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Chapter 5

Twistedheart glared at every single cat he saw. He felt as though he had power… so much power! He ruled these cats! Mossy's eyes widened as she gazed up at him.

"Tomorrow, Feral will be back from where we last fought, and where Slick was sadly killed," Twistedheart announced, a smug expression on his face as he say Mossy's reaction to her dead mate's name, "And I've decided… to invade Monsterclaw!"

Many cats' jaws hung open as they tried to comprehend what they heard. They didn't know much about Monsterclaw, but another battle didn't appeal to them. They had to fight so many… to amuse their leader!

"Every single cat is coming," Twistedheart went on, "No one is being left behind!"

Slash muttered loudly, "We're going to be outnumbered!"

"We're not going to be outnumbered. I'm not as stupid as you are. I have a plan, which I will not be saying. I can't trust any of you lowly cats!" Twistedheart snorted.

The cats looked at each other, helpless and hopeless.

"Maybe we can… rest a while?" Mossy whispered unhopefully.

Twistedheart's claws sank into the stump he was on, and his eyes narrowed dangerously.

"A quarter moon is all I'm giving you. Don't expect more. Make sure you're ready to kill," he mewed slowly. "And if you're not ready… then you'll die at the claws of the Monsterclaw cats. But if you flee… you'll be killed by me."

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Blackbelly's head was bowed over the spot where Whisker and Milky were buried.

"They were so young," she whispered softly, to herself.

Hearth had her eyes closed and she was whimpering pitifully, her head on her paws, her tail drooping. Ribbon was trying in vain to comfort Hearth. Scorch had his eyes narrowed; obviously frustrated that he couldn't have revenge against the bloodcough as he could with Torch's murderer. Chimney… he was the one. She hadn't been around to hear more, as she had stayed to grieve. Where was Milky and Whisker now? Perhaps they were with Torch now…

"I must find Chimney!" Hearth choked out, "He needs to know that Milky and Whisker are d-d-dead!"

"I suppose that is more important than finding Torch's murderer," Scorch muttered.

Ribbon glanced at Scorch, "We might as well find Chimney…"

Blackbelly had an urge to tell the three cats the truth about Chimney, maybe to stop them from visiting a murderer… but how could she? They would never believe her. Blackbelly had never exactly acted nice towards him when he was younger…

"Blackbelly?" a little dark ginger tom with a dark smudge on his chest mewed.

"Oh… Chimney, what is it?" she grunted.

"Are you…mad at me?" he whispered.

"What? Ye-um, no!" Blackbelly stuttered.

The little tom-kit pawed the grass with unsheathed claws.

"Could ya play with me?" he asked, oblivious to Blackbelly's mistake.

"No, Chimney. I don't want to, not right now," Blackbelly said a little too harshly.

Chimney looked at his paws, looking devastated and rejected.

"Why doesn't anyone want to play with me?" he whimpered.

Blackbelly sighed, she didn't like to upset kits but she just did.

"Maybe another day, just not today, Chimney," Blackbelly meowed gently.

Chimney's eyes widened, "But you say that all the time!"

"Do I? Well, today I really can't, I'm sorry," Blackbelly muttered.

"Why does everyone hate me?" Chimney whispered. He slumped on the ground, a frown on his face. "What did I do so wrong?"

"I don't know… You're a good kit and all, but…" Blackbelly began.

"But what? But WHAT? What's wrong with me?" Chimney started wailing.

"I don't know… maybe you just ask cats to play with you at the wrong moment," Blackbelly lied feebly.

"Blackbelly, I know that isn't the truth," Chimney mewed quietly, with eyes glaring at her un-kit-like.

Blackbelly shivered, looking into those eyes. They were one of a full grown cat, one with dark intelligence…

"So, what is it? Tell me!" Chimney insisted, the whimper coming back into his mew.

"Forget it… I was just… joking, all right?" Blackbelly grumbled.

"Joking…? Why can't anyone just tell me!" Chimney sighed. He got to his paws and started to pad away.

Blackbelly gazed at the kit. Poor kit, he was always ignored. It wasn't his fault that he-

"We're going to find Chimney!" Hearth declared loudly.

Blackbelly blinked, getting back to the present. She shouldn't lose herself in her memories!

"You're sure about that?" Blackbelly asked gently.

"We're going now! We'll find Torch's murderer along the way," Scorch mewed.

Hearth shot an odd look at Scorch, "After we find Chimney, of course!"

"Could you come with us, Blackbelly?" Ribbon asked.

Blackbelly shook her head slowly, "I'm sorry, but I must stay at Monsterclaw…"

Hearth sighed, "Well, do you at least have any idea where Chimney is?"

Blackbelly thought for a moment. There was a cat who told her a story about a dark ginger tom with a dark smudge on his chest… lived in a stump while his 'minions' lived in a yew bush…

"It will take… a quarter moon to get there, I suppose… maybe a little less."

Hearth nodded and glanced at Scorch and Ribbon, "Let's just leave now."

Scorch grunted and Ribbon lifted her tail in acknowledgement. They got up and started to pad away from Monsterclaw.

"Wait… do you even know which direction you're supposed to go?" Blackbelly meowed, stifling a laugh, "Because you're going in the wrong direction. He decided to go north, where it's cold…" and where the cold wind can chill his heart even more, Blackbelly thought privately.

"Woops," Hearth breathed.

"Now we're really going!" Ribbon mewed cheerfully.

"Well, can we go faster already?" Scorch growled.

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Twistedheart looked up where Feral was supposed to be coming. He had brought along some more cats that were fit enough to travel.

"We found some cats," Feral reported, "But I don't think that they can battle."

"Who cares if they can't battle? Get them ready, now."Twistedheart hissed,"We're going to invade Monsterclaw… and I changed my mind. I'm not waiting for a quarter moon, we're going to go there tomorrow!"

Woow that was my longest chapter!! And I actually updated quite early lol.

Anyways, please review!!