Hey guys, sorry I meant to update this yesterday! But that soooo didn't happen=( Also we have exams coming up so I'll probably be studying over the weekend, and won't be able to write=(

Also: LAST CHAPTER! THE STORIES OVER OMYGOSH!

Sorry about that;)

Brambletail88- Glad you loved the chapter=) Hopefully the new story will be up in a week or two=) hope you like this one!=)

Graywhisper- I love your idea! I think I'm going to use it!=) and I think I'll just throw the idea in, however it won't be until the next real-not-side story=) and yes the paw was Dewpaw;) hope you enjoy this!=(

Spottedmask12- Glad you loved the chapter! As for your questions only time will tell!=) Hope you enjoy this chapter!

Sunny- Whoa long review! It takes up the whole page on my iPad!=) it has been too long friend! And it's cool, I understand issues with technology=) and Harry will always be awesome! My friend came over and I showed her all of my random Harry Potter stuff and we geeked out over it=) Harry Potter Generation! As for nanowrimo, that's still pretty good! Glad ya still love Midnight, DewxRapid, and Lightning=) Also I'm thinking that Onyx shall be joining ThunderClan, but I have to figure out the next book somehow…. And the Spiderleg idea is interesting… mind if I use it? And the apocalypse…. Fail. There were so many kids who believed it was gonna happen. Fail.

*Warning: slight bad language*


Chapter Fifty Three

I wander around camp as the sun rises. I'm restless and I don't want to be in the nursery. I got kicked out anyway; apparently my 'negative energy' was messing up the kits.

Whatever.

I sit down and scan the hollow yet again. The old feeling of being watched is back. I just have a feeling, a very bad feeling.

"Hey Midnightstar. Are you okay?" Blazefeather asks, sitting down next to me.

"No…" I reply continuing to scan the area. "Double the patrols will you?"

"Um why?" he asks, wrinkling his nose in confusion.

"Just do it." I reply firmly, "I have a bad feeling." Blazefeather nods and leaves to go to the senior warriors. I taste the air, searching for some clue.

As the sun peaks over the hollow and light washes the camp, I scent the heavy darkness that can only mean the Dark Forest. No, not here, not now! I snarl in my mind.

Walking quickly I leave camp and continue through the territory. When I'm a good distance away, I turn and mew in a strong voice, "What do you want?"

Dark mist appears and solidifies, slowly fading to reveal Breezepelt. I growl loudly and snarl, "You really think it's smart to show up here again?"

"Silence upstart!" he growls, hate prevalent on his face.

"Upstart? That's the best insult you got?" I reply with a laugh.

"I wouldn't be so smug." He replies with a hiss, "You…. You ruined everything. And now finally I can have my revenge. I didn't want that weakling for a son, but it worked out well. Until you ruined it! You know they say revenge is a dish best served cold. I'm about to find out."

Furious, I snarl and leap forward, ready to get rid of him once and for all. But he disappears reappearing in a tree, leaning against it lazily.

"Funny… that you left your dear Clan unguarded." he mews lazily, "I know you meant to draw attention away from them – take it onto yourself, very noble I will admit. But it backfired, well for you at least. It makes my plan much, much easier. Funny how you noble cats only end up losing everything you care about."

I growl and hiss, "What do you want?"

"Revenge, haven't I told you? WindClan means nothing to me anymore… but revenge." His eyes sparkle insanely, "You are a fool. How many times have we offered you glory and you turn it down? For what? For this? Baby-sitting a Clan of sniveling weaklings trying to salvage a losing war? Fool.

"I will have my revenge. I will take everything from you. And I will start with what you love most. But I am a reasonable cat. You have about three second to save them… starting now." Breezepelt disappears, but this time does not reappear. I barley have time to register that.

I run, flying back to camp, fear forcing me to go faster. When I arrive I skid to a stop, confused by the silence. I had expected a battle, a horrible one – but the camp looks just as it had when I left it.

I take a few deep breaths. A mind game, I think, just a mind game, he was just trying to psych you out.

I walk shakily back into the nursery and over to Ravenclaw. But I stop dead, staring at her nest. She's sleeping, peacefully, but there are no kits surrounding her. It's just her.

"Ravenclaw!" I screech, my voice much higher than normal. She scrambles up, half awake and confused.

"What?" she moans when she has her bearings.

"Where are the KITS?!" I demand hysterically.

"Right –" but then she glances down and I feel my fear inflate her. "Oh StarClan. She moans, stumbling to the ground, her legs no longer able to support her. "Th-they prob-probably just went to visit th-the el-elders. He-hear a st-story. They love stories." Ravenclaw stammers her eyes closed.

I close my own eyes at her words and fan out my senses. Elders den… no kits. Medicine den… no kits! Apprentices' den? No kits! Warriors – no kits! Mine? No kits!

I feel the fear drench me again as though it is icy water. "Raven…" I whisper my voice barely audible, "They're not here."

"What do you mean?" she snaps her eyes flying open filled with terror.

"They're not in camp!" I yell trembling all over, "And Breezepelt showed up! He said he'd take what I love most!"

"No. No! NO!" Ravenclaw screams and we flee the den. In our haste we hit Nightwhisper and Jaggedwind as they are walking.

"Whoa what's wrong?" Nightwhisper demands immediately.

"The kits! Where are the kits?!" I screech at once.

"What – I have no idea!" he replies in confusion, then horror spills over him, immediately filling his expression.

"No…" he whispers shaking his head, "No."

Jaggedwind is trying to desperately calm his sister, his own anxiety shining in his eyes. I spread my senses out all over the territory, searching meticulously.

But – nothing.

A numbing cold fills me for the second time in my life. They're… gone.

"Well, where are they?" Jaggedwind demands after a few moments.

"Gone." I can hardly get the tiny word out and the effect it has is astonishing. Nightwhisper hits the ground, limp with shock, Jaggedwind looks as though someone's ripped his throat out and Ravenclaw gives a long keening moan, before keeling over, racked with sobs.

I fight the numb desperately and growl, "They have them. In the Dark Forest."

Three pairs of eyes stare up at me, completely dismayed. "Don't give up yet." I growl, "We're getting them back."

A fire lights in the boys' eyes and Jaggedwind whispers to Ravenclaw, "Don't worry, we'll get them back."

"I'm going to kick the Dark Forest's ass." Nightwhisper snarls, complete hate in his eyes.

Me too, I think grimly, me too…

*Moonkit*

I wake up and watch mommy's black pelt leave the den. We've been moved to Auntie Raven's nest again and she's snoring away. I roll my eyes and push myself up. I look all around the den but no one else seems to be awake. I close my eyes and listen with all my might.

Yup the camp sounds busy – busy enough not to notice a couple of kits sneaking out into the real world!

I whip around and pounce on Lightingkit, he wakes up with a grunt, throwing me onto Featherkit and waking her up.

"What are you doing?" Featherkit demands, her blue-green eyes glaring at me reproachfully.

"That was really not cool." Lightingkit moans as he starts to lick himself clean.

"Who cares?" I squeal, "Mommy's gone and everyone else is passed out! We can finally sneak out of camp!"

"I've told you that's not a good idea!" Featherkit protest hotly.

"Suck up!" I whine sticking my tongue out at her, "You're such a mentor's pet!"

"Yeah? We'll at least I'm not going to die two seconds after I get apprenticed!" she retorts her eyes blazing.

"I'm not gonna –"

"Shush!" Lightingkit snarls. I glance around apprehensively and see Auntie Raven's kits stirring. Out argument must have woken them up. "Nice job." He growls flashing an annoyed look at me.

"It's okay! The can come with us!" I exclaim smiling serenely at my siblings.

"No!" Featherkit squeaks, "They could get hurt!"

"Ugh! Lame!" I groan, "They're not afraid of a little bit of adventure! Oi!" I mew to them, ignoring Lightingkit's protests, "Fancy sneaking out if camp?"

They exchange intrigued looks and then mew "Yeah!"

"Are you crazy?!" Lightingkit hisses in my ear, "What about Eaglekit?"

"We can all help him…" I reply, trying to look like I hadn't overlooked that fact.

"You're an idiot." Lightingkit mews flatly.

"Are you coming or not?" I demand.

"No one should go!" Featherkit insists, getting up in my face.

I push her away and she stumbles back, still glaring at me, "Don't be such a killjoy!" I snap angrily.

Featherkit hisses at me, pinning her ears back. "This is a bad idea!" she repeats.

"Then stay here!" I mew in exasperation.

"No." she mutters as we start to sneak out, "Someone has to make sure you don't get in trouble."

"Well then come on!" I demand, throwing an annoyed look over my shoulder.

We flatten ourselves to the ground and sneak around the edge of camp. "We're never going to make it out…" I hear Lightingkit mew from his place helping Eaglekit, "The thorn tunnel is too exposed."

But then a miracle appears: Uncle Blazefeather calls the attention of camp and we manage to hightail it out of the hollow.

When we catch our breath after tumbling into the forest we gasp as one. It's so green! And alive with the sounds of other animals. All of the scents hit my nose at once and I moan as a headache appears from trying to take it all in. I see Featherkit with her eyes closed, and Lightingkit still on the ground, so I don't feel too lame.

When it passes I straighten up and march over to a tree. "That's a tree," Lightingkit mews in a dry voice.

"No, really?" I reply rolling my eyes. I flick out my claws and start to walk up it. But my claws are weak and can't sink into the bark. I plummet back to the leaf strewn ground.

"Nice fall." Featherkit mews, "Now can we go back to camp?"

"Are you kidding?!" Heatherkit and Emberkit squeak together, "We just got here!"

"We shouldn't even be here!" Featherkit counters.

"I have a bad feeling…" Hopekit mutters suddenly.

"Something's coming!" Lightingkit warns. We stumble back, forming a huddle around Eaglekit, who's sitting up.

I let out a shaky breath, trying to calm back down, "Okay guys lets –"

But Hopekit's shriek cuts me off. A wall of blackness is descending upon us, and surrounds us. As one we open our mouths and scream:

"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"

"THIS – IS – ALL – YOUR – FAULT!" I hear Featherkit exclaim through our screams. And then before our eyes, cats appear from the mist.

"Uh-oh…." Lightingkit groans. I let out a small whimper myself.

"Hello little kitties." A dark gray cat with terrifying dark eyes purrs, stepping closer. The rest of the cats follow suit and the circle around us becomes tighter.

"Who are you?" Featherkit demands. I can feel her fear, though she is trying to disguise it.

"My name is Wolfstream, dear, what's yours?" the cat purrs again. Featherkit doesn't reply. I scan the group. All are she-cats and all look somewhat bored, though menacing.

Except for one. She's the prettiest of the lot by far, cream with black splotches and green eyes – but she looks… crazy. She's staring us with a look I can't place, almost appraisingly.

"Wolfstream, we better be getting on with it," she mews, breaking her stare. "She'll be coming back soon."

"Yes." The cat, Wolfstream, replies, "Everyone choose a kit."

"NO!" I scream as the lunge for us. I don't know what to do. I try to shield Hopekit who is shaking like a leaf, but it's all in vain.

A small, mottle brown she-cat grabs me in her battered muzzle. I try to fight, squirming about but she is much too strong.

I hear Lightingkit hissing nearby and see Emberkit fighting, nipping at her captor, but then the world starts to fade from around me. I squeal and shriek, slamming my eyes close, wishing I could be back in the nursery, safe and sound.

I feel the cat place me down and I hear the sounds of battle, of yowling and snarling, and smell a terrible smell.

"Open your eyes young one, if you cooperate with us, you have nothing to fear." The cat mews in a low voice.

"Don't lie to her, Sparrowfeather." A lazy voice replies. I crack my eyes open and gasp. The cats amber eyes glitter evilly above her tortishell-and-white pelt.

The new cat bares her teeth at me and I see they are yellow. I gag at the scent coming off of her.

"Mapleshade!" a different voice, the one who had spoken earlier, echoes through the darkness, "Don't you have your own mission?"

Mapleshade glares at the other cat, amber challenging green until she speaks, her voice a cold purr, "Watch yourself Lillywinter, I am you superior. And you are not Tigerstar's favorite."

Lillywinter looks fairly surprised and mews, "That's not the impression I got." Mapleshade looks angry, but disappears – literally.

"What are we going to do with them?" another cat asks, as I huddle back into my siblings and friends.

"They'll stay here for now, until we know what to do with them" Lillywinter replies quickly.

"Let us go!" Feathertail snarls.

"Oh no, little one, oh no…. you going to be very useful." Lillywinter replies with a menacing purr.

Lightingkit stands, looking brave and determined. We exchange looks and I stand as well, "Our parents are going to kick your ass." We mew loudly.

A few cats raise their eyebrows as Heatherkit growls, "So will my mum!"

"We shall see…" Lillywinter mews, looking amused. I close my eyes as the shadows grow darker.


THE KITS ARE NOT GOING TO DIE OR BE STUCK IN THE DARK FOREST FOREVER. Sorry just had to cover myself after the Blazefeather debacle. So this was supposed to be an awesome cliff hanger, but since Echo's no longer in contact with me… it makes stuff harder.

But I stole again;) Midnight's whole line of 'we'll get them back' came from Prince of Persia after they lost the dagger, the "Parents will kick your ass" came from the second Mummy, Alex says that to the mummy and I love it;) and finally when they all scream AHHH! Picture a bunch of kits screaming like Harry, Ron, and Hermione when they run into Fluffy.

I wrote the plot for the side story, and it's eight chapters including the prologue? I think, I don't have it with me and I'm on my mom's laptop. Anyways the prologue is pretty much going to be the one for this book. It'll just have some more things in Stormfur's p.o.v.=) the title is tentatively The Journey of Coming Home, thank you Graywhisper!

I'm hoping that it will be up soon, but I doubt I'll be able to write this week or weekend because of exams but next week is exam week and we get out early so hopefully writing!

Thank you so much for all of your support! You guys are the best readers ever! And by the way you totally blew the reviews for Web of Lies out of the water ;)

So yeah thanks so much for reading & reviewing… you guys are the best=)

~Midnight=D