CHAPTER 14
Lionpaw jerked up his head. Firestar’s call had woken him from his warm nest. It was dawn, and he could feel Berrypaw stirring beside him.
Jaypaw was already stretching, curling his tail back till the tip brushed his spine2. “What does Firestar want so early?” he yawned.
“Clan3 meeting!” Lionpaw leaped to his paws. He hurried to be first out of the den4, squeezing ahead of his denmates.
“Stop pushing,” Berrypaw complained.
“The fastest hunter catches the most mice,” Lionpaw mewed cheerfully.
The air outside the den hit him like the lash6 of a birch sapling. Frost glittered on the bushes around the edge of the camp, and the icy ground made Lionpaw’s pads ache. Breath billowing, he trotted7 into the clearing, where the cats were already gathering8, huddling9 close for warmth.
Firestar sat on Highledge flanked by Brambleclaw and Graystripe. Brambleclaw’s pelt10 shone, the muscles beneath it taut11. Graystripe’s pelt was well-groomed, the knots and tangles12 smoothed at last, but it was dull and his ribs13 still showed beneath.
“He must have decided14 who the deputy should be,” Hollypaw mewed, hurrying over from the medicine den and sitting down next to Lionpaw. She wriggled16 closer to him, shivering.
Jaypaw padded to join them, sitting beside Hollypaw.
“Graystripe and Brambleclaw are on Highledge with Firestar,” Hollypaw told him.
“I know,” Jaypaw answered sleepily. Lionpaw wondered why he looked so worn-out when he had not been outside the hollow in days.
Firestar’s pelt glowed like fire in the cold dawn light as he gazed over the Clan. Millie settled beside Ferncloud, her eyes round with curiosity. Sorreltail, Whitewing, and Cloudtail sat in front of her, Brackenfur and Thornclaw behind. The gray kittypet no longer seemed intimidated18 by the warriors19 hemming21 her in and stared calmly up at Firestar.
“I know you’ve all been wondering what will happen now that our previous deputy has returned,” the Clan leader began.
Graystripe wrapped his bushy tail tighter over his front paws. One of Brambleclaw’s ears twitched22.
“When we left the forest, I thought I would never see Graystripe again,” Firestar confessed. “There were many nights when I stared up at Silverpelt and tried to imagine him among our ancestors.”
Lionpaw glanced at Hollypaw and wondered what it would be like to lose her. He didn’t like the feeling that stabbed at his belly23.
The ThunderClan leader went on. “Graystripe was my deputy and my friend. I trained with him and fought with him. I trusted him more than any cat. Having him back is like having one of my own lives restored.”
“Wait,” Jaypaw warned.
Lionpaw shot his brother a look. Why did he sound so certain?
“But Brambleclaw has helped me lead the Clan through some of its most terrifying challenges. I’ve never seen him waver in his loyalty25 to his Clanmates. The last thing ThunderClan needs now is more change.” He paused and glanced at the two warriors. “So I’ve decided that Brambleclaw should remain deputy.”
“But—” The gasp26 escaped Brackenfur before he could stop it. Sorreltail echoed it, and mews of surprise rippled27 around the Clan. Lionpaw searched Graystripe’s face for some sign of regret, but he couldn’t read the gray warrior20’s expression
Squirrelflight raised her voice happily. “Brambleclaw!”
“Brambleclaw! Brambleclaw!” Ashfur quickly joined in.
Squirrelflight whipped her head around and stared at him.
Why does she look surprised?Lionpaw wondered.
Dustpelt and Thornclaw started calling Brambleclaw’s name too. Graystripe got to his paws and joined in, and Brambleclaw dipped his head respectfully to the former ThunderClan deputy
“Told you so,” Jaypaw murmured.
Lionpaw glanced suspiciously at his brother. “How did you know?”
“Do you think Graystripe minds?” Hollypaw whispered.
“Does it matter?” Jaypaw asked.
“He must know the Clan has changed a lot,” Lionpaw replied.
“But what about when he’s fully5 recovered?” Hollypaw persisted. “Will he be happy just being a warrior?”
“I think Firestar made the right decision.”
The meow made Lionpaw jump. He glanced up and saw Ashfur padding toward them.
“And you must be pleased that your father’s still deputy,” the warrior purred.
“Brambleclaw shouldbe deputy,” Lionpaw told him firmly. “Graystripe doesn’t even know the territory yet. He’d be as lost as a WindClan kit17 in a ShadowClan nursery.”
“True.” Ashfur nodded.
“And Graystripe is going to take another moon to recover,” Jaypaw put in. “He still smells of crow-food.”
“He’ll be strong soon,” Hollypaw mewed defensively.
“Soon isn’t good enough,” Lionpaw argued. “We need a strong deputy now. Leaf-bare’s clearly not finished with us, and ShadowClan is never going to make our life easy. We can’t afford to wait for Graystripe to recover.”
“But he was deputy first!” Hollypaw protested. “Has everyone forgotten? When Mistyfoot was taken by Twolegs, Hawkfrost replaced her only until she returned. Because according to the warrior code she never stopped beingthe deputy!”
“Your sister has a point,” Ashfur commented.
“I know, but”—Lionpaw was surprised at Hollypaw’s fierceness—“Firestar has to be practical.”
“If we start ignoring the warrior code, then we are no longer warriors!” Hollypaw declared. The fur along her spine was bristling29, and her eyes glittered with anxiety.
“What if StarClan toldFirestar to choose Brambleclaw?” Jaypaw asked softly.
Brambleclaw was padding toward them, with Berrypaw beside him. “We’re going hunting.”
“Can we join you?” Ashfur asked.
“Of course. Brightheart and Jaypaw are coming too. But if you don’t mind a crowd—”
“Of course not.” Ashfur narrowed his eyes. “I just thought it might be fun for Lionpaw and Berrypaw to have a little competition.”
Brambleclaw’s eyes glittered. “Good idea.”
Berrypaw clawed the ground excitedly. “Oh, yes!”
“Great!” Lionpaw mewed.
“Okay,” Brambleclaw decided. “The first apprentice30 to catch three pieces of prey gets first pick from the fresh-kill pile tonight.”
Lionpaw glanced at Berrypaw. His denmate was larger than he and more experienced. He would have to rely more on senses than speed if he was going to win.
Brightheart and Jaypaw joined them.
“Why do we need to go with them?” Jaypaw was complaining. “I’m perfectly31 capable of hunting on my own.”
Pity flashed in Brightheart’s eye, and Lionpaw winced32. Jaypaw glared at his mentor33 as if he knew exactly what she was thinking.
“We’ll go in a moment,” Brambleclaw meowed. “First, I want to ask Dustpelt and Birchfall to patrol the ShadowClan border. I’ll meet you at the entrance.” Before he padded away, the ThunderClan deputy glanced at Hollypaw. “Shouldn’t you be helping34 Leafpool?”
“Um, yes,” Hollypaw mewed hastily. She turned and slunk away, the tip of her black tail dragging over the ice-white clearing.
“So you think you can beat me, do you?” Berrypaw hissed in Lionpaw’s ear.
“I caught a vole on my first hunting expedition,” Lionpaw reminded him.
“Good,” Berrypaw mewed. “I’d hate to win tooeasily.”
Lionpaw wasn’t going to let his denmate get away with that. He crouched37 into attack position, wriggling39 his hindquarters. “Say that again!” he challenged.
“You’re hardly bigger than a mouse!” Berrypaw purred.
Lionpaw launched himself at the young tom, and the two apprentices40 bundled toward the thorn barrier. Berrypaw’s weight took Lionpaw by surprise. He scrabbled to push the larger apprentice off, but Berrypaw heaved him toward the prickly spines41 of the thornbush. Thinking quickly, Lionpaw let himself go limp, becoming so slippery that it was easy to wriggle15 out of Berrypaw’s grip. Quick as a flash, he sprang onto Berrypaw’s back and nipped his friend’s scruff with his teeth. Berrypaw tried to shake him off, but even with his claws sheathed42, Lionpaw found that he had the strength to hold his grip on Berrypaw’s broad shoulders.
“Lionpaw!”
He looked up to see his sister charging back toward them, and, in that instant, Berrypaw threw him off and pinned him to the ground.
“You’re my first catch of the day,” Berrypaw mewed triumphantly43.
“Hollypaw put me off!” Lionpaw complained.
“A good warrior is never distracted,” Ashfur meowed. The pale gray warrior had stopped to watch the two apprentices.
Hollypaw was trotting46 around them in circles. “Leafpool wants me to collect some tansy in case this cold weather brings whitecough,” she panted excitedly. “She says there’s a clump47 by the old Thunderpath, and she asked if I could join your patrol to fetch some.” She looked around. “Where’s Brambleclaw?”
“Giving orders to Dustpelt,” Ashfur answered.
“Mind if I join you?” the gray warrior asked Ashfur. “I want to get familiar with the territory and see how the prey runs here.”
“That’s fine with me,” Ashfur agreed. He nodded at Hollypaw. “We’ve got an extra apprentice, too.”
Lionpaw hadn’t been out with both Hollypaw and Jaypaw since their attempt to track down the fox cubs49. They quickly fell into their familiar grouping: Hollypaw a paw step ahead, and Lionpaw letting his pelt brush against Jaypaw’s just enough to help him through the trees.
They headed deep into the forest, picking up the clearest route along the old Thunderpath. Lionpaw had been along it before, when Ashfur had shown him around ThunderClan territory. But he had never followed it all the way past the abandoned Twoleg nest.
Hollypaw was scanning the undergrowth on either side of the track.
“It looks a lot like yarrow,” Jaypaw whispered to her. “But it tastes more like grass than mouse bile.”
“I know!” Hollypaw snapped.
Why was Jaypaw helping her? Lionpaw wondered. Hollypaw was the medicine cat apprentice, not him.
She flicked50 her tail toward a clump of long-stemmed plants with thin, spiky51 leaves. “That’s it, isn’t it?”
“Have you found some?” Brambleclaw halted in the middle of the path.
The cats waited as Hollypaw bit into a leaf. She narrowed her eyes thoughtfully, then swallowed.
“Not bitter at all,” she reported. “It’s tansy.”
“You’d better collect some and take it back to camp,” Brambleclaw meowed.
Hollypaw’s eyes clouded with disappointment. “Leafpool doesn’t need it right away.”
“It might not be safe for her to go back to camp on her own,” Lionpaw pointed52 out, guessing his sister wanted a chance to stay out for a while. “Not with the fox cubs about.”
“And don’t forget the competition,” Ashfur meowed. “We don’t want to waste time escorting her back.”
“If you’re sure Leafpool doesn’t need it urgently . . . ?” Brambleclaw prompted Hollypaw.
Her eyes brightened. “It was only for the store.”
“We’ll collect some on our way back, then,” Brambleclaw agreed. He leaped away, heading into the shadowy woods.
Lionpaw waited on the Thunderpath for Jaypaw and Brightheart to disappear among the trees with the others before following them in. Even in leaf-bare, the undergrowth here was thick. But without their leafy covering the plants looked like tall, thin skeletons littering the forest floor.
Lionpaw’s breath came in clouds as the patrol padded quietly over the frozen ground. Graystripe turned back to face them. “There’s no scent53 of fox here,” he meowed. “And not too much cover for prey. This looks like a good spot to start the hunt.”
Ashfur looked from Berrypaw to Lionpaw. “Who wants to go first?”
“There’s a mouse over there,” Jaypaw announced casually54. For the first time Lionpaw wondered if his brother felt left out of the hunting contest. But Jaypaw held his chin high and flicked his tail toward the base of an oak tree several fox-lengths away. Ashfur jerked his head around in surprise.
“It’s dug under the frozen leaves into the ground,” Jaypaw told them.
Lionpaw pricked55 his ears. Sure enough, he could hear the scrabble of tiny paws against cold earth, though very faintly. And there was the musty scent of freshly turned leaf litter in the air.
“Lionpaw,” Brambleclaw hissed quietly. “You have a try.”
One stealthy paw step at a time, Lionpaw crept toward the scuffling noise. He let each pad sink slowly onto the hard ground, so that his steps made no sound. The scuffling carried on as Lionpaw drew close enough to drop into a hunting crouch38. Squatting56 with his muzzle57 outstretched, he let his tail rest on the earth behind him. He could smell the mouse now, and saw a slight movement in the leaves.
“Brambleclaw!”
The mouse scuttled58 out of the leaves and disappeared among the roots of a tree. Hissing59 with anger, Lionpaw spun60 around to see who had ruined his catch.
Birchfall exploded from the undergrowth and skidded61 to a halt. “ShadowClan has moved the border! They’ve put a new line of scent marks inside ThunderClan territory!”
“Where?” Brambleclaw demanded.
“I’ll show you.” Without waiting, Birchfall headed away through the trees.
“Where’s Dustpelt?” Brambleclaw called after him.
“Heading back to camp to warn Firestar,” came the reply.
Brambleclaw turned to Brightheart. “You’d better come with us. I’m not risking leaving you while those fox cubs are still around.”
Brightheart narrowed her eyes. “What about Jaypaw? Will he be able to keep up?”
“Don’t let him out of your sight, and keep as close to us as you can,” Brambleclaw ordered. He glanced at Ashfur. “Stay near them.” Then he nodded to Graystripe. “Come with me.”
Brambleclaw bounded after Birchfall, Graystripe following. Lionpaw pelted62 after them, the mouse forgotten. Hollypaw raced at his side. He could hear the paw steps of Ashfur, Brightheart, and Jaypaw pounding behind. Glancing over his shoulder, he saw his brother weaving through the trees as easily as a sighted cat. He must be guided by StarClan! he thought in astonishment63. He turned back to look ahead, his pelt bristling as he ran. Had ShadowClan really dared to move the border?
Birchfall led them back along the Thunderpath before veering64 into the forest and up the slope that led to the ShadowClan border. He skidded to a halt near the top. “Here!” he gasped65, flicking66 his tail to indicate the line of birches that followed the ridge67.
Lionpaw sniffed68 the nearest trunk and wrinkled his nose. It was true. ShadowClan had marked ThunderClan trees.
“Isn’t this the original border?” Graystripe asked.
“No!” Brambleclaw hissed. “The border is there.” He pointed his muzzle to the top of the rise where the trees gave way to the grassy69 clearing.
Ashfur raced out of the bracken behind them, followed by Brightheart and Jaypaw.
Jaypaw’s hackles rose. “ShadowClan warriors nearby!” he warned.
As he spoke, three ShadowClan cats stalked over the rise and stood staring down at the ThunderClan patrol.
“Oakfur!” Brambleclaw hissed, staring at the small brown tom who led the trio. Lionpaw recognized the two others from the Gathering—Owlpaw and his mentor, Smokefoot.
“A blind kit noticed us before the ThunderClan deputy knew we were here,” Oakfur sneered71. “How humiliating.”
“Is ThunderClan so desperate for warriors that it needs to train even its most worthless kit?” snarled72 Smokefoot.
Jaypaw rushed forward, spitting. Brightheart grabbed his tail in her teeth and hauled him backward.
“A blind kit saved by a one-eyed warrior,” mocked Oakfur. “ThunderClan isn’t what it used to be. Filled with kittypets and cripples and worn-out deputies.” He glared at Graystripe.
“You’ve moved the border,” Brambleclaw growled.
“We’ve taken what should be ours, and we will take more,” Smokefoot told him.
“ThunderClan is hardly a real Clan anymore—it’s half kittypet,” Oakfur put in. “I’m sure StarClan agrees that only true warriors are entitled to hunt on Clan territory.”
“ThunderClan has nothing but true warriors!” Brambleclaw yowled. He flattened73 his ears and stepped over the new marker line until he was only a tail-length away from Oakfur. “If you want our territory, you’ll have to fight for every step.”
Lionpaw’s fur stood on end. His first real battle! He sank his claws into the earth, imagining it was ShadowClan fur.
“Are you surewe won’t win?” Oakfur’s eyes glittered as more ShadowClan warriors began to appear over the rise, lining74 up like starlings on a branch. Lionpaw’s heart flipped75 over. It looked as though every ShadowClan warrior had come to fight. Their muscles bulged76 under their pelts77, their claws glinting as they flexed78 them against the hard ground.
Lionpaw felt fur brush his flank. Hollypaw and Jaypaw had joined him.
Lionpaw suddenly pictured the three of them—three half-grown apprentices, one of them blind, facing what looked like the whole of ShadowClan.
StarClan, help us!
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gathering
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huddling
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pelt
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taut
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astonishment
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| n.改变的；犹豫的；顺时针方向转向；特指使船尾转向上风来改变航向v.（尤指交通工具）改变方向或路线( veer的现在分词 )；（指谈话内容、人的行为或观点）突然改变；（指风） （在北半球按顺时针方向、在南半球按逆时针方向）逐渐转向；风向顺时针转 | |
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| n.山脊；鼻梁；分水岭 | |
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| n.口角，掌击；v.发出呼噜呼噜声 | |
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| 轻弹( flip的过去式和过去分词 )； 按（开关）； 快速翻转； 急挥 | |
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| n. 皮毛，投掷, 疾行 vt. 剥去皮毛，（连续）投掷 vi. 猛击，大步走 | |
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