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Hopepaw got to her paws, all fur now stained with blood.
" Goodbye." She meowed softly, tears spent as she licked Silverdream's ear. Then, she padded away, and towards Fourtrees. She didn't know what she was meant to do anymore; her best friend had died, and now she had to save the Clans, with the help of one other cat. Hopepaw sighed.
" StarClan save us." She muttered, increasing her pace, and running towards the Gathering site.
Meanwhile, Fireshadow was pacing her Den, thinking about her dream.
" Hopepaw is gone...But bird? What does it mean?" She repeated over and over again. The Clans were in danger from Mysticstorm obviously. She had sworn to return and attack. With a sigh, she padded outside, and found Lunarsky.
" Lunarsky?" The Medicine Cat spoke softly. The Deputy looked up.
" Yes?"
" Go to the river. No questions, just do it. And bring back what you find." Confused, Lunarsky padded away, pawsteps echoing in the silence of the night. Fireshadow sighed again, and returned to her Den.
" Who is there?" Hopepaw demanded, as she arrived at Fourtrees. Her companion, it seemed, had already arrived.
" Alright, keep your fur on!" A brown-pelted tom stepped out of the undergrowth. Hopepaw looked at him; the tom was about her own age. Hopepaw also noticed he promised to become a handsome tom. But currently, he was grinning in a friendly manner, with twigs stuck to his pelt, and fur sticking up in all directions.
" I'm Robinpaw." He announced.
" Hopepaw." She replied in a quiet voice. Robinpaw padded forwards, noticing the blood.
" Wait...are you okay?"
" My friend died." Hopepaw answered shortly. She didn't mention the fact that Silverdream had resorted to suicide.
" We should go." Robinpaw changed the subject, and Hopepaw was grateful for that.
" We have to find Mysticstorm, correct?" He added.
" Thats what I heard." Hopepaw replied with a weak smile.
" C'mon then!" With that, Robinpaw bounded away. Hopepaw watched him for a moment, heart beating faster, before she shook her head.
" Stop it Hopepaw. Probably all the she-cats in his Clan like him." She said to herself, before Hopepaw darted after Robinpaw.
Lunarsky returned to camp quite soon, dragging the scruff of a bloodied silver tabby.
" I found her body by the river." She meowed sadly to Fireshadow. The blood had now dried on the she-cats fur, but was still sticky, and retained its sickly scent.
" Why her, Fireshadow? She had so much ahead of her..."