Chapter 15
Sorry I was late updating. School is getting so complicated and I cannot keep up with my story.
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Darkheart was on her usual morning patrol with Brackenfur, Whitepaw and Brightheart.
"Darkheart?" Whitepaw mewed.
"Yes, Whitepaw?" Brightheart mewed.
"Does that smell like…" Whitepaw lifted her nose to sniff again, "…Badger?"
"I think she's right," Brackenfur mewed. He sniffed the air.
"We should tell Firestar." Whitepaw mewed.
"I agree, but we should finish the patrol." Darkheart mewed.
"How about you and Whitepaw go tell Firestar and we finish the patrol." Brackenfur meowed.
"Okay, C'mon Whitepaw." Darkheart mewed.
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"Firestar?" Darkheart mewed. She headed to her father's den. Whitepaw padded behind her.
"Yes, Darkheart?" Firestar mewed.
"Our patrol scented a badger, maybe more, near the lake." Whitepaw mewed.
"We'll see if it leaves, until then we should stay away from the lake." Firestar mewed.
"I don't think a pack of badgers will leave the forest so easily." Darkheart mewed. "If it was one maybe but half a Clan full. Firestar I think we should do something about it now. Before they hurt some cat."
"Darkheart," Firestar rose up tall, "I will make the decisions for ThunderClan." He hissed.
"But, Firestar! Those badgers will kill a cat before they leave!" Darkheart mewed.
"Firestar, she's right!" Whitepaw exclaimed.
Firestar glared at the two young she-cats. Darkheart glared back and headed back to the fresh-kill pile with Whitepaw.
"So what did Firestar say about the badgers?" Brackenfur asked.
"He said we have to wait for them to leave." Whitepaw mewed.
"But they'll kill someone!" Brackenfur mewed.
"We told him but he wouldn't listen!" Darkheart told him.
"How about I go talk to him, I'm a more experienced warrior, maybe he'll listen to me better."
Brackenfur went to speak with Firestar and thirty heartbeats later he was back out.
"He didn't listen." Brackenfur mewed simply.
"Great," Darkheart mewed.
"Don't worry, everyone's staying away from the lake, we'll be fine." Brackenfur meowed.
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"Darkheart," Whitepaw mewed. They were on patrol together again.
"Yes,"
"Is that, crowfood?" Whitepaw was looking down at a freshly killed rabbit.
"No, it's still fresh, but, who would leave a perfectly good rabbit like that?" Darkheart mewed.
"Or a fresh mouse," Whitepaw mewed.
"What?" Darkheart saw Whitepaw with another piece of fresh-kill further away.
"They, they're leading toward camp," Darkheart mewed.
"I'm heading to the Island." Whitepaw mewed.
"Wait, Whitepaw!" Darkheart followed.
"Look!" Whitepaw nodded to fresh-kill that was in a line toward ShadowClan camp.
"So someone wants those badgers to attack the camps!" Darkheart mewed.
"But who?" Whitepaw asked.
"Let's go check out WindClan." If there's prey there then it's a RiverClan cat." Darkheart mewed, and I think I know which one.
"C'mon!" Whitepaw rushed to WindClan territory.
"Whitepaw slow down." Darkheart called.
Whitepaw came to an abrupt stop. "I think we found our culprit."
Darkheart saw up ahead, Hawkfrost putting down a piece of fresh-kill in a trial leading to the WindClan camp.
"Whitepaw, go back to camp, warn Firestar!" Darkheart commanded.
Whitepaw ran off for ThunderClan territory.
"Hawkfrost! What are you doing?" Darkheart hissed.
"Darkheart, I didn't expect to see you here." Hawkfrost meowed.
"No, you expected to see me dead in the ThunderClan camp!" Darkheart hissed.
"Actually I sent Mothwing to get you and Leafpool out for an 'emergency' back at the camp. I asked her to take you as an escort."
"Hawkfrost, what are you doing? You're going to kill cats!"
"That's the point! I bet you every cat in ThunderClan believed Mudclaw! Didn't they?"
"No! Hawkfrost, Brambleclaw doesn't believe you did anything. Squirrelflight, a cat that he liked, believes you didn't and now they're arguing, about you!"
"Well, he's my brother." Hawkfrost mewed.
"And you're proving the point he's trying to fight against. You're proving that Tigerstar's sons have his cold heart!"
"What about his daughters?" Hawkfrost mewed.
"Tawnypelt is a loyal warrior and Mothwing is a faithful medicine cat. They haven't done anything wrong. Brambleclaw's proven that he isn't evil. It took him moons of convincing though. You aren't even trying!"
"You're forgetting one of them."
"I'm not his daughter; I just came back from the dead thanks to him. And I've proven my loyalty."
"And you nearly starved in the process." Hawkfrost hissed.
"So what, you're going to kill the other Clans?" Darkheart asked.
"No, I'm going to kill, all the Clans." Hawkfrost mewed.
"What? Hawkfrost… why?" Darkheart mewed.
"I'm sorry, Darkheart I have my reasons." Hawkfrost went off.
"You're reasons? Reasons to kill you're on kin! That makes no sense."
"I sent Mothwing to the Island to collect herbs that grow around there. You and Leafpool were supposed to go with her."
"What about Brambleclaw and Tawnypelt, they're you're siblings!"
"I don't care about them." Hawkfrost mewed.
"Well, I'll be saving my Clan, you, I don't care about what you're going to do." Darkheart hissed.
"Then go cry back to you're Clan." Hawkfrost hissed.