The next morning, Hollypaw and her brothers decided that they would try to be honest, and only tell the truth. So, now they were strutting along the camp. Millie walked up to Jaypaw and said, "Do these stripes make my tail look big?" Lionpaw replied, "Of course they do! Why else would Graystripe choose you over Silverstream?" "Oh, Silverstream was the bomb!" Jaypaw squeaked. "Yeah, RiverClan cats know how to party," Lionpaw agreed. Millie roared with fury and grabbed the two toms, slashed them to the ground, and stomped away. Graystripe slid out of the warriors' den and purred, "Hey, Millie, wazzup?" Millie punched him and yelled, "You she-cat-anizor!" Then Millie screamed and ran off. Graystripe blinked and said, "Oh, whatever. I'll go have kits with Hazeltail."
So, now it was Hollypaw's turn to be honest. She walked up to Foxpaw and Bumblepaw, who were being pervs over Ivypaw and Dovepaw. Hollypaw said, "You two are pervs." Bumblepaw flattened his ears, and Jaypaw said, "Oh, don't be mean to them." They relaxed, but Lionpaw added, "They are just following in their dads' footsteps!" Dustpelt, who was sitting beside Graystripe (who was eyeing Hazeltail), Hazeltail, Sandstorm, and Ferncloud, raised his head and gave a breathy laugh. Ferncloud hissed and attacked; Firestar came over and slashed out his best friend and Tigerstar's former friend's necks for eyeballing Sandstorm.
The guidance-cat, Leafpool, had them sit on the rocks while she explained stuff about being honest. "Now," Leafpool said, "I'm going to rap about my message. Aht-ham."
Being honest is totally cool,
But sometimes you feel like you've fallen in a pool!
The feelings you've got inside ya',
Can make people hate ya'.
You need to keep those hurtful feelings inside,
Or else tears will rise from their eyes!
Leafpool stopped rapping and looked at them. "Word," she mewed. Then she pushed them out of her office. "So, now what do we do?" Hollypaw asked. "If something's bad, we should lie," Jaypaw confirmed. Suddenly Toadstep raced towards them, his head on fire. "Jaypaw!" he gasped. "Is my head on fire?" The three apprentices flinched and said, "Uh… would that be a bad thing?" "Of course!" growled Toadstep. "Then… no," Lionpaw lied, "Your head is not on fire." Toadstep leaned on a boulder and sighed happily. Then he said, "Well, how are things with you 'paws?" "G-good," Hollypaw stammered, gulping down the fear that rose in her chest.
The fire spread, and soon the Tribe of Rushing Water had to come to make it go away. Scorched and smoked, the cats of ThunderClan huddled around the Highledge. Firestar looked down at the three apprentices and said, "So… don't tell the truth, ok?"