[beau]

Newtheart breathed a quiet sigh of relief as his eyes finally landed on Thunderclan camp. It had been... well he wasn't quite sure how long it had been, but he knew it was a while. His bright amber gaze shifted to his apprentice. "You ready?" It had been shortly after the ceremony when Brightpaw had vanished, and only a few days after when Newtheart went looking for her. He tried to convince himself to stay - heck, he was terrified of leaving the clan - but it worried him. He knew what it was like to be out alone in the territories, with minimal skills, and he wasn't going to let an apprentice fresh out of the nursery get lost in the forest.

He paused for a moment, eyes flicking back towards the camp, before calling out in a hesitant voice. "Hello, Aspenstar? Dogbark?" He tried to keep his voice from shaking, but he was so scared of being turned away. The least he could do was get Brightpaw back into the clan. He knew Dogbark and Aspenstar were reasonable cats, but he was still worried.

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