*Stormfoot's P.O.V.*
"Stormfoot, I want you to lead a border patrol along the Windclan border, take Dewspots, Goldentail, and Mudpaw." Squirrelflight ordered.
"Alright Squirrelflight." I answered. Then I went to the warriors den to get Dewspots and Goldentail.
"We're going on a border patrol, where's Mudpaw?" I told them.
"Mudpaw's with Pinepaw and Puddlepaw. I'll fetch him." Dewspots told me, and then he shot off towards the warriors den.
"I hope I get an apprentice soon, I've been a warrior for a couple moons now." Goldentail told me.
"You'll get one in time, you're still a young warrior, you have plenty of time until you retire to the elders den." I told her.
"But you got an apprentice pretty much as soon as you became a warrior." Goldentail complained.
I winced, the memory of Shadefur and his treachery still fresh in my mind. I could tell Goldentail noticed.
"I'm sorry, I forgot about Shadefur for a second there." Goldentail apologized.
"It's alright, but I'll never forgive Shadefur for what he did. He killed Spiderleg and Daisy, plus he tried to destroy the clans. I try to forget about him every day, but it's like the memory is stuck in my mind. I feel like his treachery was my fault…" Too late, I realized I had just revealed all of my thoughts to Goldentail.
Goldentail looked at me with sympathy in her blue eyes. She entwined her tail with mine. Just when I thought I could stay in that spot for the rest of my life, Dewspots came over with Mudpaw. Goldentail quickly let go of my tail and looked away.
My head felt weird, and I had a weird feeling in my chest, but I shook it off as much as I could. "Alright, let's go."
I ran ahead with the others following close behind.
About halfway to the border, I smelt a VERY familiar scent. That's impossible, he died a year ago, I know that, because I'm the one who did it!
Apparently Dewspots recognized the scent to. "Shadefur? No that can't be. His scent must still be clinging to one of his littermate's pelts." He said.
But the scent was too fresh to be just clinging to one of his littermates. Shadefur had been here, and that meant something horrible was coming. Is the Dark Forest back?