Smokepaw started at the voice and turned his head towards the black tom wincing slightly. He realized it as the cat who he had seen before and realized that this must be Frost's brother. He wasn't sure what to say because the cat had kind of startled him but before he could get his thoughts together Frost spoke.
"He was just telling me about the clans and how he had ended up so hurt," Frost told her brother giving him a smile.
"Clans? Well, I'll get an explanation for that later, but I do what you to tell me how you got to be so injured," the black tom meowed.
"I fell off a cliff when I was going up the mountain with my clan mates and the other clans?" Smokepaw meowed.
"That's good, now what is your name?" the black tom meowed.
"Smokepaw," the Shadowclan apprentice meowed.
"Hmmm...what a weird name," the black tom meowed.
"Shade be nice," Frost meowed giving her brother a stern look.
"No, its okay you're names seem strange to me so it's only natural that my name seems strange to you," Smokepaw meowed flicking his ears back and forth.
"How are you feeling?" Shade asked not even apologizing to Smokepaw for his earlier statement.
"I've felt better but I feel a lot better then I did when you found me," Smokepaw meowed.
"Yeah, well you're lucky that I found you when I did or your would have probably died," Shade meowed.
Smokepaw opened his mouth to object but then closed his mouth again having a feeling that he shouldn't talk to anyone about his dream with Starclan and he wasn't one to ignore his instincts. "I guess so, thanks for bringing me back here and saving my life," he meowed to the tom dipping his head in respect.
"It was no problem, I wasn't going to just leave you out there to die," Shade meowed. "Now you must be hungry," Shade meowed.
Smokepaw heard Shade and he opened his mouth to tell Shade the his stomach was hungry when his stomach rumbled. "I guess that answers your question," Smokepaw meowed giving his chest fur and embarrassed lick.
"Yep," Shade meowed his whiskers twitching in amusement. "Okay the rabbit is big enough for us to all share," he told his sister and Smokepaw the tip of his tail twitching back and forth.
"Okay," Smokepaw meowed before eating his portion of the rabbit.
Frost was the next to eat her portion of the rabbit and she left the rest for her brother. "That was good," she meowed.
Shade waited until Smokepaw and Frost were done with the rabbit before he began to eat finishing off the rabbit. "That was really good, I'm glad that I was able to come across the rabbit in the cold season," he meowed licking his lips.
"The clans call it Leafbare, then it's Newleaf, then it's Greenleaf, then it's Leaffall, and then it's Leafbare again," Smokepaw told them as he cleaned his whiskers.
"Oh, that sounds cool," Frost meowed.
"Yeah, but what are the clans? You said before that you told my sister about the clans," Shade meowed as he gazed at Smokepaw waiting for him to say something.
Smokepaw looked up at Shade and frowned not sure if he wanted to explain about the clans again. He was really tired and wanted to get some rest so that he could get his strength back. He wasn't sure how he would get his strength up if he didn't rest.
"I could tell him since you already told me, you seem tired," Frost meowed looking at Smokepaw.
"Thanks," Smokepaw meowed nodding to her so that she could know that he was giving her permission to tell her mother about the four warrior clans. He could hear Frost telling her brother about the clans and he waited for Shade to ask him questions that he could answer.
"So what's Starclan?" Shade asked.
"The ancestors of the clan. Once a clan cat die they go to Starclan," Smokepaw meowed flicking his ears back and forth.
"Okay, are you going to try and find your clan and the other clans?" Smokepaw asked looking at the tom.
"Yes," Smokepaw meowed nodding. He wondered why the tom had asked that question and he waited for the tom to explain to him why he had asked that question.
"I see," Shade meowed before turning to look at his sister. "Can I talk to you in private?" he asked his sister getting to his paws.
"Sure," Frost meowed also getting to her paws.
"Okay," Shade meowed and led the way out of the cave.
Smokepaw watched them go and frowned. 'I wonder what they wanted to talk about,' he thought waiting for them to return. He wished that they would hurry about because he was so tired. He let out a yawn and blinked trying to keep himself from falling asleep but he was really tired. Finally he couldn't stay awake anymore and he drifted it off to sleep. He was later woken up by a paw prodding him in the side. Letting out a yawn he opened his eyes and saw that Frost and Shade had returned and Shade seemed to be the one who had woken him up. "Done talking amongst yourselves?" he asked letting out another yawn.
"Yeah," Frost meowed glancing over at her brother and they both shared a look.
"So what did you two talk about?" Smokepaw asked and waited for them to explain themselves.
"Well, we wanted to talk amongst ourselves about the dangers that are here. They're are many dangers here. There are foxes, wolves and even badgers that make their home around here," Shade meowed.
"Okay..." Smokepaw meowed waiting for them to continue.
"Well, after some talk we came to the conclusion that we should go with you. Once you're better we thought that we could all go to find the clans that way it is less dangerous," Frost meowed.
"Really? Are you absolutely sure about this?" Smokepaw asked looking at them in surprise.
"Yes, we want to help you find the clans," Shade meowed.
