Stardream: this is another reminder, I told you, I'd be reminding you every chapter, if you don't know what I'm talking about, reread the author's note in the last two chapters
Feathertail: please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please
Stardream: stop that, Feathertail, it's getting annoying,
Feathertail: sorry
Stardream: (sigh) now that Flamepaw's gone (see Chapters 23-25 of The Secret Path), I've decided to alternate between Tigerclaw's point of view and Leafpaw's point of view.
Tigerstar: thats right, just tell them
Stardream: hey, they had to read the second book in order to know whats happening in the third book
Tigerstar: they did?
Stardream: duh
Tigerstar: I didn't know that
Stardream: thats because you're an idiot
Tigerstar: I am not
Stardream: are too
Tigerstar: am not
Stardream: are too
Tigerstar: am not
Stardream: are too
Tigerstar: am not
Stardream: are too
Demon: sorry about this, they're always like that, so here's chapter two
Chapter 2
Leafpaw padded out of the medicine cats den and tasted the morning air. It has been barely two days since Flamepaw and Skypaw left the clan and everyone was still on guard.
Firestar was sitting below the highrock, talking with Graystripe and Shrewfur. "And I want to make sure Flame isn't anywhere on our territory," Firestar was saying when Leafpaw came into earshot, "also keep a look out for Squirrelpaw and Stormfur, I don't think it would take them this long to find Tigerclaw and Feathertail."
Firestar was right about that, it has been over a half moon since Tigerclaw and Feathertail went missing and Stormfur and Squirrelpaw went looking for them. Oh, please be safe, Leafpaw thought as she settled down a little ways away from the group.
"Of course, Firestar," Graystripe meowed, "I'll lead it, Mousefur, Twilightbreeze and Cherrytail, you coming?"
Leafpaw turned and spotted Cherrytail laying outside the warriors den with Rainwhisker at her side. "I'm coming," she called and got to her paws. Rainwhisker gently licked her ears before disappearing into the warriors den.
A moment later, Twilightbreeze and Mousefur padded out of the den and hurried over to join Graystripe.
With a nod to Firestar, Graystripe signaled with his tail and lead the way out of the camp. Firestar sighed and turned to look at Leafpaw, "well, when did you get here?" he meowed with a slight purr of amusement,
Leafpaw padded over and gently nose the wound on Firestar's shoulder. Two days ago, Flame had attacked Firestar in his own den and soon after that was banished along with Skypaw.
I'm going to miss Skypaw, Leafpaw thought as she gently licked Firestar wound, she was a good friend.
"It's healing well," she commented, stepping back.
Firestar nodded, "I know, if only I could have ripped out some more of Flame's fur," he muttered, under his breath.
"You wouldn't have done that, would you?" Leafpaw meowed, her eyes went wide with surprise.
"Why not? He's a traitor, and he's just like Tigerstar, now that Tigerclaw is good," Firestar muttered.
Leafpaw continued to stare at Firestar in shock, she remembered that day clearly. Flame had admitted that he was the exact opposite of Tigerstar, which meant, since Tigerclaw was good, he was just like the old Tigerstar, evil.
And Leafpaw also knew the anger Firestar has always felt toward the evil Tigerstar, since he had tried to destroy the clan, and Firestar, countless times.
Firestar shook his head and sighed, "at least we don't have to worry about him for now," he murmured.
"For now?" Leafpaw asked, in confusion.
"You were there, the battle's not over yet, you heard him, he's planning his revenge, and he said the one that is destined to save us will not return," Firestar meowed.
"You can't think like that, Firestar," Leafpaw protested. Firestar was right, she had been there when Flame had told Firestar he knew about the prophecy. The one Firestar told Leafpaw he had heard when Leopardstar died.
Firestar, Tigerclaw, Squirrelpaw, Seapaw and Leafpaw were the only ones who knew how Leopardstar died and they swore they wouldn't say a word to any cat.
Flames burning, tigers prowling, two will clash, of good and evil, and peace will come at last, Leafpaw thought as she watched Firestar.
Firestar was staring back at her and Leafpaw had this feeling Firestar was thinking the same thing.
"If it starts throbbing again, come and see me or Cinderpelt, it doesn't look bad though," Leafpaw meowed, trying to hid her shaking voice.
Firestar nodded, "thanks Leafpaw," he meowed, before getting to his paws. He turned around and padded back to his den.
Leafpaw sighed and padded back to Cinderpelt's den. The medicine cat was there, organizing her herbs. "We're short on marigold, after treating Shrewfur and Firestar," Cinderpelt meowed when Leafpaw entered the den.
"Do you want me to go collect some?" Leafpaw asked, coming to stand beside her mentor.
"Sure, there's some along the Riverclan border," Cinderpelt meowed, "do you want to take another warrior with you?"
Leafpaw shrugged, "I guess," she meowed and padded toward the warriors den.
Sorreltail was just padding out of it and stopped when she spotted Leafpaw. "Hi Leafpaw," she called, coming to join her friend.
Leafpaw purred, "hi Sorreltail, do you want to come with me? I'm going to collect some marigold," she meowed.
"To make sure that fox dung eating traitor is not on our territory, okay," Sorreltail meowed, sinking her claws into the ground.
She followed Leafpaw as she lead the way out of the camp. She padded toward the Riverclan border with Sorreltail just behind her.
"At least Riverclan are at peace since they went back to their camp," Sorreltail pointed out as Leafpaw stopped to sniff the air.
"Yeah, after what Firestar did for them, I don't think we have to worry about them for a while," Leafpaw meowed and padded over to a clump of marigold she spotted.
"Here, can you help me carry this back?" Leafpaw asked, as she picked up some of the leaves.
"Okay," Sorreltail meowed, digging up some marigold roots and picking them up gently until her jaws were crammed.
"I think thats enough," Leafpaw meowed, picking up her own group before she padded toward the camp with Sorreltail just behind her.
Flames burning, tigers prowling, two will clash, of good and evil, and peace will come at last, Starclan's prophecy repeated themselves inside Leafpaw's mind.
As Leafpaw padded back to the camp, she knew that Firestar was right. The war was not over yet.
A/n what do you think?
Tigerstar: am not
Stardream: are too
Tigerstar: am not
Stardream: are too
Demon: please review, next chapter soon
Tigerstar: am not
Stardream: are too, wait, what were we fighting about?
Tigerstar: (thinking) you know what, I don't remember
Stardream: okay, that was awkward
Demon: you called Tigerstar an idiot and thats why you were arguing
Stardream: oh, okay
Tigerstar: I'm not an idiot
Stardream: (hits Tigerstar with skillet) shut up about that already
Tigerstar: (knocked out)
Demon: nice going Stardream
Stardream: thank you, please review, I want at least three more before I post the next chapter
Feathertail: (opens mouth)
Stardream: don't even think about it
Feathertail: (grumbles under breath)