Acaciablossom's POV

Acaciablossom sat patiently at the foot of the Rockpile, waiting for the other warriors to wake up.

Brightmask emerged the warriors' den yawning widely and her paws shuffling against the ground that was littered with fresh snow from last night's snow.

Acaciablossom felt sorry for the aging warrior, she was missing her son-Ravenpaw-dearly.

"Brightmask!" Acaciablossom called from across the clearing.

The ginger she-cat looked up with tired eyes, "Yes, Acaciablossom?"

"Go wake three more warriors then meet me by the edge of camp, we're going on dawn patrol."

Brightmask nodded and bounded away towards the warriors den.

Hastily Acaciablossom raced to the fresh-kill pile and tore into a mouse and ate it swiftly before padding towards the edge of camp.

Brightmask joined her a few seconds later with Brokentooth, Riverstorm, and Suncloud.

Acaciablossom couldn't help but smile; Brightmask had chosen strong warriors, if they were ambushed by rogues there wasn't a way they could lose.

"Duskcloud's going to take out a hunting patrol in a little bit," Brightmask smiled pleasantly.

"Thank you," Acaciablossom murmured gratefully.

With that the powerful patrol scaled the gorge and prowled through the forest.

Emberpaw's POV

"Are you sure we're going the right way?" Emberpaw whined.

Mosspaw bounded ahead on her powerful RiverClan legs, "Well there's nowhere else SkyClan could live! Maybe we'll run into a patrol that will take us to the camp," she answered open-mindedly.

"Don't you feel guilty though? We didn't even help Brookpaw!" Emberpaw snapped miserably.

Mosspaw stopped and faced her friend with a sad look, "The currents were too strong for us. There was nothing we could have done," and with that Mosspaw turned around and started too raced ahead again into a patch of blackberry bushes.

"I'll go back one day, I'll change all the wrongs I did," Emberpaw vowed under her breath.

A loud shriek erupted from the bushes where Mosspaw had disappeared.

"Mosspaw!?" Emberpaw broke into a run and tore through the undergrowth.

A strong force barreling into her and snapping teeth flashed in her face. "Who are you!?" Emberpaw screeched.

Emberpaw raked her claws down the unidentified enemy and backed away snarling.

In front of her stood a small brown tom with blazing yellow eyes and long jagged claws. An apprentice no doubt, Emberpaw thought. I can take him easily.

Emberpaw charged her opponent with a loud battle cry.

The tom surprised her and moved fast as lightning, diving on his belly at the last second and sliding under Emberpaw as she flew over him.

"Hey! How did you do that?" she asked, confused.

The tom flashed her a smile before leaping at her and bowling her over, holding her down with his claws on the back of her neck, "Maybe I'll show you sometime."

"Riverstorm! What happened? We heard that Suncloud caught a rogue, Acaciablossom and Brokentooth are on their way," a ginger and white she-cat emerged from the bushes.

Emberpaw's ears twitched, "Acaciapaw of SkyClan? I know her! Please, I'm her friend!" she wailed.

"What do you think Brightmask?" asked the cat who must have been Riverstorm.

Brightmask shrugged and angled her ears, "I'm not sure, we'll find out soon though."

Emberpaw looked up shocked, "Riverstorm? You're a warrior? But you're so small . . ."

The brown tom stared at her crossly, "I don't have to be big; I'm stronger than any cat in my Clan. I can beat every cat in battle training, even big muscular Brokentooth. Watch who you're talking to rogue."

"I'm not a rogue! I'm Emberpaw of WindClan!" Emberpaw snarled.

Riverstorm narrowed his eyes, "Shut up rogue! We know you have been spying for Adder!"

Brightmask growled quietly and unsheathed her claws, "A word of advice; leave SkyClan alone," she spat.

"Riverstorm! Brightmask! Let her up, she helped Lunarwing and I through the Labyrinth!" Acaciablossom soprano bell-like voice filled the air.

Emberpaw watched in amazement as the seasoned warriors shuffled aside to let Acaciablossom through.

Acaciablossom stood before her looking completely different then when Emberpaw had last seen her. Acaciablossom's pelt was ragged and unkept, her voice was a little rusty sounding, and her flanks were thin and you could easily see her ribs and muscles through her pelt.

Authority filled Acaciablossom's voice, "Bring her back to camp, Suncloud's already on his way back with the other cat."

"Don't you think one of us should go in case the rogue jumps Suncloud?" Brokentooth asked.

"Suncloud can take care of himself!" Acaciablossom snapped and stalked away.

Emberpaw bounded after her friend, "Why are you bossing them around? Isn't Brokentooth or Brightmask or Riverstorm in charge of this patrol?"

Acaciablossom rounded on her, "I'm leading this patrol. I'm in charge."

Emberpaw narrowed her eyes, "But the other warriors are old!" she argued.

"I'm the deputy," Acaciablossom retorted with an annoyed flick of her ears.

Emberpaw pricked her ears in interest but didn't continue to argue.

What do you think of the new Acaciablossom? I guess I shouldn't really expect her to be all happy and flower throwing you know? I mean seriously she lost Darkfeather and won't ever get to see him again unless she dies . . .

Poor Acaciablossom . . .

Anywaysss I know some of you would have liked to see someone else as the deputy but there's a special purpose for Acaciablossom to be deputy.

So who do you want to hear from next? Maybe even a new POV? Got any suggestions? Maybe even a StarClan POV? I dunno . . . what do you guys think?

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Goodbye fellow warriors

~Stormyyy