I am so sorry for the long update! I was busy and had homework, and never really felt inspired for this story... but I have it up and I hope that I will update faster this time. Thanks to flareon200, Whitestar, XStormcloudX, Moonstreak1, and XxXxSkyheartxXxX for reviewing!

DISCLAIMER: Um... I don't own Warriors...? That is a statement and not a question

Whitepaw stared up at the sky, her eyes searching for any star, any ray of moonlight... anything. She had been told by Darkstar to stay here. He assured her that she would be well taken care of, but she couldn't leave. Prisoner.... Whitepaw had spat the word at Darkstar's paws, but he scoffed. No, dear white one... just... not allowed to leave! Whitepaw blinked sadly, hoping with all her heart that Stonestar was there to comfort her.

She had never been really close to her mother, and when Stonestar had taken her on as an apprentice, Whitepaw hated her leader with a passion. But over the moons she had trained, Whitepaw had inevitably grown closer to her leader. Stonestar wasn't a mother to her... she was nothing more than a friend. A great friend. A friend that would know what to say in a situation like the one Whitepaw was in.

"W-Whitepaw?" Whitepaw turned and faced her brother. He flinched at her eyes. They glittered with fear, with anger, but most of all, with hopelessness. "I brought you something to eat..." Leafpaw trailed off, nudging a rock mouse towards her.

"Right.." Whitepaw murmured, turning back to the clouded sky. She felt Leafpaw sit beside her.

"I don't know how Darkstar found out. I was extremely careful to make sure that no one in DuskClan besides Moonpaw knew we were going to meet."

"Maybe... Maybe Moonpaw told.." Whitepaw whispered, giving up on her search for a sign of hope and hanging her head. Her pelt was dull as she hadn't groomed it since she arrived at the DuskClan camp.

Leafpaw said nothing, but the white apprentice knew that he was considering that she was right. Her mind went over the cats she might not see again. Stonestar. Stripedthoughts. Twigclaw. Lightwhisker.... She sighed. Had the new warrior told Stonestar of her meetings with Leafpaw? I trust Lightwhisker... he'll just propose they follow my scent if anything..

"Dear Whitepaw, do not worry! We will make you a full DuskClan warrior in no time!" Darkstar mewed. Whitepaw unsheathed her claws and spun around, her eyes full of anger and sadness and distrust.

"No."

"Excuse me?" Darkstar asked, amused.

"No. No. NO!" Whitepaw snarled. "I will not join DuskClan, though I respect it as much as any clan. I would love more than anything to be in the same clan as my brother once again, but I will never join DuskClan. I have seen how you treat your clanmates. You will not gather another slave in me."

"Fine. But you still cannot leave. If you are not going to be a warrior, then we will let you starve. Unless you agree to something else..." Darkstar sneered, and Whitepaw swiped her claws at the dark leader. He snarled in anger and stalked off.

"Whitepaw... Darkstar isn't that bad! You would be better to join DuskClan!" Leafpaw begged. Whitepaw turned on him, teeth bared, eyes narrowed, but still filled with depression.

"Do you not believe that my clan will not come for me?! I know that they would fight for me! I know that they care about me! They will come!" Whitepaw choked, digging her claws into the ground. Leafpaw blinked calmly.

"They did not come for me," he whispered, stood, and walked off. Whitepaw stared in shock at her brother. H-He's right.....

"No... they wouldn't leave me here to die?" Would they?

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Whitepaw stared at her paws, blinking slowly. Her thoughts were wrapped up in what Leafpaw had said the night before. She desperately hoped for a whiff of MoonClan, but so far, none had come. Then again, the wind was blowing in the wrong direction for that.

"Darkstar. I need my apprentice back," Whitepaw jumped and spun around. Stonestar stood calmly in the center of the DuskClan camp, flanked by Rainsight and Thornclaw.

"Your apprentice was trespassing on DuskClan territory!" Darkstar hissed. Liar! Whitepaw screamed mentally. She walked up to Stonestar and stood behind her, trying not to let her emotions betray her.

"That does not give you the right to keep her against her will. Do not do this to MoonClan ever again," Stonestar turned and led her patrol out of the DuskClan camp. Whitepaw followed, her tail low.

Once they were out of earshot, she asked timidly, "Are you mad at me?"

Stonestar continued walking, "No, Whitepaw. You were meeting with Leafpaw. I-I'm sorry. I know how much you cared about your brother. I shouldn't have acted the way I did when you talked about him. I understand why you were meeting with him. No, I'm not mad at you. It's you who should be angry at me!"

Whitepaw gaped at her leader. "... I-I'm not mad. I'm just glad that you came for me." She could see the border in sight and a weight lifted from her shoulders. When they were safely across, Stonestar threw herself at Whitepaw and began grooming her apprentice.

"I'm sorry," she mewed. Whitepaw purred softly as a sign of forgiveness. Thornclaw smiled and Rainsight helped Stonestar get the matts out of Whitepaw's fur.

"You will always have cats in MoonClan that care for you, no matter what happens," Rainsight mewed, and Stonestar stiffened. Does she expect me to go running off to DuskClan? Whitepaw purred louder and Stonestar smiled.

"Come on, let's get back to camp." Whitepaw nodded and stood, feeling the exhaustion of having not slept the night before. She was ready to curl up in her nest and fall asleep.

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Whitepaw yawned and stretched. She padded out of the apprentice's den, blinking the sleep off. She knew that it was almost sunhigh, as Rainsight said that she would probably sleep longer than usual after the shock. She saw Stripedthoughts sitting by the fresh-kill pile, but ignored her. Grabbing a mouse, Whitepaw settled down to eat.

"Whitepaw!" Stripedthoughts rushed over and pressed up against her daughter. Whitepaw just took a bite of her mouse.

"Don't ever worry me like that again! I couldn't bare to lose my last connection to--" Whitepaw's mother stopped, her eyes widening.

"Won't lose your last connection to who? Your mate? The one that abandoned you?" Whitepaw asked venemously, suddenly feeling all her anger at her mother. She had grown up without a father, knowing that he didn't come from MoonClan. Her pelt was too different to be anything like anyone that she knew.

"Whitepaw..." Stripedthoughts murmured. "My daughter!"

"You may have birthed me, but you haven't even given me a clue as to who my father is! You never cared. You never wanted me to do anything, or at least, you never said you had high hopes for me!" Whitepaw snarled, abandoning her mouse. Stripedthoughts stared at her with wide eyes.

"I noticed that you weren't with the patrol that came to get me from DuskClan. So, what do you care? I'm not your daughter. You may have birthed me, but you are not my mother!" Whitepaw padded off, her tail lashing. She stalked out of camp and into the forest, heading unconsciously towards the training area.

She sighed and began practicing her battle moves on a small bush. Someone chuckled behind her.

"That bush is going to feel that tomorrow," Stonestar purred. Whitepaw sighed and sat down.

"I-I just feel so angry," Whitepaw said, almost daring Stonestar to defy her.

"Don't worry, I understand," Stonestar mewed quietly and sat beside Whitepaw. "I was once like you. I felt betrayed by the ones I cared about. That is what led me to go to DawnClan. Whitepaw, you'll figure it out, I promise."

"I hope so. I feel so useless!" Whitepaw sighed.

Stonestar laughed and Whitepaw gaped at her leader. "SkyClan gave you life so that you would NOT feel that you were useless. Now, come and train. I promise that your life will be sorted out."

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