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Chapter 3

Mossstar opened her eyes in the StarClan hunting grounds. She called out to the clearing. "Redstar! Redstar! Where are you?"

Her voice echoed through the clearing, but the only cat that appeared was a blazing red cat, the pelt of Hawkfire's. "Hawkfire? Why are you in my dream? And how?"

As the words left her mouth, the cat stepped in front of her, its face guarded by the shadows. It raked its claws across her face and flank.

Mossstar yowled. "Stop!" The slashes sent pain throughout her body. Mossstar felt weak and she let her body go limp. She glanced up at her attacker. There was a burning light coming from behind the cat.

The cat turned and fled. A large tortoiseshell she-cat appeared, its white spots glowing like the moon.

Mossstar stared at her, puzzled. "W-what just happened? Who are you?" The she-cat flicked her tail and covered Mossstar's mouth.

"It's ok, Mossstar. I am a friend, no foe." She helped up the LightningClan leader and led her to the trees. She stopped and turned towards her, her voice gentle. "Pelts as red as flames will burn down the forest and the one you trust the most will be a killer to your beloved home."

Mossstar stared at her, still puzzled, and then replayed the prophecy in her mind. The one you trust the most… She thought of her attacker, with the blazing red pelt…

Hawkfire! No! It can't be her! She has been my friend for seasons! Mossstar looked at the she-cat, but she had disappeared.

Mossstar awoke to find Hawkfire cleaning herself. Her red fur was gleaming with the silver tree roots.

Mossstar stared at her intently, conflicting with herself. How could my best friend be a traitor? She padded up to her. "What did you dream about, Hawkfire?"

Hawkfire looked up at her leader, her golden eyes filled with fear. "It was horrible, Mossstar!" she paused, worry flowing off of her pelt. "StarClan gave me a prophecy, but I don't know what it means." Hawkfire started to choke with sadness. "Oh, Mossstar! You must be careful!"

Mossstar was confused. StarClan had given her a prophecy, but about Hawkfire. "I had a prophecy too." She meowed.

Hawkfire looked up from the ground, concern still clouding her eyes. "What was it? Is it the same as mine?" Hawkfire stood up and started pacing.

"Mine said something like 'Pelts as red as flames will burn down the forest and the one you trust the most will be a killer to your beloved home…'" Mossstar drifted off when she finished the last few words.

Hawkfire looked confused. "That's what mine said!" she blurted out. "Mine said the exact same!" her pacing grew faster. "Maybe its someone we both trust!"

Mossstar nodded. "I will speak to the clan and to Heathertail when we return." Mossstar padded out of the Moontree and made her way back to the clan camp, safely crossing the border onto their territory.

Hawkfire followed, her gaze drifting to every moving object.

As they reached the camp, Mossstar noticed that all the cats were waiting in the center anxiously.

Bramblefur came running to his mate. "Oh Mossstar! Thank StarClan your back!" he nuzzled Mossstar. "We thought something happened! You have been gone for almost a whole moonrise!"

The clan all glanced towards the two cats. Mossstar sped to the Highledge. As she climbed on top of the tip, she called throughout the clearing. "Let all cats old enough to catch their own prey gather below the Highledge for a clan meeting!"

As the words were spoken, the warriors, apprentices, and elders stood facing towards their leader.

Mossstar sighed and looked towards her worried clanmates. "StarClan has spoken to me at the Moontree!"

Murmurs of concern rose from the cats. Mossstar continued. "They gave me a prophecy claiming that a cat with a flame colored pelt will rise and destroy the clan and the forest!

Shocked mews came from the crowd. One voice yowled above the others. "Its Hawkfire!" It was Snowpelt. "She wasn't born in this clan! Now that she is deputy, she wants to take her place as leader!"

Yowls of agreement rang from the cats. Mossstar looked down at them with frightened eyes. Did they really believe it was Hawkfire? Is StarClan telling me that I have chosen the wrong friend?

Hawkfire sat below the Highledge, her eyes wide with shock. She sat there, taking the insults that rang from her clanmates.

"You don't belong here!" a voice called.

"Traitor!" meowed Barkface.

"Mouse-brain!" Mistyfur shouted.

"Fox-heart!" Dapplepaw yowled over the cats.

Gasps echoed through the clearing. Mossstar looked down at her son.

"Dapplepaw! Never say that!" Mossstar scolded him in front of the whole clan.

Dapplepaw hissed back at his mother. "Why? If the clan can say it, why can't I?"

Mossstar stared at her clan, watching them as they attacked Hawkfire with words.

"I told you she should have NEVER joined! Redstar is dead because of you!" Snowpelt growled.

Bramblefur shrieked above the cats, grabbing their attention. "We have no proof that Hawkfire did such a thing!" he glared at Snowpelt.

Snowpelt hissed back. "Are you challenging StarClan?" Snowpelt padded up to Hawkfire. "You don't deserve to be a warrior!" He unsheathed his claws and raked them across her face.

Hawkfire screeched with pain and fell to the ground, holding her eyes with her paw. Mossstar saw the blood trickle down.

Hawkfire yelled above all the cats, her voice weak with sadness. "I didn't do anything! I would never hurt my clan!"

Yowls of protest broke out again. "This isn't your clan!" Brightpaw hissed from the back of the crowd.

Mossstar looked around, unable to speak. Hawkfire was staring up at her with frightened eyes as if she were saying "Help me."

Mossstar yowled. "Stop this at once!" her meow echoed. "I trust Hawkfire with my life!" She looked down to her friend. "However, I cannot disagree with StarClan…" she looked above the clans. "I don't believe it is Hawkfire, but if StarClan says it is, I cannot challenge them."

Hawkfire stared up at Mossstar with shock. "You think I killed him? The one cat I trust?" she hissed. "Even if I did, then why did StarClan send me a dream too!"

The cat's voices died down. Hawkfire nodded. "That's right, I had a vision, too!" Rapidly, she explained her dream with the red furred cat killing Mossstar and her joining StarClan.

Once her story was done, Snowpelt stepped forward. "Tigerstar has taken over you!" he yowled. Hawkfire glared at him.

Tigerstar was a warrior that murdered the deputy and tried to murder Bluestar during his attempt to become the leader of Thunderclan, their alliances back at the lake. Firestar had fought back, and had defeated him and BloodClan.

Hawkfire yowled. "Tigerstar is a traitor, and a fox-heart! I would never want to follow his footsteps, even if he made me!"

Shrieks of protest broke from the clan. Snowpelt leaped forward. "You deserve to rot in the Dark Forest!"

Gasps of shock emerged from the cats.

Snowpelt continued. "Your lucky if any cat takes you back!" he spat and slashed her scarred face again. More blood fell from her eye.

Bramblefur looked up to his mate. "What do you think, Mossstar?"

Mossstar was torn between loyalty and friendship. She couldn't banish her only friend as an apprentice, but she couldn't allow her clanmates to turn on each other. She sighed and meowed.

"StarClan has shone me a clear sign. Hawkfire, you must return to MoonClan before this gets out of hand." Pain stabbed Mossstar's heart as the words were spoken.

Hawkfire looked up at her. "What?" she yowled. "I would never do anything, Mossstar! You know that!"

Suddenly, she was thrust against the Highledge wall. Barkface, Snowpelt, and Brightpaw stood in front of her. Snowpelt leaped and slashed at Hawkfire and pinned her to the ground.

"Never come back!" he meowed. He slashed her other eye and blood trickled again.

Hawkfire scrambled to get free, but Snowpelt had already let go. Without another thought, Hawkfire raced out of the camp towards the MoonClan border, stumbling with her injuries.

Mossstar stared after her only friend. I'm sorry. She thought. I am so sorry!

The pain in her heart tore through, and she collapsed, plunging into darkness.

Oh No! Poor Hawkfire!

Trivia: What do you think Hawkfire will do? Do you think that she was the cat in the prophecy? What happened to Mossstar when she banished Hawkfire?

Thank you for reading!

-Mossstar