Fear Rising

(book two) Prologue

Death stood on the rock and looked down at the cats below him. "We must gather more rogues to make us stronger!" Cats yowled in agreement. A large scared tom stepped forward. "We could get cats from the twoleg nests." the tom said. Gasps of shock went throughout the gathered cats. "Hawkclaw, do you mean Kittypets?!" Death growled jumping down to face him. "Yes, some are stronger than we think, we must teach them as if they were apprentices in the clan but teach them to come out of their soft well fed lives." Hawkclaw said looking Death straight in the eyes. "He's right you know," another tom said stepping beside his brother. "Eagletalon, I know that he's right, but do the rest of us think the same?" Death asked the other rogues and loners. yowls of agreement rippled through the cats. "So it is settled, everyone find every cat that you can to join us, even if it means getting cats from the tribe to trust you and follow you back, we will meat again at the half moon!" The cats separated.into their groups. "Psst," a dark gray cat hissed to Death. "What, Greenshadow," Death growled licking his paw and drawing it over his ear. "What if The Two find us? What if they bring back up?" Greenshadow meowed in a low growl. "Ugh, don't you know who Dusklight is?" Death growled with impatience. "No." Greenshadow retorted. "Well, right now, she is the only cat that can talk to foxes, badgers and dogs, she will sense when they are coming or if they get near the stables." "In the mean time what shall I do now that in ThunderClan I am a Medicine Cat, what should I do?" "You've killed two cats already, on each one, leave our trace, one by one, cats will fall, until they know that Fear has come and the two must surrender if they are, to save the Clans..."