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Wow only 1 review? I think we can do better than that people! Anyway, last chapter we got to know Petalfoot. Tigerstar wants to recruit her. But is it just because she's strong, or is it something more? O_O

Chapter 2

Petalfoot's POV

After my sister and I came back to camp, we chose a vole to share. In the clearing, Cherrykit and Molekit were play fighting. Wow. Dinner and a show. I purred with amusement. I had always enjoyed watching kits tussle.

"Have you ever thought about having kits, Petalfoot?" Sunheart asked. I looked at her in surprise. I wasn't expecting a question like that! I tilted my head, considering. "Maybe, but I'd have to find the right tom, and I haven't met him yet. Why do you ask?" I replied.

Sunheart looked startled. She did have a tendency to blurt out her thoughts without realizing it. "Oh, no reason… Just wondering." She then resumed to eating the vole. I stared at her. It wasn't like Sunheart to be so secretive. Was something wrong? I couldn't tell.

The sun was shining on my silver fur, making me tired. I wasn't hungry anymore, the fresh-kill pile was well stocked, and there weren't any patrols going out. A nap wouldn't hurt. I pushed myself onto my paws, and padded to the warriors den. Soon enough, I fell asleep.
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I was drifting… floating…weightless… was I dead? I looked down and I saw myself in the warriors den, sleeping but still alive. So I was dreaming? I didn't think that was it either. This felt too real. So what was going on?

I looked around and realized I was in the sky. I glanced down again and saw a small puddle and a trickle of water, but it only had one shore. The sun-drown place. I realized. So that means that puddle is the lake! Never before had I realized just how small my world was. Now I had a new perspective.

Suddenly, a large gust of wind caused me to rocket toward a dark storm cloud. Now I knew what was going on. I had heard stories about a place where the cats who committed crimes left when they no longer lived, how sometimes, they would call on living cats to help them with their plans. I was going to the Dark Forest.

As soon as I realized this, I made a silent vow. I would not cooperate. But then I'd surely be killed…. I would pretend to cooperate to gain information. My former mentor, Brambleclaw, had taught me that it was a great tactic to think like your enemies. And now, I would put his lessons to the ultimate test.

Tigerstar's POV

So, Petalfoot's sister is hiding something from her? That's very useful. That might be something I could use to switch her loyalties. I smiled once again, then paused. What was going on? I never smiled. Smiling was a foreign concept to me, and everyone else here in the dark forest.

Darkstripe padded over to me. "She's coming." He mewed. I leapt to my feet. "What?!" I hissed. "It's not even nighttime! How did this happen? Not that I'm complaining…" I trailed off. Desperately, I tried to think of something to say. "The sooner that we recruit her the better" I told him.

"Tell Snowtuft to bring her to me." I ordered Darkstripe. He nodded, but as he turned to leave, I stopped him. "On second thought, I'll go myself." I trotted toward the entrance to the Dark Forest to welcome the silver she-cat.

I went to the entrance to the Dark Forest, where a silver she-cat with white paws and green eyes stood, darting suspicious glances around every so often, as if she wanted to absorb as much of her surroundings as possible. Then she glanced at me. For a moment, I felt as if my insides were melting like snow in newleaf. Her eyes were claws tearing into my soul. For a second, I felt like a kit seeing the green leaves for the first time.

Petalfoot. She seemed taken aback when I studied her. "So, am I right to assume your Tigerstar?" She asked. "How did you know?" I replied tartly. I was impressed by her attitude. No cat had ever spoken to me like that before, dead or alive. Did she not realize that I could kill her in a blink of an eye? "You look like Brambleclaw." She stated simply. That I didn't like, though I could see where it was coming from.

I realized my warriors were behind me, and apparently, so did Petalfoot. "I take it you're in charge around here?" she inquired. Without waiting for a reply, she added "so you would know why I'm here?" "Yes, I am in charge. As for why you're here, that's simple. I wanted you to come here the next time you were asleep. I did not expect, however, to be visited so soon." She shrugged. "Fighting foxes can take the energy out of you."

I was tempted to smile again, but stopped myself in time. Almost three smiles in one day? That had to be a record or something. "Yes, I saw your fight with the fox. You were good. In fact, I would like to train you to be even better. Imagine, you could be the best fighter in your clan. One day, you might even become Petalstar. Your name would go down in history!"

Petalfoot blinked. "What makes you think I would want to be leader, knowing that a single mistake on my part could be the downfall of my clan?" Wow. I had never thought about it that way. "However, being a good fighter would be a benefit for my clan, so I suppose I accept your offer."

I narrowed my eyes in amusement "Good. For a second there, I thought you were considering declining my generous offer." Petalfoot smiled. "You don't suppose you can send me back home could you? I promised to go on a hunting patrol with Cloudtail, and the clan might get worried if I'm asleep for too long." I waved my tail. "Of course. Wouldn't want to worry your clanmates now, would we? Petalfoot then turned around to leave.

As she walked out of earshot, Darkstripe padded over to me. "Nice job, Tigerstar. I think we've got her with us." I nodded in reply. I then left for my den. I was feeling…strange. But not in a bad way. It was sort of pleasant, in fact. I knew I had felt this before, but where?

Petalfoot's POV:

I padded out of the Dark Forest. I thought I did a pretty good job acting. It certainly seemed to convince Tigerstar. Strange, I had always imagined he would look a lot like Brambleclaw, but I didn't expect him to be so… handsome.

Where had that thought come from? He wasn't handsome. He was evil! But he seemed kind. "Well then he's a good actor!" I hissed at myself. Ok, was I going insane? I then realized that, while I wasn't in the Dark Forest, I wasn't in the den either. So where was I?

I looked around, trying to find something that could tell me where I was. I then saw a blue-gray she-cat looking at me. Somehow, I knew she was friendly. "You don't know me, Petalfoot. I am Bluestar, leader of Thunderclan before Firestar."

I tried to reply, but I found that I couldn't speak. Bluestar continued. "Only the tigress can change the tiger's stripes" She then faded. "No, wait! What do you mean?! Why tell me this?! Please come back!" I found myself yowling. I then woke up in the warriors den, as if nothing had happened.

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Disclaimer: I am not one of the Erins, and therefore do not own warriors. (It's probably good that I don't)

Claimer: I DO own Petalfoot, Sunheart, and the idea for this fanfic.

Bonus: Can you guess who my least favorite dark forest warrior is? Hint: He has a huge influence on the series.