"You watched my mentor die!" Starpaw snarled.
"So?" Wetbranch hissed back.
"Why?"
"Why? Why are you asking me this now? It was moons ago!"

"I had to wait until we were alone. If I had said anything earlier, do you think Lightstar would've believed me? You're her deputy."
Wetbranch had gone out to go 'hunting' by herself, but Starpaw had secretly followed, and was ready to confront the she- cat, even though the deputy was much bigger than her.
"No, and she never will."

"What did you actually come out here to do?" Starpaw challenged.
"None of y- hunting." The tortoiseshell meowed.
"Oh really?" She flexed her claws, and a small clump of long black fur fell to the ground. "What's this then? It's not clan cat fur, so who's is it?"

Wetbranch hissed in annoyance. She could tell that there was no getting out of this easily.
"I found it in your nest." The apprentice continued. "It looks like you've been training with somecat- a rogue perhaps?"

She sighed and shook her head. "Well, you know too much." She bared her teeth. "So I'm going to have to kill you." She lunged.
I guess it's a good thing I'm a warrior apprentice, because I got training.

Starpaw jumped out of the way of the angry cat and slashed her haunches.
They fought for only a few heartbeats before Wetbranch got tired of playing.
She grabbed the apprentices crooked tail and yanked.

Starpaw felt herself being pulled backward, but reacted too late.
The deputy pinned her, but was pushed away before she could deliver the killing swipe.
Is somecat here to help me?
No.

Claws flashed down on her, and she felt a searing pain as she saw dark amber eyes glaring at her.
She felt blood, then nothing.

———

Over the next two days, Fern had learned her way around camp.
The only two places she hadn't visited were the leader's den and the medicine cat den.

The bit into the fish she was eating and savored the flavors in her mouth.
"Fern?" Redpaw padded over to her.
"Yeah?" Fern asked, standing up slowly.
"Foxstar would like to speak with you. In his den."

What could this be about? She thought as she nodded in thanks to the medicine cat apprentice.
"Rustycloud will bring you."
The white and orange tom was walking towards them from the other side of camp.

"Fern." Foxstar began. Flowerpool was at his side. "You've been with us for a few days now, and Flowerpool and Rustycloud kept on asking me, so I've decided to ask you.
Will you join Brookclan?"

So Foxstar asked.
What do y'all think? Should she join them or not?

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