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Chapter 2!

Bracing herself against the ground, ears pressed flat to her head, she pressed to Stormkit's side, feeling Brookkit press into her on the other side as well.

When she didn't feel anything, only heard a yowl, she opened her eyes cautiously to see Sandstorm, the deputy, leap at the tabby loner. The loner hissed furiously and batted at the ginger she-cat, but she bared her teeth and dodged away, digging her teeth into his shoulder. Yowling, the loner seemed to listen to something and nod slightly, kicking away the ThunderClan deputy, rolling to his feet and bolting toward ShadowClan territory. Sandstorm let out a yowl after him, hissing through clenching teeth, "Coward!"

Willowkit shrunk slightly toward the lake as Sandstorm turned to them, eyes blazing. "You could have killed yourselves!" The she-cat hissed at them, trotting toward them with a lashing tail.

"We're sorry." Brookkit whispered, and Stormkit added, "It won't ever happen again."

Willowkit got out of her crouch, her tense muscles screaming in protest, aching from crouching so tensed up. "Thankyou so much." she whispered, and saw Sandstorms eyes grow warm.

"Follow me. I'll take you to camp. Poppyfrost is worried sick, and Berrynose might just kill you." she meowed, turning. "Bramblestar might let you off easy although."

Willowkit followed the she-cat, fur still fluffed up, and glanced over her shoulder, chills running down her spine when she saw cold blue eyes staring at her from the darkness of ShadowClan territory.

"Only mouse-brained kits do what you three did!"

Willowkit hung her head as the tabby leader paced infront of them, and not even Brookkit spoke, and Willowkit had expected her to say that she tried to convince Stormkit and herself that they shouldn't go out.

Suddenly, the den was quiet, and Bramblestar had stopped pacing. Willowkit peeked up, green eyes cautious and Bramblestar peered over them. Sandstorm stepped forward. "Bramblestar." she meowed, dipping her head and stepping around the kits to stand infront of him. "I think the kits have been punished plenty." she meowed, then whispered something. Willowkit was almost positive she heard her say 'loner'.

Bramblestar glanced at them in surprise, then looked back to Sandstorm and nodded. "You are dismissed." he meowed to the kits, and a wave of relief washed over Willowkit. She turned and trotted brisquely before Bramblestar could change his mind out into camp, picking her way carefully done the tumble of stones.

The moment she landed on the ground, Poppyfrost was covering her in licks, Berrynose nearby, watching carefully.

"You nearly scared me out of my fur!" Poppyfrost exclaimed, Willowkit wriggling from her grasp. Instead of holding Willowkit back, Poppyfrost moved onto Brookkit, who just huffed.

"What did Bramblestar say?" Berrynose meowed, trotting closer, and Willowkit saw that her fathers eyes were full of concern.

"They aren't going to be punished." Willowkit jumped when Sandstorm trotted to join them, leaping gracefully down the tumble of rocks and stopping infront of Berrynose.

Berrynose hissed lightly, looking to the three kits, each for a few long heartbeats, before meowing, "What were you thinking?!" he hissed, and Willowkit flinched slightly, and felt Brookkit's pelt rippled as she did the same beside her.

"Don't be too hard on them, Berrynose." she meowed, and a glimpse of humor entered her eyes. "Infact, if I don't remember right," she said slowly, as if speculating, though it was obviously a charade. "A certain cream colored kit once snuck out of camp and nearly killed himself in a fox attack." The deputy meowed, glancing at the stump of his tail before looking back to his face.

"Well, I, uh..." Berrynose meowed in a sheepish tone. "Don't do it again." he meowed brisquely, turning and trotting toward the fresh-kill, Poppyfrost following after her mate, trying to surpress a laugh.

Willowkit looked back to Sandstorm, meowing softly. "Thankyou, a lot." she meowed, flicking her ear.

"Ah, don't thank me." Sandstorm meowed. "Being adventorous pays off sometimes." The ginger she-cat meowed, then flicked her head toward Jayfeathers den. "Now, go get yourself checked out. You got a ton of burrs in your fur, and you've been limping ever since I found you." she meowed, glancing to Willowkit when she spoke, and Willowkit shrugged.

"I stepped on a huge thorn." Willowkit mewed sheepishly, and she turned, along with Brookkit and Stormkit, trotting toward Jayfeathers den.

Short chapter, I know. It was slightly boring, but I didn't want to do the apprentice ceremony in this chapter with all this going on. And the ending was horrible, I know, but whatever.

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