AN: This story has given me trouble so I'll have to update at random. The plan for me till I get to a good point in this one is to work on one story and upload it as soon as the chapter is finished. So just keep an eye out, I plan to work each day at school and I have four stories currently off hiatus so each story will take 2-3 days (possibly longer on the off chance I can't get more work done during this one class) so look for one update each week for sure! Anyway I also appoligize this is a filler chapter, I plan to ask my best friend for some help on this simply because I have honestly forgotten what I was doing.
Brackenstar flicked her tail as she gazed at the camp. It had been several moons since Wingstar had shown up. "Brackenstar?" the tabby she-cat glanced down to see Shadowfang and Blindpelt. She leapt down to greet the two and glanced around, "Has Starclan spoken to you?" she mewed looking at Blindpelt who shook his head, "What about Flightstar? He always speaks to you." Shadowpelt mewed and Brackenstar shook her head, "I fear this might actually mean something." Brackenstar mewed.
"Right a bunch of loners will show up and destroy everything?" Shadowpelt hissed and Brackenstar shook her head and padded away, "Keep up patrols. Blindpelt I want you to have a warrior with you every time you leave the camp." She mewed and padded to her den. Her gaze swept the den as she remembered when they'd all banded together. "Flightstar, if you really wanted to help us then show us something. Anything that can help." She mewed curling up as she gazed at the small hole at the top of her den. She shook her head slightly and rested her head down closing her eyes.
"Brackenstar," an icy white she cat mewed nudging the leader awake. Around them a forest stood flourishing. Brackenstar blinked locking her brown gaze on the she cat. "Who are you?" she mewed getting up. A swift glance around showed her the forest she once lived in. "I'm Pearlstar. Flightstar has been guiding you, but he won't be able to help you from the danger to come." The she cat mewed lowering her head, "Had I realized this sooner I'd have been able to save my clan." She mewed, "But it isn't too late for you." Brackenstar blinked and hung her head, "what do you mean?" she mewed and blinked when Pearlstar walked ahead, "Follow me I want to show you something." She mewed padding out of sight. Brackenstar leapt up to follow her. A little ways off a two legs den stood. Brackenstar blinked gazing at the old house she remembered to be hers.
Sitting outside on the fence was a brown tabby kit. "That was you." Pearlstar mewed glancing back at her. Brackenstar blinked nodding in response and focused on the kit. By now another one had joined her, "Max, did you hear the news!?" a bluish gray tabby kit mewed looking at Max. "No is something wrong Star?" Max mewed tilting her head. "Well I heard from Nudge that there was a kit that was taken by different twolegs."Star mewed staring at her friend in concern "Different? Nudge has obviously been confusing you." Max mewed shaking her head. "No she said these had white pelts that weren't fluffy and I even saw them too." Star mewed glancing back at her twoleg's nest. "I have to go, my twolegs say we're leaving soon." Star mewed and leapt off the fence into the garden.
Brackenstar blinked, "I remember that." She mewed and lowered her head, "I didn't believe Star and in the end I'd been taken just like the others." She mewed. Pearlstar nodded, "I want to show you something else." She mewed and led Brackenstar once again through the forest, crouching she glanced back at Brackenstar who crouched beside her gazing at a clearing. Surrounding the clearing were outlines of warriors. "They only need four clans, Cinder was mistaken when he believed he was meant to lead a clan." a tom hissed, "Hush Flightpaw" a bronze she cat mewed and gazed at the other cats. "Pearlpaw is taking his place is she not?" the she-cat mewed, a blue tom nodded his head, "She is, I just wish the other clans would arrive. We can not survive any longer." The bronze she cat mewed
Brackenstar glanced at Pearlstar, "when was this?" she mewed, "before you were born, In the time of my ancestors when I was a mere apprentice." Pearlstar mewed sitting up, "Those are my kin." She mewed. "But how?" Brackenstar mewed blinking. "When I was a kit my mother died. When I was old enough I found out the blue tom happened to be my father. Flightstar, was my brother." She mewed.
Flightpaw ducked his head when two apperntices padded over, "Goldspeckle, Flightpaw, Riverpelt. It is good to see you." A she cat mewed following the young apprentices. "Leopardear, we can't waste any more time. Hazelstar is angered by Cinder's actions." Riverpelt mewed. "As is Cinderclan, is Flightpaw ready?" Leopardear mewed gazing at the tree apprentices. "Yes, he will be made a warrior upon arrival to the camp. We musn't waste time, they won't listen to Starclan out of fear of their survivals." Goldspeckle mewed her head lowered, "Ashpaw, Pearlpaw. You two must listen closely. Flightpaw has already been told and he understands, the clans will fall if they abandon Starclan now. You must save your clan or else all will be lost." Ashpaw nodded in response as Pearlpaw gazed at the grassy earth nodding her response slightly. "If only we'd not done that. Then maybe Mistysong would be alive." Riverpelt mewed. "You should not blame yourself." Goldspeckle mewed.
Pearlstar stood up gazing at the warriors at the center. "This was when we'd decided that Flightstar and I would be the new leaders. We did it to save our clans, but now they both will fail. I only hope our mistakes will not mean the end of it, I want you to be given a chance to save your clan." She mewed and looked at Brackenstar. "It is time you left."
Brackenstar awoke back in her den lifting her head to gaze at the sky again, "Pearlstar…thank you. I know what I should do."
AN: Shorter then I had hoped, but I still tried, this explains a bit more on the clans and I plan to try to get the next chapter to show the actual threat, if I can write that, I've tried twice now and it hasn't worked exactly as I hoped it would. So enjoy. You'll find more about Max's past throughout the story, I promise.