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Chapter 14, Mudpaw…oh!

Rockpaw couldn't do anything but watch Shadowpaw die. The thing on top was just being pressed…

Suddenly there was a horrible shriek and Rockpaw saw that Nightpaw had jumped up and fastened her teeth in the man's ankle. He took the needle and flapped his hand down by her. The needle clattered to the floor. Leafpaw seized it.

Nightpaw continued to bite the man. Rockpaw sunk his teeth into one of the ropes, and Skypaw did the other. They broke, and Shadowpaw leapt to her feet. Skypaw jumped down to help Nightpaw chew.

Suddenly, Rockpaw wanted to confess his feelings for her. He opened his mouth, decided on his words, and then he closed it, embarrassed.

Shadowpaw looked at him then sprang from the table. She raced out of the Twoleg Nest with the other apprentices following.

As Rockpaw followed her he cursed silently under his breath. He should have just told her. She was so beautiful. He watched her paws pad silently over the grass in the garden.

He shook his head. He acting like he was lovesick. He had to get back to camp.

They were in the middle of the forest, in a tiny clearing that was covered with fallen leaves. Pine trees and oak trees stretched into the sky. The ground was soggy, and the rain was still falling. There were a few puddles on the ground.

Rockpaw ran foreword, and smashed headlong into something hard. He looked up.

Shadowpaw's POV…

It was Mudpaw. Rockpaw had smashed right into Mudpaw's chest. The apprentice looked down at all them, her head high. Behind her were very many cats, all the same height, all black, all with pale yellow eyes.

"What are you doing here?" Nightpaw asked. Shadowpaw was still looking at the cats behind her. One was Brownpaw of WindClan, another was Blackclaw of RiverClan, and one was Cederstar.

"Let me explain," Mudpaw said loudly. "You see three cats from your Clans, don't you? These are not the real cats. The real cats are strewn around the territory, out cold. These cats here are copies. They are not real cats, merely robots, created by a Twoleg named Professor Schmitt. He saw the three cats these robots are looking like outside his window and made a copy of them." Mudpaw walked foreword and slashed her claws into Blackclaw's chest. No blood came.

"A robot isn't a real cat. It is something made by Twolegs. It is made of metal. Metal is that shiny grey stuff you found in the professors house."

"How did you-," Nightpaw began, but Mudpaw finished for her.

"Know that you were in his nest?" Nightpaw nodded. Mudpaw raised her voice.

"I am a robot too! I am the professor's top one. I send him messages through my brain about everything that goes on. And he sent me a message saying that four little cats had interrupted his procedure."

She looked down at the five stumped apprentices.

"I see that you don't quiet understand. Well, you will soon enough. The battle will begin shortly, where we will wipe all five of you out, then head for the Clans, and deal with them too. But first I would like to introduce you to my fighters. "Those two black ones that look alike are nameless. They were built for fighting, that's all. The only thing they understand is when I give the command for them to attack. They can't talk, either. They are very remarkable fighters, though." Mudpaw nodded to the two stiff black cats.

"Then there are the ones that look like Clan members. They are good fighters, though not as strong as the black ones. Then there is me. I am the best. I am the highest kind, and the best fighter." She grinned. It looked terrible on her face. "Finally there is little Seapaw. A real cat, straight from ThunderClan. She will assist me in fighting."

"Seapaw!" Skypaw shouted at her little sister, who looked down at her paws.

"I will give you one minute to say your good-byes. Then you will all die."

"We won't all die!" Nightpaw shouted.

"Yes, that's exactly what a warrior who knows he is going to die would say," Mudpaw mewed dully, without even looking up.

All the cats fell silent. Shadowpaw heard Leafpaw pray to StarClan.

But Skypaw hadn't quieted down. "Seapaw," she mewed, "All the Clans will die out. You will help them in that process if you stay on Mudpaw's side. She will kill you anyway when she is through with us. Please, be noble before you die."

"I will die knowing I won a battle."

"A battle against your will," Skypaw said. "You would die knowing that you were protecting your Clan if you stayed with us."

Seapaw shook her head.

Skypaw had a new idea. "Seapaw, if you die fighting against your Clan, you may not go to StarClan."

Seapaw paused. The whole forest seemed to hold its breath. Then Seapaw stood up and walked over to the ThunderClan apprentices, standing beside her sister.

They were silent for a few more seconds.

"I don't want to die!" Shadowpaw spat suddenly, "Who said they were going to beat us?"

"We have no hope against them," Skypaw whispered, and Shadowpaw saw tears sparking in her eyes. Leafpaw looked over, and then she started crying. So did Nightpaw.

"Hey!" Mudpaw said suddenly, "I have an idea! Let's fight for something!" She reached foreword and grabbed Seapaw. She slashed her claws into the apprentice's neck, and she fell down in a dead faint.

"We fight over her! If you win, she will come back to life, but if I win, she will die as soon as the last of you five are dead. And, as we wait, she gets closer and closer to death, so let us make haste!"

All the apprentices were horrified at what Mudpaw had done. Skypaw was shaking with anger, tears spilling out of her violet colored eyes and staining her silky white fur.

Then, while all the apprentices sat in shock, Rockpaw stood up, and straightened then into a line. Five against six. Then Rockpaw sat with them.

"Now!" Mudpaw bellowed.

They're all going to die…sobs weird plot, Mudpaw being a robot, I know. Someone dies in the next chapter. WHO DO YOU THINK IT IS?

Hi Dawnfeather!! Sorry, I would have replied more privately, but then you are anonymous. Great! I hope you like my books…Actually, It, (Mudpaw) is not Shadowpaw's mother at all…read the other books to find out about that…Okay, start with Look to the Stars, and then Outcast, then Raven, then No Stars, then this!!