Darkness Rises: Dark clouds

Chapter 11

Leaf kept thinking about what he had witnessed, he couldn't tell anyone about this. The quest cats did not know that he was watching the whole time.

"Hey, Leaf!" He did not expect to see another cat talking to him at this time. He looked up in front of him, it was Luna, the Moonrise cat.

"You must be lonely, me and Honeybee were going on a walk in the forest, and I wanted you to come along!" She sat down in front of Leaf.

"Are you asking me to come with you guys? Whatever." Leaf stretched his paws and sat up.

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"It's very sunny outside, I'm so glad there aren't any dark clouds or storms out here. After Darkrise clan was sent away, I hate stormy weather. It's scary." Honeybee spoke to her friend.

"After all of that? Nobody will ever want to see cloudy skies again. I'm happy for all of the cats outside the tribes that didn't have to deal with fighting Darkrise." Luna responded.

"And I feel sorry for those who didn't believe in the clans. They never expected to have to deal with Darkrise." Leaf added, starting to wonder why he was here anyways. Honeybee and Luna were pretty much best friends, and he didn't see why they asked a random cat to come on some dumb walk with them. He felt like he shouldn't get angry at either of them, though. They were trying their best to be friendly.

"And Spike.." Honeybee thought out loud.

"Yeah.. and Stone has barely come out of her den since the fight. I think she liked him." Luna was the type of cat to feel sad for anybody, even someone she barely knew. Wherever Spike was now, he must know about the clans after what happened.

Leaf listened, he knew what both of them were feeling. He had known Stone and Spike from the Rockfall tribe, they had been to the meetings about Moonrise clan, after all. Both Leaf and Honeybee were there, the ancient clans came soon afterwards, to fight Darkrise. Everyone knew, at that point, that Stone must have had feelings for Spike.

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"Anwen, Asmir, we have news to share, if you have the time?" Glacier dipped his head to the Sunflare and Moonrise leaders.

"Now would be best to get it out of the way, yes." Asmir spoke, glancing over at Anwen.

The quest cats sat down in front of the two clan cats.

"Please do not tell this to the tribes, we don't want them to worry. We need to go on a new mission, to save a lost clan." Smoky started speaking immediately.

"A clan?" Anwen flinched, she sounded surprised at this news.

Glacier jumped in front of Smoky, "We can't tell much more, because we don't want to worry the others. There is a clan of outcasts, in the snowy mountains. Have you heard of this?"

Asmir glanced at the Sunflare leader, then spoke, "We have heard news of a group of cats in the mountains that call themselves a clan. We weren't told much, it was only a rumor. But we know that there is a group of cats out there, who barely associated themselves with the real clans. Some believed they were trying to replace clans. There is only one clan, but there are many cats who live in the mountains, and created a group together."

"Well, we were told that the mountains are cold and frozen, and were given a mission to recuse the clan. They were called The Frostclaws." Ginger informed them.

"Well, if there are any cats that can do so, it's you three. We wish you good luck." Anwen dipped her head.

"We thank you. All that the others must know is that we are leaving for a new quest." Smoky started to walk away.