A New Warrior Cats: Clanborn: Lurking Shadows

Chapter 2

Dawnstar walked into the clearing. She flicked her tail and Breezewind came up to her.

"How was my mother? How was the clan?"

"I didn't see your mother." Breezewind looked worried. "But I'm sure she's fine!" Dawnstar added when she saw that Breezewind was worried. "The clan seemed fine, but leaders never tell each other how their clan really is." Breezewind looked pained for a moment before the pain was replaced with seriousness.

"What happened?"

"Branchstar let Graypaw go. Goldleaf said that Graypaw learned enough so she could go."

Breezewind nodded.

"Can you have some cats begin to build the medicine cat den?" Dawnstar asked.

"Me and Sparkpaw can do that!"

Graypaw came up beside Dawnstar. "So where is Stormwing?"

"In the nursery!" Dawnstar lead Graypaw over to the nursery. Graypaw went inside and Dawnstar followed.

"Who is this?" Stormwing hissed.

"This is Graypaw, my kit and your medicine cat! She wants to check you."

Graypaw ran her paw over Stormwing's belly. She tilted her head in deep thought.

"You are having two kits. Your belly is the right shape and size for being pregnant for nearly two moon."

"When am I going to give birth?"

"In the next week or so."

Stormwing nodded. Graypaw walked out of the nursery. Dawnstar followed Graypaw. Graypaw looked thoughtful.

"Are those kits going to be my kin?"

"Yes!"

Graypaw bounced. "YEAH!"

Dawnstar purred and trotted over to Darkpelt.

"You are going to be a father of two kits."

"Two?"

"Yes."

Darkpelt purred.

Dawnstar was sad for a moment. I never got to spend my kit and apprentice life with my brother. We never had the same bond as other brothers and sisters.

"Are you okay?"

Dawnstar sighed. "I was just thinking about how we don't have the bond as other brothers and sisters!"

"We could start!"

Dawnstar purred. "I'll show you a secret place I found."

Dawnstar trotted to a bramble wall. Darkpelt came up beside her. Dawnstar dug a hole and squeezed her way under the brambles. Darkpelt followed her. They spent some time there, playing and talking before Dawnstar decided to go back and join a patrol. They squeezed under the brambles and Dawnstar covered up the hole. Dawnstar shook out her fur and they went back to camp.

They arrived back in camp and Dawnstar went up to Breezewind.

"I want to join a patrol!"

Breezewind nodded and said, "You can lead a hunting patrol. You can take Snowclaw and Mistpaw." Breezewind fell into a whisper, "We need more cats! Clans usually have two or three patrols out at the same time! We barely have enough for three! Cats have to go on lots patrols because we barely have any cats."

Dawnstar sighed. Breezewind was right. But who else could join their clan? Dawnstar thought hard. Then she remembered! WindClan talk about lots of rouges interfering with their hunting. She could ask them to join. She nodded to Breezewind and went to get her patrol. Snowclaw and Mistpaw were talking to each other. She came up to them.

"Come on your on my patrol."

Mistpaw whined, "I already went on two patrols!"

Snowclaw looked at Dawnstar, "She's right. We need a break."

"Then this patrol will fix that!"