SHADECLOUD

            Shadecloud padded back to her nest after Bramblestar left. What a relief it was that he had finally returned to the leader he once was. She laid down and fell asleep.

            Shadecloud opened her eyes to find herself lying by the Moonpool. An unfamiliar golden tom was sitting in front of her, his pelt full of stars. “Who are you?” she asked the StarClan warrior.

            “My name is Lionheart,” he meowed in a deep voice and Shadecloud recognized his voice as the one from her dream before the battle with ShadowClan. “The battle has not yet come, and it is not with ShadowClan.”

            “What? Who is it with then?” Shadecloud asked. But the starry warrior was already fading and she opened her eyes in the medicine cat den again.

            Bramblestar was padding into camp, holding his head triumphantly. “You won?” Shadecloud asked distractedly.

            “Yes,” Bramblestar meowed. “We taught ShadowClan a lesson!”

            She noticed Seedfur grabbing a mouse and slinking over to the entrance with it. She tried to follow him, but she heard Jayfeather’s soft meow behind her. “What?” she hissed, annoyed.

            Jayfeather stared at her. “Seedfur,” he said finally. “Two battles have passed.”

            Shadecloud realized that Jayfeather had been reading her mind. “Stay out of this!” she said. “This is my battle!”

            She darted towards Seedfur. She heard Bramblestar meowing a greeting behind her, but she ignored him. She picked up Seedfur’s scent, heading towards ShadowClan territory. She followed it, and it turned towards the abandoned Twoleg nest where Jayfeather gathered catmint. She lost halfway to the nest.

            Hissing with frustration, Shadecloud padded back into camp. Seedfur was nowhere to be seen. Lionblaze was talking with Bramblestar near the Highledge, oblivious to the fact that that Shadecloud or Seedfur had been missing.

            Seedfur and Thorn were still out there and she had to stop them before it was too late!