*Icestar P.O.V.*
Icestar padded through the wintery forest with her deputy, Wildfang, and her sister, Goldendapple. Their paws crunched through the fallen leaves, the wind whistling through the tree branches.
"If it gets any colder, we'll all freeze!" Wildfang sputtered, her teeth chattering. Icestar fluffed up her fur against the bitter wind, rolling her eyes. Suddenly, the three she-cats stumbled into a clearing with five sleeping toms. Wildfang let out an outraged hiss. One of the toms, a redand bluetom, shot to his paws and stared at Icestar, his eyes wide.
"What are you doing on our territory?" Icestar hissed, her fur fluffing out. The other toms woke up and shot to their paws, fur bristling.
"Your territory? We woke up here!" A gray black tom, snarled, extending his claws.
"Ironhide, stand down. We are sorry; we have no idea where we are." The blue and red one stated. Icestar narrowed her eyes.
"Yeah, right! Like you're not from Frostclan. They keep trying to spy on us!" Wildfang hissed, eyes narrowed to slits.
"Is that a challenge?" Ironhide snarled.
"Wildfang! We do not fight unless we have reason to!" Icestar hissed to her clanmate.
"That sounds like coward talk." The gray black tom snorted. Wildfang couldn't contain herself any longer. She threw herself at the tom, screeching insults at him. Icestar darted forward and grabbed Wildfang's scruff and dragged her off the tom while the red and blue tom and another tom, a yellow green color with a red streak, held down the gray tom. Icestar dropped Wildfang.
"I am truly sorry for Wildfang's behavior. She will not do it again." Icestar fixed Wildfang with a cold stare.
"And I am sorry for Ironhide. He does not always think his actions through." The red and blue tom stated. Ironhide snorted.
"I am Icestar, leader of Iceclan. This is Wildfang, and Twilightwolf." Icestar indicated each she-cat with a flick of her tail.
"My name is Optimus Prime. The others are Ironhide, Ratchet, Jazz, and Bumblebee." Optimus pointed with his tail to each tom. Strange,Icestar thought, they all have blue eyes.Icestar nodded.
"Follow us. I have a feeling you might want to meet the clan." Icestar meowed, then turned around and bounded off towards camp.
"Icestar! Are you serious? We have no idea who these cats are!" Wildfang hissed in Icestar's ear.
"I know. But for some reason, I have a feeling they're important." Icestar meowed quietly back to her deputy. Icestar stopped outside of the camp, waiting for the other cats to catch up. Optimus was the first to run out of the bushes, followed by Ratchet, then the others. Icestar turned and sprinted into the clearing, and bounded up the side of Ice Rock. "Let all cats old enough to walk on ice gather beneath the Ice Rock for a clan meeting!" Icestar's call rang out into the clearing. Cats of all sizes trotted out of dens and sat below her, meowing amongst them.
"While on patrol, Goldendapple, Wildfang, and I ran across some rogues. I have offered them a place to stay while they collect their bearings. Hisses of outrage rang across the clearing. The toms sat at the edge of the clearing, Wildfang and Goldendapple near them.
"Icestar, I know you think your decision is a good choice, but what will the other clans think?" One cat called. The speaker was Braveheart, one cat that hated Icestar's leadership.
"Braveheart, my decision is final. You do not have to like it, but I am your leader. You will follow my word." Icestar meowed coldly.
*Optimus P.O.V.*
Icestar obviously has power over these felines,Optimus thought.
"I don't like this," Ironhide growled. Jazz snorted.
"You don't like a lot of things, Ironhide." Jazz hissed. Wildfang padded past the group of toms, and slapped her tail across Ironhide's face. He sat crouched, open mouthed. "Looks like you have an admirer." Jazz meowed, nearly laughing. Jazz's optics followed Wildfang to where she sat next to another tabby tom. "Scratch that, you have competition." Jazz mewed smugly.
"You fragger!" Ironhide launched himself at Jazz, overpowering the smaller tom. Icestar bounded toward them, and using Ironhide's lack of concentration, Jazz scampered away.
"Do any of you want to patrol the territory with me?" She asked, shifting from paw to paw.
"I'll go," Optimus offered. Icestar nodded.
"Oh, Ironhide," Ironhide looked up as Icestar mentioned his name. "Go across the clearing and go through that screen of ferns. Blackpoppy will put something on those scratches." She mewed. Ratchet's audio receptors perked up, and when Ironhide padded in the direction Icestar had indicated, he followed. "Jazz, Bee. Find Sunblaze and he'll teach you how to hunt. You might as well help the clan while you're here." She pointed with her tail to a light brown tabby tom washing his pedes on the other side of the clearing. "Optimus, follow me." Icestar padded in the direction of the entrance to the camp.
"Wait for me!" A shrill voice echoed across the clearing. Optimus turned around to see a light brown she-kit tumbling across the clearing. "Icestar, I wanna go!" She squeaked. Icestar sighed.
"You're not old enough, Lynxkit." Icestar's voice was filled with exasperation, but there was fondness in her mew, too. Lynxkit's tail drooped. "Go find Wildfang to teach you some moves, I'm sure she'll be happy to." Lynxkit perked up, and then ran back across the clearing. Icestar shook her head, and then walked out of the camp.
"Your daughter?" Optimus asked. Icestar nodded.
"She has a lot of spirit," She commented. After a while of walking through the forest, they came upon a road. A car drove by, and Optimus flinched. Suddenly, Icestar bristled.
"What?" Optimus asked.
"Rainstar." Icestar flicked her tail and a bronze and silver she-cat across the road.
"Who is that?" Optimus questioned.
"My half sister." Icestar growled.
"But I thought that in clans families would be together." He pondered.
"Yeah, well, apparently that did not accord to my father. He left my siblings and I for another she-cat, then he killed my mother." She snarled. Optimus' optics widened.
*Icestar P.O.V.*
Icestar was glad when Optimus didn't press. She hated when she had to relive her past. She turned and walked stiffly away from the Thunderpath, tail tip twitching. Sooner than expected, the two cats returned to camp. Icestar padded away from Optimus, and walked into Blackpoppy's den. Ironhide was lying in a nest, paws curled under his chest. Wildfang was there too, on the other side of the den, glaring at Ironhide. Icestar checked on her deputy, then turned back and walked outside to meet Sunblaze.
"How did you fare teaching the new cats hunting?" Icestar purred, rubbing muzzles with her mate.
"Jazz made an excellent hunter, and so did Bumblebee. But Bumblebee didn't say anything throughout the whole lesson. I'm starting to wonder if her can talk at all." Sunblaze murmured.
"I'm sure he's just shy. He'll eventually come around." Icestar meowed, then watched as Sunblaze disappeared into their den. Icestar looked around, spotting the new cats. She trotted over to them. "Here, let me show you where you all can stay." Icestar mewed, then turned around and led the toms to an extra den used for visitors. She let the tom settle in, then sat in the shadow of the Ice Rock.
I wonder if Sunblaze is right about Bumblebee…