A Dangerous Presence.

Owlstar laid leisurely on the High Branch. His large amber eyes gazed warmly around the clearing as his growing clan bustled about. Everyone seemed so close, so happy. Like one huge family. Suddenly, a cold wind whipped into camp. It stung Owlstar like claws. He stood abruptly, his eyes narrowing at the darkening sky. Everyone in camp halted to look up. Tiny white specks began to flutter down, landing on Owlstar's nose."Snow?" He asked in disbelief. The winter had been very mild, and Owlstar had hoped they wouldn't have any trouble. The snow began coming harder and harder as the wind whipped furiously.

All the clan-members began to retreat to their dens. Owlstar backed into his den as well. He had never seen such a snowstorm in all the moons he had lived. He bit the blade of tied grass that held lichen from his den, so that it fell over the entrance and blocked out the snow and wind. He went to his warm nest in the far corner, staring at the entrance to his den in shock.

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It was unbelievable. Owlstar was almost stuck inside his den from the massive amount of snow in front of it. He managed to slip out, the cold piercing his pads sharply. The entire camp was blanketed in thick white snow. Seasonbreeze emerged from the warriors den, peeking her head out from the wall of snow. She pulled herself out, standing on top of the snow. It had frozen over. She and Owlstar shared a worried glance."The prey amount will plummet now!" Owlstar mewed in concern. The rest of the clan-mates slowly emerged, looking around in wonder."Cherrycloud." Owlstar carefully climbed down from the High Branch instead of leaping, in order to avoid breaking the frozen cover over the snow."Take Dawnfoot and Crescentpelt on a border patrol. She how badly the territory has been affected.

Cherrycloud nodded, leading the other two warriors out of camp carefully. Owlstar gazed at the rest of his clan, who all seemed as concerned as he did. He bit his lip, padding back towards the HighBranch. He sat at it's base, watching the entrance anxiously. Surprisingly, he heard pounding paws comes towards camp. Cherrycloud and the others raced in, their eyes wide."What's wrong? You just left!" Owlstar stood, his eyes narrowed with concern. Cherrycloud gasped for breath."B-badgers! Their going to Memory Forest!" Owlstar gasped.

"Badgers! Now?!" Dawnfoot nodded."There's a whole family, a mother and father with two cubs." Crescentpelt then stepped forward."They may not disturb us, but the mother with be particularly violent to defend her cubs." Owlstar contemplated this."We'll have to be careful." Owlstar climbed up onto the HighBranch, shoving the powdering snow just enough so he could address his clan."Mysteryclan!" He yowled, although everyone had gathered already."It seems we've had a huge snowstorm. We must not let this weigh heavily upon our clan."

Owlstar's eyes continued to flit nervously."Cherrycloud, we'll need double hunting patrols for now. And everyone, be sure to stay away from Memory Forest. Perhaps the badgers will leave when the weather lets up." The clan nodded together."Alright, meeting dismissed." Owlstar called, his voice faltering on his last word.

(Okay, so wondering, should we have a prophecy after this dilemma is fixed?)