A/N-Thank you to all who reviewed! Packs of cookies for you all!

Dewfrost, is this all that I told you? I can't really tell... But, more action scenes! Ha ha!

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Chapter 4: Safe

We made a lot more progress after that night. I returned to my cold and bitter state, Cometfire was still being dumb, and Moonclaw went back to hating me. My fa—Crowfeather left just at dawn that next morning (after the talk we had).

I was leading the other two toms to the next destination. Which was a horseplace. I hated horses. They had big, clumsy paws that were twice the size of ours. And they were tall! I mean, you could scare off all the prey in the whole entire world! Sure, there was Horsekit at the time. But he was different.

Anyway, we reached our destination in record time: half a day. I stopped. Wait a minute, I thought. This was not a horseplace, it was a field of horses!

A gray one noticed us, jerked her head, and charged. We barely had time to scramble out of the way before her huge paws called hoofs slammed into the ground where we were once standing. The she-horse snorted.

"Whatchya doin' here?" she asked me.

"Uhh... We are traveling to see if any predators live around here..." I stammered meekly.

"Aye! Well yer destination be o'er there, with tha stallions!"

"Sta- what?"

"Stallions! Tha male horses! I be a mare, a gal horse."

Stallions... Mares... "What about your kits?" I mewed.

"Kits? Oh, yes! They be tha foals! Gals are called fillies, while males be called colts!"

I nodded. This was getting WAY too confusing. Slowly, I backed away and raced across the clearing, clouds of dust filling the air with each step I took. Moonclaw and Cometfire were right on my tail. We all weaved through the... herd of horses to get to the other side.

"A river!" Cometfire exclaimed.

"How are we going to get across without falling through the ice?" Moonclaw growled.

Ice? It was the middle of Greenleaf! Well, it was close to the mountains... Oh, this was just PEACHY! A layer of ice covered the entire river... but if I fell through, I could just swim the rest of the way...

"I'll see if it's thin," I offered.

"Okay..." Cometfire looked hesitant, but Moonclaw nodded vigorously.

"Here goes nothing!" I muttered. I took one step onto the ice. Another step. A third. A fourth... then...

CRACK!

I slipped into the frigid water. My eyes went wide as water soaked into my sleek fur. I tried desperately to claw my way up to the surface, but it suddenly seemed so far away. I twisted in the water. Then something snapped inside me. I remembered Smokepaw.

Water seeped into my mouth and down my throat. I choked. The cold was getting to me. As I sank lower and lower, Moonclaw stepped out onto the ice. Cometfire put out a paw as well. My lungs felt like they were going to burst.

Something touched my pelt. I didn't know if it was a fish or the bottom of the river, because I was slipping into darkness.

I finally let my eyes close. Exhaustion had gotten its way.

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I opened my eyes very slowly. I took a deep, deep breath, trying to calm myself. Ugh... A paw prodded me softly in he side. Moonclaw? No... My vision cleared. Was that... Smokepaw?

"Am I dead!" I screeched, jumping to my paws. I winced.

"Icepool, its okay... You're not dead, you're just visiting StarClan for a while until you wake up," Smokepaw explained.

"Oh."

I relaxed. Just visiting... Icepool was my StarClan name, so that made sense. I looked around the grassy clearing, breathing deeply. When was the last time I was here? Grass felt so good after days of traveling on dirt and the occasional Thunderpath.

"Smokepaw, can I ask you a question?" I meowed, turning to my old friend.

"Sure! Anything you want!" the tom replied.

"Well... Uhh... Are you my guardian angel?"

Pause.

"Yes, well, half of it is me, the other half is Feathertail..."

"Where is she now?"

A second pause.

"She... Uhh... You're waking up!"

"But--"

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I coughed up a lot of water. My throat burned and my vision was all blurry. At least my hearing was good.

"She's finally awake."

"Thank StarClan she didn't drown!"

"That was so much like what Feathertail did... She's so brave..."

"I think you like her..."

"Shh! I think she can hear you!"

Of course I could. The first one to talk was Cometfire, the second was Moonclaw, and so on. Cometfire likes me? And Moonclaw actually cares? Why do they think what I did was brave and so much like what my mother did?

Wait... where were we? Huge willow trees hovered over us. There was a small pond in the middle of the trees. And there was another cat here. Another cat?

"What happened to me?" I slurred. Wow, my voice was really bad.

"You fell through the ice, almost drowned, and then you woke up!" the other cat sighed.

Who was this cat and why did she keep staring at Moonclaw?

"Who are you?"

"Me? Oh, my name is Falcon. Well, my full name is Falcon That Never Stops Flying. I am from the Tribe of Echoing Whispers."

I blinked. I always thought there was only one Tribe. And that was where my mother died. I uncurled like an elder would. My sides heaved as I stood. I grunted loudly. It felt like my lungs had collapsed. Cometfire raced to my side to help.

"Unhh!" I tried to say "No" but that came out.

Falcon and Moonclaw nodded at us, then we moved out with Falcon in the lead. My paws were aching so badly and I wanted to stop there, but Cometfire pushed me on.

"Be strong," he urged. "Be strong for me."

I never thought that he'd say that about me. I looked at him and purred. He rubbed his face against mine. It took until moonrise before we reached the Tribe of Echoing Whispers.

"Here we are!" Falcon announced.

She leaped into a small crevice in a split rock. Moonclaw began to follow, but stopped and turned to me. Cometfire left my side to follow Falcon. Moonclaw stared into my deep blue eyes. His leaf green were so strange to me. We broke our gazes. Moonclaw helped me into the crevice. I gasped.

Falcon was sitting between to other cats, looking proud. The first cat smiled warmly at me. He padded over to where we were standing.

"Hello. My name is Fireteller. I am the leader of this Tribe. What might your names be?" the elderly tom purred.

"My name is Iceheart," I answered. At least I didn't slur.

"Moonclaw," Moonclaw murmured, dipping his head.

Fireteller frowned as another cat loped to his side. "River, what is the matter?"

River looked frantic. "The Tribe of Rushing Water is attacking!" he gasped.

I was startled. Moonclaw glanced at me, his facial expression set in fear. We both turned back to Fireteller. He was ordering five cats, including River, Cometfire, and Falcon, to go fight the other Tribe.

"Fireteller!" I yowled. "We would like to help!"

"Very well," Fireteller sighed. Cometfire looked at us. We hurried over to him. "You are in no condition to fight!" he hissed.

"We are." My voice had lowered.

Moonclaw snorted, then shot after the other four cats. Cometfire nodded, I nodded as well, and we followed as fast as we could.

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Blood stained my pelt. I staggered back as another blow came for my head. I launched myself forward, knocking the she-cat off her paws. My claws raked her neck, and blood spurted into my face. The she-cat let out a yowl, letting go of my ears.

I spun around to see Storm clawing his way over to me. I arched my back and hissed at him. He glared at me, baring his fangs.

"So you're Feathertail's kit!" he spat.

I nodded. Somehow, I knew this tom was very over-protective. And I knew he was dangerous. But I still jumped at him. We latched onto each other, and became one rolling, clawing mass of fur.

"Why do you hate me?" I demanded.

"Because you are forbidden! Feathertail should have mated with a RiverClan cat instead of a WindClan cat! That way... that way you would have been safe..." he choked up on the last part.

"Safe?" I echoed softly.

He let go of me, backing off so I could regain my footing. "Yes, safe. You could have been a normal, loved she-cat of RiverClan. But instead, you have the blood of all the Clans. That means... you could die any day."

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A/N-... Wow... I never thought that I would write such a thing... And this came up to five pages on Open Office...

Iceheart: O.O

Moonclaw: O.o

Cometfire: ...

Storm: Don't forget to review!