CHAPTER 20
Leafpaw pushed closer against Cinderpelt asthe chill of dawn dragged her awake. The stone beneath her seemed to have soaked all the warmth from her body, and the air was so cold that when she opened her eyes she could see her breath billowing in small clouds. She stood up and stretched. The rocks glittered with frost in the pale dawn light, and a scent2 drifted up toward her so delicious it made her mouth water. Ravenpaw was padding up the slope with a freshly killed rabbit dangling3 from his jaws4.
The other ThunderClan cats were still sleeping, clustered in a dip in the rock several fox-lengths away from where each of the other Clans6 had settled for the night. But the scent of the rabbit woke them, and they began to raise their heads as Ravenpaw weaved among them. Firestar was already stretching, Sandstorm at his side, when Ravenpaw dropped the fresh-kill at the ThunderClan leader’s paws.
“A parting gift,” he mewed.
Firestar stared at him. “I wish you’d come with us,” he meowed. “I’ve lost Graystripe; I don’t want to leave another friend behind.”
Ravenpaw shook his head. “My home is here, but I’ll never forget you, I promise. I’ll be waiting for you always.”
Leafpaw wondered with a pang8 if they would ever come back. She knew they were going to be traveling a long way, but she had no idea how far.
“We have been through so much together,” Firestar murmured, his eyes gleaming as he remembered. “We’ve seen the death of Bluestar, the defeat of Tigerstar….” He sighed. “So much has happened, like water flowing past in a river.”
“More water will flow before we join StarClan,” Ravenpaw assured him. “This is not an end. It is a beginning. You will need the courage of a lion to face this journey.”
“It’s hard to find courage when so much is lost.” Firestar’s eyes clouded. “I never thought I’d leave the forest! Even when BloodClan came, I would have died to save my home.”
Ravenpaw drew his tail gently along Firestar’s flank. “If I see Graystripe, I’ll tell him which way you’ve gone,” he promised. He dipped his head formally. “Good-bye, Firestar, and good luck.”
“Good-bye, Ravenpaw.”
As the black loner bounded away down the slope, Leafpaw’s heart ached for her father. He was leaving behind his two oldest and closest friends—without even knowing if one of them was still alive. She watched Sandstorm press her cheek against his as if to remind him he was not alone.
Cinderpelt stretched her forelegs one after the other. “We should check the cats and make sure they are all ready for the journey ahead,” she meowed to Leafpaw.
Leafpaw nodded. She thought back to the night before, when Squirrelpaw had returned with the others from the top of the ridge9. Their eyes had been shining.
“You’ve had the sign?” Firestar leaped to his paws from where he had been dozing11 beside Sandstorm.
“How can you be sure?” Cinderpelt asked.
“A star blazed through the sky, then vanished,” Squirrelpaw explained. “It fell behind the mountains.”
Blackstar ran over from where ShadowClan huddled12 on the rock. He looked puzzled. “Is this the sign we waited for at the Great Rock?”
Tawnypelt stared at him as if something had only just dawned on her. “Of course! This must be the great rock Midnight meant! Highstones, not the rock at Fourtrees!”
Stormfur nodded. “She’s never been to the forest. What she saw obviously looked like a great rock, even though to us it meant something completely different.”
Leopardstar shouldered her way to the front. “So what lies behind the mountains?”
“Mountains?” Ferncloud drew Birchkit closer to her.
“Last time we crossed them we found the sun-drown-place,” Brambleclaw explained. “But this time the star seemed to fall farther along.”
Hawkfrost narrowed his eyes. “So we’ll have to find a new route?”
“Not exactly,” Brambleclaw told him.
“It’ll be safer if we cross the mountains the same way as we did last time,” Tawnypelt mewed. “Otherwise we risk getting lost—and the snows might come at any time.”
“We can head toward where the star fell once we’re over them,” Squirrelpaw put in.
Leafpaw saw her sister’s whiskers twitch14, and Brambleclaw flexed15 his claws on the rock as if he were bracing16 himself for the journey. But there was a hunted look in their eyes as well. They were frightened of what lay ahead, because they knew what the journey might hold. With a twinge of alarm, Leafpaw wondered why StarClan had chosen a dyingwarrior to show them the way. It seemed a dark omen17 on which to fix the hopes of the Clans.
“Cinderpelt,” Leafpaw meowed hesitantly. “Do you think the sign from StarClan means they’re coming with us?”
The gray medicine cat gave her a long, thoughtful look. “I hope so.”
“But you’re not sure?” Leafpaw guessed.
Cinderpelt glanced around. No cat was near. “When we went to the Moonstone yesterday, I could hardly hear StarClan,” she admitted.
“But did they say anything?” Leafpaw asked, alarmed.
Cinderpelt narrowed her eyes. “I know that they spoke19 to me, but I couldn’t tell what they were saying. It was as if their voices were drowned by the roaring of a great wind.”
“You couldn’t make out anything?”
“Nothing.” Cinderpelt closed her eyes for a moment. “But they were there.”
“They must be suffering as much as we are,” Leafpaw murmured. “It must be terrible to watch the forest being destroyed, and to be powerless to stop it. After all, it was once their home too.”
Cinderpelt nodded. “You’re right. But like us, they will recover, as long as all five Clans remain.”
“These are questions we cannot answer.” Cinderpelt straightened up, and her voice became brisk. “Come on. Our Clanmates need us.”
Leafpaw padded to where Ravenpaw had left the rabbit. It lay untouched beside her father. A patrol of warriors21 had already left to find more.
“May I take this to Ferncloud and Birchkit?” she asked, but Firestar seemed lost in thought.
“Of course,” meowed Sandstorm.
Leafpaw glanced anxiously up at her mother. “Will he be okay?”
Firestar turned to face her. “Of course I will,” he meowed. “Go ahead and take that to Ferncloud.”
Leafpaw picked up the rabbit and hurried to where Ferncloud was curled around Birchkit. The tabby kit13 was shivering with cold, and Ferncloud was licking him fiercely to warm him up.
“It’s too cold to be sleeping outside!” Ferncloud complained when Leafpaw appeared. “I hardly got a moment’s rest.” She gazed at Birchkit, her eyes glittering with fear, and Leafpaw guessed she had dreaded23 closing her eyes in case she woke to find the last of her kits24 dead.
“Here.” She dropped the rabbit on the ground. “This should help.”
Ferncloud’s eyes lit up. Flashing a grateful glance at Leafpaw, she tore off a hind7 leg and placed it in front of Birchkit. “Try this,” she urged him. “We used to eat rabbit all the time, but we haven’t tasted it in moons.”
“Make sure you have some too,” Leafpaw advised Ferncloud.
“I will,” Ferncloud promised.
Leafpaw’s belly26 growled27, and she hoped the hunting patrol would return soon. She looked around to see if any of the other cats looked as though they needed help, but most of them were moving about quite cheerfully, shaking the stiffness from their limbs and padding to the rocks to lap water from the tiny hollows. Several cats, Brambleclaw and Squirrelpaw among them, were sitting near the top of the ridge, the gray stone turned rosy30 by the sunrise.
Brambleclaw glanced over his shoulder at the far side of the ridge. “You’ll find out for yourself soon enough.”
“He’s right,” Whitepaw mewed. “You’ve got to prepare us.”
Brambleclaw drew his tail over his paws with a resigned sigh. “Well, there are lots of sheep, which are fluffy33 white woolly things that look a bit like clouds on legs. They’re harmless, but you’ll need to watch out for dogs when you see them, because the Twolegs use them to control the sheep. And Thunderpaths, of course—they’re mostly small, but there are many to cross. And then there are the mountains….”
His voice trailed away, and Leafpaw felt the cold wind pierce her fur. What was it about the mountains that frightened these cats so much? How would they get kits and elders through such a place? Oh, StarClan, where are you?If only she could believe StarClan was traveling with them, perhaps she wouldn’t feel so afraid.
Leafpaw had never guessed such a vast world existed beyond Highstones. Field after field stretched before them, dotted with sheep, looking exactly like clouds, as Brambleclaw had described. Squirrelpaw padded beside her, her breath billowing into the frosty air.
“Do you remember this?” Leafpaw asked.
“A bit,” Squirrelpaw mewed.
“So we’re going the right way?”
“Yes.”
Leafpaw wondered why her sister seemed so reluctant to talk. She watched her exchange an anxious glance with Brambleclaw. He had been weaving among the cats all morning, flanking first one side, then the other, as if he was afraid of losing one
Leafpaw felt the air tremble, and a rumbling34 in the distance made her pause. It sounded as if a storm was coming, but the clear sky told her there couldn’t be. She lifted her nose and sniffed35 the air. A Thunderpath.
“It’s a big one,” Squirrelpaw warned.
As they drew nearer, the rumbling grew to a roar, and the stench began to burn Leafpaw’s throat. The cats in front slowed down, jostling together but still keeping closer to their Clanmates than the other cats. Squirrelpaw pushed forward, and Leafpaw followed until they reached a ditch with steeply sloping sides. Beyond it lay the Thunderpath.
“We should get the kits across first.” Firestar led the way into the narrow gully. Leafpaw jumped down beside Sorreltail, her paws slipping on the greasy36 grass. Monsters roared past in both directions, and she flinched37 as the earth shook beneath her paws.
“RiverClan will cross first,” Hawkfrost declared.
“Not all the warriors are as strong as RiverClan’s,” Leopardstar pointed out. “Firestar is right; we should help the weaker Clans.”
“My Clan doesn’t need your help!” hissed38 Mudclaw. “Besides, it would be chaos40! No cat would know whose orders to follow!”
“No cat commands ShadowClan warriors except me!” Blackstar growled.
Brambleclaw pushed through the crowd to stand beside Firestar. Leafpaw was close enough to scent the fear in him. “Cats will get killed while you’re all bickering42! Surely it doesn’t matter who is in charge until every cat is safely on the other side?”
“Let him continue,” Firestar warned.
“I’ll lead ThunderClan,” Brambleclaw meowed. “Crowpaw can lead WindClan. Tawnypelt can take ShadowClan, and Stormfur, you guide RiverClan.”
“Crowpaw can’t lead WindClan,” Mudclaw argued. “He’s only an apprentice45.”
“Have you crossed this path before?” Brambleclaw demanded.
“No,” Mudclaw spat. “But I have commanded my Clan before!”
“Crowpaw will lead!” Brambleclaw hissed.
Ignoring them both, Stormfur flicked46 his tail and led his Clanmates to the edge of the Thunderpath, where he crouched47, waiting to give the signal. A monster roared past, its pelt1 glinting in the sunlight. As soon as it had gone, Stormfur yowled and the RiverClan cats surged up and over the Thunderpath. Leafpaw searched for Dawnflower, quickly spotting her pale gray coat and feeling a rush of relief when she saw that two RiverClan warriors were helping48 to carry her kits.
As the cats bundled onto the verge49 on the other side, Leafpaw heard the menacing rumble50 of another monster. Thanking StarClan that RiverClan had all made it safely, she looked up to see how far away it was. Her heart flipped51 over. Mudclaw had told his Clan to start crossing without waiting for Crowpaw to give the command!
Crowpaw stared panic-stricken as the monster screamed toward them. “Hurry!” He bolted forward, scooped52 up a kit, and raced for the other side. Hurling53 the kit onto the verge, he raced back to grab another. “Carry the kits!” he ordered. Scrabbling to get a grip on the slippery surface, he grasped another kit by its scruff and raced for the far side once more. The warriors and apprentices54 seized the last of the kits and raced after him, with the queens at their heels. But Morningflower, a WindClan elder, fell behind.
“Run!” Leafpaw yowled.
Above her, Firestar crouched at the edge of the Thunderpath. His gaze flicked at the oncoming monster, judging whether he could reach Morningflower in time.
Firestar crouched lower and flattened his ears. “Keep going! You’ll make it!” he called to the WindClan she-cat. The monster bore down like a whirlwind and suddenly veered56 across the Thunderpath, straight toward Firestar. Leafpaw felt a wave of terror and shut her eyes, waiting for the sickening crunch57 of fur and bone.
It never came. She opened her eyes a tiny slit58 to see the monster sweep past Firestar so close that the wind tugged59 his fur. It roared away without slowing down. Leafpaw opened her eyes fully29. Morningflower was limping determinedly60 across the Thunderpath, watched by her Clanmates from the other side. Firestar backed away from the edge, his flanks heaving.
“It’s okay, he’s safe.” Sorreltail touched her nose to Leafpaw’s shoulder.
“I thought he was going to be killed,” she whispered.
“Your father’s brave,” Sorreltail murmured, “but he’s no fool.”
Leafpaw turned back to watch ShadowClan waiting to cross. She hoped that Blackstar had learned caution from Mudclaw’s recklessness. The ShadowClan leader was watching Tawnypelt.
“Get back!” Tawnypelt hissed. Her tone stopped the apprentice in his tracks, and he darted back to join the other cats.
“We go together!” she insisted, glancing at Blackstar. He nodded.
There were no monsters in sight. Cautiously Blackstar padded forward, lifting his nose to scent the air. “Now!” he called, and the ShadowClan cats leaped up the side of the ditch and spilled onto the Thunderpath. Tallpoppy’s kits were carried safely by warriors, and Tallpoppy herself was swept along by her Clan like a fish swimming downstream. Leafpaw sighed with relief as all the cats reached the other side just before a monster set the earth trembling once more.
“We’ll go after this one,” Brambleclaw called.
Suddenly a tiny cry came from the far side. Leafpaw stiffenedOne of Tallpoppy’s kits had wandered back onto the Thunderpath! Dazed, it wandered in a circle on the hard path, mewling for its mother.
“Wait!” Brambleclaw ordered. “It’s too dangerous.”
The Clan held its position.
Tallpoppy began to struggle through the mass of ShadowClan cats to reach her kit, but one of the RiverClan queens was closer. Dawnflower leaped onto the Thunderpath and scooped the kit out of the way of the monster. She carried it back to the verge, dropped it on the grass, and began licking it roughly.
Suddenly she stopped and swiped her tongue around her lips in confusion as she realized the kit was not her own. She glanced self-consciously at her Clanmates as Tallpoppy bounded over and snatched up her kit. Leafpaw tensed, hoping Tallpoppy wasn’t offended by the RiverClan queen’s intervention63. But her eyes were brimming with gratitude64, and she dipped her head to Dawnflower before carrying her kit away.
“That’s where Feathertail rescued me from the fence stuff.” Squirrelpaw pointed with her nose to the shiny prickly thread that hung between the wooden posts. The Thunderpath was behind them now, and Leafpaw’s paws had finally stopped shaking. She was grateful to her sister for distracting her with stories of her first journey here. “While the others were busy arguing about what to do,” Squirrelpaw went on, “Feathertail rubbed my fur with some chewed-up dock leaves and I slipped out like a fish.”
“You left half your pelt behind, though,” Stormfur reminded her, and Squirrelpaw swatted him playfully with her forepaw in reply.
There seemed to be no danger here, no fresh scents65 of Twolegs or dogs; just lots of sheep that grazed noisily, paying little attention to the cats. The cats spread out across the meadow, each Clan keeping to itself. Only Crowpaw, Tawnypelt, Brambleclaw, Squirrelpaw, and Stormfur broke away from their Clanmates, taking turns hurrying up and down the line, watching for stragglers.
Tallstar trekked66 wearily along. Onewhisker had not left his side all day. The other leaders glanced at the elderly WindClan cat from time to time, clearly worried.
“We should find a place to rest,” Barkface advised as the sky darkened and a chill breeze ruffled67 the cats’ fur.
“There’s a copse up ahead,” Firestar meowed. “We could find shelter there.”
The other leaders nodded, and the cats climbed to the top of the sloping field and padded into the wood. Leafpaw sank gratefully onto a pile of moss68.
“I smell fox,” Blackstar warned.
“But it might come back while we’re sleeping,” Mudclaw meowed.
“The Clans should all sleep together,” called Dawnflower, reaching out with her tail to stop her tom kit, a plump, round-faced tabby, from wandering after a woodlouse. “Lie down, Tumblekit,” she scolded.
“The kits and queen, should sleep in the center,” Onewhisker suggested. “They’ll be safest there.” He glanced at Tallstar. “The oldest cats should join them.”
“Very well,” Blackstar agreed. “Each Clan will post two guards to keep watch.”
Leafpaw padded over to Sorreltail, grateful for the shelter of the bracken. Ferncloud should sleep soundly tonight, she decided70, with four Clans and thick undergrowth to keep Birchkit warm. The woods were very quiet, the frosty silence broken only by the hooting71 of an owl28. It wasn’t home, and the jumbled72 scents of four different Clans made Leafpaw’s nose twitch, but she felt safe enough to curl up next to Cinderpelt and go to sleep.
Leafpaw slowly grew used to dealing73 with Thunderpaths as they trekked toward the setting sun. The Clans still crossed separately, but the queens watched out for each other’s kits now, having seen how easily the youngest cats were confused by the noise and the stench of the monsters. Like cobwebs in the rain, the Clan boundaries were beginning to dissolve.
“We should reach the mountains this evening,” Brambleclaw announced as Leafpaw did her morning rounds of the Clan, checking for injuries or signs of infection.
“Are we that close?” She stared up at the peaks, which had grown from a tiny line on the horizon into a forbidding mass of stone. She shivered at the sight of the snow that capped the highest crags. Some of the cats had already begun coughing, awakening74 Leafpaw’s fear of greencough, the illness that could wipe out an entire Clan in leaf-bare.
“Leafpaw!” Firestar called. “Are you up for a little hunting?”
“Yes, please,” she replied eagerly. She had been so busy tending to the Clan, padding cuts with cobweb, soothing75 scratches with dock, trying to make the best of what herbs she and Cinderpelt had found along the way, that she had not hunted in days.
“Go with Brambleclaw and Squirrelpaw, then,” Firestar ordered. “See if you can bring back a mouse or two.”
Squirrelpaw bounded to her side. “Which way shall we go?”
“There should be plenty of mice in that field over there.” Brambleclaw pointed with his tail to an open meadow beyond the hedgerow.
“Come on then,” Squirrelpaw urged.
Brambleclaw charged after her, and Leafpaw followed, wriggling76 through the hedge to find herself in a broad, grassy77 space.
While Brambleclaw and Squirrelpaw ranged around the edge of the field, she headed into the long grass battered78 down by the leaf-bare winds and rain. Almost at once she smelled mouse. After the long, hungry moons in the prey-scarce forest they had left behind, Leafpaw could not believe her luck. Crouching79 down, she prowled through the grass until she found the freshest trail. A moment later she spotted80 a twitch of brown scrabbling deep in the grass, and pounced81.
The mouse darted away before her paws hit the ground, and she only flattened the tussock where it had been sitting a heartbeat before.
“I see you’re more accustomed to forest hunting.” Hawkfrost’s condescending82 mew made Leafpaw jump. She spun83 around to find the RiverClan warrior calmly watching her, his tail curled over his paws.
“Haven’t you got anything better to do?” she challenged him. “Like hunt for your own Clan?”
“I’ve already caught three mice and a thrush,” he meowed. “I think I have earned a rest.”
As Leafpaw searched for a sharp reply, Hawkfrost lifted his nose and scented84 the air. “Dog!” he hissed. “Heading this way.”
Leafpaw could hear the heavy pawsteps now, pounding through the grass. She stared around in terror, wondering which way to run.
“Get back to the hedge!” Hawkfrost commanded.
Leafpaw began to run, but an angry snarl85 made her freeze. Glancing over her shoulder, she saw Hawkfrost arching his back at a snarling86 black-and-white dog. The RiverClan warrior let out a hiss39 and leaped back, lashing25 out to rake his claws across the dog’s snout.
“Brambleclaw! Squirrelpaw! Help!” Leafpaw yowled.
The dog lunged again; Hawkfrost sprang out of the way, but the dog turned in an instant and snapped at the air where Hawkfrost had been.
“Look out!” Brambleclaw burst out of the grass beside Leafpaw and leaped onto the back of the dog. He clung on with piercing claws as it bucked87 and howled and struggled to shake him off. Brambleclaw hung on, but the dog twisted its head back and clamped its jaws shut only a mouse-length from Brambleclaw’s face. Hissing88 in terror, Brambleclaw let go and was hurled89 to the ground. In the heartbeat it took him to recover, the dog had rounded on him, slavering with rage.
Just in time, Hawkfrost threw himself in front of Brambleclaw, aiming a flurry of thorn-sharp swipes at the dog’s muzzle90. Brambleclaw scrambled91 to his paws and joined the attack. Leafpaw stood stiff-legged with horror, watching the two warriors turn and move and hunch92 their massive shoulders as though one were a reflection of the other.
The dog began to back away with its tail clamped between its legs. Hawkfrost reared up on his hind legs and hissed so menacingly that the dog yelped93 and ran for the hedge.
“Yes, I’m fine.”
“I saved you, in case you’ve forgotten,” Brambleclaw retorted.
“Well, I guess you scared that mutt off pretty well,” Brambleclaw conceded.
“What’s going on?” Squirrelpaw hurried out of the long grass. “I smell dog.”
“It attacked us. Brambleclaw and Hawkfrost scared it away,” Leafpaw reported.
“You’re kidding!” gasped Squirrelpaw.
“I’m going back now,” Hawkfrost announced abruptly97. Their narrow escape didn’t seem to have made him any friendlier, and Leafpaw was quite happy to see the RiverClan warrior stalk away.
“Come on; let’s keep hunting,” meowed Brambleclaw. He bounded off through the grass.
“Come on, Leafpaw!” Squirrelpaw called over her shoulder. “You’ll need to eat well before we head into the mountains.”
Leafpaw looked up at the snow-dappled peaks. She wished she shared her sister’s courage. The Clans had struggled enough getting this far—how would the kits and elders cope with rocks and ice, and sheer, dizzying cliffs? How would the warriors and apprentices cope, for that matter? She shut her eyes and uttered a silent prayer to StarClan, but she felt hollow with dread22 as her words came echoing emptily back, as if there were no one there to listen.
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