What Really Happened After Firestar's Death?
Elkspring3
What Really Happened After Firestar's Death?
Elkspring3
Chapter 1
Molepaw snapped his eyes open. Sunlight filtered down through the roof of the apprentices' den. He could hardly wait! Today was the day of his warrior ceremony! Careful not to wake his sister, Cherrypaw, he picked his way out of the den.
Dovewing and Ivypool were sleeping in the apprentices' den too, even though they were warriors. The warriors den was full with all of the warriors—he and Cherrypaw were the only apprentices!
But as he emerged from the apprentices' den, all the memories came surging back. All the images, the feelings, the pain, it all came crashing down on Molepaw like a huge wave.
The battle. With the Dark Forest. That had actually happened. It hadn't been a dream. Molepaw's heart sank. The rest of Thunderclan(or most of it) were gathered around the bodies of their fallen clanmates. Hollyleaf, Ferncloud, Mousefur, and Firestar's bodies were clumped together in a heap.
Molepaw heard the sound of branches rustling and turned around to see Cherrypaw coming to stand beside him. Together they went to join their clanmates in grieving.
Finally Brambleclaw (soon to be Bramblestar) rose to his paws and announced that the bodies should be taken out to burial. Purdy, the Clan's only elder, said that he would take Firestar's body out first. Almost at once all the cats were suddenly saying their last goodbye's, even though they know Firestar's body couldn't them—but way up in Starclan his spirit still could.
Sandstorm volunteered to help Purdy carry Firestar out of the camp, and Spiderleg and Thornclaw followed with Hollyleaf. Jayfeather and Lionblaze stood side by side watching them carry their sister's body out of camp.
Jayfeather turned to Lionblaze. "Maybe if she hadn't come back she would still be alive," he muttered to his brother. Lionblaze reared back in surprise.
"Would you rather live your whole life thinking that she was dead when she wasn't? At least now we know that she really is dead and we can grieve for real," Lionblaze snarled. Jayfeather was silent for a moment.
"Do you want her to be dead?" he said quietly a few minutes later. At first Lionblaze looked too shocked to say anything. Then:
"No," he whispered. Jayfeather looked satisfied and sat back.
Molepaw looked away from them to see that the last two bodies were being carried out of camp: Poppyfrost and Rosepetal carrying Mousefur, and Icecloud and Bumblestripe carrying Ferncloud.
He saw that Dovewing and Ivypool were awake, finally, but he also saw something strange—Ivypool was limping. Molepaw cocked his head. He had thought that Ivypool wasn't training in the Dark Forest, but maybe the ones that were left were still trying to get some Clan cats on their side. As if any Clan cat would be dumb enough to fall for their tricks after yesterday's battle.
Molepaw noticed that Ivypool went straight to Brambleclaw and talked to him urgently for a few minutes. Then he saw Brambleclaw gasp and Molepaw ran forward to hear him say, "No way! Your too young!" Ivypool said something Molepaw had to run forwards to hear.
"I know, I know, but I talked to Jayfeather and he confirmed it." Brambleclaw just closed his eyes, shook his head, and pointed her towards Daisy.
Molepaw was confused. What would Ivypool want Daisy for? The cream she-cat was from the horseplace, and she was no good at warrior skills. She had taken the role of the head queen of the nursery—Molepaw froze. It was all clear: Ivypool's limping, why she talked to Jayfeather and Brambleclaw, and why she needed to talk to Daisy. The pieces all clicked together in Molepaw's mind—Ivypool was having kits!
Chapter 2
"Let all cats old enough to catch their own prey join here beneath the Highledge for a Clan meeting!"
