A call sounded from the High Rock.

"All cats old enough to catch your own prey, come!" Mangledstar yowled

Gentlerain left the sleeping Bluekit, and headed off to listen.

"ShadowClan is attacking our borders, we need all the fighters we can get, they have come against us full force, so now, we must fight with all we have. Apprtintices, you must fight as well, and even then, they outnumber us..." said ThunderClan's leader

The cats stalked in groups of five, behind their leader, to the raging battle, where they could see poor Fallenfur being torn to shreds.

Mangledstar never should have left her here alone! thought Gentlerain as she ran into the fury to help the downed deputy.

Strippednose quickly chose a target, a deep black ShadowClan tom. As he jumped upon the cat, pain entered his neck. The cat had just sliced Strippednose's neck with his deep long claws. He gave a hiss and left the warrior to die.

Gentlerain was dismayed as she watched Fallenfur actually being torn in two. She was batted and played with by two ShadowClan apprintices and four warriors.

"Did it take so many to kill her?" breathed the queen to herself

Fallenfur's neck had been slashed about three times, her soft belly ripped apart, her eyes were glazed and glasslike. Her fur was covered in her life's blood, and yet the cruel cats continued to slash, and toss her, and shred her.

Gentlerain closed her eyes, the deputy was dead, and she knew why ShadowClan killed her so brutely. As a warrior, Fallenfur had killed ShadowClan's deputy in battle, it was payback time for them now.

With a flash of calico, Spottedleaf ran to Strippednose, whispering,

"Oh StarClan, don't let him die!"

She reached the tom too late, his blood covered the ground. Spottedleaf kept from weeping and instead slapped the black ShadowClan tom with her paw, sending him onto the ground.

Gentlerain quickly ran from the scene of Fallenfur's death, and fought the nearest ShadowClanner. She rolled and wrestled with the cat until she finally claimed victory, the cat yowled and retreated.

"Beware of a warrior you cannot trust..."

Spottedleaf had a vision, it came across her so quick. She was whispered those words. She looked to the left and saw the form of Mangledstar heading for Gentlerain.

Mangledstar drove his claws into Gentlerain's side so fast that she didn't know what was coming. He took her by the scruff and dragged her over to a bush where he pinned her down.

"Bluekit will never be leader," he hissed in Gentlerain's ear before giving a killing blow to the she-cat.

Spottedleaf gasped in horror and truth, their leader was truly evil, and had broken the Warrior Code...right before her eyes...

Mangledstar watched to make sure no one was looking, then dragged Gentlerain's body near to Strippednose to make it look like they had been killed by the same ShadowClan cat.

Spottedleaf knew at that moment she would hate Mangledstar forevermore, but could she kill him? Could she actually kill ThunderClan's leader! She breathed possibilities and ways to herself. There had to be someone she could tell, someone she could trust!

She turned, watching as ThunderClan drove the ShadowClanners away, and began burrying the dead. She scanned for Patchpelt, he was helping to bury Fallenfur.

"Patchpelt! I have something desperate to tell you!"

"And so Mangledstar killed Gentlerain?" asked Patchpelt after hearing Spottedleaf's story.

"Yes, yes! You do belive me?"

"Yes, I do, Mangledstar has always been in my watch." replied Patchpelt

"Patchpelt, I'm going to kill him, if it takes my last breath, I'll kill him." said Spottedleaf

"Don't do this, Spottedleaf, you'll be in the biggest trouble!"

"Patchpelt, I have to. He killed a loyal ThunderClan cat in front of my very eyes!"

She flicked her tail impatiently. Patchpelt glared at her with disaproval.

"Does Bluekit know?" asked Spottedleaf

"About what?"

"About Gentlerain and Strippednose!" hissed Spottedleaf

"Oh, no, do you want to tell her?"

"Let's both."

They prowled out from behind the bushes and ran to follow ThunderClan home. The battle had been so horrific and brutle that some of the apprintices who had help were sick for many days after. Spottedleaf ran to find Bluekit.

"Spottedleaf!" the kit squealed in delight, but upon noticing the sollem look on Spottedleaf's face, she stopped.

"Bluekit..." started Spottedleaf

"What is it?" gasped Bluekit

"Gentlerain and Strippednose..."

Bluekit held her breath, wishing for the best, but knowing the news would hold the worst.

"They are dead..." sighed Spottedleaf

Bluekit looked stricken, her father and caretaker...dead...she cried herself to sleep, while Spottedleaf watched with sadnesss and feeling for the kit.