When Spottedleaf reached the camp, she was exhausted, worn out by shock of Swiftbreeze's prophecy. She also did not notice that the camp was almost vacant, with many warriors missing.

No sooner had Spottedleaf flopped down into her nest did she smell Firepaw and Graypaw's scent, followed by many others. Leaping up, she wondered why where they had gone. As their pawsteps drew closer, Spottedleaf realised that there was also the scent of blood. Injuries! she was immediately alarmed.

Dashing out to the clearing, Spottedleaf was intercepted by Frostfur, who dashed toward Firepaw, exclaiming worriedly, " My kits!" They ran to her and nuzzled into Frostfur's sleek white fur. Confused, Spottedleaf trotted to Firepaw and asked, " What happened?" Peering at her through eyes clouded with exhaustion, Firepaw explained, " Soon after you left for the Moonstone yesterday, when Tigerclaw was checking on Yellowfang, he found out tha she had snuck away. Frostfur's kits were also gone! To prove her innocence, Graypaw and I went to find her, and the kits. After finding her, she told us that Brokenstar was keeping the kits. So, I gathered Whitestorm's patrol and together with some former ShadowClan elders, attacked the ShadowClan camp and freed...the kits. Brokenstar...was chased out too." His voice faltered at the last few words and he stopped, breathing heavily.

As Spottedleaf led Firepaw to her den, she felt angry with herself. What kind of medicine cat left her Clan when they might have needed help? As though reading her thoughts, Firepaw comforted her, " Spottedleaf, it wasn't your fault. The half-moon meeting was extremely important!You couldn't do anything to change it." Spottedleaf felt her fur tingle with a feeling she never felt before but didn't speak, draping cobwebs over a wound.

As Spottedleaf reached for horsetail, chewed it into a poultice and trickled the juice into Firepaw's wound, their eyes met, and Spottedleaf couldn't look away. " Hey, Spottedleaf! Can you look at my wound please? It stings! " Graypaw interrupted the awkward silence by pushing his way into the medicine den. " Okay. Just be patient for a while, I'm almost done with Firepaw." Careful not to glance at the flame-coloured tom's eyes for too long, Spottedleaf felt self-consious.

Would her feelings for Firepaw ever fade? And most importantly... did Firepaw feel the same for her too?

Hey guys I know that this timeline is a bit awkward, but I'm just putting it as ShadowClan waited for a little longer. Sorry about that though. Also, say hi to Firepaw (Firestar) this time!

-Ivypool224