Book 8 - Chapter 1

"Why I want them to come back to the clan? I want them to come back to the clan because I don't want them growing up with cats like Darkfinch. The cats he lives with are dangerous beyond reason. They don't live with a warrior code and they have no honor." said Cloud. Birchtail and Mossfur were nodding. Darkfinch began, "We don't kill just to kill. We do have a code, it's just not your code. Your code says to challenge all trespassing animals. Ours in a way says that but it means something else to our cats. You say we have no honor, what do you mean by that?" Cloud spoke, "Your supposed group kills innocent cats for no reason, and you kill kits if they can't fight. When you attack another group of cats you go for the kits first. That isn't strategy, what I call it is harmless kit murders. Would you like to die, because you refuse to kill other kits?" Cloud asked. "Say Darkfinch says that Sun you have to die and who does he order to do it? He would order either his deputy or senior warrior or someone from Sun's family. Moon you might have to kill your own sister if you refuse to come back to Fishclan. If you do join their side and refuse to kill Sun then both of you will die. Then Darkfinch will choose another cat probably Star to kill them both before he kills them. If any of them refuse then he gets another family member. If all the family members refuse then he just goes and kills them all anyways. In his group it is either kill or be killed there is no other option. In a clan you would be safe." The kittens exchanged looked. Mossfur nodded and pointed to Darkfinch to speak. "We do not attack other cats often you are the first other cats that we have seen for at least a full moon cycle. We live together as a group or as a clan as you would call it. We have the proper leadership, we even have a medicine cat, Silverflash." Birchtail and Mossfur considered. "How many of you kits would like to return home?" asked Mossfur. Black, Blue and White padded forward. Cloud beckoned them over with a sweep of her tail. "How many of you would still like to join Darkfinch?" asked Birchtail. Sun, Moon and Star all bounced forward excitedly. Darkfinch nodded to them. "How many of you are still unsure?" The other kits looked back and forth between the two.