Sandy Hollow

Echo stepped out of the trunk, she trembled as she walked towards Storm.
"Please... don't hurt me." Echo asked with a soft voice, she was trembling all around.
Echo knew something he didn't; that he was the father. Echo was unsure how to tell him, and she considered running off to a place that would understand.
"You want to know, don't you?" Echo asked calmly.

"I do please tell me! I need to know!" He was worried. Who was the dad? Was it him?

"Storm..." she began. Then she thought about it for a minute; he didn't know. She could turn this into whatever she wanted. She was afraid to tell Storm the truth; what if he took the pups away from her and moved clans?
"Promise me something.... Promsie me you won't hurt them. or me..."

"I will always stay with you. I will guard you and the pups with my life. They will never be hurt and you will be safe." He nudged her.

Echo sighed. She needed to tell him, what other choice did she have?
"Storm... these pups..." Echo struggled to find the right words.
"Storm... your the father of these pups." the she-wolf whispered, praying that he wouldn't flip out.

"They are? Wow I am a dad!" He licked her cheek. He was so happy. But yet how did that happen?

She sighed and proceeded to say;
"Storm, you can not tell any wolf of this. Not even Firestar or Feathersoul, and if someone asks deny it. Deny everything."
Echo looked to teh sky, the sun was slowly rising, but the sky was still dark and foggy. She hoped Starclan would guide her paws through whatever was in store for her.

"I will never tell a soul! I promise. But what are we going to do? Some one is going to find out." The wolf was worried. What is some one found out?

"They won't. Not when Im in charge." The she-wolf said, a rush of protectiveness coming over her. She knew they should get to camp, before her clanmates got suspcious.
'Lets go back now." She suggested and ran to camp.
-Camp-

He saw her run. She is amazing! But I can't keep the secret forever. He ran after her.

camp

Hawkpool trotted through the forest slowly. She watched the trees slowly pass by her. She yawnd and sat down at the edge of the sandy clearing. She blinked her orange eyes. She flicked her tail. She laid down and sighed. Happy to finally get away from all the commotion inside camp.

Hawkpool yawned. Tired of laying down. She stood up and flicked her tail. She blinked her bleary eyes. She then walked around the territory. She felt bored.
-Snake rocks-

Wind came into the quiet and sandy clearing. He looked around, it doesn't look as if Firestar was here. He siffed the air, no golden either. Puzzled, but feeling no threat near by, he sat down on his honches and waited. He had been backtracking their way here and they must had headed in a different direction while he was doing that. He will wait until they arrived.,

The firey wolf walked into the hollow, eager to speak to her mate and Rocky. As she passed a hollow tree, Firestar stopped and then turned around and sniffed. Stormpaw and Echopaw had been here together but why? Dismissing it for the moment, Firestar looked back and saw Wind not far off. "There you are Wind", she padded towards her mate.

Wind glanced up, smiled and gave Firesta a soft nuzzle. "Yea I'm here. Where's Rocky? And what's the plan?" he caught the destracted look in her eyes and licked her muzzle, "Hey, everything's going to be alright. I know stormpaw and echopaw had been around. I think they want to be mates." he said smiling, "Don't worry about them." he soothed. Then getting up, he caught a vole and dropped it at her feet, "Eat something. I haven't seen you eat lately with everything going on."

Firestar smiled at her mate and nuzzled him back. Between mouthfuls, she told Windstorm her plan, eyes shining bright. "Rocky can go to the two-leg places and find some friendly two-legs and bring them back to here. Hopefully the thundersticks will be here and he can go back to camp to report to me. We'll wait here a little while and then if Rocky doesn't turn up then I'll go back to camp to do the ceremonies." The firey wolf stood up and smiled. "Stormpaw and Echopaw are old enough to have their warrior ceremonies now. In fact when we get back to camp, that's the first thing I'll do." She looked at Wind. "I know that they have feelings for each other. Although they're just apprentices at the moment. "What if it goes further?"

Wind looked at his mate, his ears twitching in confution. He flattened his ears slightly, "Well then, I suppose they would be mated?" he said unsure. "They could do that right? They're both of thunder clan after all. I think it would be good, we need more pups afrer all the deaths and leaving of members." If they have pups, then they'd have to hold on until they are warriors." he licked her ear, "It will be fine."

The fiery leader saw Rocky and walked over to him. "Now, Rocky, I want you to go into the two-leg dwellings and find some two-legs. Could you charm them if you can and lead them to this place. Firestar gestured to the carcasses lying around. "This is what the thundersticks have done. Lead them here then come back to camp and tell me." The fiery wolf smiled at the dog and her mate. "Come on, Wind. It's time we got back to camp. Good luck, Rocky." She padded swiftly out of the hollow, eyes gleaming.

Camp

Wind smiled at Firestar and gave rocky a nod, Run swift and safe my friend." he said. Then the grey and brown fighter was loping among the trees, following his mate back to camp. He was sure Rocky would be successful. To date, he haven't tet met a single human who didn't like dogs. With a slight smile on his muzzle, he allowed his fur to blend in with his surroundings and making him a mere shadow in the forest.

Camp

Echobreeze padded to the Sandy Hollow. She looked around, searching for the she-wolf. It seemed that she hadn't arrived yet. Echobreeze sat down and waited patiently for her clanmate.

Moonshadow let the younger wolf pass her. She flicked his tail and sighed. She gritted her teeth. Then she spoke. "I know your secret. Your belly's getting bigger." She said with a hint of a growl in her voice. "And Stormchaser is being a little rude and over protective of that." She felt her hatches lock into an aggressive position.

Surprised by the wolf's aggresion rather than her knowledge of her pups, Echobreeze locked gazes with her.
"Its no secret Moonshadow. I'm a warrior now, and Firestar is well aware that I'm expecting pups." The silvery fae said, getting a bit defensive. Stormchaser could fight his own battles, but right now Echobreeze wanted to know what Moonshadow had against her, and why.