Chapter 26

            Okay forget all the other characters. Here are the ones you must remember: Wintertail, Frostglory, Pebblefoot, Dusktail, Dotfur, Mollywing, Bellafeather, Puckleclaw,Cheetahswift and all the other deputies. So now let's join our journey with Sparklepelt. Sparklepelt's friends, Bellafeather and Mollywing, seemed to hear the sounds of his low growls. As soon as they emerged from the bushes, the other clan deputies came out of the bushes. Demontooth came into full view then. Sparklepelt could now see that RockClans' deputy was no bigger than himself. He had dark brown fur with gashes of light brown. Demontooth had many battle scars, for he had been RockClans deputy for 6 years and he was getting old and impatient for RockClan's current leader to retire. Second came Mutheart. Mutheart was a lean gray cat. Some stories told of him being half mut. Mutheart had only recently became NightClan's deputy, because the clan was unsure if they should trust him or not. Last but not least was Shallowpool. Shallowpool was a gorgeus female cat. While the cats were staring at awe at her she would normally quickly strike. Being a QuickClan a cat, she was incredibly fast. Being the oldest and most skilled deputy she was really unbeatable. The deputies came closer and closer to the three cats. the next thing Sparklepelt knew he was knocked out(If you are wondering why the deputies names don't end with claw, is becase Puckleclaw secretly allowed them to change there names if they didn't like them. And apparently all of them besides Puckleclaw didn't like their name).

Chapter 24

The suspense was killing her. Witch clan would he choose she knew that whichever clan he went to Avalanch would go to. "I choose Waveclan." said Jauwar at last. Wintertail let out her breath. "So with thdat done let's go back to the clans." said Frostglory seemng relieved too. With a nod of Wintertail's head they set off toward the clans. Almost to the clans Dotfur spoke up. "Wintertail why is cheetahswift mad at you?" sheasked."how did you know she was mad at me?" said Wintetail with a little bit of annoyance. 'You didn't know Cheetahswift is in QuickClan." said Dotfur with a bunch of sympathy. "What!" she hissed nearly allmost falling down. their pace seemed to go a little faster after that. When they got to the area where the four clans lived the land was different. It was a big difference indeed. the land was bare and dry as a big bone. Instead of a lush green field it was all tattered grass. Instead of trees filled with life the trees were all dead with no leaves at all. Instaed of happy cats there were four cats pushing four cats in a corner.......

Chapter 23

    Wintertail remembered what Willowtail said. She said that each leader had 8-9 lives. She forgot if it was eight or nine. Frostglory was apparently killed two times during this very short battle. Then Frostglory stirred. She was alive!!! Wintertail heard of stories that while she was out hunting or border patrols back in the clans Frostglory had lost a few lives. That was why Wintertail wasn't sure if she was still alive. With Redchopper fleeing and the dam broken it was time to go home. There was still one more thing that she knew was coming. "Wintertail, I need to ask you a favor," mumbled Jaugwar. "Yes . . .'' she answered. "May Avalanche and I join your so called clans? With my mate Cloudy gone, I-I feel as if I don't belong here. " "Sure." all the cats answered, including Frostglory, coming to her senses now. " But which clan will you go to?" questioned Frostglory. "There is NightClan, who are especially good at night hunting when it is cooler. There is QuickClan, a clan trained to be the quickest of the quickest. There is RockClan, the best at climbing rocks and living in dry rocky terrian. Last, there is my clan and we are the best at swimming and digging." Jaguar cocked his head. "I choose......"

Chapter 22

Right in front of them sat a gigantic pile of logs. Next to it sat a sleeping Cloudwalker machine, unlike all the others. It had a giant trunk with a spoon in the middle. Right in front of it sat Redchopper, the vicious little rodent. It was Redchopper who killed one of the leaders. The little rodent appeared to be alone but behind him you could see more beady eyes peaking out of the bushes. Then Wintertail realized that the other cats had gone looking for her and also saw the two resting things. Frostglory beckoned her to come. "Okay, head for the Cloudwalker machine." Pebblefoot meowed. The cats started running toward the contraption. Jaguar was also helping. Wintertail ran toward the machine dodging all the rats who exploded out of the logs. Only she and Jaguar made it cross. All the other cats broke off into the battle. She  jumped into the contraption with Jaguar on her tail. "Okay how do we do this?" asked Jaguar. "How I am I supossed to know?" she shot back. Then she caught something on the side of her eye. It had the carvings 'G-O' on it. She pressed it. The contraption started to grumbled and groaned. Jaguar pressed another button and the machine started to drive. They both yowled. She pulled back on a knob and it started to move backwords. They crashed into the dam. "Jump!" she yelled. They both jumped. What first caught her eye was Frostglory's limp body . . .

Chapter 20

Everyone was in a race against the avalanche. At that moment the avalanche was winning. It was almost swallowing Pebblefoot! "Over there!" yelled Dusktail pointing to a near by cave. The cats raced over into the cave gasping for breath. The little puff ball of white fur dangling from Wintertail's aching mouth seemed too shocked to even utter a mew. The little kit, seeming to be finding it's voice, started to speak. "Mommy? Mommy . . ." The kit started to cry. The other cats, who seemed to only notice the kit now,stared in surprise. "Where is your mommy, young one?" asked Pebblefoot. The little puff ball pointed it's little paw to the stopped rocks. Another cat emerged from the rubble pulling a limp body by its scruff. Seeing the dead body of this beautiful white cat, the kitten started to whimper and then broke into tears. The bold looking Leopard pelted male who had just approached them dragged the lifeless body out of the rubble. Tears formed in his slanted eyes. "Y-Your mom, Cloudy is no longer with us." The male solemnly put down his head. This male would make a good mate, and that's probably why this beautiful female chose him . . .

Chapter 16

        "When is the family going on that trip yet?' groaned Dusktail. "Kids, get packing! We are leaving for the trip tommorow!" yelled Len. "Can we bring the cats?" asked the kids. "We have to get more cat carriers, but sure!" he replied. Then the kids started packing and the dad left for the store. The mom came over and put collars on each of them. "There you go." she said. The dad came back a hour later with these rope things and big metal traps. Wintertail went outside into the yard. She looked up and saw clouds that looked like two cats figting. It was not like those fluffy clouds you make pictures with. It looked like real cats actually fighting. Moving back and forth jumping and leaping on each other. "That's strange." Wintertail jumped to see Frostglory right next to her. So she was not just imagining it."The first sign." said a voice on the wind."The first sign."
       The next morning the Cloudwalkers shoved them all into these tight cages. Pebblefoot, Dusktail, and Dotfur in one and her and Frostglory in another. Domino had her own cage. They went to a place where these metal falcons carried Cloudwalkers and their pets. First, more Cloudwalkers tape paper things on the metal traps. The families' things were somehow transported to the metal falcon. Then, the Cloudwalkers put them on a machine that moved through another crazy machine. Last the Cloudwalkers boarded the metal falcon. Wintertail's favorite part was when the metal falcon took off, although she kept bumping into Frostglory.The metal falcon always stayed over land (the same land they came from). It also followed the stream. That is good, thought Wintertail. We ought to find the plug much faster by traveling by air. "Go to sleep, Wintertail." said Frostglory" We should be landing soon." Now that she thought about it, she was really tired. Wintertail quickly drifted off to sleep.

Chapter 15

        "Time to eat, kitties!"called Jayne.The cats ran over.Wintertail was ready to bite into a big juicy mouse. Instead when she came to the bowls she saw these pellets. "What are these things."asked Wintertail. "They are called cat food."said a voice. Another cat trotted up. This cat looks fairly plump and friendly thought Wintertail."My name is Domino." Pebblefoot intoduced everyone. "But I heard the people call you different names." said Domino. "Thats our pet names." said Wintertail "What are people?" asked Dusktail. "'Cloudwalkers', to you guys."said Domino. "Try the pellets." said Domino. Wintertail tried it. "Yuck! This like dead rats."she complained.Domino fronwed. "Well to me it taste like the best thing in the world." commented Domino. "Maybe there is a way out." murmmered Pebblefoot. "Try the cat door." said Domino. "Cat door?" asked Pebblefoot. "The way we cats get out to stretch our legs." said Domino cheerfully. "Let's go everybody." meowed Pebblefoot. Everyone followed her.
         When they got outside the yard was surrounded by a fence. "No prey will dare to come through the fence." meowed Wintertail."Beside I only eat fruits and vegies." She saw Domino come out of the 'cat door'. "Sometimes bird come and eat the seeds from the grass." she meowed. But luckly she saw a patrol of WaveClan cats coming back from a fruit hunt. "Hey, over here." she yelled. The cats turned and came bounding toward them. The patrol ws led by Frostglory. "How are you doing." said Frostglory going under the fence. "Fine." said Frostglory. "Oh, by the way have you seen Cheetahswift?" asked Wintertail. "No." she replied. "You mean she's not back at the clan yet?" Before Frostglory could answer they heard loud screaming. "Kitty cat." yelled a voice that sounded like Dian. Frostglory tried to get out but her tail got stuck on a bramble. Dian scrambled up and grabbed Frostglory then hugged her. "I want to name her Frosty." yelled Dian.Dian walked into the house with Frostglory scrambeling to get free.Wintertail running back toward camp but at the rear she spotted Puckleclaw with a smug smile.The rest of the cats including Domino who was jittery over the exciting event. In the house during dinner Wintertail and Frostglory(who had given up with trying to get away) ate fruit. Which Frostglory had snuck in while the others were stuck eating pellets.

Chapter 14

          The next day at dawn the four cats met."Time to go now." hissed Pebblefoot. Wintertail peeked through the bushes and saw the Cloudwalker. Only the two big ones were out, but she could hear the two little ones in the big den.
         The cats headed out in front of the Cloudwalkers. First Dotfur, then Pebblefoot, Dusktail, and last her. "Meow." they all meowed. They had a plan. Dusktail and Pebblefoot would try to befriend the one with long fur. Dotfur and Wintertail would try to befriend the one with short hair.They headed toward their Cloudwalker. "Aww, how cute." said the female Cloudwalker. She knelt down to pick up Pebblefoot and Dusktail. The male Cloudwalker didn't seem that interested. Dotfur frowned, then hopped onto the Cloudwalker's lap while Wintertail followed. The other Cloudwalker stooped down and grabbed them ,too."Let's keep them, Len." said the female Cloudwalker. "Fine." said the other. She brought them into the house. "Tommy, Dian look what we found." said the female Cloudwalker, Jayne.Wintertail could here the pitter patter of the Cloudwalkers feet. The female quickly swung them behind the her back. "Yes, Mommy?" "As a 'good job' present for school, we have a present for you two. Dian, since you got 3 E's you get to pick first." she said. She quickly swung the cats from around her back. The Cloudwalkers gasped. "Oh, Mommy, cats!" said Tommy. "I want the pure white one and the Pebbly dark one." said Dian pointing to Wintertail and Pebblefoot.
"Yay, the ones I wanted!" squealed Tommy."Let's have naming ceremony.We'll take pillows, then stick poles into the sides of the couches and make a blanket attatch from the ends like a curtain." said Dian. "Sure. Come on let's do it." said Tommy.
          The two Cloudwalkers first took Pebblefoot and put the rest of them on the ground. They gently pushed Pebblefoot through the curtain."All their names should do something with their color or personalities. So let's name this one Rocky."said Tommy. Pebblefoot flinched at the name. Next Dusktail was shoved up. "Let's name this one Night." said Tommy. Then Dotfur was shoved up. "Let's name you Dotty Wotty." said Dian. The other cats burst into peals of laughter while Dotfur looked embarassed. "I think the other cats like it." said Dian. Last Wintertail was put up. "Let's name you Snowy."said Dian. Wintertail put her paws over her head. What had she gotten herself into?

Chapter 12

         Wintertail wanted to tell Frostglory about what she overheard. But as soon as she stepped out of the warrior den Puckleclaw stopped her. Wintertail knew wouldn't try and harm her with other cats around, so she knew she was safe. "Your supposed to be going to meet the other cats,"Puckleclaw said with a smirk smile.With a big huff she trotted off. When she finally reached the place where the four cats were suppose to meet, the others were are ready there.
      Pebblefoot was a female broad gray cat. Dusktail was a very dark male cat. Dotfur was just sitting there with a smirk smile. All the cats didn't want to work together but they had to. "So how are we going to befriend the Cloudwalkers?"asked Dusktail. "Let's just try being nice to them looking cute and cuddly." giggled Dotfur. "Okay, you do it." meowed Pebblefoot. Wintertail watched as Pebblefoot pushed Dotfur out in the open by the Cloudwalker. Just before the Cloudwalker turned it's head Pebblefoot ran into a bush. Wintetail watched as Dotfur started to purr and hit the Cloudwalker. Wintertail smiled. They had found their way.