Swiftfoot started awake, his dream's events washing over him. He promised Spottedleaf to protect his clan from the rogues. The rogues! He suddenly remembered. He looked around, fighting against the darkness to see his surroundings. His eyes finally won the battle, and he saw that he was in the forest. He struggled to get up. The leaves below him crunched loudly.

He heard a deep growl, and looked over to see Graystripe getting up slowly. He shook his head, as if to get rid of what just had happened.

"Graystripe, it's me, Swiftfoot!" He hissed over to the gray tom. Swiftfoot saw Graystripe's yellow eyes full of terror and worry. Swiftfoot felt the same way, but he couldn't let it show. He was determined to find Brightheart and Fireheart.

Protect him! A voice rung through his head.

"I promised I would." He reminded himself. He padded over to Graystripe. He made sure that the worried tom was ok, and then went off to find the other two. He smelt a faint scent of rogue, but soon picked up Brightheart and Fireheart's scent trail.

He looked up, seeing that the moon was covered up by clouds. He shook his head in confusion. Is this a sign?

He saw two figures standing by a stream, a limp body caught on a rock. He leapt at the figure to the left. He pinned it down, snarling viciously.

"Swiftfoot!" A gentle voice sounded from in front of him. He would know that voice from anywhere. He looked back down at his opponent only to realize it was Fireheart. He quickly jumped off of his orange colored pelt.

"Sorry, I thought that you were a r-"He was cut off he looked at the body in the stream. His eyes immediately clouded with grief as he noticed the ThunderClan apprentice, Ravenpaw.

"No." He choked, stepping a pace forward. He looked apologetically at Fireheart, then Brightheart. He heard paw steps behind him, only to see that it was Graystripe.

"Fireheart, you're ok!" His expression went from relief to sorrow as he saw the apprentice in the stream, blood pouring from his neck into the water. Tears formed in his eyes as he padded over to his friend.

"What are you waiting for? Get him out of there!" She snapped at the cats, his order filled with grief. He grabbed the bloody and soaked cat from the water and heaved him onto Swiftfoot's back.

"Thank you." Graystripe whispered as a tear fell from his cheek and onto the leafy ground below. Swiftfoot nodded in respect as Graystripe padded away, in the direction of camp.

Swiftfoot grunted with effort as he trudged on after Fireheart and Brightheart. He shook his head in anguish. I broke my promise… I could've prevented this. A tear streamed down his cheek. A new voice echoed through his ears. Don't let it happen again. Protect you clan, no matter what. He nodded in acknowledgement. He finally reached camp, pushing himself and Ravenpaw's body through the tunnel.

No cat was in the camp. He knew that they were all sleeping. He slowly slid the apprentice's body onto the ground. He saw cats slowly pour from their dens, their eyes abruptly clouding with grief at their dead clanmate. Tigerclaw seemed the only one to not be sad, or surprised. Even though Ravenpaw was his apprentice.

Bluestar crept from her den, padding slowly next to the clan apprentice.

"What happened?" She demanded, trying to fight back tears.

"Uh, me, Fireheart, Graystripe and Brightheart were attacked by rogues and knocked unconscious."He replied his head bowed.

Bluestar's head shook a mix of confusion, anger, and grief.

"Tigerclaw, tomorrow organize patrols to hunt down those rogues." She store at him, her eyes unreadable. She settled down next to the apprentice, along with Fireheart and Graystripe. Brightheart gave Swiftfoot a questioning look. He nodded towards the warriors den, and she dipped her head in agreement.

He padded groggily toward his nest, settling down. He sighed with exhaustion. He felt Brightheart lay down beside him. He drank in her sweet scent before sleep enveloped him.

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Short chapter again, I know , but I'll try to make a SUPER long one soon. And I know that at this time in za books, Ravenpaw isn't part of the clan anymore, but I'm just like, SCREW IT! Ravenpaw was a part of it, but now, if you didn't read the chapter, but yeah. Ill soon write again! And Ive said this before, but go check me other fan fic, Flaming Forests! XD