Sitka walked back to the castle, and nodded at a guard at the wall, and he was let in. He stalked towards the den until a growl sounded behind him. He turned, and Mau was standing there, the Russian Blue behind her.
Mau snarled, "Did you attack him?!"
Sitka snarled back, "He was yelling at the workers when they were trying their hardest and best!"
"You do want control over your body?"
"Yes....your highness."
"Then stay out of the other guards way!"
Sitka muttered to himself, and walked back to the guard's quarters. Mewling turned him around. A guard was carrying three kittens, one tom and two she-kits. Mau approached them. Sitka turned and went back to the den. The poor kits, being stripped from their mother when they should have been nursing. He would need the help of Falitna and the non-flatlined guards if they were to take down Mau.
Velenka sat in the highest cave-wall in the stone hollow. Her clan, Deir, has moved about a mile out of Mau's tyranny. Partly because they wanted to be safe, but also because they held one of the most powerful jewels in Greenore, The Onyx. It held the power of poison, and if Mau got a hold of it, she would become unstoppable. But Velenka was wearing a collar, the Onyx dangling from it. A black tom with a white belly and white ears approached her, "Velenka.. the Patrollers sensed a fox at the edge of the territory, what should we do with it?"
"Chase it out, using the fighters, but do not engage in battle, our armour is weak enough." Velenka sighed. The clan has made wooden helmets, and wooden chestplates for the advanced fighters, but would it really be strong enough if Mau's armada attacked? Mau's army had metal, and Deir fighters had simple wood. The tom nodded and left, telling their best warrior, Enoll, to gather his fastest fighters, and to chase the fox out. A tug on her tail made the Siamese leader look at what tugged it. Fawn, a brown kit with spots on his back, mewed, "Velenka, I wanna go chase the fox out too! Tell Enoll I can claw a leaf to shreds!"
Velenka smiled, "Not yet young one, you are only 3 moons old. Only 3 more and maybe Enoll can teach you some battle moves."
Fawn sighed but brightened when she mentioned Enoll teaching him moves, and galloped off. Velenka forced a smile. If only he knew about Mau.