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They were back by sunhigh.

After a short while, Stormfur, Sandstorm, and Brightheart came in.

“Brambleclaw! This isn’t good!” Sandstorm shouted seriously.

“What is it?”, meowed Brambleclaw as he leapt over to join them.

“Well, actually two things. First, we found fox scent near the WindClan border.”

“What? I thought… wait. How old was the scent?

“Err, hard to say because of the strong wind today. Probably early this morning, but I don’t know.”

“This morning? That doesn’t sound good.”

“There is one other thing, though”, Sandstorm said with increasing concern.

“What’s it about? Is it important?”, replied Brambleclaw, feeling the situation get worse.

“It’s just this. I think we saw Birchpaw!”