Holly Leaves woke up, Autumn Leaves was gone... what a surprise! She thought.

"Eveningpaw?" Fallen Path echoed. "What are you doing here?"

"I've come to join TunnelClan!" Eveningpaw howled, she paused then whispered: "If you say I can."

"Of course, if you want to. You will become a softpaw right now!"

"Now?" echoed Heart Willow. "But it's the middle of the night!"

"Yes, now. Eveningpaw, you are now a softpaw and your new name is Evening Drop. Your mentor will be Heart Willow."

"Evening Drop! Evening Drop! Evening Drop!" every cat called out.

"Fine, I'll mentor her," Heart Willow muttered. "But we're not going anywhere until tomorrow!"

Holly Leaves licked her paw before going back to sleep.

. . .

Holly Leaves woke up, Autumn Leaves was next to her again. Why do you have to go visit Mousewhisker so often? She asked silently. Well, at least she rolled in damp ferns to hide his scent. Now... what do I do as a sharpclaw? She shrugged. I'll ask Father. Holly Leaves got up and padded over to her father, who was licking his paw and drawing it over his ear.

"Father?" Holly Leaves began.

"Yes, what is it, Holly Leaves?" Fallen Path asked.

"What am I doing today?"

"You could go collect herbs with Shadow Leaves..."

"I thought Evening Drop was doing that."

Fallen Path leaned forward and whispered: "I want you to follow them, Evening Drop is just a softpaw and you're a full trained sharpclaw."

"Okay, I'll follow them."

"Thank you, Holly Leaves."

. . .

Holly Leaves quickly and quietly followed Evening Drop and Shadow Leaves out of the tunnels and onto the moor. Hiding from them in the moor was quite hard since there weren't too many bushes and no trees. Holly Leaves was both relieved and nervous when the two other TunnelClan cats headed into Twolegplace. Maybe they're just looking for catmint? She wondered. Or just some normal mint?