Stardream: sorry I haven't updated this story in a while, it's been chaotic in my household

Tigerstar: yeah, she barely got away from it all today

Stardream: well, here's chapter 18 and please review, I won't post the next chapter until I get some more reviews

Tigerstar: I wazn't don tlking yt

Stardream: you seriously have to learn to spell better

Tigerstar: (grumbles)

Chapter 18

Flamepaw padded out of the apprentice den and stretched before looking around the clearing. Sandstorm was pacing in front of the warriors den, worry, fear and anger battling in her green gaze.

Flamepaw padded over to her, "Sandstorm, whats the matter?" he asked.

"Squirrelpaw's gone, I can't find her anywhere," Sandstorm meowed, "Dustpelt was the first one to notice she wasn't here."

Flamepaw could hear the worry in Sandstorm's voice. Now she has two of her kits missing, Flamepaw thought.

"Have you told Firestar?" he asked.

Sandstorm sighed, "Graystripe's gone to tell him," she meowed.

As if on cue, Firestar appeared from his den and hurried over to Sandstorm's side. "Squirrelpaw's missing?" he gasped, as he skidded to a halt next to Sandstorm.

Sandstorm nodded, "Dustpelt wanted to take her training this morning but when he went to find her, she wasn't in the apprentice den," she meowed.

Flamepaw knew that Firestar already knew Squirrelpaw was gone. Firestar is good at keeping stuff like this from the clan, Flamepaw thought.

"We'll send a patrol right away and see if we can find her," Firestar meowed.

Sandstorm nodded, "I'll lead it," she meowed.

Firestar nodded, "Cloudtail and Flamepaw, go with Sandstorm and see if you can find her," he meowed.

"Okay, Firestar," Cloudtail meowed and hurried off toward the entrance. Sandstorm followed him but as Flamepaw turned to follow them, Firestar stopped him.

"Don't tell anyone about this, Flamepaw," he hissed into Flamepaw's ear. "Sandstorm will get really mad if she knew I knew Squirrelpaw had gone."

Flamepaw nodded, "I'll keep it to myself," he promised.

"Good," Firestar meowed.

Flamepaw nodded and sped off after Sandstorm, through the camp entrance.

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He caught up with Sandstorm at the top of the ravine. Sandstorm sniffed the air. "She went this way," she meowed.

Flamepaw and Cloudtail nodded and they followed Sandstorm as she lead the way toward sunningrocks.

Flamepaw stopped and sniffed the air. "She headed toward twolegplace, but she didn't come this way," he meowed.

Cloudtail sniffed the air, "Flamepaw's right, she went near the Shadowclan border, I thought I had smelled a familiar scent when I was patrolling yesterday," he meowed.

Sandstorm meowed and the patrol hurried toward twolegplace. Sandstorm paused when they neared the twolegplace.

"Maybe Princess might have seen which way Squirrelpaw went," Sandstorm murmured, almost to herself.

"Maybe, she lives near here," Cloudtail meowed.

"Who's Princess?" Flamepaw asked.

"Firestar's sister," Sandstorm meowed.

"And my mother," Cloudtail meowed.

Flamepaw nodded and the two older warriors took off toward a twolegnest. When Flamepaw neared the fence, he spotted a single cat sitting on the fence. It was a tabby she cat with white paws.

The she cat sniffed the air and looked down. Letting out a purr, she leaped off the fence and hurried toward the group of cats.

"Cloudtail, it's so good to see you again," the tabby she cat meowed.

"Its good to see you too, Princess," Cloudtail meowed, licking the tabby she cats ears.

The tabby, Princess, looked around. "Sandstorm, I haven't seen you in a long time," she meowed, looking at the pale ginger she cat.

"And I you," Sandstorm meowed, though Flamepaw could hear the coldness in Sandstorm's voice.

"Where's Firestar?" Princess asked.

"He's back at the camp," Sandstorm replied, coldly, "we wanted to know if you've seen a dark ginger she cat in this area recently."

Princess looked up, "yeah, I did, yesterday, but why do you want to know?" she meowed.

"Because that cat is my daughter," Sandstorm meowed, "mine and Firestars."

Princess widened her eyes, "if I had known that, I would have stopped her and helped her back to the clan, I also saw a dark brown tom heading in the same direction about two or three days ago," she meowed.

"That sounds like Tigerclaw," Cloudtail meowed.

"So, they are together," Sandstorm meowed, "but they are well away from our territory." She let out a long sigh, "come on, there is nothing more we can do, they're in the paws of Starclan," she meowed.

"Say hi to Firestar for me, Cloudtail," Princess meowed.

"Will do, Princess," Cloudtail meowed before padding away from his mother. Flamepaw followed Sandstorm and Cloudtail back to the camp. A feeling of satisfaction surged through Flamepaw.

A/n what do you think?

Stardream: please review,

Tigerstar: at least a few more before I post the next chapter

Stardream: he means before I post the next chapter

Tigerstar: no, I didn't

Stardream: you can't even type

Tigerstar: yes I can

Stardream: you spell all big words wrong

Tigerstar: I do not

Stardream: fine, spell a big word

Tigerstar: um..... fine 'Unfadful'

Stardream: (laughing) were you trying to spell 'Unfaithful'?

Tigerstar: yeah, why?

Stardream: because you spelled it wrong

Tigerstar: I did not

Stardream: did to, this is how you spell it 'U-N-F-A-I-T-H-F-U-L'

Tigerstar: watever

Stardream: you spelled that wrong to

Tigerstar: shut up, Stardrem

Stardream: it's Stardream, S-T-A-R-D-R-E-A-M

Tigerstar: thats wat I put

Stardream: learn to spell, Tigerstar, you were doing good for a while, what happened?

Tigerstar: noting hapened, leav me alone

Stardream: you spelled nothing, happened and leave wrong

Tigerstar: argh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (runs off cliff)

Stardream: ha, thats funny, please review, next chapter soon