Chapter 8

Scourge sat on a low hanging branch the large tree in the middle of the island. Below him cats murmured to each other wondering what he would have to say at this meeting. Scourge raised one paw and all the cats in the clearing immediately were silent. Scourge cleared his throat. "To start off our meeting tonight I would like to point out an important event that happened recently." He paused dramatically. "As many of you already know, RiverClan attempted to rebel against BloodClan. I was kind enough to not completely destroy them."

Leopardfur's fur bristled but she held her tongue.

Scourge continued, "Are any of still interested in rebelling? Please tell me now so I don't have to bother killing you later."

Cats in the clearing looked around at each other but no cat dare say anything.

"Good." Scourge purred. "Now onto the next matter of business-"

A sudden cry interrupted Scourge. "I still rebel against you, Scourge!"

Scourge's eyes filled with rage. "Who dares to challenge me?" He spat.

Jayfeather stepped forward so Scourge could see him clearly. "That would be."

"Hawk, kill him." Scourge commanded.

A muscular dark grey tom leaped to his feet. "With pleasure, Scourge."

Jayfeather started to reconsider what he was doing. What if the plan doesn't work? He thought. What if Heathertail messes up or if Hawk gets to me first… Jayfeather knew what the result would look like and it most certainly wouldn't be pretty. He sat in complete silence waiting for Hawk.

"I'm going to rip you're throat out." Hawk growled.

The large tom was almost in striking range now. "Now!" Jayfeather screeched.

There was a loud noise and a sudden bright light. Cats cried out in confusion.

Yes! It worked. Jayfeather let out a sigh of relief. In front of him stood none other than Tallstar. The older tom scanned the clearing with a confident look in his eyes.

"Oh my StarClan…" A cat muttered.

"Correct! I've come here to reassure all of you that you are most certainly not alone. And that you can rebel from Scourge. Only if all four clans work together though."

Scourge rolled his eyes. "All the cats here know that you speak nonsense. BloodClan defeated the Clans once and we could easily do it again."

Blackfoot stood up from amongst the cats. "ShadowClan will fight." He said his eyes gleaming with determination.

Onewhisker stood up next to him. "As will WindClan." He declared.

Leopardfur stood up reluctantly. "If the other Clans will fight RiverClan will as well."

All eyes were on Firestar now. The flame colored tom shifted uncomfortably. He shifted his gaze from Tallstar to Scourge and his eyes filled with rage. "I am done sitting around doing nothing." He said in a low voice. "ThunderClan will fight."

…

"You are all fools!" Scourge growled. "And now you will die."

"I'd rather die than live another day under your rule." Firestar returned evenly.

Scourge looked around at the cats in the clearing and recognized that the BloodClan cats were vastly outnumbered. "Return to camp now." He ordered.

At Scourge's command the BloodClan cats slowly started to back away hissing threats as they retreated. Scourge waited until all of his warriors had left and then started to follow them. Right before he vanished from the clearing he left on final comment. "You may have force us to retreat now, but this will never happen again. The next time we meet I will destroy all of you."

"I'm looking forward to it." Firestar retorted.

I realize it's short. I feel lazy right now though :P Hopefully my next chapter has a little more length.

P.S.: My last chapter didn't get a single review :(. So please leave one for this chapter! Even if it's negative.