Murder in the forest
"You're back!" Someone screamed as they walked into the Shadowclan camp.
Rainpaw took a nervous step back, it was his mother Tanglemask.
"Oh I missed you three so much, are you all right...Where's Rosepaw?" Worry flashed across her face.
"Ya Rainpaw, where is Rosepaw." Foxpaw hissed.
Rainpaw flinched and looked at his paws unsure what to tell her. "Tanglemask…I…"
"There you are Foxpaw." Sadgewhisker interrupted. "It's good to see you are ok."
Foxpaw shuffled a little bit nervously.
Morningflower sighed. "We need to talk to Cedarstar." She told him her voice hinting the urgency of the situation.
Sadgewhisker looked at her in surprise then looked at the two nervous apprentices. Foxpaw was glaring at Rainpaw and Rainpaw was trying to avoid his mother's gaze. "Alright follow me."
Rainpaw followed them into the leaders den. The worst scenarios running threw his head what were they going to do to him? Would he really be held up for Rosepaw's death, were they going to banish him…what will Tanglemask think when she finds out?
He looked back at her, her eyes were wide open and all of the relief that had been in her eyes was replaced with fear.
Rainpaw quickly looked away. He didn't mean for this to happen he just helped the twolegs find that stupid twoleg thing…he didn't mean for Rosepaw to get hurt…for her to get hit by that monster."
Cedarstar watched them approach, sitting tall and proud and tall like the noble leader he was.
Rainpaw winced as his gaze landed on him. This couldn't be happening, this had to be some horrible nightmare, he didn't help the twolegs, he never left the forest, Rosepaw didn't die!
"We have some bad news Cedarstar." Morningflower told him solemnly. "Rosepaw was killed by a monster."
Cedarstar frowned. "I had feared that this would happen. We will mourn for her death tonight." He turned to Rainpaw. "At least your back Rainpaw, Care to explain what happened?"
"I was captured by one of the twolegs searching the forest." He explained "I found a twoleg thing I figured that was what they were looking for…I was right. The twolegs must have thought I had some connection with the death of the one towleg and they took me."
Cedarstar ears flickered. "You seem to know a lot about the twolegs."
Rainpaw paused for a second. Now that he thought about it he did seem to learn a lot about the twolegs. "I…I managed to escape…I got help from 2 twoleg place cats who helped me find Morningflower and Foxpaw."
Cedarstar nodded. "It was foolish of you to deal with the Twolegs alone, but only a true Shadowclan warrior could escape all those twolegs and find your way through the twoleg place."
Rainpaw's eyes widened in surprise, he dipped his head in gratitude.
Cedarstar turned to Morningflower. "How was Foxpaw on the journey?"
The three of them tensed.
"Err…I will not lie to you my leader. Rainpaw showed up right after Rosepaw died…Foxpaw was blinded with grief and…he attacked Foxpaw." Morningflower explained.
Cedarstar looked surprised , he shared a knowing look with Sadgewhisker.
"Do you have anything to say Foxpaw?" Sadgewhisker asked his apprentice.
"It wasn't Foxpaws fault, it was just bad timing. He just needed to release his emotions." Rainpaw said stepping to his brother's defense.
"Enough." Cedarstar hissed warningly. "Foxpaw speak."
Foxpaw was silent for a moment. "I do not regret it. If it wasn't for Rainpaw Rosepaw would still be alive, not dead on the streets." He hissed heavily. "She was ten times the warrior than he, she deserves better."
Sadgewhisker sighed and stepped forward. "I'm going to take Foxpaw to the medicine cat's den."
"You do that." Cedarstar told him.
Sadgewhisker lead Foxpaw out and to the medicine cat den.