Chapter 1
His Heart Is Colder Than You Think
It was MoonHigh in the camp & the cold Leaf-Fall breeze ruffled SandFur's fur. She walked past RussetPatch who was sleeping. She walked near HighFalls & went to get a drink when the water looked as if it turned to ice. A voice then rang in her ears, "His heart is colder than you think." MudStar padded up to her, "What's wrong SandFur? Why are you up in the middle of the night?" "MudStar, I couldn't sleep, that's all. Also, I got a prophecy from StarClan but I have not a single clue what it means." "What?" "His heart is colder than you think. What do you think it means?" "I don't know but go back to sleep, we'll figure it out soon enough." "I hope so." SandFur then padded back to her den.
DuskBreeze caught sight of a squirrel, she then went into a hunter's crouch & before she knew it, the squirrel scrabbled up a tree, she raced after it, quickly reaching out with a forepaw & dropping it to the ground, BrambleFur soon bit its neck & killed it. "Nice catch DuskBreeze!" "Hey, I only knocked it out of the tree, you bit it." BrambleFur & DuskBreeze padded up to the places they dug their prey & collected it; soon they reached camp & dropped two fish, a vole, & a squirrel in the prey pile. RobinPaw came bounding up. "Hi BrambleFur! Hi DuskHeart!" "Hi RobinPaw" DuskBreeze said. RobinPaw grabbed a mouse from an earlier patrol & raced off to his brother, PebblePaw.
DuskBreeze grabbed a fish & bounded up to SilverFire & WhiteFire. "Hi!" "Hey" SilverFire replied, WhiteFire just purred. "I wonder what I'm going to do today. Night Patrol? Hunting Party?" DuskBreeze purred. "WhiteFire, you'll probably do night patrol, I heard RavenFeather say that you, PebblePaw, & SnakeEyes are going to go on a night patrol." "Oh yay" WhiteFire said sarcastically. "Well, SilverFire, after we eat wanna go on a hunting patrol with me?" "Sure! Who else are we going to take?" "I was thinking RavenFeather." "Oh, alright then." DuskBreeze got up with SilverFire. "By WhiteFire" SilverFire & DuskBreeze said. They both bounded up to RavenFeather, "Hey, wanna go on a hunting patrol?" "Umm, sure, ok. So wait it's me, you & SilverFire?" "Yeah why?" DuskHeart said curiously. "Oh, no reason." Then ran out the camp entrance & walked into the forest by the stream. "SilverFire, can I & RavenFeather talk together, alone?" "Yeah sure." SilverFire padded in the opposite direction.
"RavenFeather, why do you keep avoiding me?" RavenFeather's dark green eyes turned to slits. "Me? You're the one not speaking to me! You take one glance at me & turn away!" DuskBreeze, shocked, replied "You're deputy! I'm not going to stop you from doing your job!" RavenFeather jumped on her & started to hurt her. DuskBreeze screeched for SilverFire. Soon enough, RavenFeather was being clawed and bite. SilverFire heard her screech and started battling RavenFeather. Soon enough, her paws were matted with blood and RavenFeather lay there, dead. DuskBreeze's eyes were wide, & she was breathing heavily.
Around night-break, DuskBreeze awoke. She groaned, "Stupid RavenFeather…"
Soon SandFur heard a voice, "colder, wasn't it?" SandFur then thought, his heart is colder than you think. RavenFeather? Yes! He had the sense to kill his mate. SandFur raced out of the den, RussetPatch stared sightless at where SandFur raced out, then went back to sorting hers.
"MudStar?" "SandFur? Come in." SandFur padded up to him. "I found out what it means!" Curiously looking at SandFur, "what what means?" "The prophecy! His heart is colder than you think. RavenFeather! He had the sense to kill his mate. His heart was so cold; he didn't feel as much affection as DuskBreeze & himself thought." "Oh. Speaking of, I need a new deputy, & tonight's the gathering." "Well, you still have time to think." "Yes, but still, who?" SandFur shrugged, "I don't know, but I got to go." She bounded out of his den & headed to the medicine cat den to find DuskBreeze & RussetPatch sharing prey outside the den, & apiece for her. SandFur smiled at DuskBreeze, "thanks." DuskBreeze nodded