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And no matter what, there will always be updates. This project will not be cut short.

Just not what you'd call "regular" updates

Night had fallen, cloaking the entire sky in a vast, dark veil. Sunflight and Waterfrost's job was to keep silent and guard the camp until dawn. It seemed like it'd be super easy to the golden tom, but it turned out to be more complicated than he ever could have imagined.

It started out simple enough. Waterfrost was eating a squirrel from the fresh-kill pile, her sky blue eyes sweeping the area for danger, and Sunflight was stalking in a circle around the perimeter of the camp, his tail flicking as he scented for anything unusual.

And he did.

The fresh smell of burnt trees was lingering next to the warriors' den, where Sunflight knew that there was a small hole in the camp barrier. His golden fur raised as he arched his back and let out a soft hiss. Was FlameClan attacking them?

Then he realized that there was only one cat there—one with piercing pine green eyes and a beautiful purr. She emerged from the shadows quietly, looking as if she had been bathed in moonlight, and when she turned to face him, Sunflight felt himself purr.

"Drizzlepaw!" he whispered, bounding up to meet her.

"Drizzlestorm now," she replied, pressing herself against him.

The next thing he noticed was that her right eye was horribly scarred, with a deep scratch that didn't look like it would heal anytime soon. Sunflight instinctively glanced down at his own claws, feeling as if they were still covered in blood…her blood…the blood that had come out of that scar.

"I'm so sorry," he sighed, letting his tail skim her cheek. She giggled and pushed it away.

"What's in the past is in the past," Drizzlestorm replied, her green eyes full of amusement. Sunflight only had heartbeats to wonder what that meant before she whispered, "I've come to join MoonCla—"

And a rock-hard ginger-and-white paw came out of nowhere and smacked Drizzlestorm on the back of the head. The black-and-white cat fell to the ground with a startled yelp as Waterfrost emerged, her eyes flaring with anger as she glared at Sunflight. The tom knew his adopted sister well enough to tell what she was trying to say to him.

Silent vigil!

Sunflight stood up, about to meow a protest, when Waterfrost leapt onto the still-knocked over Drizzlestorm and bowled her over and over. The FlameClan cat let out a loud scream as her attacker started clawing at any part of her body that they could find.

"Stop!" yowled Sunflight, darting around and trying to find an opening where he could drag Waterfrost off. "Stop fighting!" He was aware that he was breaking the warrior code by talking, but at the moment he didn't care.
Blood went flying past and landed on the ground right next to Sunflight. He saw the same red hue on Waterfrost's claws as she hacked away, her jay-blue eyes that had inspired her beautiful name now lit with anger. He yelped as she made a wild swipe at him, glanced up to see the sun peeking over the horizon, and knew that she could talk.

"Sunflight! What do you think you're doing, letting a FlameClan cat sneak into our camp and not telling Dad? You go and converse with her, for StarClan's sake!" Waterfrost looked so angry that she was shaking from head to tail-tip. "You…you must not be the cat you once were…the cat I thought you were."

For some odd reason, Sunflight felt like his heart had just died. "N-no, Waterfrost, it's not like that! We're good friends, that's all."

Waterfrost eyed him suspiciously. "Good friends," she drawled out sarcastically.

Sunflight felt his pelt get hot. "Yes!" he said, aware of his voice getting higher-pitched with each syllable. "Good…friends!"

Drizzlestorm let out a small whimper from under Waterfrost's paws; with a contemptuous glare, the MoonClan cat stepped off. "I'll let you go this time," she hissed, "but only because you're my brother's friend."

The FlameClan cat scampered to her paws, hastily backing away from the ginger-and-white warrior, small whimpers escaping her mouth. Waterfrost rolled her eyes and turned to face Sunflight. "Might I ask why in StarClan's name she's here?"

Before Sunflight could reply, the familiar mew of Pebblefall interrupted both of them.

"Invader!"

The brown tabby leapt out of the warriors' den and barreled Drizzlestorm over; this time she was prepared, however, and quick as a flash of lightning she performed a backflip and landed about a fox-length away from where Pebblefall was. "Thank you, Brightfur," she mumbled under her breath, a smirk appearing on her face.

The expression disappeared a moment later, however, when Pebblefall darted after her again. "Wait!" Sunflight yowled, scampering in between the two. "This she-cat wishes to join MoonClan."

"FlameClan wanting to come here? That's a new one," the brown tabby snarled, but he sat down and lazily began grooming his chest fur. "Take her to Foxstar. He'll know what to do."

"I…I don't believe that's necessary," Sunflight stammered, stepping protectively in front of Drizzlestorm.

"Sunflight," she hissed. "I can take care of myself." But he ignored her as Waterfrost now spoke, her long tail lashing back and forth and her eyes narrowed.

"Yes, it is necessary! What if she's just pretending to be your friend? What if she's actually a spy from that horrible fiery Clan?"

Pebblefall looked up, and Sunflight, with a sense of dread, could tell that he was starting to believe Waterfrost's words. "And why do you wish to protect her so badly? Are you a spy as well?"

Sunflight's eyes widened and he rapidly began to shake his head. "N-no! Why would you ever say that? I'm a true, loyal MoonClan warrior!"

"Liar."

Waterfrost leapt and landed on top of Sunflight, her eyes glaring. "You were like my brother…more than my brother, even. And now…now…" She looked up at the sky, and then leaned so close, her nose was literally an ant-length away, "…I might have to do it. I could make you unable to move from the neck down…"

"WATERFROST!"

Sunflight's head was spinning from all that she had just admitted to him, but he quickly forgot it as soon as he saw Foxstar scampering towards them, his yellow eyes as thundery as storm clouds. "GET IN MY DEN RIGHT NOW," he roared. "I cannot…CANNOT believe what I just saw…"

Waterfrost leapt off of him, her fur bristling with anger as she stalked into her father's den. Drizzlestorm let out a faint whimper. "He's scary."

Sunflight let out a faint argument in his mind; Well, so is Darkstar.

"Waterfrost, my own daughter, I have never seen a cat in my ENTIRE leadership attack one of his or her own Clanmates, and for it to be you…" Foxstar let out a low growl that seemed to shake the earth. "We need to talk."

"Wait!"

I am such a mousebrain, Sunflight thought inwardly, as all the cats watching the commotion turned to look at him. He heard Drizzlestorm retreating into the shadows, letting out small whines of fear. His heart thumped as they all glared at him.

"Well?" said Foxstar, as Waterfrost narrowed her eyes and lashed her tail. Sunflight gulped.

"What do you have to say?"

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