Now this chapter is from Brambleclaw's point of view. Well, it's not going to have "I saw" but it'll be from his view, bus still in 3rd person. Okay that's kind of confusing, but I hope it sort of makes sense! I'll probably switch back and forth between him and Squirrelflight, and maybe StarClan will appear in a couple of chapters… Okay I should probably stop talking now. So now enjoy Chapter 2!
As Leafpool disappeared through the tunnel, Squirrelflight yowled, "No! Leafpool! Come back!" then raced off after her sister.
As Leafpool had been talking, it had started to rain. It fell down as a light drizzle at first, but as she left, it began to pour. Brambleclaw looked up at the rain-cloud filled sky, shaking raindrops out of his eyes. It seemed as if StarClan was crying for all that had happened in the past days.
Throughout Leafpool's announcement, Brambleclaw had sat there, staring up at her, wondering, Why didn't Squirrelflight tell me all of this? Why didn't they trust me? As he thought about it more, he had a horrible suspicion. Leafpool probably thought Tigerstar was still meeting me! She probably thought he would make me tell the Clan.
Brambleclaw had thought about that idea over and over again and still couldn't bring himself to accept the truth. He had always believed Squirrelflight. But she lied to me, he thought miserably to himself. I believed her for all that time. I trusted her. He had to laugh at that. For once, it was him not trusting Squirrelflight, instead of her not trusting him.
During the meeting, he had noticed Squirrelflight staring at him, but he refused to look at her. He didn't want to talk to her, at least not for awhile. Brambleclaw still felt the shock of what Hollyleaf had revealed at the Gathering. In fact, it felt like the whole clan was in shock. Firestar had been talking with Graystripe and Sandstorm a lot, and would include Brambleclaw in some of the conversations. It was mainly about what they should do with Leafpool. Firestar wanted to do nothing, but Graystripe believed some punishment had to happen. Brambleclaw guessed that leaving could be considered punishment.
Snapping out of his thoughts, he looked back up at the Highledge to see that Firestar was calling out to the clan. "We need to send a search patrol out for them! This weather could quickly turn bad, and anything could happen if their alone in the forest. Brambleclaw, you can take Cloudtail, Thornclaw, Birchfall, and Hazeltail. I will lead another patrol with Sandstorm, Graystripe, Cinderheart, and Spiderleg. My patrol will head towards the ShadowClan boundary. Brambleclaw, yours will head towards the WindClan boundary. Let's go!"
With that spoken, Firestar leapt off the Highledge and headed towards the camp's entrance, gathering his patrol as he went. Brambleclaw too headed over towards Firestar, and his patrol soon joined him.
"What should we do if we find them?" Brambleclaw looked at Firestar. He thought they would probably bring them back to camp, but he wanted to make sure.
"If you find them, bring them back to camp. Leaving the clan is not a wise choice, so just make sure Leafpool comes back." Firestar glanced at his patrol. "Is everyone ready?"
All the cats nodded. "Then let's go." Without another word, they all raced through the barrier and into the forest.
Oh wow this is really short.... Sorry about that! :/ I couldn't think of anything else to put in this chapter, so I ended it. The next chapter will be better! Hopefully I'll have it up by Tuesday. Please review! Thanks :)