A quarter moon had past, the apprentice, now known as Loudpaw, was nearly recovered. Tonight was the gathering, Brackenstar was to announce Loupaw and the strange black and white apprentice that had trespassed.
"The cats coming with me tonight are Featherbird, Dovefeather, Nightfeather, Cedarclaw, Beechleaf, Blackthorn, and Briarwind." Brackenstar announced, "and as for apprentices we will bring Applepaw, Brightpaw, Finchpaw, and Ravenpaw."
As the group of cats padded to four trees, Featherbird looked behind him. There he saw the small black striped white apprentice following him. "What are you doing following us?" He asked, the apprentice looked up at him. "I want to go back to my clan," he mewled. "What's the hold up?" The clan deputy, Alderfoot, asked then looking down at the young cats in front of him. "I see," he scornfully said unemotionally. "You need to be back in camp with Cindersky," Loudpaw looked down to the ground lowly replying. "Cindersky let me go." The deputy's eyes widened in shock, "Cindersky would never do that." Featherbird looked back and forth at the two cats, and then replying. "I will escort him back to camp."
"Then do so." Alderfoot then turned and caught up with the group. Featherbird glanced down at the apprentice, "you'll get to go home soon enough." He meowed gently, "but until then you need to stay with Cindersky." Loudpaw lifted his head up at the warrior, "I need to go back." He mewled sadly, "if I don't, Cinderkit will be left with all the terrible cats in the clan." Featherbird sighed. "You can't do anything about it. You need to worry about yourself right now. That's what's important." Loudpaw glared up at him. "Not to me. The most important thing to me is making sure that Cinderkit is safe!" turning his head away Loudpaw sprinted the opposite way of the Sun Clan camp, he was headed to Night Clan territory.