Chapter 10.
"—and then milo just ran off and I..."
"Let me stop you right there Raven." Lyla meowed to Raven as Raven told Lyla and Moon her story.
"so let me get this straight, you beat up a cat?" Moon meowed, he and Lyla glanced at each other and smirked.
"Yeah! And Milo was so scared!" Raven smiled as she went on.
"uh-huh. I'm so sure." Lyla laughed.
"On the way did you see a hedgehog fly?" Moon smirked.
"I'm telling the truth!" Raven protested.
Moon rolled his eyes, "Anyway, now we only have one rat, and it's almost night. So me and Lyla will take it."
"what about me?" Raven asked.
"you just decided to make up stories rather than hunt." Moon glared at Raven.
raven sighed, "Oh, okay." and curled up in a cold stone. That's what Moon ment by storing food. feeding it to him and Lyla. She watched Lyla and Moon share the rat, talking quietly about something. slowly, she closed her eyes.
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Raven wasn't in the clearing anymore.
The dark forest surrounded her, consumed her.
"Welcome, Raven."
Raven spun around, there Scourge stood.
"you have a bad habit of sneaking up on people." Raven glared at Scourge.
"a bit touchy today are we?" Scourge smiled. before Raven could answer, Scourge spoke, "don't let Moon and Lyla boss you around. First rule to Bloodclan: don't let weak cats who can't even hunt for themselves boss you around. Show them what you're made of, teach them a lesson they won't forget." Scourge growled. "Now, let's train." he meowed, tackling Raven, who was caught off guard. "Hey!" she hissed.
"You need to always be prepared for an attack." scourge eyed Raven. Less than a moment later scourge lunged at her again, this time Raven ducked.
"Wrong!" Scourge hissed, "don't back up from a fight! Head straight for me! Attack!" scourge lunged once more, this time Raven tackled him, Though Scourge quickly pinned her down. "You have to fight hard. Taste the blood of your enemy, don't let up. And keep at it until your enemy cowers in fear, or at the very least runs in fear. And don't be afraid to kill your enemy, any cat who dares challenge you shouldn't deserve living, but you might let some live, to tell the stories of you, make other cats fear you. Rise in power using fear. Fear is very powerful, use it." Scourge finished.
"Yes Scourge." Raven nodded to scourge, fully intent on learning everything there is to know about fighting and power and fear.
"Now you attack me." Scourge said. after a little while, Scourge pricked his ears, "wake up Raven. now." he looked at her expectantly.
"What?" raven said, confused.
"Now! Wake up!" scourge roared. Raven looked at herself; she was starting to fade, waking up.
"Moon and Lyla are trying to-"Scourge's voice faded into nothing.
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Raven blinked her eyes awake. The moon rose high above as she looked around. Lyla and Moon stood a couple tail lengths away from Raven; they were in a hunter's crouch, like they spotted their prey and edged toward it. Raven began to sit up a little, "What are you doing?" she asked them. Lyla looked at Moon and smiled. "Well Raven, this lot isn't big enough for the three of us. Someone's gotta go. And Moon and I thought it would be you. We were going to let you run away, but me and Moon need to kill at least one cat to even begin to think about entering Bloodclan and following Scourge's paw prints. Now just sit still and it will be over quickly Raven, you know you can't fight both of us." Moon and Lyla circled Raven. "B-But Lyla! I'm your littermate!" Raven sputtered.
"You don't think we know that?! Killing a littermate is very cold blooded, maybe it will give us a better shot at being in Bloodclan. Besides Raven, you know we never really liked you. We have been trying to get rid of you for a while now." she grinned at Raven.
"What?" Raven couldn't believe what she was hearing, she knew her sibling didn't like her, but kill her?
"Oh come on Raven. Really, think. Remember when I attacked you that night when we were training with Ghost? Did you really think I just 'got caught up in the battle?' I was trying to kill you!" she laughed.
"And when I tried to give you death berries?" Moon spoke now, "That was no accident. Get it now Raven? Now just let us kill you, and we will make it painless, well, almost painless." he smiled. Lyla snapped at Raven's tail, Raven jumped, out of instinct and fear. Moon and Lyla cackled wickedly. "So you have to choices Raven. let us kill you quickly, or stand and fight and die slowly. what's your decision Raven?"