Chapter 5
I watched the others walk away leaving me at the lake to tend to my wounds. Suddenly a familiar scent hit my nose. I ducked in the bushes as three Thunderclan warriors walked by. I saw Brambleclaw and Squirrelflight, the two cats I traveled with to the sun-drown place when I was an apprentice. The other cat I identified was the leader of ThunderClan, Firestar.
"I smell WindClan. And recently by the looks of it." Brambleclaw stated. Squirrelflight scoffed, "Of course you can smell them, mousebrain. We are along their border." Firestar said sternly, "Squirrelflight be respectful. Yes Brambleclaw, WindClan has been by recently. In fact they're still here."
I gulped, 'but wait why I'm I hiding? I'm in my own territory.' I walked out of the bushes simply and went to the river. I looked up at the ThunderClan warriors. Squirrelflight smiled at me and meowed a greeting. Brambleclaw was a bit more formal. "Hello Crowfeather, how's the prey running?" I nodded, "Fine." Firestar looked at me with high opinion. Or maybe something else. "Crowfeather, can you tell Onestar thank you for helping us with the badger attack?" I dipped my head, "Sure but why don't you tell him now?"
Firestar looked at me confused. I had scented Onestar after Brambleclaw had said his greetings. Onestar padded up beside me and nodded to Brambleclaw and Squirrelflight.
He turned his attention to Firestar. "Hello Firestar. How's your Clan?"
Firestar answered, "Fine, thank you. I didn't get a chance to thank you for helping us with the badger attack."
Onestar waved his tail. "Don't mention it. It was nice to fight next to one of my friends again."
Firestar smiled, "I better get back to my Clan. See you at the gathering." Onestar meowed his partings and motioned for me to follow him.
I trotted beside my leader and wondered what he was thinking about. "Crowfeather, what is going on?"
I froze for a moment. But I quickly shook myself and answered, "Nothing's wrong. I'm just a bit tired I guess." Onestar looked at me doubtfully. "Ok but you know I'm here for you right?"
I nodded. "We go ahead and get some rest, eat, and then go on the evening patrol later." I swiftly dipped my head and walked over to my nest in the warriors' den. As sleep engulfed me I thought of Leafpool and our future kits. 'What Clan are they going to grow up in?'