Warriors: Everfree of Secrets

When Browniepaw was finished tending to Dashfang’s wound on her wing, she talked to Setclaw about the badger fight. “It wasn't Skykit’s fault!” she growled.

Setclaw growled deep in her throat, and she snarled. “Well, she was the one who left camp! And got out of your sight!” she growled, and left.

Dashfang sighed. Skykit had nothing to do with the badger attack. She ran over to the elders den when she heard Knitear growl. “That’s not how you do it, ya’ dumb kit!” she growled, and Skykit frowned, low to the ground.

She stepped out the den, when she saw Dashfang standing, and staring sympathetically at her. She came over, and licked her ear happily. “You need some help?” she asked, and she went into the warriors den. Knitear grunted as she saw the two she-cats walk into the den.

“Ah, so you’re here to ‘tend to me’?” she asked, and she lay on her paws.

Dashfang smiled, and licked her patient’s ear. She then started to change the bedding under her, and she heard Blossomtail growling playfully at her elder friend. “Oh calm down, Knitear,” she mewed, “You’re just being mean to the kit.” She licked Skykit’s ear, and she mewed something under her breath.

Dashfang smiled at her, and whispered into Skykit’s ear. “I’m going to get some more moss; try not to mess this up!” she mewed, giggling, and she left the den.

She then saw a flicker of movement near the nursery. She looked into it, knowing that Setclaw was pregnant only for a little while. She smelled the air, but all she could smell was Morningdew and Pinkiefur. They spoke calmly about Setclaw, and Dashfang walked up to them, her tail high.

“Do you know where Setclaw is?” she asked calmly. She looked into both of their eyes. Morningdew was mad, but Pinkiefur’s were unreadable.

“She said that she needed to go to the filth place. Why?” she asked, and she looked deeply into Dashfang’s cold eyes.

She could feel fear shoot through her, and she felt her heart pounding from the pressure. How could she tell the queens about Purpletail? She shook her head. “No reason, Sunstar just wanted her,” she mewed, and she walked away.

She walked toward the stench of Setclaw’s ash laden fur. Her scent was in two-leg place, which was a strange place for her to be in. She saw her, but she couldn’t get close enough to see or hear who she was talking to. She sniffed the air and she smelled cats. They weren’t kitty-pets, but they didn’t smell of any clan. She then turned around. She realized that Cloud had no cat to defend her when she was in her garden. Was Setclaw planning to attack Dashfang’s only sister? She ran as fast as she could towards her sister’s house. When she finally got there, she could smell her sister over the fence. “Cloud?” she asked, and she jumped onto the fence.

Cloud jumped onto the fence, and smiled at her sister. She licked her sister’s ear, and mewed, “What’s going on?”

Dashfang’s ear twitched and she looked into her sister’s cold eyes. She looked down, and she could smell Setclaw again. “Have you seen any orange cats lately?” she asked.

“I have plenty of orange cats in my neighborhood,” she mewed, giggling. Dashfang looked into her eyes seriously, and Cloud coughed. “Sorry, can you be more specific?” she asked, calmly.

Dashfang thought of Setclaw. Her green eyes burned in her memories as she thought of the cold, dark deputy. She told her she had orange fur, a red and orange tail and mane, and she was a strong unicat. Cloud frowned.

“I’m sorry, I haven’t,” she mewed, not realizing that it was a good thing she hadn’t seen the deputy. Dashfang nodded, and was about to lead away when her sister called her name. “Wait, I just wanted to know if I could see Skykit sometime soon?” she asked, and Dashfang smiled.

“Of course, just in new-leaf okay?” she asked, and Cloud nodded. She licked her sister goodbye, and she walked home. She saw Setclaw back in the nursery. She saw the snow start to melt, and the crystal’s slowly started to thaw from the trees. New-leaf was beginning, and the thaw had begun. But what would happen to her clan if Setclaw took over?