A/N: Welcome back, my friends! Let's finally see what happens next!
Chapter 3:
The Clan looked amongst themselves, suspicion in their eyes. Oneclaw held her kits close to her. Emberkit let out a scared meow. Stormcloud stepped forward, she looked unusually angry.
"Who did this? Who killed Heatherwhisker?" Stormcloud hissed.
"I suggest we be careful with who we send on patrol. Apparently, not everyone can be trusted," Lionclaw growled. "Bigger patrols so we can catch whoever is doing this. The bigger the patrol, the easier it is to catch the traitor."
"Interesting suggestion, Lionclaw. But wouldn't that make the traitor just try harder to blend in before he strikes? We need a better plan. We are going in this blind. I suggest we don't send more than three patrols a day. Each patrol could do borders then hunt," Twistedtail meowed, his eyes blazing.
"How do you suggest we do that, Twistedtail? For all we know, you could be the traitor!" Shinepaw snarled.
"Oh, and an apprentice thinks she can stand up to me? Foolish insect!" Twistedtail hissed.
"She might be right? We don't know whom among us the traitor is. I say the cats who haven't spoken are possible suspects!" Troutfur spoke up.
"Do you realize how foolish you sound? The kits have no business in this. That's like saying I am the traitor!" Fernclaw hissed.
"You might be!" Troutfur shot back.
"You are an idiot you know? The kits aren't allowed out of the camp for another moon! I haven't been out myself for moons!" Fernclaw retorted, her eyes blazing.
"There is no way that Fernclaw is the traitor! In fact, all of you silence!" Reedstar hissed. "The Gathering is today! There are very few cats that are going to this one. Lionclaw, speak to me in my den."
With that, Reedstar stomped to her den, her tail waving in the air. Lionclaw padded after her, casting a suspicious glance over his shoulder. When they made it to Reedstar's den, they relaxed.
"I don't know who to trust. I know that the kits, elder, and queen are not possible suspects. The kits had no business in that talk. Who should we bring to the Gathering?" Reedstar mewed.
"I think we should bring Fernclaw first of all. Troutfur maybe. Redwillow obviously, the medicine cat makes us the Clan. Shinepaw, she tries to figure out who the traitor was. Pinepaw, I trust my apprentice with my life. Stormcloud, there is no way she killed Heatherwhisker. I think we should also bring Twistedtail, he was my apprentice once, I know he wouldn't hurt a cat if his life depended on it," Lionclaw meowed.
"Okay, I think we should bring the kits and Oneclaw, so they can be protected," Reedstar meowed. Lionclaw nodded in agreement. Finally, the leader and deputy exited the leader's den. She leaped onto the Highledge, while Lionclaw stood below it. "We have made the decision on who is going to the Gathering, these are cats we trust, or want to protect. The kits, Oneclaw, Troutfur, Redwillow, Shinepaw, Pinepaw, Stormcloud, and Twistedtail. Everyone else, we don't trust," she hissed.
There was a nervous murmur down below the Highledge. When Reedstar jumped off the Highledge, cats instantly moved away from those staying at the camp. When Reedstar flicked her tail, the cats went to her. They then left the camp. A sudden yowl stopped all the cats in their tracks. Reedstar ran to the back of the cats, and saw Emberkit laying on the ground, her eyes glazed over. Oneclaw was standing over her kit, crying.
"Who did this?!" Reedstar boomed.
Every cat cowered, Reedstar walked around her cats, anger boiling in her eyes. Troutfur looked even more suspicious than usual…he was always suspicious of cats around him. Fernclaw looked terrified, her eyes darting at the cats around her. There, Twistedtail came out of the shadows, and stepped in line. Every cat ran out his way, terror bright in their eyes.
"You did this?" Reedstar hissed in shock.
"Yes, and there are more traitors in the camp, here, and in the other Clans! There are more of us than you can dream of!" Twistedtail hissed.
"What do you want?" Firekit squeaked in terror.
"What do we want? Well…we want to destroy the Clans, and everyone in them," Twistedtail snapped.
"Who leads you?" Lionclaw hissed.
"Well…I can't –"Twistedtail began, but he was cut off. A ginger she – cat stood behind him, she had clawed out his throat. Blood flowed around Twistedtail.
"I told you not to tell the secret, you mouse – brained fool. I am Rosefluff, and I rule over these cats," the she – cat hissed.
A/N: Dun dun dun! We have now figured out the secrets of the traitor. But who else is the traitor?