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"Hollyleaf!" Lionblaze called after his sister, "Wait!" Jayfeather sniffed the air and sensed a mixed amount of emotions. Hurt radiated from Leafpool and Brambleclaw. Squirrelflight seemed to be worried and Lionblaze was scared that he would lose his sister in the emotional side. Jayfeather narrowed his eyes, even though he wasn't able to see a thing.

Jayfeather flicked his tail, "We should go back. No sense in standing here and accomplishing nothing." The cats went back to the clan only to see Hollyleaf heading to the forest, presumably to hunt.

Lionblaze called after her, "Wait! Hollyleaf, can we hunt together?"

Hollyleaf flicked her tail, looking irritated, "I thought that you were on a border patrol." Lionblaze looked at Brambleclaw and the deputy nodded.

Brambleclaw meowed, "Lionblaze, you can go and hunt with your sister. Squirrelflight and I can join the border patrol."

Squirrelflight protested, "But we're on the hunting patrol." The deputy gave Squirrelflight a look before the warrior sighed and agreed to it.

Jayfeather meowed, "I'll be in my den." He went to his medicine den to sort a few herbs. Leafpool went to the warrior den but knew how worthless she was at hunting and fighting. There was a reason why they taught apprentices at six moons. After twelve moons or so, it was hard to learn how to hunt and fight, since they weren't trained when they were young.

Lionblaze caught up to Hollyleaf and the two went to a secret place. Hollyleaf quickly caught a young squirrel that didn't have any survival skills.

Hollyleaf explained to her brother, "Just so we catch something."

Lionblaze nodded, sounding distracted, "Smart as always. Hollyleaf, why did you come back?" His eyes searched her green eyes. Hollyleaf wasn't sure about what to say. She felt like her brothers had already given up on her and she didn't want them to just include her because she had a power. She had felt like an outcast without any powers in the beginning.

Hollyleaf lied, glad that Jayfeather wasn't there to listen, "I couldn't leave the clan no matter how much I tried. I spoiled the secret and I have to deal with it with both of you." Lionblaze seemed satisfied with the answer even though Hollyleaf felt bad for the lie. She had seen Jayfeather's scratches that were made from her claws.

Lionblaze meowed hesitantly, "By the way... Whitewing and Birchfall has two kits named Dovekit and Ivykit. They're related to Firestar by extension. We think that one of them may have the power. I know that you want to have the power to help us but..." He broke off, his gaze looking away from the she-cat.

The she-cat said, "I'm still your sister, right? I don't think that it really matters if I have powers or not."

"Of course not," Lionblaze replied, almost too quickly, "You're my sister no matter what."

"Good. I would hate if you didn't like me just because I'm powerless," Hollyleaf replied, her green eyes blazing. Even though Rock did say I have a power... I will not reveal it to any cats until I figure out what it is.

Lionblaze meowed, "We should hunt now. The other cats may get worried if one of our best hunters doesn't come back with prey."

"I caught a squirrel. I think that they'll be curious about you."

Lionblaze challenged, "First one to come back with the most prey gets first pick of fresh kill?"

"You're on." Maybe I'll figure out my power. Even though I hope I don't run into the side effects that Rock mentioned.

Hollyleaf went to one side of the forest that was near the river. There was always some prey there. She scented a rabbit and her fur bristled, waiting for the pounce. She hoped that the rabbit didn't scent her even though the wind was blowing that way. Her vision began to cloud and she felt another wave of familiar anger onto her. Her claws itched and she pounced. The rabbit didn't even try to run away for some reason as she caught it. Suddenly, she scented another rabbit beginning to run away. Prey weren't stupid, after all. They would know something is up if they see a rabbit suddenly dead.

Hollyleaf's powerful legs went after it. The red continued to cloud her and she pounced onto it and killed it. Another body hit her. Lionblaze. He must've tried to catch it first.

Hollyleaf hissed, "This is my catch." Before her brother could reply, she took all three of her kills and buried them together.

Lionblaze gaped at the prey, "How?"

"Skills. Did you catch anything?"

"No... I was about to catch that rabbit but you caught it first, fair and square."

"Good. Then we agree that I win?"

Lionblaze sighed, "You win. Do you need help carrying the prey?"

Hollyleaf snapped, "No. You can't steal my glory. Keep your paws off of it."

"Okay, okay, calm down," Lionblaze meowed, chuckling. Hollyleaf gave him a quick glare before taking her prey back to the fresh kill pile. Slowly, her red vision faded and she did feel a little bit dizzy.

Brambleclaw meowed, "Nice catch." The deputy sounded a little bit torn on how to treat them.

Hollyleaf dipped her head out of politeness to the deputy, "Thank you."

Lionblaze meowed, "Do you need us to do anything else?"

Brambleclaw hesitated, "No. I want you, Lionblaze, to lead the dusk border patrol. Choose any four cats to go with you."

"Yes, Brambleclaw." The deputy nodded and padded away quickly, obviously reluctant to speak with them. Hollyleaf held back a hiss before starting to pad back to the warrior den.

Lionblaze called after her, "You're going on the dusk border patrol!"

Hollyleaf nodded, glad that she was back into a warrior cycle, "Fine."