Darkheart, Shadestar, Owlpaw, and Nightpaw were on a hunting patrol. It had been almost half a moon since the uneventful gathering. Owlpaw's battle moves were coming along nicely. Today was just hunting though.
Darkheart saw a rabbit eating peaceful a few tail lengths away. He got ready to jump, but Owlpaw was one step ahead of her. She ran past him, but the rabbit looked up. The young apprentice may not have the speed to catch the rabbit, Darkheart thought. They were out of sight. Darkheart turned to look at Shadestar, who just started walking in Owlpaw's direction. They were in a lightly wooded area of the forest, and there were no leave on the trees, because it was leafbare, they did not need to run after her. They followed her for what seemed like a long time, and then Darkheart realized they were getting close to the Riverclan border.
"Shadestar," Darkheart hissed, "We're getting close to the border with Riverclan."
Shadestar simply nodded back. Darkheart looked at her confused. He just shrugged and kept walking. They were getting extremely close to the border now. Then, Owlpaw made one final jump, landing square on the rabbit just tail lengths away from the Riverclan border. Darkheart ran up to his apprentice. "Impressive catch." He mewed.
Darkheart could hear Owlpaw huffing as she lay on top of the dead rabbit. Shadestar and Nightpaw were walking up to them. "Let's get back to camp." The leader mewed.
"Be sure to give your catches to the elders." Darkheart mewed.
Owlpaw stood up, grabbed her rabbit in her teeth and began to walk towards Thunderclan camp.
Darkheart suddenly felt yet another chill run down his spine. But then, something else happened. Darkheart scented another cat. The scent was familiar, but Darkheart could not pick it up. He stopped dead in his tracks. Then, he realized he was at the same place again. The place where he had become a member of Thunderclan. The place where his mother and sister were brutally murdered. Blackthroat?, Darkheart thought.
Shadestar broke into his thoughts, "Owlpaw, Nightpaw, go back to camp. We'll be there in a bit." She mewed, "Do you know what happened here?"
"I was found here. My mother was killed here." Darkheart answered.
"Is that why you stopped?" Shadestar mewed.
"No." Darkheart mewed.
Shadestar looked confused.
"Every time I pass this spot, a chill runs through me. And this time, I scented Blackthroat."
"Come back to my den." Shadestar mewed, "There's something we need to talk about."