When I said 'Update soon!' I meant soon. I need to get this done. Anyway, here we meet the Oceanclan cats.

~SoniJay, I am grateful for your follows and supports and I have noticed that in the allegiances, Whitepool is mentioned as a tom. Just saying.

Oki, enjoy this next chapter! It might get intense, but that might be the next chapter. I can't remember. Possibly this one. Anyway, enjoy!

Natureheart sighed. She felt Waterclaw rise and fall under her. He was still enormous enough to take up five nests at a time so Firepelt, herself, and Hollowstrike were resting on top of him. The previous day Thornscratch questioned if she could join, but Hollowstrike's reply was a simple "how about next time?" and Thornscratch agreed, a little disappointed. Natureheart was exhausted though. This was their first night in Oceanclan, and it was much chattier than Windclan. The littermates and their friend were kept up all night with questions like,

"Where did you come from?"

"What were your names again?"

"Are you siblings?"

"How can you balance on Waterclaw so well?"

"How can you sleep on him in the first place?"

"Are you blind?"

"Why are you so big?"

"Why is there no hair on your leg?"

And answering all the questions took the breath out of her. She was curled up next to Hollowstrike, the two mates facing away but their pelts brushing. Natureheart could swear she heard Thornscratch snarl, but Natureheart passed it off. She was thinking of something else right now. And she was excited about it. No one in Oceanclan where told that they were mates, but plenty could guess, with them sharing prey and grooming each other constantly. Nobody brought it up though. Natureheart also noticed that the whole den was awake except for the four. I guess they are waiting to be on patrol, she thought, surprised that they are all awake so early. She grumbled when Whitepool, a fluffy white tom with mismatched eyes, popped his head in. He was the clan deputy, and he was calling for Waterclaw.

"Waterclaw, I want you to lead the dawn patrol" he said. Waterclaw grumbled a 'be right there' before shifting and standing up. Doing this knocked Natureheart, Hollowstrike, and Firepelt off his back, but the big tom took no notice. They all landed with a 'thump'.

"Waterclaw, you big oaf" Firepelt mumbled. There were a couple purrs of laughter sounding from around the den. Natureheart sat up and looked around the den.

"Ok, If we are planning on staying here without moving, then I need to remember all of your names" Hollowstrike said playfully.

"It'll be a surprise if we don't move any time soon" Firepelt purred. Both the sisters laughed when Hollowstrike pouted. Then he snapped his head up and looked at all the eyes trained on him.

"Ok, we got Brackenfrost, Jayflight, Havenwing, Rainpool, Ashclaw, and one more… Whitepool? Nah, he's deputy" Hollowstrike said. Natureheart noticed Thornscratch looking hurt that Hollowstrike had forgotten her.

"Ahem," Natureheart said, trying to get Hollowstrike's attention. He looked at her and she beckoned with her tail to Thornscratch next to him.

"Oh, right, Thornscratch. Sorry about that, I forget a lot of names" he mumbled embarrassedly. Firepelt nodded.

"It's true! When Natureheart was still unconscious after her accident, Hollowstrike was so nervous, pacing around, that he forgot his own mentor's name until Waterclaw had to remind him" she meowed in amusement.

"Hey, you never told me that" Natureheart exclaimed. Firepelt shrugged.

"Your foot was nearly cut off. I didn't think it would be necessary to mention at the time" she said. Natureheart rolled her eyes.

"Hey, Natureheart, you never told us about your accident" murmured Rainpool, a blueish gray she-cat with a mix of blue and green eyes.

"I didn't?" Natureheart questioned. Everyone around her shook their heads no, other than from Havenwing, Ashclaw, and Thornscratch who had heard the story.

"Ok then…" and Natureheart started explaining the full story about her leg accident.

"And Hollowstrike was blamed for my accident, though it was half his fault-" but she was interrupted when Hollowstrike shouted.

"No it wasn't!"

"Yeah, you did hide that rabbit"

"But I did that because you hid the mouse!"

"And why did I do that?"

"…Because I'm a moron…" Hollowstrike sighed in defeat. Natureheart licked his forehead.

"And you are my favorite moron" she giggled. Hollowstrike looked at her.

"What about Waterclaw? I thought he was your favorite moron, being your brother and all" he questioned.

"Waterclaw is an idiot, not a moron" Firepelt said. Natureheart nodded agreement. Laughter sounded all throughout the den, except from one cat. Thornscratch was crouching down, snarling.

The next day at sunhigh, Natureheart was picking out a shrew from the fresh-kill pile when she noticed Thornscratch approaching Hollowstrike with a rabbit in her mouth.

"Do you want to share this?" she questioned, though her eyes were pleading. Natureheart narrowed her eyes as Thornscratch's pelt was brushing Hollowstrike's as they padded to the shade of a tree. Natureheart padded after them after gulping down her shrew. Her belly swayed and weighed down on her. Jeez, I must really like shrews, she joked to herself. She climbed up the tree, hanging over them and out of view once she caught up. She got close enough to hear their conversation.

"I notice how you look at Natureheart" Thornscratch sighed. Hollowstrike nodded.

"Yeah, she is amazing" he sighed. Natureheart smiled from her perch on the branch. Then, Thornscratch suddenly stood up.

"Forget her. You don't need that black pelted oaf, Hollowstrike. You need me. Be my mate Hollowstrike! Please? Be my mate!" she said. Natureheart had to hold in a yowl of rage. This she-cat is trying to take my mate! I outta rip her pelt off, I outta… then she stopped herself. Before she did anything, she had to see how Hollowstrike would reply. Would he stay her mate, or would he leave her for this fleabag? Hollowstrike was speechless, his amber eyes glistening in complete shock as he stared into her hopeful green eyes.

"I-I…" he stuttered, then a yowl was heard, distracting all three cats from the situation.

"It's his last life! Wavestar lost his last life! Wavestar is dead!"

And how about that? Cliffies are great, aren't they? Who will it be? Will Hollowstrike choose the needy ginger Thornscratch, or the smaller pitch black Natureheart? Only Starclan, and I, know. I was wrong when I thought the intense part was coming up in this chapter. It will be next chapter. Next chapter will be best chapter. Though something is wrong with Natureheart. Maybe she is just getting fat, or the behemoth genes that Waterclaw has are placed on her. Or maybe... it is something else… And to make this go along with what happened in the roleplays, I had to kill off Wavestar. Hey, but at least SoniJay's OC Whitepool is new clan leader! Congrats on your promotion SoniJay! Anyway, it will most likely take longer to update on this than last time. Not because I have plans, but because I wanna create suspense. Bye everybody!