Goldenage peered up at Spookbat and grimaced, her mind whirling as she tried to think for a moment. "I need Elmwhisker or Beaconpaw." She hated the thought of sending the brand new warrior out into the fight and risking her or the medicine cat she brought back. But she had never had kits before she didn't know what to do, was worried about complications. "Or maybe I can wait. Or Quietstep could help. Go take Quietsteps spot and send her here."

With a nodded, Spookbat pushed back out into the thrings of the battle. With a quick glance across the camp, she couldn't spot either Beaconpaw or Elmwhisker in the fray. Quietsteps was her last option. Spookbat dodged through the storm of claws to Quietsteps side. "Goldenage needs you! She's in the nursery, hurry!" She'd take care of the battle here for the she-cat and hopefully keep the path clear back to the nursery for the other cat. She'd be of some use if she could, even if it was merely as a guard for the nursery. There were precious lives in there so it would be a fulfilling job.

SUNCLAN
Foxstar's claws reacted on pure instinct, the SunClan Priestess shifting and letting claws dig into her shoulder as she ducked, lunging forward just as Lureluster stepped back, jaws snapping for the attacking she-cat's throat. She'd ordered death on anyone who didn't surrender, and the fox-hearted leader meant each and every word she'd said. Death or defeat, those were the option the MoonClan cats had. It was hardly a moment between the she-cat drawing back and the Priestess' attack that her teeth sank into Lureluster's throat, biting down with lethal force. Just like that, and a life was snuffed out.

MOONCLAN
Asphodel had gone still at the sound of cats beyond the nursery walls, her blue eyes wide as the sound of Foxstar's voice reached her ears. She was here. Now, the cream tabby had expected it to happen eventually, just.. not so soon. Not mere hours after her own kitting. "Don't worry, Goldenage, you'll be fine." The she-cat assured, something behind her tone giving a finality to her words as she rose from her large litter of kits, gingerly stepping over the ten sleeping bodies and nuzzling each one as she went, whispering words to them that they'd never remember. She paused by Quietstep and Goldenage, laying her tail on the latter's shoulder a moment as she leaned into the former, whispering into her fellow Queen's ear. "Please keep them safe for me." There was a small, almost sad smile on her lips as she spoke, turning without another word to leave the den. She'd heard Foxstar's words loud and clear, but if she was going to die today, she would do it defending those who'd taken her in and protected her from her fate for so long.

MOONCLAN
Asphodel paused only a heartbeat to glance back, a new expression on her face, one that no one in the clan had ever seen from the cold, isolated feline. It was a fiery look, full of anger, and pain, and most of all, hatred. Most cats in MoonClan despised Foxstar, but this, this look on the cream tabby's face, spoke to something much deeper, much more personal. "Tell them I loved them, Quietstep."

It was only a few moments later that she was at Swiftstorm's side, glaring at the SunClan cats ahead of her, a round of hisses rising into the air at her presence. She was Daylight, after all, who had attempted to assassinate the Priestess moons ago, had stolen Foxstar's daughter, Inferiorchoice and brought her to MoonClan under the name Lily, claiming the she-cat as her own child, until she was forced back to SunClan by her father as an apprentice, never again seen by her supposed mother Asphodel or MoonClan.

"Why should anyone be surprised, when the leader of the SunClan is a traitor!?" Daylight's voice was a shout, rising well above the yells of her clanmates and of SunClan. At the point, she had nothing to lose, so she may as well expose the cat who had caused her so much pain. She rolled her shoulder, wincing ever so slightly. The old injury had always given her pain, but now, that discomfort only seemed to fuel the fire in her heart.

"I was a mere kit when my mother, Skystar died, and Lilystar took power. When the Shadow Stalkers came, lead by Narcissus, I was angry and joined them, not knowing what I was doing. Foxstar, however, knew full well that she was betraying her clan. Even when an apprentice was killed, Firepaw, Foxstar, known as Foxdusk then, never turned back. She attacked SunClan with them, turning against the clanmates she grew up with, against the clan she now leads. I won't claim my own innocence, as I betrayed SunClan too, but at least I turned around and asked for forgiveness when a fight broke out. Foxdusk? Well, she left in exile, fleeing to DayClan as Foxdawn. But not before convincing Deal to attack a young apprentice, myself, for nothing more than her own amusement. She took Deal on as a mate, after getting him exiled from his own clan, only to eventually turn on him too. I'm sure you've all heard about the curse she placed on him, after all."

Daylight had given up on convincing SunClan that the Priestess had any faults at all, they were all content to turn a blind eye to the injustices of the cat they called a leader. No, she spoke to MoonClan, to the cats who'd taken her in and never judged her, despite her being so secretive about her past, and for that matter, for outright lying about her own origins. They never knew she was the daughter of a SunClan leader, but looking at her now, in the golden light of dawn, it was almost too obvious, her fur shining bright like fire, sky blue eyes endless and shining with a confidence and purpose that had never seemed to be there before.

"She betrayed SunClan, and left DayClan the moment it no longer suited her purposes, claiming that she saved the leader, Drizzlestar, to secure her place in SunClan again. But I wonder, how in the world did the dog get there? SunClan is close to twolegplace, but wild dogs are rare, and there were no twolegs in sight. It's convenient isn't it? How Drizzlestar lost a life to get Foxdawn, renamed Foxhour, back into the clan. Even more so, no one has questioned how she ended up leader in the first place, or about the deaths surrounding her name. The entirety of SunClan's high ranked cats disappears in less than a moon, leaving Foxstar, a deputy of barely a moon at the time, to lead them. And no one questions it. Don't forget the deaths of Crowlight and Crowluminescence. Foxstar was suspect number one in the former, and the latter died on the night of her lives ceremony. I don't know what she's told her clan about their murders, but I believe in my heart that she is responsible, some way, some how." The she-cat moved quickly as she continued to speak, away from Swiftstorm and the rest of MoonClan, and more than that away from SunClan. Those that weren't paused momentarily by her words would be coming to kill her for the treason she spoke. Climbing to the top of the leader's den, where announcements were made, she continued to speak, even as she saw cats scrambling up after her, claws extended.

"And more recently, she kidnapped DayClan's leader, forcing her to risk her life to become a SunClan member, whether she wanted to or not. Then she took over DayClan by threatening their kits, and when DayClan and SpringClan were on her land, she took their children, keeping them for their own, until other clans finally freed the two. Now she's come for MoonClan, intent on forcing us to obey, or she'll kill us all too, just like she's done to Lureluster already! Foxstar is a traitor, a corrupt dictator who cares only for herself. Anyone who follows her is complicit in all that she does, for they endorse a murder, a cat who would bring a fellow traitor and murderer in Narcissus to SunClan as one of their own members, tarnishing the name of the clan my mother and Lilystar had hope in."

She was done, and just in time, for Zendikdominance and Deathaccumulation had reached her then, shoving her head first down the rock pile. They wouldn't kill her, that was Foxstar's job, but that didn't mean they'd get her to the High Priestess unharmed. Asphodel tumbled down the rocks, her head and limbs striking sharply against the stones, leaving her dizzy and in agony as she landed on the ground, blood trickling from her forehead. Almost certainly, she'd broken something, and her head throbbed with an almost blinding pain. It didn't matter though. Soon, she'd be back with her mother, with her siblings and father, Barleystar of DayClan. They were waiting for her, she could feel it, and Daylight didn't fear her death. If she'd convinced even one cat, in MoonClan or SunClan, that Foxstar was a force that needed to be stopped, then she'd succeeded.


SUNCLAN
Daylight was dragged before the High Priestess, a trail of blood following in the queen's wake as she was dropped in front of Foxstar, the fox-hearted Priestess wearing a look that could kill as she looked down at the pitiful sight before her. Daylight, or Asphodel as she heard the name ripple through the MoonClan crowd, had created problems for her in the future. Her little announcement, one that had at least a little bit of information she couldn't have known on her own, would have ramifications in SunClan, if any of her members believed the word of a traitor.

"You call me a traitor? When you and Deal tried to kill me? When you stole my daughter from me?" She shouldn't have said those things, for what happened in SunClan was secret, but Foxstar couldn't help herself this time. The ivy eyed feline was downright shaking with rage, the confidence replaced with a deep seated fury that rivaled Daylight's own hateful look. "You deserve a fate much worse than death, but I suppose it will have to suffice."

The bloody she-cat, crimson staining her entire front, lunged for Daylight on he ground, claws going for her throat. They connected, but not before Asphodel rose up teeth digging into her shoulder, even as blood ran down the queen's front. Daylight bit deep, as hard as she could with her waning strength into Foxstar's flesh, the Priestess forced to grit her teeth at the pain.

But soon enough, the MoonClan she-cat's eyes glazed over, and she went limp, landing with a dull thud on the ground, blood pooling around her body. Dead. Foxstar had killed a cat who'd given birth only hours before, and yet, there was the smallest of smiles on Asphodel's face, as though she were finally at peace.

"Surrender, MoonClan! Unless you want to end up like your two clanmates here." Foxstar ordered, her gaze gleaming dangerously. In the span of a few minutes, two cats were dead by her paws, and she clearly had no intentions of calling off the kill order until they did as she said.


In the back of the attacking party, a scream rang out, full of anger and grief, and Inferiorchoice burst forth from SunClan's ranks, heading not for her mother, Foxstar, but for Daylight's body, tears already streaming down her face. SunClan knew that Asphodel had taken her as a kit, and now MoonClan did too. Her patched tabby pelt was familiar, as were the green eyes and angular features. MoonClan knew her as Lily, the apprentice and daughter of Asphodel who disappeared one day and never returned, despite efforts to search for her. She was fully grown now, and the resemblance to Foxstar was undeniable, yet the SunClan warrior buried her nose in Asphodel's fur, curling up protectively around the body of the parent she knew. Maybe Foxstar had birthed her, but Daylight had raised her, and for that, the MoonClan queen would always be her mother, just as MoonClan would always be her home, if they'd ever have her again after this.

(You can kill Jynxlaughter Brightleaf. I was planning on killing him off soon. Also, it's been a while since I've done a fighting scene so this should be fun!)

MOONCLAN
Jynxlaughter's eyes had followed his daughter's form, allowing himself to be taken down. Rolling with the other cat's movement, the tom pushed away from the other cat before squaring off again. "Leave her alone, leave us all alone! You have no business being in MoonClan!" This was his home, and he would defend it until his last breath. He would protect the people he cared about, his children, his clanmates, his lover.

Grandsky stared at the lifeless body before him, shock, anger, rage ripping through him to his very core. How dare they spill blood within their camp! How dare they attack their home! Stepping up beside Swiftstorm, the massive tom glared down Foxstar, a growl forming in his throat. He was ready to pounce at a moment's notice and join in on the fight with Swiftstorm against this abomination of a cat that SunClan called their Priestess.

SunClan
Skipstep winced as the apprentice's thorn sharp claws pricked his shoulders. He dropped down that shoulder, maintaining his hold on Pinepaw's sister as he twisted his head and sank his teeth in the first bit of Pinepaw he could get his teeth on. He bit hard, until he tasted blood.
Didn't these cats get it? There was no winning. And this little apprentice had already been bested by him once, why bother trying? Was she trying to get herself and her sister killed?

SunClan
This was just becoming annoying.
If the apprentice couldn't figure out with that bite she should get off he'd have to make himself clear.
Releasing his teeth's grip on her leg he put more weight down on Flamingpaw. "If you care about your fellow apprentice you'll get off." Skipstep warned. "You're tearing out plenty of my fur, and maybe you'll give me some gashes that I'll need cobwebs for, but I have this apprentice by the throat would you rather continue to fruitlessly fight me, and force my paw to kill her here and now, and potentially make me kill you or are you going to get off, and sit down and surrender so you and your sister get to live another day?" He growled.

"Pinepaw, no!" She hissed at her sister. Her heart warmed that her sister would come to her aid. "He wont kill me" she croaked, eyeing Skipstep with menacing turquoise eyes and a smirk. "Will you?" Her eyes challenged him and dared him to end her life. She knew he was bluffing to get what he wanted. Then she heard Swiftstorm surrender Moonclan. "What?" She turned back to Skipstep, frustrated that they had lost the battle, and gave the tom a hard kick off of her before she climbed to her paws and shook out her ruffled fur, catching her breath from practically being strangled.

Quietstep, true to her name, walked silently over to Goldenage. She moved Asphodel's kits closer to her and kept her own close by her. She leaned over, consoling the kits and Goldenage, sobbing at the losses. She gasped as she spotted one of Asphodel's kits. It looked exactly like her as if she had cloned herself. She touched the kit with her nose, the pain in her chest growing.

Sightline went over to stand by Emptywords, not knowing how to react to the situation that had just occurred. She had never seen her brother like this... it was heartbreaking.