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Page 238, Warriors: Into the Wild
"But if she ordered Tigerclaw to bring her back alive…" Graypaw's words were drowned by a deafening crack of thunder, and a flash of lightning lit up the trees around them.
In the dazzling light, Firepaw glimpsed Frostfur chasing Ravenpaw away from the nursery. The white queen's face was twisted with fury as she hissed at the young black cat and lunged forward to give him a warning nip on the hind leg.
Graypaw turned to Firepaw. "What's that all about?" he mewed.
Firepaw looked back at his friend. "Ravenpaw's in great danger."
Graypaw's amber eyes widened. "What? What do you mean, Firepaw?"
He didn't respond. "He's in trouble, we have to get him out of the camp. Away from Tigerclaw."
"What about Yellowfang?" Graypaw meowed, tilting his head and narrowing his eyes.
He shook his head. "I'll explain later. He's got to get out of this camp. Let's go find him."
Ravenpaw lay in a sad slump in the corner of the den. He was licking the small nip of his leg when he saw his friend appear in the entrance. Instantly, he got up to meet him. "Did you see what Frostfur did?" he whispered, limping a bit, "I only wanted to check on the kits."
The three toms huddled together. After talking for a bit, Graypaw meowed, "Barley, could we take him to Barley?"
Firepaw's eyes brightened. "That's great! Great idea!"
"But," Ravenpaw meowed, "As much as I want to get away from Tigerclaw, and a clan that actually believes I would betray them to a murderer like Brokenstar, I want… I want to stay there too. And prove myself. I want to prove I'm not who Tigerclaw says I am."
Firepaw shook his
head. "No, you're going to Barley's. I don't want you to get
hurt."
"They'll only believe more if I vanish along with
Frostfur's kits! I have to prove I'm loyal, I have to! I'm
not going to give up," Ravenpaw insisted.
Firepaw was about to argue, but a voice interrupted him. "What are you three doing here?" The way Ravenpaw jumped, his fur prickling up, and his eyes wide with terror, he knew in an instant it was Tigerclaw.
Firepaw opened his
mouth to speak, but could think of nothing. A familiar she-cat
appeared behind him, Bluestar. She looked a bit bewildered for a
moment, then calmed herself with the swish of a tail. "Well done. I
see you've asked your friends to come along."
Tigerclaw eyed
her. "Isn't this weather a bit bad for errands?"
"Brindleface's
kit has a cough. They're getting some coltsfoot."
Tigerclaw widened his eyes. "All three of them?"
"The more, the merrier." Bluestar ended it like then, and nudged Tigerclaw to get back to camp. Once the two cats disappeared, Ravenpaw breathed again.
"We're going now."
