Dreamcloud nodded wordlessly and set off through the tree cover towards the rear entrance of camp. She peered through the leaves surrounding her. "Is that Featherstorm?" she asked softly.

"I'll get you some fresh kill if you're hungry" Moonpaw said. 

Tulipbreeze nodded, recognising the cat. "Now what?"

Littlepaw nodded gratefully. "That would be great. Thank you, Moonpaw." He gave a weak smile and licked his ruffled chest. he didn't want to keep the fact that His other 3 siblings had ran off to Rockclan and stopped Moonpaw. "Moonpaw? Can you keep a secret? You have to promise not to tell anybody, not even Applesong or Sacredstar."

"What is it Littlepaw?" Moonpaw asked curiously, pausing in mid step to gaze at her adopted brother.

"We have to somehow get her attention without being seen" Dreamcloud said. 

Tulipbreeze immediantly bolted out of the bush, stopping at the wall of camp. She found featherstorm, and ever so carefully recited her Shrew Squeak she had worked so hard on. She then dropped into the mud, hiding her scent. Then she bolted back to the brush.

Littlepaw looked at his paws guiltily. Then he couldn't help it. "Yourbrotherandsisterswenttorockclantofindandsavefeatherstormandbringherbacktocloudclan." She said it so quick he wheezed loudly and his head fell to the mossy nest, having to take deep breathes so that he would not run out of air.

((Correction: Your brtoehr and sisters went to Rockclan to find and save Featherstorm and bring her back to cloudclan.))

Icewing huddled in the little shelter that Rocketrage had built just as the moonlight began to snap at her paws. She noticed that, as Featherstorm crept out, she headed through the bushes. Probably out to hunt.

Featherstorm noticed the leaves on the bushes twitch, and her sharp hearing heard the cry of a sick shrew. Curious, she crept forward to inspect the bush that had been the source.

"Featherstorm!" came the sharp growl of Wirepelt from behind her. Featherstorm turned around, forgetting the prey and turning to face the deputy. Wirepelt looked uneasy. She wondered why. "What is it Wirepelt?" Featherstorm asked, concerned.

"I have a task for you and your friends" Wirepelt said.

"Anything" Featherstorm said with a smile, eager to please her deputy.

Wirepelt's voice lowered to barely a whisper. "I need you to kill Scarstar" she said hesitantly.

"What?!" Featherstorm hissed lowly. "What kind of clan kills its own leader?" she continued "Bloodclan didn't even do that... well, if the leader was old, we simply had to, but-"

"Enough" Wirepelt interrupted. "Scarstar is old. If I ask him to retire he will think I'm too ambitious to be leader-"

"But you are, aren't you" Featherstorm put in rudely. "Deputy becomes leader when the leader dies"

"No" Wirepelt snapped, shaking her head. "I'm nowhere near  experienced enough to lead a new clan. I want to put either Ravenwing or Adderstorm at the top instead. They are experienced, strong, and a good age. They are even respected by the clan already."

Featherstorm sighed, "Have you talked to them about this?"

[make Ravenwing appear! :D]

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Rocketrage watched Featherstorm and sighed at how easily she got side tracked. The vampires hadn't hunted yet today. He stretched his sore joints and trotted to where he heard the sick shrew. Probably wasn't fat, but he never promised the clan quality food. He heard the clumsy trail of the shrew as it ran, and followed stealthily. 

Ravenwing appeared from the dark shadows. Her head was tilted down in a way that shadowed her whole face and making her eyes seem to glow in the dark. Tey were slitted and narrowed, a snarl on her face. "If we kill Scarstar, won't that just raised suspicion from cloudclan? And, if we're killing leaders why not Deputies? apprentices? Kits? What have you come to, Wirepelt? you know, I thoguht we were trying to follow the warrior code." Her voice was a low, hissing snap that was like a Thorn. "Besides, Once my power-hungry brother gets hold of Scarstar's life, who knows what else he will do to get power?" She hissed. Then she tensed, and kneeled on her front paws.

Standing behind Them, was Scarstar. "Mmhmm. So, what have we here? My warriors plotting against me?" A Wicked cackle escaped from his scarred mouth. "What, has my whole clan been in on this?" His smooth voice then turned sharp as a bramble, and a deadly gleam entered his gaze. Behind him stood a cowering orange warrior. He had only the scent of twolegs. "And just so you know, this is what will happen if you attmept that." he whipped around and sent a clawed paw lashing out. It scratched across the cats eye, Making it howl in pain. It then ran away. Scarstar huffed. "So unless you want scars like me, Don't think about it." He snarled.

((Dun Dun duuuuunnnnnn!))

Spiritmoon grumbled, but when the word kits was said, she shot up and hissed instinctively. "Oh. It's you." She sighed, smoothed her fur and poked her kits with her nose.

Scarstar growled and whipped around. "Don't you see?! My whole clan is plotting against me! It's an unfair fight, and you simply talk about killing me just to rise to power?!" He snarled, his muscles tense. "I knew you were unfit the day I appointed you as deputy, Wirepelt. you never had it! And as soon as you could, you order my own cats to murder me?! Yes I heard all of that, If you had simply left me alone you would know by now that I'm always watching! Always listneing. I never sleep." His lips were curled in a snarl, showing off wore-down fangs and a couple missing teeth. His claws dug into the ground.

Spiritmoon gasped at the scene outside, and without hesitation led angeltouch onto her back, instructing her on how to stay on, then grabbed her kits by the scruff and went outside. She started flapping. although it was alot of weight and it took awhile to get going, she soon rose over the nursery and over th walls on the camp. "Hang on tight!" She said, her voice muffled.

"How many cats do you think I can carry?" Spiritmoon hissed. "Are they hunting or in camp?" She made a sharp U-turn and hovered, watching it go down below.

Scarstar narrowed his eyes. "Because I thought you might change. You are only a newly made warrior, And your bossing them around? And what about you, Featherstorm?" He growled lowly. By his huffing, you could tell he was weak from his outburst. "Letting practically a kit tell you what to do? And what about rocketrage, Hmm? Are you in on this too?" He turned to face the large warrior.

Rocketrage's pelt bristled. It was personal now. He dug his claws into the ground. Before anyone else could even reply, he stood up and growled. "You insult my sister, and then you dare to bring me into this?" he let out a maniacal cackle.

Featherstorm's ears flattened. "Wirepelt is more of a warrior than you could ever dream to be" she hissed, her ears laid back. She stood up with Rocketrage, her fluffy gray pelt puffing up to twice her size. Stupid fur. She unsheathed her claws. Then she realized that it had been a long time since she fed; and never before had she fed on a clan cat. She flashed her fangs menacingly. Today she would be the vampire she was born to be.

Wirepelt remained silent, her ears laid back as she crouched low to the ground. She was completely still. Maybe the quarrel would disappear if she stayed this way. 

((*permission to kill Scarstar with an epical battle? :3*)) 

Angeltouch shook her head. "Put me down" Angeltouch commanded. "You cannot carry so many. Carry your kits to the barn with the loner family, I will meet you there with Gingerstorm, Lynxclaw, Hailtwist and Heronstrike" 

((Wait, Whut? XD hmm... Uhm, Ok, but can he be resurrected as a kit later? XD))

Scarstar snarled and unsceathed his claws. "Come and get me!" He then launched himself at Featherstorm, hopefully catching her by surprise s the two tumbled over in a hissing fit of claws and teeth.

Spiritmoon looked at Angeltouch skeptically, Then lowered herself. "Be safe." She mewed, then herded her kits onto her back and flew off.

Tulipbreeze gasped. "We have to do something!" She hissed at Dreamcloud.

Featherstorm yowled a battle cry and brought her paw out to smack Scarstar before he could land on her. She growled deeply, her tail lashing. She hurried to Scarstar before he could get up and smacked him again, this time with unsheathed claws. "You foolish excuse for a cat." she hissed tauntingly. "You think you can take on two vampires and a warrior?"

Dreamcloud nodded. "It's time for a heroic appearance then" she said. Scarstar was barely a fox length away from the bushes. The two warriors padded out together (If thats alright. :3)  "Three warriors, as.suming Wirepelt is with us" she said, her eyes gleaming mischievously. Sacredstar was going to throw a fit when she found out what they were doing.

Minkclaw trotted in behind his sisters, panting heavily, his tail drooped with exhaustion. "What in the name of Starclan did I miss?" he panted, looking from his sisters to Featherstorm and back. 

Rocketrage growled. He walked up beside Featherstorm, a smirk on his face as he looked at Scarstar. "You still have the chance to retire," he said, in a mocking tone as he flashing his fangs threateningly.

Angeltouch watched her daughter fly away briefly, wondering if they'd see each other again. She sneaked back into came and slid into the den that two of her sons shared. "Hailtwist, Heronstrike" she hissed. "We're leaving"

"Why?" Hailtwist ventured. Then he heard the sounds of fighting cats outside and he peiced it together. Rockclan was falling apart. He could tell that his brother had made the same conclusion. The brothers followed Angeltouch out and into the nursery, where Gingerstorm and Lynxclaw were curled together in a tight, protective ball.

"Wake up" Heronstrike said softly, touching the couple with a paw. "We have to leave, the clan is unstable."

Lynxclaw's eyes shone with worry as he sat up. "Gingerstorm is too pregnant to travel" he said in an equally soft voice. "She can barely walk, she is overdue." he said, his voice echoing his unease.

Angeltouch frowned. "But we have to go!" she said in a soft wail. "If Scarstar kills all of those cats, he will only come here next!"

"We can't" Lynxclaw said, licking his mother in law's ears affectionately. "Go on without us, I can handle it"

"You are brave Lynxclaw," Angeltouch said shakily. "We will come back for you." she promised. And then the group of cats fled....

((Uhm, Powerplay much with the whole ' She smacked him with her paw before he could get up' Thing? O.o Eh, whatever, he's suppsoed to die anyway. O.o Can he be resurrected in Gingerstorm's Kits?))

Scarstar managed to partially dodge Featherstorm's second strike, rolling and getting up to reach over and latch onto her back with his teeth. "Never!" He hissed. Blood roared in his ears as he struggled to stay onto Featherstorm, digging into her sid with his claws.

Ravenwing sat in the background, watching. She had an odd, icy blank look on her face as she licked her black chest. "Soon, it will be Ravenstar." She whispered to herself, eyes narrowing.

((It dosen't matter if Ravenwing becomes leader or not, I just think that it will lead the clan into choas with Adderstorm as leader. XD))

((Hm. sorry. I suppose you're right. :/ Yeah, I was initially planning on that. :P What shalt his new name be?

And I wasn't planning on Adderstorm becoming leader. :P Nor Ravenwing. I was thinking that the clan completely split apart. Angeltouch took her kin and left because of the unstableness of Rockclan, and I'm going to have Wirepelt go back to her old kittypet life because she doesn't like how her whole plan turned out. However, I'm going to make Wirepelt reappear later in the roleplay, and send her three kits to clan life. That doesn't leave much of a clan. :/

However, Spiritmoon objects to this, and decided to re-gather Rockclan cats of all races- vampire and normal cat alike- and rebuild. We can decide the leader from there. I was hoping for Adderstorm. He's not as bad as I make him sound. He is much more sane than Rocketrage and Minkclaw and Scarstar (no offense intended XD), but not as soft as Applesong or Sacredstar (again, no offense). we'll discuss it if the events actually go this way though. XD))

Featherstorm bit her tongue to keep from crying out. Instead she allowed a hiss to fly from her parted jaws as she whirred around, managing to nip at the leader's tail, the fur barely scraping her fangs.

Dreamcloud growled and sprang into action, ramming into Scarstar's side, knowing she was in way over her head. She tried to dodge his claw swipes to no avail. She always seemed to dodge the wrong way.

Featherstorm grunted, Dreamcloud's extra weight sending her toppling to the side. She quickly regained her stance and watched for an opening. She glared at Tulipbreeze and Minkclaw. "You mousebrains! Don't just stand there!" she snapped. "Get home and tell Sacredstar what is happening, I will come back, tell her not to come" she ordered.

Minkclaw's heart lifted with happiness. Featherstorm just said that she would come back. Mission accomplished. He ran back with as much speed as his failing energy would allow, back to Cloudclan.

((That all sounds good, and it's okay about Scarstar. He's supposed to be rather insane. XD Uhm, I was thinking Clawkit? He'll look exactly like Scarstar, but not act the same. 8D

It's fine, Just to point out. ^^ Oh, gotta go, i'll post in a little while. <3))

Tulipbreeze, being the defiant cat she is, sprang vforward and onto Scarstar's back with ease at his weakened state. She hissed and latched on as he tried to buck her off, then he flipped over and rammed her into the ground. She released with a pained howl and got up, staggering off to the side to regain her strength.

Scarstar hissed, althought it was clear he couldn't handle much more warfare. But his insane personality kept him fighting, even though he could still survive and surrender. But he wasn't gonig down like that. He spat and heaved himself at Featherstorm, but faceplanted into the ground, his chest heaving. He lay there, desperatly trying to get up and fight, but his limbs wouldn't cooperate with him. He had the same fierce ex
pression, but his face and sides were bleeding.