Dark Forest

(If you haven't read the first one of these in my series, Titanium and Death were in that one. And yes, Fangmouth said a moon. I think it has been around that long, but they haven't found a place to meet yet, so that's why they haven't had the four clan meeting.)

Knight walked back into Dark Forest. Breezepelt rolled over; he had been on his back. "Well, well. The pathetic returns." He snarled. When Knight ignored him he added "I told you it wouldn't work."

Knight turned back to him and shook his head. "I am from Dark Forest. I didn't expect them to trust me right away."

"You need to work on your lying skills." Sol told him.

Knight bristled. "I'm not lying!"

"Oh yes you are." Death replied. "And if you know what's good for you I'd stay away. Those clans will never trust someone from here." He waved his tail around, to show Dark Forest.

"I agree with Knight." Everyone turned to face Flame. "Just because we're here doesn't mean we always will be. You guys just don't want to try."

"Try what? To be a pathetic clan cat with rules from Starclan?" Breezepelt hissed.

"You know, if I remember correctly, you were a clan cat." Knight said.

Breezepelt pounced on him and shoved his head into the ground. "I was not like the clan cats! Dark Forest is my true clan!"

Knight kicked him off with his hind legs. He jumped back. "Clearly. Or you wouldn't still be here after like, five generations."

"Who would want to leave?" a new cat asked. It was Titanium. "I'd rather be here then Starclan."

"I second that." Breezepelt said. "Cats appreciate me."

"Well we wouldn't." Flame responded.

"Ooo, then you should've thought of that when you were alive." Breezepelt cooed.

This time it was Flame who was losing his temper. Knight shook his head. "Don't bother, we'll just leave." He and Flame walked off.

"Leave? And go where!?" Breezepelt called after them. "You're in Dark Forest, there's no place to leave to!"

Flame spun around and pounced on Breezepelt. Breezepelt was taken by surprise by the attack and for a second Flame was winning. That is until Titanium and Death joined in. Knight helped Flame. For a second they broke the fight. "Let's go. Now!" Knight shouted. He and Flame bounded off.

Breezepelt jumped back up and tried to follow them. But the thing with Dark Forest was, it was hard to follow anyone.

Fallenstar walked to the entrance of the medicine den. Icepelt was lying down, facing the wall. "Sliverstripes isn't here." She said flatly.

"I'm not here to see Sliverstripes." He told her.

Icepelt didn't listen to him that easily though. "Oh? I can't imagine why you'd want to see me. I can't help with any of your leader duties."

Fallenstar walked the rest of the way in. "I didn't come here to talk to you about that. I can take a break from leader duties."

Icepelt turned around at that. She looked curiously at him. "Why didn't you say something earlier?" she asked.

Fallenstar sighed. He wasn't going to admit about Fangmouth. "I wasn't thinking then. But I am now. And. . . ." he hesitated, if Fangmouth was wrong this would be extremely awkward and embarrassing. Still, it seemed like Fangmouth had things right. It made sense from how she'd acted before, and how she was acting now. "I love you." He said.

Icepelt smiled and touched her nose to his. "I love you too."

Later, at night Sliverstripes and Fangmouth came to the entrance. Fallenstar and Icepelt were still there. They were asleep. "Maybe we should let them rest." Sliverstripes suggested softly.

Fangmouth nodded. "Good idea." They walked out. Without anything else to do they took a walk into the territory. A new two leg place had crumbled. They crumbled a lot; it was one of the down sides of having dens in them. But they'd lived in the abandoned two leg place their whole lives, and there was no better territory.

"So, any idea who Fallenstar will pick as deputy?" Sliverstripes asked.

Fangmouth shook his head. "He's going to have to pick soon, but I don't have a clue who it will be."

Sliverstripes stopped, forcing him to stop with her. "Do you think it will be you?"

Fangmouth smiled sadly. "Sliverstripes, it's been a whole moon. If he was going to pick me he would've by now."

Sliverstripes sighed. "I suppose you're right."

"You don't sound happy about it." He pointed out.

Sliverstripes shook her head. "I think you'd make a good deputy."

Just then there was a crack. "What was that?" Sliverstripes asked.

"I don't know." Fangmouth looked around. He didn't see anyone but he had an unpleasant feeling they were being watched. "Maybe we should get out of here."

Sliverstripes nodded. "Good idea." The two left. At first they walked, then they picked up speed and were running by the time they reached camp.

Back where they'd heard the sound, a Dark One came out of the shadows.

(So it was kind of a short chapter, but so are most of the ones in this story. And now that Fallenstar and Icepelt's plot are taken care of the rest of the chapters will most likely be long.)