What happened?" Cats asked her when she returned to camp. She was too upset to bother with most of her Clanmates. She stormed into Forreststar's den, ignoring the rest.

"Falconpaw is dead because of you." She murmured. His mate, Snowclaw, spat in shock.

"How dare you accuse your leader of a crime he didn't commit?! The outraged queen hissed. "That wretched menace deserved to die anyway! What has he brought to our Clan but misery and pain?" She sneered.

"It's your fault too. Every cat who treated him like that, who told him that he was nothing, you're all at fault for this!" She snarled.

"What happened, Swiftpaw? I assume you spoke with him. What did Falconpaw say?"

"He said that he had to go to StarClan because that was the only place with nice cats, with cats who wouldn't treat him like he was the dirt beneath their paws, who would treat him like he meant something!" She screeched. "What kind of cats are we, what kind of Clan is this that nobody cares?! None of you asked where Falconpaw was, and I bet you won't even look for him! You're all so cruel that I bet ShadowClan is better than you! I hate you! I hate you all! How could you do this to him?! How could you just stare at your paws when an apprentice is dead? Falconpaw is dead because you fox-hearts treated him like mouse-dung! What reason could any of you possibly have?"

Snowclaw stepped forward.

"He was my kit. I had every right to do with him as I pleased! He reminded me of that terrible rogue who dared to violate a she-cat's most sacred privacy! I didn't want him to be alive much less to have to raise him! That miserable excuse for a scrap of fur was dead to me from the moment he was born! I prayed to StarClan that he word join them but he didn't! I'm glad he's dead!"

Swiftpaw snarled and launched herself off the Highrock. She bit and clawed at Snowclaw until Forreststar yanked her away and some cat pinned her down.

"You..." The brown leader was devastated. "He was a kit, Snowclaw! It shouldn't have mattered how he came into the world! He was your kit! I would have cared for him as my own had I known... oh StarClan how mouse-brained am I?! And what excuse do the rest of you have?!" Forrest star snapped to the rest of the Clan. "What

Would possibly be so wrong with Falconpaw that you were so cruel?!"

No cat spoke. Of course not. They were all too afraid.

"Tonight, I will go to the Moonpool and consult with StarClan. This will be resolved and this will never happen again! When we go to the Gathering tomorrow, I will report Falconpaw's death and Swiftpaw and Snowclaw will say everything that was said today. You will all come to this Gathering and witness to shame we have placed on ThunderClan."