As I crossed the stone tunnel, my mind began to fill with memories. Where a silver cat with brown eyes and floppy ears seemed to be showing me something. "Sweetie, have you already fought again?" said a sweet voice "No, mom, I just had a little disagreement with some rouge cats, which we have settled with a bare fist ...". "Come along sweetie" the she-cat was guiding me to a place overflowing with a strong-smelling golden flower " "What is this, mom?" I tried to keep the image of that flower in my mind, tormentil! "That's! I know where to find it! " I thought with joy and as soon as I got to the neighborhood of the two legs I started running for the fences, time was key. Meanwhile, at the Echo Clan camp. "Tigress. Tigress, where are you? Hollyfur calls you…” Blacksmoke mewled looking for her in the crowd. "I knew it ! I knew we shouldn't have brought that loner! " The white warrior exclaimed angrily, clawing at the cold ground with rage. "Calm down brother!" Blacksmoke was trying to reassure him. "No! I'm not going to calm down! Because of her now, Stormwings doesn't have the herbs he needs to recover! ” He replied. "Blacksmoke!" Wishkit exclaimed approaching. "It's about Tigress" "Have you seen her? Where is she? " The black warrior asked. "I saw her leaving the camp" "See sister? Now that we need her, she's leaving. I told you that she-cat wasn't trustworthy. "

“There is only one way to find out, dear brother. Hollyfur, where can we find those herbs? " Asked the black warrior. "I don't think they'll grow more in the territory, look for the tormentil in the gardens of the two-legs and the horsetail in places with a lot of water, quickly!" She replied. "Ok, let's go!" “Blacksmoke, Tigress isn't gone forever, isn't she? She's coming back, right? " "Easy Wishkit. I didn't choose her as a partner without a reason. You'll see how she will come back. Now go back to nursery and take care of your sisters." Blacksmoke replied with a purr. Then both warriors left the camp and ran through the territories until they reached the old thunderpath. "Brother, go for the ponytail. I'll go for the tormentil, we'll go faster if we divide." Blacksmoke said. "Understood. See you, be careful” the white warrior walked away. Meanwhile, I had entered one of the gardens of the two legs in a remote area of ​​the neighborhood. Whose garden was full of that strong-smelling golden flower. I checked that there was no one and started to boot as many as I could. "THIEF!" hissed golden she-cat with blue eyes, short legs and long hair, wearing around her neck a pink collar with a bell. "Shira please! It's me, Tigress! " I exclaimed. “I know very well who you are, you dirty thief! You come to follow the tradition of stealing my owner's flowers, huh? Well, not this time! " “Please Shira, I need the tormentil! I swear to you that you will not see me again, just let me take some, it's all I ask you " "How many times have you told me that?!" Shira hissed again. "If I could find it elsewhere, Shira wouldn't be asking you!" I added. “I don't care about your problems, did you ask permission the previous times?" She shout pouncing on me with unshealted claws. "This kittypet will give me a headache, I don't have time to lose with her " I thought. “And how many times have my family thief healed your mate every time you attacked him after your countless fights? And even so, we never complain when we ran out of herbs for having to use the few we got on YOUR mate. " I approached and faced the kittypet. "Or are you going to deny me that you didn't stop bothering, and even threatening my parents, if they didn't take care of your mate first?" I could smell a scent of frustration and anger emanating from kittypet. Shira raised her claws and with a quick blow she scratched my cheek. Next, I tied my tail around her legs before she could attack me again. “If you want to fight Shira, I'll grant it to you, but not now. I need those flowers for someone urgently. ” I threw the she-cat near the door of the house and spread my claws. "If you dare to touch one single flower and I'll call my owner!" “Please do it. Go call your owner! When he comes and, with your record he sees that you have attacked me, who do you think he is going to believe? " Shira's muscles tensed, she was going to jump. With my tail touching the cold grass, I crouched down and when Shira jumped I ran in a straight line while my tail circled the flowers. Shira bumped her nose against the wall, while I climbed back onto the fence with several tormentil flowers on my tail. "Thank you, Shira and goodbye" I got off the fence and started running. Shortly after arriving at the barn, I detected Whiteblaze's trail. "Has Whiteblaze been here?" I thought, I couldn't quite believe that he was going to go outside the clan's territory. "How dare you?!" A voice growled behind me. "Blacksmoke?" The warrior's eyes were sharp, claws unsheathed, and she looked at me threateningly with fangs. I drew back slightly with my tail between my legs. "How you dare!… to go for herbs without your favorite partner” Her expression changed to a cheerful and joking in minutes. It took me a few minutes to understand the joke, I sighed and placed the golden flower at her feet. "Take it back to the clan. " "No" she meowed. "But Stormwings ..." "That work doesn't belong to me." she meowed again. "Even less after seeing how you confronted that kittypet to get it" "You saw me?" "And I listened to everything. Are all kittypets that loud? " "With Shira, that's not even the beginning." I laughed lightly. Blacksmoke smiled and laid his tail on my back."what's next, Tigress?" "Horsetail" "Whiteblaze went to looking for it." My whiskers stiffened. I scooped up the tormentil with the tail. "Where exactly did he go to get it?" I asked for. "Hollyfur has said that it grows in places of abundant water." “But the only place in the neighborhood where the horsetail grows is… oh, oh no. That mouse brain is not trying to get into that place, is he? " I thought. "We must hurry!" I started running towards the wheat fields, past the barn I was able to dazzle the black silhouette of Night in the window. "TigerRoar? Again, you have left without warning! " He yelled from the window. "Not now, Night." With Blacksmoke in tow we head into the woods behind the fields "bye Night" We came to a swampy area populated by scrawny frogs and mice. The horsetail could be seen on an island surrounded by what appeared to be more mud than water. The entire swamp area was covered in a lush line of dead trees, despite being in the green-leaf season. "There he's!" The warrior yelled, pointing to the white warrior who was advancing with a firm step, but unsure by several branches that were falling apart. I must admit, I wouldn't be upset if the warrior had a clumsy slip. "I'm going for him, that way isn't safe" Those words make me came out of my fantasy, as pulled Blacksmoke by the tail before she started to climb. "You are crazy?! Unless you know how to fly, I wouldn't go there. One wrong step and this time you'll be joining Star Clan for sure." I threw a stone into the lake that began to sink like quicksand "The liquid in the lake is too dense to allow you to move in it, and even less to breathe" "I understand, but how do we get the horsetail then? And more importantly, how do I get my brother out of there before he sinks like a stone in the mud? "Isn't great Whiteblaze able to take care of itself?" I muttered. "Maybe a mud bath wouldn't hurt him" "Tigress!" reproached Blacksmoke. "Ok, ok!" I protested, placed the flowers in front of the warrior, and whispered something in her ear. Then she took them and disappeared into the bushes. I began to climb, jumping through the branches. Whiteblaze had already reached the closest to the island, trying to catch the grass without leaving a branch that began to give way in deathly silence behind him. Accelerate with the uncertain step, the last time I tried to help someone close to him, I ended up with him harassing me for days ... The sound of the imminent breaking of the only support of the white warrior was impossible to ignore, for when Whiteblaze turned around, the branch had already yielded in a moment of doubts I remained still, those emerald eyes shone with hatred and disdain towards me, as the tom's white fur began to disappear into the mud.