Chapter 2

"Mine?" Ravenfur was shocked.

"Of course yours stupid furball!" Silverheart purred.

"How many?" Ravenfur's eyes were glowing with excitement. "When will they come?"

"I don't know and about two moons." Silverheart answered with glee.

"I'm so happy I get to be a father! Maybe one of the kits will be a medicine cat with me." Ravenfur beamed.

"Maybe," Shadeflower said, her ears pricking with excitement and her eyes glowing. "I'm so happy for you two!"

"Thanks!" They both mewed.

"Well well." A low voice said from behind the cats.

Silverheart spun around, her fur bristling. She knew that voice.

"Addertail," Shadeflower growled. Silverheart was slightly surprised to hear what came out of the young she cat's mouth. Shadeflower could be so sweet, but she could also be fierce if she needed to.

"What are you doing here?" The FrostClan tom growled.

"Herb collecting." Ravenfur said calmly.

"You mean stealing." Addertail said, his tail slowly lashing.

"What?" Silverheart meowed. "What do you mean? This is our side of the border. You're trespassing."

"No, I'm not." Addertail said. "The border is behind you. See the large stones piled together over there?" He flicked his long, snakelike tail towards a pile of stones a few fox-lengths away.

"Oh whatever! We only went a few fox-lengths into your border. And we're medicine cats. We can go wherever if it's for a good caus—"

"There's no good cause in a few healing herbs on our land!" Addertail yowled.

"You're crazy," Silverheart breathed.

Addertail laid his ears back. "Give me the herbs, or I'll take you to Lightstar."

"Lightstar is a decent cat. He won't mind! He would be glad to give us a few herbs, especially if most of our wounded have picked fights in the past with your Clan." Shadeflower said.

"Give me the herbs." Addertail snarled.

"No," Shadeflower growled.

"Give me the herbs." Addertail was unsheathing his claws and bearing his teeth.

"Shadeflower—" Ravenfur started.

"NO!" Shadeflower hissed.

Silverheart started to see more FrostClan cats hiding behind some rocks and bushes, and she ran back to the camp as fast as she could for help. "Duststar!" She called.

"What is it?" He asked.

"Addertail at the border. He's threatening us! And there are more FrostClan cats that are bound to attack!" She gasped.

"I thought Lightstar was on good terms with AcornClan?" Duststar said while leaping off of the bramble rock.

"I don't think it's him plotting this!"

"Maybe it's his deputy…Whitesong?"

"No, Whitesong is very loyal and noble to Lightstar, but we can find this out later, Ravenfur and Shadeflower need help!"

"Grayheart, Tulipflower, Cedarleaf, Jayfang, and Thornfur! Come with me and Silverheart! Ravenfur and Shadeflower need help!" Duststar yowled.

"Is Shadeflower okay?" Tulipflower asked Silverheart while the patrol left the camp. After all, Shadeflower was Tulipflower's sister.

"She was fine when we left, and so was Ravenfur, but she was the one who was standing up to Addertail, so I don't know…" What Silverheart was actually thinking was that the medicine cat was ripped in shreds, but she didn't want to scare her friend.

Tulipflower shuddered. "I hope she's okay. I don't want to lose my sister as well as my father.

Silverheart remembered that Tulipflower's father, Rainsnow was killed on the thunder path after Tulipflower was only four moons, and Silverheart was an apprentice. She was only two moons older than her friend, and she didn't like seeing him so sad when he lost his father. She was also friends with Shadeflower, and she didn't want to lose one of her closest friends either.

"Stop!" Duststar yowled suddenly.

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Sorry I haven't posted in a while. We've been on vacation, things have come up, I've been a little sick, and summer has been wild. I'm glad I got to catch up, and I hope you guys liked this chapter!

-Wolfsong