The New Light of Hope: Books I to VI.

Chapter III: The Meeting.

Amethyst:

Date: July 3, 2020.

During one of our meetings back in June of that same year, Aurora had suggested the ides of having weekly meetings amongst all of the Division rather than wait for a certan phase of the moon to hold one when things that happened in the Division a while ago before the meeting would be told right after if happened and if important things that related to the safety of the forest before the meeting could be held, then it would already be too late to inform the animals about it when it has already happened. And so far, the plan was working and apprently not a single animal disagreed with it either. And this time, we would hold it again as always, where we would learn that the threat of an ongoing feminist macabre would increase even more.

That Friday, another meeting was held as usual where this time, we would inform the Forest that we received our powers and to hear what the leaders needed to say and what we should do about the situation and once we were all settled, the meeting began.

"Good evening, fellow animals of the Northeast and welcome to another weekly meeting!" Commander Aurora began, "I would like to begin by saying that we have just recently received our powers; all sixteen of us including DawnHeart, CrystalHeart, CreamFur, DuskFire, AntlerClaw, StoneFoot, StormShadow, and BirchTail, went through the ceremony with ease and now we have the powers that we were told to inherit for this Generation." A mixture of happiness and judgement was shared within the crowd about this annoucement, but whatever the ones who disagreed on this were saying, I certainly did not care. "All right, everyone, settle down, settle down." RowanFoot enjoined to the crowd from where he stood with the other joint leaders. Then everything went quiet as Chief FalconTalon began to speak: "Now, in regards what's been going on the forest as of recently, I think it would be best to talk about what's been going on since the beginning of this year leading all the way up to now; as many of you may know, there have been a series of killings within the forest, namely our female members, including those who are still serving for our Divisions and even our elders as well and it can be assumed that these murders are being carried out by rogues males and needless to say that it is ture. My patrols and I have picked the scent marks of what seems to be rogue males that don't seem to pay any sort of role for any subdivision of the Diablos, but are probably working alongside with them as we sometimes find small scent marks of one their subdivisions as well."

CosmoPelt: "And the areas where we find them were originally marked by some of our female animals as well as other females from different division as well but they were convered up by these rogues, in fact, whenever we find one of our females go missing and we end finding them slaughtered in very horrific ways, their bodies are usually found near the areas in which they marked."

Chief DoveFeather: "Well, whoever it is that's carrying out this carnage must've had a nasty past revovling around females, but that depends on what one has done to him in the past that has turned whoever this is into the monster he is today that's making him kill innocent females without reason."

Commander Aurora: "Now, that might be the case but it might not be the case, we don't know exactly until we find out for ourselves, which could be anytime. Which is something that we're to keep our heads up for if it ever happens again. Now, if this sort of thing does happen, we'll be sure to bite back."

We all talked about the threat and what we think we should do about it if it ever happens again and listened to what the other leaders had to annouce to all of us.
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Sadie:

Later, when the meeting ended and we started to make the journey back home, Jemma said: "You know, Aurora, I just realized something which might be a good possibility as well."

Commander Aurora: "We're listening, Jemma."

Jemma: "Well, you know how back during the 1800's and early 1900's, women didn't have the suffrage to vote, had no say in the matter when it came to her property or her children and couldn't divorce her own husband even if she wanted to? Well, I believe that all of this doesn't just have to do with male rogues carrying out these carnages because I believe that TIO might also be aiding in this as well depending on what his past life was like when he was alive up until his death at some point in time, meaning that whatever his mother did or whatever a woman did to him in the past led him to work alongside these rogues because of his previous experiences and is even willing to go beyond his own will by ordering one of his male members to attack one of us or by hurting us himself. And another thing, they're probably doing this to trick the leaders into sending patrols with only males because they're sared that something would happened to the females if they sent them out on a patrol. Because that's the thing; they're trying to trick the leaders of the Division into thinking that something is going to happen to the females of their Division and because of that, they're going to only send out males and males only to go on patrols or do other stuff outside the comfort of their home wich could lead to some of the daring young female apprentices to believe that their has a problem with them going outside of the camp which can lead to further problems as well. Or, that's at least what that's what they want to lead them into beliving."

Commander Aurora: "You know, Jemma, now that you mention it, TIO could also be playing a role in all of this which is probably what's going on right now and you would be right about all of it; TIO could be doing all of this to lead to further tension within the Division for some of the most daring females who within them too. If these murders continue on, then that couldlead to further conflict not just outside of the Division, but inside with inside of the walls of their home as well and that is another that we'll have to keep an eye out for as well. Thank you for bringing this to our attention, Jemma, I will be sure to tell Chief ArrowHeart and MoonStone about this. The rest of you should also bring this up to the other leaders and joint leaders of the Divisions so that way they can also get a basic understanding of what might the reasoning behind all of this, which could also be the actual reason behind all of this as well."

Jemma: "Anytime, Aurora. And Sadie and I will be sure to inform Chief FalconTalon and CosmoPelt about this as well."

Summer: "Same with Chief TimberHeart and RowanFoot."

Milly: "Same goes for Chief DoveFeather and FiercePounce."

Abigail: "Same for Chief GorseHunter and EmberNose."

Commander Aurora: "All right, let's be sure to inform them first thing tomorrow when we come back to do our regular duties."

We talked more and more about these matters all the way back home where we would go back to our respectful homes that night to rest and discuss more about it later on.