Hiya, I'm back. Thank you again to Crystalstar Medicine Cat for reviewing. Oh, and maybe you've noticed, but I accidently changed Silverstorm's sister's name from Whiterose to Dawnburst. Sorry about that! I also noticed that I forgot to mention Sandfur in the alliances. I can repost the alliancwes if you want, or I you can just ignore my couple of mistakes. Alliances are so confusing!

I don't own Warriors, but the characters and SunClan are mine. Mine, I tell you mine!

On with the Chapter!

"Swiftbreeze... is dead?" Silverstorm gasped. She was glad that Rippedtail was not at the meeting. He would have been devastated.

"However, we have found a new mentor for her apprentice Lionpaw," Galestar continued, "Falconheart, our deputy has offered to teach Lionpaw for the remainder of his apprenticeship."

"No," Silverstorm whispered, "No, Lionpaw can't be mentored by the deputy. How in the name of StarClan is Lionpaw... Skypaw!"

Silverstorm sprinted over to where Skypaw and Eaglepaw were sharing tongues. Skypaw threw herself at Silverstorm. "Lionpaw," She mewed frantically, "How's he going to...?"

"Eaglepaw," Silverstorm meowed, "You need to tell Nightshadow that we have a meeting tomorrow, at Sunhigh. I don't care if you are on a patrol. Be there." Eaglepaw nodded.

"How are we going to let Wildwind know?" Eaglepaw asked, "He's not at the gathering."

"I'll volunteer for morning patrol," Silverstorm mewed, "I'll see if I can meet up with him. I'll fall in the river and half drown myself if I have to." Eaglepaw and Skypaw stared at Silverstorm. "What?" The she-cat snapped.

Skypaw opened her mouth, and then closed it. "This is really serious isn't it," Eaglepaw asked.

What makes you think that? Silverstorm thought sarcastically, but she answered, "Yes Eaglepaw, this is very serious."

Silverstorm thought that she would never get back to camp. Skypaw was very solemn, which was very unlike her. When Rippedtail trotted out of the Warrior's Den to welcome them back, he took one look at Silverstorm and Skypaw's faces and mewed, "What happened?"

Skypaw looked like she might start wailing right there. She meowed softly, "I'm going to sleep," and trotted to the apprentices den, leaving Silverstorm alone with Rippedtail.

"What happened?" Rippedtail stared at her evenly.

"It...It's Swiftbreeze," Silverstorm choked out, then, feeling like an apprentice, she buried her head in Rippedtail's fur. "She's... dead." Silverstorm felt Rippedtail stiffen.

"How?" Rippedtail asked his voice dead and expressionless.

"There was some sort of scuffle between WindClan and RiverClan," Silverstorm murmured, taking a deep breath and drawing her face out if Rippedtail's fur. "She was killed. Now Lionpaw's been assigned a new mentor and it's the deputy of WindClan. He'll never be able to sneak out of WindClan alone, not to mention be gone for long periods of time while his mentor is still at camp. I don't know what to do." Silverstorm lay down and put her head on her paws.

Rippedtail sighed. "Silverstorm, do you know who the old ThunderClan SunClan member was, my mentor?" Silverstorm shook her head. "His name was Featherfur, a young tom with his third apprentice."

"Third apprentice?" Silverstorm asked, "I thought that the first apprentice of SunClan warrior became the new SunClan member."

"Normally, they did," Rippedtail gazed into space, reminiscing. "But this was a different time. The Clans were in high tension. There were battles every day, cats dying right and left. It was a difficult time for SunClan. There were patrols constantly, making it hard for us to meet and stay inconspicuous. There was so much suspicion between cats that was hard to trust anyone. Of course, that was when Featherfur got his first apprentice.

"He took the apprentice to meet SunClan, as normal, except that the apprentice freaked out, and ran back to camp. She never made it further than Owltree."

Silverstorm shivered. "You mean..."

Rippedtail nodded sadly. "Yes, she was so young, just barely six moons. The whole Clan mourned. Featherfur's story was that they had been out training, and a neighboring Clan's patrol had caught them. It was easily believable. No one suspected a thing.

"Featherfur got his second apprentice two moons later. His name was Patchpaw. He was as brave as any apprentice before him, maybe braver. When Featherfur took him to see SunClan, he acted calm. He became a member of SunClan. He showed up at the meetings for a few moons. Before he received his warrior name, he told Featherfur that at the ceremony, he was going to tell everyone about SunClan, and threatened to tell the clan about Featherfur's involvement with his first apprentice's death. There was not much Featherfur could do. If he killed Patchpaw, everyone would think it was suspicious that both of Featherfur's apprentices had been killed. Fewer apprentices were dying every day. It would be extremely hard to cover up.

At Patchpaw's warrior ceremony, Copperstar was saying the traditional words, and all the warriors were out celebrating a new warrior, when disaster struck. A whole patrol of cats flew in and killed Patchpaw just as he was about to get his warrior name and tell. As soon as Patchpaw was dead, the cats took off."

Silverstorm gulped. "Who were they?"

"SunClan warriors," Rippedtail murmured. "They had covered up their scent very carefully. They were never identified."

"So if I had tried to tell," Silverstorm mewed, "You would have killed me too?"

Rippedtail nodded. "I'm sorry Silverstorm. It would be necessary to keep SunClan safe." Rippedtail continued with the story. "Featherfur had to wait a long time to get another apprentice. It had been about eleven moons. That was when Featherfur got me.

"I loved SunClan right off. It was the best thing that had ever happened to me. Swiftbreeze and I became best friends. We sparred, and acted like apprentices. But it was Leaf-Bare, and cats were getting sick." Rippedtail paused for a second. "Featherfur died the Leaf-Bare."

"Rippedtail, I'm so sorry," Silverstorm murmured, but she was beginning to see why Rippedtail was telling this story. "So what happened to you?"

"Copperstar tried to assign me a new mentor, but I didn't want one. I grieved for Featherfur. Copperstar eventually paired me up with another warrior apprentice team. They left me alone most of the time. It gave me plenty of time to sneak away to SunClan. I did my training there. When it came time to give me an assessment, I passed easily. I received my warrior name that same day. I took over Featherfur's position as ThunderClan's SunClan representative."

"Lionpaw's been an apprentice for a long time," Silverstorm meowed, "He just needs a few more pointers. He might be able to miss a few meetings until he becomes a warrior. But if he's at a meeting," Silverstorm's eyes lit with a sudden fire, "He's going to get the training of his life. Now if you'll excuse me, I need to tell Wildwind about tomorrow."

"How are you going to get into RiverClan camp?" Rippedtail asked.

"Any way I can," Silverstorm mewed grimly.

Silverstorm woke up early the next morning, before everyone else and hopefully, before RiverClan. She trotted over to the RiverClan ThunderClan border, waiting for the RiverClan dawn patrol, and hoping that Wildwind would be in it. She wasn't disappointed. Wildwind and a group of two other cats were trotting along the border. Silverstorm inched forward, hoping that Wildwind would see her. He did. "Um, Ripplefur, I think I see something. I'm going to see what it is."

"Don't be too long," Ripplefur mewed. The patrol moved off and Wildwind came to stand by Silverstorm.

"What are you doing here?" He hissed, not looking at her, but merely the area around her.

"Meeting, today, sunhigh," Silverstorm meowed. "We have to talk." Wildwind nodded, looking confused. "See you there," Silverstorm crept back to ThunderClan camp.

Skypaw was waiting for her when she returned. "We're on dawn patrol," She mewed simply.

"Let's go," Silverstorm meowed.

"Did you find Wildwind?" Skypaw asked.

Silverstorm nodded. "He'll be there," and the two SunClan members headed off.