Darkheart started to circle around Mudclaw with a sneer on his face.

Mudclaw looked tense. "What's going on, Darkheart? Why are you circling me?" His voice shook as he spoke.

Darkheart lashed his tail.

"Oh, nothing, just to do this!" He pounced on Mudclaw and pinned him to the ground.

"D-Darkheart, what are you doing, you traitor!?"

"I'm just going to kill you, that's all!"

Darkheart bit Mudclaw's neck and sunk his teeth there until Mudclaw's body went limp.

Darkheart let out a mrrow of evil laughter.

"Time to become deputy!" Darkheart meowed.

He turned and ran to camp, leaving Mudclaw's bleeding body.

• • • • •

"Snowstar, Mudclaw is dead!"

Snowstar quickly came out of his den. "What happened, Darkheart?"

Darkheart bowed his head, trying to hide his evil smile.

"When we went hunting, we decided to split up. After a while I heard a yowl and I found him dead, he must've been killed by rogues or something," Darkheart lied.

Snowstar flicked his ears.

"We will have a vigil for him to tonight," he said.

Then Snowstar went back to his den.

After a few heartbeats Darkheart went to a place where no cat would hear him.

"Next I have to go for Snowstar. He still has four lives left..."

Then he thought of something.

"I will gather a group of rogues and lead an attack on StormClan, and weaken ThunderClan!" He almost let out a yowl of triumph.

"I will rule the whole forest!"