A moon has passed since her kits were born in RiverClan. Brookfern had kitted her three kits, Honeykit, Lilykit and Mistkit a moon ago. and Lionfrost had kitted two kits, Tinykit and Windkit last night. Lionfrost had been caught to have a mate with a WindClan cat, but Barkstar hadn't punished her for it. Instead, he joined RiverClan and gave them a new hunter.

"The patrol is back!" Meowed Snowkit. Pebbleheart came back from his hunt along with Pounceheart and the WindClan warrior, Ferretpelt. They only came back with a mouse and a rabbit.

"Where did you get the rabbit?" Snowflower asked Pebbleheart as he gave her the rabbit and Snowkit the mouse.

"It came out of a tunnel near the WindClan border." Pebbleheart told her.

"Where's Brookfern?" Asked Honeykit. Brookfern had went out on patrol leaving her kits behind in camp 'Surely she wouldn't put herself in danger when she has three kits to care for? Snowflower looked around and couldn't find Lionfrost either. Both queens hated being in camp, so they both left at dawn.

"And where is Lionfrost? I don't see them or most of the clan." Snowflower meowed. The only ones in camp were the patrol, Snowflower, the kits and elders.

"Both of them got attacked by foxes. A whole family of them." Pebbleheart told her.

"I have five kits to care for and now I have to care for two more litters?" Snowflower meowed, frightened that the foxes may come to camp. "We don't even have a deputy anymore."

Pebbleheart padded out of camp without saying another word to her. Snowflower wrapped her tail around Mistykit, who was cold from the leaf-bare wind.

"Let's go inside kits."

"When will this cold end?" Whined Mistykit.

"Not soon enough," Snowflower mewed. Mistykit, Snowkit and Lionfrost's litter were the only ones inside the Nursery with her. Pebbleheart was outside with the other kits.

It had been four moons since Brookfern and Lionfrost got killed and Barkstar broke the tradition and hadn't made another deputy just yet. More and more cats got greencough as the days passed.

"Barkstar, I scented that family of foxes close to camp!" Snowflower heard a cat call that sounded more like a growl.

"Ferretpelt, bring Pebbleheart, you two can take them." Barkstar sounded unsure. RiverClan will fall apart without a brave leader.

'What will happen to this clan,' Snowflower thought as the toms padded out of camp.

"Kits stay inside the Nursery," She meowed as she padded outside. Snowflower went over to Barkstar's Den. "Barkstar,"

"What is it Snowflower?" Barkstar asked.

"I don't think that two warriors could take on more than one fox. Foxes that have been roaming In our territory for four moons. What if something happens to the two toms. Tinykit and Windkit would have no parents and my kits wouldn't have a father."

"If you think you could take them on then go on ahead. I think all you are complete mouse-brains if you want to kill those foxes! A patrol couldn't defeat them, so what do you plan we do?" Barkstar growled. She was really angry by the looks of it.

Snowflower didn't want to anger her any more, so she went over to the camp entrance and saw how the two warriors were taking the foxes.

Once Snowflower got there, she saw that ThunderClan was helping the toms. Mistcloud was there along with three other cats from her clan.

Mistcloud noticed her once her clanmates were finishing the foxes. "Snowflower!" Mistcloud went over to Snowflower, looking quite pleased.

"What are you doing on our territory and helping us?" Snowflower wasn't angry in any way, just confused how she got this deep into RiverClan territory.

"Well, I just wanted to help. I just grabbed a few of my clan mates and came and helped. Cloudstar wouldn't have liked this to happen. He has been acting weird lately. Wanting to attack any clan who comes near his warriors. He almost shredded Berryfrost for asking our medicine cat for supplies."

"He isn't suppose to attack a medicine cat!" Snowflower meowed, surprised.

"Yea we all know that. How's RiverClan?"

"Barkstar makes the worst decisions. She has no deputy anymore and the clan is starving because she would only send out one patrol at a time. The border patrols have to hunt as well as checking borders. I just don't think she is a leader-type of cat."

"Then step up and take her place if you have to! I need to talk with CLoudstar once I get back to camp, so we have to go." Mistcloud ran back to the way her territory is at and the ThunderClan warriors followed.

"Let's get back to camp," Snowflower led the beaten toms back to camp.

I know I said Rainpetal twice when I didn't mean to, but it is too late now. I meant Rainpetal and Bramblestar. Hope you got that and hope you enjoyed this chapter as well.