Sandfur was running as fast as he could, with his apprentice, Dawnpaw, at his side. They burst into camp.
"The parents are coming! The parents are coming!" Sandfur shouted waving his arms around.
"The British are coming! The British are coming!" Reedfang whispered to Sparrowtail.
Sparrowtail snickered. Though they weren't exactly friends, they didn't fight as much anymore.
"It's not funny! I saw our parents! They're out looking for us!" Sandfur shouted urgently.
"Don't you think they would have given up by now?" Featherheart rested her hand on his shoulder.
"No! I really saw them!" Sandfur yanked his shoulder away.
Everyone stared at him disbeleivingly, until they heard familiar voices nearby.
"That sounds like my uncle!" Sparrowtail's ear twitched.
Sure enough, everyone else heard there parents too. They all looked at each other nervously. They didn't really want to go home now.
"Okay people! in the trees! If you don't want to get caught, climb! Climb! Climb!" Pinestar smacked her hands together.
All cats and hybrid darted up the trees. All except, Redpaw, who kept slipping down.
"Redpaw! Grab my paw!" Duskpaw leaned over a bit, with her paws outstretched.
Too late, the parents were about to enter the camp any second now. Redpaw threw on a cap, hid his tail underneath the jacket tied around his waist, and pressed his whiskers flat against his face to try and hide them. Redpaw shoved his claw hands in his pockets just as they burst threw the trees.
"Tom!" Freida, Cass and Tom's mom, hugged him tightly.
Redpaw jumped slightly at his old name.
"Where is your sister? Oh my your so dirty! Oh, I guess it doesn't matter, now you can come back home! Now let's find your sister!" Freida was crying now.
"I'm sorry Mom, but StarClan has laid out another path for me," and Redpaw began running away.
"Tom! Come back!" Freida outsretched her arms.
"The boy's gone mad! It's a good thing I carry this around!" Jake, Ricky's dad, shot him with a tranquilizer.
Redpaw collapsed in an instant. The clan stifled there gasps.
"Dad, you jerk," Frostclaw said threw clenched his teeth.
The parents carried Redpaw back to there truck and drove away. The clan slowly crawled out of the trees.
"We have to save him!" Featherheart and Duskpaw burst out.
"I know, I'm going to organize a patrol to rescue him. Nightwhisker, I want you to lead Featherheart, Sparrowtail, and Duskpaw to save Redpaw," Pinestar's gaze landed on her deputy.
"Yes Pinestar," Nightwhisker bowed deeply.
Nightwhisker swished his tail for them to follow. The patrol marched out of camp. Nightwhisker sniffed the air.
"The monster went this way," Nightwhisker ran to his left.
Sparrowtail noticed that Duskpaw had no trouble keeping up, her muscles were bigger than most apprentices, and her claws were longer than most warriors, for a moment, Sparrowtail thought she looked like a warrior! She wasa warrior! It didn't matter about her name or age, Duskpaw was a warrior at heart, no matter how ferocious she was. Duskpaw had even taken down Sparrowtail! Nightwhisker stopped abruptly, causing the others to smash into him.
"What did you stop for!" Duskpaw hissed.
"Shush! We're here!" Nightwhisker growled threw clenched fangs.
Duskpaw did nothing but glare at the monster holding Redpaw captive.
"Featherheart, you and me are going to distract the parents. Sparrowtail, you and Duskpaw are going to get Redpaw out of the truck, got it?" Nightwhisker's gaze swept across his patrol.
They all nodded.
"Good, now follow my lead Featherheart," Nightwhisker hid his cat-like characteristics and jumped out of the bushes.
Featherheart followed the deputy.
"Grandpa! Grandma!" Nightwhisker yelled in a fake surprised voice.
"Mom!" Featherheart copied.
The parents ran over to hug there kids. While the little reunion was going on, Sparrowtail and Duskpaw crept over to the truck. Sparrowtail quietly opened the car door. Redpaw spotted them immediately.
"Duskpaw! Sparrowtail!" Redpaw yelled with glee.
Duskpaw clamped her fluffy tail over his mouth.
"Quiet mate!" Duskpaw licked his cheek.
Redpaw shut up and got a dazed look on his face.
"Mate, she called me mate,"Redpaw said dreamily.
Duskpaw rolled her eyes and led him out of the twoleg monster. Sparrowtail noticed that even though Duskpaw was rude and mean to other clan cats, she was rather nice to Redpaw. She wasn't really suprised about what she called him. But she didn't expect it so early! Oh well. Once Redpaw and Duskpaw were in the forest, Sparrowtail nodded to Nigthwhisker. Nightwhisker and Featherheart ran off as fast as they could, before Jake had a chance to take out his tranquilizer. Sparrowtail felt guilty about leaving the parents there like that, but she wanted to stay in the forest. For the rest of her life.