Chapter 5

"Firestar! I need to talk with you now!" Jayfeather called into the entrance of Firestar's den. He listened carefully and heard the clan leader arise from his bedding. "Come in," Firestar commanded. Jayfeather complied.

Firestar frowned when he saw Jayfeather enter the den. "Hello Jayfeather," he mewed cautiously. "What do you want to talk to me about? Please tell me it's not more nonsense about BloodClan."

Jayfeather tipped his head to the side. "Well, it kind of has to do with that…"

"I told you I didn't want to hear any more of your foolish ramblings!" Firestar hissed.

Jayfeather nodded. "I understand Firestar, but I have received a message from StarClan about BloodClan!"

"Sure you did." Firestar snorted.

"Honestly Firestar!" Jayfeather mewed urgently. "Heathertail summoned Tallstar to appear and he spoke to us."

Firestar looked confused. "Heathertail? What's she doing here?" He asked bewilderedly.

Now it was Jayfeather's turn to be confused. "You didn't know that Heathertail was staying here?" He paused, confused by how the Clan leader could be ignorant of Heathertail's absence. Firestar's the Clan leader for StarClan's sake! He doesn't even know what's going on inside his own clan… Jayfeather continued. "Never mind that. The important thing is that we spoke with Tallstar and he told us that we could defeat BloodClan. All we have to do is trust in StarClan."

Firestar laughed. "You have mousedung for brains if you believe that nonsense."

Jayfeather gaped in surprise. "But…How could you say that?"

"Tallstar is a dead, powerless cat." Firestar growled. "Now, leave me and never speak about StarClan or about defeating BloodClan ever again!"

"But Firestar…" Jayfeather protested.

"I said enough!" Firestar hissed and unsheathed his claws.

Jayfeather shook his head sadly. "You're just a shell of what you used to be."

Firestar reared up on his hind legs and came crashing down on Jayfeather. He easily pinned the smaller tom down. "You, Dovewing and Heathertail are to leave ThunderClan territory immediately." He spat in Jayfeather's face. "You are a threat to my clan, and I will not allow it!" Firestar sheathed his claws and got off of Jayfeather. "If ThunderClan cats ever find you on our territory again, you will be executed. You all are exiled from ThunderClan!"

Jayfeather looked around at his surroundings. There actually wasn't much to look at, just a lot of open moorland. "We should set up camp here for the night." He announced to Dovewing and Heathertail.

Dovewing looked around nervously. "You're sure it's safe to be out here in the open on WindClan territory?"

Jayfeather shrugged. "They don't seem to patrol their borders and I don't see any prey near here so I think it's safe to assume that we will be alright here."

Dovewing nodded reluctantly. "I suppose."

Heathertail looked up at the sky. "The moon is pretty high in the sky." She observed. "I'm going to get some sleep now."

Dovewing nodded. "Good idea. I think I will too."

Jayfeather settled down next to the two she cats. "Sweet dreams." He murmured.

Unfortunately for Jayfeather, his dreams were not sweet. All through the night he saw images of Scourge, and other BloodClan cats. He also saw Firestar attacking him and ripping him to shreds. Lastly, he saw Lionblaze being killed by Scourge. Jayfeather jerked awake screaming.

Dovewing jumped up next to Jayfeather suddenly. "Jayfeather!" She exclaimed. "You practically gave me a heart attack!"

"I'm sorry. I saw some very unpleasant dreams." Jayfeather apologized.

Next to him, Heathertail stirred. "What's the matter?" She asked groggily.

"Nothing." Dovewing replied. "Jayfeather had a nightmare, that's all."

Heathertail sat up and rubbed at her eyes with her paws. "Oh, do you want to talk about it?"

Jayfeather shook his head vigorously. "No thanks."

"Stubborn toms." Dovewing rolled her eyes.

Jayfeather swiped at Dovewing playfully. "I'd rather be a stubborn tom then what you are!" He hissed jokingly.

Heathertail stood up. "Alright you two knock it off." She mewed jokingly.

Jayfeather also stood up. "Alright, enough screwing around, we have a very big day ahead of us."

"Oh really?" Dovewing responded.

"Yes." Jayfeather nodded. "We're going to get other cats to help us defeat BloodClan."

Heathertail looked at Jayfeather doubtfully. "And how do you plan to do that?"

Jayfeather smiled. "We're going to pay a visit to RiverClan."

Sorry about the delayed update! More writer's block… I also realize this chapter is very short; even for me, but I felt that was an appropriate spot to end the chapter.

P.S.: Please review and tell me what you think!