Underpaw

Chapter Ten

Marigold had a plan. That night she lay awake, waiting. Then she heard what needed to hear, the sound of the pure ones making their way out of their dens and down the tunnel to Snow's room.
When she was sure she was out of earshot of the five cats she quietly crept out of her den. Following the sound of the pure ones occasional chatter, they led her to Snow's den.
Perfect. Marigold paw thought with a smile.
Thankfully, Marigold had also planned out a hiding spot instead of plastering herself to the wall and hoping for the best. After the tax patrol she had asked Snow of she could do some cleaning around the tunnels, so she was able to find a pile of unused flowers that were probably for decoration and moved them into Snow's den, then she arranged them nicely, a little gift for Snow, a perfect place for her to hide behind and it would mask her scent.
But for the moment she was hiding in the shadows of Snow's announcing place, the pure ones had just made their way up to her den and from what Marigold could hear into the forbidden room when she decided it would be safe to travel up to Snow's room.
When she arrived she darted behind the flowers and strained her ears to listen.
"Could you be any slower?" Snow growled. Marigold guessed that Titanium had just rolled her eyes and Mosaica had looked down at her paws.
"Well sorry that I hurt my paw on a tax patrol." Shadow meowed in a matter-of-fact tone. Snow let out a low growl.
"Can we just get started, I want to go back to sleep." Lightning's voice mewed, making Marigold's stomach flurry a little bit. He was part of Snow's organization too, one of her only friends in these dark tunnels, sadness clouded her thoughts, but Snow's voice snapped her back into shape.
"Yes, so... Like I was saying last time we will attack when the moon is highest in the sky, they won't even know we're coming, fools."
"But wait, I've been wondering this for awhile now, where does Marigold come into this?" Bramble asked.
Marigold froze in fear, what's going to happen to me?!
"What do you mean?" Lightning asked, and. Marigold could almost detect urgency in his voice. Could he be trusted anyways?! Marigold hoped.
"Well she will be introduced be introduced to our true plan after the attack. But beneath her sweet innocent blue eyes I can find what I'm looking for. What's that you ask? Well I'll find someone who is just like me, someone to take over when I'm gone." Snow announced proudly.
"But what about F-" Mosaica started, but Snow rudely put her tail in front of her mouth to shut her up.
"That doesn't matter now, Marigold is the princess of the Snowset colony and soon all of Underpaw!" Snow growled. "Our old plans don't matter know, ever since I got the dream I know that. Know, any other questions?" Snow asked particularly looking at Bramble and Mosaica, but the room was silent.
"Good. Now don't forget what I've told you tonight-oh, and also, don't say a word." Snow added. Bramble led the other pure ones down the steps and into the tunnels, but the smallest of them all, Lightning, turned.
Her gazed at the pile of flowers in the floral and mossy room and twitched his ears. Then, carried on.