Chapter 11

CHAPTER 11 Firestar emerged from the forest near Sunningrocks and paused to taste the air. The sun was rising behind him, sending long shadows from the forest toward the river. Several days had passed since Darkstripe had left ThunderClan, and so far the patrols had not brought any news of him, nor of ShadowClan cats in the territory. But the memory of Firestar's dream was still too sharp for him to believe that the threat from the territory beyond the Thunderpath was over. Graystripe and Thornclaw padded out of the trees behind him. "Smell anything?" Graystripe asked. Firestar shrugged. "Only RiverClan cats. No more than I'd expect, this close to the border. But I want to make sure that they haven't been near Sunningrocks." "We'll renew the scent markings," meowed Graystripe. "Come on, Thornclaw." While his friends disappeared into the gullies among the rocks, Firestar remained where he was, carefully drawing the air over his scent glands. Though he was worried about ShadowClan, he

第十一章火星从太阳岩附近的森林里出来，停下来呼吸空气。 太阳在他身后升起，从森林里向河边投下长长的影子。 黑条纹离开雷霆族已经有好几天了，到目前为止，巡逻队还没有带来他的任何消息，也没有带来影子族猫在领地内的任何消息。 但火星之梦的记忆仍然太过清晰，让他无法相信来自霹雳之路之外领土的威胁已经结束。 灰条和桑克劳在他身后蹑手蹑脚地走出树林。 “闻到什么?”Graystripe问道。 Firestar耸耸肩。“只有河族的猫。 和我想象的一样，离边境这么近。 但我想确定他们没有去过桑宁岩附近。” “我们会重新标记气味的。”灰条喵喵地说。 “来吧，特恩克劳。”当他的朋友们消失在岩石间的沟壑里时，火星还呆在原地，小心翼翼地把空气吸到他的气味腺上。 虽然他很担心影子家族，但他

had not forgotten RiverClan or their ambitious leader, Leopardstar. She had tried to retake Sunning-rocks not long before, and Firestar would not be surprised if she decided to try again. Not many moments passed before he detected fresh RiverClan scent. Instantly suspicious, he padded around the base of the rocks, only to relax a few moments later as he caught sight of Mistyfoot. She was alone, crouched at the very edge of the river, and as Firestar watched she scooped a fish out of the water and killed it with one blow of her paw. "Well done!" Firestar called. Mistyfoot turned, saw him, and padded up the gently sloping bank as far as the border. Firestar went to meet her there, glad to see that she still looked friendly in spite of the way she had left the ThunderClan camp. But he noticed with alarm that Mistyfoot was much thinner than when he had last seen her, and he wondered if something bad had happened following the revelation that Bluestar had been her mother. "How are you, Mistyfoot?" he meowed. "I hope there hasn't been any trouble."

没有忘记河流氏族和他们野心勃勃的领袖豹星。 不久前，她曾试图夺回苏宁岩石，如果她决定再试一次，火星也不会感到惊讶。 没过多久，他就闻到了河族的新鲜气味。 他立刻起了疑心，蹑手蹑脚地绕着岩石底部走了一圈，几分钟后，他看到了雾脚，才放松下来。 她独自一人，蹲在河边，在火星的注视下，她从水里捞起一条鱼，用爪子一击就把它打死了。 “做得好!”Firestar调用。 雾蒙蒙的脚转过身来，看见了他，便蹑手蹑脚地走上平缓的河岸，一直走到边界。 火星去那里接她，很高兴看到她尽管离开了雷霆部落的营地，但看起来仍然很友好。 但他惊恐地注意到，迷雾脚比上次见到她时瘦多了，他怀疑在得知蓝星是她母亲之后，是不是发生了什么坏事。 “你好吗，迷雾脚？”他叫道。 “我希望没有发生什么麻烦。”

"About me and Stonefur?" Mistyfoot replied, guessing his thoughts. She hesitated. "Stonefur told the Clan the truth about Bluestar," she meowed at last. "Some of them didn't like it. One or two of them won't talk to us at all now, and most of them are a bit uneasy with us." "I'm sorry to hear that," Firestar mewed. "What about Leopardstar? Has she said anything?" "I could tell she wasn't pleased. She supported us in front of the Clan, but I think she has an eye on us all the same, to make sure we're still loyal." "Of course you're loyal!" Firestar exclaimed. "Yes, and the rest of the Clan will realize it sooner or later. Besides…" Mistyfoot paused again, and then went on. "That isn't the worst of our problems." "What do you mean?" "Tigerstar." Mistyfoot shivered. "He visits Leopardstar regularly, and I can't work out why. I'm sure they're planning something." A jolt of fear shot through Firestar. "Planning what?" Mistyfoot twitched her ears. "I've no idea. Leopardstar hasn't told Stonefur, even though

“关于我和斯通弗的事？”迷雾脚猜到了他的想法，回答道。 她犹豫了一下。“斯通弗告诉了氏族关于蓝星的真相。”她终于喵喵叫道。 “他们中的一些人不喜欢它。 他们中有一两个现在根本不跟我们说话了，大多数跟我们在一起都有点不自在。” “听到这个消息我很难过，”火星叫道。 “豹星怎么样？”她说什么了吗？”“我看得出来她不高兴。 她在氏族面前支持我们，但我想她还是会关注我们，确保我们仍然忠诚。” “你当然是忠诚的！”Firestar喊道。 “是的，氏族的其他成员迟早会意识到这一点的。 况且……”迷雾脚又停顿了一下，然后继续说下去。 “这还不是我们最糟糕的问题。” “你是什么意思？”“Tigerstar。” Mistyfoot颤抖。“他经常来豹星，我不知道为什么。 我肯定他们在计划什么。” 一阵恐惧掠过火星。 “规划什么?”迷雾脚抽动了一下耳朵。 “我不知道。尽管如此，豹星还没有告诉斯通弗

he's her deputy. But there are a couple of ShadowClan warriors stationed permanently in our camp." "What? That shouldn't happen! It must be against the warrior code!" Mistyfoot shrugged, looking defeated. "Try telling that to Leopardstar." "But what are they doing there?" "Leopardstar says that they're staying with us so the Clans can exchange training methods and fighting techniques, but I don't see much sign of it. All they do is watch…. It's like they're learning all about us, all our secrets and weaknesses." Mistyfoot's fur bristled as if she saw her enemies in front of her. "That's why I came over here, to get away from them for a bit." "That's terrible," Firestar meowed. "What is Leopardstar thinking?" "You want my opinion? She wants to do the best for her Clan and she thinks Tigerstar is the strongest leader in the forest, so she's set out to be his ally." "I'm not sure Tigerstar has allies," Firestar warned her. "Only followers."

他是她的副手。但是有几个影族的战士一直驻扎在我们的营地里。” “什么?这不应该发生！这肯定是违反勇士守则的！”迷雾脚耸了耸肩，显得很沮丧。 “把这话告诉豹星试试。” “但是他们在那里做什么呢？”“Leopardstar说他们和我们在一起，这样部落之间可以交流训练方法和战斗技巧，但我没有看到太多这样的迹象。 他们所做的就是看....就好像他们在了解我们的一切，我们的秘密和弱点。” 迷雾脚的毛竖起来，仿佛看到了她的敌人就在她面前。 “这就是我来这里的原因，离开他们一会儿。” “太可怕了。” “豹星在想什么？”“你想听听我的意见吗？” 她想为她的部落做得最好，她认为虎星是森林里最强大的领袖，所以她打算成为虎星的盟友。” “我不确定虎星是否有盟友，”火星警告她。 “只有追随者。”

Mistyfoot nodded. "I know." She sat down, licked one paw, and drew it two or three times over her ear. Firestar wondered if she was regretting saying so much to a warrior of another Clan. "How is the prey running?" he asked, hoping to distract her. "At least the river hasn't frozen yet." "Not yet. Prey's scarce, but that's nothing new." Mistyfoot flicked her ears dismissively. "It's leaf-bare, after all. And those two warriors of Tigerclaw's don't help," she added. "They sit there in camp stuffing their faces, but they never bring back much fresh-kill." She broke off at the sound of Graystripe's voice yowling her name. Firestar turned to see his friend bounding down the bank toward them with Thornclaw just behind him. "Hi, Mistyfoot," panted Graystripe as he came up. "How are Featherpaw and Stormpaw?" "They're fine, Graystripe," replied Mistyfoot, with a purr of welcome for her former Clan mate. Though Graystripe's stay in RiverClan had been short, the two cats had become good friends, and Mistyfoot was always willing to give Graystripe

Mistyfoot点点头。“我知道。” 她坐下来，舔了舔一只爪子，在耳朵上拉了两三下。 火星不知道她是否后悔对另一个部落的战士说了这么多。 “猎物跑得怎么样了？”他问，希望转移她的注意力。 “至少这条河还没有结冰。” “还没有。猎物很少，但这并不是什么新鲜事。” 迷雾脚轻蔑地摇了摇耳朵。 “毕竟是光秃秃的。 虎爪的那两个战士也帮不上忙。”她又加了一句。 “他们坐在营地里填饱肚子，但从来没有带回多少新鲜的猎物。” 听到格雷斯特里特在嚎叫着她的名字，她停了下来。 火星转过身来，看见他的朋友顺着河岸朝他们跳了下来，桑克劳就在他后面。 “嗨，雾水怪。”灰条走上前喘着气说。 “羽毛爪子和风暴爪子怎么样了？”“他们很好，灰条。”雾蒙蒙的脚回答道，呜呜地欢迎她以前的氏族伙伴。 虽然灰条在河族待的时间不长，两只猫却成了好朋友，而且雾蒙蒙的脚总是愿意给灰条一些东西

news of his kits. "Featherpaw is turning into a great fighter. ThunderClan will have to watch out when she's made a warrior." Graystripe let out a purr. "Well, she couldn't have a better mentor." Firestar backed away while Graystripe and Mistyfoot discussed the two apprentices. Thornclaw padded up to him and meowed, "We've renewed the scent markings, Firestar. There's no fresh RiverClan scent around the rocks." "That's good," Firestar responded, though his thoughts were only half on what the young warrior was telling him. Mistyfoot's news deeply disturbed him. It sounded as if RiverClan and ShadowClan were allied more closely than ever before. And if Tigerstar decided to go to war, ThunderClan would be trapped between them. Oh, StarClan, Firestar murmured to himself. Show me what I should do now. After his talk with Mistyfoot, Firestar ordered extra patrols, but no cat reported anything unusual. The days slipped past peacefully until the

他的套件的消息。“羽爪正在变成一个伟大的斗士。 当她成为一名战士时，雷霆氏族可得小心了。” 灰条发出一声咕噜声。 “嗯，她找不到比他更好的导师了。” 火星退了回去，灰条和雾脚在讨论那两个徒弟。 桑克劳爬到他跟前，喵喵地叫道：“我们已经更新了气味标记，火星。 岩石周围没有河族的新鲜气味。” “那很好。”火星回应道，尽管他的思想只在年轻战士告诉他的事情上。 迷雾脚的消息使他深感不安。 听起来似乎河流氏族和暗影氏族的联盟比以往任何时候都要紧密。 如果虎星决定开战，雷霆家族就会被夹在他们中间。 “哦，星际战队，”火星自言自语。 告诉我现在该怎么做。 在他和雾脚谈话之后，火星命令额外的巡逻，但没有猫报告任何不寻常的事情。 日子平静地过去了