Splashstream's Story

Splashstream's Story is the fifth story in Darktail's Tales.

Plot
The story starts with tension hanging heavy in RiverClan after the deputy has died. A white she-cat and a reddish-brown she-cat are talking about who they think would make a good deputy.

Overhearing the two queens gossip is a white she-cat with blue-gray splashes who is revealed to be Splashstream after one of the queens, Bubblewhisker, suggests her, only to have the idea shot down by the other queen, Maplepool. This is because Splashstream doesn't know how to swim and doesn't like to eat fish.

Feeling hurt over what Maplepool had said, she is soon joined by her mate, Sootheart. After asking if there was any trouble on the patrol, he shakes his head and mentions that WindClan had been quiet, which he saw as a good think with the Clan recovering from twolegs hunting their fish. Her also reveals that their daughter, Lakepaw, had been on the patrol with Flintear.

Splashstream asks him who he thought Otterstar would choose to be his deputy, but Sootheart admits that he doesn't know.