Warriors Secrets of Shadows: Alpha and Omega

Chapter 15

"What do you mean?" Dawnreed asked.
"Is she dead? Slatetooth asked Eagle. "My question exactly." Silverwing muttered.
"No. You lot--myself included could pick up a scent of her if she were dead." Eagle replied.
"Look! Paw-prints, and they smell like Brightstripe's!" Frostpaw called as she pointed to paw prints making their way in mud towards the Thunderpath and stopping there. Everyone looked over.
"You think she ran into Twolegplace?" Sedgeclaw asked Dawnreed.
Dawnreed shrugged in response.
"What do we do?" Appleheart asked Slatetooth.
"We are going to find her." Silverwing meowed.
Everyone looked at her.
"If anything happened to Brightstripe I'd never forgive myself." She told them looking over her shoulder.
Dawnreed stepped foward. "I'll help."
"Anycat wanting to come raise their tail." Silverwing meowed.
"I'm coming to." Meowed a young voice.
All of the patrol one by one raised their tail. They all looked at the voice. Goldenpaw bounded forward with Feralstorm and the other WolfClan cats at her heels.
The patrol watched.
"No. Absolutely," Silverwing began but Goldenpaw meowed, "You just said if anything happened to Brightstripe you said you'd never forgive yourself."
The silver tabby sighed. "I want you careful and close to me. Is that clear?" She meowed.
"I understand Silverwing." Goldenpaw meowed.
The patrol nodded.
"We'd better hurry." Dawnreed mewed. "Let's go. Frostpaw, since you picked up a scent, you and Eagle keep tracking duty." She and the others bounded on through across the Thunderpath and onto the other side.
"I know part of the forest borders as well as the Twoleg streets. Most of it's just one roundabout aside from some places. If we go the correct way, we just might be able to find her." Eagle explained.

The patrolling cats were still searching, and by then, dawn had nearly come. "M-must... Rest.." Sedgeclaw huffed. "Maybe we should head back to the forest." Mossfur mewed.
"No! We're not giving up!" Goldenpaw hissed.
"It's not giving up," Jaggedtooth began. "We can try again, but now we have wolves attacking our Clanmates who knows when and we need to be there for them."
"I hope to StarClan you're right Jaggedtooth.." Feralstorm rumbled. "So what do we do now? Return home?" Minnowwhisker asked.
"We keep searching." Silverwing meowed, her tone as hard as ice.
"We can't wander around and away from our territories forever." Shadowtuft pointed out.
The silver tabby warrior turned on her clanmate. "Fine. You can return to camp. Considering they don't even want us there, go ahead!" She spat. Sneakingfoot growled. "I don't even know why Foxstar allowed your clan into our camp!" He hissed.
"Enough!" Dawnreed snapped. "We came here to do something, but today just wasn't our day." Her tail twitched. "Silverwing, we have all the time StarClan gives us to find Brightstripe. We can use that time once we flay these wolves for good." Skyfoot meowed to her daughter.
Silverwing bowed her head. "Yes mother.." She muttered finally.
"But mama... We can't give up on Brightstripe!" Goldenpaw wailed, her calico yet furless tail twitching slightly. "We're not giving up Goldenpaw," The silver tabby mewed as she touched her nose the young apprentice's head. "We will find her. Not this day, but when a day comes.." She stared into the distance, her gaze fixed on the line of Twoleg dens that seemed to go on forever. With that, the cats of the four clans all began to make their way back to the territory.