"Brownclaw, are you sure we should be doing this?" Rustheart asked. "Maybe we should go back and get a few more cats to help..."
"If you want to, then go." Brownclaw replied, "I'm not going to waste anymore time wondering if we should do this or not."
Rustheart turned and ran back the way they had gone. Brownclaw wasn't surprised, she knew what he wanted. He wanted to have a life with Willowtail and their kits, and not save the Clan.
They continued through the darkness, and soon came to a thicket. There was a small gap in the bushes and Brownclaw ducked down to listen. She could hear some cats fighting over something, then she heard a yeowl from Danny.
She looked and found the black and white tom surrounded by the whole of EarthClan. Danny's fur was covered with blood and he was limping.
"Quick!" Brownclaw hissed over her shoulder. "Follow me!"
Brownclaw clampered through the gap and leaped at one of the EarthClan warriors. She sent the brown she-cat rolling into a few other cats.
"Brownclaw?" Danny spattered, "What are you doing here?!"
"We're here to help!" Brownclaw mewed, as Jadepaw and Windpaw attacked a large white tom.
"Take that!" Poppypaw mewed, slashing a young apprentice twice her size. "And that!"
"Brownclaw!" Kalepaw yeowled, as two brown warriors cornered the young tom. "Help!"
Brownclaw leaped at the tom and pinned him to the ground.
"Run, Kalepaw!" Brownclaw mewed. "Go to Mosstail!"
Kalepaw ran to where Mosstail and Poppypaw were fighting side-by-side. Before Brownclaw could do anything, a large dusty brown tom threw Brownclaw to the ground. The tom pinned Brownclaw and two more toms helped.
"Well, looks like we've caught ourselves a new EarthClan warrior!" the black tom laughed.
"Mouse-brain!" Brownclaw spat, "I'd die before I joined EarthClan!"
"Then you'll die a very slow and painfull death!"
"Brownclaw!" a voice yeowled.
A beam of light threw the three cats off of Brownclaw. She got to her paws and found Danny was running over to her.
"You okay?" he asked.
"Yeah, I'm fine." Brownclaw replied, "What was that?"
"It was one of my ghost powers-"
"-Look out!"
A large ginger tom leaped at Danny. Brownclaw smashed him to the ground.
"Brownclaw go and get the others I can take care of this!"
"What?!"
"Just get out of here!"
Brownclaw motioned for the others to follow her. They ran out of the camp and waited on the other side for Danny.
"Should we leave him alone?" Kalepaw asked. "He seemed weak..."
"He said he could do it himself. We'll just have to wait." Brownclaw replied.
There was a loud snap and a flash of light. Cats ran out of the camp and began to climb trees. Brownclaw poked her head through the tunnel and found a Twoleg in the middle of the clearing.
It had snow white hair and a black and white outfit on. It's eyes were green and they glowed with a strange light.
She crawled into the clearing and sat infront of the tunnel. Brownclaw watched the Twoleg. There was something about him she could sniff out...almost as if she had met him.
"Danny?" she mewed.
The Twoleg turned to Brownclaw and he bent down.
"Brownclaw?" the Twoleg asked.
"I can understand you!"
"Brownclaw...I can't understand cat language anymore."
"But...I can understand you!"
"Blink twice if you understand me."
Brownclaw blinked twice. Danny smiled but then he looked down at his feet.
"I...can't live here anymore..." Danny said. "I've got to return to my home with humans."
"Will...will you every come back?""Don't worry I'll come to visit." he responded, almost as if he had understood.
Danny rubbed Brownclaw's head. Then he stood up and flew into the sky and towards the moon.
"Brownclaw?" Mosstail asked.
"Yes?" Brownclaw replied, turning to her friend.
"Where'd Danny go?"
"He...he went home."
"Home? I thought he had joined FireClan."
"In a way, he did."
"Is he coming back?"
"I think he will."
"We'd better go before EarthClan gets their act together."
"What happened after that, Gingerear?" Ravenkit asked.
"Well, Danny came back a few times, then he never came again." Gingerear said.
"What about Brownclaw?" Icekit asked.
"Windpaw became Windstrike and he and Brownclaw became mates and had a few litters."
"Did Jadepaw and Smokepaw ever make up?" Flamekit asked.
"Smokepaw drowned about a moon after Danny left. Jadeheart lived with the sadness through out her life with Kalefoot."
"But what about the rest of the Clan?" Lilykit asked.
"They soon got over it, and they repaired the Twoleg bird nest."
"Icekit! Flamekit!" Raincloud called. "Come on! Nap time!"
"That goes for you also, Ravenkit and Lilykit!" Goldentail added.
"Bye Gingerear!" the four kits exclaimed. "Thanks for the story!"
The four kits ran out of the elder's den and into the nursery.
"You do know, Gingerear, that they'll come back and ask for another story, right?" Longclaw asked.
"I know that perfectly well." Gingerear replied. "But not today. One story is enough for them today."