"Okay, we are on the edge of our territory. Which way should we go now?" asked BrambleFern.
"Check for BlackFeather's scent, Feather's too, or any other strange cats. I know its been two days but we need to be absolutely sure." MossStar ordered.
"Good thing it didn't rain." SwiftTalon sighed.
They were all scowering the area when BrambleFern spotted something.
"Hey guys, I found something!" BrambleFern shouted from a thick shrub.
"Look, prey bones, from a rabbit I believe. It has BlackFeather's scent all over it. Its stale but we know he was here." BrambleFern continued after his friends walked up.
SwiftTalon moved in further to investigate.
"Oh, no." murmered SwiftTalon.
"What? What is it?" MossStar questioned.
"I know where they are headed." SwiftTalon growled. "Remember his mouse-brained plan? That if he couldn't rule our clan and have you by his side, after he was exiled, he would would leave and leave and start a clan of his own? Featherclan he called it, I think." he finished.
"What? I thought that was all a load of crowfood!." BrambleFern spat.
"No, he planned to create this 'clan' of his past Tiger's Claw River."
"Alright, lets go. We have a ways to go before we get to the river. Maybe we can get there by tomorrow morning." MossStar hoped.
"Well, we are half way there. So much for getting there by morning. Lets rest here." MossStar yawned.
"Wow, I'm so hungry." BrambleFern grumbled.
"I'll go hunt for us." said SwiftTalon to his clanmates.
"Thanks." they both replied as SwiftTalon ran off.
"Lets look for a good place to sleep for the night." suggested MossStar.
"Okay, good idea." exclaimed BrambleFern.
They soon found a nice bush to sleep under with really soft grass. BrambleFern and MossStar gathered some moss for themselves and SwiftTalon, while they waited for SwiftTalon to
return.
"Ummmm, MossStar, can I, uh, talk to you about something?" BrambleFern asked nervously.
"Of coarse." she said. "What is it?" MossStar asked with his blazing beautiful blue eyes.
"I've been meaning to tell you something. We've been friends for a long and I feel more…I….uh." BrambleFern stammered.
"Yay, Food!" MossStar yowled at the sight of SwiftTalon carrying two squirrels and a rabbit.
SwiftTalon walked up and dragged a squirrel for himself and brought it to his nest.
MossStar took the rabbit, totally forgetting that BrambleFern had something to say to her.
"Mouse-dung." BrambleFern cursed under his breath as he got up to grab the last squirrel.
Stupid mouse-brain. he thought to himself as he glanced at SwiftTalon.
What do I do? How do I tell her how I truly feel? ne continued to think to himself.