Silentsong's Cry

Chapter 16

"Silentpaw. Lionpaw. Who is this!" Miststar whispered yelled, jumping down from the SparkRock to meet with us. "And why are you injured?"

     It was still night. The clouds drifed across the sky, like a feather falls. The three of us had returned to camp, and StarClan knows what happened to Weaselpelt and Applesong.

    I looked to Lionpaw and Seedpaw for them to reply.

    "I'm Seedpaw. I'm a RockClan apprentice." He dipped his head in respect towards Miststar. "Silentpaw was attacked by.."
 
    "Applesong and Weaselpelt." Lionpaw said bluntly, "They attacked my littermate."

      "What?" Miststar's jaw dropped as she looked at us. "Theres no way. You must have been confused with some other cat. Applesong and Weaselpelt are good cats."

         "No they're not!" Lionpaw hissed, "They tried to kill Silentpaw and forced me to be mean to her! How does that make them good cats?"

          Miststar walked over to the warriors den and took a peek inside. No Applesong. No Weaselpelt. Their nests were empty. She backed out of the den and returned to where the apprentices stood.
    
       "They aren't in their nests.." Miststar trailed off. She looked at the entrance as two warriors burst through it.

       "Silentpaw! There you are! We've been looking for you all night!" Weaselpelt raced forward towards me.
 
        "Don't go near Silentpaw you fox heart!" Seedpaw said in a low growl taking a step infront of me as I pressed up against Lionpaw.

         "Weaselpelt. Applesong. Where have you been all night?" Miststar asked.

         "Hunting," Applesong replied, "And Lionpaw tagged along."

          "I went for a walk with Silentpaw." Weaselpelt answered.

           "Then why are they injured? Why are you injured?" Miststar questioned. Her gaze flicked between everyone.

            "Well uhm.. Uh-" Weaselpelt started.

             "We're injured because those foxhearts," Lionpaw interrupted pointing his tail at Applesong and Weaselpelt, "Attacked us."

               "Is this true?" Miststar asked. Seedpaw, Lionpaw, and I nodded.

                "O-of course not!" Applesong protested.

                 By now the camp had awoken from the clatter. Cats emerged from their dens.

           "Applesong and Weaselpelt you are exiled from this clan for attacking Silentpaw and hurting Seedpaw and Lionpaw." Miststar raised her voice so everyone heard.

         Weaselpelt and Applesong backed up as some of the warrior circled them. Most did not know what was happening, but a cat exiled is a cat exiled.

         "Miststar. What is going on?"  Sunleap asked.

         "Ask Lionpaw."

          Lionpaw launched into the story,   making sure everyone heard. He told how we were attacked and how he was forced to ignore me. It made much more sense now that I heard Lionpaw's side of the story.

    Murmurs spread throughout the camp, cats shocked and confused.

     
    Creampond ushered the three of us into the medicine cat den so we could get our wounds treated. As I curled up in the nest, my mind wondered to what has happened.

Sorry for the short chapter. Heheh