"Turn your wounds into wisdom."
― Oprah Winfrey
1 moon later
"I've brought back the prey Splotchstar!" Jioveheart hissed at the leader's den. "Could you lift my punishment now?!"
"You've had it easy!" I snapped from the apprentice's den. "All of us apprentices had to watch that stupid rogue till last sunrise!"
Giselle, who was reunited with her kits, glared at us from the Nursery entrance.
I had watched Stormbright for the past moon, and she has remained happy.
"Flypaw!" Volepaw snapped at the apprentice's den. "Get up you mouse-brain!"
It has been going quite well for the past moon actually, Brownpaw and Spiderpaw have been close as usual, Volepaw still very sassy as usual, Songpaw just as shy...
I did not speak to her about seeing her mother however, and me and Stormbright have only been leaving camp to feed ThunderClan once a quarter-moon to avoid suspicion.
"C'mon Redpaw." Antpad meowed smiling. "Hunting patrol."
"With who?" I asked.
"Heh, still hanging out with the ol' Flypaw I see." Antpad teased.
"Stop." I giggled, cursing at myself for acting so silly. "I just..."
"Mothleap and Flypaw are coming with us." Antpad smirked. "Along with Jioveheart and Willowtail."
"Freakin-"
"Willowtail set up the patrol, it's her first patrol leading." Antpad shrugged. "Sorry."
"Why'd she choose me and Flypaw?"
"Dunno." Antpad replied. "I'll make sure those two don't pull a fast one, I promise."
"Okay..." I whispered, still worried.
After the patrol, that Willowtail lead surprisingly adequate, we watched as Mothleap and Clovertalon showed battle moves.
That is, when I saw Jioveheart's ears lift up and she ran out of camp.
"Wait did you guys just see that?" I gasped.
"See what?" Volepaw laughed. "C'mon Redpaw, you're missing the back leg blow!"
My ears burned when I saw Flypaw tilt his head and restrain a laugh.
"Shut up." I muttered right at him.
"Ooooh, tension~" Spiderpaw giggled beside Brownpaw, who was smiling broadly at her.
"OK, Redpaw and Flypaw." Mothleap chuckled. "All of you watch this."
Clovertalon circled around Mothleap, ready to strike. He raced forward and Mothleap turned around and swung a back leg and it collided with Clovertalon's face, sending him flying.
"Clover!" Amberfern gasped, causing some of the apprentices to hold back giggles as she ran to Clovertalon's side.
"Reminds me of you two!" Volepaw whispered in my ear.
"What? Me and who?" I asked, faking innocence.
"You and-"
"THUNDERCLAN! SHADOWCLAN! ATTACK!"
My heart almost busted out of my chest in fear and shock as I looked to see a legion of ShadowClan and ThunderClan cats leap across the waters and into our camp.
"How could..." I stopped when I looked at the triumph on Stormbright's face.
"YOU!" I snarled. "I tried to...then you..."
"What? Thought you were doing something nice?" Stormbright smirked and her eyes sparkled.
"You're evil." I growled coldly. "I'm going to kill-"
My words were cut off as a big black tom with amber eyes jumped in between me and Stormbright and smacked me, a claw mark stinging on my cheek.
"I don't remember you from ThunderClan!" I hissed.
"I was a rogue." the tom growled. "Until ThunderClan gave me shelter. Capricorn, don't forget it."
The tom turned to Brambleblaze and leaped at her, snarling.
"We need Jioveheart!" Nettleburr cried. "Where is she?!"
She ran out of camp...almost like she knew it was going to happen!
"I'll find her!" I said, running out of camp.
I ran towards ShadowClan camp and stopped when I saw her...with him on the half-bridge!
"I'm a warrior now~" Jioveheart purred to the ShadowClan apprentice Sandypaw.
"HEY!" I yelled, scaring both of them. "JIOVEHEART THERE IS A BATTLE!"
"But..."
"RiverClan will die if you don't help them!" I was extremely angry, how could she be so inconsiderate?!
"YOU!" I yelled at the tom. "Grow up and actually battle you fox-brain!"
Jioveheart kept looking at me.
"I swear to StarClan if you don't come back and fight..." I hissed softly. "I will tell Splotchstar about this."
"I'm sorry." Jioveheart touched her nose to the tom before running ahead.
"Finally" I muttered, following Jioveheart.
Jioveheart leaped and slammed her paws down on the ShadowClan leader.
"This is for attacking me at the Gathering!" Jioveheart snapped, ripping Shallowstar's ears.
"Get off him!" a brown and white tabby she-cat with amber eyes snarled.
"Ivyheart!" Shallowstar gasped. "Go find our daughter!"
"Oh, is that your mate?" Jioveheart smirked before chasing after the she-cat named Ivyheart.
"NO!" Shallowstar roared.
"SPLOTCHSTAR!" a cat cried.
Jioveheart stopped chasing the leader's mate and looked at Splotchstar's body.
"She lost a life." Stonewater whispered. "Tawnystar, what do you want from us?"
"Prey, we want to keep our prey." Tawnystar explained. "We're done giving it to you."
"Very well." Stonewater meowed. "But that will be all."
"I want my sister back." Tawnystar added.
"Wha?...NO!" Splotchstar growled, getting up and facing the ThunderClan leader. "She stays!"
"I'll kill you if you ask for her back!" Jioveheart hissed at Tawnystar, whose eyes flashed with shock.
"And we also want the half-bridge and the territory around it." Shallowstar stated, walking to his mate's side. "Or we'll attack again."
"Fine." Stonewater growled. "Now both Clans leave."
I felt a huge rush of anger as soon as the two Clans left. At Stormbright for betraying me, and at Jioveheart...
Wait...
"Jioveheart!" I hissed, walking up to the snake that is my sister. "You used your Dovewing powers! To meet up with him!"
"So?" Jioveheart said indignantly. "Shouldn't you worry about your friends?!"
I glared at her and turned around and dashed into the medicine cat's den to see Flypaw with cobweb around his nose.
"Redpaw!" Flypaw cried. "I thought something happened to you!"
I stopped and looked into his amber eyes.
"Shh." I whispered. "You're alright."
I rested my head on his head, and saw Rowanpaw and a slightly injured Spiderpaw smirking at us.
I didn't feel much about it. I was still infuriated with Stormbright...