Vineleaf padded beside her sister toward the island. It was the night of the Gathering and Sunheart was planning to keep a close eye on Breezepelt. Vineleaf was going to do the same. She was a medicine cat so Breezepelt would be in deep trouble if he attacked her. Bramblestar padded up to the Great Oak. Vineleaf and Sunheart looked around for Breezepelt. Sure enough they saw him watching Raventail, Heathertail and Crowfeather through narrowed eyes. Hawkfur, not seeing him padded timidly up to the three WindClan cats. They all looked very happy to see him. Raventail pressed her pelt against her brother's and Heathertail licked her son's ear. Crowfeather watched with a smile.

Suddenly, Breezepelt jumped over in front of Hawkfur with teeth bared in a snarl. Heathertail stepped between the two and gave a warning growl to Breezepelt. The tom growled with frustration and padded off. Hawkfur cast a grateful glance at his mother.

"Let the Gathering begin!" Mistystar yowled from her perch on the Great Oak. She talked about the prey running well. She then stepped back and signaled for Bramblestar to speak.

"ThunderClan has three new apprentices. Leafwing's daughter Darkpaw is now training under Hawkfur," Bramblestar enounced. The Clans cheered Darkpaw's name and the apprentice puffed out her chest with pride. Some cats cheered while others murmured to each other about how wise of a choice it was to let Hawkfur be her mentor. Bramblestar waited for silence before he continued. "Our other two apprentices are also here tonight. Sunheart's kits are now Swiftpaw and Firepaw." Vineleaf saw her sister's sparkling gaze and followed it to where Swiftpaw and Firepaw were sitting their heads held high. Just when Vineleaf thought Bramblestar was done, he added, "We've also scented some rogues on our territory. We don't know if they'll move to the other territories but you might want to keep a lookout for them. We don't want them causing any trouble." Bramblestar then stepped back.

Smart, Vineleaf thought. That way the rogues might get attacked by another Clan first and have second thoughts about following Breezepelt.

Blackstar then stepped forward. "We have not scented any rogues on our territory but we will keep a lookout. We'll shred any rogues that dare step on our territory!" The ShadowClan cats yowled their agreement. Blackstar then went on to give reports on prey before letting Onestar speak. Onestar began to speak only to be interuptted by howls of pain and a snarl. All the cats turned to see Breezepelt attacking Firepaw and Swiftpaw. The two apprentices were doing their best to defend themselves but with barely any battle training they didn't stand a chance against the WindClan warrior.

"Get away from my sons!" Hawkfur yowled. as he rammed Breezepelt in the side and stood over his sons, willing to protect them with his life. Sunheart and Vineleaf ran over to them and Vineleaf examined the two apprentices' scratches. Nothing was very bad. The scratches would heal easily. Sunheart comforted each kit while Hawkfur continued to glare at his father. Raventail ran to her brother's side with Crowfeather and Heathertail close behind. Raventail touched Hawkfur's shoulder with her nose, trying to calm him down. Crowfeather seemed just as enraged as Hawkfur. He pushed aside his anger and padded over to Sunheart.

"Are they ok?" he asked.

Sunheart nodded. "They'll be fine," she assured him. Ivypool then ran up with a worried look that was rested on her apprentice. Bramblestar clenched his teeth from his position on the Great Oak. Onestar looked outraged that Breezepelt had broken the truce again.

"ThunderClan's leaving," Bramblestar declared leaping out of the Great Oak. The ThunderClan cats followed their leader off of the island. Sunheart and Hawkfur nudged their kits along, casting warning glances at Breezepelt. When the Clan left the island Sunheart and Hawkfur relaxed a bit. Sunheart continued to comfort her sons the whole way home.

When they got to camp Vineleaf dressed their scratches before sending them back to the apprentices' den. She was about to get to sleep herself when Sunheart padded into the medicine den. "I need to talk to you. Now," she meowed seriously.

Vineleaf blinked and nodded. They each sat down inside the den. "What's up?" Vineleaf asked.

"I'm thinking even once the battle is over Breezepelt won't want to give up," Sunheart meowed.

"So we just need to kill him," Vineleaf decided.

Sunheart shook her head. "I don't think it's that simple. He'll just become a Dark Forest warrior and come back again."

"Then what are you thinking?" Vineleaf asked.

"Do we maybe have to kill him twice?" Sunheart suggested.

"What do you mean?" Vineleaf asked in confusion.

"Remember the story about Hawkfrost?" Sunheart asked. When Vineleaf nodded she continued. "He was killed by Bramblestar down by the lake, but the he came back in the battle with the Dark Forest and Bramblestar killed him again. Now he can never come back, ever. Does that mean we have to do the same with Breezepelt?"

Vineleaf thought for a moment. It was a possibility that Breezepelt would try again even after death. "We might have to but I wouldn't get worked up over that now. Right now we have to focus on protecting the Clan." Sunheart nodded and padded out of the den. Now Vineleaf was wide awake so she put herself to work sorting through the herb store.