When the two cats arrived in Shadowclan, they knew they had to rest up after a night of bickering at the gathering. Specklepaw had blown Thunderclan's cover when they found out that they were keeping Briarstar at their camp. They were ready to seek vengeance. The relationship with the two clans was deteriorating quickly. Tawnyfoot knew she had to do something to make sure that a fight doesn't break out between the clans. She, Robinflight and Finchpaw gathered with Pebblestar to discuss a bloodless solution to make sure the clans don't break out into war when they come to get Briarstar away.

"I say we should try to talk to them about giving her up so we can take her back to our clan to deal with her ourselves." Robinflight suggested. His words trying to sound convincing so he can avoid having Thunderclan beaten up because they took a prisoner from the rogue group.

"Yeah if we take Briarstar, I can't wait to sink my teeth into her neck." Pebblestar admitted. He was licking his muzzle as he thought about getting back at a cruel leader that had not only kicked out Riverclan but also tried to go to war with Thunderclan and he was sick of it.

"Doesn't it mean that we get to be fighting the other clans as well?" Robinflight mewed as he knew his mate was from another clan.

"Hmm, maybe we should consider trying to distract them first before we sneak in and take Briarstar while they have their backs turned away, after all I didn't come back with them so we could possibly decide that should be our next goal as we should be able to keep their heads turned away just long enough to do this without a scratch." Tawnyfoot suggested. Her thought wasn't fool proof but she knew she thought her best to think of a bloodless plan to avoid a fight with Featherstar and the rest of her clan.

"All right, we got ourselves a deal. We'll head out tomorrow morning as we meet up with Windclan then we'll kindly tell Featherstar where we found you as well as sneak the cat we wanted out." Pebblestar mewed as he thought up a plan on how they should be able to handle the situation as they wanted to make sure that whatever she said, was right.

The next morning, Tawnyfoot as well as a portion a shadowclan went out to Thunderclan territory to meet with Meadowstar as they were ready for a knock down cat napping of Brokentail. They soon approached the Thunderclan camp as they were hiding in some bushes to keep a lookout to make sure they weren't spotted but Windclan was nowhere to be seen. They knew they were going to take them a while.

In Thunderclan camp, several cats were still figuring out about Tawnyfoot's whereabouts since she didn't arrive back at the camp after the gathering. Many of the cats that didn't go hunting or go on a patrol were busy discussing about what happened to her. Crowstorm who remained silent until now, spoke up.

"I saw her go with Robinflight after the gathering as she wanted to speak to him and we never saw her since." Crowstorm mewed.

"She's going out with a tom from another clan! We're trying to keep the forbidden relationships down and she's going out with someone else?" Sorrelfoot mewed as he was surprised about the plucky young she-cat going out with a tom from another clan.

"That's what we get if everyone in the clan is related and there are more forbidden romances in the Prophecies began than in this fanfiction so far." Crowstorm mewed as he had a smirk across his muzzle. While the cats were still arguing over the fact that one of their warriors were gone. The cats were busy hearing what was going on outside of the camp when Windclan arrived.

"What was taking you?" Falconwing whispered making sure he didn't give away their position.

"We were deciding who to take with us and what the plan is." Meadowstar whispered back. She was also in on this but she didn't want to give her cats away. "So what's the plan you have decided upon?"

"The plan is simple. All of the Windclan cats will be sitting in reserve while us Shadowclan cats head into Thunderclan camp and we'll split off into two groups so pay attention to this. Me and Robinflight will take Tawnyfoot to Featherstar and we'll explain why we are returning her and we'll gossip about how cute she and Robinflight are as mates. Falconwing and the others will sneak around and take Briarstar or I mean Brokentail from the den." Pebblestar whispered as he was planning.

"What is Windclan going to do during all of this?" Meadowstar whispered but it sounded more like a hiss but she knew she had to keep silent so they didn't get noticed.

"We would only need you when something goes wrong, other than that you won't be needed at the moment." Pebblestar whispered to her as the cats finalized their plans. Soon they were ready.

Pebblestar raised his tail as he signaled for all of the cats to follow his lead, Robinflight and Tawnyfoot followed him as the cats fanned out near the camp entrance waiting for his signal once he had their backs turned. The Thunderclan cats inside of the camp were still coming up with a plan to find Tawnyfoot when Pebblestar called over.

"Excuse us, were you looking for Tawnyfoot?" Pebblestar mewed. The cats turned their heads to see what he was talking about. There Tawnyfoot stood right there. The other cats looked on as they figured out she was right there.

"Weird since she didn't follow us home when we went to the gathering last night." Crowstorm mewed as his tail swished. Now he knew that all the cats were accounted for but one question lingered in his mind as he was piecing it together. "Where did Tawnyfoot wander off to?"

"She said she wanted to talk to me alone and she decided to stick around. However what we knew is that we needed to bring her back as soon as the sun was up high so you don't go wandering around looking for a missing warrior." Robinflight responded as he was recalling the events that happened last night.

"We're lucky to have her safe and sound but I would like to speak to her after you leave." Crowstorm responded.

During all of this time, Falconwing was sneaking his cut of warriors around as they went to go into the den that Brokentail was in. Sensing they had the moment to themselves, they grabbed her by her scruff as they dragged her out of the den as they made a break for it. Soon all the cats signaled that their job was done and they took what they came for. Soon Pebblestar and Robinflight finished their conversation off with…

"If you have any problems, come to Shadowclan and we can discuss them. We would be thankful that you came to where the clans need us the most." Robinflight mewed as he bid his farewell to the she-cat as the cats darted away. Crowstorm padded up to Tawnyfoot as he had some words for her.

"Why are you spending so much time in Shadowclan? Our clan needs all the warriors it could muster at this point, what is your reason why?" Crowstorm asked as he was speaking to her sternly as he felt that she was not giving her all for the clan as she was spending time with another clan.

"I just can't I like that tom too much and he's helpful. Pebblestar is also very caring as a leader and he would do anything he could to make sure that we all get along without conflict, he and a few other warriors managed to save us from the rogues that attacked us. What's the point on hating on Shadowclan?" Tawnyfoot responded. She knew she had to defend herself if she was going to get the respect of her clan. Her clan however was not convinced that much as they wouldn't listen to her that well.

"Why can't you take any of the toms in this clan? What makes you decide to have a romance with a cat from another clan?" Crowstorm asked as he was wondering about what has happened.

"It mainly has to do with the cats in this clan when I was an apprentice. Remember how Yewberry made me have kits a few seasons ago? I feel like you just wanted to pair me up with him even though I wasn't so comfortable with him in the first place." Tawnyfoot answered back at him. She was telling him about what happened when the two traitors were still around. Crowstorm began to soften up for the she-cat.

"Oh I remember now, you were my apprentice and I swore I would do anything to protect you. I forgive you now but you need to stop seeing him. Got that?" Crowstorm mewed but the last sentence he made sure to tell her sternly.

"I got it." Tawnyfoot responded as Snowstorm padded over as he had a worried look on his face.

"Brokentail is gone; some cat must have taken her." Snowstorm mewed with anxiety. He knew that some other cats were with them when they returned Tawnyfoot back to camp. Their heads turned as they had an angry look on their muzzles.

"Shadowclan must be behind this." Featherstar hissed. Her voice shook the mountainside and into the valley, their bond between the two cans that Rowanstar had carefully cultivated for many moons was now lost in the abyss.

[A/N]: Sorry if I took a little longer to upload this chapter since I wanted to take a bit of a break for the weekend and I've am unfortunately a little sick. I rarely get sick for the most part but it's that time of the year when I just feel a little under the weather, despite all of this, I still want to do what I do best even if I spend a few days in bed.

Brokentail has been taken away and Featherstar is not happy about it. She thinks Shadowclan has something to do with it but it turns out she might have an apprentice who lit the match and started it all. Next chapter will be posted as soon as possible and hopefully, I won't be sick.