"Guys!" A cat, Kitty to be exact, was mewing in the entryway for attention. Some cats stopped and gathered around her.
"What's wrong?" Leo asked her.
"Yeah, are you ok Kitty?" Heatherstar asked.
"Has anyone seen Silverflame, Kawaii, or Rainbowpuff?" Kitty asked everyone.
"Not since the meeting…" Another cat called Taylor replied.
"It has been almost four days since the meeting! Also, we never even got to finish it! What is going on? What are we going to do?" Kitty asks.
"Guys calm down! What is going on?" Moonlight asks, walking up to the group of cats that had nearly quadrupled from the original size. There were probably 50 cats there, which seems like a lot until you realize that the total number of cats that occupied the Magical Cat Emporium was somewhere between 7 and 15 thousand at this point. No one knew how many cats there were as after the war happened, a few cats had fallen in love and kittens now roamed the Cat Emporium. Most of them spent most of the day at the Kitten School, a part of the Cat Emporium the cats built without Joey's guidance. Teacher cats would teach kittens to do anything from hunting to mathematics. No humans were allowed in the Kitten School. In fact, only cats were capable of finding it and getting into it.
A few special kittens would get to study with a mentor. Mentors were cats of high up ranks, such as Kawaii, Rainbowpuff, and Silverflame, all who lead the council of cats that makes decisions for the entire Cat Emporium. Other cats that had apprentices were cats in the council and some cats trained in potion brewing.
Moonlight's apprentice was following behind Moonlight. She looked nervous.
Kitty picked up on the apprentice's nervous sent. "Nicole, are you ok? You look nervous, you're never nervous, you're always filled with confidence."
Nicole looked up at Kitty, she opened her mouth as if she was about to answer. "She's fine." Moonlight answered for the apprentice. Nicole looked back down at the ground. "Do I need to ask you again? Or can you answer my question?" Moonlight snapped.
"Calm down. Do you know where Silverflame, Kawaii, and Rainbowpuff are?" Tohbi asked.
"Oh yeah, they said something about going on a mission or something." Moonlight said. Nicole looked like she wanted to object, but she closed her mouth and looked back down at the ground.
"But we were in the middle of a council meeting! Now it is too late for it!" Kitty yelled.
"Shut up! They left me in charge! No go do something productive and stop gossiping about our leaders. Obviously it was important or else they wouldn't have left us, now would they have." The cats shook their heads no. "Exactly! No go to work before I write you down and report you to the leaders when they get back for not obeying and for gossiping about them." The cats dispersed except for Kitty, Leo, Heatherstar, Taylor, and Tohbi.
"Well, Moonlight is being especially rude!" Heatherstar said.
"The power has gotten to her head again, I never understood why she was put on the council anyways. Let alone why the leaders are now leaving her in charge." Leo said.
"I wonder how long it will be till they get back." Tohbi said.
"What do you think Kitty?" Taylor asked. Kitty contemplated the question for a few moments.
"I think, something fishy is going on, and it isn't Meghan's pirate shop."