(this was meant to be a one-shot, but I broke it up so it's easier to digest)
(also please don't call me out on ThunderClan being bordered by Twolegplace. pretend they aren't bc thats how i wrote this)
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Cloudstar's eyes went wide at the other leader's decision. He lashed his tail and turned back to his clanmates, claws unsheathed and fangs bared in spite of their state.
"Warriors of SkyClan," he commanded, "We are not cowards, but this is not a battle we can win. We have seen tonight what the warrior code is worth. From now on, we will be alone and depend on no cats but ourselves."
He turned around to face Birdflight, laying on the ground with their two kits suckling hopelessly at her belly, pretending she had any milk left. He quickly picked up Spottedkit by the scruff, the calico mewling. They were too young, too innocent, to know what was happening. Buzzardtail followed suit with the other.
"Cloudstar!" Birdflight yowled, rushing after him. "No! Our kits are too small to make such a big journey!"
Cloudstar didn't say anything or make any movements. He had a plan, and he couldn't let any of the other leaders know about it. He stuck his tail straight up and pointed the tip, calling for his clan to follow.
Cloudstar headed up the hollow and toward the Thunderpath. He could feel the weary gazes of his clanmates. He turned and started to walk along the edge. Past ThunderClan's border, past ShadowClan's tunnel, past the other border. Until he found a small meadow, just the right size for his tiny clan. One big log fell across the place, and two of the three big oaks had owl holes of varying sizes. The one without an owl hole had a stale fox den under. Nursery, medicine den, leader's outcrop, he decided.
He motioned for Birdflight to seek shelter in the fox den before placing their kits back at her belly. Steadily, his clanmates flooded in. It was much smaller than their old camp, and really wasn't much of a camp at all, but it would work until Cloudstar could put his plan into action.
He took a full SkyClan leap up and landed in the highest owl hole. He let out a meow, not wanting to alert anything nearby.
"Clanmates, this will be our camp for the time being. I have a plan for all of us, don't worry. Do not hunt near the ThunderClan border."
He leaped back down and was about to stand guard for Birdflight, when Buzzardtail rushed up.
"Cloudstar, whatever could your plan be? We are weak. We can't possibly fight ThunderClan and win."
Cloudstar tapped his tailtip to his shoulder. "You worry about that when we get stronger."