Nightheart awoke with a start. He was in an unfamiliar den surrounded by strange scents.
A she-cat slipped into the den, her black and red tail swishing. "Nightheart!"
Nightheart recoiled. "Who are you?" He studied her suspiciously.
The she looked confused. "What do you mean? I-I'm Cypresstripe! Your mate!"
"Where am I?" Nightheart hissed.
"Th-The medicine den!" Cypresstripe stuttered, shocked. "In PineClan! Nightheart, what's wrong with you?"
"Why am I here?" Nightheart bristled. He didn't know this cat!
"A b-badger attacked!" Cypresstripe mewed. "It threw you against the wall, you passed out, you..." She shook her head.
Nightheart met her gaze. "I don't remember any of that."
A black tom stepped into the den. "I expected something like this." Before Nightheart could even ask, he mewed, "Ravenleaf."
"What do you mean?" Cypresstripe asked, exasperated. "What's going on?"
"He suffered head trauma." Ravenleaf mewed. "He won't be able to remember anything about PineClan."
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A Dark Path
FanfictionSlugstripe has never really known his father. At least, not until the day when Blackstar takes him under his wing and prepares him to become PineClan's next leader. But a few PineClan cats don't quite agree with Blackstar's new rules, and when a re...
