A few moons have past since Sprucepaw, Brushpaw, and Pinefrost had joined StormClan, and Sprucepaw has gotten used to Clan life, although, she wondered where her father has gone, and if he would ever find them. Meanwhile, Sprucepaw and Brushpaw went out to get some water. Sprucepaw noticed that Brushpaw had stopped and was examining some red berries. “Umm, Brushpaw, I don’t think anda should eat those. We should just go and get some water as we told Stormstar we were.” Sprucepaw was worried when Brushpaw picked up a couple of berries and almost tried them. He dropped them when she spoke which made Sprucepaw feel a little better.
“What’s the worst that could happen, Sprucepaw? They’re just berries, and they smell okay.” Brushpaw ignored Sprucepaw’s pleas to not eat them as he got some lebih and ate them. “See? Nothing to worry abou-” he stopped talking and fell to the ground coughing and coughing.
“Brushpaw?” Sprucepaw was getting worried, “Brushpaw, this isn’t funny! Brushpaw!” no matter how much she cried, he wouldn’t stop coughing, and now, white stuff was coming out of his mouth. She couldn’t help him without leaving him here, and when she would get back, it might be too late, but she had no other choice: she had to go get Rainfire the medicine cat. She ran back to camp and got Rainfire. She immediately got some herbs she berkata was necessary. Pinefrost stopped Sprucepaw and asked what the matter was, and when Sprucepaw told her, she cried and came with them.
When they reached Brushpaw, it was exactly what Sprucepaw was afraid of: it was too late. Rainfire tried to give him the herbs, but Brushpaw wasn’t responding. Pinefrost let out a wail of angst.
“Why did this happen?” She wailed. “Was it a message from StarClan that we should have never come here?” She looked up at Sprucepaw, “Sprucepaw, we’re leaving after we mourn for your Lost brother.”
Sprucepaw shook her head, “No mother, I am not leaving. I’ve made wonderful friends, and if something bad happens to me, I’ll know that anda loved me. Just understand my decision, and I think that anda should stay too, for the sake of this Clan.”
“Spruce, no, anda can’t leave me too. Not now. All I have left is you. Your father died because of those wolves. He tried to fight them off, but he never returned, and now Brush died. I can’t lose anda too.” Sprucepaw was shocked to hear about her father after so long. Her mother never told Sprucepaw atau Brushpaw about their father’s death. Although, they figured that he had to have died, atau else he would have found them. They had mourned for him together secretly one night, and the seterusnya morning, everyone wondered why they were so tired. “Fine, if anda won’t answer me, then I guess that I’ll have to leave without you.” Sprucepaw snapped back into reality when her mother spoke again. “Tomorrow morning, when anda wake up, I will not be there, for I shall be on my way to find a new utama to live.”
As Rainfire, Pinefrost, and Sprucepaw carried back Brushpaw’s body, Sprucepaw was wondering if her mother was telling the truth about leaving. Sprucepaw wished that Brushpaw never ate those strange berries, if he hadn’t, all of this would never have happened.
Finally, they reached the camp. Everyone was staring at them with wide eyes wondering what happened to the young apprentice. Stormstar came out of her den, and stared at the dead apprentice who was now lying in the middle of the clearing. All of StormClan gathered around the young apprentice.
“We have Lost one Brave apprentice today and tonight, his family shall sit a silent vigil for him.” Stormstar announced. After she announced that, all of the Kucing except for Pinefrost and Sprucepaw went back to their dens for a well rested sleep which Sprucepaw knew she wasn’t going to get.
When morning came, Pinefrost berkata her goodbyes, and left the camp just as Sprucepaw heard someone waking up in the warriors den. Wavestorm stepped out, and Sprucepaw told her what happened, and all Wavestorm told her to do was to go get some sleep. Sprucepaw headed to the apprentices den and went to sleep wondering where her mother would go.