Hi guys. I know I said that this story would end at about chapter twelve, but I'm having too much fun with Reefpaw! XD So it'll be a few chapters longer. Anyway, here's chapter fourteen!

Chapter Fourteen

"Crystalpaw," I meowed, stalking toward her. The white-pelted apprentice looked up from her vole, green eyes shining.

"Oh, you're back," she mewed before I could continue. "I guess Wolfstar didn't have your tail off, did he?"

"No." I purred. "He…wants to try my idea out. And he wants you to come with me." Crystalpaw rose to her paws, her tail lashing.

"To LionClan territory?" She kneaded the ground with her claws. "Well, I suppose if I have to. I really don't want to leave in case Reefpaw or Diamondpaw come back…"

I sat down and curled a silver tail around my paws. "Wolfstar told me to find them as well. So, come on, Crystalpaw, let's get this over with." The white she-cat nodded and swiped a tongue over her teeth in excitement.

We turned to go out of the camp, but I froze when I heard a disdainful mew behind us. "Hey, where are you going?" I turned around, expecting Pantherclaw, but it was Dartpaw. This didn't offer much relief. I scowled angrily and hissed,

"We're going on a patrol, Dartpaw. I don't suppose I need to tell you each time where I'm going, do I?"

"No." Dartpaw calmly sat down. "But I don't think you're just going on a patrol, either, Glacierclaw. I saw you come out of Wolfstar's den and right over to Crystalpaw. So, I ask you again: where are you going?"

Crystalpaw lashed her tail. "None of you business, foxdung," she snapped. "Come on, Glacierclaw. Let's go."

I nodded and turned away, through the tunnel that led out of the camp, Crystalpaw right behind me. I stopped suddenly when I heard another bunch of pawsteps and whipped around,

"You're not coming, Dartpaw!" I snarled.

"Make me," he retorted. "I'm coming."

"When I tell Orangefur about this," I growled, referring to Dartpaw's mentor, "you'll be taking care of the elders for a long time!"

"He'll ask the same thing I am," mewed Dartpaw.

Crystalpaw sighed and gave the gray tom a dirty look. "Oh, let's have him come," she mewed reluctantly. "I mean, if it'll make him shut up, and we could use the help."

"Fine," I grunted as Dartpaw brightened. I began walking again, with the two apprentices at my sides. "We're going to ask Snowystar to help us against LeopardClan," I began.

"Snowystar of LionClan?" Dartpaw blinked.

"Do you know any other Snowystar?"

"That's kind of cowardly, isn't it?" mewed the gray tom, ignoring me. "Asking another leader for help because your own Clan can't defend itself…it doesn't seem right. I mean –"

"LeopardClan!" hissed Crystalpaw suddenly. Her white fur was fluffed up so she looked twice her size. Dartpaw and I froze and sniffed the air. Indeed, I recognzied the disgusting stench of our enemies.

Unsheathing my claws, I prepared for the worst. I had no idea where this attack was going to come from. But then I noticed a white she-cat with amber eyes stalk out of the shrubbery. Her eyes showed no will to fight; rather they were full of sympathy.

Dartpaw wasn't quite the same way. "Get off our territory!" he snarled.

The white she-cat shrugged. "Okay. Shadefoot ordered me to hunt here, but this isn't my territory. I can't."

I was surprised by her mood. "You won't follow orders because you don't think this is right?"

She shook her head. "No." I watched as she looked me up and down. "You know, I haven't seen you before. I mean, I've seen all of TigerClan at the Gatherings, but not you."

I didn't know how to answer that, so I told her my name. "Since you don't know me, I'm Glacierclaw. This is Dartpaw, and Crystalpaw." I flicked my tail at each apprentice.

"I'm Whitecloud." She nodded to me. "I'm so sorry for what we're doing to your Clan, Glacierclaw. I know all of you must be suffering."

"Why are you doing this?" I asked. "Why have you suddenly decided to destroy us?"

Whitecloud hesitated. Then, "I suppose it wouldn't hurt to tell you. In our Clan, strange creatures are moving in. They walk on only two paws, and have very little fur, as far as I can see." She let out a sigh. "They are destroying our territory by moving in. Strange nest-like things are being put up at the back of our territory."

I stared at her. "Oh, great StarClan," I whispered. "Twolegs." The Twolegs had just started to move into the forest!

Whitecloud peered at me. "Sorry? Twolegs?"

I straightened up. "Those creatures are called Twolegs. At least, that's what we call them, at my old home."

"Oh! So you have these creatures in your territory too. What do they want?"

"To live in the forest," I replied. "They won't go away, I'm sorry. But it's possible to live among them. We do. Did."

The she-cat nodded and dipped her head. "Well, I'm sorry to have held you up, wherever you three are going. I think I'll return to my Clan now – I'm empty-pawed, but Shadefoot will have to deal with it." Whitecloud sighed. "He's such a mouse-brain. Anyway, good-bye, Glacierclaw."

Before I could respond, the she-cat turned tail and stalked into the forest, toward LeopardClan territory. Dartpaw stepped forward, his tail lashing.

"Can we trust her?" he wondered.

"We didn't tell her anything that she'd use against our Clan," I pointed out. "Come on, let's keep going."

Crystalpaw and Dartpaw nodded and continued to follow me. I was amazed at how different this territory was from ThunderClan territory. Back over there, I knew where every tree was, every rock, every fallen log. But here, I knew nothing about it. It was unnerving. I was relieved when the trees disappeared and I was facing a clearing. In the distance, sloping down the hill, were four huge oak trees with a large rock in the middle. I was stunned that Fourtress was here too, so long ago.

Ahead of us was the river. It was wider than what I remembered it to be. Maybe the Twolegs had helped clog it up so it wasn't as wide as it used to be. I waded into the water, testing to see if it was shallow. It was freezing, but passible. I looked back at the apprentices.

"Come on," I meowed. "It's not hard."

Crystalpaw followed me without question, but Dartpaw hesitated.

"Don't be a coward," teased the white she-cat.

Dartpaw scowled and waded in ahead of her. "Shut up, Crystalpaw," he mewed.

I wished my fur was a bit longer to keep me warm as I climbed out of the river and shook my short fur. The two younger cats climbed up beside me, shivering. I watched as they shook all over the ground.

"Hey." Crystalpaw paused and looked up. "Do you hear that?"

I pricked my ears and listened. Finally, I picked up a dull roar echoing farther down, past the Fourtress. For a moment I was confused; what was that? Then it came to me: the Thunderpath was being built.

"I…It's nothing," I stammered. "Let's keep going."

We trudged on. I could tell that apprentices were getting tired, but I didn't want to stop. I kept sniffing around for Reefpaw and Diamondpaw's scent, but there was nothing. They must have gone further away.

"There it is." Dartpaw stopped and looked up. "LionClan territory."

I had gone to LionClan – or, rather, WindClan – territory a few times. My most recent was when Bramblestar led the patrol to attack WindClan in order to settle the matter with Robinstar. That was when I was still deputy.

"Right," I meowed. "Let's walk in, and if a patrol finds us, don't attack."

As we trekked into the unfamiliar territory, I was surprised to see that Crystalpaw and Dartpaw's fur was bristling fearfully. I remembered that they had never purposely entered an enemy territory before, and my mind was sent back to my apprentice days, when Dragonheart, Flamestorm, a patrol, and I had gone into ShadowClan territory to rescue Rainwhisker…

"Cats," whispered Crystalpaw suddenly, standing very tall. She looked twice her size with her fluffy white fur fluffed up.

I froze as four cats came out of the tall grass – unlike TigerClan and LeopardClan, these cats looked well-fed – of course, the Twolegs had affected them the least. The first one, a huge ginger-pelted tom, stepped forward, his teeth bared.

He sniffed uncertainly, and then hissed, "TigerClan! This is LionClan's territory."

Before I could stop him, Dartpaw stepped forward. "I'm sorry to intrude, Torchpelt," he meowed with the most respect I had ever heard him give, "but we would like to speak with your leader."

The tom named Torchpelt's amber eyes narrowed dangerously. "What for?"

I flicked my tail over Dartpaw's mouth to silence him. "Our Clan is in immediate danger from LeopardClan," I meowed. "I fear that Cobaltstar is trying to take over the entire forest. We must band together before this happens."

A smaller black and white tom stepped forward next to Torchpelt and whispered, "You know, Cobalstar has been acting a little weird, so –"

"Be quiet, Patchfur." Torchpelt faced us. "Fine, we'll bring you to our leader."

I dipped my head graciously to the warrior as I allowed them to take me into their camp. Two warriors surrounded us from behind, while Torchpelt and a she-cat lead in front. The grassy, rocky moorland split into a flat clearing above, where many cats were resting in the shade and sharing tongues. They stared curiously at the three of us, looking like prisoners.

I watched as a tom with a purely white pelt stalked over to us. His amber eyes narrowed with wisdom and he meowed, "Torchpelt, what have you brought us?"

"Three TigerClan cats, Snowystar," he meowed. "They say they need your help."

Snowystar hesitated. "Really?"

"Y-Yes," I stammered, dipping my head. "My name is Glacierclaw, and this is Dartpaw, and Crystalpaw." I took a breath. "LeopardClan has been constantly attacking our Clan, Snowystar. We are having to move further and further away from them, and our prey is becoming scarce from what they have taken. I believe that they will stop at nothing to move onto your territory as well. So I think that we must band together in order to stop this evil Clan from reaching its goal."

I left out the part about the Twolegs and the monsters and waited for Snowystar's response. I was so happy when he bowed his head.

"You are correct, Glacierclaw," he meowed. "I do believe that Cobaltstar is plotting something." He raised his head. "Very well. LionClan will help you."

"Thank you, Snowystar," I meowed.

"Do you want us to come back with you now? Or…?"

"I believe Wolfstar will tell you when he plans to attack LeopardClan once and for all," I replied. "Until then, we will contact you."

Snowystar nodded. "All right. Torchpelt, lead these TigerClan cats out of our land."

The cat, who I assumed was deputy, nodded and flicked his tail at us. I was quite glad to leave the stares of the other cats, but at least our conversation with Snowystar had gone well, and that Dartpaw had managed to keep his mouth shut.

"That was great." Naturally, it was Dartpaw. "Snowystar will help us now!"

"Don't think that he'll be able to weasel you out of everything," growled Torchpelt as we walked. "You'll have to take care of yourselves sometime."

I couldn't help but retort. "We've been doing absolutely fine, even since LeopardClan is taking all our prey! It was the sensible thing to ask for help."

Torchpelt merely grunted and didn't say good-bye to us when we were on the edge of the territory. I thought about what we had to do next. Finding Reefpaw and Diamondpaw could take a very long time. I wondered how we'd ever be able to do it.

"Right," I meowed, stalking forward, "I think the best way to go is over by ShadowCla – I mean, the swamp. I seriously don't think that those two would go close to LeopardClan territory, do you?"

Crystalpaw shook her head. "No, they aren't that stupid."

"The swamp?" Dartpaw wrinkled his nose. "Sorry, but I don't want to go over there."

"You have to," I retorted. "Come on."

As we crossed the remain of LionClan territory, I was relieved when I saw that Dartpaw was following me when my paw touched the first swampy part. I hated the way my paws sank a few inches when I walked, but I'd have to deal with it until we found Reefpaw and Diamondpaw.

"Glacierclaw…" I turned around. Crystalpaw, being the smallest of the three of us, was up to her neck in murky water. I reached down and grabbed her scruff with my teeth, ignoring her squeak of protest. She regained her balance and looked gruff as we continued to walk. "I hate this place!"

"I do too," I agreed. "But we might find Diamondpaw and Reefpaw here."

"I smell them!" Dartpaw cried suddenly. "There! They went that way!"

I whipped around and tasted the air. He was right – I recognized Reefpaw's scent, mingled with Diamondpaw's. I gave Dartpaw an encouraging look and bounded forward, with the two of them behind me. I was relieved when I felt solid ground beneath my feet. A small hill was sloping up. I knew I was in a future ShadowClan camp. I sniffed the air and was glad to discover there was still a trace of the two cat's scents in the air.

"Look! A badger hole!" Without waiting for me to say anything, Crystalpaw ran forward.

"Hey…" I protested as I rushed after her. I indeed saw a familiar badger hole in the ground that my mentor had shown me as an apprentice. As I neared, I heard voices coming from the inside.

"What are we going to do?"

It was a calm voice, gentle and kind. I didn't recognize it.

"I'm not going back to camp so long as Pantherclaw's my mentor," came Reefpaw's determined mew. "Not until Wolfstar changes my mentor."

"Reefpaw?" meowed Crystalpaw hesitantly, peering inside the hole.

I heard a dull thud. Then bright amber eyes appeared in the darkness, and a blue-gray body rushed out, tackling Crystalpaw. With a sigh, another silver cat came out.

"Ack!" squealed Crystalpaw as Reefpaw knocked her on her back. "Oh, it is you," she added.

"Crystalpaw, I missed you!" she meowed.

I turned to Diamondpaw. His amber eyes were fixed on his sister. "I heard you talking," I meowed. "I thought you were a mute."

The silver tom's ears flicked nervously. I was stunned when he meowed, "I only speak to my sister." He turned his amber eyes toward me. "Did you know that? We're siblings?"

"Yeah, Reefpaw told me," I replied. "Are you going to go home?"

Diamondpaw shrugged. "I don't know," he replied. I was still shocked to hear him speaking. "Reefpaw doesn't want to go back until Wolfstar changes her mentor. Pantherclaw…you don't know everything about him."

"What?" I turned, absolutely stunned. "Why? What happened?"

"It was Pantherclaw who killed Scarletflower, our mother," he meowed, his voice hollow. "Apparently, Reefpaw was supposed to die too, but then our medicine cat came in the den, and he didn't have much of a choice."

I felt the ground sway beneath my paws. "Oh, great StarClan," I whispered. "Why didn't you tell Wolfstar?"

"Pantherclaw threatened us not to. Or, rather, me not to. He doesn't know that Reefpaw knows what he did."

"I'm turning him in," I growled, "before he can kill someone else!"

I was glad that Diamondpaw didn't disagree with me. "Yes," he meowed. "I have kept the secret long enough, and I am almost a warrior. I will tell Wolfstar what Pantherclaw has done as soon as I get back to camp."

Sorry it's not with Ebonyclaw and ThunderClan – I think I'll finish with the Great Clans before I finish up there. Next chapter: LionClan and TigerClan band together to defeat LeopardClan…