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So now for Ch.16!

Ch.16

"Brookrun, you are going to lead a border patrol," Swampmud's voice ran out over the camp. "Take Blizzardfur, Leafshine, and Fishpond, and go to patrol the ShadowClan border."

Brookrun dipped her head to the new deputy and bounded into the warriors den to collect the rest of her patrol. Three moons had passed since Swampmud became the ThunderClan deputy.

"Blizzardfur," Brookrun prodded the older she-cat awake. "You're assigned to my border patrol."

Blizzardfur nodded her head and Brookrun told Leafshine and Fishpond what was happening. One minute later the patrol exited the camp. Brookrun sniffed out a squirrel on the way and waved her tail to tell the rest of the patrol to stay back. Slowly Brookrun crept forward and then gave chase. The squirrel just missed her outstretched claws and ran into Fishpond who gave it a killing blow.

"We ought to hunt more often together," Fishpond gave Brookrun a look that sent shivers running down her spine.

"Uh… sure," Brookrun replied and dug a hole to bury the squirrel in.

Fishpond nodded and placed the squirrel in the hole and pushed the dirt back into place.

The rest of the patrol came into view and Brookrun continued to lead them towards the ShadowClan border.

"Ok, I'll stand guard with Leafshine and we can look for ShadowClan scent over the border, Blizzardfur, you and Fishpond can mark the border," Brookrun handed out instructions to her patrol.

Brookrun sniffed along the border for any stray ShadowClan scents. They were almost finished when Brookrun caught the strong scent of ShadowClan.

"Uh, guys, you might want to sniff at this!" Brookrun called out.

The rest of the patrol ran over to her and sniffed it. ShadowClan scent bathed a small clearing. Brookrun caught another scent that the others didn't, Swampmud's.

"What do we do about this?" Blizzardfur asked.

Brookrun shriveled in her pelt, knowing that the senior warrior was asking her the question.

"Well, I think we should just wait awhile to see if a ShadowClan patrol comes and question them about it. Leafshine, can you go back to camp and tell Honeystar? Also, ask her for a couple of reinforcements," Brookrun finished deciding that her plan sounded good.

Leafshine ran off leaving Brookrun, Fishpond, and Blizzardfur alone by the ShadowClan border. A couple of minutes later a ShadowClan patrol of four appeared.

"What are you doing beside the border?" one of the ShadowClan warriors hissed at Brookrun.

Brookrun recognized the tom's scent as Saltnose's. His companions were Nightshadow, Dashfire, and Ashcreek.

"We smelt ShadowClan scent in that clearing over there!" Brookrun snarled and flicked her tail at the clearing.

"That's outrageous!" Dashfire hissed.

'Oh, sure!' Brookrun thought. 'I smelt yours over there along with Saltnose and Nightshadow's!'

Blizzardfur was the one who spoke, "Sniff it for yourself!"

Nightshadow hissed, "We don't need to. We know that there is no ShadowClan scent over there!"

Dashfire leaped at Brookrun and she just had enough time to implant a paw in his stomach. Brookrun looked around to see Saltnose locked in battle with Blizzardfur and Nightshadow being shredded by Fishpond. Ashcreek was backed into a tree looking horrified.

"Dashfire!" Saltnose grunted as Blizzardfur knocked him off balance. "Get reinforcements!"

Dashfire ran off before Brookrun could give him a warning scratch. Brookrun rushed towards Ashcreek and pretended to swipe her ear.

"Just pretend to fight," Brookrun hissed in her ear.

Ashcreek nodded in understanding and raked her claws down Brookrun's side. Brookrun knew that the scratches weren't deep, just deep enough to look bad. She gently pinned Ashcreek down to the ground and saw that both ShadowClan and ThunderClan's reinforcements had arrived. She was horrified to see that just a small border skirmish had become a battle.

A/N: Will ThunderClan win the battle? Do you think that someone will figure out that Brookrun and Ashcreek aren't actually fighting? Why was Swampmud's scent in the clearing along with ShadowClan's? What will happen with Fishpond and Brookrun? Remember: REVIEW= NEW CHAPTER!