Is there anyone else who’s on Zell side besides Patchbat and Pikeshell?
Ooooh great question anon!
Snowstar isn't taking any sides. She's of the mind that even if everything did go down how the rumor mill is spinning the evidence, then Zell probably had a good reason for not speaking up about it sooner, and will come to her soon about the truth. She trusts him.
Thistlegaze, who has more insight into what happened than any other cat (except maybe Pikeshell; he doesn't know how much she knows or how she knows about his involvement at all) is more than happy to throw Zell under the bus, and if Pikeshell didn't say anything, he would have washed his paws of the whole thing and not thought about it again. He's never really liked Zell. there's a reason these two are mixed up in this together~~~
Splinter doesn't give a rat's ass what happened. He's seen and forgiven worse and never put much stock in rumor-mongering. Unless it comes from Snowstar after an official investigation, he's willing to believe whatever Zell says about it, and if Zell says he didn't know anything until this morning, then he doesn't put any blame on his shoulders. Splinter probably glares at anyone he catches staring at Zell.
Eggplantskip, Polyatomic, and Fireleaf are trying to keep out of it--they're the only ones of the Clan that really talked to him, after. Fireleaf probably got him herbs after Spittlebugspeck turned him away. Eggplantskip is mostly there for Patchbat, and is more pitying than anything (which rankles Zell but not so much as the others' reactions, so he tolerates it). Polyatomic just likes seeing the best of everyone, always, and though he's a little worried and scared, doesn't let that stop him from stopping by every one in a while, if only to prove to himself that he's not a judgmental cat.
(It's Tortrixdusk's sudden disappearance from his life that hurts Zell the most. The first few days, he dismissed it as shock, or maybe just Tortrixdusk being busy. But then all their plans about making a training program were suddenly dropped, and Tortrixdusk won't meet his eyes anymore, and that hurts Zell a lot more than he ever would admit.)
(Well, maybe that's not true. Maybe what hurts the most is that Zell blames himself and feels like the scorn of his Clanmates is justified).