A/N: Sorry for not posting for a while… Friday was my last day at school, but my mom's been keeping me busy with horseback riding, shopping, and room cleaning :(. I would like to thank:

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Ch.13

A white she-cat crept through the bushes, fear scent rolling off of her. The moon-light glistened off her pelt, only her black tail-tip blended in the night shadows. Her blue eyes focused on the tunnel in front of her as she cautiously crept forward. It was cooler inside, coughs echoed off of the walls from father underground. She crept forward, scenting the air and casting nervous glances over her shoulder as the moonlit forest faded farther and farther away. A hunched outline of a cat appeared farther down the tunnel. She paused, her paw steps faltering as the cat perched his ears.

"Hailpaw?" the tom softly called out, scenting the air.

She froze, swallowing hard.

The tom let out a hiss, "Intruder!"

The white cat turned dashing for the exit. Too late, she felt thorn-sharp claws sinking into her back, dragging her down. She let out a hiss, unsheathing her claws.

"Mouse-dung!" she growled.

"Good job Timberclaw," another cat had walked up behind her and the tom that was currently pinning her.

"Reedwhisker, should we take her to Streamstar?" Timberclaw asked.

Reedwhisker studied her paws, "No, I'm afraid Streamstar isn't doing too well right now. Boltsky is moving her to the quarantine area tomorrow morning. It's too bad that the sickness already took Sandyfur, we need all the medicine cats we can have right now."

The intruder cleared her throat, causing Reedwhisker to look down at her.

"What's your name, and why were you in SunClan territory?" Reedwhisker asked, curling her tail over her paws. "Timberclaw, you can let her up."

The white she-cat shook the bits of stone and dirt out of her pelt before answering the SunClan deputy, "My name is Abi, I was wondering if I could join your clan… you see, this group of cats by the lake was threatening me. I needed to get away from them."

"Ok, Abi, I'm going to trust you not to run while I go talk to our leader, come on Timberclaw," Reedwhisker turned, disappearing down the tunnel.

Abi sat in silence, listening to the murmurs coming from the camp. A while later a dark gray tabby appeared.

"My name is Beaverclaw, Reedwhisker told me to escort you into camp," he grunted.

Abi nodded following the toms dragging tail down the tunnel until she emerged into a cave. Shallow moonbeams cast themselves through a hole in the rock roof onto a large stone. Reedwhisker sat on the stone, many other cats had gathered around it.

"Abi," Reedwhisker called out. "Is it your wish to become a warrior of SunClan?"

Abi nodded her head, her eyes showing her confusion.

"Then from now on you shall be known as Icewhisker. StarClan honors your willingness to join and we welcome you to SunClan. For the rest of the night you will sit vigil with our other two new warriors, Timberclaw and Stormflash," Reedwhisker announced. "For the rest of you I am sorry to announce but Streamstar lost yet another life to this horrible illness. And for those who have not heard yet, this illness has a very high death toll. It has already taken Halffoot, Sandyfur, Nighthawk, Plumtree, Fawnspeckle, Rainbowsplash, Mistfall, Maplekit, Raccoonpaw, Ashpelt, and finally tonight it took Emberstone. He's now in StarClan with Brookstar," Reedwhisker's shoulders drooped.

Sorrowful mourning sounded around all the cats.

"We need to take on TigerClan while we're still strong enough!" one of the cats called out.

"There were never any illnesses this bad around the lake!" another hissed.

"You are right, that is why I am sending out a patrol to check the territory to see if there is a place this sickness is coming from. It does not act like greencough anymore, and there is no known cure for it. Glacier-rock, I want you to lead a patrol looking for what is causing this sickness. Take Beaverclaw and Icewhisker. Icewhisker, you have just joined the clan but it'll be good for you to see the territory, maybe you know something about this illness that the rest of us don't," Reedwhisker lashed her tail back and forth.

Icewhisker followed Beaverclaw over to where a white cat sat; his eyes unfocused.

"This is Glacier-rock," Beaverclaw announced. "He's blind, but he has the best nose in the clan, well, ever since Hawkfeather disappeared half a moon ago, he was my brother," he whispered, starring at his paws. "We think that he was catnapped by TigerClan along with Reedwhisker's daughter and two older apprentices."

"That's sad," Icewhisker gently stroked his back with her tail-tip.

Beaverclaw nodded his head.

"You both need go get some traveling herbs from Boltsky. Then go and meet me by the camp entrance," Glacier-rock said.

Icewhisker fixed a puzzled glance at Beaverclaw, "Boltsky is our medicine cat, the traveling herbs will keep us from hunger and give us the boost we need on our journey," he explained. "The medicine den is over under that cliff beside the nursery, which is currently empty."

Icewhisker nodded her head and followed Beaverclaw into the medicine den. The pungent scent of herbs filled her nose, making her sneeze. A pale ginger tom stood in front of them, his amber eyes sparkling in amusement, three bundles of herbs stood at his feet.

"Hello Icewhisker, just eat these," he handed them to her, "My name's Boltsky, I'm the medicine cat." Boltsky pushed two bundles over to Beaverclaw, "Beaverclaw, this bundle is for you, the other is for Glacier-rock."

Beaverclaw nodded and obediently ate his bundle of herbs. Icewhisker starred at them, finally flicking out her tongue to test out the taste. She sprung back in surprise.

"Yuck, those taste just horrid!" she growled.

Beaverclaw chuckled, "You'll get used to it."

Icewhisker shot him a glare, "I think I'll pass and just catch myself something."

"Ah, that you don't have to do, my friend," Boltsky chuckled. "The herbs will help more than the fresh-kill, but if you insist help yourself to anything on the prey pile outside."

"Thanks!" Icewhisker ditched the herbs and picked out a fat vole out of the pile, hungrily gulping it down.

By dawn the three cats had exited the caves, entering SunClan's hunting territory. The little sun shown dimly through the trees, making the forest almost seem haunted. Tension seemed to encircle the forest wreathing it in a sense of dread.

"Wow, no wonder you guys live in a cave and not out here," Icewhisker whispered.

Glacier-rock flicked his tail, glaring into the forest, "It wasn't always this way. Something happened ever since Sunnyheart, Hawkfeather, Silverpaw, and Hailpaw all disappeared."

Icewhisker focused her eyes on her paws. Slowly the dense forest thinned out to a small moor. Glacier-rock and Beaverclaw had picked up speed and Icewhisker hurried to catch up with them.

"The border," Glacier-rock halted, "Let's go."

Glacier-rock crossed the border, leaving his scent mark. Beaverclaw and Icewhisker followed him. The moor seemed break away just several tail-lengths from the border. A vast strip of abandoned thunderpath expanded across the terrain in front of the cats, small tufts of rough grass stuck up in large cracks that were cast across the expanse of black hard rock.

"That's kind of freaky," Beaverclaw breathed.

For once the strong gray tabby tom looked actually scared as he gazed across the thunderpath, starring at a huge abandoned two-leg dwelling the size of a lake. Icewhisker could feel her paws itching to flee and all of her senses were telling her to not look back. But her nose picked up something; it was weak, but smelt rotten.

"I smell something coming from that," she pointed her tail at the two-leg dwelling. "Let's go check it out."

Glacier-rock nodded his head, but Beaverclaw didn't look too sure. Icewhisker laid a paw onto the cold thunderpath as she struggled to keep her fur from sticking straight up. Paw-step by paw-step the patrol made their way across the desolate thunderpath, soon enough all of them could smell the strong odor. Glacier-rock sniffed for danger.

"It's all clear," he stepped into the dwelling.

All Icewhisker's senses screamed against it. She has never had good luck with twolegs, but finally she regained control of her limbs and followed Glacier-rock inside. Her pelt went ridged when she saw what was inside. Her mouth opened to screech, but no sound came out.

A/N: DUNDUNDUN! Review and tell me what you think! Are you sad? Have a guess what is in the twoleg dwelling? Did my description work to make you think it was a mall with a parking lot? Cause that's what I was going for...

SunClan:

Leader: Streamstar- slate-gray tabby she-cat with blue eyes

Deputy: Reedwhisker- light brown tabby she-cat with green eyes (apprentice: Spunkpaw)

Medicine Cat: Boltsky- pale ginger tabby tom with white underbelly and paws, light amber eyes

Warriors:

Wispcloud- silver and white she-cat with green eyes

Bluemist- white she-cat with blue eyes

Glacierrock- white tom with blind blue eyes

Skunktail- black tom with white face blaze, paws, belly, chest, and tail tip, green eyes (mate: Sparklefrost)

Sparklefrost- slate gray she-cat with dark gray flecks, white chest, crystal blue eyes (mate: Skunktail)

Liontail- brown she-cat with black spots and a black ear, white underbelly and chest, ice blue eyes

Beaverclaw- dark gray tabby tom with greenish amber eyes

Lilyheart- blue/gray tabby she-cat with a white belly, dazzling blue eyes

Pumpkinfur- orange tom with white chest, belly, paws, and tail tip, amber eyes (mate: Roseleaf)

Skyfeather- light grayish blue she-cat with white tabby stripes, paws, muzzle, belly, chest, and tail-tip, one green eye and one blue eye

Creeksplash- brown and dark crème spotted tom with blue eyes (apprentice: Starlingpaw)

Roseleaf- white she-cat with silver spots on her right hind leg that looks like a rose vine and rose, green eyes (mate: Pumpkinfur, apprentice: Blossompaw)

Stormflash- tiny gray she-cat with one white paw and tail-tip, smoky blue eyes, very fluffy tail

Timberclaw- dark tabby tom with white tail-ring and ear-tips, black nose, long tail and legs, blue eyes

Apprentices:

Spunkpaw- black tom with gray patches, bluish green eyes (mentor: Reedwhisker)

Starlingpaw- glossy black tom with light amber eyes (mentor: Creeksplash)

Blossompaw- slate gray she-kit with green eyes (mentor: Roseleaf)

Elders:

Blizzardfur- white she-cat with blue eyes

Sweethoney- crème she-cat with amber eyes

A/N: Remember to REVEIW!