Chapt 36

I just want to say this is a much longer story then I thought it would be, it will probably go to chapt 50, then start the next book, if there is one.

Dovepelt stared at Hollyleaf, exiting the medicine den. All her supporters had left, except for two, who were guarding the den entrance. The cats in the den began to talk, she could hear their whispers.
"Hollyleaf is...."
"Should have known...."
"Why did she go to the Dark Forest?" That question made her shiver. She never knew of anything wrong that Hollyleaf did, except reveal her mother's secret. Surely Starclan wouldn't be angry about that. She went to find Jayfeather. If someone would no something he would. She found him explaining the rules Hollyleaf mentioned to the leaders.
"Jayfeather, why did Hollyleaf go to the Dark Forest?" She hissed loud enough for every cat to hear. All the cats turned to the tabby medicine cat.
"Hollyleaf killed Ashfur. He was going to reveal our secret, and Hollyleaf couldn't stand it," He explained, his eyes filled with grief.
"But she revealed the secret!" A cat jeered.
"I know, I've never been able to understand that either. But we can't think of that now, we have to find a way to escape, all of us." Jayfeather whispered so the guards couldn't hear them.
"Your a chosen cat, you should know!" Another chimed in. All the cats began to repeat this and shot accusing stares at Dovepelt and Jayfeather.
"No, we will work together. The warrior code will show us the way," Onestar stepped forward.
Bramblestar spoke quickly to the leaders," Ashfoot, Cinderheart, Reedwhisker, Oakfur, Crag, and the medicine cats will speak to us about this. Dovepelt, you too." Dovepelt didn't want to leave her kits, but Squirrelflight nodded, with Dovepelt's kits next to her. She nodded back and followed to the way back of the den.
"What should we do, there's no way we could escape all that once without Hollyleaf noticing." Ashfoot whispered.
"We could ambush the guards at night, with cats that look like them, from a distance it will look the same." Cinderheart suggested. The other cats nodded.
"Yes, we'll use that," Mistystar mewed.
"But then what? We don't know if they have shifts or what," Reedwhisker murmured.
"We can't wait long, Hollyleaf said she would start to kill cats tomorrow." Bramblestar's eyes clouded. Dovepelt guessed that the first cats she would kill woould be Leafpool or Crowfeather, then Squirrelflight. Then probably her and Jayfeather.
"We need to wait until Lionblaze's patrol comes back with Skyclan, then we can defeat them. Lionblaze is undefeatable, remember?" Cinderheart mewed. She was clearly worried about her mate. Jayfeather had stayed silent the whole time, his eyes clouded with thought. Dovepelt was listening to the camp, trying to pick out the voice of Hollyleaf. Finally she could hear the evil she-cat's voice talking to Tigerstar and Hawkfrost.
"Who will we kill tomorrow?" Hawkfrost mewed.
"No one. I only said that to scare them. We  will start killing when Lionblaze arrives with Skyclan. He will be the first to die," Hollyleaf stated coldly.
"Who will kill him?" Tigerstar mewed.
"Not you. You couldn't handle him in the Skyclan battle, no, I will kill him." Dovepelt gasped. A battle with Skyclan made the clans weaker still. The cats in the medicine den looked at her strangely.
"What's wrong, Dovepelt?" Oakfur mewed.
"There was a battle with Skyclan, Hollyleaf isn't going to kill anyone tomorrow, but she is going to kill Lionblaze when he returns." Dovepelt recited the words, her eyes still filled with surprise. The other cats all had the same look, except for Jayfeather. He was padding up and down the den, muttering something incoherent.
"Jayfeather, are you alright?" Willowshine nudged her friend.
"Wha- Oh yes, I'm fine. It's just, there's something I should know about the medicine den. Something I've used before, when I was an apprentice. I can't put my paw on it, but it's important." He began muttering again. The other cats looked at him, mystified. A howl was heard in the main part of the den, so allt eh cats ran to the cats.
"Any cat that has to go make dirt will go now, or not go at all. Remember if you try to escape you will kill one of your clanmates," Hollyleaf's eyes glinted. A few cats followed her out of the den. It was passed moonhigh. She padded towards her kits, settling down next to them. They were shivering the cold night air. The first snowfall was not far away, and prey would become scarce. Their captors might become ill-tempered, and start killing them off faster. Dovepelt could only hope Lionblaze and his patrol would come home faster.


Sorry for the short chapter, but there was nothing left to add!