Sorry… the last chapter was very choppy and not well put together… I accidentally posted my rough draft and it won't let me erase it! :0
Mosspaw sat quietly beside Blazepaw. He turned to her and mewed, "If all goes well Riverclan will listen to our reasoning and help us drive out Troutstar." He licked her cheek trying to comfort her.
"Yeah, or they will follow the warrior code and stick with their leader," she grumbled. Mosspaw sighed and laid her tail on his shoulder. She just hoped everything would turn out ok.
Mosspaw was pacing the clearing anxious for the patrol to come back with good news. They should be back by now! What's taking so long? It was well over sunhigh and the patrol had not returned. It was making the camp uneasy.
As if summoned, the patrol returned. They had nearly nothing but a few scratches her and there. There may as well not even have been a battle.
Mosspaw and Blazepaw ran up to the patrol and both asked at the same moment, "what happened?"
Oakstar had a glimmer in his eyes. "Your clan helped us. We took away Troutstars remaining life but his last, and sent him away along with a couple followers."
Mosspaw was relieved. She could go back to her clan safely now. "Was anyone hurt?" she asked.
Oakstar dropped his gaze. He looked at her with sad and sympathetic eyes.
Mosspaw bristled with unease. "What happened," she asked. When nobody answered she repeated herself louder. "What happened?" she started to panic inside.
Oakstar looked into her eyes. She could see sadness and sympathy in them. "Oakwhisker was killed, Mosspaw."
A wail tried to escape her mouth but she couldn't manage any noise. She collapsed into a heap of fur. She felt Blazepaw beside her trying to comfort and steady her. When she could manage words she whispered, "Who did it?"
"Troutstar," Oakstar mewed, "Im sorry for your loss."
It was time for them to head back to their camp so Blazepaw guided her back. She could feel eyes boring through her back as she walked on.
When they reached the camp her mother's body was already lying in the center of the clearing. Mosspaw sunk beside her and pushed her muzzle into her mothers already cold fur and breathed her scent one last time.
Blazepaw came and lay beside Mosspaw, more to comfort her than grieve her lost mother. They lay there for a long time until darkness overcame her and she succumbed to sleep.
Mosspaw blinked her eyes open and she was beside a sparkling river. Am I in starclan's hunting grounds? She jumped as a translucent cat padded from behind a bramble bush.
"Oakwhisker!" Mosspaw squeaked like a small kit. "Why did you leave me? I cant do this without you!"
Oakwhisker purred and nuzzled her daughter. "you will be fine my sweet. Just remember I'll always be with you." The she cat started to fade.
"No! come back!" Mosspaw wailed. "Don't leave me so soon!"
"Remember who your enemies are, Mosspaw. Trust only the ones that you know are true to the heart." Her mother was nearly gone now, barely a shadow.
"No! Don't go! What does that mean?!" She ran for her mother but as she reached her, all that remained was her sweet scent.
Mosspaw blinked open her eyes and she was still in the clearing beside her mother's body, and Blazepaw. He nuzzled her ear when he realized she was awake and rose to his paws. It was sunrise and the elders would be burying her soon.
She made a promise to remember her mothers words. She would only trust the ones that were true. And that was Blazepaw, and her clan.
I promise you Oakwhisker, I will be the best warrior I can be.