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Lionblaze woke to the sound ofexcited mewing and movement around him. He lifted his head to see his Clanmates pushing their way out of the warriors3’ den4 and into the clearing. He staggered to his paws, wincing5 at the stabs of pain from his aching muscles, and shouldered his way through the branches after them.
The sky was clear, but the sun hadn’t risen far enough to penetrate6 the hollow. Deep shadows hung over the dens7 and blanketed Spiderleg in near darkness where he crouched8, on watch outside Sol’s nest. But even though it was so early, it looked as if most of ThunderClan was gathered in the clearing. Daisy, Millie, and Whitewing were sitting outside the nursery. Lionblaze saw that they had their tails curled protectively around the kits9, who gazed out across the stone hollow with wide, scared eyes. Foxpaw and Icepaw bounded across to join the warriors, feeling the need to be close to the older, more experienced cats.
Hollyleaf was already up, standing11 with Hazeltail and Brackenfur. She didn’t glance at Lionblaze, and somehow his paws wouldn’t carry him over to her.
It’s as if part of us, part of what we used to be, died with Ashfur!
Firestar emerged from his den on the Highledge and ran lightly down the tumbled rocks to join Graystripe at the bottom. At the appearance of the Clan1 leader, the excitement in the clearing mounted.
“Here’s Firestar!”
“Now something’s bound to happen!”
Lionblaze flexed12 his muscles, trying to work the stiffness out of them. He heard a flurry of paw steps, and the dawn patrol raced back into the camp with Thornclaw at their head.
“What’s going on?” the golden brown warrior2 panted as he skidded13 to a standstill in the middle of the clearing. “Have we missed anything?”
Brambleclaw padded over to him. “What are you doing here so early?” he demanded. “You can’t have been all the way along the ShadowClan border.”
“Oh, everything’s quiet,” Berrynose mewed, peering over Thornclaw’s shoulder. “There’s nothing to worry about.”
Brambleclaw’s tail-tip twitched14. “All right,” he growled15. “But take longer over it next time.” He turned back to the cluster of warriors outside their den. “Hunting patrols,” he announced. “Sandstorm, will you lead one, please. And Brightheart, you can—” He broke off, his tail flicking16 with irritation17 when he realized that no cat was listening to him.
He glanced frustratedly at Firestar, who padded up to him with Graystripe at his side. “They won’t settle,” Brambleclaw meowed. “No cat even wants to eat.”
Graystripe nodded, and leaned over to murmur18 into Firestar’s ear. Lionblaze just caught the soft words: “You may as well get this done now.”
Firestar’s ears pricked19. “You’re right. Brambleclaw, go and fetch Sol.”
Every cat’s gaze was fixed20 on the deputy as he padded across to the bush where Sol had slept. He exchanged a quick word with Spiderleg, then vanished under the branches. A few heartbeats later he emerged again with Sol behind him.
As the loner padded over to Firestar, the first rays of the sun slid over the rim22 of the hollow and shone on his fur. He looked as sleek23 as if he had spent the last moon grooming24 his pelt25, instead of trekking26 through the Twolegplace and across open country to reach the camp. Lionblaze felt tired and scruffy27 in comparison.
As Brambleclaw escorted Sol to the center of the clearing, the ThunderClan cats drew back on either side, their eyes wide and their fur fluffed up.
What’s wrong with them?Lionblaze wondered with a flash of irritation. Sol’s just a cat! Why are they acting28 like a lot of cowardly rabbits?
“Sol! Wait for me!” Purdy’s yowl echoed around the hollow as he erupted from the elders’ den, with Mousefur and Longtail following. They halted just beyond the outer branches of the hazel bush, while Purdy lumbered29 farther into the clearing. His fur was sticking up on end, covered with scraps30 of moss31, and his eyes blazed with anger.
Brackenfur intercepted32 him before he could reach Sol. “Take it easy, Purdy,” he mewed quietly. “No cat is harming Sol. Just keep back with the others.”
Purdy gaped33 in shock, but before he could reply, Hazeltail padded up to him and nudged him over to sit beside her and Birchfall.
Firestar stood face to face with Sol in the middle of the circle of cats. “Do you know why we’ve brought you here?” he asked.
Sol tilted34 his head to one side. “A cat has been murdered, and you think I’m responsible.” He confidently met Firestar’s gaze. His fur gleamed in the pale, cold sunlight.
“You killed Ashfur!” Thornclaw snarled35 at him.
“Yes,” Cloudtail growled. “You were seen on the WindClan border. Don’t try to deny it!”
“Why did you kill him?” Sorreltail demanded. “What had he ever done to you?”
Sol ignored the hostile yowling and kept his gaze fixed on Firestar as the Clan leader waved his tail for silence.
“One of our warriors was found in the WindClan border stream, with bitemarks in his throat,” Firestar meowed when the clamor had died down. “Do you deny it was you?”
Sol stared at him without blinking. “Think about what you are saying, Firestar. The truth will be known when it is time.”
Lionblaze caught a flash of frustration36 in Firestar’s green eyes. Sol had neither confirmed nor denied the accusation37.
“Make him confess!” some cat hissed38 from the back of the crowd.
Firestar ignored the fierce words, his gaze still fixed on Sol. “What were you doing on the WindClan border?” he asked.
Sol shrugged39. “How should I remember? It was many sunrises ago.”
“Did you see Ashfur there?” Lionblaze could tell how hard Firestar found it to keep his voice even and calm as he questioned the loner.
“Ashfur…?”
“A powerful tom with thick grey fur.” There was an edge of irritation in Firestar’s tone; Lionblaze guessed that Sol knew very well who Ashfur was.
Sol shook his head. “I didn’t see any cat there.”
Lionblaze caught a gleam of amusement in Sol’s eyes, as if the mysterious loner had picked up Firestar’s increasing desperation. “I scented41 ThunderClan and WindClan,” he replied. “But I didn’t recognize any particular scents42.”
“Did you hear any sound of fighting?”
Sol blinked slowly. “No.”
Firestar paused, the tip of his tail twitching43 in frustration. A cold claw seemed to touch Lionblaze’s belly44 as he realized that even his Clan leader couldn’t penetrate Sol’s secrets.
“Go and get something to eat,” Firestar mewed eventually. “But don’t think this is over,” he warned Sol. “We will speak of this again. Cloudtail, will you take over guard duty, please?”
“It’ll be a pleasure,” the white warrior growled. He padded after Sol and Brambleclaw as the deputy escorted Sol to the fresh-kill pile and then back to the nest, and settled himself under the outermost45 branches of the bush, his face grim and his pelt bristling46.
When Sol had gone, Brambleclaw was able to organize the hunting patrols, and cats began to leave.
“All the cats who went to find Sol can have the morning to recover,” the deputy meowed to Lionblaze. “Make sure you all get a good rest.”
Lionblaze wasn’t sure that would be possible. His Clanmates crowded around him and the other cats who had made the journey, demanding to know what had happened.
“Was it hard, trying to bring Sol back?” Poppyfrost asked.
“Yeah, did he try to escape?” Foxpaw added excitedly.
“No,” Lionblaze replied. “He was willing to come. He did exactly what we wanted.”
And that’s strange,he added to himself. Does he have a reason of his own for agreeing to come here?Every hair on his pelt prickled. Does he think he can do to us what he did to ShadowClan?
“Were you scared?” Mousewhisker whispered, his eyes wide as if he was imagining all kinds of disasters. “That cat might do anything.”
“You watch what you’re saying, young ’un!” Purdy’s voice rang out loudly as the elder came bustling47 up to the group of cats. “You don’t know what you’re talkin’ about. Sol is a good cat. He’s my friend.”
Mousewhisker jumped back, alarmed by the old tabby’s fierce protest.
“But he was seen—” Cinderheart began.
“Sol would neverhurt another cat,” Purdy insisted, looming48 over the younger cats. “Have you all got fluff in your heads?”
“Look, Purdy,” Lionblaze began, trying to think of how he could convince the old cat.
Sandstorm interrupted him. “It’s okay, Purdy. No cat will harm Sol if he’s innocent. Come on, let me show you the fresh-kill pile.”
Mumbling49 something under his breath, Purdy glared at the younger warriors before allowing the ginger50 she-cat to lead him away.
“Phew!” Lionblaze glanced at Hollyleaf. “I thought he was going to knock me out with his dog-breath.”
Hollyleaf was more sympathetic. “Well, he’s the only one defending Sol just now. Every other cat has already decided51 that he’s guilty.”
Lionblaze opened his mouth to ask, What do you think?But Hollyleaf was already padding away, and the question remained unspoken. Thinking it over, Lionblaze wasn’t sure that he wanted to know the answer.
He was heading back to the warriors’ den to rest when he heard a call from Firestar, and spotted52 the Clan leader at the foot of the tumbled rocks, beckoning53 with his tail to gather his remaining warriors around him. As he padded up to the Highledge, Lionblaze thought that Firestar looked edgy54; he was flexing55 his claws as if he wanted action but wasn’t sure what it should be.
“Leafpool,” the Clan leader began, spotting the medicine cat at the edge of the group, “do you know of any way we can be sure whether Sol killed Ashfur?”
The medicine cat shook her head.
“What about the bitemarks?” Sorreltail suggested. “Could we get Sol to bite on a leaf, and then measure his teethmarks against Ashfur’s wound?”
“Brilliant!” Firestar meowed, giving the tortoiseshell she-cat a warm look of approval. “I’ll—”
“It won’t work,” Leafpool interrupted. “Ashfur has been buried for too long.”
“There’s something else we need to think about,” Graystripe added. “Remember when ThunderClan kept Brokentail prisoner, back in the old forest? He ended up befriending Tigerclaw and attacking ThunderClan from within. We can’t trust Sol while he’s inside our camp!”
“Then we’ve got to punish him.” Birchfall lashed56 his tail. “We can’t let him cause any more trouble.”
“Let’s make him collect mouse bile!” Poppyfrost’s eyes gleamed; clearly she was remembering the tasks she had to do when she was an apprentice57.
“We could make him hunt prey58 for the Clan,” Brackenfur suggested.
“But then he might escape,” Lionblaze pointed59 out.
“We can’t punish him until we’re sure he’s guilty,” Firestar meowed. “All we can do is wait. Leafpool, will you watch for any signs from StarClan? Surely our warrior ancestors know the truth.” He raked his claws across the ground, leaving deep marks in the wet earth. “Why haven’t they shown us something already?”
Leafpool’s expression was guarded. “StarClan will tell us what it wants us to know in its own good time.”
Firestar dipped his head, accepting what his medicine cat told him. “Then Sol will stay here under guard until we have more evidence,” he decided. With another glance at Leafpool, he added, “Until StarClan decides to help us.”
In the days that followed, ThunderClan settled into an uneasy routine of feeding Sol, watching him stretch his legs when he was allowed out into the clearing, and escorting him to make dirt. Sol never lost his air of calm, and he treated every cat with the same friendliness60.
Lionblaze waited frustratedly for the chance to talk to him alone. He was desperate to discuss the prophecy. He couldn’t forget the sense of power and control he had felt when facing the dogs, which convinced him still that he was one of the Three. But Sol was never left alone, and only the senior warriors were assigned to guard him.
The weather stayed sunny and dry, even though each morning the trees were rimmed61 with frost. Sometimes it was even warm enough by sunhigh to bask62 on a couple of flattish rocks at the base of the cliff. Mousefur especially liked to stretch out there, soaking up the sunlight.
“The elders should be allowed to bask here whenever we want,” she had announced. “Our old bones need it.” She sighed, twitching her ears. “Back in the old forest, we had Sunningrocks. All the Clan’s cats could bask there together, if they wanted.”
Since Purdy’s arrival, she had taken to lying on the rocks with him. Lionblaze was surprised at their friendship, but he figured that they talked about things like how rude young cats were these days and how much tastier prey used to be.
Around sunhigh, several days after the patrol’s return, Lionblaze was strolling back to the camp with Honeyfern and Berrynose. They had spent the morning training with Squirrelflight and Brackenfur and the two apprentices63; Brackenfur had taken over as Icepaw’s mentor64 since Whitewing was so close to having her kits.
“They’re doing so well,” Honeyfern purred. “Did you see how high Icepaw can leap?”
“And Foxpaw can dodge65 really quickly,” Lionblaze agreed. “Squirrelflight made them practice that move over and over again, and they’ve both got it now.”
Berrynose paused to stretch his jaws66 wide in a yawn. “I feel like lying in the sun for a bit to catch my breath. I wonder if Mousefur will let us have a turn on the basking67 rocks.”
“Good idea,” mewed Lionblaze.
Pushing his way through the thorn tunnel, he saw that Mousefur, Purdy, and Longtail were all snoozing on the flat-topped rocks. Berrynose bounded over to them eagerly; Lionblaze followed with Honeyfern.
But Purdy wasn’t dozing68 after all. “So my Upwalker,” he was meowing as they approached, “he says to me, ‘Purdy,’ he says, ‘there’s only you can get rid of this mouse, and—’” He broke off, blinking as he spotted the younger cats.
Lionblaze noticed that Mousefur and Longtail, to whom Purdy was telling his story, were both fast asleep.
“Hi, Purdy,” he greeted the old tabby. “We were wondering if we could bask here with you for a bit. We’ve been training all morning, and we’re tired.”
“Young cats today—no stamina,” Purdy grumbled69, but he rose to his paws, stretched, then prodded70 Mousefur and Longtail awake.
“Wha’?” Mousefur woke with a start.
“These young ’uns want to bask,” Purdy explained.
The tip of Mousefur’s tail twitched, but to Lionblaze’s surprise she didn’t object. “I suppose so,” she muttered. “We’ll even leave the rocks to you, providing one of you brings a bit of fresh-kill to our den. I could just eat a good plump vole.”
“I’ll do that,” Honeyfern offered, bounding off to the fresh-kill pile.
Mousefur laid her tail on Longtail’s shoulders to guide him down from the rocks, and the three elders headed off toward their den under the hazel bush.
“Thanks!” Lionblaze called after them.
“You fell asleep and missed some of the story,” Purdy mewed to Mousefur as they retreated. “I’d better start it all over again. There was this mouse, see…”
Lionblaze and Berrynose climbed up onto the basking rocks, and Honeyfern joined them a few heartbeats later. The flat surface was warm where the elders had been lying, and bright yellow sunlight spilled down on it. Lionblaze stretched out and let the heat soak into his fur. I wish I could lie like this for ever,he thought, and never have to worry about anything again.
On the rock next to him, Berrynose and Honeyfern were sharing tongues and watching Millie’s kits playing in the clearing close by.
Berrynose bent71 his head close to the tabby she-cat’s ear. “We’ll have kits like that one day,” he purred.
Honeyfern looked up at him, blinking shyly. “I’d like that.”
Lionblaze was surprised at how gentle Berrynose sounded; he was used to the older warrior being a bossy72 nuisance, ordering around other cats if he thought he could get away with it. Maybe having Honeyfern as a mate would be good for him.
At least he might stay out of my fur.
The cream-colored warrior rasped his tongue over Honeyfern’s shoulder. “You’ll make a wonderful mother.”
Watching them together, a pang73 of loneliness gripped Lionblaze’s belly. Who ismy mother? Why didn’t she want me?Closing his eyes, he wondered what she had been like, and whether she ever thought about the kits she had abandoned.
“Watch me! Watch me!” Blossomkit’s voice came from a little way across the clearing. “I can leap higher than any cat!”
“No, you can’t, I can!” Bumblekit argued.
Lionblaze opened one eye to see all three of Millie’s kits leaping and tumbling around, a couple of fox-lengths from the rocks where he and his Clanmates lay. Briarkit fell over and rolled so that she was next to a crack in the rock wall; leaping up, she balanced on her hind21 legs with her forepaws stretching up into the air.
“I bet you can’t do this!” she boasted.
In the same instant, Lionblaze spotted a long, dark shadow emerging from the rock behind the kit10. It reared up against the gray stone, but Briarkit was too excited to notice. Lionblaze sat bolt upright.
Snake!
He bunched his muscles to spring, but Honeyfern was quicker. Leaping down from the rock, she bundled Briarkit out of the way. The snake arched its neck; before Honeyfern could move it struck down and buried its hooked fangs74 in her shoulder.
Honeyfern sprang backward with a screech75 of pain. “Help!”
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