Mosspelt felt uneasy under the eyes of the ShadowClan warriors as she ate her fish. Heavystep crouched beside her, and she was comforted by his presence.

"Let's go hunt," Mosspelt meowed.

Heavystep nodded, and padded over to Stonefur. "Can Mosspelt and I hunt?"

Stonefur nodded. "Sure. But be back before sunhigh; I want Mosspelt for the patrol."

Heavystep nodded, and walked back to where Mosspelt was finishing her fish. Mosspelt took a last bite, and trotted out of the camp. Heavystep stayed close to her side. When they were out of the camp, Mosspelt relaxed.

"Those ShadowClan warriors make me nervous," Mosspelt meowed, shaking herself.

Heavystep nodded. "But they're here to help us, according to Leopardstar."

"But they don't really help," Mosspelt sighed. "And yesterday when Stormpaw accidentally bumped into one he almost clawed his fur off."

"I'm sure Leopardstar knows what she's doing," Heavystep reassured her. "And she's been talking to Tigerstar a lot. They must have plans."

"But not knowing what those plans are scares me," Mosspelt meowed.

They were both silent as they reached the river and sat down a ways away from each other to fish. Mosspelt let her thoughts turn to fishing, and she soon had a few on the shore behind her.

"We'd better go back now," Heavystep meowed, looking at the sun. "It's almost sunhigh."

Mosspelt and Heavystep carried their catch back to the camp. Stonefur nodded appreciatively at them. Mosspelt saw Leopardstar and Tigerstar emerge from her den, but to Mosspelt's surprise Leopardstar called the Clan together.

"As you know, there have been two ShadowClan warriors here," Tigerstar meowed. "This is just the start of a new future. All the Clans will join together as TigerClan, and with joint leadership the leaders can rule together instead of fighting each other."

"This is for the best," Leopardstar meowed. "I have already agreed to this."

Mosspelt looked at Heavystep in surprise. RiverClan and ShadowClan were now joined?

There were a few murmurs of disapproval, but mostly the cats nodded.

Mosspelt felt that this was wrong. There had always been four Clans in the forest. And was what had happened really better for RiverClan?