I haven't been writing very often on FanFiction lately, so sorry about that to anyone who was reading this story. I will try to write more often. :)

Maple POV

Maple snuck away from the others, feeling guilty. She'd like to tell them what she was doing, but Silver would never stand for it. She sighed, and looked back at the camp one last time before disappearing into the forest. When she made it to a small stream, she softly called out, "Dawnfall?" Another cat melted away from the shadows.

"Dawnfall, I need to tell you somet-" The other cat interrupted her.

"I am not known by the name of Dawnfall..." A cat with a raspy voice said.

Maple growled. "Who are you then, and where is Dawnfall!" She demanded.

"Oh, the stream has probably already washed him away to the river..."

Maple sat down, shocked. Dawnfall was a strong swimmer, and this cat was suggesting he was... dead? Drowned? More like murdered... The thought hit her and she jumped at the other cat, her claws out, but she passed straight through the cat. She was stunned, but made herself whirl around and face the cat. Even though she was face to face with it, she still couldn't tell what it looked like.

The cat cackled coldly. "You can't kill a spirit, don't you know anything?!"

"What did you do to him!" Maple screeched.

"Oh, how I pity you. So worried about others when with fighting skills like yours and strategies like mine we could have the whole forest... You could have so much power, yet you waste your skills."

"Why would I ever help you?" Maple blurted out, quickly regretting it.

The other cat pounced onto Maple, and pinned her down. "You need some motivation, hmm? Well then..." The other cat pulled Maple over to the fast-moving stream.

"Kill me. I don't care if you take my life!" Maple said, inwardly thinking, just so long as you don't hurt my family.

The cat almost seemed to know what she was thinking, and said, "Oh, I would never hurt you Maple. Your far to special."

Special? Me? Maple thought, confused. Was she special, or was this cat just trying to trick her?

The cat continued. "But if you don't do whatever I say," The cats tone changed to sounding more dangerous, "then your family will pay!" An image of them sleeping appeared in the water.

Maple cringed. "What do you want me to do?" She said weakly. The cats claws had started to dig into her fur.

"How about we start with the untimely death of the leader of Riverclan? You have 3 days, and I will be watching. And remember what I said... they will pay if you don't complete your task." The cat disappeared and Maple's wounds from its claws instantly healed. She got up, and felt very powerful. Her mind was set on a task that she didn't want to complete, but she had to. Taking a tentative step forward, she ran off into the night. She had to defend her family. That cat had killed Dawnfall, her dear friend, and she knew he wouldn't stop their. She just hoped that the cat stopped at the leading members of Riverclan, she didn't want to have to hurt anyone else...

So... what do you think of this chapter? I wrote it quickly, so please excuse mistakes. I hope you like it and I will make the next chapter longer.