BLOOD AND DEATH

CHAPTER 2🌱

"Turquoiseclaw! what -why are you here? After disappearing for so many moons?" Rubystar demanded in surprise.

"Turquoiseclaw? I'm afraid I don't refer to that name your stupid clan gave me! I am known as Bloodstar now," she paused dramatically "and Darkheart is my deputy!" She added. Darkheart gave a howl in approval followed by some more from the cats around her.

"Apatitetail? You were loyal! How could you betray us?!" Diamondstripe exploded, her fur bristly on her shoulders as she snarled at the new Deathclan deputy.

"And what do you do, you just make a clan?You can't be here and make yourself a leader of what?" Tornadostar demanded, narrowing his eyes.

"Oh, you forgot already? Not surprised, nothing can fit in your small brain! I am the leader of Deathclan!" Bloodstar sneered. The cats from Deathclan howled proudly with their chin raised in pride.

"This is bad," Moonpaw muttered to Coralpaw, who sat watching Bloodstar with wide eyes.

"Mother once told me that Turqouiseclaw was once the most fierce warrior the clan has seen, and she disapproved of Rubystar being leader, who knows what she'll do to us,"

Coralpaw tilted her head towards the moon hopefully.

"Those are no clan cats, they're rogues! You can't just create a clan!" Tornadostar growled.

"You should know, I shall speak first!" Bloodstar insisted, pushing past Tornadostar. Tornadostar hissed and lashed his tail.

Tornadostar bared his teeth, and opened his mouth but Bloodstar started talking before he could speak.

"We just had a litter of kits and a lot of empty mouths to feed!" Then she turned to Rubystar, "You are the closest, I suggest sharing some territory with us, or else we will have to fight you,"

Rubystar growled and opened her mouth to respond and Bloodstar cut in once again.

"Oh, no, you will give your answer at the next gathering, I know it can be shocking to think about," Bloodstar mewed soothingly, and flashed a grin showing her blood stained teeth.

The cats from Gemclan scowled angrily and began muttering upon themselves.

Then, awkwardly, Stormclan shared about their kits and a few of the apprentices becoming warriors, then Oceanclan had talked about Deathclan's rogue cats coming to their beach and leaving it as a blood land instead, which earned a few growls from the cats around Bloodstar. Suddenly the moonlight vanished leaving the clans at rage,

"Starclan has ended this meeting!" Rubystar announced over then growling and muttering.

"Diamondstripe, go gather all the apprentices and elders. This gathering is over."

And more quietly she said to herself, "What are we going to do about Deathclan?"

Moonpaw let herself be ushered back into the forest, comforted by the pelts of her clanmates around her. All four apprentices said nothing; stayed in their spots, and their eyes fixed either on the ground or ahead of them.

Finally Coralpaw broke the silence,

"We're back," she mewed, as they ducked into their den.

"So, how was your first trip to the gathering?" Shimmerpaw asked.

Moonpaw explained about Deathclan and the threat they proposed

"I told you that your first gathering would be a mess, you should listen to me more often," Shimmerpaw said grinning.