Light's eyes were wise. "I was stolen at birth, by a rogue female with a kit. I was replaced by Featherpaw, Featherstorm now by the way. I was almost killed then and left for the vultures to pick off... but Wolf saved me." she said, looking down at her paws. "aved by the king of Starclan... what a wise and gentle cat, he saw me, and saved me, and I felt all his pain. Somehow, he transferred powers to me that he didn't want Canis to have, the ability to feel the pain of others. When he died, he knew that he would follow, simply to re-unite himself with Frostwing... so I was left as his succesor, the rogue that felt and absorbed the pain and suffering of others, and couldn't even feel her own."
Owlcomet didn't know why, but he trusted this cat, she was telling the truth, and he felt an overwhelmng feeling of sibling love rush into him.
Light's face turned happy. "You believe me!" she purred happily.
Owlcomet half-smiled. "Blissheart, what should we do with her?" he asked. "There's no way we can bring her to Stormclan, we're lucky we even got in, and Nightstar doesn' need to break the warrior code even further by letting Light in."
"You could go to Darkclan, Featherstorm, though she's not your kin, longs to see you again." pointed out Light.
Owlcomet felt stung. "Rocketrage doesn't?"
Light sighed. "No, he'd prefer to rip you to shreds, he's been having bloody nightmares recently."
"Nonsense, I'll send Applepaw out to get more, you eat what we have, simply to prevent it." Sparkfire ordered.
As if on que, Applepaw trotted into the leader's den and dropped catmint by her feet.
Jealousy tingled on Sparkfire's pelt. Why did Applepaw have to act so perfect all te time?!
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Nightcloud yawned. "Go sleep in the apprentice's den tonigt Spoolpaw, I'm going to be up late sorting herbs, and I wouldn't want to wake you, after all, Bloodstar will be heading to the Gathering soon, for the first time since the battle, and Stormclan won't be keen to hear about Dogpaw.
Dogpaw smiled at Shadowfang. "I just up and left, I'll bet my next ten kills that they haven't noticed I'm gone yet!" he purred.
Heartpaw rubbed against her brother's fur. "I'm so glad you're back Dogpaw!" she purred happily. "You should have seen Ravenpaw sprinting after you!"
Jadewhisper's tail twitched, waiting for Foxtail to return from the hunting patrol. Dogpaw's re-appearance would surley cheer him up.