NightClan: Attack [Volume 1 Book 1]

"Kits mean nothing until they become apprentices. You really only have true value when you are a warrior." Darkgem stated. NightClan only let kits who thought they were truly meaningless and had no point in life join.

Darkgem smiled. "Come on. Let's get back to camp."

"Okay," Poppyclaw padded on his way to camp.

Darkgem bounded after him.

After running for a while, they made it to camp.

"Wait till we tell Moorbreeze we've got a kit with such ambition as Wheatkit!" Darkgem laughed.

"Yeah," Poppyclaw laughed.

Darkgem stared into Poppyclaw's eyes for a moment. Was that a gleam in his eye? Darkgem turned away quickly.

"So, now what do we do?" Poppyclaw said.

"Well, the rogues will definitely come back and attack later. We've got to start practicing our Clan battle formation." Darkgem meowed.

"Good point," Poppyclaw said.

"I'll gather the Clan together." Darkgem yowled from the center of the clearing. "NightClan, meeting!"

Poppyclaw, along with a few other cats, gathered around Darkgem.

Darkgem glanced at her Clan. "Hello, NightClan. You all seem to be faring well. Practicing those battle moves?" The Clan nodded. "Well, my dear Clan, the rogues may return again to fight us. We must be prepared. So, we will begin to practice more of our battle formation."

"Poppyclaw, listen to me." Darkgem's eyes narrowed. "That kit is definitely not a threat to us, but now that we've murdered one of them, they'll have something to fight for." She looked at the Clan. "The first part of the Wisdom of Night was that all soft-hearted cats grow stronger when they have something to fight for! We must stop the rogues!" Roars of anger towards the rogues erupted from the crowd.
{The Wisdom of Night are the basic things every NightClan cat should know, that their founder, Night, invented. I just made it up. Ex But I can tell you the parts if you want.}

"Oh yeah," Poppyclaw said. He yowled with the rest of the crowd.

{Sure. c:}

Darkgem silenced NightClan with her paw. "Apprentices and kits, over there. Warriors and senior warriors, over there. Poppyclaw and I will lead the formation." she meowed, turning her gaze to her unofficial deputy to make sure she had his approval.

{1. Soft-hearted cats grow stronger when they've got something to fight for.
2. NightClan cats put their trust in the Dark Forest. Trust in StarClan is going against the Clan.
3. No cat in NightClan will use the warrior code.
4. A battle is not truly won until at least one cat from the enemy side dies.
5. Cats who live by these guidelines may take any mate as long as they are not from a softer Clan.
6. There is no need for elders. Elders are weak and a waste of prey.
7. Medicine cats are also not needed. A strong NightClan cat can ignore all physical wounds.
8. If you do not remain loyal to your Clan, NightClan will never trust you again.
9. Kits are trained to fight when they are ten days old. Therefore, there are no queens.
10. To join the Clan, a cat must prove themselves by murdering a cat in the Clan. Whatever rank they murder will be their new rank.}

"Yes, Darkgem." Poppyclaw nodded.

Darkgem sat in front of the Clan. "Form yourselves into rows." The cats did so. "Now, circle around me like I am the enemy. Quickly!" she ordered.

Poppyclaw circled around Darkgem.

Darkgem rolled her eyes. "Must I rephrase that? Get in a circle formation around me."

Poppyclaw did so.

"At this point, the kits and apprentices will leap at the cats their age, and the warriors will leap at the cats their age. Understand?" The whole Clan nodded to Darkgem's instructions. "Good."