A/N: Sorry for not updating, busy Summer, but here's some more now :)

"We don't need to remark the Clan borders." she mewed, "We mostly need to focus on hunting. Bumblestripe, Brackenfur, Graystripe, Lionblaze and Molepaw take a patrol over near the WindClan border. Birchfall, Dustpelt, Whitewing, and Cherrypaw go over to the sky oak. There wasn't too much fighting there so try to find some prey."

She paused.

"And um, Sandstorm, would you like to join a patrol?"

Sandstorm had gotten a fair amount of wounds when Mapleshade had tried to kill her, however she was still grieving for Firestar. They all were. Every cat in every Clan. Because without him the battle would have been lost. Fire had saved the Clan. Not just ThunderClan, Fire had saved all the Clans.

But that doesn't bring him back.

Sandstorm was lying at the foot of the birch tree that had killed her mate. With her muzzle on her paws she didn't respond. Squirrelflight waled over to her.

"Are you okay?" she asked.

"If by okay you mean- having the Clan almost destroyed, my mate dying, almost being murdered by a cat I didn't even knew, then being saved by the very cat that I competed with for his love; then yeah, I'm great."

Silence.
That was all that met her words.

"You know when the truth came out about Lionblaze, Jayfeather and Hollyleaf, I had felt like I had lost Brambleclaw forever."
"Well at least he's alive" Sandstorm muttered.

"And-" Squirrelflight continued, "in a way I have. He'll never trust me the same. I know he made me deputy and said he forgave me, but something like that isn't forgotten."

Sandstorm however, seemed lost in thought.

"Hollyleaf" she murmured. "I liked her. I liked her a lot. She thought about everything very carefully. But was also very quick to act depending on what she believed in." Turning to face her she murmured "She reminded me of you."

Squirrelflight didn't know what to say, so she gave a small nod. Lying her head on her paws again Sandstorm sighed.

"I had teased him when he first came into the Clan."

Squirrelflight guessed she meant Firestar.

"I wish I hadn't."

Why is she saying these things to me?

Squirrelflight left to go hunting after giving her mother a lick on the ear.