Snowpaw growled. It was weird how only he and Frostpaw were normal.
Maybe he was the only normal one, Frostpaw was definitely hiding something.
He pulled his snowy white tail over his nose, and thought.
Then he heard a cat get up.
Snowpaw looked up, but discreetly so the suspect wouldn't wouldn't see.
The golden she-cat looked around and stepped out of the den and into the healers.
Snowpaw got up, and followed, but still discreet.

"Is the plan set?"

"Yes, she is out by the Grand Swamp with the target right now."

"Thanks, Applesnap."

Frostpaw then walked out of the den and slipped back into the Trainee Cavern.
Snowpaw decided to look for she and the target.
The tom snuck out of camp, and went to the Grand Swamp, hiding behind a tree.
He peaked around and saw a black body in the swamp.
Snowpaw ran forward and poked the body, but it did not stirred.
He looked up and the last thing he saw was a pair of amber eyes.

-(:)-

"Are you okay, Snowpaw?" A high pitched voice asked him.

"Wha?" Snowpaw asked, drowsy.

The two figures flicked their tails, simultaneously.
A blue-gray she-cat ran over and started sniffing him.

"You were found in the Grand Swamp, next to Heronwatcher's body. Thank StarClan that Creeknose was nearby gathering herbs."

The two blurry figures combined into one, Applesnap.
Snowpaw tried to get up, but he fell back down.

"Wispystar wants to see you once you feel better." Applesnap meowed, "Don't move."

Frostpaw hurried in the den, "Are you okay?" She asked, worried.

"Yes, after you tell me what last night was about."

"I don't know what you're talking about."

"Yes. You do!"

"Well, I don't. And stop trying to hide that you killed Heronwatcher!"

The she-cat growled and left.
Snowpaw closed his eyes, he was going to find out the killer. The white tom had a feeling he knew who it was. It must have be someone with amber eyes, since that is what he saw. He quickly listed all the cats with amber eyes: Frozenwillow, Redcherry, Puppet, Rosefern, Creeknose, Marionette.

Then Snowpaw remembered- 'Yes, she is out by the Grand Swamp with the target right now.'

The killer had to be a she-cat, he ruled out all the toms and came up with this list: Redcherry, Rosefern, Marionette, Creeknose.

'Redcherry is too nice and submissive, Rosefern is nursing and Creeknose is a healer.' Snowpaw thought, growling.
'But Frostpaw was meeting with the Healers. But maybe, they were just talking about Mari. And why would Creeknose go and 'gather herbs' at Moonhigh?'

Snowpaw glanced up, eyeing Creeknose as she sorted herbs.
'I'll ask Mari later.'

-(:)-

"Mari!" Snowpaw called, "Hey, Mar!"

The black she-cat whipped around, and smiled.

"Hi, Snowpaw." she purred, "What can I do for you?"

"Where were you at midnight last night?"

Marionette cocked her head, thinking.

"Me and Palestrike were guarding the camp. At least, until we fell asleep."

Snowpaw's suspicions raised, but a witness was there.

"Thanks." the white tom dipped his head and bounded off.

"Last night?" Palestrike asked, taking a bite out of the rabbit.

"Me and Mari were guarding the camp. We fell asleep around Moon-high." the tom meowed, a twinkle in his eyes.
"Of course, I woke up and a cat asked me if he could leave. I couldn't stop Heronwatcher either way, so I let him through. Creeknose was with him, apparently she wanted to get herbs for Hollypaw."

Snowpaw's ears perked up, not only because he didn't know that Hollypaw was sick, but that Creeknose was with Heronwatcher.

"Palestrike!" a she-cat called, "Hurry up!"

"Whoops. Gotta go." the tom stood up, "I hope that's enough information."

"Oh, that's all I need to know...." Snowpaw whispered.

"Know what?" Emberpaw walked up to him.

"Nothing."

Am I the only person that ships Marionette and Palestrike?
But that's weird, cause Palestrike had a mate.
You'll figure it out in Dancingrose a short story that happened about 10 moons ago.
Snowpaw is a bit of a detective.

Tell me your ships [that has to do with this book, but I really don't care :p] in the comments!