Okay just as I promised, here's chapter eleven
Chapter Eleven: Weakness
Growls filled the air at Scarletstar's words. Apprentices arched their backs at the RiverClan warriors that surrounded them as warriors stood to their paws hissing at the she-cat that challenged them.
However, the moonlight was as strong as it was before but Scarletstar took no notice of the clouds quickly approaching. She scanned the crowd again but she never seemed to see me, her scarlet eyes pronounced and proud.
"Cats of every Clan," she yowled loudly as though she were talking to the moon, "I have won many battles last moon and now it is time to claim my prize." I couldn't help but notice Redstar bristle at those words. "ShadowClan, I shall not take much but access into your land."
Maplestar opened her jaws but Scarletstar swiftly interrupted, "Just five fox-lengths from the lake. We will not take any prey but if your Clan wanders into our newterritory we will attack."
Maplestar seemed to think about this for a moment before meowing, "You have won and you won't take much from us. I agree to this."
Scarletstar's eyes glittered maliciously under the moon as a mocking snarl crawled up her muzzle at the new ShadowClan leader's retreat. Redstar and Rushstar seemed intimidated by that. "As for ThunderClan," she snarled. "For some reason, the day after I beat and killed the ShadowClan leader, Amberstar tried to kill me."
Scarletstar turned to face Redstar, her tail lashing like a whip as she meowed calmly, "Why is that, Redstar? You are the new leader now, right? If so, you should understand why the old leader would care about a ShadowClan leader's death."
Redstar flinched as I did too.
How could she put all of that together?
Had she figured out the bond between the ShadowClan leader and Amberstar?
I saw Nightpaw edge closer to me out of fear as Timberpaw bristled in understanding of her words.
Did all of ThunderClan learn her secret by those words?
Redstar recovered quickly as he meowed, "I do not understand where you are going. Surely you do not expect Amberstar to attack because of you killing in cold blood." Scarletstar's fur ruffled at that. "I would do the same. No cat kills another in battle unless they think they might be killed. Why did you kill Amberstar? Did you think that you were going to lose?"
Before I knew what was happening Redstar turned on Maplestar, he was losing control of the gathering.
"As for ShadowClan, Amberstar tried to win your pride back and what do you do? You killed one of our warriors! Frostwing was found dead in your territory. Can you explain that? Your warriors killed Frostwing over a little prey?"
The ThunderClan leader couldn't understand what he was doing!
He is making the two Clan turn against us!
Maplestar turned to Redstar and yowled, "How dare you accuse our warriors of killing another? Redstar, you saw the trail of blood that led into our territory. The claw marks that burned our trees. If we were to chase her out of our territory, wouldn't she have run the other way? Into your camp?"
Timberpaw flicked at that, he sent a nervous and excited glance at me. "She is saying Frostwing was chased from our territory!" he whispered. "Who from ThunderClan would chase Frostwing out?"
"Shallowpaw," I whispered quickly. Nightpaw froze and looked at me in shock as Timberpaw tensed. His round eyes stared burned into me like fire.
"Is that why she attacked you?" she hissed.
I nodded.
Scarletstar interrupted Nightpaw's words as she cried, "I won and for that I'm taking all the territory from the river that borders ShadowClan from you all the way up to the Giant Oak. We have already set markers so you will not be tempted to hunt there. As for you Redstar, for your accusation don't expect me to forget! I will run you out of this forest for that!"
Redstar unsheathed his claws and growled at Scarletstar's threat, "You come into my territory claiming my land without my permission?"
I loud caterwaul erupted from Rushstar. She crouched down toward the ground and spat darkly, "You are acting like no leader, Redstar! Your old leader attacked her and she has every right to take your land! Do not fight a lost battle, Redstar, for all you have done to your Clan is make it a target for those two Clans. I claim this gathering over."
She turned to Scarletstar and snarled, "You cannot keep my warriors prisoners here!" Rushstar leaped down from Highledge and pushed through the crowd toward the entrance of ThunderClan.
Then everything happened so quickly I couldn't see what happened until the RiverClan leader's claws raked across Rushstar's back. One moment Scarletstar was on Highledge the second she was over Rushstar. Claws were extended and teeth were snarling.
"Great StarClan!" Nightpaw breathed beside me as she struggled to see what was happening, "Did you see that jump she made?"
As soon as those words left her mouth, the hollow began to echo with battle cries. They rang like a song in the stone hollow. I've never heard anything so frightening. Nightpaw and Timberpaw disappeared beside me in the mass of fighting cats.
Fear pulsed through me, thicker in every heartbeat. I looked up to see if clouds would cover the moon. An eerie and familiar feeling swept through my body as I got a glimpse of the sky.
I bristled and arched my back as the cats around me fought, not one warrior dared to come near me. Lightning struck and the clouds covered the moon as soon as I was about to attack a warrior, I felt on the edge of losing control. The feeling couldn't be contained, I had to act! I had to release this power.
However, when the stars and moon recovered by the storm clouds, I felt sickly, weak, and tired. If a kit attacked me right now, I would be no match. I struggled to stay on my paws and I almost collapsed but another cat held me up.
I was touching another cat but saw no future. The shock was dim though as the cat held me up. "I've found him, Berrystripe!" the panicked voice cried, voice as sweet as honey compared to the RiverClan cats that raged on. "Over here!"
Berrystripe rushed over and yowled, "Bring him to my den, and hurry! I didn't know he couldn't ever-" She stopped short.
"Ever what?"
That was the last thing I heard: Nightpaw's pleading question.
