I don't own Warriors.
"Move."
Minnowscale didn't need to look up to know that it was Tangleclaw. "I don't really want to."
"I don't really care," Tangleclaw replied. "I'm the new deputy, remember? That means you do what I tell you to, when I tell you to."
"And, I don't really care that you're deputy, so I'll just ignore you. What'll you do, go tell Leopardstar?" Minnowscale said. "Oh, I'm so scared."
"You should be," Tangleclaw snapped. "Because I am deputy. You are a warrior. I know that you are soon going to be exiled."
"Oh, please enlighten me."
"Don't worry, you'll find out tonight," Tangleclaw smirked. "Just like the rest of my clan."
"Your Clan?" Minnowscale laughed. "Last time I checked Leopardstar was leader."
Tangleclaw's eyes held a malicious glee. "Not for long."
"I heard Minnowscale confessing that she had killed Hawkfrost," Tangleclaw announced to RiverClan.
Leopardstar stared down at Minnowscale. The whole clan was fanned around Minnowscale, an opening at the top where Leopardstar and Tangleclaw sat.
"Is this true?" the leader asked.
"Of course not," Minnowscale replied, holding her head high. "Should I remind you that when Hawkfrost was attacked I was an apprentice? I wouldn't have been able to defeat an experienced warrior."
"Unless you had an accomplice," Tangleclaw added. "I believe that Ivypelt and Pebblefur helped her with Hawkfrost's murder."
Minnowscale's eyes widened as her friend and brother were pushed beside her. "This is ridiculous. They would never help me murder someone."
"Why wouldn't they?" Tangleclaw asked. "Ivypelt, your best friend, and Pebblefur, your brother. It seems likely that you would attack Hawkfrost together."
"Why would I attack Hawkfrost?" Minnowscale asked. "He was a clan member. I had nothing against him."
"Do you think I understand how a murderer's mind works?" Tangleclaw snapped.
"If anyone did it would be you!"
A hush fell over the clan. Ivypelt stared at her friend, shocked that Minnowscale would talk to a deputy like that, even if it was Tangleclaw.
"Did you just call my deputy a murderer?" Leopardstar snarled, her claws extending.
"I did," Minnowscale said coldly. "And if I'm going to die anyway, I should add that RiverClan is becoming the most pathetic clan in existence."
"You're wrong," Leopardstar said. "I'm not going to kill you, not now. You're going to be exiled, forced to live alone. If you ever come back, you will be killed."
"She won't be alone," Ivypelt replied. "We'll always be with her."
"What makes you think you'll be exiled?" Tangleclaw laughed. "We plan on keeping you here."
"Then we'll fight our way out," Pebblefur meowed.
"Three cats against a whole clan?" Leopardstar mewed.
"Four." Petalpaw pushed her way through the cats to stand beside Minnowscale. "I owe who I am to my mentor."
"And I'm going to stay with my sister," Grasspaw added, snaking her way over to Petalpaw. She looked straight up at Tangleclaw. "If I die fighting today it'll only be a little sooner than when I'm worked to death."
"You're making the biggest mistake of your life," Tangleclaw hissed to her apprentice.
"No, I'm not."
Minnowscale scanned the crowd. Most of the cats were muttering among themselves. Some looked torn, like her mother, Dawnflower.
"Leave," Leopardstar said. "All of you. Never come back. If you do, my warriors will kill you on sight."
"Pebblefur," Minnowscale whispered. "Watch our backs. Ivypelt, stay to the left."
"Minnowpaw," Tangleclaw taunted. "Finally scared enough to run away?"
"If you were as brave as you claimed you'd some down and fight me one-on-one," Minnowscale replied. "But, since you don't seem capable of fighting for yourself, I suppose no one will ever see how much of a wimp you are, Tanglepaw."
Minnowscale raised her head and signaled for her mini-clan to follow her. Someday, Tangleclaw would be dead. And Minnowscale would have killed her.
There will be chapters from Minnowscale's POV now.