Sunpaw led Light into the Thunderclan camp. Some of the cats just stared at Light. Others hissed and made bad comments.
"Sunpaw! Why in the name of Starclan did you bring a rough here?" Clovercloud demanded. Sunpaw dropped her kill and looked up at the deputy.
"She isn't a rough. She came from the Tribe of Rushing Water. Her name is-." Sunpaw meowed.
"Small Light in Dark Shadow. In other words, Light." Light interrupted.
Clovercloud looked at Light for a long time and then ran off. She came back with none other then Rainstar. The other cats came around to watch.
"Sunpaw, you better have a good reason for this." Rainstar said.
"I do. Light is looking for a cat named Tabby and I think that Tabby might be the cat that you sent into exile a few moons ago." Sunpaw mewed. "Anyway, she needs a place to stay for the night and I was thinking that she could stay here."
Rainstar thought for a moment.
"Alright, she can sleep with you in the apprentices' den. Make sure that she gets plenty of rest for tomorrow. And Sunpaw, you are also responsible for her." He meowed.
"Thank you Rainstar, leader of Thuderclan. If there is anyway that our tribe can repay you we will." Light said bowing down. Rainstar nodded and padded back to his den.
"I will show you the apprentices' den." Sunpaw meowed placing her prey in the fresh-kill pile. Then she padded into the apprentices' den. Light followed.
"Here is where we sleep. It's a little crowded, but there is enough room. Make yourself at home." Sunpaw said sitting down in her moss nest. Light looked at Sunpaw in a weird way. Sunpaw understood immediately.
"Oh, I forgot that you aren't used to sleeping in a moss nest. It's really comfortable, try it." Sunpaw urged.
Light padded over to one of the moss nests and laid down in it.
"It's a little wet, but it'll do." Light replied smiling. Sunpaw smiled back.
"Hey Sunpaw, what's up?" A voice said. It was Skypaw with Lionpaw right behind him.
"Hi Skypaw, Lionpaw. This is Light." Sunpaw replied. Light nodded a hello. Skypaw smiled and then sat down in the nest next to Sunpaw. Lionpaw sat down in the nest on the opposite side of the den.
"Sunpaw, the only problem is that I don't know where the loner lands are. I might end up in another clan's territory." Light whispered.
"If you want me to, I'll come with you and show you the way." Sunpaw whispered back.
"Ok. Thanks. We will leave at dawn." Light replied laying her head down. Sunpaw nodded and laid her head down also.
"Sunpaw, I need to tell you something." Skypaw said. Sunpaw lifted her head.
"What? What is it?" Sunpaw asked.
"It's just that I…I…lo…o…never mind." Skypaw mewed turning away from her. Sunpaw looked at Skypaw a moment longer as the other apprentices started to come inside. She sighed and lay back down. She knew that it would be a long day tomorrow.
"Sunpaw, wake up! It's time to go" Light meowed. Sunpaw looked up to see Light nudging her with her paw. Sunpaw got up and padded outside. The stars were just starting to disappear.
"Follow me and don't make a sound." Sunpaw ordered. Light nodded. Sunpaw crept over to the nursery and slid through a small opening. Light followed.
As soon as they were out of the Thunderclan camp Sunpaw quickened her pace. She wanted to go there and back without being noticed. Suddenly she heard footsteps of cats. Sunpaw looked through a hole in a blackberry bush. It was the dawn patrol! Sunpaw gasped and motioned Light to lay down next do her. Light understood and did what she was told
Treewind, Brownstripe, Hollowleaf, and Amberpelt were all in the patrol. As they were coming by the Blackberry bush Treewind stopped.
"What is it Treewind?" Amberpelt asked looking back.
"I thought I heard…never mind. It was probably nothing." Treewind replied. Amberpelt nodded and ran after the others. Treewind followed.
"Phew, that was close." Sunpaw meowed once the patrol was out of sight.
"Yeah, ready?" Light asked.
"Ready." Sunpaw replied as she started walking away. Light followed. Soon they were at Tall Pines.
"I know where we are! This is Tall Pines. We're close to the Loner Lands. Come on!" Sunpaw mewed happily.
"Yes!" Light cheered. She couldn't wait to get back to her tribe.
It wasn't long before they finally got to the Loner Lands.
"Where do you think Tabby is?" Light asked.
"I don't know. We're going to have to look for a long time." Sunpaw replied. She walked over the border and looked up at the sky. Only a few stars were left in the sky. Sunpaw took a deep breath and padded over to the center of the Loner Lands.
Light sniffed the air for any scent of loners. There were a lot of different scents there.
"Maybe we should start from the left and then go to the right." She suggested.
"Ok. Let's get started." Sunpaw meowed. Just as Sunpaw was about to take her first step, a cat pounced on her. More cats started to appear around them. Light gasped and looked around for Sunpaw.
Sunpaw was being held down by the loner that had attacked her. The loners here weren't the friendly ones. They were meaner then roughs. They shouldn't even be called loners. Sunpaw tried to throw the loner off of her, but he was too strong. Then the loner hissed in her ear,
"What are you and your friend doing on our territory?" Soon they were surrounded by blood-thirsty loners. Light just watched as the loners hissed at them with razor sharp teeth. Sunpaw didn't know what to do, but she knew that if they made it out alive it wouldn't be without scars and scratches.
"What are you two kits doing in our territory?" He asked again. We're doomed. Sunpaw thought as lazar-sharp claws dug into her pelt.