Shadestar walked over to Longfur. "What's going on?" she mewed. Whitewhisker and Silverpaw were on the other side of camp, waiting to see if they were needed.
"There is a Windclan cat dying near the edge of our territory." Longfur mewed.
The Thunderclan cats in the clearing gasped. Whitewhisker went into her den to get herbs and cobwebs.
"Take us there." Shadestar mewed. "How does it look like she died?" the leader asked.
"It looks like she was attacked by a cat." Longfur mewed. "And there is a rose laying next to her."
Darkheart felt a chill run down his spine. I wonder if Shadestar believes me now Darkheart thought.
"Could you detect a scent?" Shadestar mewed.
"No." Longfur mewed. "It's been raining for a while. But it was on the Riverclan border, pretty close to Tall Trees."
"Ok." Shadestar mewed, "We don't know who's out there, so Darkheart and Longfur, come with Whitewhisker, Silverpaw and I."
Darkheart jumped up and ran over to the Thunderclan leader. Whitewhisker and Silverpaw were there as well.
"Lead the way." Shadestar mewed. The cats left the camp and began running to the place where and Windclan cat lay dying. Longfur was leading them, with the medicine cats behind her, and Shadestar and Darkheart were in the back. As they were running, Shadestar hissed, "You were right about the roses. You are in charge of finding out what's going on. This is just between us though."
Darkheart only nodded.
$^*^$
The Thunderclan patrol was approaching the Riverclan border, and Darkheart could just make out the body of a cat. As they got closer, he saw the rose and then he saw the cat. It was Skysong, the young warrior from the first gathering he was at. Whitewhisker was looking down at her. "She's gone." The medicine cat mewed.
Darkheart looked at the rose. He could feel the raindrops fall against him. "What do we do now?" He mewed.
"We must return her to Windclan." Shadestar mewed.
"Silverpaw, go back to camp incase any cat needs you." Whitewhisker mewed.
Silverpaw nodded and ran back towards camp. "Longfur, grab Skysong." Shadestar mewed.
Longfur walked over and grabbed Skysong in her mouth, and they began walking towards Tall Trees. They continued walking, slowly as rain fell, towards the Windclan camp. What will happen when we get there? Darkheart thought. Then Darkheart remembered that Rainstar was the Windclan leader.
Darkheart went up to Shadestar and mumbled, "I need to look in between her paws, can you distract Whitewhisker and Longfur for a moment?"
"Ok." Shadestar mewed back. "Whitewhisker, can I look at her for a little bit?" Shadestar mewed.
Whitewhisker and Longfur stopped, and looked at Shadestar. "What?" Whitewhisker mewed.
"I want to see those claw marks on her, so I can tell if a cat or another animal attacked her." Shadestar replied.
"Alright," Whitewhisker mewed, "but we shouldn't stay here very long. It's getting dark."
Shadestar and Darkheart walked up to Skysong, and Shadestar looked at her claw marks, Darkheart found just what he was looking for. Fur! He thought, pulling a tuft out from her front paw. It was black. He checked the other paw, and found some brown and white fur in her other paw.
"It was a cat." Shadestar mewed. "Let's keep going."
So they continued to walk, and Shadestar mewed to Darkheart, "What did you find?"
"Black fur in one paw, Brown and White fur in the other." He replied. "So either a black, brown and White cat attacked her or she was attacked by more than one cat."
Shadestar nodded. Darkheart then noticed they were about to enter Windclan's camp. Oh dear Starclan, Darkheart thought.