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[center] The clamor of voices from outside the warrior's den woke Maplestream and she took a few heartbeats to adjust her senses to the freezing air and the foggy dawn light. Even though the camp was covered in snow, the warrior's den felt surprisingly warm. Upon standing, she realized how much she had needed to rest. Her paws no longer ached, and she felt like she could hunt anything in the forest. [color=BA55D3][i]And I better do just that. I owe my Clanmates [b]one[/b] thing after causing the confusion I did.[/i][/color] Even now, she couldn't figure out what had driven her decision to leave camp the way she did to discover what laid beyond WillowClan's borders before Fernstar got to the Moonpool. There was never any specific goal she had in mind, no planned route, not a trace of structure anywhere to this sudden and irrational plan. A pang of embarrassment made her flinch as she remembered that Stormheart and Sunfur had gone looking for her in the freezing rain, steeped in cold and worry for no reason. She had to make it up to them, somehow.[/center]
[center] Just as she rose to her paws, she heard a familiar she-cat's voice ring through camp, almost echoed by the cold air of morning. [color=BA55D3][i]Fernstar![/i][/color] Shoving through the stiff, frostbitten brambles, she saw Fernstar sitting tall upon the Highstump, with the whole Clan gathered in the center of camp below her. Just as Stonefall had asked, she saw Duskwing crouched outside the nursery where the three strangers were being kept. [color=BA55D3][i]I wonder what Fernstar will want done with them.[/i][/color] Feeling suddenly small, she slunk towards the back of the crowd of Warriors and tried not to draw any attention to herself. Her belly let out a dejected moan, reminding her how hungry she was. [color=BA55D3][i]I wonder if Stonefall will form a hunting patrol when the meeting is over.[/i][/color][/center]