Chapter 1

Ugh. Those no-good crow-food eaters- HOW DARE THEY?! And those traitors... Tigerstar thought angrily. Defeat is not possible for a powerful cat like me. But just you wait. Revenge is coming. If you want to fight to the death, I won't disagree. Contrary to your stupid ways of thinking, I WILL be victorious. Just you wait.

As he thought, he didn't notice the tree root in front of him. "AAAAAAAAAAA-" Taken by surprise, Tigerstar tripped and landed on the ground. Oh well.. He thought. I guess I got too caught up in my revenge plans to remember I ordered every cat, including myself, to hunt.

Tigerstar quickly got up. Searching for prey, he paused in his footsteps. There! Near the tree root he had just tripped over- a mouse. Small and scrawny, but it would do. Tigerstar pounced on it, killing it with one bite. Before he could do anything else though, there was a flash of claws, and he was pinned under another cat.

He had been taken by surprise. Again.

The she-cat who had pinned him down had dappled tortoiseshell fur. Sunlight shone through the trees, making some parts of her multicolored pelt even more multicolored than usual. Her eyes were narrowed, and gleamed like emeralds.

This she-cat was smaller than him, but Tigerstar knew not to underestimate a cat like her. Even with the element of surprise, not many cats could so easily defeat Tigerstar, who was indeed a brilliant fighter and also the leader of TigerClan

Then the she-cat spoke. "Who are you, and what are you doing here?"

Tigerstar ignored her question. "Who are YOU, and what are YOU doing here?" he retorted.

A flicker of amusement passed through the other cat's eyes. "Answering a question with a question?" She asked. "Fine. I'm Flower. I'm simply hunting here on my own territory.

"So you have a Clan too?" Tigerstar was shocked. I thought rogues didn't have Clans! Or is this a Clan cat..?

Surprise showed in Flower's face as she responded, "What even IS a Clan?"

Oh. Tigerstar thought. So this cat, Flower, doesn't have a Clan. Just a rogue claiming and defending a small piece of territory.

"A Clan is like a group."

"Sure."

"But.." Tigerstar snarled, "It seems you are mistaken. This is NOT your territory. It is TigerClan's."

Flower just stared. Then she burst out laughing. "You expect me to believe that?" she hissed. "For the past month, I've been living here, and I've never seen any other cats, or even their scent!"

Tigerstar felt a pang of guilt. He quickly pushed it away. So Flower wasn't stealing our territory... Then he thought about his old mentor, Thistleclaw. He would never tolerate any weakness! And even if Flower wasn't stealing our territory, TigerClan must survive. I must survive. This territory will be fought for.

"Leave this territory. NOW." he snarled. "My Clan will fight for it, if we have to."

Flower looked at Tigerstar disdainfully. "I will leave. But not because you tell me to. No cat orders me around. I just don't want to spill blood for no reason and risk my own life. Look at how much territory there is. What reason is there to fight for it?"

Then she turned tail and disappeared into the undergrowth.

She could join our Clan and teach the other cats some fighting skills... Tigerstar mused. "Flower! Come back! I have a question for you!" He shouted, but there was no reply.

Whatever.. Tigerstar padded away to continue hunting.

End of Chapter 1

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