Darkness Within/Chapter 10

==Chapter description==
:Bristlefrost watches Leaf leave, affection rising within her for Rootspring and his openheartedness to even loners. Spotfur stares across the meadows, distracted ever since Leaf had told her she was expecting. Bristlefrost thinks that the she-cat had to have some happy thoughts on the subject, and moves closer to her Clanmate, though Spotfur edges away. Needleclaw announces that they would be hunting, and Bristlefrost feels free of the weight of being loyal to her Clan. Bristlefrost and Rootspring volunteer to hunt with Spotfur, but with the gray she-cat's telling of them that she would hunt alone, decides to pair up and leave Needleclaw and Spotfur to hunt on their own. 
:Rootspring suggests that they hunt in a beech corpse, and tells Bristlefrost that Leaf reminded him of Tree. Bristlefrost feels fondness as the tom seems happy to have kin like the Sisters. Bristlefrost says that she couldn't imagine living without the warrior code. Rootspring points out that they must have their own code, going on to say that the Sisters were clearly more then just loners - Leaf could speak to the earth. Bristlefrost admits she was happier in a Clan, though everything had changed, but believes in her leader and tells Rootspring that Squirrelflight would do her best. They discuss if whether the Sisters would come to help with them.
:Rootspring spots a rabbit nearby, and Bristlefrost signals at the SkyClan warrior so they could outflank the rabbit. They get ready to attack, until she hears Spotfur's screech of pain, and they race to the scene. A hawk lifts Spotfur from the ground, and the two leaps onto the bird's wings. The hawk attacks Bristlefrost and she falls to the ground. Needleclaw drags down the hawk, and Spotfur lands on the ground again, but the queen attacks the hawk. She is tossed on the ground, and the group hurries to her side, upset the gray spotted she-cat had taken a huge risk. Trying to stand, Spotfur finds that she had wrenched her shoulder. Bristlefrost is left to care for Spotfur as the other two go to hunt.
:Bristlefrost tells Spotfur that she shouldn't take risks. Spotfur asks what if she didn't want the kits, and that Stemleaf wasn't here, and thta everything had changed. Bristlefrost attempts to calm her Clanmate, promising that it would get better and that everything would be fine in the end. She tells Spotfur that Stemleaf would watch them from StarClan. She comforts the queen, and with conviction says that they would get StarClan back and that she would do anything to protect the kits.
:Needleclaw and Rootspring return with a rabbit. Suddenly, a yellow she-cat demands what they were doing so close to their camp. Rootspring is delighted, saying that she was one of the Sisters and that Leaf had told them that they were nearby. Needleclaw tells the Sister that Leaf was alive and healthy, and lets out a purr as she tells Bristlefrost and Spotfur that they had done it, and accomplished their quest to find the Sisters.
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==Notes and references==
Category:Darkness Within
Category:The Broken Code arc
Category:Chapter subpages