Silverleopard peered through the bushes as her former denmate found Nightflower, Silverleopard's mother. "Nightflower! Please help me!" Pepperpaw pleaded. "It's Silverpaw! She's lost it!"
Nightflower looked at Pepperpaw. "What do you mean?" she asked the trembling apprentice. "Silverpaw tried to kill me!" she yowled. Nightflower stared in shock. Time to make my move, Silverleopard thought. As Nightflower stared, Silverleopard slipped out of the bushes. "Hello, mother," she hissed. Nightflower's head whipped around. "You... You monster. How could you try to kill your own denmate?" Nightflower took a step towards her daughter, who looked as if she was hunting a mouse.
"PhantomClan is dead to me." Nightflower looked in disbelief. "Silverpaw-" She was cut off by a loud snarl. "My name is not Silverpaw," Silverleopard said. "I am Silverleopard, warrior of the Dark Forest. PhantomClan is weak. So are you, you kittypet!"
Nightflower crouched down, unsheathing her claw. Her tail lashed furiously. Pepperpaw watched as Silverleopard did the same.
"Time to die, mother," Silverleopard snarled and leaped at Nightflower, who fought to push her off. She kicked Silverleopard in her stomach then slipped out of underneath her. Silverleopard quickly snapped back to her senses and turned to face Nightflower. She ran at her, and as she lunged to claw Silverleopard's face, the sleek, silver cat jumped to the side and rammed Nightflower to ground. Silverleopard had her pinned in a heartbeat. "You really thought you could beat me."
Pepperpaw looked on in disbelief and slipped through the bushes. Silverleopard whipped her head around to where Pepperpaw had been and hissed in frustration. She looked at her mother and lunged for her throat. Her jaws clamped down and slowly choked the smokey she-cat to death.
Once Nightflower had gone limp, Silverleopard started tracking Pepperpaw. She found her by the river. "No running now." She lunged and a pained yowl rang out...