Petalflower's Revenge 3

Chapter 6

Petalflower stumbled out of ThunderClan territory. *My Clanmates don't trust their own medicine cat! After I've done so much for them, stood by them, healed and saved them...*

Suddenly, a dark furred tom padded into view and meowed, "Why hello. Who are you?"

"My name is Petalflower," she snapped, "I was formerly the ThunderClan medicine cat, yet I was exiled for something I didn't do!"

"Snakefang," he replied, "I was exiled from ShadowClan for killing my leader. But my leader killed kits, elders, and medicine cats! I was doing ShadowClan a favor! The Clans do nothing but crawl to cruel and powerful leaders! They're all cowards and I'll have vengeance on all of them. Every. Last. One."

She nodded, "Well Snakefang, we have something to agree on. The Clans are all mouse-brains, and we were exiled for helping them. Though you did something more...brutal."

Snakefang meowed, "It's nice to share troubles with someone who understands each other. Even with you."

Chapter 7

Petalflower woke up, Snakefang by her.

"What?" she asked shortly.

Snakefang shrugged, "Well, I guess I'm stuck with a weirdo medicine cat. Want me to catch you something anyway?"

His eyes shown the expression, I don't want to, but I'm such an awesome hunter you better watch out, I'll be hunting you soon.

"I'm not a weirdo medicine cat!" Petalflower snarled.

"You can starve then, you ungrateful fox!" Snakefang snapped, "You're no better than the Clans!"

"How dare you?!" Petalflower screeched.

They lunged at each other, teeth writhing, the white's of those fangs gleaming in the moonlight. Claws scored down flanks, and crimson colored blood oozed to the ground. Pieces of ears ripped, claws hissed as they ripped down the wrestling cats. They jumped apart, panting and baring their fangs at each other as Petalflower stalked off, catching a vole for herself.

She bit into it, the warmth flooding her throat as she munched on the mouse. *I shouldn't have ever hunted for my fox-hearted Clanmates! This is delicious!*

Snakefang returned with his own thrush, his reproachful glare boring into Petalflower, but Petalflower ignored him. Snakefang was nothing.

Chapter 8

"Stay away from me!" were all they said to each other when they woke up.

Suddenly, a fox jumped onto Snakefang. Annoying as he was, Petalflower had to help him. She jumped on the fox, and together Snakefang and Petalflower drove it back. Petalflower nipped its ears, Snakefang slashed its belly. Together, they scored their claws down its flank. They continued in that pattern- and well they killed it. They both had deep wounds.

"Wait for a moment," she called.

She raced through the lush forest. Plump golden flowers blossomed. Poufy, cloudy looking flowers sat. Clear, sticky substance stretched above her head. Ticklish looking plants swayed in the wind. She collected one of each of the marigold, chervil, cobwebs, horsetail, and even found some leaves sprouting and night black seeds scattered all over the place. She grabbed the thyme and poppy seeds as well.

She applied a layer of cobwebs for her and Snakefang, then added the layers of marigold, chervil, and horsetail. She shoved thyme into their throats and calmed themselves. She grabbed the four poppy seeds and gulped down two, giving two to Snakefang.

"Hey Petalflower?" Snakefang yawned, "You know what? You're okay with me."

Petalflower smiled, "I do too."

Chapter 9
Snakefang had grown considerably warmer to Petalflower, but Petalflower couldn't say she loved him yet. She did like him, though!

Suddenly, Snakefang barreled Petalflower over and breathed, "Willyoubemymate?"

"Huh?" Petalflower asked.

Snakefang took a deep breath and meowed, "Will you be my mate, Petalflower?"

Petalflower was shocked, but she slowly nodded, purring. "I will, Snakefang.

The two rogues smiled as the two new mates' tails intwined.

Chapter 10

Nine moons past and a pregnant Petalflower collapsed, "Snakefang, I-I'm having your kits!"

Petalflower writhed in agony, eyes hollow with desperation. Pain coursed her body, agony racked it hard. Petalflower winced.

Snakefang blinked, panicking, "I-I don't know what to do!“

”I do, I'm that weirdo medicine cat, remember?" Petalflower let out a weak purr.

Snakefang bowed his head in shame.

"Fetch me a stick, those cobwebs, and those leaves, and those berries," Petalflower rasped. Her gaze scorched over the cobwebs, raspberry leaves, and juniper berries nearby.

Snakefang raced over and grabbed the herbs.

Petalflower bit down onto the stick so hard it splintered, sending wood flying everywhere. She whimpered as a bundle pushed out.

Snakefang searched for another stick as Petalflower let out a screech that split the silence.

Another kit pushed out, then another.

Petalflower ate the juniper, and applied cobwebs and raspberry leaves to the blood.

One was a black tom who looked like Snakefang, another was a tortoiseshell she-cat who looked like Petalflower, and the last one was a silver she-cat who reminded Petalflower of Mintleaf, remembering Mintleaf was Petalflower's aunt as well.

They rasped their tongues over the kits, getting them breathing.

"What about Littlekit for the one who looks like me?" Snakefang asked.

"And Leafkit for the tortoiseshell she-kit?" Petalflower suggested.

"And Mistkit for the silver she-kit!" Snakefang chimed in.

They nodded.

Chapter 11

“We should get vengeance on ThunderClan by now," Petalflower meowed.

Snakefang nodded, "For our plan to work, we need to give up our kits."

"To ThunderClan?" Petalflower spat out the word ThunderClan like a piece of crow-food.

"Yes," Snakefang replied.

"What even is our plan?" Petalflower asked.

"Oh! We don't have one!" Snakefang realized.

"We lead six foxes to the camp, get the other Clans, and help ThunderClan," Petalflower started.

"Oh yeah!" Snakefang explained, "Then they will want to do us a favor, and we say we want to give them our kits, and we say it's because we want them to survive. And then we say, one more favor since that favor was really small and we literally saved the Clan. We say we want to meet the leader and deputy by the Thunderpath, than meet the medicine cat by the tree. Of course, we want to kill her with our own claws."

"Oh yeah!" Petalflower replied, "With no leader, no deputy, no medicine cat to tell that StarClan wants whatever cat to be the leader, ThunderClan will split apart. They will become rogues, wander lonely, and suffer the torment we were forced to bear. Let's do this!"

Chapter 12

Petalflower yawned, stiffening. Her mate wasn't by her.

She ran towards the fox den, and skidded to a halt, eyes wide with shock. She let out a screech that split the silence as the prey scattered like lush green leave/s.

Snakefang's limp body-what was left of it, anyway, was in front of her. Petalflower grabbed her mate and dragged it back to their den.

Heartbeat? No. Breathing? No. Alive? No.

She felt like her heart shattered into one million pieces.

"Mama?" Littlekit slid out, "Is...dad dead?"

"Yes," Petalflower whimpered.

The kits let out little wails that rippled through the forest.

Petalflower sighed, "We'll bury him, and sit by him."

She pawed the ground in a steady pattern, and soon there was a hole. Exhausted but determined, she placed Snakefang's corpse in there, recovering some dirt over him.

She sat by her fallen mate until the eerie blackness lightened into the warm rays of dawn.

Chapter 13

Petalflower knew her mate wouldn't want her to stay by him forever and never get vengeance on the Clans. Petalflower decided to honor him by following his plan. She caught some mice, and told her kits to stay at their camp.

She padded toward the fox den, and yowled loudly. Foxes, wait no two foxes, wait no-six foxes!

They decided the mice Petalflower caught were better than the one cat, so they followed the trail.

Petalflower smiled, laying the mice in a row, leading into the ThunderClan camp before lurking into the darkness of the trees.

Chapter 14

The yowls rang through the clearing, and screeches split the silence. Blood splattered the leaves, and the cats spat.

"Leave you crow-food eaters!" one hissed. His fur bushed, eyes blazing.

The warriors eyes darkened with hatred, fur bristling.

Though Petalflower had led the foxes there, anxiety clawed at her fiercely like a million thorns. Her mind racked. She had to get the other Clans!

"ThunderClan needs help!" she yowled as she finished visiting all the Clans. They raced to ThunderClan.

ShadowClan looked like they just wanted to pay off their debt, so that they could attack the Clan. But the others seemed determined to be heroes for once.

The Clans flung themselves at the foxes, and Petalflower raced into the heat of battle. A fox raked his claws down her belly as blood pooled out. Petalflower writhed, her paws flailing in agony. Powerful spasms of pain wracked her body. Everything was going blurry, and Petalflower forced herself not to wince.

Her eyes lit up on some cobwebs, and she applied them to her belly.

She hissed at the fox, and another warrior joined her as they drove back the fox. The fox was as vicious as LionClan!

The commotion slowly died down, and by the time the last fox ran from camp, the cats cheered.

Birchstar slid down from Highrock and blinked at Petalflower, confused. "But the prophecy! But your swear! This makes no sense!"

Petalflower forced her growl to twist into a purr. "ThunderClan is my old home, and you are a friend. Of course I would help!"

"I'm truly sorry, Petalflower. Would you like to rejoin?" Birchstar asked.

Petalflower was almost tempted to yowl, "Of course!" before she realized the Clan needed proof. Besides, that no-good-dirty-rotten Lightpaw was in ThunderClan! (Yes I kinda got the no-good-dirty-rotten part from Holes)

"I would just like you and the deputy, Yarrowleaf to meet me by the Thunderpath, and Lightpaw by the Ancient Oak," Petalflower mewed, "and can you please accept my kits?"

Birchstar looked puzzled at the four small requests, and slowly nodded. "What are your kits' names?"

"Littlekit, Mistkit, and Leafkit," Petalflower replied.

"Go get them," Birchstar ordered. Petalflower raced to their camp and nudged the kits awake, bringing them to the Clan.

"Very well," Birchstar announced, "they will now be a part of ThunderClan."

Chapter 15

Petalflower waited by the Thunderpath as Yarrowleaf and Birchstar appeared.

"Come to this side!" Petalflower called.

They walked onto the Thunderpath as the faint roaring of a monster turned into a screech. It's acrid smell burned Petalflower's nose, as the monster churned by. Pained, desperate shrieks split the silence.

She smiled and padded to their limp bodies.

"Bye bye, weaklings," she let out a soft purr as Petalflower padded to the Ancient Oak to wait for Lightpaw.

Chapter 16

Lightpaw stepped out.

"Why hello, Lightpaw," Petalflower mewed, planning to surprise her.

"It's Lightfeather, mouse-brain," Lightfeather snapped, "I've been a medicine cat for moons."

"Oh, of course, who taught you the rest?" Petalflower asked sweetly.

"No one, you taught me all the herbs," Lightfeather hissed.

"Oh, nice," Petalflower replied, "and come over here, interesting how you got me exiled, hm?"

"Yes, always sweet kind Petalflower rushing up to save the day. Always brave, helpful, Petalflower. No one cares about me. Everyone calls me mouse-brain. Everyone ignores me. Cats attack me out of camp for having a crushed leg, I'm rejected by my own family who calls me three paws and little creep. And you. You think I'm weak, sending out two warriors to protect me? I'm not weak. Or a kit. And what you do, you only make them attack me when I go out! And now, without an extra medicine cat, the Clan will grow weaker," Lightfeather sneered, then shut her jaw.

"Oh, please do come over here," Petalflower invited warmly.

Lightfeather growled, unsheathing her claws as she stiffly padded toward Petalflower.

Petalflower jumped on her.

"What the-" Lightfeather started to screech.

"No use," Petalflower hissed, "the Clanmates who attack you won't save you now. And once you're dead, no one can know who StarClan believes is the new leader."

Lightfeather sliced Petalflower's belly as Petalflower winced, and slashed her claws down Lightfeather's throat.

Petalflower watched in satisfaction as Lightfeather dropped from her jaws, dead.

Chapter 17

Petalflower whirled around. Suddenly, a sharp pain flooded her throat.

A fox had snapped her neck.

Petalflower vision went blurry, legs trembling as she collapsed, entering a wave of darkness.

Chapter 18

Petalflower opened her eyes. She expected her throat to throb with pain and herself to lie down, body convulsing in pure agony, but she felt nothing but vengeance. She gazed up at the dark forest that stretched upward. *Where are the stars? Did the trees blot it out? Wait, StarClan is the stars. So why is it so dark? So unlike StarClan this place is!*

A rustle sounded in the bushes as Petalflower whirled around, fur bristling as she faced her archenemy. *Lightfeather.*

Petalflower leapt at her.

"Petalflower-stop!"

Petalflower whirled around, her gaze scanning the dark trees that loomed ahead. Finally, she spotted the cat.

"Snakefang!" she purred.

"Petalflower!" greeted Snakefang.

Petalflower rested her tail on Snakefang as Snakefang nuzzled her.

"I didn't know StarClan looked like this!" Petalflower commented.

Snakefang's shoulders stiffened, explaining, "This is the Dark Forest. And Lightfeather's here too, we have to unite with her, I guess. To get vengeance."

"As in where the wronged cats, vengeful and power-hungry, battle-hungry and ambitious in a bad way, cats go to?" Petalflower queried, "Uniting with Lightfeather? Fine. We're on the same side now, so whatever."

Snakefang nodded.

Petalflower realized this was where she wanted to be. Among the 'wronged cats who were vengeful, power-hungry, battle-hungry, and ambitious in a bad way', she belonged here.

She smirked. With the rest of the cats here, Snakefang, and perhaps Lightfeather, she could fulfill her never-ending vengeance.

Eplilogue

Petalflower watched the ThunderClan cats from the Dark Forest. Unfortunately, they were rebuilding themselves. Her gaze swept to Leafkit, now Leafstem.

Suckling by her was a kit.

Petalflower vowed she would make the kit like her. Strong, smart, and vengeful. And her legacy would lay in her, as a sign of her. The cat who everyone wanted to forget.

Bonus Scene 1-Foxes

A flame red orange fox gazed down. Then he gasped. An intruder. He gazed down at the black tom who was padding through the camp.

The black tom padded to his den. How dare he! He would NOT harm his family. He ambushed the cat, and bit deep into its throat. He ripped apart the body, panting, as the fox stared down at his victim and padded to his den with his family. The mother cuddled him, and the friends smiled as the fox closed his eyes and entered the world of dreams and wonder.

Bonus Scene 2-Birchstar

Birchstar watched Petalflower leave, a wave of doubt crashing down on him. Was it right to exile her? What if he made a mistake? *I didn't*, he tried to convince himself, *StarClan doesn't lie.*

He looked at Lightfeather, who was smiling. Probably celebrating the demise of a murderer, Birchstar decided.

Birchstar leapt down from the Highledge.

"Yarrowleaf, organize a patrol," he called to the deputy.

Yarrowleaf dipped her head, and Birchstar padded to his den, curling up among the soft moss. *StarClan, speak to me, I beseech you! Was exiling Petalflower right? Please answer me!*

That's the end of the story! Stay tuned in for Snakefang's Thirst!