A/n I don't have much to say, so read on!!

Chapter 4: Storytelling

I wish that last night wasn't a dream. At least I still can feel Cinderpaw next to me... her scent is still there. I can almost imagine that we are still sleeping together...

"Jaypaw! Get up you lazy lump of fur!" Lionpaw pushed me. I groaned. He ruined the thought!!

Hollypaw licked my ear as I finished stretching, "Crowfeather and Breezepaw went hunting together this morning. You missed everyone's reactions!"

I yawned, "That's nice."

She stared at me. "What do you mean 'that's nice'? It's the first nice thing he's done for him the entire trip!" the black she-cat snapped.

I sighed and pulled them in closer, quickly explaining my dream with him and Breezepaw, leaving out the details about Feathertail.

My sister nodded in understanding. "Oh, I see. Why don't we go hunt ourselves? Brambleclaw will probably be leaving here soon and I bet cats in RiverClan can hear my roaring belly." She meowed, getting to her paws.

I nodded and stood up, using my senses to guide me into the prey full forest. "I'm going to go for that mouse over there." I told my siblings after drawing in a deep breath.

Crouching low, I crept forward on the prey, listening to the sounds of it nibbling on a beechnut. Finally the scent of it overwhelmed me and I sprang forward, successfully killing the prey. After quickly burying it, I managed to catch a vole and a sparrow.

"Wow!" Lionpaw exclaimed looking at my catch. "How did you manage to catch the bird?" he asked in awe.

I shrugged. Even though it had been distracted on the ground and was very easy prey, I wasn't about to tell them that.

"Let's get going now!" Brambleclaw's voice rang out above the clearing. After finishing my mouse, I licked my paw and swiped it over my ear before going to stand by Breezepaw and my siblings.

We had been traveling for a while when Breezepaw spoke up, "When we stop, I want to hear the story of Tigerstar! I can't get the story out of anybody!! All I ever hear is about Brokenstar!"

Brambleclaw let out a groan, "This will take a while. We might as well stop now."

Sitting down beside my new friend, I heard Lionpaw sit down beside me, his heart pounding wildly. His scent was full of anxiousness and I wondered what was wrong.

After we had settled down, Brambleclaw took a deep breath.

"I suppose this story starts with a young cat named Rusty. He was a kittypet-"

Breezepaw cut him off, "I thought we were talking about Tigerstar!"

"Yes, we are. May I continue?" Breezepaw nodded sullenly, "As I was saying, he was a kittypet who kept having dreams of the forest. After he wandered in and was attacked by an apprentice, Graypaw-"

This time it was Crowfeather, "You mean Graystripe, right?"

"Yes, I'm using the names they would have had, since it's easier. Rusty fought off Graypaw and then Bluestar came and invited him into the clan after explaining the life of a clan cat. He wasn't given a mentor until later, but his apprentice name was Firepaw..."

"Firepaw?" We chorused. Tawnypelt, Brambleclaw, and Squirrelflight exchanged amused looks.

"Yes, Firepaw. Now just a few days after he joined the Clan, the news of Redtail's death was announced during a fight with RiverClan over the Sunning rocks. Tigerclaw appeared shortly after, dragging Redtail's body. He said that the deputy of Riverclan, Oakheart, had killed the tom. Tigerclaw then said he had avenged Redtail's death by killing him. Firepaw eventually realized that that was not what had happened and found out from Ravenpaw that Tigerclaw had killed Redtail. Unfortunately, Ravenpaw was blackmailed by his mentor, Tigerclaw, and had to be given to Barley saying that he had died. A while later, Bluestar gave the two toms their warriors names that night, Fireheart and Graystripe. Not much later Cinderpaw was apprenticed to Fireheart."

"You mean that Cinderpelt hadn't always wanted to go the path of a medicine cat?"

"Yes, what had happened was Tigerclaw set a trap by the Thunderpath saying that Bluestar needed to come immediately. Unfortunately she was sick with greencough and couldn't come. Cinderpaw however, disobeyed Fireheart's orders, and went for her, getting hit by a twoleg monster. Her leg was permanently broken and she had to take the path of a medicine cat." Brambleclaw explained.

This time Squirrelflight decided to take over. "Because his plan didn't work to kill Bluestar, Tigerclaw had to find another way to gain power. He did this by talking with some ShadowClan warriors and plotted an attack with them against ThunderClan. During that time Lionheart, who had been made deputy after Redtail was killed. It was then that Tigerclaw had been made deputy. But that wasn't enough for him and he planned another attack during which he tried to kill Bluestar. Luckily Fireheart came to the rescue and Tigerclaw was exiled from ThunderClan."

It was here that Tawnypelt broke in. "But that STILL wasn't enough for him and he joined ShadowClan, who at the time was very week and in need of a good leader. Using the power he had from the leadership, he attracted a pack of dogs to the ThunderClan camp, killing Brindleface so they'd get a taste of blood. It was driving them out that Bluestar lost her last life and Fireheart became Firestar. Of course, this angered Tigerstar further and he brought Bloodclan into the forest. Taking over RiverClan, he came up with the bone hill and imprisoned any half-clan cats or kittypets. His plan was foiled once more as the Bloodclan leader, Scourge, drained all nine lives from him. Tigerstar had tried to lead their clan and though smaller than him, Scourge was much more powerful."

Brambleclaw took over again, "The clans managed to drive BloodClan out after Firestar killed Scourge. But Tigerstar's ambition didn't stop with his death." I felt all the warriors stiffen, as if they weren't expecting it. Lionpaw froze. "He visited me and Hawkfrost in our dreams, teaching us how to be better warriors. I didn't realize that he still was ambitious until after Firestar appointed me deputy. He told us that Hawkfrost was to rule RiverClan and ShadowClan while I ruled WindClan and ThunderClan. I was horrified. I didn't know what to do. A few days after that revelation, I went to the ShadowClan border and saw Hawkfrost where I was supposed to meet him. Next to him was Firestar, caught in a trap! Hawkfrost told me to kill him. I froze for a few minutes before deciding my course of action. I started digging for the wire attached to the trap. Hawkfrost pounced on me and we fought. I used the end of the stick to kill him."

Hollypaw was horrified, "You killed your half-brother!"

I turned to her, "It was either Hawkfrost or Firestar. Which would you have chosen?" I growled, saving Brambleclaw from answering. Instead, I heard some more growling... Coming from Breezepaw's stomach!

Crowfeather let out a purr of amusement, "It looks like someone is hungry." Brambleclaw's stomach growled in agreement. "Why don't we go hunting?"

Lionpaw looked at me after the others left. "Jaypaw, bring Hollypaw into my dream tonight. I have something to tell you. And while we're at it maybe we can figure out powers." He whispered.

I nodded. "Do you think I should bring Breezepaw, too?"

Lionpaw thought about it. "Yeah. Since he's your new friend I think he should know."

I nodded. "Sounds good to me. I suppose I'll see you all tonight."

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