A/N- Sorry I haven't updated in forever, I've just been really lazy lately. Anyway, I'd like to thank Spottedpath98 for all the wonderful reviews! :) I really appreciate it!

Well, without further ado, here is the next chappie!

Storytime with Cougarpelt

It was the second day of being in Forestclan, and Mint was already worn out from errands. Right now, she was going to go replace the moss in the elders den.

"Alright, today, old Cougarpelt is going to tell you guys a story!" Cougarpelt said to Ravenkit, Nightkit and Leafkit in a cheerful voice. Mint couldn't help but be curious as to what tale the retired warrior would be telling, and found herself pausing her work to listen in.

"Hey Mint, if you would like to hear a little history too, feel free to take a break," the elder said, basically reading her mind.

"Oh, I would love to hear it!" Mint replied padding over next to the anxious kits and taking a seat.

"Everyone ready?" Cougarpelt asked. All the kits nodded their heads, "It was a long time ago, back when Talonstar was Talonpaw, Forestclan was the biggest of the four. Our leader's name was Swiftstar, Talonstar's father. He was noble, loyal, brave, and a very, very handsome tom."

The three kits all simultaneously said, "Eeewww," while making faces. Cougarpelt chuckled and continued with the story, "He was a great leader, but not even he could protect us from the evil that took the form of one of us,"

"Who was it?" Leafkit asked with wide eyes.

"The name of this cat was Darkfrost. She was a horrible cat who did terrible things to try and take over all the clans."

"What did she look like?" Nightkit interrupted.

"She was a sleek, pitch black cat with icy blue eyes. She had many battle scars and a nick in one of her ears. But her appearance isn't really the thing that matters, it was her cunning, deceptiveness, and partially her grace that lead her to be able to do the horrid things she did."

"Well then, what did she do?" Ravenkit asked cocking his head to the side.

"She actually formed a secret alliance with a band of rouges named The Gang of Nightmares to help her to gain control, and she was a sneaky one. It took a lot of skill to be able to pull a fast one on Swiftstar,"

"How did you guys find out?" Nightkit questioned.

"One day the border patrol caught scent of rouge cats and told Swiftstar. There were a lot of cats they could smell, and the scent was so strong that at the next Gathering, Swiftstar told the other clans about it. Snowstar of Caveclan, Creekstar of Riverclan, and Venomstar of Marshclan had all smelled the rouges too. So, at that Gathering, all the clans made a temporary alliance, even Marshclan and Riverclan made one together!"

"No way," Ravenkit said with amazement.

"Way!," Cougarpelt paused to re-gather her thoughts, "Well, even though we all knew of a gang of rouges, we still had no idea about the cat that was leading them, or should I say ruling them and feeding them information directly from us."

"Darkfrost was the one that was spying right?" Ravenkit asked.

"Yes it was Ravenkit." Cougarpelt answered.

It was Mint's turn to ask a question, "How did she become their leader in the first place?"

"I'm glad you asked," Cougarpelt said, "She murdered their leader, Typhoon, when nobody was around, and since none of the Gang knew about it, and they had nowhere to turn for a leader, they chose her to rule them."

All three kits, jumping up and down, begging Cougarpelt, "What next? What next?"

"A cat by the name of Storm betrayed the Gang and spilled everything to Swiftstar, saying everything about Darkfrost in the process. Darkfrost was banished, but that wasn't the end of the threat. Darkfrost went full time leading the Gang of Nightmares. At the next Gathering, when all the clans thought she was long gone, got a shock when she stepped out of the bush with at least 30 other, fully grown, huge cats behind her. She told the leaders that if they didn't surrender at that minute, they would attack the clans on the spot. No leader surrendered and so fighting at the The Gathering of Nightmares began."

All the kits were now wide-eyed, anticipating the ending of this tale. "Every cat from every clan fought bravely, but many lives were still lost. The final showdown was between Swiftstar and Darkfrost. I was close enough to hear Darkfrost hiss, 'This will be the end of you, this will be the end of the clans, this will be the end of EVERYTHING you all hold dear. I will be the ruler of the whole forest, and I will do it by SPILLING YOUR BLOOD!' She lunged towards Swiftstar, but he dodged her easily. Neither of them could touch the other, until Swiftstar saw Lionstrike, a senior warrior, pinned by a HUGE tom named Quake. He knocked Quake off of Lionstrike, saving him from losing his life, but while he was distracted, Darkfrost latched a hold of Swiftstar's back, slicing him with her razor sharp claws in his shoulder. Swiftstar fell limp, the life drained from his eyes for the moments a leader loses a life. He came back, wound healed, and pinned Darkfrost down and killed her, but she bit him hard, before she was banished to Darkclan forever. Nobody but our medicine cat, Dovecloud, knew that he had only two lives left, both of which he sacrificed nobly."

Leafkit looked up with sad eyes, "He died?"

Cougarpelt nodded, "Yes, but now he has a special place in Starclan, watching over us. After that fight, none of the Gang dared to show their faces around the clans, and everything went back to normal. Treestar became leader but died when Talonstar was deputy, and so we are where we are now, Talonstar is our leader, and Darkfrost's evil was purged from the land. The end!"

"Wow, what a meanie!" Ravenkit said pouting.

"Yeah! I'm glad you guys were able to get rid of her," Nighkit mewed.

"Thank you for the story Cougarpelt!" All three kits said going back to the nursery with Snowfeather, their mother.

"Bye! Try not to get into trouble you three!" Cougarpelt yelled back. She looked over at Mint who was still siting down, "Did you enjoy the story Mint?"

Mint stood up, "It was... interesting," she replied.

"Indeed..." The elder said trailing off, "Well, I hate to be rude, but do you mind going ahead and changing the moss, It's starting to get a bit uncomfortable."

Mint nodded, "Yeah... sure," She muttered, her mind apparently elsewhere.

"Mint?" Cougarpelt asked, wondering why she suddenly became spaced out.

"Oh, ya, sorry... umm, thanks for letting me take a break," Mint mewed suddenly perking back up again. She grabbed the old moss and carried it out of the den.

I hope y'all liked it! And please review! It would make my day!