Chapter 11

The clearing was still silent. Bandit, Smoke, Jay, and I were out of his reach, so he was a sitting duck. Rudy glared at him and said, "The leaders already don't like you, so I'm worried about what you may become. From what Jet told me, Molotov has his own place, so I'll be there if you need anything. That goes for you too Birch."

All of us watched in silence as mom walked away. Ace flattened his ears, and said, "I'm... I'm King Ace now." Few cats cheered while others stayed in silence. Smoke said, "We're going to get kicked out..." Then Jay said, "Birch we're going with the plan. Quinn! Lu! Kits! Come here!" All five cats rushed over, and Jay said, "We're leaving now. It's too dangerous to be here."

Lu asked us, "Can I bring Kyle?" Jay nodded, and she rushed away. Then my Uncle Klaus announced, "I'm going with Rudy. See ya." Without hesitation, he walked out of the clearing and rushed after mom. Lu came back with Kyle, and Ace shouted, "What's going on over there!?" We ignored him, and Jay said, "Run."

We all ran into the forest with Ace shouting, "Stop them!" A few cats rushed after us, but we were able to outrun them, and we entered Night Cats territory. The cats stopped pursuing us, and they walked back to the Sun Cats territory. We got out before we got spotted, and we found a clear spot to rest. Bandit sighed and said, "That was close..."

Lu asked, "Okay... so you've been taking care of these two cats for a whole year without anyone noticing..." Smoke said, "I apologize for not introducing ourselves. My name is Smoke, and this is my brother, Bandit." Yuna said, "Oh my... what horrible names..." Bandit shrugged and said, "I dunno. We were just born with these names. So what are yours?"

Bell puffed up her chest and said, "The name's Bell. This is my sister Yuna, and this is my brother, Echo!" Quinn sighed and said, "Okay... so now what?" Jay said, "I'll think about it. Let's just stay here for now."

A few hours later, Bandit and Smoke were talking to my kits, while Lu and Kyle were discussing something. Quinn was hanging out in a tree, and I was resting near Jay. Then Jay stood up and said, "Okay. Guys! We're going to rebel against the Cats Of The Day and the Cats Of The Night!" Kyle shouted, "Are you insane!? Together, they like, at least a hundred cats!"

Quinn fell out of the tree, and Lu asked, "You do know what you're getting us into, right?" Then Jay said, "We'll survive. I promise." Everyone was uneasy, but we all believe in Jay.

It's been a few months, and we successfully raided both the Night Cats and Sun Cats, while leaving a message saying, "Life will soon be hell". Cats were afraid of us now. They started calling us "Ninjas of the Dawn and Dusk", and "The Raiders". One day, I had a feeling. I wanted to visit mom. I went up to Jay and asked, "Say... can we go to Molotov's? I mean... they might have some stuff..."

Jay smiled and said, "Of course. We'll go there tomorrow." I smiled and said, "Thank you, Jay." He then stood up and shouted, "Get your cloaks on! We're going to raid again!" A few moments later, with our leaf cloaks, we ran to Molotov's. When we arrived, we started running around the camp, swiftly taking little things.

When I was running around, a saw a few kits that smelled like mom, but they seemed very afraid. I ran up to them and stared at them for a while. I bowed my head and whispered, "I'm sorry we had to meet this way. Please don't tell anyone that I said this to you." Then I followed Jay out of the camp with Molotov shouting, "Get them!"

We were able to outrun the cats pursuing us, and we hid in trees. They had trouble finding us because of our cloaks, and they eventually gave up. Jay said, "Okay. What did you guys get?" We all jumped down, and everyone dropped what they grabbed. Lu and Yuna grabbed some herbs, while Bandit, Smoke, and Bell dropped some food.

Quinn dropped some cloth, and Jay placed down a grass crown that was supposed to be for Ace.