A Twist in the Heart

Chapter One

Lionblaze padded over to the fresh-kill pile and dragged a mouse over to Jayfeather. "Here," he meowed, dropping the fresh-kill at his paws. "I thought you might be hungry."

"I am, thanks," Jayfeather replied. Lionblaze was about to leave when Jayfeather asked, "Should we forgive Leafpool and Squirrelflight?"

"No!" Lionblaze spat. "They are traitors in this Clan!"

Jayfeather nodded, understanding. Lionblaze backed away from the den and rushed over to Brambleclaw. "Dustpelt, you lead a border patrol over to ShadowClan…oh! Lionblaze, could you take two or three cats with you over to the WindClan border?"

"Sure," Lionblaze replied. "Is Cinderheart busy?"

"I haven't assigned her for any tasks yet," Brambleclaw mewed.

"Great!" Lionblaze hurried over to Cinderheart. "Ready for a border patrol?" he asked.

Cinderheart replied, "Always am!" She looked around for her apprentice, who was sharing fresh-kill with Dovepaw. "Ivypaw! Dovepaw!" she called. "We're going on a patrol!"

In an instant, the two apprentices were in front of them. "Let's go!" Ivypaw squeaked.

"Is it a border patrol?" Dovepaw asked.

"You ask too many questions," Lionblaze purred. "Of course we are." He led the way out of the camp and towards the WindClan border.

All was quiet, but there was a hint of WindClan scent on ThunderClan territory. Fresh.

"Shhh…" Lionblaze hissed. "WindClan warriors ahead."

Cinderheart crouched next to him and glanced at him with deep blue eyes. "We should warn Firestar and the others," she suggested quietly.

"Too late to go warn your kittypet leader," a voice spoke up from in front of them.

Lionblaze snarled, "Onestar!"

"This territory is now ours," Onestar declared. "Unless you'll fight for it."