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[center]The cold night air was beginning to creep through even Stormheart's thick pelt as he followed after Sunfur closer and closer to camp. His paws were starting to hurt from the time spent in the snow and on the rocks around the canyon, but the scents of these strange cats got stronger as they quickly closed the distance. He pricked his ears, but he couldn't hear any sounds of fighting; he took that as a good sign. [color=0072bc][i]Or maybe it's that we're too late getting back and these strangers have already won. We don't know anything about them and there were so few of us left in camp to defend it.[/i][/color] He quickly shook the thoughts out of his head as he slowed down to a trot to push through the entrance to camp. He wrinkled his nose a bit, whoever these cats were they'd been inside the camp.[/center]
[center]Looking quickly around he didn't see Spidernose or Honeypaw guarding the entrance as they had been when they left, but he caught sight of Duskwing in front of the entrance to the nursery with her paws tucked under her chest. [color=0072bc][i]Odd.[/i][/color] He had hoped to see Fernstar and Blackpelt returned, but they must've beaten them home. Stonefall would still be in charge then; he could see the gray tom across camp and his eyes widened at the sight of the cat speaking to him. [color=0072bc][b]"Well so much for our search party,"[/b][/color] he grumbled towards Sunfur, [color=0072bc][b]"Seems like she found her way back to camp just fine without us."[/b][/color] Of course he was delighted to see Maplestream back safe and sound, but he couldn't help the mild flash of irritation and twitch of his tail at the fact that he and Sunfur had wandered the territory, in the dark, for who knows how long searching for her. He was sure he'd regret the feeling come morning, but at this moment he was tired, cold, and still slightly damp; there was nothing more that he wanted than to drop into a warm nest and sleep until sun-high. Though, it would be rude to interrupt whatever conversation the two seemed to be having, it looked intense from what he could see, just so he could go to bed. He glanced towards Sunfur, [color=0072bc][b]"Should we wait until they finish to ask what's going on?"[/b][/color] The orange tom had been around much longer than he had, so maybe it'd be less weird for him to say something.[/center]