Bramblekit and I arrived at the 'city' shortly after daybreak. It was a huge and gray twolegplace. "Huge." I breathed when I saw it.
"And dark too." Bramblekit murmured.
"Who are you? There is no room for newcomers here. Go back to your nests where you belong!" A voice hissed behind us. We turned around in unison. "Did you hear me? Go. Scat!" A gray skinny she-cat spat.
"We're rouges." I meowed nervously. "I'm Moss. This is my friend Bramble."
"There is no 'friends' here. Only enemies and groups." The gray she-cat narrowed her eyes. "You don't come from around here do you?" The she-cat asked.
"No." Bramblekit mewed. "We're just passing through."
"Good but we'll still have to take you hostage." The she-cat smiled, showing her yellow teeth. She meowed shrill-like. A skinny red orange tom with narrowed brown eyes came in front of us. More cats came to block our escape. As we walked down a dirty brick alley, the she-cat asked us something. "So what group are you from?"
"We're not from a group. Like I said, we're rouges." I mewed bravely.
"Liar. Well, if you don't want to talk now, we'll get it out of you later. Anyways, my name is Gray." The gray she-cat meowed.
"I'm Red." The red orange tom mewed.
Another tom mewed. "Stone." The dark gray tom's voice was deep and rich.
"Milly." A light tan she-cat mewed coolly. "If you aren't from the city, rouges, where are you from?" She asked.
I clenched my teeth. I couldn't tell them about SavageClan. Luckily, Bramblekit solved that problem for me. "Downstream." He mewed. Milly nodded.
"That could still mean the city." Gray growled.
"But, Gray, they were at the edge of the city when we found them!" Milly cried in protest.
"Scouters." The she-cat hissed. Bramblekit and I shared glances. What kind of place was this?
Gray and her rouges finally stopped. Gray pushed us in a hole of blackness. "Good luck." Milly whispered before we were engulfed in darkness.
Bramblekit and I moved forward. It was risky at a point, because Bramblekit got stuck. Finally, when I was sure that we were both going to get stuck or we had come to a dead end and we were trapped, we came into the light. It was a muted sort of light, like the Dark Forest. Bramblekit nudged me and whispered. "Look." I looked up from the ground and saw a cat on top of wooden crates.
"Welcome." The cat mewed. "I am Scar. Leader of Lightning Square."
"Hello." I managed. "I am Moss and this is my friend Bramble." I gestured with my tail nervously. The cat before me nodded and gestured for us to come closer.
"You look strong and healthy. Are you from here, around the city?" He asked nicely.
"No sir." Bramblekit mewed. "We came from downstream."
"Call me Scar. I see, would you like to join? I can tell you what we do around here, if you'd like." Scar mewed.
"That would be very good...Scar." I mewed. "Do you have a warrior code or a form of rules?"
"Yes, the city does in fact." Scar extended his claws. They were black and they gleamed wickedly. "Oh sorry. Don't worry about these." He flexed his claws.
"Rule 1# Be loyal to your group. Do not turn into a kittypet or leave our group. That sentences you to death.
Rule 2# Fight only if you need to
Rule 3# Do not kill unless absolutely necessary.
Rule 4# If you capture a cat of another group, you may have the other clan pay for the cat at a price that you choose.
Rule 5# Never kill a healer. You may capture one for a high price.
Rule 6# Never venture into another group's territory. That allows you to be captured.
Rule 7# Only those who can fight, unlike queens and kits or elders, will fight in the Bloodshed Square once every 12 moons.
Rule 8# All groups must participate in the Bloodshed Square battle every twelve moons.
Rule 9# Newcomers are fair game. They can be used as members but if they choose to leave, they can.
Rule 10# Feed the weak before the strong. This is so as not to have stronger warriors than others.
Rule 11# Do not kill prey for not eating. Prey must be eaten.
Rule 12# Kits must be 5 moons before they may become an apprentice.
Rule 13# New warriors must fight in a battle before they will be respected.
Rule 14# Next-To-Be-A-Leader's and or deputies must have fought in at least 3 battles and have a apprentice that has turned into a warrior before they may be truly excepted as next-in-leader.
Rule 15# No kits may be put in danger or left in it.
Rule 16# Word of the leader is law.
Rule 17# Healers cannot have a mate or kits, you shall be kicked out of your group, alone with your kits.
Rule 18# Every half-moon, leaders and healers will choose cats to gather in Palace Square
Rule 19# Kits must stay in camp till they are apprenticed and may not hunt unless the prey is in the camp.
Rule 20# The safety of the group is more important than the safety of one member.
Rule 21# Groups cannot unite to drive out another group.
Rule 22# Groups must not force other groups to share territory." Scar finished.
"Wow. That's a long list." Bramble meowed. I was surprised he could talk after that long list.
"Yes. If you should join us, we will mentor you and help you learn more about them. Wait, you are older than 5 moons correct?" Scar asked.
I coughed. "I am, Scar. About six moons in fact."
Bramble smiled. "I am seven moons Scar." That made sense considering he was living out in the wild by himself.
"Grand. Would you like to know the boundaries and borders? The places best to know about?" Scar asked.
I shifted my paws. "Scar, sir, we really are just passing through. But we need to know a few places about where we need to go from here. So, can we leave after about 12 moons?"
"There is a way." Scar mewed."You can join but still not join. I mean, you've fully joined when you have kits here or become a warrior."
"Thank you Scar. Now how about those territories?" Bramble asked.
"Which warrior have you both taken a liking to?" Scar asked.
"Milly." Bramble mewed.
"Ah. She is a nice one. Did you know she was a kittypet?" Scar asked.
"No. But she rejected it so it must mean she's a good warrior." I mewed.
Scar smiled. "Milly! Please come here!" Milly came from down the alley. Not from where we squished through.
Bramble huffed. "You mean there was another way?!"
"Sorry guys. Gray insisted." Milly sighed. "And yes Scar?"
"We need to show Bramble and Moss here around. The territories." Scar mewed.
"Ah. So what do they know about so far?" Milly asked Scar.
"I just told them the rules."
"Oh okay." Milly turned to us. "Are you ready?"
I shrugged and smiled. "Sure."
"Yep!" Bramble yowled.
