Post by firestar1203 on Sept 24, 2018 20:28:15 GMT -5
Hello everyone, I´m writing a new warrior cats series
Here goes prologue, chapter 1 and 2
Prologue
A black cat was walking through the forest, but it seemed like he didn´t left a trace of his presence, suddenly a she-cat with blue-gray fur appeared just in front of him.
“Hello Bluestar” the tom greeted her.
“Greetings Ravenpaw,” she answered “are you looking for Barley?”
“Yes, do you know where he is?” he asked hopefully
“He is still alive and he misses you” she said, “But don’t worry you´ll see him soon”
“Thanks Bluestar” he said “, and goodbye then”
“Bye dear friend” she said, and then faded.
As she was walking in order to go back to the lake, where the new territories of the Clans were, she saw five cats walking across the moors, then she recognized them: the first one was a muscular ginger tomcat: Thunderstar, the next was a more agile gray she-cat: Windstar, they were followed by a huge black tomcat: Shadowstar, a brown tabby she-cat: Riverstar and a white cat: Skystar. They looked like they were searching for something or someone, then they realized she was there and the raced on to her.
“Greetings Bluestar” the five founders of the clans said “, we´re looking for a white cat named Mothflight, have you seen her?”
“No” the blue she-cat replied “and why are you looking for any StarClan member here and not at the lake?”
“She told us to meet her at the Moonstone at full moon, because she had a very important message to us” Windstar answered
“Anyways it´s very suspicious” Riverstar said “almost never cats come back to the forest”
“And also, what are you doing here” Shadowstar asked suspecting of the blue-colored leader
“I was just visiting a friend” she replied defensively.
“Oh clam down Shadowstar” Skystar said comprehensive “Let´s stop wasting our time and go to the moonstone, we´re not far from Highstones”
“Yeah” Thunderstar said, “come on it´s almost moonhigh and tonight is the full moon”
“Goodbye Bluestar” the five leaders said
“Bye to all of you” she said and she started to fade back into the lake
But before she totally faded she turned her head, and she has terrified by what she saw, the leaders at the entrance of the Mothermouth started to vanish with an eerie red glow while a voice she had never heard exclaimed “Power!!Power!! I have the power of the stars!!” then the light extended towards her but before it could reach her she faded away totally, just escaping by a second, and appeared at the new territories of the lake.
She appeared in her den under an oak tree, at first she had the impulse of telling all the cats she knew about this horrible phenomenon, but then she thought of having just dreamed of that happening, even though it was rare that a StarClan cat could dream, even more receive a prophecy in a dream. However she didn´t tell anyone because there weren´t any signs of danger or anything that proved that the forest wasn´t sure for any cat that walked there, she even checked on Barley once and nothing happening being so close to the Mothermouth, still she wasn´t brave enough to check the Moonstone for fear that anything evil would be lurking around there. She thought it was all part of her imagination and one day she prepared to go check the Moonstone when someone went looking for her. It was a sliver tabby with green eyes: Echosong the first medicine cat of the newbuild SkyClan, she went racing to where Bluestar slept, her eyes were troubled and wide with fear, and her fur was bristling of terror
“Hello Echosong, may I help you?” Bluestar asked
“Hi, Bluestar, yes you can help me, I´m looking for Cloudstar, I heard he went to the forest but then he never returned,” she was very scared “also Redstar, Birchstar, Swiftstar and Dawnstar who went with him are missing”, she continued “and as you went to the forest some days ago I thought you may have seen them, I´m very worried.”
“I heard some medicine cats and clan leaders had the power to sense StarClan members presence, have you tried that” asked Bluestar
“Yes, I have, but I can´t sense them” then she whispered: “It´s like Spottedleaf”
“What?!” Bluestar exclaimed “What do you mean?”
“After the battle with the Dark Forest, I tried sensing her but it´s like she´s not in any known place, and that is the sensation I´ve had with the five missing leaders” Echosong said.
“Are you sure” the blue she-cat asked
“Yes” the silver tabby answered, then her gaze turned darker and she continued “There are rumors that every generation of leaders is disappearing with every visit to the Moonstone, also they can´t resist the impulse”
“So that´s what happened with the first five leaders” Bluestar said “then….” Her eyes were wide with fear “……Firestar!!Bramblestar!! And the other leaders and…..ME!!” she exclaimed in terror, “How long ago did they disappear?”
“Almost two days” the medicine cat said “, why?”
“It´s not far from my generation” she said and then she asked “What if whatever that is making the leaders disappear runs out of leaders then?”
“I believe it will search for medicine cats and the rest of StarClan members, but I don´t understand why is it doing this?
Bluestar couldn´t answer, and said “We´ll figure it later” and she ran towards the Island “Hurry!!” she said we need to warn the rest of the leaders before it´s too late”. Then Echosong nodded and followed.
“Oh no, now even StarClan is not safe” Bluestar thought.
Chapter 1
A flame colored tomcat leaped from a tree and went to meet a black and white cat with a very large tail.
“Well look who´s here” the cat greeted.
“It’s been a long time Tallstar” replied the ginger cat, with a smile.
“Yes, Firestar” Tallstar said.
“How have you been?” said the former ThunderClan leader.
“Very well, thanks” answered the WindClan leader.
The two cats were friends since a lot time ago when the Clans still lived at the forest and both cats were alive. It all began when Firestar (Fireheart at that time) went and rescued WindClan from their exile, and brought them back to their home and then he helped them continuously until after arriving to their new territories in the lake Tallstar had given the leadership to Onestar (Onewhisker) and died after that. And now after the battle with the Dark Forest Firestar had reunited with him in StarClan.
“I see, ThunderClan has been going well on the last moon” said Tallstar.
“As well as WindClan, I guess?” Firestar replied.
“Not at all” said the black-and-white leader sadly “Their best hunters are all around us now, and some of our cats still doubt about their own loyalty”.
Firestar thought of Harestar’s deputy: Crowfeather, who had a son named Breezepelt which had fought by side of the Dark Forest warriors and thought Tallstar was right.
“Ah now I remember” the leader continued “, you remind me of a cat I knew long time ago” he said mysteriously.
“Really, what was his name?” the flame colored cat asked. But Tallstar didn´t need to reply, another ginger cat came down the hill to meet him, he wore a collar.
“Hello Tallstar,” he greeted “who´s this with you I´ve never seen him, by the way I´m Jake” he told Firestar.
Firestar at first didn´t recognize him but suddenly his mind was flooded with memories of his infancy and he could only say one word: “Dad!!!”
“Rusty?” the tom asked “Are you really Rusty?”
“Yes, well… now I´m Firestar” his son replied.
“I´m so happy to see you now son” Jake said “I never thought I could see any of my kin here, did you grow up in any Clan?”
“Yes, In ThunderClan” the flamed tom answered.
“Hmmm, I once knew a ThunderClan leader that left his clan to become a kittypet, his name was Pinestar, I believe”.
Firestar was bewildered by the fact that a Clan cat could leave his family and friends to become a kittypet. It was similar to what Ravenpaw did, but in that occasion his life was in danger because of Tigerstar´s ambition and he was just an apprentice, but how could a Clan Leader abandon his clan and his responsibilities. Suddenly he remembered with a stab of guiltiness that once, when he went to restore SkyClan, his friends had thought he was going back to being a kittypet because he had slept in his friend´s Smudge garden.
The voice of his father brought him back to the real world “Tallstar told me only leaders had their names ending in –star, if that is true you were ThunderClan´s leader then?”
“Yes” he answered “, but there was the battle with the Dark Forest”
“Tallstar told me about it” Jake said “he said also there was a cat named Tigerstar who hated you and that he was leader of the Dark Forest warriors” then he asked “did he kill you?”
“No, the battle with him did” said Firestar “, after defeating him I started feeling weaker, and weaker and suddenly woke up here”.
“Oh” said Jake, and changing the subject he added: “have you seen your sister or any of your half-brothers?”
Firestar remembered his mother was not his father´s only mate.
“I´ve seen Princess yes, but none of your other kits” said Firestar “, also you have a nephew called Cloudtail and two granddaughters called Squirrelflight and Leafpool” he added.
“Great, but I suppose they´re not here still” said Jake half happy and half disappointed, then he continued “Anyways, you may have seen your brothers sometime, the biggest was a black-and-white tom like Tallstar: Socks, the middle one was a white she-cat: Ruby and the smallest but my favorite, apart from you of course” said Jake funnily “was Tiny: he was a little black tom”
“Hmmm, I believe I may have seen Ruby or Socks sometime but not Tiny” said Firestar.
“Well he was as I said a little black cat, now he had a detail, a white paw and ice-blue eyes”.
Then the ambient seemed to turn darker.
Firestar was going to say he hadn´t met a cat like that at all, when suddenly a very dark memory came to life a memory only cats as old as Tallstar or himself could remember, and he exchanged a petrified glance with the old leader, it couldn´t be, it wasn´t possible.
He almost died of guiltiness when Tallstar nodded, and his father asked “What is it, did something happen to him? Tell me PLEASE!!”
“I-I killed him, I killed my own brother” was the only thing Firestar could manage to say.
“Why would you do that?” asked Jake surprised.
“Because…” started Firestar but suddenly Tallstar spoke “Because he was a monster”.
“What?” asked Jake and dug his claws into the grass angrily “Why would you both say that about him?”
By this time Firestar had recovered and spoke with the confidence of a true leader “Yes, he killed many cats and he tried to conquer the forest by killing all of us, by that time he wasn´t Tiny” his voice became clearer “He was Scourge”
And even travelers and loners had heard of the Great Battle between the forest Clans and the so called “BloodClan” created by a bloodthirsty cat called Scourge who had no mercy, and no limits, which he showed everyone by killing not just cats, but dogs and using their teeth as trophies in his collar.
Jake now seemed to understand, and he could finally say one word: “how?”
Firestar couldn´t answer, so instead Jake asked them: “But I lived until the forest was destroyed and BloodClan never had located the forest cats, how did it happen”.
Firestar thought the answer was simple but at the same time scary.
“Tigerstar” he said “In his ambition he brought BloodClan to the forest to force us to surrender, but he was betrayed” he shivered and shot a glance at Tallstar who was too scared remembering that bloody scene to talk. “Scourge ripped his nine lives of with a single hit killing him instantly” said Firestar.
Jake was terrorized and when he calmed down Firestar continued “then he made us decide between fighting him and BloodClan or fleeing away”.
“So you chose to fight” said Jake “and then during the battle you killed him, yes”
“I didn´t knew It was him” said Firestar sadly “I only saw him as a threat and did what I thought was best, not just for my own clan but for the other three.”
“Okay,” said Jake but “what about the fifth Clan what about them?”
“What do you mean?” asked his son.
“Just a few moons ago they came to StarClan but I had never seen them before” his father replied.
“I received a signal from Cloudstar, SkyClan´s leader when they left the forest and he sent me to go and restore SkyClan” the ginger cat explained “I found them and gave the leadership to Leafstar, who was chosen by Cloudstar to be leader”.
Firestar remembered that after creating the Clan many things had happened: Skywatcher had given him the prophecy of the three, and he had faced a large group of rats that had killed the first SkyClan cats and had won the battle by killing their leader. By doing that he gave SkyClan a new future.
“By the way” he asked remembering something “Tallstar have you seen Cloudstar recently?.
The black-and-white leader had known Cloudstar when the SkyClan leader gave Firestar an ominous prophecy about Bramblestar.
“No” replied the WindClan leader “I haven´t seen many leaders apart from you and the most recent leaders in StarClan either”
“What?” said Firestar “It´s very suspicious, we should ask other cats about it don´t you think?”
“Yes” said Tallstar “Goodbye Jake”
“Goodbye to both of you” said Jake.
While they were heading towards the lakeshore in order to talk to some of the other leaders and ask them about what Tallstar had said about the leaders that were nowhere to be found, they heard a calling, loud and clear but charged with fear and despair coming from the Great Oak.
“Cats of StarClan, join in the island for a Clan meeting!!!!!”
Chapter 2
Bluestar called out.
Firestar came running across the moors and found his mate Sandstorm a beautiful she-cat with pale ginger fur waiting for him at the edge of the lake, from there he saw only Clan leaders and medicine cats were sitting at the Island.
He was going to ask what was happening, but before that Sandstorm said:
“Greetings Firestar, Tallstar all of the other leaders are waiting for you at the Island” as she spoke the reflect of the stars in the lake started to make a bridge towards the Island.
Firestar wanted to discover what was happening so he nodded and to Tallstar he added: “Let´s go”
As both leaders headed towards the Island Firestar could see the five founders of the Clans and most of the ancient leaders were missing. He wondered if Sandstorm was wrong because Bluestar had told him all the leaders had reunited to discuss the plan against the Dark Forest.
He did saw Bluestar and the latest leaders including Onestar, who had drowned fighting Darktail his own son because he was a threat to all the Clans. After a long battle they both drowned in the lake while fighting.
Also he saw Rowanstar, the ShadowClan leader who had decided to follow Darktail and ended up dying because of him
As he approached the Great Oak the blue-gray leader turned her gaze to him and Tallstar.
“We were waiting for you to arrive” she said “No, stay down there” she added when the other two leaders tried to climb up with her, Firestar saw also that Leopardstar and Blackstar were not up in the tree alongside them she saw a brown tabby she-cat.
She recognized her, it was Leafstar, whom he had met her when he and Sandstorm restored SkyClan, she was chosen to be leader, and after her naming ceremony the ginger leader and his mate had made their journey back into the forest.
What could she be doing there, she was still alive and had five lives remaining, when Bluestar started the meeting officially he turned his attention back to the tree.
Alongside her were other three leaders, and he wondered where the SkyClan cats were, finally a ginger tom jumped to the tree, it was Sharpclaw, Leafstar´s first deputy. The other three cats apart from him and Bluestar were an old brown cat with a crooked jaw, Crookedstar, the RiverClan leader before Leopardstar, a black cat, Nightstar, ShadowClan´s leader before Blackstar, excluding Tigerstar, and a light brown she-cat Heatherstar, the WindClan leader before Tallstar.
“Cats of StarClan, a new threat has appeared” Bluestar started “But his is a threat only for StarClan” she continued “As you have heard, some of the leaders have been disappearing, and this keeps on happening” As she spoke a light-tabby she cat approached “Echosong and I have been discussing about this subject, please Echosong” she told the former SkyClan medicine cat “Tell us what you know”
Echosong sat at the foot of the Great Oak and she said: I have consulted this with the ancient StarClan cats and they said they would choose five leaders to go and stop this danger, they said: Five stars will unite to stop the blood that threatens the stars”. Echosong then paused and turned to all of the leaders “They said the selected leaders would have a dream, each one for one of the five Clans.
“That is all” Bluestar concluded, “in three days we will meet here at the Island again and we will decide what to do”
“Also don’t talk about this with any of the living leaders, this is a problem for StarClan and StarClan will resolve it then.
Firestar left the island he went to talk with Sandstorm because he wanted her comfort because he knew his generation of leaders was not far of disappearing and he was scared of vanishing forever and losing everyone he loved.
He found his mate talking with Whitestorm animatedly at the foot of a hill, he suddenly remembered the old cat was her mentor.
As he approached her he felt even worse but he calmed down and kept on walking towards her.
Her ears prickled and she went to meet him, Whitestorm went after her more calmly.
Firestar remembered when he was made leader his first deputy was Whitestorm, but the noble old warrior had died in the battle with BloodClan killed by Scourge´s deputy Bone, before the battle he had warned Firestar indirectly about his age, but he had still gone to the battle.
The ginger leader still felt guilty about that, he could have prevented the white cat from going into battle, he could have saved him, but at the same time his heart told him it would have been pointless, his deputy would have insisted and Firestar couldn´t have stopped him.
“Greetings Firestar” his old deputy said.
“Greetings Whitestorm, Sandstorm” he responded.
“Greetings Firestar” Sandstorm said, “so how was the meeting?” the pale-ginger she cat asked.
“Sandstorm told me Clan leaders and medicine cats had a meeting at the Island” Whitestorm commented, “What was it about?”
Firestar´s mind told him not to tell anything, or to say a lie, but he put those thoughts away and he told them what was happening to all of the Clan leaders.
Sandstorm was terrified for him, but Whitestorm looked more worried, his face looked calm, but his eyes were wide.
“What if you get chosen Firestar?” he asked “Wouldn´t you be in more danger than if you weren´t?”
Firestar hadn´t thought of that, partially his old deputy was correct, what would he have to face, maybe the same thing that had happened to Spottedleaf, giving up his own existence to save StarClan?
“I……I don´t know” he answered “But I would do anything in my power to protect everyone I know” he said regaining his courage “And I would even give my life again”
“Firestar….no” said Sandstorm. Firestar remember she had tried to prevent him from battling Tigerstar because he was in his last life. He understood she was worried. But he would always protect everyone.
“Let´s forget about this” he said changing the subject “We must prepare, tomorrow is half-moon and we know what it means”
“You´re right” his mate said “We´ll worry about it if it happens”
“Goodbye to both” said Whitestorm as he started to climb the hill.
“Goodbye, old friend” the ginger leader responded.
“Well” said Sandstorm “We should go and get some sleep
Firestar nodded and both of them headed towards the lakeshore and found a gorse bush. They soon got fast asleep under the starry sky.
***
Firestar woke up suddenly, aside him Sandstorm was still sleeping, the sun shone on the morning sky, Firestar took a deep breath admiring the beautiful picture, but the sun kept on getting brighter and brighter and the ginger leader saw it, a blazing star reflecting itself on the lake surface.
It seemed to be getting closer and closer and when Firestar was about to warn Sandstorm with a screech it got suddenly small and placed itself on the leader´s forehead.
It´s contact was soft and reconverting and he woke up, feeling relieved at first but scared when he realized what it meant, he had been chosen, and he would risk his own existence, his own spirit along other five leaders and try to save his fellow Clanmates the ones up and the ones down, who were still alive and even the ones who weren´t in the stars.
“Good morning, is something bothering you Firestar?” Sandstorm asked. Firestar didn´t knew what to respond, and he felt more guilty when she continued “Come on” she said joking “What is it, have you received any prophecy?”
“Yes” he answered “It´s not a joke he added “I´ve been chosen as one of the five leaders to go and stop the threat to all of StarClan”.
“No!!” she said “please don´t, you don’t even know if you will come back”
“I was chosen, so I will do this” he replied “don´t be worried I´ll be okay” he promised “and I will definitely be back”.
“But….what if you don´t?” she asked.
“Then I will have the honor of dying to protect my Clanmates, my friends, my family and especially you” he answered.
“Why are you so stubborn?” she asked “I don´t want to lose you, not again, not forever”
“I will be okay, the stars will watch over me” he said
And so they started heading towards the Island while the sun rose to the top in the beginning of a new day.
Here goes prologue, chapter 1 and 2
Prologue
A black cat was walking through the forest, but it seemed like he didn´t left a trace of his presence, suddenly a she-cat with blue-gray fur appeared just in front of him.
“Hello Bluestar” the tom greeted her.
“Greetings Ravenpaw,” she answered “are you looking for Barley?”
“Yes, do you know where he is?” he asked hopefully
“He is still alive and he misses you” she said, “But don’t worry you´ll see him soon”
“Thanks Bluestar” he said “, and goodbye then”
“Bye dear friend” she said, and then faded.
As she was walking in order to go back to the lake, where the new territories of the Clans were, she saw five cats walking across the moors, then she recognized them: the first one was a muscular ginger tomcat: Thunderstar, the next was a more agile gray she-cat: Windstar, they were followed by a huge black tomcat: Shadowstar, a brown tabby she-cat: Riverstar and a white cat: Skystar. They looked like they were searching for something or someone, then they realized she was there and the raced on to her.
“Greetings Bluestar” the five founders of the clans said “, we´re looking for a white cat named Mothflight, have you seen her?”
“No” the blue she-cat replied “and why are you looking for any StarClan member here and not at the lake?”
“She told us to meet her at the Moonstone at full moon, because she had a very important message to us” Windstar answered
“Anyways it´s very suspicious” Riverstar said “almost never cats come back to the forest”
“And also, what are you doing here” Shadowstar asked suspecting of the blue-colored leader
“I was just visiting a friend” she replied defensively.
“Oh clam down Shadowstar” Skystar said comprehensive “Let´s stop wasting our time and go to the moonstone, we´re not far from Highstones”
“Yeah” Thunderstar said, “come on it´s almost moonhigh and tonight is the full moon”
“Goodbye Bluestar” the five leaders said
“Bye to all of you” she said and she started to fade back into the lake
But before she totally faded she turned her head, and she has terrified by what she saw, the leaders at the entrance of the Mothermouth started to vanish with an eerie red glow while a voice she had never heard exclaimed “Power!!Power!! I have the power of the stars!!” then the light extended towards her but before it could reach her she faded away totally, just escaping by a second, and appeared at the new territories of the lake.
She appeared in her den under an oak tree, at first she had the impulse of telling all the cats she knew about this horrible phenomenon, but then she thought of having just dreamed of that happening, even though it was rare that a StarClan cat could dream, even more receive a prophecy in a dream. However she didn´t tell anyone because there weren´t any signs of danger or anything that proved that the forest wasn´t sure for any cat that walked there, she even checked on Barley once and nothing happening being so close to the Mothermouth, still she wasn´t brave enough to check the Moonstone for fear that anything evil would be lurking around there. She thought it was all part of her imagination and one day she prepared to go check the Moonstone when someone went looking for her. It was a sliver tabby with green eyes: Echosong the first medicine cat of the newbuild SkyClan, she went racing to where Bluestar slept, her eyes were troubled and wide with fear, and her fur was bristling of terror
“Hello Echosong, may I help you?” Bluestar asked
“Hi, Bluestar, yes you can help me, I´m looking for Cloudstar, I heard he went to the forest but then he never returned,” she was very scared “also Redstar, Birchstar, Swiftstar and Dawnstar who went with him are missing”, she continued “and as you went to the forest some days ago I thought you may have seen them, I´m very worried.”
“I heard some medicine cats and clan leaders had the power to sense StarClan members presence, have you tried that” asked Bluestar
“Yes, I have, but I can´t sense them” then she whispered: “It´s like Spottedleaf”
“What?!” Bluestar exclaimed “What do you mean?”
“After the battle with the Dark Forest, I tried sensing her but it´s like she´s not in any known place, and that is the sensation I´ve had with the five missing leaders” Echosong said.
“Are you sure” the blue she-cat asked
“Yes” the silver tabby answered, then her gaze turned darker and she continued “There are rumors that every generation of leaders is disappearing with every visit to the Moonstone, also they can´t resist the impulse”
“So that´s what happened with the first five leaders” Bluestar said “then….” Her eyes were wide with fear “……Firestar!!Bramblestar!! And the other leaders and…..ME!!” she exclaimed in terror, “How long ago did they disappear?”
“Almost two days” the medicine cat said “, why?”
“It´s not far from my generation” she said and then she asked “What if whatever that is making the leaders disappear runs out of leaders then?”
“I believe it will search for medicine cats and the rest of StarClan members, but I don´t understand why is it doing this?
Bluestar couldn´t answer, and said “We´ll figure it later” and she ran towards the Island “Hurry!!” she said we need to warn the rest of the leaders before it´s too late”. Then Echosong nodded and followed.
“Oh no, now even StarClan is not safe” Bluestar thought.
Chapter 1
A flame colored tomcat leaped from a tree and went to meet a black and white cat with a very large tail.
“Well look who´s here” the cat greeted.
“It’s been a long time Tallstar” replied the ginger cat, with a smile.
“Yes, Firestar” Tallstar said.
“How have you been?” said the former ThunderClan leader.
“Very well, thanks” answered the WindClan leader.
The two cats were friends since a lot time ago when the Clans still lived at the forest and both cats were alive. It all began when Firestar (Fireheart at that time) went and rescued WindClan from their exile, and brought them back to their home and then he helped them continuously until after arriving to their new territories in the lake Tallstar had given the leadership to Onestar (Onewhisker) and died after that. And now after the battle with the Dark Forest Firestar had reunited with him in StarClan.
“I see, ThunderClan has been going well on the last moon” said Tallstar.
“As well as WindClan, I guess?” Firestar replied.
“Not at all” said the black-and-white leader sadly “Their best hunters are all around us now, and some of our cats still doubt about their own loyalty”.
Firestar thought of Harestar’s deputy: Crowfeather, who had a son named Breezepelt which had fought by side of the Dark Forest warriors and thought Tallstar was right.
“Ah now I remember” the leader continued “, you remind me of a cat I knew long time ago” he said mysteriously.
“Really, what was his name?” the flame colored cat asked. But Tallstar didn´t need to reply, another ginger cat came down the hill to meet him, he wore a collar.
“Hello Tallstar,” he greeted “who´s this with you I´ve never seen him, by the way I´m Jake” he told Firestar.
Firestar at first didn´t recognize him but suddenly his mind was flooded with memories of his infancy and he could only say one word: “Dad!!!”
“Rusty?” the tom asked “Are you really Rusty?”
“Yes, well… now I´m Firestar” his son replied.
“I´m so happy to see you now son” Jake said “I never thought I could see any of my kin here, did you grow up in any Clan?”
“Yes, In ThunderClan” the flamed tom answered.
“Hmmm, I once knew a ThunderClan leader that left his clan to become a kittypet, his name was Pinestar, I believe”.
Firestar was bewildered by the fact that a Clan cat could leave his family and friends to become a kittypet. It was similar to what Ravenpaw did, but in that occasion his life was in danger because of Tigerstar´s ambition and he was just an apprentice, but how could a Clan Leader abandon his clan and his responsibilities. Suddenly he remembered with a stab of guiltiness that once, when he went to restore SkyClan, his friends had thought he was going back to being a kittypet because he had slept in his friend´s Smudge garden.
The voice of his father brought him back to the real world “Tallstar told me only leaders had their names ending in –star, if that is true you were ThunderClan´s leader then?”
“Yes” he answered “, but there was the battle with the Dark Forest”
“Tallstar told me about it” Jake said “he said also there was a cat named Tigerstar who hated you and that he was leader of the Dark Forest warriors” then he asked “did he kill you?”
“No, the battle with him did” said Firestar “, after defeating him I started feeling weaker, and weaker and suddenly woke up here”.
“Oh” said Jake, and changing the subject he added: “have you seen your sister or any of your half-brothers?”
Firestar remembered his mother was not his father´s only mate.
“I´ve seen Princess yes, but none of your other kits” said Firestar “, also you have a nephew called Cloudtail and two granddaughters called Squirrelflight and Leafpool” he added.
“Great, but I suppose they´re not here still” said Jake half happy and half disappointed, then he continued “Anyways, you may have seen your brothers sometime, the biggest was a black-and-white tom like Tallstar: Socks, the middle one was a white she-cat: Ruby and the smallest but my favorite, apart from you of course” said Jake funnily “was Tiny: he was a little black tom”
“Hmmm, I believe I may have seen Ruby or Socks sometime but not Tiny” said Firestar.
“Well he was as I said a little black cat, now he had a detail, a white paw and ice-blue eyes”.
Then the ambient seemed to turn darker.
Firestar was going to say he hadn´t met a cat like that at all, when suddenly a very dark memory came to life a memory only cats as old as Tallstar or himself could remember, and he exchanged a petrified glance with the old leader, it couldn´t be, it wasn´t possible.
He almost died of guiltiness when Tallstar nodded, and his father asked “What is it, did something happen to him? Tell me PLEASE!!”
“I-I killed him, I killed my own brother” was the only thing Firestar could manage to say.
“Why would you do that?” asked Jake surprised.
“Because…” started Firestar but suddenly Tallstar spoke “Because he was a monster”.
“What?” asked Jake and dug his claws into the grass angrily “Why would you both say that about him?”
By this time Firestar had recovered and spoke with the confidence of a true leader “Yes, he killed many cats and he tried to conquer the forest by killing all of us, by that time he wasn´t Tiny” his voice became clearer “He was Scourge”
And even travelers and loners had heard of the Great Battle between the forest Clans and the so called “BloodClan” created by a bloodthirsty cat called Scourge who had no mercy, and no limits, which he showed everyone by killing not just cats, but dogs and using their teeth as trophies in his collar.
Jake now seemed to understand, and he could finally say one word: “how?”
Firestar couldn´t answer, so instead Jake asked them: “But I lived until the forest was destroyed and BloodClan never had located the forest cats, how did it happen”.
Firestar thought the answer was simple but at the same time scary.
“Tigerstar” he said “In his ambition he brought BloodClan to the forest to force us to surrender, but he was betrayed” he shivered and shot a glance at Tallstar who was too scared remembering that bloody scene to talk. “Scourge ripped his nine lives of with a single hit killing him instantly” said Firestar.
Jake was terrorized and when he calmed down Firestar continued “then he made us decide between fighting him and BloodClan or fleeing away”.
“So you chose to fight” said Jake “and then during the battle you killed him, yes”
“I didn´t knew It was him” said Firestar sadly “I only saw him as a threat and did what I thought was best, not just for my own clan but for the other three.”
“Okay,” said Jake but “what about the fifth Clan what about them?”
“What do you mean?” asked his son.
“Just a few moons ago they came to StarClan but I had never seen them before” his father replied.
“I received a signal from Cloudstar, SkyClan´s leader when they left the forest and he sent me to go and restore SkyClan” the ginger cat explained “I found them and gave the leadership to Leafstar, who was chosen by Cloudstar to be leader”.
Firestar remembered that after creating the Clan many things had happened: Skywatcher had given him the prophecy of the three, and he had faced a large group of rats that had killed the first SkyClan cats and had won the battle by killing their leader. By doing that he gave SkyClan a new future.
“By the way” he asked remembering something “Tallstar have you seen Cloudstar recently?.
The black-and-white leader had known Cloudstar when the SkyClan leader gave Firestar an ominous prophecy about Bramblestar.
“No” replied the WindClan leader “I haven´t seen many leaders apart from you and the most recent leaders in StarClan either”
“What?” said Firestar “It´s very suspicious, we should ask other cats about it don´t you think?”
“Yes” said Tallstar “Goodbye Jake”
“Goodbye to both of you” said Jake.
While they were heading towards the lakeshore in order to talk to some of the other leaders and ask them about what Tallstar had said about the leaders that were nowhere to be found, they heard a calling, loud and clear but charged with fear and despair coming from the Great Oak.
“Cats of StarClan, join in the island for a Clan meeting!!!!!”
Chapter 2
Bluestar called out.
Firestar came running across the moors and found his mate Sandstorm a beautiful she-cat with pale ginger fur waiting for him at the edge of the lake, from there he saw only Clan leaders and medicine cats were sitting at the Island.
He was going to ask what was happening, but before that Sandstorm said:
“Greetings Firestar, Tallstar all of the other leaders are waiting for you at the Island” as she spoke the reflect of the stars in the lake started to make a bridge towards the Island.
Firestar wanted to discover what was happening so he nodded and to Tallstar he added: “Let´s go”
As both leaders headed towards the Island Firestar could see the five founders of the Clans and most of the ancient leaders were missing. He wondered if Sandstorm was wrong because Bluestar had told him all the leaders had reunited to discuss the plan against the Dark Forest.
He did saw Bluestar and the latest leaders including Onestar, who had drowned fighting Darktail his own son because he was a threat to all the Clans. After a long battle they both drowned in the lake while fighting.
Also he saw Rowanstar, the ShadowClan leader who had decided to follow Darktail and ended up dying because of him
As he approached the Great Oak the blue-gray leader turned her gaze to him and Tallstar.
“We were waiting for you to arrive” she said “No, stay down there” she added when the other two leaders tried to climb up with her, Firestar saw also that Leopardstar and Blackstar were not up in the tree alongside them she saw a brown tabby she-cat.
She recognized her, it was Leafstar, whom he had met her when he and Sandstorm restored SkyClan, she was chosen to be leader, and after her naming ceremony the ginger leader and his mate had made their journey back into the forest.
What could she be doing there, she was still alive and had five lives remaining, when Bluestar started the meeting officially he turned his attention back to the tree.
Alongside her were other three leaders, and he wondered where the SkyClan cats were, finally a ginger tom jumped to the tree, it was Sharpclaw, Leafstar´s first deputy. The other three cats apart from him and Bluestar were an old brown cat with a crooked jaw, Crookedstar, the RiverClan leader before Leopardstar, a black cat, Nightstar, ShadowClan´s leader before Blackstar, excluding Tigerstar, and a light brown she-cat Heatherstar, the WindClan leader before Tallstar.
“Cats of StarClan, a new threat has appeared” Bluestar started “But his is a threat only for StarClan” she continued “As you have heard, some of the leaders have been disappearing, and this keeps on happening” As she spoke a light-tabby she cat approached “Echosong and I have been discussing about this subject, please Echosong” she told the former SkyClan medicine cat “Tell us what you know”
Echosong sat at the foot of the Great Oak and she said: I have consulted this with the ancient StarClan cats and they said they would choose five leaders to go and stop this danger, they said: Five stars will unite to stop the blood that threatens the stars”. Echosong then paused and turned to all of the leaders “They said the selected leaders would have a dream, each one for one of the five Clans.
“That is all” Bluestar concluded, “in three days we will meet here at the Island again and we will decide what to do”
“Also don’t talk about this with any of the living leaders, this is a problem for StarClan and StarClan will resolve it then.
Firestar left the island he went to talk with Sandstorm because he wanted her comfort because he knew his generation of leaders was not far of disappearing and he was scared of vanishing forever and losing everyone he loved.
He found his mate talking with Whitestorm animatedly at the foot of a hill, he suddenly remembered the old cat was her mentor.
As he approached her he felt even worse but he calmed down and kept on walking towards her.
Her ears prickled and she went to meet him, Whitestorm went after her more calmly.
Firestar remembered when he was made leader his first deputy was Whitestorm, but the noble old warrior had died in the battle with BloodClan killed by Scourge´s deputy Bone, before the battle he had warned Firestar indirectly about his age, but he had still gone to the battle.
The ginger leader still felt guilty about that, he could have prevented the white cat from going into battle, he could have saved him, but at the same time his heart told him it would have been pointless, his deputy would have insisted and Firestar couldn´t have stopped him.
“Greetings Firestar” his old deputy said.
“Greetings Whitestorm, Sandstorm” he responded.
“Greetings Firestar” Sandstorm said, “so how was the meeting?” the pale-ginger she cat asked.
“Sandstorm told me Clan leaders and medicine cats had a meeting at the Island” Whitestorm commented, “What was it about?”
Firestar´s mind told him not to tell anything, or to say a lie, but he put those thoughts away and he told them what was happening to all of the Clan leaders.
Sandstorm was terrified for him, but Whitestorm looked more worried, his face looked calm, but his eyes were wide.
“What if you get chosen Firestar?” he asked “Wouldn´t you be in more danger than if you weren´t?”
Firestar hadn´t thought of that, partially his old deputy was correct, what would he have to face, maybe the same thing that had happened to Spottedleaf, giving up his own existence to save StarClan?
“I……I don´t know” he answered “But I would do anything in my power to protect everyone I know” he said regaining his courage “And I would even give my life again”
“Firestar….no” said Sandstorm. Firestar remember she had tried to prevent him from battling Tigerstar because he was in his last life. He understood she was worried. But he would always protect everyone.
“Let´s forget about this” he said changing the subject “We must prepare, tomorrow is half-moon and we know what it means”
“You´re right” his mate said “We´ll worry about it if it happens”
“Goodbye to both” said Whitestorm as he started to climb the hill.
“Goodbye, old friend” the ginger leader responded.
“Well” said Sandstorm “We should go and get some sleep
Firestar nodded and both of them headed towards the lakeshore and found a gorse bush. They soon got fast asleep under the starry sky.
***
Firestar woke up suddenly, aside him Sandstorm was still sleeping, the sun shone on the morning sky, Firestar took a deep breath admiring the beautiful picture, but the sun kept on getting brighter and brighter and the ginger leader saw it, a blazing star reflecting itself on the lake surface.
It seemed to be getting closer and closer and when Firestar was about to warn Sandstorm with a screech it got suddenly small and placed itself on the leader´s forehead.
It´s contact was soft and reconverting and he woke up, feeling relieved at first but scared when he realized what it meant, he had been chosen, and he would risk his own existence, his own spirit along other five leaders and try to save his fellow Clanmates the ones up and the ones down, who were still alive and even the ones who weren´t in the stars.
“Good morning, is something bothering you Firestar?” Sandstorm asked. Firestar didn´t knew what to respond, and he felt more guilty when she continued “Come on” she said joking “What is it, have you received any prophecy?”
“Yes” he answered “It´s not a joke he added “I´ve been chosen as one of the five leaders to go and stop the threat to all of StarClan”.
“No!!” she said “please don´t, you don’t even know if you will come back”
“I was chosen, so I will do this” he replied “don´t be worried I´ll be okay” he promised “and I will definitely be back”.
“But….what if you don´t?” she asked.
“Then I will have the honor of dying to protect my Clanmates, my friends, my family and especially you” he answered.
“Why are you so stubborn?” she asked “I don´t want to lose you, not again, not forever”
“I will be okay, the stars will watch over me” he said
And so they started heading towards the Island while the sun rose to the top in the beginning of a new day.