Chapter eleven

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   "Ow!" Sageleaf yelped. She had recently given birth to Sedgekit and Violetkit from Silverstar, and I was helping her fight.
   "You shouldn't have put your paw there! It will be must worse in battle!" I scolded. "Now let me look at it! Elmleaf taught me some things about medicine before he got poisoned," I meowed, annoyed at first, but sorrowful at the end. The elders died of poisoning as well. I wonder who it was.
Sageleaf lets me look at her paw.
"Just a broken claw, you'll be fine," I told her. To myself I muttered, "you wouldn't have thought you could have gotten so weak."
"Can I continue practicing?" She asked. I nod.
"Yes, show me your leap, twist, and land," I meow. We practice for ages, till the moon is high in the sky. We head to our separate nest, curling up with our kits.
"Where were you? We played with the other kits all day, practicing battle moves," Frostedkit murmured.
"Practicing battle moves as well," I meowed gently. "Now go to sleep." Soon we are both asleep, waiting for the sun to rise.
   I wake up the next day, it's late morning. I stretch, waking my kits.
   "Can we go play?" Silverkit asks.
   "Of course!" I meow, pushing them with my paw. "Ok, queens, time to wake up!" I yowl, just quiet enough so the toms can't hear.
   "Sageleaf, Honeyleaf, Goldenpaw, Branchpaw, Frecklewish, and Enonyclaw, go get Ashfall, Mudbelly, Thunderstorm, Creekshadow, Stagleap, and Ryeheart. The rest of you, come with me," I meow. They do as they are told.
I lead the queens to the training den, formerly the play den for kits.
"We will take back what is ours in six moons. In the mean time, practice, practice, practice. I will teach our kits how to fight. They will need it, since they will be old enough to fight. Just a reminder, be honey sweet to the toms. Ah good! You six are here. Please be careful with the other toms, don't let them think anything is going on," I meow, the last part to the recruited toms. "I was in slaved all my life! I won't let this continue!" I yowl, my speech bringing new energy to the queens and recruited toms. We will fight back!

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