Chapter 10, found!

A paw prodded Ravenpaw in the belly. The dark she-cat opened her eyes. A black face swam into view.

"Spiderpaw?" she asked, scrambling to her feet.

There was one problem. Spiderpaw was flickering.

"What's the matter?" she asked him.

Spiderpaw gave her a sad, sad, look. He mouthed the words, "Can't talk."

Ravenpaw licked his chin. He opened his eyes wide, as if suddenly refreshed, "Ravenpaw…" he murmured.

He gazed into her amber eyes, "StarClan has a purpose for everything," he whispered, "They have a purpose for everything, including death."

"What?" Ravenpaw asked, "No Spiderpaw…Please no…"

"I was not meant to be in your future," he whispered. He gave her a sorrowful look.

Something was pushing on the back of Ravenpaw's eyes. "No…" she moaned, then straitened up, "I'm sorry!" she wailed, "I killed you! I unclamped Glacier's jaws!"

Spiderpaw gave her a long, hard look, "You will mourn for a moon," he meowed, "but you must move on. There is no need to dwell on the sadness of the past."

Ravenpaw gave a desperate wail. "I hate Glacier! I hate her stupid whines and things she thinks is neat. 'The wind! The birds!' I hate her!"

"No you don't," he whispered, "You're just mad that you saved her and let me go. Yes she is annoying, but Ravenpaw, she is a kit, just like you are an apprentice."

Ravenpaw sat up and blinked. She had totally forgotten.

"Yes," he murmured, eyes shining. "I am dead, Ravenpaw, stop thinking about my death. It won't do you any good."

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"Wake up!"

Ravenpaw's eyes flickered open. Volepaw's face was an inch away from hers.

"You just fainted dead out!" he complained.

"Sorry," she snarled, sitting up and shaking the clinging Volepaw of her.

"Are you alright?" Smokepaw sounded worried.

"Yes, I'm fine. Just got dizzy."

Squirrelpaw looked over at her.

"I've got Glacier."

A high, cruel laugh rang out around the rocks. "Hah! I knew someone would find that piece of eagle dung!"

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Leafpaw dashed into camp, in front of Cinderpelt. Whitepaw looked up from her prey, surprised. Had the medicine cat apprentice seen their lost friends?

"There are icky animals on our territory!" Leafpaw managed to cough out. "They have big claws. They stink, and they look strong and dirty!"

"What are you talking about?" Firestar demanded, coming out of his den.

Leafpaw described the creatures, and Firestar's eyes glazed over. "No…" he murmured.

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Ravenpaw, with all the other apprentices looked up, to see a rather small cat crouched on a rock above them.

"Drop it," the cat commanded Squirrelpaw. She was white, all white, not a hair of any other color on her.

"Who are you?" Smokepaw demanded.

She fixed her creamy blue gaze on him. "I am Surveillance," she meowed. She had an intense voice.

Smokepaw growled.

She leaped slowly down the rocks until she reached the apprentices.

"Drop…the kit." She commended Squirrelpaw.

Squirrelpaw opened her jaw and the kit dropped to the ground. Glacier glared up at Surveillance. "Go away!" she squeaked.

"Do you know this cat?" Ravenpaw asked the kit.

"Yes! She was my guardian when mommy died. But she abandoned me in that cave!"

"Quite!" Surveillance hissed. She whipped out a delicate paw and in one tiny, swift movement she hit Glacier hard on the side of her face. The kit crashed to the ground.

Surveillance looked down at the kit like it was a delicate mouse. "Let me kill you," she hissed, waving a paw in front of the kit, with claws unsheathed.

"No!" Even Ravenpaw surprised herself. She jumped up on the boulders and raced over to the white she-cat. She hurtled down on top of the older cat.

Surveillance rolled over and then turned, smacking Ravenpaw hard across the face with one paw. She laughed a high laugh as Ravenpaw's head snapped to her shoulder. Ravenpaw's face felt raw. She didn't dare turn her head.

She got another smack. Surveillance laughed again.

Ravenpaw hissed and jumped at her, but the white cat ducked, sending Ravenpaw over her head. Her hind legs skidded off the path, and she sat groping with her front paws.

Surveillance continued to laugh. It echoed around the mountains. "Nobody can beat me! So don't even try!"

That's exactly what Owlpaw just did.

The WindClan tom flew over the heads of all the other apprentices. Surveillance lifted her paws, ready to throw him off, but to her confusion Owlpaw crashed over head. He turned quickly, managing to land a scratch to her back. He pulled back just in time as the white cat whirled, her paws raking and slashing through the air.

Owlpaw flattened himself to the ground, then wriggled swiftly underneath her hind legs. He whirled around and slashed his claw down her back. Blood spattered the ground.

He was not quick enough to move out of the way, though. Surveillance turned and sunk her teeth into his shoulder.

Owlpaw screeched with pain. He slapped a paw across her face. Three long cuts appeared in her silky white fur. She yowled with rage and jumped.

Owlpaw skidded away from her paws just in time. Surveillance hit the rock and crashed to the ground.

"Alright!" she spat, "You won!"

Ravenpaw had managed to pull herself back onto the path. She scooped up Glacier. "Let's go!" she yowled to her companions.

"Wait," Smokepaw whispered, "Wait. This is the cat. The savoir of the Clans."

"What?" Ravenpaw screeched. "She almost killed me! Are you an idiot, Smokepaw?"

"No…" he meowed, "This is it! I know this is the cat that will save the Clans?"

"Really?" Owlpaw asked, "How do you know it's not Glacier?"

"She's just a kit…" Smokepaw meowed, "And something tells me this is the cat."

He turned to Surveillance. "Do you know of StarClan?" he asked.

"StarClan?" she coughed, "Of course I do!"

Ravenpaw was surprised.

"Well," Smokepaw told her, "We got a message from StarClan. They said we had to go to the mountains and find the savoir of the Clans. You are it."

"Oh," Surveillance raised her eyebrows. There was a strange glitter in her eyes. "I'd be glad to come back with you and save the Clans."

"Thank you!" Smokepaw cried.

Glacier let out a growl. "No!" she cried, "You can't! She'll-,"

The apprentices never got to hear what the kit had to say. Volepaw cuffed her hard over the mouth.

Glacier gave a squeal of frustration and was knocked onto the ground. Ravenpaw scooped her up.

"Let's go," Surveillance meowed, "I know a way."

So what do you think of Surveillance? She has a big part coming…

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