Ack! All my ideas are horrible.. anyways, I'm sad to kill off cats so early in the story, but there's gotta be some kind of conflict going on. So read and review!
It was dawn by the time Crowfeather and Blazepaw arrived to the camp, and at once he knew something was wrong. Everyone gathered around Onestar, their heads bent down low. Crowfeather leapt forward and shoved his way through the crowd and stood, rigid in shock as he saw Tornear lying on the ground in front of Onestar. He was silent for a long moment before asking in a shocked and furious voice, "Who did this?"
Onestar shook his head helplessly to show he did not know. At this, Blazepaw, who was by Crowfeather's side, spoke up. "I know who it was! Crowfeather and I caught scent of ThunderClan marking their boundaries in the middle of the night! They probably did this! We should attack!"
"No!" Crowfeather blurted out and everyone's gaze turned to him. "I--I mean, they were patrolling their borders at an unusual time, but their scent didn't pass the border. It's more likely RiverClan or ShadowClan did this."
Onestar flicked his tail doubtfully. "But that would only mean ThunderClan is working with them. And it could have been a rogue."
"I think you might like to know that StarClan spoke to me," a voice rumbled. Crowfeather turned around to see Barkface padding over. He continued, "When stars flash from above the harmony will break from flames."
This news was greeted by silence. Crowfeather looked to his paws and his mind reeled. One cat called out, "When did you get this prophecy?"
"The last time I went to share tongues with StarClan, before Onestar's ceremony," Barkface answered.
"When the next fire comes, we can worry, but until then," Blazepaw snorted. Crowfeather whipped around to glare at his apprentice. But before he could answer, Robinwing leapt to her paws
"You're interpreting only one part of it--the flames. And you're not a medicine cat or a leader so who asked you," she hissed. Flashing her gaze to Crowfeather, she spat, "You obviously do not know how to train an apprentice. All you've managed to teach him is to have a sharp tongue and be smug."
"You're not a medicine cat either!" Blazepaw hissed, but Crowfeather didn't listen. He leapt at Robinwing and bowled her over, clawing her.
"Crowfeather! This is the second time I've had to stop you from fighting when there is no need to," Onestar intercepted the fight and pinned Crowfeather to the ground. The gray warrior was furious.
"Didn't you hear what she said?" he hissed. Then he realized it wasn't Onewhisker he was talking to--it was Onestar. He awkwardly scrambled up, glaring at Robinwing. Blazepaw stood defiantly beside him, then meeting his gaze shrank back.
"Yes, I did, but the danger obviously comes from the other Clans, not from within the Clan. Our Clan's problems have come and gone," Onestar replied.
"Or has it?" Barkface growled.
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Crowfeather offered to patrol the ThunderClan borders, and Ashfoot was pleased to think that her son was taking responsibility for the Clan. He went blindly towards the border where he sniffed uncertainly. However, he did not see Leafpool. He walked up and down on the border line for to him felt like hours when he heard a shriek in the air. He raced towards the cry, then realizing he had crossed ThunderClan border. He heard no other shriek so he padded towards the border. Suddenly a little white bundle crashed into him, and Crowfeather leapt back in surprise. Icepaw looked around wildly and then raced to Crowfeather's paws.
"ShadowClan and RiverClan are attacking us," he panted breathlessly. Crowfeather didn't need to hear anymore. He sprinted towards camp, the cries of battle get louder. He leapt into the clearing and almost at once was bowled over. He slashed at his attacker and hurled himself at another cat. He looked around hopelessly. There's too many, he thought. He caught sight of Weaselpaw and hissed to him, "Go to ThunderClan and get help." The apprentice nodded, bleeding from his ear, and hobbled as fast as he could away from the fighting. He looked around for Onestar desperately when he heard a caterwaul rise from within the battle. His mind flashed back to the day at Fourtrees where he heard a wail just like it from Woodpaw. Although he betrayed his Clan, he heard Mudclaw's howl in terror when the tree fell. Suddenly he found himself at the old WindClan camp when he was still a kit in the nursery. A wail had sounded from outside the den. And there he found many cats dead, including his father Deadfoot. And now he was back at the new camp, the former TigerClan again attacking. But this time he was a warrior, and this time he found other cats dead. And this time the cat in front of him lying dead was Ashfoot.
That went by really fast.. and I'm so sad to have to kill off Ashfoot so soon after she's become deputy, but we all know (or should I say, most people believe) she had to go sometime, whether to retirement or death. And everyone thinks Crowfeather should become deputy, but I don't think it would be as simple as that.