Here I come with a new chapter, I'm actually spending my money in a library for the internet because my siblings broke my computer, again.
Mirror, what do you see
Glory, fortune or insanity?
I was never like them
I could never obey their insane lord
Please let me enter
Mark me with the holy sword
Shit! Shadow had not planned this, and needless to say it made her angry, very angry. For a few dazed moments she just stood there, looking at Spider with utter hatred.
No... She had to control her emotions, in moments like this even the flaring heat of anger could cause her death. The Master had warned her, emotions where for the common cats, those who had no other way to express themselves as they lacked the capacity to think, to plot carefully.
She watched carefully as Clouds jumped forwards, headbutting Shadow in the chest full force. Not the smartest gesture but she had to admit it was efficient as Shadow was thrown backwards into a mound of snow. His daugter gasped and dropped the kit in the snow by inadvertance. Not that it mattered it was pretty much half dead already. And for a few hopeful moments she thought it was indeed lifeless, but then it let out a pityful mew and she ignored it.
Clouds was trapping a dizzy Spider between a pair of boulders, a quite frightening look on her face. But to her surprise Spider didn't get mauled by Clouds's vicious claws. Instead he plunged down in a flurry of snow to avoid her ravaging blows and stuck like a snake, catching his opponent's throat.
What a surprise, this idiot actually knows how to fight. Spider had indeed left her puzzled about how the hell he had survived in the mountains after the last fight.
But Clouds quickly recovered and threw herself on her back, sending him flying once again with a mighty kick. He quicky stood up but she lunged at him again, her claws tearing into his exposed shoulder. By that time he seemed to understant the danger he was in because he quickly circled her, despite the blood drenching his wounded shoulder, Clouds missing another swipe. He quickly retaliated by jumping at her, aiming for her belly. Swiftly moving to the side she caught his extended paw, crushing it between her jaws.
Shadow watched them for another few minutes, slowly growing bored. By then they had ditched all form of stategy and where grappling in the snow like a pair of overgrown kits. Both cats where now bruised and so bloody that without Clouds's flat muzzle it would have been hard to tell them apart, Spider having obviously inherited his mother's feminine build. Flight was trembling with worry for her father but couldn't bring herself to join the fight but not bothering to pick up the kit either.
I should stop this. With a quite unnesserary sigh she stood up, trotting towards the crimson patch of snow the two others where still fussing around in.
"Stop." she commanded.
Just like she expected Clouds had immediately juped to her feet, crouching before her fearfully. Spider took longer to pick himself up, glaring hatefully at Clouds and obviouly wanting to continue the fight. Fortunately for him Shadow's emotionless gaze and his battered stade stopped him from pouncing again. Shadow had not such restraints and she promptly cuffed him on the head.
"Stupid." she spat in his face.
Ignoring him she turned to face Flight, who had thought good to join them, the now shivering kit bach in her jaws.
"I trust you to cause no trouble dear."
Her voice was little more than a purr and she was pretty sure her breath was ticling Flight's ginger and white muzzle. She knew by the look she recieved that she was frightening her but she didn't care. Somehow the small tinge of guilt that protected her withered hear was gone, leaving her with a frozen heart to match her eyes.
From the corner of her eye she saw Spider crawling towards her, obviouly boiling with a violent need to complain. He didn't even have time to steady himself because she she had flexed her paw and hit him.
Three times.
Her blows connected with his ribcage and he fell with a sickening crack, his death glare pretty obvious despide the pain that twisted his features.
"I have no need nor use to explain Clouds, I trust you to relay the news of my return to Wild, he will relay them to the Council."
The Hord is in fact strangely well organised and the principal families are composed of some feline legacies where tghe offsprin is mostly named.
The Council is composed of the Head cats, they take care of organising The Hord and relay the directions of the Master to the Dispatch Leaders and the Head Of Caves. They also carry the task of naming the cats they deem worthy. The dispatch Leaders take the outside news to the Council because they are in contact with the outside. There is exactly twenty four cats in the Council and each time one of them dies or is 'disposed of' the Master personally appoints a replacement, each election is a big event and all the named cats can present themselves in hope to be chosen.
The Head Of Caves are those who rule each different cave who compose The Hord, each one's job differs following the nature of the cave they rule. They all have a personal nest, exeption made of the Heads Of Birth Cave who are two and share the same nest.
Clouds didn't even spare a glance towards Spider and slunk into one of the numerous tunnels reserved to the dispatch cats.
"No she-cat, the tunnels are for the common Hord cats."
Flight, who had started to follow suit, ducked her head in shame and obediently padded back to her.
"So how do we get in?" the voice was rough and twisted in pain.
Ah yes, Spider. Nearly forgot that one.
"By there."she said simply, flicking her tail towards a ledge on the other side of a rather wide crevice.
He gaped at her, clearly looking torn between anger and the urge to laugh.
"It's impossible!"
The crevice was indeed several foxlengths larger than the average jumping length of a cat and the jagged spiked lining it made the ledge look pointedly inacessible. Shadow wasn't very phades and she employed herself to look surprised.
"Why not?"
"Because I'm not a fucking bird, I can't fly! And I'm pretty sure that you're pulling my tail right here because you neither."
"I can." she stared rather smugly.
Then she jumped.