Warriors: Second Strike: Book 4: Embers

Chapter 11

[Midnightstar's POV]

I decided it was time to finally talk to Maplesnow and Witheredsoul about Tinyclaw. They were the only two that I could imagine would have the answers I would want. They both knew a lot more than anyone else knew about her. I took them to the training area that wasn't being used at the moment so it wasn't threatening and looked at them both.

"I'm sorry for dragging you both out here but I have some questions about Tinyclaw for you both. You can only leave once you give me some answers." I said sternly earning a look from them both. I knew they wouldn't want to stay here but I needed some answers.

"Whatever." Witheredsoul huffed. He usually was warm but he wouldn't even look at me. Maplesnow wouldn't either. I think they were both really mad at me.

"Did you know she killed Aquaclaw?" I asked them the simple question to begin with. If they knew that, we would go off to other questions about her killings. If they didn't, we would go the Dark Forest of her kits.

"No. We both thought that they were attacked by SmallClan cats and she had to get away." Maplesnow said roughly.

"Alright. Did you know she was pregnant with kits?" I asked them both after that. Maplesnow usually told the truth so I trusted him that they didn't know.

"Yes, we knew about the kits and that's why we thought Tinyclaw didn't kill Aquaclaw. He was the father. She was going to talk to him about it before he died." Witheredsoul said with his dark eyes glaring holes through me.

"Aquaclaw was the father? Hm. Do you two know where she is now?" I asked them next. That would have provided a good story. Aquaclaw being the father and then him dying. It would have given her the perfect thing to say it wasn't her.

"No. We don't know where she is now." Maplesnow asked next. I learned they were taking turns answering but they were both keeping the same story.

"Do you know where she might be?" I asked them.

"No, not at all. We just know she isn't in the territory of the clans." Witheredsoul said before finally turning his glare toward Maplesnow. It wasn't a glare anymore when he looked at the other tom.

"Do you know how long until her kits are born?" I asked them. It would need to be known. She would be part of the Dark Forest's next attack and she needed to be healthy for it.

"Probably about a moon. She told us around a moon and a half ago. I would think they were due in a moon." Maplesnow said before flicking his tail. "Can we go now? We have told you everything that we know." He huffed.

"Fine. Yes, you can go. Thank you for cooperating and not putting up too much mouse dung." I told them before thinking. We had one moon to prepare at the least before they came for another attack.