Silverfrost's paws felt numb. Cloudfrost was right! Hazelfang betrayed us! Her heart felt like it would stop. She betrayed her kin, her friends, and her Clanmates! She crept closer, Hazelfang was talking to the FierceClan leader, Twistedstar. There was no mistaking that twisted tail. Silverfrost felt sick. How could she do this? She stiffened as she caught Hazelfang mew,

"No one ever suspected me bringing the fox into camp. I just had to wait till Darkfern went to make some dirt, and I used scent from some fresh-kill I caught, and then-"

"Right." Twistedstar interrupted, clearly not eager to hear the whole story. "All you have to do is kill Hopebreeze, and any other cat who becomes deputy, until Sunnystar names you deputy. Then, you kill Sunnystar as many times as you need, but you must do so stealthily. Then, when you become leader, you and I will form an alliance and destroy the rest of the Clans. We will form the greatest clan ever known!" He mewed evilly, as Hazelfang purred in amusement.

Silverfrost's eyes widened in shock, and she raced back to camp to warn Sunnystar of Hazelfang's betrayal.

Silverfrost raced into camp, her heart beating fast. "I need to speak to Sunnystar immediately!" She mewed to Hopebreeze, urgency in her mew.

Hopebreeze's eyes widened. "What's wrong?" He mewed, concerned.

"No time to explain. I must see her now!" Silverfrost growled.

Hopebreeze's eyes flashed with hurt.

"Sorry." She muttered.

"Sunnystar is in her den at the moment." He mewed, avoiding her gaze.

"Thanks. And, sorry." She mewed, racing into the den under the leader's ledge.

"Sunnystar!" Silverfrost mewed urgently as Sunnystar's ears pricked in alarm.

"What's wrong?" The she-cat mewed.

"Hazelfang betrayed us." Silverfrost hissed, filled with loathing. She then told Sunnystar all that had happened at the FierceClan border, and Cloudfrost's suspicions. Sunnystar listened, her eyes alight with fury.

"How dare she betray us?" She hissed, alarming Silverfrost. "We are her birth clan! We cared for her, nurtured her, taught her how to survive!" She hissed. She raced out of the den, with Silverfrost on her heels. "Let all cats old enough to catch their own prey gather here beneath the leader's ledge!" She yowled hurriedly, as a swarm of cats raced into the clearing. "Hazelfang has betrayed us to Twistedstar!" She hissed. Caterwauls of disbelief met her announcement.

"My daughter would never do such a thing!" Robinleap hissed, with his mate, Hollybriar, yowling her agreement.

"She did." Silverfrost mewed shakily. "I saw her, talking with Twistedstar." She spat. "He told her all she had to do was to kill Hopebreeze-" She was interrupted with yowls of horror, and she continued, "And kill all the others who become deputy until she is announced deputy-" With more gasps of horror, "And then kill Sunnystar as many times as necessary." She finished. At this point, even Robinleap and Hollybriar looked ready to fight their daughter. "And then she and Twistedstar would form an alliance and destroy the rest of the clans as we know it." She finished with a gasp.

"We need to take action!" Thistleleaf mewed. flexing his claws. Hopebreeze, Robinleap, and several others yowled in agreement.

Sunnystar nodded. "Robinleap, Hollybriar, and Frostpelt," She mewed. "You must find Hazelfang and bring her back here at once." The cats she had chosen nodded and raced out of camp. "Mentors, take your apprentices and go practice battle moves." She mewed. As Silverfrost bunched her muscles to leap down, Sunnystar blocked her with her tail. "Not you." She mewed. "I need you to tell me and the senior warriors all you can about Hazelfang's plans.

"What about me?" Mistypaw mewed. "Hollybriar went to find Hazelfang!"

"Junipercloud can take you, Hazeldawn, take Lionpaw, I need Dovewish, and Hazelfern, you take Fawnpaw. I need to discuss something with Silverfrost and the senior warriors." Sunnystar mewed. "Senior warriors!" She yowled. "Meet me in my den at once!" She beckoned Silverfrost to follow her and sat in her den as Thistleleaf, Petalwish, Dawnripple, Frostpelt, Hopebreeze, and Dovewish filed into the den.

Silverfrost shuffled her paws nervously, being surrounded by all the senior warriors. "Um.." She mewed nervously. "All I really know is that their goal is to unite FierceClan and DawnClan, and then destroy WinterClan, ReefClan, and BraveClan, and probably force the remaining cats of those clans to join them."

"StarClan wouldn't grant Hazelfang nine lives if she did that!" Dovewish mewed in disbelief.

"StarClan shouldn't have allowed Twistedstar and Hazelfang to conspire with each other in the first place." Thistleleaf muttered darkly.

"StarClan isn't expected to do every little thing for us!" Dawnripple argued. "They had Silverfrost in the right place at the right time so we could prepare ourselves."

"I think that we should warn the other clans." Hopebreeze mewed. "They could help us fight FierceClan."

"I'm not helping BraveClan." Thistleleaf spat. Frostpelt and Petalwish mewed in agreement.

"But there must be five clans in the forest!" Silverfrost mewed. Shocked, everyone turned towards her. Silverfrost gulped. Oops.

"I suppose she has a point." Frostpelt mewed.

"It would please StarClan..." Petalwish mewed.

"Whatever. As long as I'm not expected to go to their filthy camp!" Thistleleaf spat.

Sunnystar nodded. "We will send messengers to warn the other clans." She mewed. "Frostpelt, you go to WinterClan, Petalwish, you go to ReefClan, and Dawnripple, you can go to BraveClan." The three cats nodded and burst out of the den.

"Now," Sunnystar mewed. "We have a battle to prepare for."

Did you guys enjoy that? I pushed aside all romance on this one, but don't think I'm done with romance yet!

Questions:

Why did Hazelfang betray DawnClan?

Why didn't StarClan warn them earlier?

Why do Twistedstar and Hazelfang want to destroy the other three clans?

Sorry it took so long to update this... I'll try to upload stuff more frequently, and if you read Percy Jackson, I have an uncompleted fanfiction on that while you wait for more Silverfrost!

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Love from, Yours truly, Amberdust.