf replied. Mapleshade face turned from anger to interest as the word 'Revenge' rang into her mind. "Tell me more." She insisted. Spottedleaf looked at Mapleshade, who clearly believed her lies. "You know that petty excuse for cat, Clawface?" Spottedleaf asked. Mapleshade flicked her ear. "Yes." She replied without saying anything about the offense to Clawface. Spottedleaf rose to her paws in case she needed to run away, "He killed me." She said. Mapleshade smiled, an idea had formed. "So you're a StarClan cat with dark forest intentions?" She had said. "Yes." Spottedleaf replied, "That's exactly how I'd put it."
Mapleshade rose to her paws. Walking over to the rock she had stood on before "Cats old enough to kill their enemies, gather around." Spottedleaf shuttered, the gathering call was chilling. "We have befriended a StarClan friend who thinks like us." Mapleshade announced. "Therefore, she will help us in the great battle!" Mapleshade purred. The cats under the rock yowled in happiness. Mapleshade continued as the cheers went down. "She will visit us again, and we will welcome her." Mapleshade stated. "Any cat who does not welcome her will perish." Mapleshade said as she dug her unsheathed claws into the earth. "And if she does not visit us again, she will perish." Mapleshade purred as she climbed down the rock.
Spottedleaf was padding behind her. "Surly you must be joking about the 'Killing me' part." Spottedleaf insisted. Mapleshade said nothing. Spottedleaf heard a mouse running through the shriveled leaves of the forest, as the mouse darted out of the bush, Spottedleaf grabbed it with her teeth and snapped it's spine with a quick, clean, bite. She took a bite of the mouse, but as she sank her teeth into the mouse, the mouse had turned from fat and juicy to skinny and stringy. She spat the mouse out in disgust of the taste. Not meaning to waste any prey. "You wasted a perfectly good mouse!" Mapleshade scolded. But Spottedleaf ignored the scolding; even the food in the dark forest was bad. She padded to the mist wall that parted StarClan from the Dark Forest. Soon, everything was invisible. The mist was very strong. And as Spottedleaf walked back to StarClan, The Dark Forest shrieks filled her head. What she had gotten herself into was beyond StarClan's understanding.
