Chapter 11
Finding Out Treacherous Secrets and More Surprising Secrets

I can't believe it! My mom has had this kind of past and didn't tell me about it! I need to go find my mom right now!

"I need to go to where the house owner lands are! Who shall come with me? Leafdapple?" I yowled to the camp.

"Yes I shall."

We had arrived in the House-owner lands as I now call it, searching for my mom. Finally we searched everywhere but my house. I sighed. "What's wrong Emma?"

"Nothing, It's just that we looked everywhere but my house. My old house." I added the last part quickly.

"It's alright, I know that you will always be loyal to our clan." Her words were a praise. I savored them. I would need some help when I talk to my mom.

"There it is!"

"Nice place I would have to say for living beforehand."

I rolled my eyes. "Come on Leaf, we gotta go find my mom." We went into the house and I saw my mom puzzling over my note.

She was murmuring. "Where is she? I don't see any code or anything where she could live now." She frowned.

She turned around. "Hi mom." I said uneasily.

"Honey! Why didn't you tell me where you were going?"

"Uh, I thought you wouldn't let me."

"So right! Where did you go? You've been missing for weeks!"

"The forest." Her eyes widened but she said nothing. "I guess this a good time to introduce the first cat I met in the forest which I have become really good friends with. Leaf?" Mom's eyes widened even more. "Come meet my mom."

As she walked into the room, her face was shocked. She managed to squeak out one word. "Starspangel?"

"Yes I know what your thinking Leaf. This is your sister Emma."

Now it was my turn to look shocked. Leaf laughed. "She's not as you remember her though and call her…the leader of Legendary's." My mom now looked terrified.

"That forest by Chloe and Jacob's house?"

"Yeah where else?"

"I have something to tell you. The reason I don't live in the forest is because…here I'll tell you in a short story."

"I was a kit in the nursery when it all happened. We ran into some rats at the crumble house. They were nasty. I heard that one of them even said 'Hi ugly small unusual bears!' It was during a gathering when they swarmed to the top and the leaders jumped off the tree that they use. They said "We're the leaders now! Not you! Now listen up mongrels things are going to be different. Here we'll make a deal, We give you a moon to decide, more we kill you." We stood against them. One of the queens pushed me in the nursery, it was Owlfeather. "Don't worry little one. We will win," All of us got killed because soon the sound of battle stopped and then a wave of evil laughter crept in my ears." She shivered. "But among the bodies I had seen when I crept out, There was not Owlfeather. I crept up the rock and sat vigil all night. I had wept for the ones that had been lost and vowed to find Owlfeather. But as you see I haven't found her yet."

"Come to my clan, mom, please join too. We could use a strong warrior like you if the rats were that bad."

Mom looked determined. "I will vow to be loyal to your clan as a warrior." We all headed back to camp.

"May my mom named Starkit climb up here so I may give her, her same name." My mom walked up to me. She told me some new stuff that warriors do. "Do you pledge your life for this clan?"

"I do."

"From this day forward, shall you become leader, you will be named Starspangel."

Me and Leaf were the first to call out. "Starspangel! Starspangel! Starspangel!" She winked.

"How'd she skip apprenticeship?" There were surprised voices slipping in my ears.

"It's no fair!"

"I want to too!"

"Hmm…"

"Do you hear that mom?" I whispered.

"I was always small."

Starspoke spoke to her kits, "Hush! Look at your leader and her mom! You should be very ashamed of yourselves!"

"Leader!" Mosspaw scoffed. "She's been my leader from the start."

"Don't be disrespectful!"

"But you're talking too!" Sunkit piped. Starspoke sighed. Me and my mom walked down from the ledge and we went to trade how each other's groups worked.