Chapter 11, Seen!

Rockpool looked over at Demon, trapped by guards, looking over at Shadowflight. Suddenly he was filled with such a strong rush of anger that he swayed on his paws.

Whirling around, he raced over to the ShadowClan border. He and Aspenleaf had been seeing each other for a little bit now.

He skidded to a stop. Aspenleaf was already there.

"Hi," he mumbled.

"Bad day?" she asked.

"Sort of." He answered

"You know, we both hate our Clans. We should run away." Aspenleaf suggested.

"No!" he spat, "I don't hate my Clan!"

He lay down heavily, his back to her.

She padded up and lay down beside him, their pelts brushing.

"We could start out own Clan."

"No."

He stood up quickly and padded a little ways-then slammed right into something.

"Hey!" he grunted. Instantly he smelled who it was.

"Shalepelt!"

"Oh hi." She sounded like she had been crying, because her voice was tight and her eyes were red.

"Rockpool…that's against the warrior code!"

"I…wasn't doing anything! We were just…talking."

"You lay together," she whined.

"Oh alright! We've seen each other a couple of times now! We love each other, okay? But it isn't any of your business!"

"Yes it is!" she spat.

"Please don't tell anyone!" He begged.

"I won't! But that's just because…" she trailed away. "I once loved you."

She whirled around and vanished into the brush.

Rockpool sighed heavily then padded off. He was very afraid of what would happen to him. If Shalepelt told Ashfur…he would be gone for.

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"But she is really, truly alive?"

"Yep," Leafcloud promised Shadowflight, who had just woken up from a faint of shock. Nightwind was sitting nearby, blinking occasionally.

Leafcloud had just been telling Shadowflight about the Search and all that. The rest of the Clan already had heard about it, and for the most part, understood what had happened.

Cats began to wander over to the fresh-kill pile. Nightwind padded over. There were only two mice left. She bent her head.

"What's your problem?" said a huge, low voice beside her ear. "I'm a warrior that's older then you. Move aside! I get that!"

Nightwind scrambled away and looked back up. It was Shrewtail. He was looking very skinny.

"Oh…" Nightwind trailed away. "Sorry."

He snorted and snatched up the mice.

Shadowflight, who had watched the whole thing, came up beside her friend and sat down.

"He's a jerk," she mumbled.

She heard the brush of fur behind her and turned around.

"Oh…Rockpool…"

Her voice became hard. He stared at her.

"Where are you going?" she snarled.

"Well...hunting. There's still a bunch of hungry cats."

"Oh…well, go."

As soon as he had vanished out of the tunnel, Shadowflight stood up and followed him.

She could see him wandering around randomly through the forest. Finally Rockpool stopped by a few big rocks and crouched down, his back turned.

Shadowflight listened as hard as she could, but what he was saying was to quiet. Then she heard…

"…she hates me…"

Suddenly Rockpool stood up and raced in the direction of the ShadowClan. Instantly Shadowflight was behind him.

He stopped right at the border, and groomed himself.

A second later the same cat Shadowflight had seen at the border with Owlclaw appeared, and raced over to Rockpool.

"Hi!" she shrieked, making Shadowflight wrinkle her nose at the sound. "Guess what? Owlclaw…he was killed in a border fight with WindClan."

Suddenly she grinned. "And now I can be with YOU!"

She covered his face in licks.

"Wait…" Suddenly Aspenleaf froze. "We're being watched!"

"Come out, Shalepelt!" Rockpool growled.

Shadowflight stalked out of the brush.

"Oh…"

"I thought you loved her," Shadowflight snarled angrily. "I…why are you doing this Rockpool?"

He opened his mouth, but had no sound.

Shadowflight whirled around. "They're releasing Demon tonight. They're going to have a conference about him. If he gets proved innocent, they let him into the forest. If he gets proved guilty, then they kill him."

Shadowflight's eyes grew large, and she bounded away.

Wee! Conference and more excitement coming up! Do you think Demon will be proved innocent or guilty? What do YOU think he is, actually?? Review please!! This evening I will be updating four chapters!