Warriors Secrets of the Shadows: Frozen Blood

Chapter 5

"Slatetooth, why is there a strange cat who attacked Brightstripe in our camp?" Crimsonstar asked his deputy. "When Brightstripe attacked her, she looked scared and begged not to be hurt." He replied.
"My love, you had no problem letting Blueheart and her companions." Thornfurl mewed.
Crimsonstar sighed. "I need time to digest this..." He puffed.
"Of course." His deputy meowed, nodding his head.
The russet furred tom padded away, with Thornfurl by his side.
"You're not the only one." Flyingleaf rumbled as he sat by Moongrowl who was washing her tail.
Some of the cats looked at strange cat in their camp.
"I'll show you where you can make a nest Solitaire," Shadowtuft mewed, until Humminclaw told him, "She sleeps outside of camp."
"She'll freeze to death! No! She will not sleep in the cold!" The young black tom bristled, resting his tail on the white and gray she-cat's
"He has a point." Frostwing put in. Meadowstripe nodded agreeing with her sister.
"Besides, you're not the deputy here. I am." Slatettooth meowed.
"But,"
"No buts, unless want to take it to Crimsonstar. That is if you think he hasn't had enough to put up with." The hazel eyed warrior flicked his tail to his leader, who was curled in a ball slightly dozing beside his mate who licked his ear.
"Fine I won't disturb him about it.. But just because I won't complain, doesn't mean I won't be annoyed.." He meowed, his voice mild as he turned to walk away, his tail twitching. Creamtail blinked watching the tom go. Swiftpaw looked up at her mentor. "Why are you looking at Flyingleaf like that?" She asked.
"Like what?" The cream furred she-cat asked.
"Your eyes looked like that you like him or something." The pinkish gray apprentice commented.
Creamtail froze. "I need to go." She padded off in a brisk trot with Meadowstripe, Frostwing, and Splashclaw behind her.
Brightstripe swiped her tongue over her whiskers. "Cats." She mewed to Silverwing.
"Tell me about it." The silver tabby meowed in agreement.
Goldenheart licked a paw and drew it over one of her ears. "I might take a nap." She mewed.
"Man you older cats are lazy.." Archpaw rumbled.
Brightstripe held a growl in her throat. "Apprentices these days need to learn some respect.." She growled.
"Couldn't agree more.." Her mate meowed.
Solitare sat talking to Dawnshade and Mousenose.

Pebblefoot and Appleheart had done an impressive job with restocking the fresh-kill pile.
"This prey could last us for moons." Moongrowl meowed to Blazetoe.
"Emeraldpaw? Could you take this squirrel I caught this sunhigh to Mousenose? She said she was hungry." Flamepelt mewed kindly to the silver tabby apprentice, handing her the piece of prey.
"Yes Flamepelt!" She meowed, her mouth full of squirrel fur as she bounded over to the expecting queen with it.
"Flamepelt? Kind to an apprentice?" Shadowtuft mewed a bit surprised to Slatettooth.
"I admit it, I'm shocked myself." The ScarClan deputy meowed.
Crimsonstar stretched, awake from his slumber. The leader had rested from when they had brought the strange she-cat in until the sun started to go down. He stood in the center of camp. "Clan meeting! All cats gather!" His voice rang through the talking of cats. Splashclaw and Moongrowl gently guided Mousenose and Dawnshade to a place where they could sit.
Reedeye and Emperess sat side by side. Rapidshade was next to Watertail.
"Cats of ScarClan, as most of you know, there is a stranger in here," He meowed, looking to Solitaire in the crowd. "She attacked Brightstripe, out of fear however. She has told me that she was from the Twolegplace, saying she left and wishes to join us."
Cats gave murmurs of curiosity to each other. "Hang on! All of this in one day?!" Beartooth exclaimed.
"I know this is rather sudden, but aren't I a cat just like the rest of you?" She asked, weaving her way through the ScarClan cats.
Not a cat said a word in response to her question.
"We will decide that later..." Crimsonstar meowed calling the clan meeting to an end as his cats padded away to tend to themselves or their Clanmates.