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Chapter 9 - Chase

ShadowClan is awesome.

Everyone can't wait to introduce themselves to me. Everyone is telling stories of the Great Journey and the final battle. Tigerheart is super nice. He told me all about the other Clans and the Dark Forest. He talked a lot about the old ThunderClan leader Firestar and ThunderClan warriors Dovewing and Ivypool. He spent time in the Dark Forest and probably had the best insider information.

ShadowClan also was obsessed with my bionics. They seemed to take me in like they would take in a full-blood warrior. Supposedly other Clans thought they were cold and devious, but they were nicer than the guys in my chess club. Here's what I think:

•Redwillow is still a sour note.

•They can't help but think the Tigerstar Dark Forest rebellion was their fault.

•The final battle is too hard to remember with each other but is okay to talk about with me.

•They trust me.

I told my new friends Tigerheart and Dawnpelt, his sister my observations. They laughed. They nudged me and I started laughing too. "ShadowClan, trusting?" Dawnpelt cat-smirked. "Ask ThunderClan and they'll say we can't trust." Distorting his voice, Tigerheart sniggered, "ShadowClan are cold hearted fox hearts. They can't even trust each other." I snickered and joined in on the fun. "They probably don't trust that they don't have their tail on their body." Sure, this may be like gossiping on where my brother may be, but I don't care.

They made me a nest in the Warriors den by Tigerheart. No one mentioned that it used to belong to Redwillow, a traitor to the Dark Forest. I closed my eyes and began to dream.

A cat appeared. "StarClan is very forgiving, but the Dark Forest is not. Also not forgiving is true evil that lies in a cat that isn't even a true Warrior. Acceptance is key, which he almost got. StarClan can't watch over a non-warrior, they can barely control us. So he got away. We were all eclipsed by him, apparently. Eclipsed. Evil never dies, and he is coming back."

"Wait, what? Who? What?" I am not normally confused.

She just dipped her head at me before she disappeared. Her last words to me were: "Pay attention. I am Cinderpelt."