[BEAR.]

"Then be a rogue!" Lionstar spat back at Dogear. "I don't need you being just as useless as when you were a Clan member! Get out of my camp, and if I find out you've been in my territory I'll have your pelt flayed." What a piece of trash.

"Lightningeyes, you're free to join him. I've repeatedly requested to know where you all have been and you have failed to answer me. I'm done. Get out of my territory.

"Birdsong, save me your bullcrap and leave. If you were seriously wounded by a rogue to the point you couldn't return to camp, you'd have the wounds to prove it, because at the very least there'd be scarring. You don't have that.

"And Fazekit," he rounded on the cat long-since old enough to be an apprentice. "You were never taught to swim, so I sincerely doubt you helped Honeypaw out of the river.. and if you did, you should have gotten her home. Not stayed out as a rogue for a moon. You already failed at being a Clan-mate twice, and all you had to do is stay in camp. I don't want to deal with this again.. so you're also rejected. Scram!"

Now his eyes were on Honeypaw, an expression of discontent across his face. "At least you're cold. Look, Honeypaw-- you've been gone long enough for another Honeypaw to become an apprentice, so here's the deal. I'll allow you to rejoin RiverClan.. under the condition you will be receiving a name change until either their training completes, or yours does. If one of you gets promoted, you'll get your Honey- name back. However,.. this is your only chance to be a RiverClan cat. If you go missing again, don't bother coming back. Do you understand?"

Originally Posted by Cecily Herondale

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