Hey guys=) I meant to put this up yesterday, but I ran out of time. I'll be on vacation this weekend so I don't know when the next chapter will be up. On the bright side no more exams! Also I think I might have misled you guys: I heard from a friend that Echo would be texting me, but she hasn't yet. Hopefully she will soon though=)

On that note if there is anything you want to see in the next book please let me know now so I can put it in the plot. (I'm a little… well I can't think of stuff.) However I know you guys want DewxRapid, so that's already in there;)

Also I think I'm going to spend more time editing, so the updates might be a bit slower=/ But it'll be worth it (hopefully)

Oh and I've been forgetting to do quotes… so this is the one that was supposed to end Walking On the Edge: "But… I don't know where it's going. My heart, I mean." ~Percy Jackson, The Titan's Curse.

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Chapter One

*Brook*

My dear kits yawn as one, close their eyes once more, and fall deep into a milk induced slumber. I purr and lick each of their heads. It won't be long before I will take them from these mountains and down into the lush forest. And when we come back… will we have a home to be welcomed back to?

I shake the thought from my head stubbornly. I already told Stormfur we would go to help. And it made him so happy… the death of Brambleclaw really hurt him…

I stroke little Bramble absentmindedly as I think. But how can I stop Stormfur from going? How can I not go when the Clans gave us everything? Without them I doubt I would be here today, nursing my new kits. I look down at Bramble again. He doesn't look much like Brambleclaw but his amber-gold flecked eyes do.

I know it hurts Stormfur, and then he went and named him for his friend. Our friend. I lick his fur again, and sigh. Hopefully the Clans can hold on for a little while longer, they only need a few days and then they will be able to walk.

Feather whimpers in her sleep and I wince, bending over and nuzzling her, humming softly. Her whimpers fade, but she's disturbed little Moon who blinks awake. Her blue-gray eyes are bleary and she blinks them.

"Hi mommy." She mumbles through a yawn.

"Hello love, go back to sleep now." I mew softly.

"I don't think I can." Moon mumbles.

I smile lightly and mew, "Very well dear."

"Can I go outside?" she asks, sitting up clumsily.

"No." I reply curtly.

Moon groans but doesn't say anything else. She wanders around the room, tossing the scraps of feathers around and laughing as the land on her nose.

"Oh dear…" I mew slightly exasperatedly, "Look at the mess!"

She sighs slightly and mumbles, "Sorry."

"It's all right; Lark and Pine can clean it up." I mew beckoning her over to me.

"Ooooh are they visiting us today?" Moon asks excitedly.

"If they have time." I reply. She sighs somewhat sadly and curls back up. I lick her head and pray for the best.

*Stormfur*

I doge through the cats in the cave, Lark and Pine by my side. Both are pouting, even though Lark had a successful hunt today. I know they are upset by our plans to leave. But they are too young to understand.

Pebble joins us with a look on her face that says you better know what you're doing.

"Dad do you have to?" Pine hisses for the fifth time.

"Hush." I mutter. Pebble shunts them behind me and I hurry to where Brook and the kits are. They are all awake, the kits' eyes bright with innocent wonder.

Lark looks upset and Pine furious. Pebble keeps shifting uncomfortable. The air is so tense that the kits have noticed and are squirming slightly. Brook rises and Pebble takes her place.

"I'll come when I hear the yelling shall I?" Brook throws her a sharp look and we leave the den. We walk slowly, and I can practically hear Crag/Stoneteller yelling at me.

Silence falls as we enter, cats staring at Brook. She ignores them all, holding her head and walks to Crag/Stoneteller.

"Brook, what are you doing up?" He questions in surprise. Talon looks over at us with narrowed eyes.

"Brother I must tell you something." Brook mews.

Crag/Stoneteller looks taken aback but he mews, "Then tell me."

Brook cast a wary eye over the Tribe and sighs. "Stormfur and I must leave for a short time –"

The rest of her words are drowned in angry cries and yells from the rest of the Tribe. I sigh heavily – this is going about as well as I'd hoped.

"Why are they all so angry?" Lark cries, stumbling closer to me, her eyes filling tears.

"Shush," I mew, "They will not hurt you."

"Brook are you mad? You have kits! Why on earth –" her brother stops abruptly and glares hard at her, "The Clans."

"Brother…" Brook mews firmly, "They helped us several times. Now they are in danger. The least Stormfur and I can do is return the favor."

Mutters swell again; it's not too terribly hard to pick out what they are. I see Pine's eyes darken as Lark closes hers.

"No." Crag/Stoneteller mews sharply, "You and Stormfur need to remember what loyalty to Tribe means. You leave too often. I am sorry sister – but the Clans are much larger than us. What difference would two cats make?"

"Perhaps the difference between life and death for innocent cats!" Brook snarls, her eyes furious.

"No."

I step forward and mew, "Crag look –" but a rush and annoyed yells cuts me off. I groan quietly and close my eyes.

"My name is Stoneteller, Stormfur. I would have thought that you would be able to remember that. How many times do your Clans change a cat's name?"

"Sorry." I mutter, plowing on. "But unless I'm much mistaken my sister – from a Clan – saved the Tribe. And then ThunderClan helped us against the rouges. You get what you give, Stoneteller, and we are in their debt. I for one feel as though we need to repay them."

Crag/Stoneteller sighs heavily, "Fine." He relents, "But you best hurry back, lest your place here disappears."

I step back, stung from this barbed threat and Brook gasps.

"Brother!"

He does not look at her and instead turns around. I exchange a heavy look with Brook as the Tribe mutters and Lark and Pine tremble.

Am I going lose another home? I look at my kits bitterly, But this time, there is so much more to lose.

So what do you think? You like or is it to dramatic? I had to look like everything up because I couldn't read all the way through to the tribe in the Sign of the Moon online=/ If I messed anything up let me know because I do want them to be cannon(ish).

And now two more quotes so I can get caught up=) "I don't go looking for trouble. Trouble usually finds me." ~Harry Potter, The Prisoner of Azkaban. Best excuse ever and really so true…

And I think I'll do a movie: "Did you see those Huns? They popped out of the snow! Like daisies!" Mushu, Mulan. Best part…;)

So yeah… I have to go cause we gotta leave… Review please=)

~Midnight