A/N-Thanks to all who reviewed! (wipes away tear) Here's the next chappie!

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Chapter 1: Wondering

Tawnypelt strode out of the warriors' den. She looked around, spotting Applepaw and Marshpaw by the fresh-kill pile. Toadpaw wasn't with them. She wondered why.

"Applepaw! Where's Toadpaw?" Tawnypelt called.

Applepaw looked up at her. "He went out on a patrol with Taloncloud and Rowanclaw."

Tawnypelt nodded. "Okay." She continued to check the camp, making sure the elders were okay, the queens and kits weren't hungry, and sent out more patrols. Being the deputy, she had to make sure everything was in order for Blackstar.

As Tawnypelt trotted out of camp, she saw Applepaw pad off with Cedarheart. Tawnypelt smiled. They had been in love since Applepaw became an apprentice.

At sunhigh she approached the ShadowClan/ThunderClan/RiverClan border. She noticed two patrols, RiverClan and ThunderClan cats, talking—no, snarling—to each other.

"Well, you shouldn't have crossed the border!" Splashpelt spat.

"You shouldn't have attacked us!" Thornclaw retorted.

The cats continued to spit curses at each other until Tawnypelt stepped in. "Hey!" she snapped. "Why don't you both back down for two seconds and we can hear both of your stories!"

"Why should we listen to you?" Blackclaw growled.

Tawnypelt whipped around to face him. "Because I'm the deputy of ShadowClan and right now, all of you are stepping on ShadowClan territory!"

The arguing cats looked down and scampered back onto their own territory. Brambleclaw looked at her with his caring amber gaze.

"Tawnypelt," he meowed, "Birchfall was chasing a shrew and he accidentally ran onto RiverClan territory. Thornclaw and I ran after him, then they came and attacked us, and now this."

"Thank you, Brambleclaw," Tawnypelt replied calmly. She turned to the RiverClan cats. "Care to confirm?"

Swallowtail padded forward. "We saw them come onto our territory while we were patrolling, and they were yowling at Birchfall to stop running, but he didn't, so we threatened him, we got into a fight, then you came here."

Tawnypelt nodded. "Okay. Now I'm going to ask you to go back to your territories before I get some warriors out here!"

The other cats nodded and trotted away. Brambleclaw gave her a grateful look as he padded back to camp with his Clanmates.

O.O.O.O.O.O

Leafpool watched the four kits play in front of Highledge. Ravenkit pounced on her brother Sunkit; Sunkit hissed at her in fury. Falconkit and Maplekit were chasing a butterfly around the clearing, jumping up occasionally to claw it.

"Leafpool," meowed Squirrelflight. Leafpool craned her neck to look at her sister.

"What is it?" Leafpool asked, tilting her head to the side.

Squirrelflight sat beside her, wrapping her tail neatly around her paws. "Those kits—Falconkit and Maplekit—are yours aren't they?"

Leafpool lashed her tail but said nothing about them. "You were the one who fell in love with Crowfeather. Ravenkit looks like him, but has your eyes. Sunkit looks like you, only he has blue eyes. Cats can tell you aren't Brambleclaw's mate."

"Firestar said it was okay. You, on the other paw, are a medicine cat. You are disobeying the warrior code in two ways." Squirrelflight glared at her sister.

Leafpool sighed deeply. "I know. But Hawkfrost and I love each other."

Squirrelflight shook her head. "I don't want you seeing him anymore."

"You're not mother!" Leafpool spat.

"Well someone has to keep you in line! First it was you keeping me in line, but since mother died you just had to fall in love with a RiverClan cat! You think you can do anything! You're not a leader!" Squirrelflight stood and stalked away.

Leafpool glowered after her. The initial shock of being yelled at was over, but the feeling of being hated was just forming.

"Well, you're not leader either."

O.O.O.O.O.O

Mothwing lay her head on her paws. It was another normal day in RiverClan. Cats had come to her for herbs, Mistystar had sent she and Hawkfrost on a patrol to look for more juniper berries after that.

"Mothwing," a voice hissed.

Mothwing spun around, only to see Heavystep sitting on a rock. He glared at her. "Yes, Heavystep?" Mothwing asked innocently.

"Come on," he growled, leaping off the rock and trotting across the clearing.

Mothwing hesitated, but followed after him anyway. "What's wrong?" As Heavystep's pace increased, Mothwing had to run after him to keep up. "Heavystep, what's wrong?" she repeated. She had to skid to a halt when Heavystep stopped suddenly.

"Stonewhisker got hurt when he was looking for prey. A hawk attacked him," Heavystep explained.

Mothwing approached a limp gray body. Stonewhisker had a large gash on his side, so Mothwing had to get cobwebs fast.

"Heavystep, look by that tree. There should be some cobwebs at the base," Mothwing meowed. She watched Heavystep pull out the cobwebs from a hole in the base of the tree. He padded back to her, pushing the cobwebs over.

Mothwing thanked him and pressed the cobwebs against the wound. Stonewhisker winced.

"Do you have anything that can stop the pain?" he growled.

"Poppy seeds, but you don't any right now. You need to stay awake while I do this. When you get back to camp I'll give you some." Mothwing continued to soak up the blood up with the cobwebs.

Heavystep peered over her shoulder. "Are you done?"

Mothwing stepped back. "Now I am."

Stonewhisker's side looked slightly better. It still was cut up by the hawk's talons, but it was better. He looked at them through a pained gaze. "So we can go back to camp?"

Heavystep nodded. "Let's go. Mistystar will wonder why we've been gone so long," he mewed.

Mothwing nodded. "Stonewhisker, can you walk?" she asked.

Stonewhisker grunted as he struggled to his paws. "Yeah. It's just my side."

As the three cats headed back to camp, Mothwing kept looking onto WindClan and ShadowClan territory. It had felt as if someone else had been watching them while she was helping Stonewhisker.

A/N-Hmm... Okay. Since the chappie's over, here is a poll:

Who do you want Tawnypelt's mate to be? What about Mothwing's mate? Will take any suggestion unless they are already mates with someone else.

Please review with suggestions! I'll get the next chappie up faster! (And I'll give you pillows and plushies.) You can also flame if you want to tell me it sucked.