"The patrol brought you back after they hauled you and Leopardshadow out of the river," a soft meow sounded behind her. She jumped and spun around to see the LightningClan leader. "You and her were both unconcious. Your actions were brave and LightningClan thanks you." The black she-cat dipped her head and padded out of the medicine den. A low moan sounded from Sun and she saw the mottled head warrior sprawled out in a mossy nest. Shinestream and Wavepaw hurried in with dripping wet moss and set it beside Leopardshadow.
"Is she okay?" Sun asked intently, hoping her rescue hadn't been for nothing. The spotted medicine cat turned a amber gaze on her, shadowed with worry.
"I don'y know.....she has a fever and feverfew didn't work," she mewed softly and turned her attention back to the moaning she-cat.
Sadness crashed over Sun in a hard wave as she padded out of the den when Wavepaw gave her the "okay" nod. She saw Ravenfeather sharing tongues with the deputy, Stargaze, and Streamlight and Starleaf sharing a mouse. Dazzleshine and Razorclaw were whispering excitingly to each other about something. As her gaze continued around the clearing, a thorn pierced her heart. Ratchet and Abyss were sunning themselves on a warm rock that was baking in the heat. She sighed sadly and padded to the warriors den to go to sleep, because she couldn't think of what else she could do.
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"How did you fail my orders?" spat the black tom, his yellow eyes smoldering yellow fire. The patrol stood before him, wounded and tired, reporting to their leader. Bloodpool dug his claws into the soft, slimy earth as his leader's gaze rested on him.
"What happened?!?" Shadowstar hissed in fury, his claws scoring deep scars in the earth. Bloodpool looked at him steadily, blood seeping from his wounds.
"We told you! A tortoiseshell she-cat, kind of small, saw us. She was alone, but ran back. They must of been on patrol and they were coming to check it out when we came. Then a black-and-white tom attacked us! Then we got into a fight! And they outnumbered us!" Bloodpool explained, lying about being outnumbered. The DarkClan control had had one more cat then the LightningClan patrol. He knew Shadowstar would only be more angry with his warriors.
"Okay, fine! We shall attack them, but first we must scout out their territory. Ghostcloud will lead the patrol and Slashclaw, Poisonfang, and Brokensoul will go," decided Shadowstar and disappeared into his den.
