Darkclaw and I walked side by side back to the camp. Once we crawled through the tunnel, Brightkit bounded over to us. Darkclaw slid out behind me and I jumped out of the way. Brightkit exclaimed, "We are going to have new playmates!" She bounced around, her ginger pelt glowing in the setting sun.
Darkclaw asked Brightkit, "What are their names?" Silverkit rushed out of the nursery, stood beside Brightkit, and replied, "Their names are Dustkit, Sprucekit, and Dawnkit." The small silver tabby tom was panting while he was saying that. He continued, "Dustkit gets on our nerves, a lot!" "Yeah, true Silverkit." Brightkit meowed. Darkclaw rolled his eyes and stalked away towards the deputy Falconfur.
Then, and I sat near a tree stump, and dusty-colored kit scrambled onto the stump with me. Her eyes were a glowing teal blue, and her brown tail was bushed out in excitement. She announced loudly, "I'm going to explore the camp today! It will be great with my siblings with me!" Dustkit whipped her head around as if a badger was behind her and her sister, Dawnkit, and her brother, Oakkit, were lazily walking over. I murmured, "It looks like an eagle woke them up!"
They were muttering angrily to each other. Dustkit meowed, "What took you so long? Are you ready to explore this huge camp?" I aucually liked the courage in this young kit. She would become a great warrior. Sprucekit rolled his amber eyes and followed the dusty she-cat. Dawnkit followed, murmuring to me, "She is really annoying." I nodded, still in thought about Dustkit. Shaking my head, I saw Rosefur and her sister, Appleleaf, were padding over to me.
I never known what Appleleaf looked liked. She had red and white striped, with a white muzzle and tail tip. Her eyes were a grassy green, unlike my emerald green. Rosefur meowed to me, "Do you have anything to do, Dragonwing?" "No, I was just watching the kits go by." I replied. Appleleaf asked me before Rosefur, "Can you go on a hunt with me? I heard you had really good hunting skills." Putting my tail over my paws, I meowed, "Why me? You got Thorntalon-" Rosefur looked to the side and I followed her gaze. Falconfur was putting Thorntalon on a patrol.
"Oh, then I'll come with you. But one more thing," Appleleaf and Rosefur looked up at me, waiting for my question. "Why do you need to hunt this badly." Rosefur replied, "Appleleaf was in the nursery with Dustkit, Sprucekit, and Dawnkit. She was in there for a few moons so she needs to hunt." At that moment, Snowcloud, the medicine cat, rushed out to Oakstar. Me, Rosefur, and Appleleaf padded over to the gathering cats. Moonfrost sat next to me, and Flamepool sat on my other side. Snowcloud was talking urgently to Oakstar. He had a surprised expression on his face.
After Snowcloud was done talking, Oakstar leaped onto Highrock and announced, "Cats of FireClan, we have a prophecy upon us from Snowcloud. The prophecy goes If not prepared, the cold hearts will put out the flame. Cats around us started murmuring to each other. Flamepool asked us, "What does this mean? Cold puts out a fire?" Then some cat shouted, "IceClan will never destroy us!" Another one protested, "Maybe there is a blizzard that will wipe out the camp!" A voice, that I regonized at Foxheart, meowed, "I think Stormspark is right!"
Al cats turned to him, and Foxheart shrank back, his head down in embarrassment. Oakstar slashed his tail for silence. He meowed, "We will never truly know what the prophecy means. So we will wait for another sign." Stormspark protested, "But what if it is IceClan? They are stealing our prey and putting their scent markers into our territory!" Flamepool glanced dreadfully at me, panic glittered in her bright green eyes.
Oakstar looked down at the senior gray warrior and his eyes narrowed. He said, "Your right, Stormspark. They do out their scent markers in our territory. Foxheart, Dragonwing, and Darkclaw, you will send a message to Icestar. The meeting is over!" He jumped down from the rock and the cats broke up into groups. A brown warrior with greenish swirls on his paws, who I think was Snakefoot, slid into the nursery.
Foxheart and Darkclaw padded over to Oakstar and I followed. Foxheart's tail bushed out in excitement for adventure. Darkclaw had a revengeful look in his stern eyes. I wrapped my tail around my paws and looked at the ground. Oakstar meowed to us, "Make sure you don't get caught by a patrol of anything. They don't trust us, but Icestar trusts our warriors, especially you Foxheart." The ginger tom looked away, as if he was embarrassed by being praised in front of 2 cats.
"Go now, it's getting late. Take the route around tallplains." We nodded and set for the tunnel. Once we crawled out, Foxheart Jesper over the stream. Flame colored leaves were falling to the ground as the oak trees shredded their leaves. Darkclaw jumped across and spat as a yellow leaf landed on his muzzle. I gave a purr of amusement, and he grunted. I leaped over the flowing stream and followed the warriors.
We took the route around Tallplains and reached the IceClan border. I gulped, but this was familiar to me. Foxheart lead the way across the border and deeper into the territory. It was mainly moorland covered in blue, red, and purple flowers. The setting sun made them glow, and it looked very beautiful. Then an unfamiliar scent broke into my thoughts. IceClan! There was a circle of trees that surrounded a hollow. We meanuvered through the trees into the camp. Warriors, apprentices, and kits looked at us with curiosity or hostility. A broad shouldered, silver tom walked out of a den and padded over to us.
"Foxheart! It's so good to see you!" The silvery gray tom exclaimed. Foxheart meowed, "It's great to see you too, Icestar. We have a message for you, about the borders." Icestar cocked his head and shifted his paw. A pale ginger tabby stood next to him as if she popped out of nowhere. Icestar asked, "Who are these young warriors you brought?" The sandy colored she-cat butted in,"Why do we have FireClan cats in our camp?" Murmured of agreement arose from the unfamiliar cats.
Darkclaw's muscles tensed, ready to spring on the nearest warrior. I sheathed and unsheathed my claws. Icestar growled, "This is not your buisness, Sandpelt. Go arrange patrols around Twolegplace if you like." Sandpelt walked away, tail drooping. I meowed shyly, "I'm Dragonwing, and this is Darkclaw." Foxheart glanced at me and replied to Icestar's question,"Your warriors are putting their scent markers in our territory. We need to stop this." Icestar shook his head, "We can't, we need the territory."
Foxheart protested, "But, you got all the forests beyond your territory you can have. It's full of prey!" Icestar looked up, thinking. Then he replied, "We can have the territory and you can have your original territory back." I clamped my mouth shut from yowling with happiness. The IceClan cats nodded their heads, and Crystalshard walked up to us. She meowed, "Can I talk to you for a minute outside the camp?" We followed her out of the camp. She settled herself and meowed, "We need the territory because the kits are starving. We just had to. I'm sorry about this. We will agree and let you territory back." Foxheart nodded and flicked his tail for us to come with him.
We walked through the flower feilds. Darkclaw out his tail in front of me and waited until Foxheart was treading towards the border. Then Darkclaw lowered his head to the ground and plucked a red flower from the ground. The sun was halfway below the horizon, so the flower glowed like flame. He brought his head up, the flower held awkwardly in his jaws. "Are you guys coming?!" I heard Foxheart yowl. Darkclaw turned back to me and putted the flower on my forehead. I purred and pressed my muzzle against his. Darkclaw purred also and he rasped his toungue over my cheek. The flower fell from my forehead and floated to the ground.
Darkclaw took a step from me as Foxheart yowled, "Come on you slugs!" Darkclaw grunted, and muttered, "I wish we had more time like this." "Same," I replied, and we raced together back to the border.