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Finally Dawnstar hopped down from the ledge and approached the rest of BreezeClan with her tail waving high in the air and a satisfied smile on her maw. Embersky perked up a bit as his mother approached them. [color=f26522][b]"That could have gone better,"[/b][/color] he told the calico she-cat as she began to gather up the rest of the clan. He didn't notice Albatrosspaw slinking off towards the rocks since he was a bit too focused on what it was that his mother had to say.

[b]"It also could have gone worse,"[/b] Dawnstar looked up towards the sky where the moon still shone brightly and cast its silver light down on the clearing. [b]"StarClan did not give any indication of disapproval which means that Spiderstar's argument has no standing."[/b] There was a very self-satisfied tone to her voice as she spoke to Embersky and it was obvious enough, at least to her son, that this was exactly what she had expected to happen. Maybe even what she wanted to happen despite what she said to the other leaders about not wanting conflict to rise up.

Embersky looked down at his apprentice as the young tom spoke up. He felt the pull of sympathy for Albatrosspaw as he saw the exhaustion in his stance. [color=f26522][b]"Yes we are,"[/b][/color] he told him with a more gentle tone of voice than he had been speaking to Dawnstar with. He looked back towards his mother and gave her a nod which she returned before flicking her tail and gathering the clan up to leave. They were the last to depart, which may have been a good thing. There was no reason for them to run off and make it seem like they were scared of the retribution from the other clans. They had the backing of FireClan along with their own warriors, so no threats made would be enough. Not unless RainClan and DarkClan decided to make an alliance, but doing something like that would only prove what Dawnstar had said. They were stronger together.

[color=f26522][b]"I'm sorry I didn't warn you about the announcement tonight, or try to prepare you for the backlash,"[/b][/color] Embersky's voice was genuine as he spoke quietly to his apprentice on their way back to the shore, [color=f26522][b]"Dawnstar asked us not to tell anyone unless she had already done so."[/b][/color] He did wish that he had been able to tell Albatrosspaw. They were still family after all and it didn't feel right keeping it from him, but he understood his mother's reasons. The more cats that knew the more risk that word got out before they wanted it to. [color=f26522][b]"I hope you understand we didn't do it maliciously, just for safety."[/b][/color]

He hoped that his apprentice would be understanding, and if not then he had done everything in his power to smooth things over, at least verbally. At present he was mostly looking forward to getting to sleep and waiting to see what kind of announcement Dawnstar would make to the rest of the clan in the morning.