Bubblepaw was frozen in shock and terror when she saw he eagle coming back for her. She couldn't smell any other cats around, or Gooseflight's mess was covering it up.

The huge bird opened its mouth, but a flash zoomed by, and the eagle was on the ground.

A grey paw ripped the eagle's throat swiftly. Bubblepaw gasped; the new cat scented of WindClan. The cat turned around; it was a handsome tom, an apprentice.

"Are you all right?" he asked, padding over to her. "I'm Coyotepaw."

Bubblepaw nodded. "Yes, I'm fine, thank you so much for saving me… I'm Bubblepaw."

Coyotepaw smiled. "That's good. It would a shame to lose such a pretty she-cat." He looked thoughtful for a moment, while Bubblepaw licked her chest fur, embarrassed. "Say, will you be at the Gathering?" Bubblepaw nodded, surprised by the sudden question. "Great, I'll be there too! We can talk some more there, if you want."

"That would be nice, Coyotepaw." Bubblepaw felt that her and Coyotepaw would be able to be great friends, even he was in WindClan. "Oh! That's right, you have to get back to your side of the border!"

"Psssh, please. I wander all the time. You may have heard of me." He winked, but took her advice and shot away.

"Thank you!" Bubblepaw called after her savior, then turned to run back to camp.

She wasn't even out of the clearing before she slammed into a hard body. "Bubblepaw! Thank StarClan you're okay!" Lionfoot noticed the eagle, then his face saddened when he saw Gooseflight. "…Mousepelt, help me carry him back to camp. We have to notify Sapphirestar right away- Bubblepaw, go, now."

"Yes, father." Bubblepaw ran off instantly, not wanting to be asked who saved her. She didn't want Coyotepaw to get in trouble.

When she reached camp, Goldenclaw came barreling over, closely followed by Mistypaw and Nightpaw. "Oh, StarClan! You're not hurt, are you!"

Bubblepaw shook her head. "No, Goldenclaw, I'm fine." She looked away. "I just wish I could say the same to Gooseflight…"

"No!" Fisheyes wailed. "Not my only brother!" A group of cats crowded around Fisheyes as she went into a state of shock at Gooseflight's body, which Lionfoot and Mousepelt had just brought in. Sapphirestar had emerged from her den, sorrow flooding her eyes.

Fisheyes rushed over to Honeyclaw, the medicine cat. "He's alive, right! He's not dead?" Honeyclaw didn't respond, she just sat there and looked at the fallen warrior's body. Fisheyes fell. "NOOOO!" she yowled. "StarClan, why!"

Everyone knew that Fisheyes and Gooseflight were brother and sister, but they had come from being sophisticated rogues; when she saw their skills, Sapphirestar immediately offered them a part in the Clan. They were always together, and were all they had. Bubblepaw had a feeling she would be mourning in the medicine cats' den for moons.

The burial was over, and Bubblepaw was finished sharing tongues with Gooseflight. She padded over to Lightpaw, who was scratched and battered. He looked guilty.

"Don't hold yourself responsible for Gooseflight's death, Lightpaw. It was a good thing that you came and warned us."

He looked over at her. "But…I'm so weak, and cowardly… if I'd been like you, I would've stayed there and killed the eagle."

"Oh, no, I didn't kill the eagle-!" Bubblepaw was surprised to find that everyone in the Clan did think she killed the eagle; its blood covered the WindClan scent.

"But Lionfoot, it wasn't me!" Bubblepaw pleaded the next day.

"Then who was it?" he demanded.

Bubblepaw bit her tongue. I'm so stupid… "I-I didn't see who it was…"

Lionfoot growled. "It was that stupid phantom cat, wasn't it! The one that appears in every Clan and does random stuff, except for stealing prey, and seduces all of the she-cats! If he did that to my daughter, I'll…" he trailed off, grumbling.

Bubblepaw gaped. "Excuse-?" She'd heard of the phantom cat, but… then it hit her. "Psssh, please. I wander all the time. You may have heard of me." Coyotepaw was really handsome and strong and… the phantom cat was Coyotepaw!

Bubblepaw twitched. yeah, I'll see you at the Gathering…and you better have an explanation! Speaking of Gathering, that's only two days away!

Her anger and sorrow was soon filled with a bit of excitement.

"Bubblepaw, come hunting with me!" Dreamfur snapped her out of her thoughts, and she bounded after him.

"Say…what have you hear of the phantom cat?" she asked, prodding the subject after a few catches.

Dreamfur growled. "That he does whatever he can to hide his scent and chase after the she-cats in every Clan!" Bubblepaw could tell he was thinking of how he would hang the 'phantom' because of Vixenfur.

But he doesn't seem all that bad…ahh, well, Coyotepaw pulled this on himself…

"The thing is, he's been around for forever! He says he's looking for the reincarnation of his master, or something…. fox-dung to that. He should only be loyal to his Clan leader, if he has one…" Dreamfur was soon lost in his thoughts, and Bubblepaw went back to collect the prey they'd caught.

I'll definitely be seeing him at the Gathering…