Chapter 2
Lionpaw jumped into the river and swam across the river and climbed onto the other side of the border. He came to Heatherpaw's side and pressed against her body. "Heatherpaw, Heatherpaw wake up," he meowed frantically. He licked her vigorously. Heatherpaw stirred. He breathed a sigh of relief. "Lionpaw… RiverClan… ambush," she murmured. He gasped. He scented the air and scented the air and realized he scented blood. He said, "Heatherpaw, I need you to get up. I need to get you back to ThunderClan. We can help you." Heatherpaw forced her eyes open and tried to sit up. She managed and Lionpaw let her lean on him.
"Let's go through the tunnels," he meowed. "T-thanks Lionpaw," she whispered, leaning on his shoulder as they headed towards the tunnels. When they got there, they crawled through the dark eerie tunnels they would meet in at night all of the time. Lionpaw suddenly got the feeling that he had when he was in his dream. Was this what his dream had meant? But how could it have been? Nothing had pointed to this… or did it? He shook his head. This wasn't the time to be thinking about silly dreams…
They came out of the tunnels and into ThunderClan territory. The sun warmed his pelt, but he didn't really notice because he was trying to hurry Heatherpaw to the camp. Suddenly, there was a rustle in the bushes. He told Heatherpaw to stay put as he went and investigated really quick. He peered through the bushes and gasped when he saw what was going to crash into him.
A second later, a golden brown tabby was on top of him. "Lionpaw, what are you doing-" Honeypaw cut off when she saw Heatherpaw. "What is she doing here?" she asked, her voice filled with more concern than anger, seeing the beautiful apprentice's bad condition. Honeypaw got off of Lionpaw. Lionpaw got up. "RiverClan has ambushed WindClan. Heatherpaw was injured. I guess RiverClan was making WindClan fight closer to our border and that's why their scent was strong," he explained. Honeypaw padded over to Heatherpaw. She scented her and said, "We need to get her to Jaypaw and Leafpool."
Lionpaw was glad Honeypaw understood and they both helped the WindClan she-cat up. Heatherpaw moaned in pain. "Don't worry, Heatherpaw. I won't let anything happen to you," he whispered to her, but was loud enough for Honeypaw to hear. He suddenly realized what he had said and couldn't take it back. Honeypaw gave him a confused look, but only for a second because a second later, Berrynose came bounding over to them, but hadn't seen Heatherpaw until now. "What's she doing here?" he hissed as soon as he caught sight of her. "She's hurt, we need to get her to camp so we can treat her wounds," Lionpaw told Berrynose.
Honeypaw hissed to cut off what Berrynose was about to say when he opened his mouth to argue. "Do you want her to die or not!" the golden she-cat snapped. Berrynose was hesitant and then beckoned for them to go on. "I assume you two already know that RiverClan is ambushing WindClan close to our border," Berrynose meowed to them. Honeypaw and Lionpaw nodded. "Has Firestar said anything about helping them?" Lionpaw asked. "Not yet, but I'm sure he'll send out cats to fight both Clans away from the border," Berrynose hissed. "Or at least fight RiverClan out and tell WindClan to get away from our border," Berrynose meowed.
Lionpaw nodded and then he and Honeypaw turned and made it to ThunderClan camp. He let out a meow, letting everyone know they had returned with someone important. Brambleclaw, Squirrelflight, Leafpool and Jaypaw rushed over to them. "Who is this?" asked Leafpool, her voice full of concern. "This is Heatherpaw," Lionpaw mewed. "She's from WindClan," Honeypaw meowed, a bit uneasily. Firestar bounded down from his den, followed by Whitewing, Ashfur and Millie. Lionpaw guessed that they were heading to the border. "Brambleclaw, I'm taking Ashfur, Whitewing and Millie to order the Clans away from our border," he mewed to his deputy and then saw Heatherpaw. Lionpaw told his leader the whole story and Firestar nodded. "Leafpool, help her. We can let her die," he meowed. "Don't worry, she won't," Jaypaw meowed to Firestar. The ThunderClan leader nodded and headed out of the camp.
Lionpaw and Leafpool laid Heatherpaw down in the medicine den. "Oh, Heatherpaw, please be okay," he whispered. "Lionpaw?" someone asked him from behind. He spun around to see Cinderpaw standing there. "Brambleclaw came to tell me that he wants you, me and Honeypaw to go and hunt. Because of the conflict between WindClan and RiverClan, there hasn't been much prey brought back to the camp," she told him, staring at him suspiciously. He gulped. Had she suspected that he loved Heatherpaw? Before the gray apprentice could say anything, he nodded and fled the medicine den. "Lionpaw I wanted so say…." Honeypaw was cut off as he raced towards the WindClan border. RiverClan would pay for what they did to Heatherpaw!
Honeypaw watched as Lionpaw raced out of camp. She sighed when he didn't listen to what she wanted to say to him. She shrugged her shoulders and bounded with her sister into the forest. She scented prey and soon hunted two mice, a chaffinch, and a water shrew. Cinderpaw had killed a squirrel, a starling and a vole. "Hey, do think Lionpaw has caught anything?" Cinderpaw asked suspiciously. "Yeah, why?" Honeypaw asked. "Well, he raced out of camp like a bat out of darkness and headed straight for the WindClan border. And… he was talking so sweetly and softly to that WindClan apprentice," Cinderpaw explained. "Heatherpaw?" Honeypaw asked. Cinderpaw nodded. Honeypaw thought for a second. "I don't think so. Lionpaw wouldn't betray his Clan," she said convincingly. I hope not, she mentally said to herself.