Back after…. Three months? I've been really into my IvyxTiger story, so sorry for that. But now that I updated that I can get onto this then LionxHeather blahblahblah! Not sure where this chapter will lead I don't really have much of a plan. A plot, sorta, just no specific plan. Don't worry, I know what I'm doing (kinda)!

The Meetings

Hawkfrost's icy blue eyes glared at his new recruit. How could the fish-brained apprentice let this happen already? According to her, Lionblaze was suspecting something from her. The part she didn't care to mention to the Dark Forest tom was that it was all her fault. Well, Lionblaze didn't start thinking a new apprentice went to him without some kind of proof!

"What did you tell him, Robinpaw?" Hawkfrost growled at the tabby she-cat, unsheathing his claws.

Robinpaw's mouth flew open to explain, "The scratches on my pelt! He didn't believe the story I told him about my midnight hunt."

Her second mentor snorted, "You didn't make it believable! But it doesn't matter anyways, Robinpaw. He can't stop you from sleeping, can he?"

"I don't think so." Robinpaw glanced around the unsightly forest, "So what is this place anyways? Jayfeather called it the Dark Forest."

Mapleshade had told Crookedstar it was StarClan, and Hawkfrost had planned to do the same with Robinpaw. Now that plan was ruined, all because of Lionblaze and his blind brother. He sighed loudly, wondering if Robinpaw could be deceived some more. Certainly Robinpaw was not as smart as her sister, Bluepaw.

Didn't bother going to Bluepaw, Hawkfrost thought, She's too smart for my liking. It's like with Dovewing and Ivyleaf, you can only take the jealous one. Like how Jayfeather declined us…

"It's called the Dark Forest, yes. The greatest and strongest cats that are too powerful for StarClan come here, just like you will one day if you're great enough."

Hawkfrost saw Robinpaw shiver. His eyes narrowed as he watched her look around the dark, foggy forest once again. Would she leave, just like Lionblaze had? Lionblaze had not been jealous of his siblings, though. Robinpaw was different; she craved the attention her siblings received.

"What do I do about Lionblaze, Hawkfrost?"

"Anything you can. Prove to us that you can do it, Robinpaw, and you may become one of us. Go now, follow Lionblaze wherever he goes, and figure out what they're planning."

Lionblaze …

"I don't trust her."

Lionblaze shook his head as he walked out of the camp entrance to join Jayfeather and Dovewing in the forest. Even if Jayfeather rolled his blind eyes at the thought of Robinpaw joining the Dark Forest, Lionblaze knew she had. The apprentice was the perfect candidate for Hawkfrost's and Tigerstar's evil plans.

Ivyleaf, their Dark Forest spy and Dovewing's sister, walked beside him. She could check for them if Robinpaw really was in the clutches of Hawkfrost, which Lionblaze believed she was. Hawkfrost knew she was "pretending" to be a spy for them, giving them false information. Really, the information she gave was completely real.

"You can never trust apprentices," Ivyleaf said, and Lionblaze laughed.

"I think we learned that lesson with you," Lionblaze pointed out.

The she-cat just rolled her blue eyes. They continued walking until they reached the Great Oak, at which they stopped and waited for Jayfeather and Dovewing to arrive. Lionblaze's head cocked at the sound of a snapping twig, but no cat appeared.

Hunting patrol, thought Lionblaze.

It was sunhigh, and Jayfeather and Dovewing were supposed to have been there already. Perhaps Jayfeather was busy messing with that weird stick he seemed so attached to. Hadn't something happened to the stick though? Lionblaze sighed inwardly, deciding not to think about it anymore.

"What's keeping them?" Lionblaze asked, flicking his tail impatiently.

"It is Greenleaf, you know. They could've decided to hunt," remarked Ivyleaf, clearly unworried by her sister's absence.

"Not that Jayfeather can hunt," Lionblaze snorted, licking a paw and drawing it over his whiskers. Why couldn't he just be worrying about how Cinderheart was going to have his kits soon, and would she be okay? Or maybe that in a few moons' time Leaf-fall would be approaching, and his kits would be only three moons old? Instead he had to worry about whether or not an apprentice was training with evil cats.

It was just Lionblaze's luck that Jayfeather and Dovewing walked through the bushes right that moment. Of course the first thing Jayfeather snapped was, "At least I'm not just sitting here remarking how my blind brother can't do anything. That'd be untrue, since someone was gathering herbs while waiting for two fur-balls to wake up. And anyways, my un-blind brother is useless enough for the both of us!"

Lionblaze ignored his brother and nodded in greeting to Dovewing, who padded over to her sister and sat down. The tom couldn't help noticing how healthy his previous apprentice looked. Her pale fur was shining brilliantly in the sun and her eyes were gleaming. Her sister was looking just as good, with her muscles rippling when she stretched.

I'm proud of both of them, he thought.

"I thought we were here to discuss one of Jayfeather's lovely kits," Ivyleaf snorted. Lionblaze stared at Ivyleaf with a puzzled expression until he realized he had forgotten that Dovewing and Ivyleaf knew about Jayfeather and Briarlight.

Jayfeather …

The sarcasm in Ivyleaf's voice annoyed Jayfeather, but he kept silent. His tail lashed out and swiped her, and he could feel her eyes narrow at him as it quickly went back to his side. Luckily, the she-cat didn't have time to speak up and say how she'd "known it was him, he could stop pretending".

"Speaking of kits," Dovewing broke the ugly silence, "why are Rosepetal's still in the nursery. Weren't they born before yours, Jayfeather?"

"Greencough," the medicine cat explained, "it killed Treekit, too, remember? They need just a bit more time to recover all their strength before they can train."

Jayfeather was glad to keep the subject off his kit, but Lionblaze obviously saw through the stalling.

"Onto Robinpaw, Jayfeather." Lionblaze gave his brother a stare that Jayfeather could feel glaring at his pelt, "She's training with the Dark Forest."

"Do you have any proof?" Jayfeather retorted. Even his own brother wasn't going to accuse one of his kits without a good cause and get away with it.

"The scratches on her pelt and she said something about hoping I don't know Hawkfrost's claws, is that proof enough for you," Lionblaze snarled at his brother, his fur rising. Jayfeather couldn't believe that those little things had Lionblaze convinced his own niece was, without holding back, evil.

"Okay, okay, just stop!" Ivyleaf stepped in between the two toms, teeth bared. "If you two mouse-brains keep fighting we'll never figure this out. I'll go to the Dark Forest tonight and see, and if she isn't there's no need to meet again."

"Good idea. We won't have to meet again, because Robinpaw isn't with them."

"And if she is?" Lionblaze challenged.

"I'll wonder why she couldn't just be smart or strong like her siblings," Jayfeather snapped back, and stalked away to camp. What he didn't know was that Robinpaw had been listening to the entire conversation, even her father's last words.

Third chapter down! Here are some questions to think and review about:

1. Did Robinpaw know Jayfeather was her father? If not, how will she deal?

2. How will Robinpaw react to Jayfeather's last words?

Until next time, adios amigos!