Same day update woo! Inspiration was running high so I decided to write another chapter. Hopefully updates will become more frequent from now on.

Now on with the chapter!

? POV

I dragged them away from the entrance to the alleyway, making sure to keep quiet and in the shadows. Occasionally my hood fell down, but with a brisk movement it would be up again. My collar scratched uncomfortably around my neck and I cursed silently at the nine teeth studding it.

Once they'd all been moved around into a dark corner, I looked at them more closely. A silverette, a tortoiseshell brunette and a girl with honey-gold hair were unconscious at my feet, all with light builds and wavy hair. I narrowed my eyes in frustration.

I've just caught sisters, haven't I?

Oh well, if Scourge wanted some people to question, this had better suit him. With a sigh, I began dabbing gently at the small head wounds on two of them. They weren't bleeding badly, and I hadn't hit them too hard against the ground, so I thought they would be good. Eventually it cleared, and I began wondering what to do next. There was a pretty big search party right outside, and I wondered how long it would be until they moved away or left.

I quickly climbed up a drainpipe and hopped onto the roof, running silently across and then leaping across to the next building without a sound. I clambered up further until I was as high as I could go then looked off the edge. Heights didn't scare me, but I had a sudden rush of vertigo as I looked down. I stayed away for a second, then returned.

The search party were still there, and they looked very distressed. It broke me to see them all so scared and anxious, most looked close to tears. I didn't have anyone who was as close as in a love relationship with me, but I was easy to tell who was, and I think I'd made two of them extremely nervous and upset.

I slid over to the lower building and continued to watch. After a while, a thinner boy and an average-sized boy began leading everyone back, hurriedly calming them down. It seemed as though they were sensible, sensible enough to not arouse suspicion from fellow schoolmates.

I returned to where I had left them and prepared to leave when one of them stirred. I tensed, then rushed over.

Honeyfern POV

My head still hurt, though not as much, when I came to again. Everything spun as I sat up, and then I saw both my sisters unconscious. I opened my mouth to shriek, but a hand clamped over it before I could make a sound.

"Shh, please, I don't wanna hurt you."

I tried to whip around to face my attacker, but they were strong. I tried to slip away, but I couldn't.

"Please."

I stopped struggling and obeyed, and to my surprise they let go. They sounded female, but when I turned around, their face was shadowed, and all I could see was the dog-tooth collar they wore around their neck. I tried to shuffle backwards, but soon found myself against the wall.

They unsheathed a knife and I sank downwards, only to watch as they threw it over their shoulder. It skidded along the floor and rested against the wall.

"Hey, hey, I'm not gonna hurt you." they said, and I could definitely tell that they were female.

"Who are you?" I asked, my voice scratchy.

"I...I can't say." she sighed, "I just need to take you three to Scourge for questioning. Don't know why, don't know what he's gonna ask you. All I know is that if you don't answer, he attacks. That's my advice. Always answer. If you answer and he tries to hurt you anyway, well...he shouldn't, but I'll step in. I'll try to keep you unharmed. When he's finished with you, I can break you out, but only if you cooperate and don't say a word to anyone. Please just say you stumbled into a dark alleyway and tripped and hit your head or something. Please. Say nothing about me, or the questioning."

I took the information in, then nodded. If I didn't, I had the feeling I wouldn't come to the best of ends. She quickly set to work hauling my sisters over, and began speaking again.

"I thought it would be the silverette waking up first. She seemed stronger than you two, and I didn't knock her out."

"That's Cinderheart. She's...a bit of a heavy sleeper."

I heard a slight laugh, then she returned to me.

"Can you keep quiet now, for one moment please? I need to call someone. And look scared when they arrive."

I nodded, and she slipped a phone towards her ear.

"Hey. Yes. Three. Yes. No. One's awake. Okay. Some shifty alley. Please. Watch out, the search party only just left. Bye."

She put her phone down and turned back.

"They're coming now."

Jayfeather POV

Everyone was like an empty shell. It was impossible to tell their emotions, though you could guess they weren't happy. No one moved, no one spoke.

I didn't like it.

We had all gathered into mine, Lionblaze's and Foxleap's room, and even the bright ginger was solemn and quiet. I couldn't see anything, obviously, though it felt very late. I wasn't tired. I wouldn't be able to sleep.

"We can't tell anyone."

Hollyleaf's voice jolted me out of my thoughts.

"We've got to. We need to look again." replied Hazeltail.

"There's nowhere left to look! They've vanished!" Briarlight argued.

"But what about-"

"SHUT UP!" Lionblaze yelled, startling us all.

He sighed. "Sorry, I-I'm not thinking straight."

"It's okay, none of us are, bro, don't worry." I reassured him, though I wondered if we were okay.

"I've failed. I've failed my friends, my girlfriend, everyone. They're all missing, and they disappeared right in front of me." he said miserably.

"No. Everyone feels like they failed. Not just you."

And it was true. Berrynose hadn't uttered a word since they vanished, but he shook in a worrying way. Ivypool took the blame for everything anyway, but she was still quiet. Briarlight had continuously said it was her fault for splitting everyone up, and that was why she was sitting close to me.

"What happens if they don't come back? Ever?" Icecloud whimpered.

"They will. They will." Toadstep sounded like he was trying to convince himself more than anyone else.

"They won't." Lionblaze growled in a low tone, and I shot him a glare that meant everything I was thinking.

"Arghhhh well we need to do something!" Hazeltail almost screamed.

"Like what?"

"Anything! Tell a teacher, call the police, go out and search again, commit genocide, I don't know!"

"The teachers are useless, the cops are on the mainland, that failed four times and that's not gonna help at all." Ivypool listed.

"With any luck we can just sit back, relax, and hopefully they show up before the Halloween Dance." Foxleap said, proving that he could be extremely dark when he felt like it.

"No. We need to tell someone. They'll know what to do." Hollyleaf replied.

"Will everyone please stop suggesting crappy ideas and focus please!" I interrupted.

"Profanity strike two."

"OH shush. Let's think this through logically, so listen up. We know there are three gangs in the school who are against all students, two of which are violent. There's a possibility one of them knows. Ivypool, have you heard anything about any kidnapping ro interrogation from one of your bosses?" I asked her.

She shook her head. "No, Dark Forest ain't the type of gang to capture people for interrogation, or anything like that at all. They question prisoners from other gangs but that's all."

I nodded. "Okay. That leaves BloodClan. Any sightings?"

Everyone shook their heads again.

"Okay but it's still a possibility. I vote we go and see if we can spy on them at all. All those in favour raise your hand."

I heard shifting.

"Hollyleaf count for me please."

I heard her muttering numbers under her breath.

"Nine in favour."

"Good enough. We don't need that many people, but Ivypool? You up for it?"

"Anytime."

"Good. Spy on BloodClan but don't attack. If you're seen, run as fast as you possibly can. If you're caught, try to escape. If you see Cinderheart etcetera, report back and we'll have to figure out a way to get them back."

"Got it. Any chance of Foxleap coming with me?"

"Wait what."

"Yah, he can flip. We're counting on you. No pressure."

"None taken."

I heard her and the ginger get up and walk out of the door. Then, all was silent once again.

Cinderheart POV

"Are you with the Dark Forest?"

"No."

"Do you know anyone within the Dark Forest?"

"Yes, but they are spying."

"Their name?"

"..."

"Their name?"

"...Ivypool…"

"Good. Thank you."

"What will you do with her?"

"Get information."

"How?"
"Interrogation. If it gets worse…"

"I won't let you hurt them."

"Ha!"

"..."

"You are dismissed. Bone, Kara, take her back to…"

Scourge's words faded as he got up and spoke to the guards. I could hear snippets like "...to the abandoned room...with her sisters...keep under guard...she...useful later...can guard her…"

I shivered but didn't struggle as they picked me up and dragged me back down the halls into the dark room where Poppyfrost and Honeyfern lay huddled together in the corner. I was thrown in, then I ran over to them in the corner and stayed close to them, shivering with fear and not saying a word. Our kidnapper now stood guard once more, and none of us had caught her name yet. She could only have been the same age as us, and I wondered if she spent all her time in BloodClan or learnt in lessons sometimes. Maybe that was why she didn't say her name…

After about ten minutes, she re-entered the room and spoke to us in a whispered voice.

"Okay. I can get you out now, but you've got to be quiet. Super quiet. If you sneak along that hallway but keep to the shadows, you'll come to a turning. Go left and keep going along, then turn right and the path gets narrower, then emerges out into the main entrance again. You should be safe from there. If you see anyone in BloodClan coming, all the lockers are open. Got it?"

We nodded.

"Okay. See you around, I guess."

Then she picked up a chair and lay it on its side just outside the door. She signaled for us to go, then fell to the floor and went limp. I was so confused, had she just died?
"Are you alive?" I asked.

"Yes."

"What are you doing?" Poppyfrost hissed.

"Making it look like you knocked me out."

Oh. Smart.

"Will it work?"
"It's never failed."

"Okay. Bye now."

"Bye."

Leaving her lying limp, we left the room and began creeping along the corridor. It was eerie, like the alley, and gave me faded flashbacks of barely hours ago. So it didn't really come as much of a surprise when I was grabbed and yanked into the wall. This time I felt relief instead of fear as I caught a flash of blue eyes.

Ivypool!

So I lay there against the wall panting lightly in sheer relief as she tugged my sister in with her. She flashed us a smile and I couldn't help but smile back. It was over. At last. Once we were all there, she whispered, "Come on, let's get you out of here." and opened the vent above her. She climbed up then was helped in my who I can only assume was Foxleap. A hand reached down and I took it, walking up the wall as I was pulled up. After a minute we were all up, smiling in sheer relief. Foxleap led the way, crawling swiftly along the vents with us behind, then Ivypool behind us.

After ages we emerged out onto the floor with the Wind Team dorms, then with ran up the stairs all the way to the Thunder Floor.

I think I basically kicked down the door to Lionblaze's room and rushed in. Everyone looked up in alarm and I rushed towards my boyfriend. He met me in the middle and scooped my up, and I sobbed into him in relief and fear.

"Oh Cinderheart...I'm so sorry...I let you go…"

I shook my head.

I heard Berrynose run to Honeyfern the second she arrived and it sounded like a similar event happened but without him picking her up. Poppyfrost was met by Icecloud, Hollyleaf and Hazeltail who engaged in a group hug. Soon everyone was crowded together, hugging one another.

I kept close to Lionblaze, never ever letting go of his hand.

"It's alright now."

Yes

Everything's alright

Yay! But is it? Will it stay like that? Who knows? Answer: Me.

Anyway

Who do you think the unknown BloodClan member is? She'll play a big role later

*Watches as everyone guesses immediately*

So about the minor profanity...I just wanted to see how everyone reacted. It won't be a lot of it in case you don't read fics with swears, and probably won't progress further. Anyway, cya'll!