Rise of FireClan

Chapter Part 14: Rite of Fang & Claw

The frigid wind blew as a blanket of white fell from the cloudy heavens, covering a long trail of paw prints left by a large group of feral cats. Coming out of the haze of white a dinstinct flame colored pelt was seen with scarred sightless blazing emerald eyes in the lead. Beside him was a pale tabby tom with a unusually long tail. FireClan had entered their old forest home after days of travel. In the group behind the leader and deputy were Firestar's brother, Foxtuft along with Mistyfoot, Greystripe, Brightheart, Goldenflower, Swiftclaw, Saturn, Siren, and Cloudtail. With them they had brought Bramblepaw, Tawnypaw, and Siren's newly apprenticed kits: Phantompaw and Twilightpaw. The rest had remained behind to protect the camp and territory.

The FireClan leader nodded to the group as they crept through the brush, avoiding any patrols...though he seriously doubted they would sense them in this blizzard. It had taken Firestar a lot of thought but he in the end decided to agree to helping his older half-brother, Scourge. It had not been an easy choice but if it meant getting revenge on Tigerstar then he'd be happy to sink his claws into that snake-heart.

"Will we get to finally see father, mama?"spoke up Phantompaw.

"Yes dear, not long now. Oh how I've missed my sweetheart."purred Siren.

They soon before long had crossed the thunderpath, setting foot into neutral territory that bordered WindClan and ShadowClan. Though the storm made it difficult Firestar's more sensitive nose caught the musky smell BloodClan carried. "They are defiantly not far now."he thought. Out of the whiteout came the distinct large maine coon tom, Bone who waved his tail in greeting as he walked over.

"Ah, you made it Saturn."Bone then gave a rough purr of amusement at spotting the group, "And you brought Scourge's kit brother and Siren."

"Greetings Bone, I did my part as you can see."Saturn calmly lashed his tail in greeting.

"Hello Bone, darling do you mind guiding us to my dear mate?"purred Siren, touching noses with the larger tom.

Bone looked down at the six moon old siblings that stood with Siren. One was almost a mirror image of Scourge with the exception he had much more white in his fur and had his mother's odd-eyes. Then there was the chimera she-cat with his leader's frightening icy gaze and boy was she a looker. No doubt toms would be douting and trying to court her if her beauty kept growing. Which Bone was sure it would with her elegant frame. "This way."he simply mewed.

Firestar flicked his ear in acknowledgement as he allowed Scourge's right paw tom to lead them away. To his realization thanks to the path ingrained in his memory he realized they were not far from mothermouth. Actually they were being lead from the stench of things towards the carrionplace. It wasn't ideal spot for any cat but it would make due as the group wrinkled their noses in disgust at the scent. They were lead in and towards a part with lots of dead monsters piled up in heaps by the distinct, "clang klunk" of laws and paws hitting the strange surfaces.

Scourge was busy in a meeting with his most elite fighters when the familiar scents hit him like a racing monster that had slipped on the icy thunderpath. His ears perked as eyes of ice looked up to see the FireClanners. He gave a sneer at the sight flicked his tail to dismiss his fighters before he and Siren raced to each other, nuzzling each other and purring louder then thunder.

"Oh how I've missed you darling!"squeaked Siren.

"I missed you so much and you no longer have anything to fear, he's gone for good my songbird."whispered Scourge, twining his tail with her white one. It was a quiet sort of affection but all of them witnessing knew the love was there. "Now, let me see my kits, Siren."

Firestar purred in amusement as he nudged Phantompaw and Twilightpaw forward, resulting in surprised yelps from the brother and sister. "Here they are Scourge. This is Phantompaw and Twilightpaw."