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Chapter 2: The Murders

Fatekit's POV

My apprentice ceremony is in 13 sunrises! I wonder who my mentor will be. I pause as I hear footsteps. Moonkit must have too, because she pauses her grooming to look at the hole in the barrier.

Rosewing bursts in the camp with a horrified look on her face. "Coyotefang w-was killed!" After she said that, the attention of the other cats was turned to her and questions were asked.

"Where was he?"

"Was is DuskClan or StormClan?"

"Could it have been one of us?"

"Oh no! Coyotefang!"

"Silence!" Flashstar bellowed. The crowd stopped. "Please lead Chillfire, Oceanblaze, Fawnheart, Mistriver and me to the area. No one, and I mean no one will follow us. Is that clear?"

They return carrying Coyotefang's body. His grey fur is soaked with dark red blood. There is a collective gasp of horror. Fawnheart disappears into her den and after a couple of heartbeats, she comes out with water soaked moss, mint and lavender. She gently washes his bloody fur and Lionface, Branchberry and Eveningwish bury him.

I sit next to his grave, silently grieving for the tom. My mother, Swiftsky, appears next to me. "I am so sorry Fatekit. I know Coyotefang was kind towards you and I know that his death was hard on you."

I dug my claws into the ground. I muttered so my mother couldn't hear. "He just didn't taunt me, so I guess that's considered nice."

My mother gave me a sad look before she slowly padded back to the Nursery, Darkkit scampering after her. I turned back to the freshly turned dirt and gently took the rose I had picked in my teeth. I laid it on Coyotefang's grave and padded into the forest.

As I sat next to the border, I noticed a small figure picking its way through the thick undergrowth. I got down low on my paws and crept forward. As the shape stepped into the light, I nearly gasped.

It was Ghostkit. I could tell by the white and silver fur, her green eyes that seemed to pierce through the bushes and into my soul as she whirled around. I noticed her fur seem sleeker than normal, almost too sleek. As if she gave it a very careful washing. A slightly larger shadow was hovering beside her, but in a patch of shadow, so I couldn't see it.

Was Ghostkit the murderer? And who was this other mysterious cat?

Moonkit's POV

Fatekit disappeared into the forest again, grieving for the tom who didn't tease her. Not many minutes later, she came back into camp, wild-eyed and spoke to me quietly. "I need to talk to you alone." Her horrified eyes told me that that something was important. We slowly slide to the tiny hollow behind the ivy covering the dirt-place's dirt walls."I think Ghostkit is the murderer. I saw her in the woods. She wasn't alone. I could sense a different cat, maybe StormClan. She seemed too calm for a kit whose Clanmate had just died. The cat was whispering to her, "Go for Swiftsky next. Make them trust you and not Fatekit. Kill everyone who cares about her." Then she told him, "You're a genius, Snakekit! I'll finally get that wretched, pathetic ball of fur out of the Clan forever. Just attack her when she is all alone and she'll go down in seconds." She seemed to see me, because she glared at the bush I was hiding in."

I listened to her story with a horrible fascination. Fatekit seemed very shaken up. Her naturally sleek grey and black fur was now fluffed up and her eyes were wild. I rested my tail on her shoulder. "I believe you. Tell Swiftsky, just so she has warning. And do not go out alone. 'Kay?"

Fatekit nodded and staggered off, her adrenaline rush wearing off.

I padded to the Nursery, just in time to see Ghostkit slipping quietly from the tunnel into camp. I noticed a strong smell of garlic emitting from her as she slid past me and into her nest. I sank into my own, only inches away from her. I rested my head on my paws just as Fatekit slipped in. Her fur was ruffled and she sank to her haunches at the edge of the Nursery. I might of imagined this, but her eyes seemed to glow. I closed my eyes and sank into the welcoming darkness of sleep.

Ooh! What's going to happen next? Guess you'll just have to follow and wait! Oh, for those following Frostpool's destiny, the new chapter is up! Sorry fr tthe short chapter. Moonshadow and Fatestorm, signing out.