Harepaw gazed into a fox's old den. Inside, there was a dark, sleeping shape. This was the form of Hawk, a rogue that Harepaw had capture just a quarter moon ago. Harepaw was sure he knew something, but they hadn't managed to get any information from him. Hawk spent most of his time sleeping, but at night, Harepaw had seen him looking at the stars.

Harepaw hadn't heard anything from Beetlepaw or Nightpaw. He's barely seen Blazepaw, except when the young apprentices were hunting and Blazepaw told him that the cat Smokey had stuck into the ThunderClan camp. She'd escaped without causing damage.

Harepaw sighed, and was about to leave when he cause Hawk's blue gaze. Harepaw stared into his knowing eyes for a moment before entering fully.

"They're nearly upon us." Hawk whispered so that the guards outside could not hear.

Harepaw cocked his head. "Who?"

"Those barn cats." When Hawk saw that Harepaw still didn't understand, he shook his head. "The ones that have come to help."

Harepaw stared and Hawk in shock. "How do you know about that?" He whispered.

"You're not the only one who gets prophecies, you already know I remember." Hawk hissed.

"When will they come?" Harepaw asked solemnly.

"About a day or so before your little gathering."

Harepaw nodded and stood up to leave. It was then he realized how weak Hawk seemed, not stretching his legs for a quarter moon. "Uh, do you want to go for a jog? You don't look so good."

Hawk snorted, but he stood up anyway.

"Can I take Hawk for a jog?" Harepaw asked Crowfeather, who was on guard duty.

Crowfeather glared at Hawk. "I'm not so sure that's a good idea."

"It was my idea. I could take Eaglepaw, also." Harepaw mewed briskly.

Crowfeather sighed. "It's a good think Eaglepaw hasn't gone on patrol. Stay close to camp to that you can get reinforcements if he tries to escape."

Harepaw eagerly bounded off to where Eaglepaw was sunning himself. "Hey, Eaglepaw!" His brother looked up at him. "C'mon!"

Eaglepaw got up and bounded over to him. "What's up?" He asked.

"We are taking to rogue for a jog!" Eaglepaw stared at him. "What?"

"Why would we take the rogue for a jog?"

Harepaw sighed. "C'mon, let's go."

Eaglepaw shrugged and followed Harepaw out of camp. The rogue, Hawk was his name, between the brothers.

"How about a race?" Harepaw asked when they were on the hill that stood above the camp.

Hawk shrugged. Eaglepaw didn't look like he liked the idea. "Are you sure about that?" Eaglepaw motioned to Hawk.

"Don't worry; if you're so fast, and he tries to escape, you're bound to catch him." Harepaw praised.

Eaglepaw puffed out his chest with pride. Despite the tom trying to act mysterious, Harepaw could see that Hawk was amused at Eaglepaw's arrogance.

"Alright, then. First one to where the RiverClan border meets the lake." Harepaw announced. As the three got into position, Harepaw counted down. "… three, two, one…" Hawk had a look of pure determination as he crouched, as if ready to chase down a rabbit. Harepaw was sure that Hawk had WindClan blood in him, and was betting that Hawk was the fastest. Eaglepaw stole a glance at the lean black tom and rolled his eyes. "GO!" The three cats raced for the border.

It was close between Harepaw and Eaglepaw. Harepaw guessed that he was just letting Eaglepaw's ignorance grow, or that he didn't know the territory well and was watching their direction. It appeared that Hawk was the slowest, as he kept losing ground to the apprentices and he wasn't speeding up. Then, like a shadow, he was gone. Eaglepaw didn't seem to notice, and Harepaw was curious of what he might do. Harepaw and Eaglepaw kept on racing to the border. There were almost there when Harepaw spotted a dark form sitting on a boulder. As they neared, it was obviously Hawk.

Hawk yawned, which only made Eaglepaw angrier than he already was about losing to the rogue. "What took you so long?" The tom wasn't even panting.

"How… you… shadow…" Harepaw gasped for breath. "You disappeared. I thought you might try something, like sneak up on us. But this? Wow!"

Eaglepaw glared at his brother. "Seriously? He cheated! There is no way he could have beaten us. I saw him fall behind, and we also took the fastest route!"

Harepaw turned to face Eaglepaw. "That only shows how much faster he is."

Eaglepaw snarled. This caused Hawk to slouch and flatten his ears. "What did you do?" Eaglepaw growled at the rogue.

Hawk said nothing, and looked across the lake. Eaglepaw looked as if he was about to pounce on him when Harepaw laid his tail on his brother's shoulders. He bounded in front of Hawk, and was able to see his eyes. They were clouded and unfocussed. "… Hawk…?" Harepaw saw something else in the lean cat's eyes… they were searching, for something. But when Harepaw turned to look across the lake, he didn't see anything. "…Hawk…? Hawk, what is it?"

Eaglepaw jumped up beside his brother. He could see genuine worry in Harepaw's eyes. "What? Worried about some rogue?"

Harepaw ignored Eaglepaw, and tried to snap Hawk out of his trance. Suddenly, the young tom's eyes focused, and he hunched over. "Uh…" Hawk shook his head, as if to clear it of fog. He half jumped, half fell, of the boulder they were sitting on. He then began to slowly limp up the hill.

"Here, lean on me." Harepaw said when he jumped off the rock. Hawk gave him a confused look, but appeared too tired to ask.

"Hey, wait!"

An unfamiliar voice caused Harepaw and Hawk to freeze and turn around. Standing across the border were five RiverClan warriors. That's a big patrol! Harepaw thought. Eaglepaw leapt down to join his brother.

"Yes?" Harepaw replied as calmly as he could.

A pale gray tabby she-cat was leading the patrol. With here was a white she-cat white blue eyes, Icewing – Harepaw recognized her from gatherings, Minnowtail, a dark gray she-cat, another pale gray tabby she-cat, Graymist, and a tortoiseshell-and-white tom, Robinwing.

"Is that the rogue Hawk?" The first cat asked. Harepaw realized that she was Troutstorm, a young RiverClan warrior.

Eaglepaw narrowed his eyes. "Why?"

Icewing bristled and bared her fangs. Troutstorm laid her tail on the white she-cat's side. She turned back to the apprentices. "We just were… wondering. Could you please answer the question?" There was a slight urgency in her voice.

Harepaw nodded. He knew something was wrong, so he chose to give the patrol their answer. "This is Hawk." The black tom had his eyes narrowed and his claws out the entire time. Harepaw knew that he was around his own age because he was only a little bit taller than the brothers, and that appeared to just be because of muscle.

"Um, well… could we, uh, have him?" Troutstorm seemed to have trouble phrasing her question.

Harepaw widened his eyes and stepped in front of Hawk. "Have him? Why?"

"Why are you asking? Let's just take him!" Icewing hissed, this caused her to receive a glare from Graymist.

Troutstorm shook her head. "I doesn't matter. Just bring him to the next gathering. And could you tell ThunderClan to bring their prisoner, Sparrow, to the next gathering, also?"

Harepaw narrowed his eyes. "Okay… I'll talk to Onestar about it."

Troutstorm dipped her head and the patrol watched as the three cats disappeared over the ridge.

When they returned to camp, the Clan must have sensed their worry, as they were all up and bristling in an instant. "Onestar!" Harepaw called.

"What is it, Harepaw?" The leader asked.

"RiverClan just requested that we bring Hawk to the gathering. The also asked if we could tell ThunderClan to bring their prisoner, Sparrow, to the gathering, as well!" Harepaw responded.

"Why would they do that?" Onestar asked.

"I think something's happened. They need both of the rogues that the Clan have collected for prisoners? I don't think so." Eaglepaw sniffed.

"Then what do you think we should do? If you're so certain."

Eaglepaw's eyes gleamed. "They sounded urgent. I wouldn't doubt that one of their own has been captured, and they're trading the prisoners. Hawk gives us something on RiverClan. We should get something out of this. But we should ask them before the gathering."

Onestar nodded. "I'll have to agree, but we should still tell ThunderClan of RiverClan's offer."

Hawk gazed around the camp, wide eyed with worry, during the entire debate. After Onestar gave his command, Hawk was ushered into the fox burrow from before. WindClan doubled their guard.