The thunder that followed the wind (Jayfeather x oc fanfic)

Chapter 6

Spottedpaw's pov

I ran alongside Ashfoot, Breezepaw and Heatherpaw tailing. We ran into camp and I caught the scent of Thunderclan coming from camp. We reached the camp, Ashfoot announcing to Onestar that we had seen Riverclan cross the border. I looked around camp and noticed Jaypaw standing near another Thunderclan cat. I approached him. I was going to ask him why he was here when I saw Harepaw next to us. He turned to me and pricked his ears.
"Spottedpaw. Have you seen Gorsetail's kits? They went missing" he explained to me.
"Gorsetail's kits are missing?" I ask, turning to Harepaw. He nodded, getting onto his paws. I turned to ask Jaypaw again but the other Thunderclan cat was leading him out of the camp. Onestar was preparing cats to attack Riverclan. I look around but I can't see Breezepaw or Heatherpaw anywhere. Harepaw is listening to Onestar but I grab his ear and lead him out of camp.
"Spottedpaw. That hurts" he objects, pulling his head back as I let go of his ear.
"Come on. I think Breezepaw and Heatherpaw have ran off somewhere. Let's follow their scent" I explain to him. His ears flick.
"Oh. Great idea. Maybe we'll find the kits while we're at it" he agrees. I sniff the air, twitching one ear. 
"They went this way" I point out, following the scent trail.
"I wonder why they ran off like that?" Harepaw wonders.
"Probably thinking they can get in Onestar's favour" I grumble, taking the lead. The scent trail leads down into some tunnels. I look at the tunnels nervously. 
"Should we go down there?" Harepaw asks, looking at the looming hole. I fluff up my fur.
"Yeah. Breezepaw and Heatherpaw went in and we're older than them. If they can go in then so can we" I encourage, taking one step into the tunnels. Water dripped onto my head and I shook it. I walked down the tunnel, Harepaw on my tail. I eventually hear voices deeper in the tunnels.
"Do you hear that Harepaw?" I ask, turning back to look at him but its so dark that I can barely see him.
"Yeah. Sounds like Breezepaw and Heatherpaw are up ahead" he agrees. I start to run forward until finally I reach an open cave where I'm flooded with Thunderclan scent. 
"Breezepaw. Heatherpaw. What are you doing down here?" Harepaw asks, shaking out his fur when some rain hits his fur from the opening above us.
"Oh great. You're here too" Breezepaw grumbles, lashing his tail.
"Why are there Thunderclan cats here?" I ask, tilting my head sideways.
"We're looking for the missing kits" the golden tom objected, coming up to me and leaning into my face. I step back and swish my tail. I look over at Jaypaw who seems occupied with something else. 
"I've caught their scent" he states. My ears prick up.
"Really. That's amazing Jaypaw" I purr. Jaypaw takes the lead further into the tunnels. Harepaw walks up near me.
"What was that about?" he whispers.
"I don't know what you are talking about" I object.
"You act like you know that medicine cat" he replies. My fur prickles.
"What if I do" I object.
"No, like really know him. Don't think I missed the way you were trying to speak to him back in camp"
"Alright fine. He's a friend. But don't tell anycat. Its a secret" I hiss at him playfully. His whiskers twitch.
"No problem. I can keep a secret" he purrs. I roll my eyes before stepping ahead of him as the tunnel begins to narrow. After a while, I bump into the cat ahead of me, rubbing my nose.
"We got them. We need to go back now" Jaypaw calls. I pick up on the sound of kit mews. I turned around, stepping on Harepaw's paws as he tried to move out of the way. We were able to move back to the tunnel but now we were stepping in water past my paws and getting higher. 
"What are we going to do. We'll never get out in time" Heatherpaw mews, stumbling about in the water, one of the kits in her mouth
"We need to jump into the river" Jaypaw calls out, running through the water to the bank of the flooded stream.
"What? We aren't Riverclan cats. We'll drown" Harepaw objects.
"We don't have any other option" the black she-cat objects. 
"We'll all jump in together then. We can help anycat that needs it" I agree. All of us prepare to jump and we do, splashing into the water. The current pulls all of us down the tunnel. I splash my paws, trying to keep my muzzle above the water as we're swept out into the lake. I hear a yelp from Harepaw as he slips under the surface of the water. I dive down under the water, grabbing his scruff and trying to pull us back to the surface of the water. The water pulls at my pelt and with the added weight of Harepaw, I struggle to get to the surface. Teeth sink into my scruff and something pushes below my belly. We break the surface and I quickly pull Harepaw's head up so that he broke the surface to. He coughed up water while gasping in air. I look to see Jaypaw let go of my scruff and the golden tom swim up to the surface. We reach the shore where I let go of Harepaw who collapses to the ground with relief. I sit down on the stones heavily, water dripping from my fur and flattening it against my flank.
"Come on. We need to stop the fighting before somecat gets hurt" the black furred she-cat objects. We grab the kits and race towards the Riverclan border. When the kits were shown to be safe, Onestar backed down from the fighting. I noticed Heatherpaw talking to the golden tom like they were friends. The way they were acting and talking almost sounded like they were saying goodbye. Something washed over me and I turned to Jaypaw. He pricked his ears, looking at me.
"Are we going to stop seeing each other now?" I ask, looking right at him. His pelt bristled.
"No. There's nothing wrong with it so why should we stop" he objects. I purr slightly.
"I thought you'd say yes honestly" I admit. He looks around me. 
"That tom's listening in" he states. I turn around as Harepaw's fur bristled slightly and he looked slightly guilty."
"I didn't mean to listen in. I promise" he explains, digging at the stones.
"Its alright. He's my friend" I assure Jaypaw. He flicks his ear but doesn't say anything about.
"I have to go. I'll see you around" he whispers, getting to his paws. I nod in agreement. 
"Yeah. See you around Jaypaw" I agree.

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So I am aware that I basically skipped over everything in Dark River except the end but my reason is, if you've read Dark River. You already know what happened. I'll only be including things that have been changed. Also I know Harepaw didn't go into the tunnels but I chose for him to go since he's probably tied for my favorite Windclan cat besides Crowfeather. We'll be going into Outcast next. It'll be slightly different again, promise.