"Briargaze!"

The she-cat looked puzzled as everyone turned toward her, walking toward the dead oak before Duskwatcher could start pushing her forward.

"What? I thought I already got voted innocent?" she questioned, as Amberstar shook her head.

"That was before more evidence emerged, and now the only cat it points toward is you. Duskwatcher, Frostwhisker, guard from the back please," Amberstar ordered, as the toms nodded.

"You can't be serious, my mother, my father, and now me? Rushfeather, help me out here!" she demanded, as Rushfeather shook his head, sorrow in his eyes as he backed into the crowd, refusing to meet his sister's gaze.

"See? Even your own brother fears you," Amberstar growled. "Now, HailClan. Is she innocent or guilty?"

Proof of her innocence:

- She is friends with everyone, however the killer has been known to kill cats who have greeted them warmly in the past

- Would she have risked the exile of her mother [Mistfeather] and her father [Nightleap]?

- She is fairly reserved, compared to more intense cats

Proof of her guilt:

- She is Silverkit's half-sister, which may have been motivation for her to try and get rid of him and 'purify' her family

- She matches all the clues, a she-cat with dark fur, white tufts, bright eyes, small and fast enough to dodge Blizzardshade's attacks

- She is the only cat with white tufts who would've been able to sneak out of camp in Scene 7, everyone else was preoccupied

- Blizzardshade greeted the killer warmly, Briargaze was one of his best friends so it would make sense that the killer was her

- She is very persuasive, with the killer matching this in the fact that she convinced Hazelsnow to help her take Nettlepaw back to camp and convinced Bramblespirit to go out onto the ice across to TundraClan territory

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Is Briargaze innocent or guilty?