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A Devastating Discovery

'Do you remember me, young apprentice?'

"Remember you? W-who are you!?"

The voice chuckled. 'You saw me yesterday. Don't you remember?'

Blood swirled around my paws. My mind raced with yesterdays events. My apprentice ceremony, Bramblestar, the eyes in the thorn tunnel. . . That's it! Those eyes! But then that means. . .

"It's just a dream!"

I woke with a start. The paw prodding my side moved away, and I saw my brother looking at me weirdly. "You were mewling and twitching in your sleep. I it assumed it was a bad dream."

I blinked up at him and yawned. It was dawn. My first real day as an apprentice. Can't forget I'm on the dawn patrol!

"Dawn patrol?" Rainpaw asked. I nodded. "Let's go then. Bramblestar and Berrynose will be waiting."

At the mention of my mentors name I jumped up and raced past my brother, only to run into Cloudwing. Literally.

She reached down and started grooming my messy fur. "Dawn patrol?"

I snickered. "Yup. Wow, news travels fast in this camp."

"You better hurry then. They're just about to leave."

"Right! Thanks Cloudwing!" I threw over my shoulder as I dashed away from her and rolled my eyes.

Bramblestar, Berrynose, and Rainpaw were sitting near the thorn tunnel. They began walking out as I stumbled over.

"Come on then. You can eat while we're out," Berrynose snorted.

Rainpaw jumped. "We can do that?!"

I head butted his shoulder. "Only on the dawn patrol silly."

"Oh."

Before long we were at the stream that borders our territory from WindClan. We saw a patrol on the other side. Their fur rose when they saw us. Their eyes were mere slits, and they spat at Bramblestar. He stood erect, ears flattened, and hissed. He walked off, leaving me to remark the border. I shot the WindClan cats a confused look and turned to follow my patrol, but a sudden hiss behind me stopped me in my tracks and made me look back.

"Psst! Hey! You there! Yeah you! Come here!" One called.

I hesitated, then thought to myself, What do I have to lose? I walked over as close as I could get, the other patrol scooting closer to me as well.

The lighter-furred tom stepped forward. "What's your name kid?"

"Icepaw," I replied.

He nodded. "Icepaw. I can remember that. Name's Onestar. These are Crowfeather and Breezepaw."

Onestar huh. I had heard stories of him before, Crowfeather and Breezepaw too. Onestar had broken the alliance between ThunderClan and WindClan when he became leader. I've always been confused why. Crowfeather was one of the chosen cats on the Great Journey. Breezepaw is his son, and somewhat good looking if you ask me.

I opened my mouth to speak, but Onestar cut in. "The reason we called you here: who is your mentor?"

"Bramblestar," I boasted, puffing out my chest.

The WindClan leader's eyes widened, and he turned to his companions with an odd look of shock on his face. Or was it surprise?

My fur began to rise. "W-why? W-what did he do?"

Breezepaw flattened his ears and hissed, "He killed Firestar!"

My jaw dropped. "What!? No! Never! Bramblestar could never do anything like that!" I shook my head in disbelief.

"Please, you must believe us. We speak the truth, you must accept it," Crowfeather sighed.

"Be careful around him," Onestar cautioned me. "If he ever tries to harm you, you must fight. Fight for your life, fight to the death you must! When the time comes, you must kill him! We will be here to help you. Farewell, Icepaw. May we meet again soon."

I dipped my head to them as they left, Breezepaw throwing me a worried glance over his shoulder before disappearing through the undergrowth. I looked at my feet. My heart feels like someone had just torn it from my chest. I know warriors fight to death sometimes, but Bramblestar? A murderer?

I looked to the sky. StarClan, whatever may happen, please give me the strength to hold on.