Border Change

Dragonflame walked proudly through the trees. After her weakness she had tried to do something awful to make up for it. She'd convinced Emberpaw to move the border. Honestly it hadn't been very hard. And once the rest of the clan found out there had to be a fight. Right?

"You seem in a good mood." Eclipsepelt whispered.

Dragonflame smiled shyly. Since their little talk Eclipsepelt had been showing more emotion, and Dragonflame liked it. No! She yelled at herself. You can't be affected by him. But it didn't work. She could have him and carry out her plans too. "I feel in a good mood." She replied.

That was when they came to the border at the half bridge. Or at least it was supposed to be at the half bridge, after Emberpaw moved the border they couldn't reach there. Smokepaw hissed when he realized the change. Blueblaze's eyes darkened. He turned to the others. "We have to report this to Moonstar. Now!" so the four cats went running back.

"Moonstar!" Blueblaze shouted when he came in.

Moonstar turned her head in concern. "What? What is it?"

"Stormclan moved the border!"

"What?!" That was the first time Dragonflame had seen Moonstar anywhere near mad. Unfortunately, for Dragonflame anyway, it didn't last long. "Okay." Moonstar said calmly. "Just move it back."

So much for that idea. Dragonflame thought. Moonstar is too sweet to ever do something against the code.

She was wrong there though. Blueblaze walked up to Moonstar. "Can I talk to you alone for a second?" he asked.

Moonstar seemed to hesitate, then nodded. The two went into the leader's den. "What do you think will happen?" Smokepaw asked.

Eclipsepelt shrugged. Dragonflame shook her head. "I don't know." She answered honestly.

Moonstar and Blueblaze walked back out. Blueblaze went to his patrol. Moonstar looked at them all. "Change the border. Give us the twoleg area near the half bridge." Then she walked back inside her den.

As they walked back towards the border Dragonflame was confused about Moonstar. It wasn't until they were about half way there when she realized Moonstar didn't want the border changed. She was just doing it for the clan. For the clan. Dragonflame thought. There was something she failed at. She hadn't even done anything for Eclipsepelt.

Light watched her brother Shadow talk to all the cats about the dark ones, and how their visitors had been imposters. Glow and Crack reacted with embarrassment and surprise that they had been tricked.

Eagle on the other hand was just being nasty about it. He kept pointing out he'd known all along they were trouble. As for Light, she just wished they'd stop talking about it.

Then Stone Teller came out. All the cat's heads snapped to him. "Stone Teller!" Shadow yelled, running up to him. "What are we going to do?"

"About the imposters?" Glow added.

"And the dark ones?" Crack said.

Stone Teller shook his head. "Nothing." Then he started to disappear back into his cavern.

"What? B-but the dark ones." Glow stammered.

Stone Teller turned his head but not the rest of his body. "The dark ones aren't going to bother us. They're going to the clans."

"But shouldn't we help them?" Shadow asked.

Stone Teller walked over to Shadow. He realized he wasn't supposed to question Stone Teller and crouched down a little. "I don't see why we should help them." Stone Teller replied.

"I do." When Light said that, she surprised everyone, even herself. She knew she was right though, so she got up and walked over to Stone Teller. "We all have heard stories, they're passed down the generations so we won't make the same mistakes twice. Well, according to the stories the clans helped us, a number of times. I think it's high time we return the favor."

For a short time, the two just started each other down. Then, to everyone's surprise, Stone Teller nodded his head. "Well said Light. Fine." He turned to the cats at large. "Light will lead you to these new clans. Eagle, Crack, and Freeze will also go."

Light opened her mouth to point out four cats weren't enough to be of much help against the dark ones, but Stone Teller hissed before she could say anything. "You are not going to fight, you are going to warn them. If you're too late, then by all means, join the fight." Then he walked off.

The cats all looked at each other in an awkward silence. Shadow broke it. He smiled weakly. "Well Small, I guess you better get to work."

Light scowled, momentarily upset at being called Small. She turned to the cats she was bringing with her. They were all fighters, and considering what they were about to do, that was no surprise. "Alright everyone, I know we're already half way through the day, and we won't have much time to travel, but we have to get to the clans as fast as possible. So we're leaving. Right now."

No one seemed too thrilled with that idea, but they all headed out. Right before they got the waterfall Shadow stopped her. "What?!" she asked irritably.

"I just wanted to wish you good luck. And good bye."

Light smiled. "We won't be gone that long."

Shadow gave a weak smile. "No, I suppose not."

They stood in silence. Both of them knew Shadow was worried she'd die, but neither of them said it.

"Hey Light!" Eagle called. Light turned. "I thought we were in a hurry here."

"Bye." She said to Shadow, then raced out after the fighters.