Each sister would join a different Division of the League. Fae, obviously, picked the Mercenary's. Kelpie would become a Diplomat, and Selkie who longed to explore would join the Scouts. Kelpie would be assigned a Diplomat by the name of "Mimicgleam" as her mentor. Mimicgleam had experience in the clans, having been raised in Streamclan. She'd quickly beg to learn all the ins and outs of diplomacy, from mediating to helping others. Kelpie was a natural at it, becoming obsessed with caring for her League-mates, brightening their days during this cold season. But that wasn't all she did...

The Haven. A forbidden faction that her mentor warned her not to approach. She could practice her diplomatic skills with Lakeclanners and Streamclanners who passed by, cats who were specifically on "Moon Patrols" to attack the Haven's barn. These cats were kind, and often stopped by on their way back, sharing stories of violence and attempted attacks. These troubled her, especially considering how angry her dad was that the League themselves weren't involved.

That wasn't entirely true... now, was it? Kelpie would discover her aunt, Vioge, covered in mud. The she-cat would admit that she had helped a Lakeclan patrol attack the Haven, going behind Shade's back. When Kelpie confronted her, angry that she'd hurt Haveners, her surprised aunt would explain that the League wasn't all it seemed. Their leadership was weak! Shade was endangering their family and allowing the clans to them like a scapegoats. She'd ask Kelpie to keep her activity a secret, vouch for her sneaking out. This was a promise that Kelpie intended to keep.

But it also created a new type of ambition in her mind: One to find a Haven cat caught up in this mess, and try to solve things Diplomatically. The individual, or more specially individuals she'd find? Two apprentices: Robinpaw and Brackenpaw.

The two siblings were afraid of her first, with Robinpaw jumping immediately to protect their albeit larger and fluffier sibling. Quickly enough they'd strike up a chiller conversation after Kelpie explained that she was a Diplomat and wasn't trained to hurt anyone. While Robinpaw remained wary, his brother Brackenpaw would begin a "diplomatic" exchange with her. The young cats would talk about their different lives. As much as she pitched the idea of peace, it seemed, at least for now, that with the Clans attacking the Haven there wasn't much the other faction could do when they were... occupied. Undeterred the three youths agreed to meet up again, and try to find ways to solve things peacefully.

Kelpie would sneak out frequently to meet up with Robinpaw or Brackenpaw, and sometimes both. Brackenpaw was the easiest to talk to, jolly and playful they'd often spend time crafting gifts together and sharing fun stories at the border. It would take a bit longer for Robinpaw to warm up to her, but as time passed and Kelpie shared some of the gifts she had made with Brackenpaw to them, they too would come to see reason.

Then came stories of ghosts - sightings of leaders from days long pasts. The League would send envoys to help the clans investigate these rumors, intent on preventing the Haven from using these to manipulate others. Kelpie, however, knew that this was far from what the Haven was interested in. Talking with Robinpaw and Brackenpaw, she'd been let on the secret of the Haven's own mission: find a crystal moon. She had no idea why the Streaking Comet thought this Crystal Moon was so important, but this made her hopeful: The Haven didn't have the nasty plans that the Clans were worried about! Things were going to be okay!

And they were, for a time. A moon waxed and waned as Kelpie enjoyed the company of her family and friends while the Expedition carried out their mission. She'd even come to conclude that she had developed a crush on Brackenpaw. Her own little secret she wouldn't share even with him. But these happy times weren't made to last....

The Haven attacked. They attacked with the intent to kill. They attacked to drive the League out of their home. Kelpie had missed the whole thing, taken out on a patrol by her aunt Vioge, but she saw the devastation. Her home, gone in an instant. She didn't have a chance to track Brackenpaw or Robinpaw down, as the regrouped League needed to urgently find a new temporary place to stay and recover. But questions were buzzing in her mind... why was she not caught up in it all? How come she and a small selection of cats had missed it? Why was the strongest combatant besides Bramble, the Mercenary "Kestrelmaul" on the same patrol as her and her aunt at a time where his strength would have been needed most? The one who organized this was Vioge... could it be?

She didn't dare speak her fears. Vioge was family. Vioge had trusted her during the mud situation, if she told anyone she'd have to share that secret too. After all, she'd covered from her aunt sneaking out to supposedly "Help the Clans". Besides, she was more worried how she could be implicated in all that. Why had she been taken on that patrol, and not her sisters? Could... could Brackenpaw or Robinpaw have arranged something? Even if they had, the fact she had been complicit by meeting Haven cats in secret could make her family label her as a spy. Obviously that was the last thing she wanted to happen.

She'd speak nothing about her doubts, or her secrets to anyone. Worse than the guilt was the pressing question: What use is Diplomacy if the Haven will try to wipe you out anyways? Why would the cat she'd come to crush on, tried to appeal to, join in the destruction of her home? Had her attempts to befriend Brackenpaw and Robinpaw been... in vain? Had her efforts to make peace been used to make a fool of her? Or worse, made her complicit in the destruction of her family's home?

These questions would weigh on her as Kelpie would begin the next chapter her life. A chapter, that's yet to be told...