Warning: May contain a bit of foul words.
Sorry I haven't been on in a while. Life's kept me too busy.
Many moons had passed since that scrap.
Beams of moonlight were gently streaming through the canopy of green-leaved trees. Beautifulpaw was in this lovely setting in the forest, scouting for some prey. She sniffed the air daintily, as if she was too good for it. Tasting the scent of a plump mouse close by, she slowly headed in its direction. After spotting the mouse, Beautifulpaw pounced on it before it had any time to react.
After burying her prey, Beautifulpaw sniffed the air again, but caught a rather interesting scent; her stepmother's. Driven by curiosity, she followed the scent trail. As she continued following the scent, she became more concerned of her stepmother's whereabouts, as the trail was going deeper into the forest, almost to the point where the pine trees would appear, which lead to the next Clan's territory.
Beautifulpaw skidded to a halt at the outer rim of a clearing. She had found her stepmother.
Beautifulpaw thought, "Why is she talking to those cats?"
Wanting to get a better view, she climbed up the nearest tree.
Her stepmother drew some shapes on the dusty ground.
"That will be the mountains. This is the forest."
She drew another line and some more shapes. "That will be their camp."
A golden brown tabby tom asked, "Wait, wouldn't EvilClan notice their scen-"
Beautifulpaw's stepmother, Perfectpelt, hissed, "No, you idiot, they won't! Even if they did, they wouldn't bother at all because it's outside the border!" She wacked him on the head.
"OW!" the tabby shrieked.
"Shut up Goldenfur. You'll get us caught," snarled a black tom.
"Right, moving on," Perfectpelt said, "This line will be the route to their camp."
Her tail pointing at a dark ginger tabby, she said, "Redflight, you'll be the one carrying the messages to and fro, as you're the fastest."
The black tom inquired, "Exactly when do we attack?"
"When they know enough about this place like the back of their paw. I'll partake in coming up with where to attack. You guys… well, just help out the battle groups."
"And when we win, the place will be all ours," Goldenfur whispered excitedly.
"Remember that we'll have to share it with the mountain cats. Technically, they would've helped out as well," the black tom replied.
Perfectpelt stretched her muscles. "Right, I think that's enough for tonight. See you guys at the next quarter moon."
She sauntered off, her tail high in the air. The other cats padded away, heading back into their territories.
Beautifulpaw, for some reason, fell out of the tree.
"Ouch…" she muttered to herself.
"Oh goodness, the Clans are in danger," she thought, "Hmm… If I catch them… maybe I could get something out of it…"
Beautifulpaw smirked.
"Can't believe it…"
"Oh goodness, how could this have happened?"
"Found him by a fox den…"
"And all of this just now…"
Beautifulpaw woke up to this very commotion.
Poking her head out of the den, she asked, "What's going on?"
A white tom named Rabbitleap cried, "The deputy's dead!"
"Perfectpelt found his body! She said he'd been murdered by a fox!"
"Perfectpelt… Of course! She must've bumped into him on the way back, and murdered him to keep his muzzle shut," Beautifulpaw thought.
"All cats old enough to walk join beneath the Rock of Awesomeness," Neptunestar shouted.
Like most cases, the cats were already there.
"Everyone has heard of Pineappleleaf's death today. It is a saddening thing, considering how tailored he was to be a deputy, if not leader. So I say these words before StarClan that the spirit of Pineappleleaf may hear and approve of my choice. The new deputy of SparkleClan is Kraftstorm," Neptunestar announced.
A cat said, "Wait, aren't we supposed to wait until moonhigh to appoint a-"
Neputnestar yowled, "SHUT UP THE HELL UP FOXWHISKER! I CAN APPOINT A DEPUTY WHENEVER I GOD DAMN PLEASE!"
No one questioned him after that.
"Right, we will hold vigil for Pineappleleaf later."
Fuzzyleap and Hazelstalker carried his body into the camp, and left him there.
Beautifulpaw went into Neptunestar's den.
He was sitting there, his tail curled around his paws.
"What is your business here in my den today?"
As Beautifulpaw settled down, she replied, "I have urgent news. I think that my stepmother's plotting something. Bad."
"Yea, could you remind me who your stepmother is again? I really don't keep track of indirect family relations," Neptunestar replied nonchalantly.
Beautifulpaw gave him a weird look, before answering, "Perfectpelt."
Neptunestar said, "I really don't see where we're getting this accusation from, nor do I see why I should believe an apprentice. If you could just give me some evidence that would be terrific."
"I saw her, late last night talking with three other cats about allying with those cats in the mountains! By chance, did the deputy disappear from the camp at night?"
"Now that I think about it, yes."
"Well, why didn't you ask Wintersnow to do some DNA sampling from him?! His body is still there!"
"That's right… Never thought about it. Then again, how was I supposed to know that Wintersnow had such technology? And how come she didn't use it earlier?!"
"She got the new shipment just now."
"Ok. I've got to talk to her."
Neptunestar sauntered out of the den, with Beautifulpaw looking at him as he left.
There was a chorus of chattering and yowling. Most of the Clan had gathered to see Wintersnow test on the corpse.
"Silence," she screeched.
Wintersnow sniffed at the corpse. She swabbed the area near the wound with a q-tip, and rubbed it on a petri dish. Carefully, she carried it back to her den. The crowd parted, letting her through. They were still whispering excitedly.
"I will have the test results in about an hour," Wintersnow announced before going back into her den.
Neptunestar paced anxiously outside of the medicine cat's den.
He spat, "Gah! When will she finish?!"
A few moments later, Wintersnow poked her head outside of the den.
"The test results are ready."
Neputnestar padded into the den, got face to face with Wintersnow, and cried, "Who did it, who did it?!"
Wintersnow pushed him away, and replied, "Someone with the gene WO26D killed him."
"How does that help?"
"WO26D is a mutation found on PAR1. It is linked to anomalies that can make the individual spawn wings, and is also thought to give them 'Sparkly Vampire Syndrome.' The only ones in our Clan who have this are Perfectpelt, Rareglimmer, and possibly Eclipsevenom."
"Well then, how are we supposed to tell who killed Pineappleleaf?!"
"Motives and more testing."
After this, they buried and held vigil for Pineappleleaf.
Later on, Beautifulpaw found a bloodied tuft of Pineappleleaf's fur blowing in the wind. She pounced on it. Sniffing it, her eyes widened. She was right; her stepmother did murder Pineappleleaf!
She carried it back to the camp, handing it to Wintersnow.
Wintersnow asked, "What's this?"
"A tuft of Pineappleleaf's fur. It reeks of my stepmother."
"Thanks. Here, I'll take it, and test more on it."
A few days later, Wintersnow got the results; Perfectpelt had killed Pineappleleaf.
Perfectpelt was killed, and Beautifulpaw received her warrior name, Beautifulfur, for uncovering her stepmother's evil plot and being the first to correctly accuse her of the murder.