Chapter 12

Death Trap headed away from the clans' territory. It had been an eventful day to say that least, more so than she had wanted. First she had accidently gotten caught in Fallenclan's territory by an apprentice, then she'd gotten a report from Tigerpaw. Owlpaw hadn't been there, but Death Trap had better things to do than worry about that. Then she had gone through Stormclan's territory and been 'caught' by kits! It was embarrassing. She realized she should probably work on her stealth, she never used to be able to get caught so easily.

At least I got to kill one of those kits. Death Trap thought. It had been far too long since she'd made a kill.

And that wasn't the only good thing that had come out of the day. Bluepaw had proved not all clan cats were happy with their clan lives. The clans wouldn't stand a chance if they were fighting each other, would they even know who was on what side. Death Trap grinned at the idea.

Of course, she should've known it wasn't going to be that easy. She knew what was coming in the look Scar was giving her. "Are you insane?" She asked.

"Yes!" Death Trap hissed. She calmed down. "Clearly I am, but why does that make this a bad plan?"

"Because we're relying on cats we want to kill!" Scar reminded her, rather loudly.

Death Trap sheathed and unsheahted her claws. On second thought, maybe she shouldn't work on stealth. Getting caught would release some of her need to kill, otherwise Scar might not see another day. "But, we're relying on each other." Death Trap pointed out.

Scar opened her mouth, and shut it. It was no secret they hated each other, and Death Trap wouldn't be surprised if Scar wanted to kill her. This only confirmed it.

Death Trap continued. "I could through with this plan without you, but you have an entire army of cats, and if you don't like my plan well," She laughed, "I could always lead the clans straight to you. You'll lose against all five of them."

Scar bristled. "Or I could kill you before you can do that."

Death Trap turned to her, and a slow smile spread across her face. "Oh, but I have two little spies in Fallenclan remember? They're the only two who know anything about my plans, and do you really think they'll tell you after you kill me?" She glared at Scar.

Scar's eyes grew wider. She took a step back. For the first time, she seemed to not only realize what Death Trap was, but how powerless she was in the position.

"So, do we have a plan?"

Scar nodded. Was she going to start crying? Death Trap tried not to laugh. Finally, working with this evil cat was worth it.


Angelwing and Emberpaw headed towards Moonpool, Emberpaw glaring at the ground. Despite being blind out of one eye for moons now, it still felt weird.

Goldenglow from Wildclan was already at the entrance of Moonpool, not surprising considering Moonpool was pretty much in their territory. Ashpelt and Slitherpaw from Lightningclan arrived shortly after that. Then Brokenclaw from Moonclan, and Sliverstripes from Fallenclan.

"That everyone?" Goldenglow asked.

Emberpaw resisted the urge to roll her eyes. Goldenglow was comparatively new, it was true. But she had been around long enough to know this was all of us.

Brokenclaw nodded to answer the question. "Let's go in." Ashpelt said. Everyone turned towards the entrance.

"Wait!" Angelwing shouted.

That took everyone by surprise, Emberpaw included. She looked up in shock. What was it?

"I'd like to have a ceremony." Angelwing declared.

Emberpaw blinked again. What was she . . . Wait. Emberpaw thought. Does that mean. . .

Before she could figure it out, Angelwing confirmed it for her. "Emberpaw has been an apprentice longer than anyone should be, and a medicine cat long enough. She has served her clan well as both a fighter and healer. So Emberpaw, from now on, you will be known as Emberheart!"

Emberpaw, Emberheart now, gave a gasp of excitement. The other medicine cats cheered for her and she stood a little taller. She looked at Angelwing.

Angelwing smiled. "Now, we can go in." She said.