I look down at my kits and sigh. "Well, what do I do now?"
Juniperkit looks up at me and blinks.
I lean down and pick him up in my teeth. Then I put him back down. How am I gonna carry them all back to camp all by myself?
Just as I'm about to give up, I hear a rustle in the bushes behind me. I whip around and let out a ferocious hiss. I relax once I see Leafpool and Icenose slipping through.
"You still here?" Icenose says worriedly, looking around as if expecting to see something jump out of the shadows at any moment.
"Yup, Thornflight left a little while ago." I decide not to tell them about the WindClan encounter. They might think that after that encounter that I wouldn't be allowed to see Thornflight; they might think that it's too dangerous.
"Well, let's get back to camp before anyone notices we're gone."
"Too late", Icenose mews.
"Whattaya mean?" My blood runs cold as I think about what might have happened back at camp.
"Don't worry!" Leafpool assures as she sees the horrified look on my face. "All we told them is that you were going out to find Falconkit because he'd run away."
"Thank StarClan!" I breathe.
"Now let's get back to camp."
"OK."
As I entered the camp, everything is still, except that Brambleclaw is sitting in the middle of the clearing, aparrently waiting for something/someone.
"'Bout time you got here", he growl.
"Well, I gotta go to bed with my kits, so good night." I growl back. But then the worst thing happens. I step on his tail, trip, and my kits all attack him!
Whoops. I think nervously to myself.