Time leap again! Time to start winding down the story. I don't own Warriors.

The Clan worked tirelessly to get the camp back together. Only the Meetings made them pause. Once the Meetings were finished, the camp was back. Darkstar laid in her tree, listening to the Clan's day start. Mint-tail sat below her, calling out patrols, the new apprentices were wrestling, Snowmark was shuffling herbs into their right places. Newleaf had graced them with warmth and piles of prey. Some of the cats had sniffed about the nursery, none going in yet.

"Darkstar!" Cherrypaw called, racing over to the oak. "Can you show us the hunting crouch again?" The loud she-cat asked. Darkstar leaped off her oak.

"Alright, just once more then listen to Ivymark." The leader told the apprentice. Cheryypaw agreed. Darkstar slunk into the hunter's crouch, her tail wavering. "Got it?" Darkstar asked, standing back up.

"I think so." Cherrypaw muttered. Darkstar nodded and padded on, she was going out into the forest. Rarely did she get time by herself, her daily forest walks gave her solace. She walked towards the old BattleClan border, the Clan had started to hunt in the fields, not much though. It would come in handy during Leaf-bare. She sniffed the fields, smelling tons of deer and mouse. Above, hawks circled, she made a mental note about that. She went down by the river, listening to it rush and bubble over the rocks. Fish splashed below the surface. She followed the river to the DuskClan border, sniffing it. The toms hadn't even placed a claw over the border since the she-cats moved back.

"Hi Darkstar." Lionclaw mewed from over the border.

"Hey Lionclaw." Darkstar dipped her head to the tom.

"Alone today?" The tom asked. Darkstar nodded.

"Yes, I need some time without the Clan needing me." She told him. He chuckled a bit.

"They'll always need you." He advised him.

"I know. How's DuskClan?" she asked, changing subjects.

"Well. The apprentices are settling in nicely. Vulturescar and Dragon are always babbling about you and Batwing." He mewed, Darkstar could hear amusement in his words.

"Vulturescar?" She asked, tilting her head. Why would Moutainstar give him that name?

"Oh right. He and Dragon got into a scuffle with a CliffClan patrol. Vulturescar got torn up bad by Tumblepaw." Lionclaw informed her. Darkstar's claws sunk into the ground.

"Why were they attacked?" She snapped.

"I have no idea. CliffClan has been edgy the last moon or so." Lionclaw shrugged. Darkstar nodded.

"Thanks Lionclaw, I must be off." She mewed, dipping her head. She went back to the camp, anger boiling her blood. Seedfoot was near the boulder pass, sniffing in some ferns.

"Darkstar, I think there's an adder nest over here." The warrior mewed.

"Great. Get away from there and I'll have some other cats check it out. Plant a stick there." Darkstar ordered. Seedfoot agreed and did as told. Darkstar continued till she came to Batwing. The black she-cat was with Fogwind.

"Hello Darkstar." The sisters mewed. Darkstar nodded to them.

"Can you two, Sandpelt and Leafpelt look in the boulder pass, Seedfoot thinks there is an adder's nest in there?" The leader asked.

"Of course." Batwing mewed. Fogwind agreed. The tow padded away to the other warriors. Darkstar went to her oak and jumped up.

Xx

It was late at night and Dragon was out walking the forest. He couldn't sleep, the heat was too much. He had been thinking of sleeping outside like some of the other cats did during the hot nights but, he thought it would just be even more hot. Under the tree cover though, it was cooler. He was at the DawnClan border when he heard voices. Night patrol? He wondered, moving towards the voices. He saw four very similar cats sitting and arguing. He saw Batwing and realized, these were her siblings! Shadestrike and Stoneclaw were there. I forgot they were related. He watched the four cats talk.

"I don't care what you say Batwing! I'm tired of waiting! I'm attacking tomorrow weather you want to or not. Her kits are apprentices now." Stonelcaw snapped, his blue eyes blazing. Fogwind and Shadestrike nodded in agreement.

"I just, it was a while ago. We should let it go." Batwing tried. Stoneclaw growled at her.

"The laws are for a reason Batwing! Ravenstream broke them when she mated with Ripclaw!" The light grey warrior snarled. Dragon started back. He remembered Darkstar telling him something about that but never who it was.

"Yes, and Ripclaw died for it. Isn't that enough? That we never got to know our father? That we grew up on a lie? Think of Ravenstream. She has to live with the fact that she was the reason Ripclaw died." Batwing snapped, her own eyes glowering.

"It was all her fault anyways!" Shadestrike snapped back.

"Yeah! She should of just mated with Blazesong." Fogwind agreed. Batwing shrugged.

"Look, we're attacking tomorrow, with or without you, your choice." Stoneclaw mewed calmly. Batwing looked at her paws for a long moment.

"Fine, I'll help you." Her eyes betrayed her.

Gasp! So, how was that? Random fact time! I was going to make Stonelcaw repreat what his parents did with a CliffClan cat but he would never do that.