Act 3
Chapter 32: A New DeathClanner
Blooddrop jumped off of the high tree after naming the day's patrols. When he was announced deputy and named Bloodfeather, Wolfstar had broken into the medicine cat den and eaten too much catmint. Of course, Blooddrop didn't care. Wolfstar was the only one that called him Bloodfeather. His real name was Blooddrop, and the rest of the clan called him that. Blooddrop padded over to Wolfstar. "Hey Wolfstar," Blooddrop said, "how am I doing as deputy?" Blooddrop knew well that he was doing really good as deputy. He only asked because he knew it annoyed Wolfstar. "Bloodfeather, you're doing great! Now stop asking!" Wolfstar growled.
"What was that? I couldn't hear you!" Blooddrop snickered. Instead of Wolfstar laughing and saying Blooddrop was doing a great job louder, Wolfstar lunged forward and pinned Blooddrop, who squealed like a kit. "Bloodfeather, STOP ASKING." Wolfstar growled. Blooddrop just stared at Wolfstar. Who pulled his tail? Bloodfeather thought, Obviously whoever it was pulled it a little hard! Blooddrop slowly backed away from his leader, who stomped off into the forest. Several cats had to part to get out of his way. Blooddrop was too busy staring at the spot Wolfstar had tred through to notice Turtlepath pad toward him. "Hey, Bloodfeather," she mewed. Bloodfeather spun around in surprise, then purred. "Hey, Turtle," Blooddrop replied.
"Who put a thorn in his nest?" Turtlepath mewed with a glimpse at the spot Wolfstar had vanished. Blooddrop shrugged. "He's been getting stricter and stricter! I can't give one joke without a spanking!" Blooddrop replied, "I wish he was my friend still."
"Don't worry, Bloodfeather, you have me!" Turtlepath purred. "Hey," she meowed suddenly, "who's that?"
Blooddrop looked in the direction Turtlepath had. A bleached white cat was walking towards camp with Wolfstar, Scarletpaw on their trail. Blooddrop and Turtlepath exchanged a glance. All the cats seemed to have come into the main clearing beside high tree. "Fellow clanmates," Wolfstar began, "Scarletpaw has found this cat wandering around the camp. He doesn't seem to know where he camp from, but will be welcome in DeathClan for awhile. Treat him like any other clanmate." Blooddrop and Turtlepath exchanged another glance. "This is so weird!" Turtlepath whispered, "Remember that friendly rogue Wolfstar sent away earlier? What makes this cat so different?"
"I don't know," Blooddrop whispered back, "but he looks awfully weird to me. He always turns his whole head to look at something, and never moves his eyes!"
Turtletail shrugged. "Maybe he'll be nicer after we get to know him," she suggested.
End of Chapter 21
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