Book 10 - Chapter 35

Silverfrost stepped forward and looked at Darkflower who nodded. "Yesterday as you all know, my sister Darkflower spoke of our brother Shadowclaw and our friend Oceanfur. We told you how we thought that Oceanfur left the clan, and when Shadowclaw didn't love her in return she threatened to leave him. That was true. Although I do know more information than what I first shared with Darkflower and the other queens. I was told by Oceanfur before she left us for the second time that it was classified information and that I was the only one to know it. I was not to tell our leader, I was not to tell my mother or hers, I couldn't tell Darkflower I couldn't even tell Shadowclaw. Now you might be wondering what I mean when I say for the second time. Oceanfur left us and then she returned and told me that Shadowclaw had left her and if I ever saw him that I could never ever tell him what she had told me even if he asked, because he knew that she was hiding something from him." Darkflower looked around and stopped for a moment. Then she padded towards the edge of the clearing. She slunk to the ground and sunk her weight backwards as if she were going to pounce. She gave the clan a signal to be quiet. Then she pounced and this object hissed. It was a cat. A large black cat and a smaller grey cat. Silverfrost leapt down the rockfall to join her sister. "Hello Shadowclaw," said Darkflower stepped back. Silverfrost nodded and then turned to the other cat. The grey she-cat. "Oceanfur how are you doing?" she asked. Pinkpoppy suddenly pushed her way forward and looked at this cat. "Ocean?" Oceanfur turned to her and I wondered how Pinkpoppy knew my friend. "Well Poppy how are you know?" Pinkpoppy glared, "My name Oceanfur as I have heard you are called, is Pinkpoppy. I have been better thank you. I was better before you faked your death to get away from us. He died because he ran away scared. So I had to find refuge in this clan. I am the medicine cat the healer of this clan. I try to heal wounds, because I will never be able to heal the wound that you have now left. Also it is nice to help heal wounds not cause them."

Book 10 - Chapter 34

The queens looked at each other before deciding that Darkflower would go first.  "Hello clan mates as you know my name is Darkflower and my sister is Silverfrost. We had another sibling before. Shadowclaw and Oceanfur was our very best friend. Shadowclaw was intrigued by clan life and the ways of a clan so he tried to learn as much as he could. He even went to house cats to learn what they had heard and thought about the clans. He knew that if he could learn enough he could rise and become an even greater clan mate and warrior. He lived in Nightclan. Then one day Oceanfur intercepted  him and they fought. No one knew exactly what had happened because the next  day both Shadowclaw and Oceanfur had disappeared and no one knew where they had went. There were rumors of course and some say they raced away with out any warning. Some say they had a 2 kittens and Shadowclaw ran away before anything else could happen. Others say they killed each other. No one knows for sure. Nothing was certain. Although I feel that they are both still alive. While Shadowclaw was our brother Oceanfur was the only other queen with us. While we took our mates however Oceanfur never took one and never had a kitten. Most cats say that she was was crushing hard on Shadowclaw and was waiting for him to see if he ever returned her feelings. When he didn't she soon learned to be independent and threatened him that she would leave. The next morning he was gone and then 9 moons later she was left to take care of her two kits and herself. No one knew where he had went and if Oceanfur knew then she didn't tell anyone. Then she disappeared and the last I had heard of her she was trying to make do with her kittens. Later I was informed that she was dead and that her son was dead while the youngest kitten had wandered off somewhere."

Book 10 - Chapter 33

Fishfur wandered between her siblings. Her siblings threw her glares as she made her way to the rock to speak. "Well as you know I am siblings with Applepaw, Silverpaw, and Cloverpaw and my parents are Appledawn and Birchtail. There is a reason however why I am a warrior while my siblings are apprentices. I was named a Fishfur because my friends are fish. That is why I never eat a fish, I feel like my friends are staring at me in guilt because I wasn't able to save them from being killed by my clan mates. When I was younger I dreamed of course like any other cat there was. When I dreamed however I lived under the water and the fish there knew that I was a cat but that I wouldn't hurt them so I was their leader. So one day after I became an apprentice I went to the same river I had been to in my dreams and decided to try to speak fish like I had. It jumped in the water and it worked. I was able to breathe underwater, and talk  to the fish. That was then Mira my best friend was almost caught. She ducked into the shadows in time but Evelyn her best friend was hit and injured. The fish raced to help them but Katrina and Serena were caught. When I was dragged from the water I learned that my two friends were killed and were to be given to the queens and kits to eat. I remember how Katrina had 3 barely adult kids, Fiona, Angelica and Soma. While Serena was Mira's mother and Evelyn's godmother. So Appledawn and Birchtail upon my pleading and the fact that I promised to make the world a better place for us to live they requested to make me a warrior. I became Fishfur, and I have come to an agreement with the fish. Half of each batch of fish that survive are to be contained so no fish becomes to close to them and then we get to kill those to eat. It helps because the fish and I won't know the fish being eaten and we won't go hungry and the clan won't be taking my friend's lives." All of the clan began to babble excitedly except for Applepaw. Applepaw was flat out mad. Fishfur became a warrior just by asking? She would never be allowed to do that. Appledawn favored her oldest daughter and she was Birchtail's favorite. No one paid any attention to Applepaw being the youngest born and the kit that no one thought would survive. 

Book 10 - Chapter 32

Rivera stepped forward and spoke, "Thank you for doing us a favor Rissa, for we didn't like Darkfinch at all. He was a nasty and cruel leader and even though he isn't gone forever it is enough time for us to retrieve the cats that were in his clutches." "Well I don't think that he was that bad," said Appledawn. "You're only saying that because I didn't like him," hissed Rivera. "That could be a contributing factor," responded Appledawn. "You don't like me and you never did," retorted Rivera. "You're right  didn't. You came to the clans thinking that because you saved our current senior warrior and my mate that you were so superior to everyone demanding that everyone should repay your human. Well guess what, some of us don't care your human. You voice the truth on certain matters and you speak your mind. You have verbally hurt others in the clan just be saying what you believe in, while when I speak that way I end up helping the medicine cat collect herbs for about 5 1/2 months instead of training. I didn't always hate you Rivera, I used to look up to you. Now however times have changed." said Appledawn. "I understand that," said Rivera. "I never knew what effect and impact my word had on younger kittens that looked up to me. The only cats I have been with are my age or older and my friends who listen to what I say as the leader of them. When I left I nominated Esther to be the new leader and I know that she will take the position seriously and keep the group alive." "Sure you didn't know, I bet you knew and pretend you don't. You know you have a way with words, you know if you try hard enough you can spin and elaborate tale and get away with anything." spat Appledawn. "So tell me then what exactly you have against me." "It's not exactly you just the fact that you lived with humans, saved some I loved and can get out of any situation. Sagewind's friend and herself was saved by a cat that lived with humans, that could get out of any situation by talking like you, sound good so far? Well you both saved someone I loved but then this cat killed by best friend and talked her way out of the situation and the leader believed her over me so I have been mourning my friend while my leader thought that I might have killed my friend myself just to frame the other cat because Sagewind and her friend were paying more attention to her then my friend. The cat's name I believe was Lightning. He was a large gray tom with bright white lines down his nose and along his face like lightning bolts." said Appledawn. "Lightning, you were right to hate me. Lightning is my cousin and the closer friend to Storm. He took a warrior name is now a warrior among Darkfinch's cats. His name is Blackstorm his pelt is black with the lightning from a Storm."

Book 10 - Chapter 31

Darkfinch launched himself over the edge of the clearing. "How are you Rissa he asked?" "Storm," snarled Rissa. "Olivia believes in me she was always the more fun sister." "It's to bad I was always the smarter sister and Serafina was always the sister that cared about our safety. Now she doesn't care about yours since you tried and succeeded to kill her. Then since Olivia sided with you only Princess's and my safety now matter to her." snapped Rissa. "I'd like to see you prove that" snarled Darkfinch "but considering the fact that I did kill Hollytail you can't exactly." "Yes I can't exactly prove that Hollytail hates you considering you're the reason that she's dead I can make a pretty good guess that if she was alive she would hate you for trying to kill her and that she hates you know because you did kill her." replied Rissa. "I would also like to state that you're the reason Olivia is dead." said Darkfinch evenly. "Me how, I'd like to make you prove that I am the reason that Olivia is dead but he only way I'd believe it is if Olivia told me herself which she can't do because as you have told me she is dead." "Not necessarily" said Dragonwhisker. "Sorry to bring it up but I do recall that we once met Serafina in her starry form. She was a spirit that talked to us, then when Darkfinch appeared he left so he did kill her. So if we are able to find the spirit of Olivia she will be able to tell us the truth about her death." Everyone nodded and then Darkfinch lunged at Rissa. Rissa turned and retaliated by launched herself into the air like a bird. Darkfinch pulled out the sacred flower of  Ruby and raised it into the air, as the sun hit the flower the clearing was surrounded by fire. Darkfinch pointed the beam at Rissa and it knocked her out of the sky. Her power a small pair of black wings fell to the ground and Darkfinch picked it up. Rissa lunged and knocked the flower out of his paws. She grabbed it and took the fish with it and then disappeared and came back and did something to the flower which made Darkfinch disappear. "I banished him back to the Dark Forest for a month or two, when his cats need him the most he will be able to return and his cats won't need him for a while." Suddenly Dragonwhisker realized something, "That means while he is in the Dark Forest we can get back the cats that didn't want to go and live with Darkfinch in the first place. They can be set free." 

Book 10 - Chapter 30

Rissa looked around and sighed. Apparently she would have to share as well now that she was "apart of the clan." She snorted she would never be apart of a clan. She stepped forward and said to the clan as the started to assemble. "I don't have much of a story to share except for the fact that I do not belong to the clan of Fishclan. I never will, I am independent hunting on for myself, that way I have nobody to blame but myself." Barrister bristled and stopped, "Why should you stay with us then," he growled. "You heard this a few times I take it. I stay because I can, I still hunt for myself yes, no I will not hunt for anyone but myself but I will not hunt in your territory." "So why stay?" Snapped Whiteclaw. "Why do I stay here?" growled Rissa. "You know why I stay here, you owe me. If not for me teaching Lionstripe how to save them then you would be living in exile, not that you weren't after following Darkfinch into exile." "Follow him did I," Snapped Whiteclaw. Rissa ignored him. "I wish to say that I will not be staying here permanently unless I see a drastic change is behavior from certain warriors here. The warriors that haven't made me feel very welcome. The ones that don't trust me just because they have heard things like what I have said before." Rissa let her gaze sweep over the clan letting it rest on Birchtail, Sagewind, Appledawn, and Whiteclaw. "So" she continued, "You cannot judge me for what my brother has done, I may be like him in a few ways looks, although I am smarter. You cannot judge, Serafina, Olivia or I because of what Storm has done. Serafina helped to over throw Storm and make Nightclan a better place for them to live." Whiteclaw concentrated for a moment then remembered something and spoke up, "You were training in the dark forest as well, though so how do we know that we can trust you as well?" "I saved your classmates and saved you from exile and you doubt that I am loyal to the living world. That's sad." "It's sad that you might betray us at any moment to the Dark Forest like Darkfinch would." snapped Birchtail. Rissa whipped around to face him. "So you side with Whiteclaw? I may have trained in the dark forest but I left before I was given my warrior name." "But not your power, you wanted the ability and the power of a Dark Forest cat but the status. You wanted to say that you were loyal but wanted to have a power." snarled a voice. It belonged to Darkfinch.

Book 10 - Chapter 29

Foxflash stepped up to the edge of the rock where he was going to give his speech and tell his story. Foxflash thought to himself that he didn't really have a story. He just had the fact that he knew the truth about Mosskit and that it was definitely a valid reason why Mosskit wasn't telling the others. He knew that Mosskit knew that he knew and Mosskit had only stopped talking to him when he promised to not reveal who his parents truly were. For all the clan knew Mosskit could be a loner's kit. "Foxflash stepped to the edge of the rock. "My friends and clan mates of Fishclan. I don't have much to speak of tonight. Although I do remember that there was a time that I blamed myself for another cats death. If you noticed I always jump into the river and then rub fish scales into my pelt. I always smell like fish and that makes sense considering we are Fishclan. There is a reason I do that though and there is a reason that I around any cat until I jump in the river feed the clan then rub the fish scales into my pelt. I have something to hide. If I don't do that each day and then the sun gets to my fur my fur turns reddish brown and my whole body changes. I turn into a fox. As long as the sun cannot get to my true fur I stay a cat. I stay in the shade the days I can't get to the water. As long as my pelt is wet the sun has to dry the water first which gives my time to get the fish scales into my pelt. Each fish scale starts to dry out after 5 days so I always have to find new scales. Today is the last day and since I haven't found any most likely I will be a fox until the sun sets today. I blame myself for 2 cats death. One day I was standing around when I realized that I hadn't gotten the fish scales, so I became a fox. A few moments later I saw that a barn was on fire. I wandered closer to investigate when I saw a young dark brown tom. He was staring at the fire and I realized that this cat must have lived in that barn. Then another cat came racing over it was a light-brown she cat. This cat was a little larger and I figured she was his mother. Being a cat that looked like a fox I could understand them but they couldn't understand me. The mother said Tenner run and don't stop until you find Poppy. This cat nodded and then the mother turned and hissed at me. I looked at her and she turned and fled straight into the fire. So I turned to explain what had happened to the brother of Poppy. I found him and he hissed at me stay away from me you fox. I tried to talk but he couldn't understand fox. He then lunged at me, I didn't want to kill him but he tried to kill me and being a fox I had the urge to protect what I considered my land since I had lived on that land for at least 3 years before joining the clan. I killed him in the end and then I ran off into the woods regretting that i had just taken the lives of two cats, and I think that they were you family Pinkpoppy," Pinkpoppy looked up at me and stared in sadness, fear and regret.