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Rain sat outside, the moon shining down on her, illuminating her silver pelt. A cool breeze ruffled her fur, and it would have been nice if she wasn't so troubled.

'Why did Sandstorm join us so easily? I know she didn't just have a sudden change of heart. And what was with her saying our parents died? Surely she was just saying that to make me lose focus. Right? Why should I believe her, anyway?'

Rain began to feel unease settle in her stomach. She had been so confused and, for some reason, extremely upset. The she-cat didn't even know who she was anymore, all because of Sandstorm.

Almost her entire life Rain had been by Shadow's side. Shadow had raised her, trained her, taught her everything. Shadow was also a close ally to Bone and Scourge, so it wasn't surprising that she was much like them.

And now that Rain really thought about it, she hated both of those toms. She had always told herself that Shadow was different, that she was actually caring. But Shadow's plan for taking over the forest and destroying the Clans is just like Scourge's plan. And Rain had been Shadow's pawn all along.

The silver she-cat began to fill anger rise in her chest. Fur bristling, she stalked off in search for Shadow.

Shadow's ears twitched as she heard a low growl. She woke up to see pale eyes staring at her.

"Rain! What is the matter with you? I almost attacked you," Shadow hissed.

Rain ignored her. "What's your plan?"

"Excuse me?"

"When we attack the Clans. What's going to happen?"

Shadow shifted her paws. "You already know the plan. You were informed earlier."

"I mean what's going to happen afterwards if we win the battle? What are you going to with the Clan cats?" Rain asked.

Shadow narrowed her amber eyes. "Why the sudden interest in those savages?"

"If you remember, I was once one of those savages too," Rain replied, looking indifferent, "I was just curious."

Shadow's tail twitched nervously once again.

'She's beginning to get too curious. What is she up to?'

The tortoiseshell she-cat let out a small snort. "Kill them or make them slaves, of course."

Rain's blue eyes widened to saucers as she stared at her once mentor and mother figure. "What?! How could you do that? I thought we were going to live peacefully with them?"

Shadow rolled her eyes. "As long as they cooperate, we should be just fine. Honestly Rain, did you expect we'd be kind to them? Their leader killed Scourge, and Bone was also brutally murdered. They're monsters."

Rain looked down at the ground and her shoulders shook slightly. Then she muttered something Shadow couldn't understand.

"What?"

"I said," Rain looked up and glared at the older cat, "you're the monster."

Rain then ran off to find the only cat left that she could talk to and trust. The one she should have trusted from the beginning. Shadow yelled something at her, but she just continued forward.

'I'm going to make things right.' She told herself.

Sandstorm walked through Twoleg Place, her eyes focused on her paws. Her makeshift nest that a cat Shadow ordered to make for her, made out of tainted leaves and an old twoleg pelt was far from comfortable (not to mention disgusting). But it wasn't like she'd be sleeping anyway. So much was on her mind.

'Am I doing the right thing? And if so, why do I feel like I'm betraying my Clan?' she wondered. 'I should have just went to ThunderClan and warned everyone about the attack as soon as they let me go. Actually, I can...'

Sandstorm climbed up a tree in a twoleg's yard and sat on one of the lower branches. She could see the Thunderpath from where she was sitting. All she would do was have to cross it, then head straight for ThunderClan territory. 'But I can't,' she reminded herself, 'I'm already in too far with this plan to quit now, and I have to save Rain. Not to mention Sal probably wouldn't be too happy if I just left him.'

The ginger she-cat sighed and laid down on the branch, gazing at the forest. She missed hunting with her friends, training with Sorrelpaw, hearing the kits playing in the nursery. She even missed hearing the grumpy elders complain all the time.

But over all, she missed Firestar. As she stared in the distance, wondering what he was doing now. Was he worried about her? Did he even care?

That last thought made Sandstorm's stomach clench. 'Of course he cares,' she told herself, 'he loves you.' But she knew that Firestar had loved the medicine cat, Spottedleaf, before she had been killed. StarClan, everyone knew it. And even though Firestar told Sandstrom that he loved her now, she still sometimes questioned it.

The young cat shook her head. She couldn't think about Firestar now, not with so many other things at stake.

"Where am I supposed to go from here?" she asked herself quietly. She had gotten this far, but had no idea what she was going to do. 'I can't believe myself. Why didn't I think everything through first? I know better.' Feeling angry at herself, Sandstorm let out a frustrated sigh. She knew why she hadn't. It was because she was also focused on her sister, maybe even more than her plan, which she knew was stupid.

A slight movement caught her eyes, and she immediately got into a defensive position. She whipped her head around towards the cat, but relaxed, only slightly, when she saw who it was. "Oh. Hello Rain."

Rain nodded at her and climbed up to the branch Sandstorm was sitting on.

"What are you doing here? Did you need something?" Sandstorm didn't mean for that to sound as harsh as it did.

"Actually, yes. I need...information."

Sandstorm narrowed her eyes at her sister, wondering exactly what kind of "information" she needed. "About what?"

Rain swallowed hard. "I want to know what happened to Redtail and Brindleface."

"You're the monster."

Shadow's fur prickled with anger. How dare Rain treat her that way. She had fed her, raised her. If it had been any other time, Shadow would have let it go with only a minor punishment. But they were about to start a possible war between the Clans, and a former Clan cat, who was Rain's sister, was with them. She had poisoned Rain's mind, which led her to question Shadow's plans. This wasn't her being an ignorant kit, this was treason.

And that would not be accepted.

Ominous...

I was hoping to get it posted before Christmas, but we all know how that goes. And this chapter was actually hard for me to write. I would literally stare at my screen, and when I started typing, backspace everything and start again. So hopefully it's not too bad of a read.

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