The Lava Pit
It was a sunny day, there were a few clouds in the sky and birds were chirping away, but outside of the clans was a cave. Inside the cave, there was lava that came from an extinct volcano and a lever-like switch system that held three cats that were tied up separately in the tube with rope. The tube was hanging from another rope and was in the middle of the lava pit. The three cats that were tied up was a tortoiseshell she-cat, a brown tom with darker stripes, white chest and belly, and a light grey she-cat with dark grey paws, eartips, tailtip and a white chest. All three cats were tied to the tube with their fore paws tied behind their backs, their hind paws dangling and were unconscious. As time went on, the heat from the lava was starting to wake the sleeping cats with the tortoiseshell she-cat slowly opening her eyes. However, the sulphurous smoke caused her to have a bit of blurry vision and the rotten smell of sulphur almost made her vomit, but she pressed on and squinted her eyes to see a bit. From what she could tell, she was tied up in a tube and below her was a very hot, fiery liquid. The tortoiseshell she-cat was alarmed and tried to break free, but the rope was too tight. The other two cats were starting to wake up as each one opened their eyes slowly. The smoke made their vision blurry, but after a while, they regained their vision and looked around. From what they could tell, they were in a tube and there was fiery liquid underneath them. Both cats started to panic and all three cats struggled to get out of the rope.
"Wh-What's going on?! Where are we?!" the grey she-cat panicked.
"Calm down, Dovewing. I don't know where we are, but we cannot panic." the tortoiseshell assured calmly.
"Tawnypelt?" Dovewing meowed confused.
"Mom?" the brown tom meowed confused.
"Dovewing? Tigerstar? What are you two doing here?" Tawnypelt asked.
"I...I don't know, I don't know how we got here." Dovewing meowed scared.
"Okay Okay, do you remember how you got here?" Tawnypelt asked.
"No, no I don't remember." Dovewing cried.
"I'm sorry mom, but I don't remember either." Tigerstar meowed.
"Okay…can you get out of these ropes?" Tawnypelt asked.
"No, but I can try." Tigerstar meowed, struggling.
All three cats struggled to get out of the rope, but it was no use, it was too tight. Suddenly, Tawnypelt, Tigerstar, and Dovewing heard laughs coming from outside the tube and in the cave. Tawnypelt couldn't recognize the laughs, but Tigerstar and Dovewing were disturbed to even hear laughing. The laughing stopped, except for one and it changed to a chuckle.
"I wouldn't do that if I were you. The fiery liquid below you is lava and it will do more than just burn you alive." A voice threatened.
Tawnypelt recognized the voice as Bumblestripes and Tigerstar and Dovewing were horrified. Dovewing didn't think it could be her former mate, but she knew that it had to be a cat from the clans, but she didn't know which one. She also didn't think that it was an entire group as the laughing was clearly coming from multiple voices.
"Well, Well, Well, what do we have here? Tawnypelt, the traitor of Thunderclan, Tigerstar, the cat who left his clan in peril, and Dovewing, the cat that left her clan for another cat. Hello Dovewing, it's good to see you again." Bumblestripe mocked.
Dovewing didn't respond, all three cats were horrified of the fact that it was indeed a clan cat. They had assumed that it was the rogues that had terrorized Thunderclan and killed Lionblaze and Cinderheart. The fact that it was cats from Thunderclan made the situation more dire.
"As punishment for breaking the ways of life and rules, you shall be lowered into the lava pit." Bumblestripe meowed.
He turned around, approached a rudder switch and pushed it up. The switch made the tube move down a bit and all three cats struggled to break out of the rope, but it was hopeless, the rope was too tight to loosen or break free from. Suddenly, Tawnypelt had an idea.
"Quick, bite on the rope!" she yowled.
"What?! Why?!" Dovewing yowled.
"Trust me, I have an idea." Tawnypelt meowed.
"O-Okay." Dovewing meowed reluctant.
All three cats reach the rope to bite on it, but the rope was too thick and it was a slow process. There wasn't much time and all three cats bit into the rope as fast as they could.
"Goodbye Dovewing and the rest of you codebreaker scum, it was nice seeing you again." Bumblestripe mocked.
As the tube was near the lava, Tawnypelt, Tigerstar, and Dovewing continued biting on the rope. The closer the tube was to the lava, the more the lava flares spewed closer towards the tube. Bits and drops of lava landed on the tube and Tawnypelt and Dovewing, causing agonizing burns and pain, and causing Dovewing and Tawnypelt to yowl and grit in pain. Finally, the lava flares hit the rope, melting it, and caused it to snap and the tube fell into the lava. As the tube sank into the lava, agonizing screams from Tawnypelt, Dovewing, and Tigerstar were heard, as the lava melted their flesh and bodies. Their screams were cut off as the tube completely sunk into the lava. Bumblestripe watched with a sinister smile and his gang laughed and yowled for victory. After a few moments, Bumblestripe turned around and his gang stopped laughing and left the cave.