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I don't own warriors...Sigh
"Adderstricke is dead! Adderstrike is dead!" Dawnbreeze and Icewind bounded into the camp.
Hawkstar-and the startled Clan- jummped up. "What?"
Dawnbreeze was panting heavily, so Icewind meowed, "We were on a hunting patrol, and we stumbled apon a badger. It was attacking Adderstrike. We though he was alive, but he wasn't... the badger's killed him."
Hawkstar looked around the camp. "Bluefoot, Appleleaf, Shadowclaw and Cederfur; follow Icewind and drive that badger out! The bring back Adderstrike if he isn't mauled."
Vinepaw ran out of his den, Sparrowpaw and Reedpaw behinde him. The den had gotten more room since Hazestripe and Rushtail's ceremony.
"Adderstrike, dead?" Sparrowpaw whisperd.
Reedpaw was odviously thinking, because when Vinepaw looked at him, he could see his brother's face screwed up in concentration. "Why would Adderstrike die?" he mumbled, "He's Vipertail's assistant..."
"Well, he was killed by a badger. And that's not Vipertail's fault."
"Not nesseserily," Sparrowpaw meowed to Vinepaw. "What if Vipertail lured his brother to the badger, hoping it would kill him, so that he- Vipertail- would look like a grief stricken sibling. Maybe he sacrificed Adderstrike because he needed to throw off suspision."
Reedpaw was staring forward. Vinepaw turned to see what he was staring at. He let out a gasp of surprise. Near the back of the camp, where the nursery is, Vipertail was sliping through the wall back into the camp. Sparrowpaw hissed. Vipertail's expression was not in grief...but satisfaction. Could that mean Vipertail really did sacrifice his brother? Vinepaw shuddered.
"Oh StarClan," Sparrowpaw whispered.
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"Thankfully, Bluefoot, Appleleaf, Icewind, Shadowclaw and Cederfur drove the badger out of our territory. It was headding for the small thunderpath." Hawkstar leapt down from her spot on the Highrock and began to pad to her den, flicking her tail to Vpertail.
"Vipertail!" Reedpaw's head snapped to his brother. What are you doing?
Vipertail turned his head slowly. "Yes?" he hissed, dragging out the 's' like a snake.
"How come you aren't upset over his death?" Vinepaw was on his paws now, the entire Clan staring at him.
Vipertail narrowed his eyes. "I am- but I choose not to show it. Besides we were never that close."
"Odviously not, if you're prepared to sacrifice him to badgers," Reedpaw muttered, but he was sure he said it louder than the usualy mutter. Appleleaf, Rockface and Hazestripe turned their heads to look at him curiously.
"Fine," Vinepaw meowed coolly. "What about Sparrowpaw? You were never distraught about her. You didn't even show you cared."
"Of course I cared." He snapped, "I'm deputy- I have to care."
"But you are her father too. I'm sorry but I just expected more feeling out of you."
Vipertail looked close to fury point. But Hawkstar sliped in, "Vinepaw? What is the meaning of this?"
Vinepaw shrudgged. "I just thought you'd all like to know some things about you wonderfull deputy. And the Rouge Clan cat killer."
Now all eyes were on him. Reedpaw cast a glance with Sparrowpaw. This was not how they planned it. Vinepaw was changing the rules.
Hawkstar cast a glance at Vipertail, who had eyes for nothing but his bold son. She flicked her tail to the apprentice, signaling him to get on the Highrock. Reedpaw motioned to Sparrowpaw, and they followed their brother. It was dead silent.
"Wait a second!" Vipertail bounded forward, "they're going to tell you nasty little lies about me because they don't like what a father I've been to them! They are all liers! Those worthless little-" Kestreltail, Badgerclaw and Bluefoot blocked his way.
"Sit!" Hawkstar commanded her deputy. "I want to know what they have to say."
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It was now. This was the time they had been waiting for. Sparrowpaw nodded to Vinepaw to speak first. All three were on the Highrock, looking down at their Clanmates.
"BrushClan," Vinepaw meowed, "we have evidence that it is Vipertail who has been murdering these cats."
They waited for the roar of confusion to die down. Hawkstar leapt to her feet and let out a yowl so loud, it echoed in the camp. The cats fell silent. Two more warriors padded up to surround Vipertail, who hissed at each in turn.
"Well? What's the evidence?" Vipertail challenged.
Vinepaw glared down hard at him. "When Lillyeye was killed-"
"No mouse brain, she died." That tart meow came from Jayfeather.
He turned his head to stare right at her. "That's what you all were suposed to think. But I knew something was wrong. Reedpaw and I looked around the RootTree and found claw marks on the bark, of two cats both trying to keep their balences. Then we found black and white fur- which Sparrowpaw later identifyed as gray and white fur- so we had two suspects. Adderstrike of Vipertail."
Reedpaw steped forward. "It became apparent who it was after I herd Vipertail talking with Adderstrike. He said all rouge borns in the clan were scum...they were worthless, he wouldn't care if they all died- things like that. Adderstrike just looked uncomfortable. When Bark and Valley werre attacked, I think is when Vipertail used Adderstrike as an assistant. They injerd Valley to the point of her death and hurt Bark fair enough. But the kits survived, and we were wary that he would kill them too; and Rosepetal-" there were gasps in the cats-" but they were kits, she was his mentor. We knew he couldn't kill kits, he'd probably wait 'till they were older. And since Rosepetal was his mentor and an elder, we figured he would just let StarClan take care of her."
Sparrowpaw meowed, "And then he treatened me that if I told anycat in the Clan, he would kill Duskpelt and Dawnbreeze."
Both cats, and Honeypelt glared at the tom-along with several others.
"And remember when Snowflick died?" Sparrowpaw asked, "Well we figured out what happend to her. Vipertail crossed their border when she came by, attacked and killed her there, then dragged her onto our territory."
Cats hissed and spat at Vipertail who snarled at all.
Sparrowpaw narrowed her eyes at him. "Then he discuised himslef as a rouge by rolling in mud to change his fur and scent. He was the one who attacked me; either because I knew too much, or he wanted to throw suspision off himself when his daughter was murderd-or both. And finaly, we think he lured Adderstrike to the badger to make it seem that since his daughter and brother ware attacked, he was an innocent victim of StarClan."
There was silence, and then, "Let me rip his throat out!"
"I'll dirve him out of the territory myself!"
"Huh! I'll KILL him myself!"
"Yeah! That's what he deserves; death!"
"SILENCE!" Hawkstar's booming command silenced every cat. "He is no longer a member of this Clan. We will run him out of here, and if after sun-down, he his on our territrory-kill him. By all means, kill him."