Wow, I haven't updated in a long time! Well, I haven't really been in the writing mood, but I finished a chapter and that is all that matters! Sorry, if it is kind of rushed. My brain hasn't been on my fanfics lately.

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Disclaimer-Sadly, I do not own Warriors.

Chapter 3

"Firestar, could I go and bring Hawkfrost's body to RiverClan?" Brambleclaw asked once Firestar dismissed the ThunderClan cats.

"Yes," Firestar replied, nodding.

"Thank you, Firestar."

Brambleclaw padded out of camp. He heard paw-steps behind him and turned around. Squirrelflight was running up to him.

"Where are you going?" Squirrelflight asked.

"Go back to camp," Brambleclaw meowed. "I'm taking Hawkfrost's body to RiverClan."

"Oh," Squirrelflight meowed. "They're going to be pretty upset when they find out that his own brother killed him."

"Half-brother," Brambleclaw corrected, beginning to pad off to where Hawkfrost's body lay. "Will you take a patrol out? I am suppose to, but I won't be back at camp in time to lead it."

"Sure." He heard Squirrelflight start muttering something and the muttering got quieter as they went different ways.

Brambleclaw set a brisk pace so he would get this over with. Once the reached Hawkfrost's cooling body he stopped and stared. Beginning to drag the body, Brambleclaw realized that there was a pair of eyes in ShadowClan territory watching his every move.

The eyes were a familiar piercing green. They were watching him closely, but disappeared once they saw him looking straight at them.

Brambleclaw set down Hawkfrost's body and meowed, "Tawnypelt, you can come out. I know you're there."

A tawny colored she-cat stepped of a bush with wide green eyes. "What happened?"

Brambleclaw sighed. "He set a trap for Firestar so Firestar would die and I would be leader. That plan failed; Firestar's not dead, but as you can see Hawkfrost is dead. And I'm not leader." Brambleclaw ended the last statement quite happy.

"Great StarClan," Tawnypelt whispered. "And I thought you were you were like Tigerstar." She looked at Brambleclaw straight in the eye. "So you weren't listening Tigerstar?"

"No, I wasn't. I should be going."

"Let me help you," Tawnypelt offered, "Just to the ShadowClan RiverClan border."

"Okay," Brambleclaw meowed.

Together, Brambleclaw and Tawnypelt dragged Hawkfrost's cold body to the border. Brambleclaw nodded thanks to Tawnypelt as she disappeared into the pine forest.

I better wait on a patrol, Brambleclaw thought. It was a little after sunhigh so a patrol would be going around its borders. He didn't have to wait long before a patrol with Mistyfoot in the lead came into view. The cats on the patrol were Mistyfoot, Stonestream, and Reedwhisker.

"Hello, Brambleclaw, what are you doing along this border-" Mistyfoot greeted but stopped as she saw Hawkfrost's bloody body. "What happened?"

"He was too ambitious," Brambleclaw explained. "He tried to kill Firestar so I would become leader, but…I stopped him."

"Thanks for bringing his body to us," Mistyfoot meowed. Brambleclaw could tell that she was partly glad that Hawkfrost was dead. Hawkfrost was always out trying to become deputy and taking Mistyfoot's place. "Would you like to come back to camp and rest a little?"

"No, thanks, I have to get back to ThunderClan," Brambleclaw meowed.

Mistyfoot nodded good-bye while Stonestream and Reedwhisker picked up Hawkfrost's corpse.

Brambleclaw left the patrol with their dead warrior as he headed back through ShadowClan territory. Luckily, he didn't run into any ShadowClan patrols.

As Brambleclaw reached the ThunderClan border he realized that a ThunderClan patrol had just gone by. He sighed as he headed of to camp.

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Brambleclaw opened his eyes. It was dawn as he stretched and padded out of the den. He had already organized the dawn patrol and sunhigh. He had already planned most hunting patrols for the day also.

Brambleclaw padded over to Leafpool's den wanting to get his check with Leafpool over with so he can go hunting with Squirrelflight.

"Leafpool?" he called softly.

"I suppose you are here for me to check your wounds?" Leafpool asked through a mouthful of marigold.

Brambleclaw nodded. Leafpool inspected the most serious wounds and put the marigold poultice on them.

After a few moments of silence Leafpool mewed, "You are good to go."

"Thanks, Leafpool," Brambleclaw meowed.

Leafpool smiled a 'you're welcome' as Brambleclaw left the den.

"Brambleclaw!" Squirrelflight called bounding over to him. "Do you want to go hunting with me?"

"Of course," Brambleclaw meowed simply.

Side by side the two cats padded out of the camp, tails twined. They padded out of camp and disappeared into the forest. Brambleclaw scented a vole, pin pointed it, and pounced. Squirrelflight vanished through a bush and came back with two mice hanging from her mouth.

It was just before sunset when Brambleclaw and Squirrelflight retuned to camp with two voles, four mice, and a crow. They took their catch to the pile as Firestar announced who was coming to the Gathering.

"Brambleclaw, Leafpool, Squirrelflight, Thornclaw, Spiderleg, Sandstorm, Dustpelt, Ferncloud, and Whitepaw. All of those cats please eat now."

Brambleclaw grabbed a squirrel out of the fresh-kill pile and sat down. A few moments later Squirrelflight joined him. Brambleclaw was glad that Squirrelflight and he had worked out their problems and he hoped that there would be no new problems.

Firestar yowled for the cats that were going to the Gathering and Brambleclaw stood up and padded over to him. Brambleclaw saw that Squirrelflight had gone over to Leafpool and started talking to her. Firestar led the group of cats out of camp and on the way to the WindClan border and to the fallen log that leads to the island.

Firestar signaled Brambleclaw to lead the group of ThunderClan cats across the log. Brambleclaw carefully led the Clan over the log and safely onto the island.

Brambleclaw knew that this would be an interesting Gathering.

I know, I know, I said the Gathering would be in this chapter, but if it had been in this chapter you would have gotten this chapter next week so be grateful that you got it this week. So I promise that the Gathering will be in the next chapter. That chapter may be really short because the Gathering may be the only event in the chapter, but at least you get a chapter. I hope you guys understand!

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