It all started with a mysterious trap door. I was an archaeologist. My dream was that, someday, I would discover a pyramid in Egypt. My name was Lyla. One day, while I was in Egypt studying the great pyramids of Giza, I saw a stone door next to the pyramid. The trapdoor had the following symbols on it: !^)!. I did not know what the symbols meant. I then noticed the handle on the trapdoor. I opened it and slid down the tunnel. When I arrived at the bottom, the first thing I noticed was the light. There was light in this underground place, and I could not tell where it was coming from. I saw that there were five different pathways I could take. One had a solid gold floor, one had a silver floor, one had a bronze floor, one had a pearl floor, and one had a floor studded with all kinds of gemstones.I went down the one with the gemstones. I arrived at a fork in the tunnel. I could either go down the floor with gemstones, or the floor with gold. I went down the floor with gold until I arrived at a fork. I could either go down the path with gold, or the path with silver. I went down the path with silver until I arrived at a

 fork. I could either head down the path with silver, or the path with bronze. I chose bronze. I went down the bronze path until I arrived at the last fork. I could go down the path with bronze, or the path with pearls. I went down the path with pearls until I arrived at a dead end. Well, I thought it was a dead end until I saw the trapdoor in the ceiling. I opened the trapdoor and arrived in a large room filled with mummies. But not just any old mummies. These were cat mummies. There were about 5 dozen of them, all split into five groups. Each group’s sarcophaguses were made of different materials. One group was gemstones, one was pearl, one was silver, one was gold, and the other one was bronze. Each group had 12 mummies. I went through the door at the other end and arrived in a room just like the one I was just in. I went through the door on the other end, and it was exactly the same as the previous. After I had gone through 10 of the rooms, I arrived in a room with five walls. Each wall was one of the five materials: Gold, silver, bronze, pearl, and gem. In the center of the room, there was a stool made of

 all five materials. On the stool, there was a female cat. The cat was not an ordinary cat. It had ginger fur, and golden eyes. “Hello,” the cat said. “What is your purpose here?” I replied “I found the trapdoor in the ground and came to explore. I could not find the meaning of the symbols.” The cat meowed “The symbols mean 1601. Enter. You are the one we have been looking for. ” I entered through the door at the far end. The room I stepped into was like no other I had ever been in. it was empty, except for the five stools and four cats. One stool was made of gold, and empty. One was made of silver, and had a silver cat on it with silver eyes on it. One was made of bronze, and had a brown cat with bronze eyes on it. One was made of pearl, and had a white cat on it with pearl-colored eyes. And the last stool was made of gemstones and had a tortoiseshell cat on it with rainbow eyes. All cats were female. The ginger cat that I had seen went over and sat on the golden stool. “Welcome”. The ginger cat said. “My name is Goldstar” The silver cat said “My name is Silverstar” The brown cat said “My name is Bronzestar” The

white cat said “My name is Pearlstar” the tortoiseshell cat said “My name is Gemstar. You are the one we have been looking for. A prophecy foretold that the only person that could see the stone trapdoor would come. That person will be the Clan Pharaoh. You are the one that the prophecy speaks of. You will rule over the Clans. ” I replied “What are the Clans?” Silverstar replied “The clans are groups of cats that live together. They are GoldClan, SilverClan, BronzeClan, PearlClan, and GemClan. Each clan lives together. You will rule over all of the cats.” I then asked “Why did I see so many mummified cats?” Bronzestar replied “We mummify every cat who dies. We then place all the sarcophaguses it groups depending on the clan. ” Then Goldstar asked,'' Will you lead us? You are the one the prophecies foretold.” “I will be your leader.” I said. Pearlstar asked “Do you promise to keep us a secret and protect us from enemies?” I replied, “I promise.” The next day, the leaders showed me their clans. Each clan had a leader, and a Pharaoh Kit. The Pharaoh Kit stood in for the leader when the leader was not

 there. There was also a healer. The healer heals cats when they are sick or injured. The healer had an apprentice, who would help her. The healer was always female. If female cats were pregnant or nursing kits, they were called queens. The adult cats hunted for food. The cats ate mice and birds. The Pharaoh kits of the clans were Goldpharoh, Silverpharoh, Bronzepharoh, Pearlpharoh, and Gempharoh. The healers of the clans were Goldheal, Silverheal, Bronzeheal, Pearlheal, and Gemheal. Each clan lived in a room about twice the size of an average living room. There were areas where parts of the wall or floor were carved out to make beds. Each of these rooms were called den areas, and had a carved table that held plies of food.The evening after I saw the clans, Silverstar said “follow me. I have something to show you.” I followed her to a wall that the door to every clan's den areas were. But there was a sixth door. One with a cat sarcophagus on it. I went inside. All the other leaders were sitting on the bed. The bed had a bedspread with gold, silver, bronze, white, and rainbow stripes on it. There was a set of

drawers that were made of pearls. The doors to the closet were made of gemstones, as was the closet itself. The nightstand was made of bronze. I had a set of shelves that were solid gold. And the ladder that led to my loft bed, plus the desk underneath the loft bed was made of silver. Silverstar purred “We made a room fit for a pharaoh.” I told them “I love it. Thank you.” When I was getting ready for bed that night, I saw a note on my desk. It read :

Dear cat pharaoh,

I have heard you recently got your throne. It must be difficult ruling over cats. If you meet me at midnight in two days, you can come to my palace. If you live there, you can have whatever you want. No one will bother you. You eat what you want and when you want. You sleep when you want. You get whatever stuff you want. You can explore whenever you want. You will just have to leave the cats, and I  will give you the perfect life. The cats will be able to live by themselves. They have for years. They don't need you. To them you are just another mouth that they have to catch prey for. Everyone will treat you kindly at my palace. Please take my offer. I will attack otherwise with my armies. If you join us, you will not be harmed.

From,

The Pharaoh Hound

I had no intention of joining the pharaoh hound. I didn’t even know who he was. I decided to tell the cats in the morning. When I slept, my dreams were full of invisible creatures attacking the cats. 

When I woke up the next morning, I saw Bronzestar had brought me a plate full of chicken. When I ate it I showed her the letter I got last night and asked her if she knew who The Pharaoh Hound was. When I mentioned its name, Bronzestar looked surprised and scared. She said “The Pharaoh Hound is the leader of a pack of ferocious dogs. He has always been terrified of cats. Don’t accept his offer. He makes himself sound nice, but his castle is horrible. The only celebrations they ever do are pillow fights with brick pillows. The food is terrible and often poisonous. There is mud, dust, sand, and water everywhere. If he wants to attack, then the clan cats are in great danger. Only one battle out of one hundred they have fought they lost. And forty of those were on the clans. If we don't beat him, the clans might be lost forever.”“ Well,” I said, “We need to find his weaknesses. If we find those, and use

 them to our advantage, we could beat him.” Bronzestar asked “but how do we find his weaknesses? ” “I don't know” was my only answer. I went into the halls, following Bronzestar until I arrived in the room that I had first met four of the leaders. Now, they have added a stool in the middle. It was made of all five materials.  Bronzestar looked into what looked like a microphone. She meowed “I call a Cat Meeting!” There were five doors made of gold, silver, bronze, pearl, and gemstones. The other leaders came out of the doors. Each cat sat on its corresponding stool. Bronzestar told them about the note and what we had discussed. Goldstar said “The first thing we can do is find out his weaknesses. Does any cat have an idea how?” Pearlstar said “A cat from my Clan could spy on his dogs. Her name is Pearllight. She can sneak up on anyone and is good at sneaking around without getting caught. She could be our spy. She was our spy the other time.” “What was the other time?” I asked. 

Gemstar said “You know that there was one battle the pharaoh hound did not win? That battle the