Chapter One: Wolfspeak and Betrayal
"And that why we can talk with you, red cat." Finished Rusty Fur, biting her red-brown fur as a fleanipped her. Wolfshade still looked a tad puzzled, but she soon understood.
"MoonClan? Is that the wolf StarClan?" Wolfshade asked Rusty Fur, her voice dripping with curiosity.
"I not yet hear of StarClan, but if they watchers of all forest, then yes, MoonClan be StarClan." Rusty Fur replied, itching herself with her hind foot.
Dusty Cloud, the tan and white wolf who was holding the poltice on Blacktail, turned to Wolfshade and sighed, "We should find place to hide you, and make battle plan."
Rusty Fur nodded, "Yes, we need to help red she-cat. What be your name, red cat?"
"Wolfshade," she replied, "And are you going to fight against TreeClan with us?"
"Yes, and teach cats wolfspeak too. You are not really speaking with us, only by MoonClan power." She replied.
"And by StarClan." Added Wolfshade.
Alderstar hissed as he heard pawsteps behind him. He was alone in the forest, searching for Wolfshade. He feared she had been killed by wolves, but worse, he was out with no patrol to protect him. "Who goes there?" He hissed to the rustling leaves.
Spruceclaw emerged, cackling and digging his sharp claws into the ground. "Well,well,Alderstar.." He hissed.
"Ah, Spruceclaw...wait, what are you doing?"
Spruceclaw leaped on Alderstar, and with a flick of his claws he dispatched the suprised leader. Hesat next to Alderstar, cackling, for the RiverClan leader had no lives, he hadn't visited the Moonstone! The cream-white cat darted off in the direction of RiverClan camp. In a flash he climbed to the top of the Reedpile, and yowled: "All cats, regardless of age, meet beneath for a clan meeting!"
The cats soon gathered, suprised to see Spruceclaw instead of Alderstar. "I am the leader of this clan now,from now on I am Sprucestar, and this is SpruceClan. We will join with TreeClan soon."
Yowls of protest rose from the cats that had gathered, but died down when Sprucestar gave the crowd of cats a dark glance. He flicked his tail as a siginal that the meeting had ended, and jumped off the Reedpile. He walked up to a tan tabby cat called Ravenflight, "Go to Elmstar, tell him I am the leader of SpruceClan, and we will join TreeClan." Ravenflight gave a nervous glance, but ran off to do what his leader told him. Sprucestar smiled, everything was going his way.