The cats of TortoiseshellClan- Brindlepaw's mistake

by Starkit's Prophecy fan

Juniper Spots is just an ordinary settler living in TortoiseshellClan. With the help of her best friend, Specklefall, and young Spottedpaw, has to solve the mystery of the missing apprentice, and figure out why she left. A/N: sorry I changed it so much. I figured this works better as a series. We get POV of both Spottedpaw and Juniper Spots in this story. SKPF out.

2. Spottedpaw is not okay

Spottedpaw ran out of the camp, tears streaming down her head. Brindlepaw and Spottedpaw had been friends since they were kits. She couldn't let anything happen to her now. Even if stuttering Hollyblaze said she was fine, Spottedpaw didn't care. Spottedpaw bounded through the forest, reaching the edge of the river. She followed along it for what seemed like moons, until the energetic midday sun turned into a tired dusk sunset.

"Brindlepaw!" Spottedpaw yowled to the trees. "Brindlepaw!"

Eventually, Spottedpaw gave up hope and accepted that her best friend was gone. She trotted back to camp, catching a vole for Ivycloud, the elder that used to tell her and Brindlepaw tales of his warrior days. She remembered how as kits they would play with moss outside the elder's den, and Dapplespots would come out and tell them that she remembered being that young, once. Ivycloud would follow and ask them to come in, as the other elders would say, "Not this again," or "Ivycloud, surely not another one of your tall tales?" and he would exclaim with pride that every word he uttered was pure truth! He continued as the two kits were awestruck at how amazing Ivycloud claimed his warrior days were.

Spottedpaw was snapped back into reality as she was hit by a creature that jumped out of a thorn bush.

"Spottedpaw! There you are! We thought that you had gotten captured by a lonely No-fur or worse, killed by a hungry fox!" Shouted the creature who was actually her worried mentor, Mossspots. Mossspots got up. "I'm sorry for the rude interruption, but I've been looking for you all day,"

"It's fine. I was just going back to camp with this vole. I got it for Ivycloud,"

"And a plump one at that! It's shaping up to be a good Newleaf. But the most important thing right now is that you're safe,"

"What?" Spottedpaw exclaimed. "What about Brindlepaw? She's not! She's gone..."

"Yes, but there's nothing we can do about that! She was swept away, maybe drowned, even if Hollyblaze is still hopeful. But the important thing is that you're okay!"

"Okay? I am not okay!" Spottedpaw sped back to camp. She wasn't okay. She was determined. "I swear by StarClan that I will find Brindlepaw, even if it's the last thing that I ever do!"