Bluekit awoke happily in the morning. When Spottedleaf knew she was watching, she took the small vole out of the fresh kill pile and munched. This brought delight to the young kit's eyes. Spottedleaf prowled over to the warriors section and finished off Bluekit's prized vole. But the talk amongst the warriors troubled her.

"All that work for a kit!" spat one

"Imagine what a burden she'll be when we do an all out attack on ShadowClan..."

Spottedleaf was outraged, how could they speak of this? And what could this outright attack be about?

Mangledstar prowled in, nodded to Spottedleaf, then climbed upon the Highrock. Tatteredfur quickly followed. Bluekit meowed to Spottedleaf from the nursery, but she hissed to the blue kit to stay put.

"All cats old enough to catch their own prey, come now!" yowled Mangledstar, glancing towards the nusery.

Spottedleaf wanted to flay Mangledstar then and there, but something held her back.

"First of all, I want to introduce a new warrior to the clan," Mangledstar nodded to the crowd of cats as he spoke, emerging from the back was a tawny colored patched cat.

"This is Tawnyspots, he was born ThunderClan, but due to misjudgement from the former leader, he was exiled. Now he is back, and we have found he did no wrong."

Tawnyspots looked happy as he walked to Mangledstar. A proud fire blazed in his eyes. Tatteredfur dipped his head to the ruddy colored cat.

"Second of all," meowed Mangledstar, "We are planning an full forced attack on ShadowClan, we will gain their land and wipe them from the forest."

Growls of disaproval rose, but a few supporters also mewed their replies.

"Third, and last, I would also like to introduce you to Runningclaw,"

A sleek tabby she-cat prowled up to Mangledstar, her fur was a brown color with dark black tabby stripes. Her belly was wide, andSpottedleaf guessed she was pregnant.

"She is my mate, and I'm sure you all remember her,"

Lots of cats meowed, saying they did, but she was a traitor.

"We know she left and went to ShadowClan, but her true loyalties lie here. She expects the kits in one moon." Mangledstar finished then exited from the Highrock.

Tawnyspots glanced at Mangledstar, then looked at Spottedleaf kindly. At once, Spottedleaf felt something for the cat, and knew she would tell him everything about the treacherous ThunderClan leader.

"Spottedleaf," came a kit'smew.

The patched cat whirled around to come face to face with young Bluekit. Her fur was bristled, but she relaxed soon after seeing her. She licked the kit's soft ears and purred. Tomorrow, she would tell Tawnyspots all about Mangledstar, and hopefully expose the evil cat for his traitorous ways.

The next morning, there was frost on the ground. Purring with amusement, Bluekit ran out of the nursery to examine the strange white stuff on the ground. She touched it with her nose, but found it was delightfully cold. She meowed, and scampered back into the nursery, peeking out to see the white animal that had bit her.

Chuckling, Spottedleaf came out of the Warriors' den, she had watched Bluekit's little ordeal with the snow. She entered the nursery and wrapped a tail around the cold kit.

"Where is your caretaker?" asked Spottedleaf, refrencing to the cat who cared for Bluekit when Gentlerain had met her death by Mangledstar's claw.

"Inside." meowed Bluekit

The longhaired ruddy cat was indeed sitting inside, her iced blue eyes seemed as cold as the outdoors. It almost frightning Spottedleaf to see the queen like this, but then she knew why. Even though the queen was new to the clan...she was once a loner, and had only come recintly.

"Redpelt, I..." she stopped, she wasn't quite sure,

"You know about him too?" asked the ruddy queen.

"Who?" although Spottedleaf knew quite well who it was.

"Mangledstar," hissed Redpelt, "He's a murderer."

"I know, but how did you find out?"

"I watched both Mangledstar and my dear friend Gentlerain go behind the bush, but only Mangledstar returned. I walked there later, and found Gentlerain's ripped body."

"I watched it actually happen." said Spottedleaf slowly

Redpelt nodded.

"I have to go talk with Tawnyspots, I'll be back." meowed the patched cat

Redpelt didn't say anything, she just called to Bluekit, and layed down.

Spottedleaf didn't know what to think, but the more cats knowing about their leader's evil ways, the better.