"Prey is plentiful in EchoClan, Silvertail has moved to the nursery and Racoontail is dead." Graystar told the cats. Shocked mewed rose from the SteppeClan cats.
"Yes, That's right. Racoontail has been murdered!" the gray leader spat.
"SteppeClan had no part in it Graystar." Windstar told her.
"How do we know that?" she shot back.
"Because!" he hissed. "None of our cats hold the repulsive stench of EchoClan!"
"Windstar is right!" Redwind shouted.
"Of course he is. Windstar is always right." Graystar mewed sarcastically.
The while leader's fur bristled.
"Really! No one from SteppeClan killed him!" Redwind persisted.
"So you know who killed him?" the leader inquired.
The medicine cat hesitated. "Well… I can't give you a name. I just saw their pelt. Not enough to identify them. And the scent was from neither Clan."
"I believe it is our turn." Windstar reminded her.
"Yes, yes."
"Prey is running well, Birdsong should be having her kits any day now, we have two new apprentices, Nightpaw and Icepaw and we found EchoClan scent on our territory."
"What!" Graystar rose to her paws.
"Marbleface?" Windstar invited.
"It's true. We found it by the river and traced it back to the border." The calico spoke up.
"Nonsense!" a tom hissed.
"Are you calling me a liar?" Marbleface spat.
"Yeah!"
Marbleface's fur bristled and he moved forward to lunge, Swiftpaw at his side. Blackheart jumped between the two cats.
"Marbleface! The truce! Wildheart's not worth it."
The calico glared at the tom but backed away.
But Swiftpaw was not satisfied.
"You could have torn him to shreds!" the apprentice yelled.
"Just because you have the power to do something, doesn't mean you should do it." The warrior mewed. "But thank you." He chuckled.
"The problem is that we found EchoClan on our territory. What are you going to do about this?" Windstar asked.
"We do not break the warrior code! This gathering is over!" Graystar hissed.
"Hmph!" Nightpaw snorted. "Sure."
"What are you doing?" Swiftpaw asked.
"They're liars! They wanted my sister and me dead! And that warrior of theirs killed my brothers!"
Swiftpaw pressed close to her. "We'll get them back. Don't worry."