"Skysong, do you want to lead a hunting patrol?" Mousestar asked.
"Sure." Skysong sighed.
"Brightbreeze, Blizzarddust, let's go. Oh and Amberflower." Skysong called half-heartedly.
The first member of the patrol, Brightbreeze, was always eager for a patrol. Besides, Skysong was almost positive that the light ginger she-cat fancied Blizzarddust. The last member of the patrol Amberflower was Skysong's sister and was almost never picked, so Skysong felt obliged to take her.
Skysong called her hunting patrol together; Brightbreeze and Amberflower bounced over much to Skysong's irritation. Blizzarddust took his time, trudging behind with his tail lagging behind.
"What's up with him?" Amberflower, one of WindClan's biggest gossips, whispered. Skysong shrugged.
"Okay, let's go." Blizzarddust said. Skysong nodded and led the patrol out onto the moor. While hunting, Blizzarddust let two rabbits and a squirrel get away; his mind clearly wasn't on hunting.
"Blizzarddust," Brightbreeze said, putting her catch of a rabbit down. "Are you okay?"
Blizzarddust shook his head sadly.
"Well, you know my mate, Leopardmist?" Skysong and the other cats bobbed their heads up and down. "Dark brown she-cat? Beautiful golden-brown eyes?"
"Yes, yes!" Amberflower snapped impatiently.
"Well, she dumped me for Swiftclaw." Brightbreeze's eyes widened.
"Why?" The she-cat wanted to know. Blizzarddust rolled his eyes and Skysong didn't blame him.
"I just told you-she likes Swiftclaw, so they're together now." The news made Skysong both happy and sad; on one paw her love interest wasn't with Leopardmist now but on the other Blizzarddust was being torn apart by the news.
"I'm sorry to hear that." Skysong answered, only half-lying. Blizzarddust shrugged.
"I'm just gonna go eat some mole; that's my comfort food." Amberflower nodded.
"Okay, why don't you do that?" She whispered. Skysong wanted to press up against the tom comfortingly, but she was so shy that she couldn't even rest her tail on his shoulder.