Sorry for the wait. (- -) I have school. Well here it is... *yawn* I am really tired and I have a cold sore.
{POV: Spottedleaf}
"Kill the Clan cat! Kill the Clan cat! Ha ha ha," Ebony sung as Spottedleaf wnet to check on her herb stash.
"Ebony, please don't sing that song," Spottedleaf pleaded.
"Sorry Spotted. It's just stuck in my head," Ebony mewed with a touch of humor.
"Oh it's ok," Spottedleaf sighed.
She walked over to her, and dropped the herbs.
"So, getting any signs of labor yet?" Spottedleaf asked.
Ebony looked down at her swollen belly. "It has been aching, badly lately."
"Oh really? That could mean the kits should be coming anytime now," Spottedleaf mewed. She sat down by the queen. "Are you prepared for nursing and caring for kits?"
"Sure. I just hope that the father is too." Ebony mewed.
"Oh really? Who is the father?" Spottedleaf asked.
"Well," Spottedleaf could see the queen's cheeks heating up. "He's,"
"You don't have to tell, me," Spottedleaf reassured the queen.
"It's ok," Ebony looked down at the stone ground. "He's…"
"Really Ebony you don't have to tell me." Spottedleaf reassured nervously.
"The leader." Ebony finally mewed, her cheeks flaming hot.
Spottedleaf's jaw was wide open. "THE LEADER'S?"
"Yep," Ebony replied bashfully.
"Oh wow! That must be a huge honor!" Spottedleaf giggled.
"Yeah, but you are the only one who knows, beside the other eaves-dropping cats here."
Spottedleaf listened to the sounds of the continuous coughing and moaning in the cave. Ha, they look too ill to listen to a queen gossip.
"Does the father know?" Spottedleaf asked, trying not to be too nosy.
"He should. In fact he even asked me if I could be his mate," Ebony replied.
Spottedleaf nodded.
"Hey Spotted?" Ebony mewed.
"Yeah?"
"Although you are my mortal enemy, I think we can be friends," Ebony mewed.
Spottedleaf beamed. She has such a better attitude now, she thought. I think we can really be friends!
"BROTHERS AND SISTERS! OUR LEADER HAS RETURNED!" Spottedleaf nearly jumped at Rio's yowl, Ebony didn't even flinch. More yowls came, and there were lots of them.
"What's going on? Is it the leader?" Spottedleaf asked frantically.
Ebony beamed. "Terminator is back," she whispered excitedly, and dashed outside of the cave, along with some of the sick cats. Terminator? Spottedleaf raced after her.
Crowds and crowds of rogues circled around a high ledge, murmurs of excitement filled the air. She looked around for Tigerclaw, and spotted him amongst the crowd.
He mouthed the words "THEIR LEADER'S BACK. WHAT DO WE DO?" Spottedleaf shrugged, and mouthed back "I DON'T KNOW? I'M SCARED." Tigerclaw nodded, and turned to the high ledge.
Cobra, Freeze, and Rio, padded up onto a ledge below it looking towards the crowd. "BROTHERS AND SISTERS! AFTER TWO WHOLE DAYS, OUR LEADER HAS FINALLY RETURNED!" Cobra redundantly shouted, and in return, thousands of rogues cheered and roared.
"AND HE HAS BROUGHT SOME MORE CAPTIVES WITH HIM!" Freeze shouted next.
Spottedleaf looked beside her, and saw that Ebony was beaming with pride.
"AND YOU WON'T BELIEVE WHAT HE CAUGHT," Rio yowled, looking smugly at Tigerclaw and the other captives.
"THUNDERCLAN!" the trio shouted in unison. The crowd roared. Spottedleaf was shaking and she felt like crying again, and saw the other captive looking in fear, Tigerclaw shaking his head in disbelief.
"BROTHERS AND SISTERS! I HAVE RETURNED!" A roar came from the high ledge, and cats pelted out of the ledge, leaping down to the ground, and in the center, a masked and caped tom appeared.
The crowd roared at the sight of their leader. Spottedleaf heard a gasp right next to her, and it was from Ebony.
"I'm going to go by Tigerclaw now," Spottedleaf mewed to Ebony, but Ebony was too distracted to notice. Spottedleaf padded over to Tigerclaw, staying as close to him as possible.
She began to cry. Freedom was lost to all the Clans. StarClan. Please help us. We need you now. She prayed.
The masked tom/Terminator's cape, made of torn-up red material, flew in the air. "My dear brother and sisters," his voice sounded like thunder striking rocks, "after all our hard work, we have finally taken over the forest and all the Clan's territory."
All the rogues cheered, finally happy they would get the territory all to themselves.
"What will we do with the Clan cats?" a voice came from the crowd, presumably Scourge's.
"We, one by one, will kill them all." Terminator mewed.
The crowd roared even more. "Now, I have something to show you." Terminator turned around and went into the cave from the high ledge. There was some struggling between him and another cat.
What he brought, shocked all the Clan cats.
It was Bluestar, tied up with vines and twigs, a vine blocking her mouth to speak.
Both Tigerclaw and Spottedleaf looked in disbelief, Spottedleaf on the verge of tears.
"This is the leader of ThunderClan, and she will be the first one to die," Terminator sneered, glaring at the Bluestar.
No, not our leader, Spottedleaf sobbed to herself.
"And we caught her deputy too." Terminator continued, shoving Redtail out of the cave. Spottedleaf was even more heartbroken when she saw her brother tied up also.
"Apparently some of their warriors tried to defend their territory and tried to drive us out. But they were immediately killed." Terminator continued, going inside the small cave.
"And we caught ALL of ThunderClan!" More and more cat were shoved down into the large cavern, all being pushed by rogues. Grief-stricken looks were on all of ThunderClan's faces. She even saw the kits, tied up with their mothers.
"WHEN WILL WE KILL THEM?" a she-cat's voice came from the crowd.
"We will round up the rest of the Clan cats at sunset. I will send each of you in groups, AND KILL ANY CAT THAT CHALLENGES YOU."
Terminators face formed into a sadistic smile. He began to laugh, which sounded cynical. He turned to the crowd of apprentices and Clan cats.
"And we will kill them one by one, every little Clan cat, UNTIL THERE ARE NO MORE! AND THE TERRITORY WILL BE OURS!" The crowd cheered and roared even more, and all the Clan cats shivered and flinched.
"And when will we kill them, you ask?" Terminator continued, one eye open forming a evil grin.
Spottedleaf could hear Tigerclaw growling and hissing.
"TONIGHT!" the leader finally meowed.
Spottedleaf wept. OH STARCLAN! WHERE ARE YOU?
I'm pretty sure you all thought that this chapter was kind of problematic. You are all probably wondering why Bluestar was tied up, and why Ebony acted so weird. I promise you things will be less confusing in the next chapter... I hope.
~CrazyCatLady9
