Fire And Ice 1: This Broken World

by CaptainJayfeather29

Eight moons after Hollyflame's death, rumors are beginning to rise about what really happened to the she-cat. Thornpaw is the only cat in all the Clans who really knows what happened, but he's torn between telling his brother, Cedarpaw, and keeping the promise he made to his mother. As tensions rise, Thornpaw will face impossible decisions that could affect the whole forest.

1. Prologue

I'm just going to say that this is the sequel series of Thorns, but if you haven't read that series, you can probably still read this one. However, I would recommend reading those three fanfics first.

Prologue

"Do you know why I named you Thornkit?" Lizardstone asked her son. Thornkit looked at the ground, and at his red-furred paws. He knew that his mother had named him Thornkit because of someone… but he never knew who.

"When I left ScarClan," Lizardstone began, laying down next to Thornkit, "I left with someone else. His name was Thorn." She looked at him, with her big amber eyes that swirled with color as a result of possessing the Stone. "I was going to drop him off at Twolegplace, but he didn't make it very far. He died two days after we left the Clan." Lizardstone took a deep breath.

Thornkit looked at his mother. "Why did you leave ScarClan?" He looked back, seeing his brother, Cedarkit, asleep in their den. The family had discovered a gorge, and had been living there for three moons.

"I killed someone." Lizardstone muttered, as if she didn't want to talk about it. "And I needed to keep the Stone safe."

Thornkit rested his head on his paws, sighing. He wondered what his life would have been like if he were born in ScarClan. He imagined himself running across the forest, catching prey to make his Clan proud. But here he was, in this gorge, with only his brother, his mother, and Thunder That Crashes At Night to accompany him.

He glanced over to where the former ScarClan leader was sprawled out on a rock. Lizardstone had told him that Thunder left ScarClan before she did, and that the Clan thought he had died.

"Listen to me." Lizardstone jerked Thornkit out of his thoughts. "I want you to go back to ScarClan with Thunderst- Thunder." She instructed. "And don't tell anyone what you know about Hollyflame, do you hear me?"

Thornkit nodded.

"Tomorrow morning, when I wake up, if you and your brother aren't gone, there are going to be consequences. Go to ScarClan. Tell them that you're my kits. Tell them-" Lizardstone stopped to think for a heartbeat. "Tell them that Brambleblaze is your father. You look like him, anyway."

Thornkit knew he did, from the way Lizardstone described him. The only thing that gave away that Brambleblaze wasn't his father was the fact that Thornkit had green eyes and Cedarkit had blue eyes, even though both Lizardstone and Brambleblaze both had amber eyes. But Thornkit had Brambleblaze's curly ginger pelt and Cedarkit had Lizardstone's blond one.

"Okay."