Tallstar's Revenge/Chapter 23

==Chapter description==
:Tallpaw looks on in horror as his denmate struggles to his feet after their spar. Dawnstripe glares at him, angrily reminding him that they weren't supposed to fight with claws out as Hareflight checks over Shrewpaw. Dawnstripe and Hareflight eye Tallpaw warily before bring their apprentices back to camp, and Tallpaw splits off to get a drink, feeling awful as the Clan begins to question why Shrewpaw looked so beat up. He overhears Woollytail and Palebird talking, and finds out his mother is expecting another litter. Shocked, he stares at Woollytail, feeling like the two cats had betrayed Sandgorse by becoming mates. Woollytail says that he should be pleased, as Palebird hadn't been that happy in a long time before reminding Tallpaw that he'll always be her first kit, but he shouldn't have expected to be her last. Looking at the pair, he growls, telling them that to do whatever will make Palebird happy. He turns away from them, returning to the hollow as Cloudrunner tells him to hurry for his naming ceremony.
:The Clan gathers, with Heatherstar calling the meeting to a start. Tallpaw looks for Dawnstripe, silently asking her if he'd passed, and she nods at him before he goes to sit in front of his leader. She promotes the newly named Shrewclaw and Talltail to warriors, and the Clan cheers, though Talltail continues to feel more and more alone. During his vigil, Shrewclaw begins to insult him again, telling Talltail that he doesn't deserve his warrior name. Heatherstar startles the pair, reminding them that StarClan is watching. After their vigil ends, Talltail joins a hunting patrol with Reedfeather, Aspenfall, Doespring, and Shrewclaw. 
:Doespring walks beside Talltail, purring about Palebird's kits but put off by his cold and selfish attitude. She asks when he turned so selfish, and he mutters that he thinks Palebird should've stayed faithful to Sandgorse. She tells him that he thinks too much about himself, and not enough about his Clan, before challenging the others to a race and leaving the black-and-white tom by himself. Deciding to hunt alone, he stalks a rabbit, but it flees into its burrow. Launching himself after it, he catches it, but sees Aspenfall standing nearby, worriedly reminding him that the tunnels were unsafe. When Talltail mentions that it had just run into the burrow, Shrewclaw begins to insult him again, and the patrol decides to head back to camp, with Talltail feeling further alienated from his Clanmates. 
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Category:Tallstar's Revenge
Category:Super Edition arc
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