Warriors: Everfree of Secrets

Dashfang took Skypaw out the day after her ceremony to get some fresh air. She smelled the air, and she could scent something. Usually she would scent Setclaw in this, and she did, but she could also scent some other tinge of LightningClan. Could that be . . .? “Dashfang,” Skypaw cut off her thoughts. “Why are we here?” she asked, and her ears twitched as she looked at Dashfang.

“Oh, yes, of course, I wanted you to meet your mother,” she meowed. She led her apprentice through the trees, and she finally scented her sister. “Cloud!” she yowled softly over the fence.

The sky-blue Pegasus cat hopped onto the fence, and licked Dashfang. “Who’s this?” she asked when she saw Skypaw.

“Y-you don’t remember me?” Skypaw asked. Her eyes glittered like stars in the sky.

Cloud’s frown immediately turned to a smiled. “Oh, Skykit,” she meowed, and she was about to say something else, when Skypaw yowled in front of her.

“I’m Skypaw now” she yowled.

“Of course,” Cloud meowed, licking her daughter’s head. “Dashfang, about your last question,” she went on.

Dashfang brightened. “Yes, Cloud?” she asked. Maybe she will have some evidence of Setclaw.

“I saw a white cat and an orange cat. I could not see their manes or tails; they chased me off too quickly,” she meowed. “They both smelled of you and Skypaw.” Her eyes glistened, and Dashfang frowned. “Did that help?” she asked.

White cat! Dashfang thought, and she felt her paws itching to know who it was.  “Yes it did,” she meowed. “Thank you.” She touched her nose to her sister’s, and they left.

“Goodbye, mom!” yowled Skypaw.

They hunted quickly, and they licked the kitty-pet stench off of them. Finally, when they get back, they see Ravenfur, Orangemist, and Stonefur nearing Sunstar’s den. No cat was attacking so they were probably there in peace. Dashfang flew to the den, and she could hear the cats speak.

“Sunstar,” Ravenfur meowed. “I believe, since Applefur is dead, that Copperpelt’s kits belong to us.”

Susntar looked up. She nodded, and Dashfang gasped. “I agree, and I will tell you what my decision is at the next gathering,” she meowed.

Dashfang let out a long sigh, and the three cats came out. She called up the cats, and gave them the news.

Then, Sewpelt spoke out again. “We should be rid of them!” she yowled. “They are half-clan!” Other cats murmured in agreement.

Sunstar growled, “I will not let that happen!” She turned away, and leapt into the den.

They all saw Boltstripe and Setclaw sending out patrols, and Setclaw looked healthy, and clean. Her eyes were still dark. They sent out almost every warrior in the clan!

Spitfire and Browniepaw were leaving to visit Moonstone, and Dashfang called Skypaw over. “Is it alright if we come?” she asked.

Spitfire nodded, and they trekked through the forest. Then the scent of Four Trees was upon them. “Okay, this is as far as you go,”

Spitfire meowed.

They ran back, and when they got to the top of the hill, Dashfang saw a white cat with a blue mane leading a group of rogues through the forest. Behind her, she saw Setclaw. “Boltstripe, Setclaw?” she thought, and she gasped. “Setclaw was the mentor of Boltstripe!” she yowled. They then leapt off, and Dashfang saw Setclaw and Boltstripe pretending to fight the rogues and loners. There were tons of them. Thunderface, jumped on top of Dashfang, and she tried to get him off, but he was too strong!

Then something jumped into him. “Thanks Apple . . .” she then saw Copperpelt, and she frowned.

“C’mon!” he yowled. “There’s no time to mourn!”

Dashfang got up, and went to check on Sunstar. Her eyes darkened when she saw Boltstripe on top of her. She saw Setclaw huddling like a kit in the corner. “Setclaw!” growled Boltstripe. “Help!”

Setclaw stood, and she looked at Dashfang. She looked at her former apprentice and back at Dashfang. In a flash, she jumped on top of Dashfang. She clawed right through Dashfang’s face, and it was probably going to stay that way.

Dashfang shook her down, and Copperpelt pounced on her. “Don’t kill her!” yowled Sunstar.

Boltstripe was about to bite right through her neck, but Copperpelt and Dashfang pinned her down. Sunstar got up and stared at the substitute deputy and the real deputy. She growled, and sent the cats outside. Dashfang could tell that she wasn’t mad, she was in shock.

The patrols returned, and Browniepaw and Spitfire returned with them. They treated their wounds. “Sorry, Dashfang, that’s going to be a scar,” meowed Spitfire when she saw the scratch on her face.

Sunstar finally came out of her den, and looked at Setclaw and Boltstripe. “Today I found that our two deputies, Setclaw and

Boltstripe, have been plotting with rogues and mostly Bloodface’s warriors. I now ask Setclaw and Boltstripe if they have anything in their defense?” she looked down at the warriors, and neither spoke. Then Boltstripe spoke up.

"I was told by Setclaw to attack you. I thought you were doing something, so I did.

She nodded, and looked at Setclaw. She meowed, “Exile!”

The clan gasped, and Boltstripe and Setclaw were about to leave when Setclaw turned to Daringtail. “Will you join us in exile, Daringtail?” she asked, and Daringtail looked shocked.

“No!” she growled. “I thought we were friends. I would never join you.”

She turned to Soarwing. “You?” she asked.

He shook his head. “Of course not,” he meowed.

Finally he turned to Sentrywing, her mate. “Sentrywing, would you?” she asked kindly. Too kindly for Dashfang’s liking.

He shook his head, and went next to his fellow clan-mates.

Then Setclaw jumped through the bushes. They heard a yowl. "Be careful Dashfang, I could be anywhere; keep your head high, keep your ears pricked, cause I'll catch you, and then you're dead!"