Things had only gotten worse in the forest as snow fell and blanketed the trees that stool like rotting skeletons among the sea of white. What remained of ThunderClan had fled, joining forces with WindClan not long after the gathering. The fear-scent and anxiety made the air thick with tension. A black and white patched tom with a long tail looked up to the heavens that were so well hidden away by the gloomy clouds that gave no promise or certainty of tomorrow.
Tallstar knew where this all started.
The currently bleak looking future it was right now all started because of ShadowClan's leader, Tigerstar. From everything he had been told by Brackenstar it started with Redtail's death. It was a chain reaction of events, like if one of his tunnelers' caverns caving in. It all lead to Fireheart leaving and that caused a sort of karma effect it seems to Brackenstar's and Leopardstar's clans with cats leaving. Be it cause of moral, maternal, or fear for their lives...it still had happened.
"StarClan if you haven't forsaken us please hear my prayer...w-we need hope. Please send us somebody to lead us out of this calamity TigerClan has created..."whispered the aging leader.
They needed hope.
Firestar yawned as he stretched his stiff limbs in the warmth and comfort of his nest up in the tree hollow. The warmth and soothing scent of his mate was loving comfort he enjoyed. The sounds of his warriors and apprentices going off to perform their daily duties and the laughter of kits lolled him out of slumber's embrace. Quietly he got up, careful not to wake Sandstorm. He then climbed down and went over to tap the black tom on the should with his tail.
"You can speak now, Reedwhisker. You did well, go get some rest."purred Firestar in praise.
The black tom locked his blue gaze onto his leader and purred, touching his nose in greeting to the blind ginger tom's. He had just gotten his warrior name last night and was very pleased and wanted to make his new clan proud and strong. "Thank you Firestar."
Firestar waved his tail in farewell before going off to the nursery. Cloverpetal had recently moved into it and was dealing with some pretty bad case of morning sickness from what Ghostsong had informed him. But that was only part of the reason; the clan had just recently accepted two former BloodClan cats, a tom and a crippled queen. Saturn and Moonset had both requested to keep their names. But the travelers had been so tuckered out and battered but had stated they had a message for him from Scourge.
With care he sleeked into the den, "Hello."he mewed.
Two of the three queens lifted their heads and looked over at the scarred ginger leader, purring their greetings.
"Uncle Firestar! Uncle Firestar!"squeaked Siren's kits in delight, pouncing and almost toppling him over, making him yelp.
"Hello Phantom and Empress."chuckled the flame colored tom in amusement.
"Kits, leave your poor uncle be."beckoned Siren.
"Aw!"pouted Phantom before dashing away with his sister to go play with Dragonkit and Copperkit.
Firestar could tell Cloverpetal wasn't in the den this morning from his sister's scent being rather stale. "Probably in Ghostsong's den."he thought. He soon enough spotted Saturn snuggled up to his sleeping mate, Moonset. The dark furred tom carefully got up and went over to Firestar and followed the FireClan's leader out to sit on one of the massive roots.
"Good morning Firestar, I trust you stayed warm?"mewed Saturn.
"I did. How are you two settling in?"asked Firestar, wrapping his tail around himself for extra breeze was a bit frigid after this morning.
"Moonset is recovering and she's actually seems to be doing better mentally as well. Kept complaining about weird dreams and seeing things not there. She's even almost got herself killed a few times cause of them."informed Saturn with a sigh.
Firestar's ears instantly perked high at this information. Was it possible Saturn had been touched by StarClan like Ghostsong? Was Saturn meant to be her apprentice? He would have to speak with Ghostsong and Longtail and Sandstorm later. "I'm glad you both are settling in. But now I believe you had a message for me from my brother?"he meowed.
Saturn's eerie gaze locked onto the sightless one of the clan leader's , whiskers quivering. "A tom by the name of Tigerstar has requested BloodClan's aid. Scourge plans take this as a chance for revenge. He wants you to come with your clan before they move out to meet TigerClan."
"Revenge?"Firestar tilted his head in curiosity.
"Yes. Everyone part of the guard knows. I'll leave you to think, I must go back to Moonset, she'll panic if I'm not by her side."with those parting words the dark tom jumped down and vanished back into the den.
Well there was certainly a lot Firestar had to think about now. But he knew to a degree he wanted to help Scourge get rid of that menace. Everything came back to that treacherous tom like a ripple in a pond. Why was that old fate dragging him back? He just wanted to be left in peace with his new clan. His clan had no rivals to rage pointless wars with. The only real threats were maybe the odd hostile traveling rogue, twoleg, or predator. Here it was peaceful and prey wasn't as much of a concern. "What should I do StarClan? which path is the right one to choose?"he whispered, looking up to the cloudy sky.
One thing was clear: A choice had to be made.
A/N: Here is an update to the clan allegiance:
FireClan
Leader - Firestar: Flame-colored ginger tabby with scarred, sightless eyes.
Apprentice: Bramblepaw
Deputy - Longtail: Pale tabby tom with an unusually long tail.
Apprentice: Stormpaw
Medicine Cat - Ghostsong: Pretty Nebelung she-cat.
Warriors
Sandstorm: Pale ginger she-cat.
Apprentice: Tawnypaw
Cloudtail: Long-haired white tom.
Greystripe: Long-haired grey tom.
Mistyfoot: Dark gray she-cat with blue eyes.
Apprentice: Featherpaw
Goldenflower: Pale ginger she-cat.
Foxtuft: Dark ginger tom.
Brightheart: White and ginger she-cat.
Swiftclaw: Black and white splotched tom.
Reedwhisker: Slender black tom with long whiskers.
Saturn: Black, white mottled battle scarred tom with a spiked collar.
Apprentices
Bramblepaw: Dark brown tabby tom with amber eyes.
Tawnypaw: Pretty tortie she-cat with green eyes.
Featherpaw: Beautiful slender silver tabby she-cat.
Stormpaw: Scruffy dark grey tom with amber eyes.
Nursery
Siren: Beautiful Khao Manee she-cat with odd-eyes and rhinestone collar; blind in one eye and mate to Scourge of BloodClan. [Kits: Phantom: Black tom with white paw. Empress: ginger and black chimera she-cat]
Cloverpetal: Pretty cinnamon tabby and white she-cat; Firestar's sister. [Expecting Longtail's kits]
Moonset: Pretty black tortie and white she-cat with a crippled leg. [Expecting Saturn's kits]
Dragonkit: Golden tabby tom with three legs and amber eyes.
Copperkit: Golden tabby tom with amber eyes.
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Rise of FireClan
FanfictionOut of her insanity Bluestar has injured and exiled Fireheart. Furious Sandstorm left with him and now want nothing to do with the forest clans and decide to leave. Along the way new cats will join their group and hardships shall be faced. What will...
