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Chapter 9: WindClan and Suntail

Shadowheart woke up and sighed. Mooncoat lay beside Suntail, Darkear beside Dragonpelt, and the rest of the wolves lying alone in their beds. "Mousefang!" She whispered. Mousefang opened her eyes. "Yes?" Shadowheart rose to her paws. "Do you want to go hunt?" Mousefang answered with a snort. She smiled. "Okay. Do you want to go to Tallpines?" She grunted. Shadowheart nodded. They yawned, making squeaks. Mooncoat's ear flicked, but he stayed asleep.

"Shhh!" Mousefang growled. Shadowheart nodded again and made her way out of the den. She shook herself. New-leaf was warm, so their thick fur was not helpful. Mousefang followed her out, blinking from the sunlight. "Let's go!" She yipped. They rushed out of camp. Once in the forest, Mousefang and Shadowheart split up, searching for prey. Shadowheart went toward the RiverClan border, and Mousefang went all the way to Tallpines.

"Come out, little mouse!" Shadowheart hissed. She saw a flash of gray, and crouched lower, flexing her muscles. "Ow!" She howled when another wolf pounced on her from behind. A snarl came from the wolf, "Who are you, shadow wolf?" Shadowheart raked her claws across the wolf's back, making him howl in pain. "I am not ShadowClan!" She snarled. The wolf clawed back. "Then tell me your name!"

"Shadowheart!" She growled. The other wolf stopped clawing. "Really? My name is Cloudchest. I'm looking for Suntail," he yipped. Shadowheart glared at him. "Why?" Cloudchest snorted, "She has to come back to WindClan! Swiftstar says that she belongs to her mother's Clan and not ThunderClan." Shadowheart took a pawstep back. Mother's Clan? Suntail belonged to ThunderClan!

"Suntail belongs here, not there!" She spat. "Then let us see your leader!" He howled back. Us? Wolves from WindClan stepped out. Shadowheart recognized Fallenface from Gatherings. The others she had no idea. But then Swiftstar stepped forward, and her claws dug into the ground. "Well? Take us there!" He hissed. Shadowheart nodded. "Okay. Follow me, Swiftstar."

Lightningstar growled at the approaching wolves. "What do you want, Swiftstar?" Swiftstar snorted, "Suntail." Mooncoat stood beside her, "She belongs here!" Swiftstar whipped around. "No! She belongs with us because her mother was in WindClan, you mouse-brained idiot!" He snapped.

Mooncoat arched his back. "Yeah? Prove it!" At that moment, Suntail entered the clearing. "Swiftstar, you must not speak of this anymore," she growled. "Well, you know to come back to your mother's Clan when I say so!" Swiftstar snorted. Suntail looked away. "Suntail—" Cloudchest started, but he was cut off by her anger. "NO! Don't you say a word, you hear me!" She howled at him. Cloudchest cringed.

Lightningstar turned to Suntail. "Suntail, I know how much you care for this Clan. But Swiftstar is right; you have to back," she sighed. "But I belong here!" Suntail protested. "No. You will go to WindClan tonight. No matter what you say or do, you will go there," Swiftstar retorted. Suntail opened her mouth to protest again, but she was silenced by Fallenface. The two warriors glared at each other defiantly.

Swiftstar stepped between them, "Suntail, NOW!" She lowered her ears. All the while, Shadowheart was silent, taking all of it in. She looked at Suntail for reassurance, but the other warrior had closed her eyes. "Okay. I'll go," she murmured. Swiftstar raised his head and smirked happily. Mooncoat's expression was unreadable; he must have been sad because he and Suntail had become warriors together. The wolves left, leaving the three warriors alone.

"I am sorry Mooncoat," Shadowheart murmured after the longest time. "I really am." Mooncoat glanced at her, but said nothing to the younger warrior. He walked off at sunset, the time when Mousefang returned, holding a lot of prey in her wide jaws. A big sigh came from Lightningstar. "A warrior leaving the Clan is always worse than an attack." Shadowheart stared at her. "Do you think that that's how ShadowClan and Tornstar felt about me when I left?" She asked. Lightningstar nodded. "Any Clan is like that."

Mousefang bounded up to them. "Shadowheart, where's all the prey?" she grunted. Shadowheart shrugged. "Did not catch any," she mumbled. "What's wrong, Shadowheart?" Shadowheart sighed. "Suntail went with WindClan. I couldn't do anything about it," she answered. Mousefang's ears flicked. "What do you mean she went with WindClan?" she snarled angrily.

Shadowheart took a shuddering breath. "Swiftstar said that she belonged with them, not us. He said her mother was from there and that all wolves should be in their mother's Clan." Lightningstar turned to leave, and so did Shadowheart. "Where you going?" Mousefang called. "Sleep!" Shadowheart growled back.

She settled herself into her mossy bed and lay her head on her paws. It's going to be a long two moons, she thought.

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