Warrior cats FanFiction < The Taken>

Chapter 4

Leafpaw froze as a scent hit her nose.

"Sharppaw?" she asked herself as she began scenting around the four rocks.

"He was hunting here!" she meowed.

"HAWKSTAR!" she yowled as loud as she could. After a few moment, the broad tabby came running through the trees panting.

"What.. what is it, are you hurt?" he asked panicking, he then scented the air.

"Goodjob Leafpaw"

"he must of been hunting here, look at the claw marks on the floor, he must of missed" Leafpaw meowed. Hawkstar smiled at the apprentice, as she began scenting around the rocks again for anything she may of missed.

"look" a voice called from behind them.

Eaglestorm was sniffing at a patch of fur, that had been snagged on the bushes.

"Definatly my sons" Rockfur confirmed. Leafpaw smiled knowing that they were closer and closer to finding Sharppaw.

"Eaglestorm, go fetch the others, the more of us here the better the chance of finding him" Hawkstar told the sandy brown tabby tom who nodded and sped off into the undergrowth.

"we will find him, won't we Hawkstar?" Leafpaw asked, her voice seeming doubtful.

"Don't give up yet Leafpaw, we are on his trail" Hawkstar comforted wrapping his long fox-like maincoon tail around the young apprentice.

Leafpaw's ears perked as paws drumming on snow sounded infront of them as the two patrols began to return. Warrenheart bounded up to Hawkstar stopping at his side.

"Sharppaw's scent, and plus a patch of his fur was found around this area, fan out and see if you can find anymore, don't give up we are close to find his where abouts" Hawkstar told them, Watching as Rockfur ran up to his mate birchblaze, comforting the crying she-cat.

"i hope he is found soon" Birchblaze whimpered, looking around the clearing with Eaglestorm at her side.

"He will Birchblaze, we will find him" Rockfur meowed walking towards the river. "Hawkstar" sunfall meowed, padding up to him.

"what is it Sunfall?" Hawkstar meowed scanning Sunfall's sorrowful expression.

"You better come see this" Sunfall meowed, he walked towards the river and stopped at a dry patch of blood, that was mixed with water.

"Its sharppaw's someone tried to wash the blood away with water from the river" Sunfall meowed. Leafpaw walked from behind Hawkstar her eyes clouded with tears.

"No!" she cried, Tigerpaw ran to her side and pulled her into her chest, Leafpaw cried into Tigerpaw as Hawkstar lowered his head in sorrow.

"There is more, near that tree, someone must of attacked him" Sunfall told him.

"Check for scents, i want to know who did this" Hawkstar meowed fury glazing over his amber eyes. Hawkstar looked back at Leafpaw and grief welled in his stomach,

"Blackpaw, go tell Leafpaw's mother Harefern" hawkstar told him. Blackpaw nodded slowly glancing back at Leafpaw with a sigh and bounded off in search for Harefern

"I'm so sorry Leafpaw, he could still be alive" Tigerpaw her denmate tried to comfort her.

"No.. look at all the blood" Leafpaw meowed in sorrow.

"Leafpaw?  Leafpaw!" a females voice rang out from the bushes as Harefern shot across the clearing scooping up her daughter into her chest.

"mum.. he's gone!" leafpaw cried into her mothers chest.