Starpaw stared at Tigerclaw. He was glaring and his claws dug into the ground. Wrenpaw and Blackpaw looked sternly at Smallpaw.

"What is going on here?" Bluestar demanded, her paw on Nightpaws forehead.

"He killed Mistpaw. He poisoned her dinner with deathberries. We knew it." Blackpaw announced.

"And you didn't tell us?" Whitefoot growled.

"Well, um, we, um, we just found, um, out." Wrenpaw cowered under her fathers glare.

"Yeah, Smallpaw let it slip." Blackpaw said, rubbing up against Wrenpaw.

"Nightpaw?" Bluestar asked. Starpaw knew she wanted Nightpaw to check that Tigerclaw and Smallpaw actually did it by reading their minds.

"They did it!" Nightpaw yelled as she charged at Smallpaw, tackling him to the ground and hissing. "And you killed Stonepaw, too! Flurrypaw joined the fight, as well as Wrenpaw and Blackpaw. tigerclaw and Smallpaw disappeared under a mass of fluff.

"Banished!" Bluestar yelled, racing off highrock and joining the fight. Smallpaw ran off, fur missing and ear torn, but Tigerclaw was still getting beat up. Finally, he emerged, wobbling all around, bleeding from a long gash on his side, and one ear half gone. He followed Smallpaw,. They heard him crash into a tree on his way out. The clan continued the ceremony as if nothing had ever happened.

The next day, Starpaw yawned and got up, nuzzling Spottedpaw and Lifepaw awake. "Remember, we are going on that patrol?"

"Oh yeah, " Spottedpaw meowed. Lifepaw just yawned.

The trio walked down to warriors den and got up their mentors.

"Come on, hunting patrol!" Starpaw yowled in Robinwings ear.  Robinwing leapt up.

" Are Lionblaze and Snowcloud up?" Robinwing questioned.

"I've been up for hours!" Lionblaze called. " Hurry up, guys! Gotta feed the clan!"  With that, they raced off into the forest.

"Stay low." Snowcloud whispered. "I hear a vole." Starpaw crept forward, trying to blend in with the dappled shadows of the forest. She sighted the vole. It was eating a seed underneath an oak tree.  Starpaw was about to pounce, but Lifepaw had already done that. Lifepaw killed the vole quickly and gave it to her mentor. "Good catch!" Snowcloud praised Lifepaw. Lifepaw purred.

In the time they were in the forest, they had captured two mice, a vole, a squirrel and two birds. They took them to the fresh-kill pile and waited their turn to eat.

Just then, Bluestar called a clan meeting and everyone gathered. " I have discussed this with Leafpool and Jayfeather, who  have discussed it with Starclan. We all had the same decision. Thunderclan is getting to big for this place. We are going to split into to groups. We have a new spot picked out already for this second group. We will have another leader over there, not a nine lived leader, but still a leader.  Both groups of us will help build the new dens in the other spot. We still own the same amount of land, we share fresh kill, ect. Any questions?"

Mousebramble raised his tail. " Will we still own our same ser- er, apprentices?"

Bluestar nodded. "I will announce your groups tomorrow, don't be worried, we will still see each other often. Also, Bramblepaw, your new mentor is Flowerlight. Meeting dismissed."

Everyone started chatting instantly.

It was odd. What if Starpaw was separate from Spottedpaw, or her siblings?