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Graystripe rushed with the speed of StarClan at his paws to Highstones. His Clan following short behind, the small kits where trembling with fear of being attacked at any moment. Their paw steps seemed unnaturally loud as they crushed on the fallen yellow and orange leaves of Leaf-fall.
With every step Graystripe's heart ripped further and further apart. Firestar's death shook them all down to the tips of their claws.
Once the elders got news of what had happened they hissed and yowled in disbelief. Dappletail yowled in anger, cursing Firestar's name aloud until a loud crack rang through the air. Every cat fell silent.
Ravenpaw was running next to Graystripe, Sandstorm was on the other side of Ravenpaw. His head hung low, as his ears laid flat on his head, and eyes filled with emotion. "I can't believe he is gone," he mewed in the lowest whisper.
"He died the way Tigerstar did!" Sandstorm yowled with unsteadiness. Tigerstar, the cat that tried to take over the forest. His ambitions led him to death by the one cat that he thought could help him achieve it. "Tigerstar got his way, he sent Firestar to StarClan! He didn't deserve that! He tried to save us, and he died nine times in a row, oh StarClan, why?" She looked at Graystripe; her eyes seemed ready to burst with all of the emotion.
All Graystripe could think to say was 'I'm sorry' or 'I know' but the words wouldn't come out. He was still stunned as the image of Firestar dying and yowling over and over as blood soaked his ginger fur and Scourge's paws. StarClan knows what they do to the cats they kill! He yowled in his head as he remembered the dog teeth sticking out like studs in their collars.
Graystripe shook the horrible vision of Firestar's teeth becoming a new collection of his collar. He looked over at Sandstorm, the one cat she loved more than the Clan itself had died right in front of her eyes. He opened his mouth but closed it. Nothing would help the she-cat right now. All that mattered is getting to safety before BloodClan found them.
However, Graystripe couldn't help but get lost in his thoughts. He remembered when he first found Firestar, still a kittypet in the forest. Saving the kits from ShadowClan and becoming warriors together. Ravenpaw broke him from his thoughts.
"We're almost there!" Ravenpaw meowed as the barn came into view. A thought struck Graystripe like a heavy stone.
He turned to the black cat and motioned Barley to come up with his tail. Once the loner and former BloodClan cat came up Graystripe asked, "What are you going to do now that your home is so close to BloodClan?"
Ravenpaw's eyes flickered with fear as he imagined Scourge or any other BloodClan cat attacking Barley and himself then taking over the farm. Barley was about to ask Graystripe a question but he was quickly cut off.
"You're welcome to the Clan, both of you." Graystripe mewed hoarsely.
Ravenpaw's ears flickered. "Thank you, Graystripe," mewed as he dipped his head in respect. Barley nodded his head.
When they reached Highstones, ShadowClan and RiverClan where the only Clans there, they were as quiet as the forest and lost in thought.
"Great!" Longtail scoffed as his fur stood on ends, eyes flickering with hatred. "TigerClan is here!"
Blackfoot, a strong muscular tom, bristled in challenge, eyes flickering with the same hatred. "TigerClan is no more!" he spat angrily. "TigerClan is ShadowClan and RiverClan once more, you know that!"
"How long can you stick to those words?" Longtail hissed and unsheathed his claws, the eagerness to claw him to pieces clearly shone in his eyes, as he crouched challenging. Blackfoot crouched and shook his hackles back and froth, about to leap onto Longtail, but Leopardstar yowl made them stop in their tracks.
"Blackfoot," she mewed calmly as she walked up to the arguing cats. "You're a leader now, show your Clan a little more self-control!"
Graystripe was lost in thought once again until Leopardstar brought him back to what was happening around him. "I'm sorry," she meowed with grief. The cat that once threatened him with his life if he stepped in RiverClan territory again seemed to completely forget. He looked into Leopardstar's eyes and she looked at his, they locked, right there he knew that she understood that they needed to stick together no matter what has happened in the past.
"Have you seen WindClan when you came here?" Leopardstar asked unsuspectingly.
"No," Graystripe replied quickly. "Thornclaw, can you run ahead and see if their okay?"
Thornclaw nodded sadly and rushed back. "Don't get caught!" he yowled. Thornclaw flicked his tail to show he heard him and disappeared into the shadows.
Leopardstar turned her head to Blackfoot, "You two should get your nine lives and name from StarClan while you can." Both Blackfoot and Graystripe nodded and walked toward Mothermouth.
Blackfoot growled once they where out of Leopardstar sight, "Firestar is a fool!" Graystripe stopped in his tracks.
"What?" he growled, his fur slowly rising to the ends.
Blackfoot spun around to face him as he yowled, "He lost, he thought he could beat BloodClan, now we're being forced out, and we're being hunted as we're prey! Tigerstar was right, he is a fool!"
Graystripe's claws unsheathed as anger prickled trough his pelt and before he knew it he was yelling, "He didn't want us to move, he died trying to let us stay in the home we love!"
"He shouldn't have tried," Blackfoot swiftly said and added darkly. "I'm glad he did; now I won't have to worry about ThunderClan more!"
That was it; Graystripe could feel his joints beg to claw Blackfoot's fur out. Graystripe was just about to jump at him until a yowl rose out, it was Thornclaw.
His voice cracked with fear and tiredness, his words sent a shiver down every cat's spine. "BloodClan!" He shrieked. "BloodClan attacked WindClan!"
Graystripe's rage disappeared like melting snow as he dashed away from Mothermouth, Blackfoot right on his paws. When the cats came back into view he could smell the fresh blood as the remaining WindClan cats dashed forward. Mudclaw and Thornclaw helped Tallstar stagger through. The old leader looked like he had just fought a badger, cuts dotted his pelt, and there was a deep gash over his left eye as blood trickled down from it blinding his left eye, and his back paw was twisted in an unnatural way. Graystripe could tell he was the one that had fought Scourge and was lucky to escape with his life.
"We have to leave now," the old leader rasped. His eyes were as wide as moons with fear. "They're right behind us!" As if Tallstar's word called him, Scourge came into view, the rest of his Clan was a fox-length behind. He raised his black muzzle pointing to the moon above. His kittypet collar's studs glowed ghostly silver under the moonlight as he yowled to attack.
Like a flood, the BloodClan cats came running towards them, to spill every last drop of scarlet blood that can be spilled, and kill every cat that they could get their paws on.
