When All The Clans Got Laptops

Chapter Ten: Allies

PoX's Note: For last week's question, I guess that most of you got it right. I hope that wasn't hard. It wasn't really meant to be, because I wanted to give free cookies out to everyone! *celebrate* Well, this week, judging by the title I put, you guys can guess what it's about, right? You know, Firestar's allies? Whoops, I just spilt it, but too bad. Now you know. And now, I shall tell you the answer to last week's question: Why does Graystripe hate the song 'Friday' by Rebecca Black so much? You do realise that the reasons he answered to why he hated her so much is exactly how I feel about her? Which is why I call her song 'Black Friday' instead of 'Friday'. Get it? I know, quite creative. So, the answer is: (quoted from previous chapter)

"It's the worst song on Earth!" Graystripe spat. "Like, she's waiting for her friends next to a BUS STOP! A frickin' BUS STOP! I mean, she could've waited outside her HOUSE for her friends to pick her up! And she's singing 'where do I sit' when there's a spot just THERE FOR HER! Gee! And also, she says 'we we we we we...' Umm...I don't know how many 'we's', but she had so many beats to add the 'are' in 'we are so excited'. She ends up singing 'we so excited'!"

And before I hand out the prizes, please note that although the Gem Alchemist and I are fighting for the most reviews, this is what is known as a 'friendship competition'. So we're not like, rivals or anything, just having a competition to see who can get the most reviews. So you can make a few comments like, 'I hope you win!' or 'Let's do this together and beat the Gem Alchemist!' or something like that, but not '*BEEP*! LIKE SHE'S EVER GONNA WIN! I BET SHE'S DA *BEEPING* WORST STORY-WRITA EVA!' Not like anyone did that, but I'm just saying.

And to the people who have no idea what this Gem Alchemist thingy and the competition is all about, well, her and I decided to see who can get the most reviews one day, so then we started, which is partially the reason why I'm updating weekly. Remember how I stopped for a while? Well, I was a bit...umm...how should I put it...? Uhh, I was busy, so I couldn't update, which is why I gave the Gem Alchemist a huge advantage to catch up with me. And by the time I started updating, she was about 5 reviews ahead. But because she writes her stories in a popular category, it's not surprising she gets so many reviews. But the competition is still going on.

So, the prizes are now to be given out:

Sky Fireheart – COOKIE!

Fred50208 – COOKIE!

Jasmine Wanderer – COOKIE!

Queen Of The Pens – COOKIE! He did think it was stupid; I agree.

MyrtleFalls – CHOCOLATE VANILLA GUMMY WORM COOKIE! Wow, sounds yummy, except I'm not fond of candies/sweets/lollipops. Just chocolate and cookies for me ^^

Dragonclaw11 – COOKIE! Well, I guess your reason is reason enough ^^

ShootinStar – COOKIE!

hawkfire111 – COOKIE!

Iceshadow of ShadowClan – COOKIE! He does secretly like it, but because most of the cats in the Clan has heard of it and hated it, he just has to agree with them, no? Smart thinking ^^

Oh, umm...if I missed out on a few of you people, I'm sorry. Also, I just might want to add that I realised that not many people had answered this week's question. Is it because of the holidays? THE HOLIDAYS! YAY! Plus, beware, because I could've repeated this in the ending of this chapter. Well, even though it's the holidays, you all are loyal to still answer and review on this story. I've never felt so happy...thank you all! I'll make it up to you somehow. Maybe with more cookies :D

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Although the access to the Internet was broken because of you-know-who, WindClan was surprisingly nice enough to share the Internet. It was obvious that Blackstar wouldn't share with them, but with WindClan on ThunderClan's side, it didn't matter.

"Just note," Onestar had growled, "that if our Internet breaks, it would be your fault, because we know that it would be Firestar's doing, and Firestar has destroyed your Internet. One paw of his in our territory and you can't use this Internet anymore."

Although he said this, Sandstorm was 100% sure that Firestar wouldn't step on WindClan territory.

And he didn't.

So ThunderClan was still safe to use the Internet. But Jayfeather had a plan.

"We need more allies," the medicine cat had suggested to Firestar.

Firestar argued: "They will never come with us! They all believe that the Internet is like...like...heaven –" he hated using a Twoleg word, but that was all he could possibly think of at that moment "- to them! We have no hope of getting any cats onto our team! I'm sure of that, no kidding."

Jayfeather thought for a moment. "StarClan is on our side," he meowed. "If we can ask all the medicine cats to join us, then that would be enough." He stared at Firestar's confused face and then added to explain, "They can persuade cats in their own Clan to believe us and StarClan that there should be no more laptops, then that's all done. We'll have loads of allies in no time at all!"

"And this is definitely going to work," Firestar meowed.

The ThunderClan medicine cat nodded. "It should."

...

Flametail slept uncomfortably in the medicine den, thinking about what type of herbs he should use to cure Rowanclaw's cough. It wasn't bad, but now he couldn't remember the herbs to cure it! He was a medicine cat, for StarClan's sake! He should know! It's the basics, after all. And yet the herb would not pop in his mind. It was all the laptops' fault! He was too busy typing and having fun that now he didn't know the names of half the herbs. At least Littlecloud knew. He didn't believe in laptops, though.

"Oh, what was the name of the herb that could cure Rowanclaw's cough...?"Flametail murmured desperately to himself.

"I think it's feverfew that you may need," a voice sounded from the entrance of the medicine den. Flametail immediately leaped out of his moss bedding, claws sliding out, only to realise that it was Jayfeather standing there. The medicine cat apprentice relaxed slightly, but still remained tense. "What are you doing here, may I ask?" he growled.

Jayfeather replied, "StarClan believes that all the laptops must be destroyed." Flametail stared at him in surprise. "Do you think that this should be the case?" the ThunderClan cat added.

"I...I..." Flametail didn't know how to react or respond. It was a hard decision after all. Flametail would highly regret the moment he would throw his laptop away, but it had to be the case, and Flametail's excellent herb-remembering skills could return, which is why he really wanted more than...more than the laptops! "The laptops are going too far," Flametail answered firmly. "Why is there such a thing as laptops? It is ruining our lives! Blackstar is growing fatter and fatter by the day."

The medicine cat purred with amusement. "You finally admitted that, hey?" he meowed. Flametail nodded, looking a bit embarrassed that he just insulted his own leader. "Well, seeing as you agree with me, how about telling that to your mentor?" Flametail stared at Littlecloud. "I need to tell the other medicine cats, so I guess I should be going now..."

"How come StarClan won't tell them through dreams?" Flametail asked.

"StarClan can't," Jayfeather replied simply. "Because every time they go to sleep, their dreams are filled with things based on the laptops, and StarClan can't push their way through them to interact with the medicine cats. So I have to do that. It's quite hard, because that means having to trespass onto different cats' territory."

"T-then I can help," Flametail offered, still doubtful of whether he wanted to do this or not. "If it will stop all this, then I should –"

"One cat trespassing on different territories should be enough," Jayfeather interrupted. "And it's not moonhigh yet, so I should have enough time to trek quickly to the remaining medicine cats." He thought for a moment. "Once I get to RiverClan, I should move past the horseplace over to WindClan territory and then return. But I have to be quick..."

"Which is why I'm saying I can help, mouse-brain," Flametail snapped. "Come on; don't you think it'd be easier if I tell Mothwing and Willowshine? You can go to Barkface and talk with him. Then we should be sorted by then. And it will save loads of time to maybe think about what we should do," he added.

Jayfeather thought for a moment. "OK," he finally agreed. "Just go straight to RiverClan territory and warn them of this, then return straight back. If any RiverClan warrior finds you, they'd suspect what's happening and maybe prevent us from confiscating the laptops and destroying them."

"Whatsit?" Littlecloud grumbled.

"I'd better go now," Jayfeather meowed. "Be sure to tell Littlecloud as well."

Flametail nodded. "I will," he meowed. "See you." And with that, Jayfeather left, and so did Flametail.

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"Barkface was actually against the idea of laptops ever since we had discovered it," Jayfeather reported to Firestar. "He happily joined us, and now they're helping us get more allies so that we can destroy the laptops."

"And so that means...means that all the medicine cats are on our team right now?" Firestar asked.

"I cannot confirm about RiverClan," Jayfeather answered. "But judging by Flametail's determination, I think that Mothwing may have come to our side as well."

"Did you tell Flametail to come and tell us about this?" Firestar asked.

Jayfeather shook his head. "No," he replied, "but I told Barkface. Well, actually, I said that he should come and tell us if anything new happened, but I didn't say a specific place. But he should know that it is somewhere in ThunderClan territory, so we should be fine."

The two cats were hiding near the ThunderClan camp, but not close enough for anyone to know where they were nor hear them. It was currently nearing dawn, and Jayfeather had just recently returned back to ThunderClan territory. He could speak to Firestar for only a while, and then return to camp so that no one could suspect that he had gone anywhere.

"So basically once we get allies, we all drag those laptops and destroy them until they're unrecoverable?" Firestar meowed, just to make sure.

"Yes," Jayfeather mewed back. "But we can't be sure. Maybe some of the allies we make could be lying, so...yeah."

"Umm...but how are we going to know?" Firestar asked.

Jayfeather shrugged. "I don't know," he replied, but Firestar seemed to think that Jayfeather didn't really care.

"However way it ends, it will end with us destroying those wretched things!" Firestar declared.

Jayfeather sighed. "You seem so determined," he mumbled.

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Meanwhile, Sandstorm and all the cats of ThunderClan were unaware of the two cats and their very evil plotting to confiscate the laptops and ruin them until they are nothing but little bits that have no use and can just be chucked away so that all the cats' lives can return to normal and everyone would be peaceful and happy after a while when they soon realise that having no laptops is just as good as having laptops, maybe even better, but if only they just payed more attention to beautiful nature...

[Except I, PoX, hates caterpillars and cockroaches. Keep them away from me]

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PoX's Note: I apologise dearly if this was quite short. Time was running out! I usually update at about 8:00pm Australian time, but when I stared at the clock, it was 9:00pm! Right now, I'm updating this at 10:50pm, which is quite late for me to do so to update. Although I said that I would update with a long chapter, I can't do that this time, and I say my sorry's again because this chapter might have been a bit boring. I'm sorry, but you know, some chapters in stories usually have to be boring, so this is my boring one. Now, for this week's question to cheer you all up: What is the Twoleg word that Firestar used in this chapter? It's easy, yet it's not. Sometimes readers just miss that part that would answer this question, and I hope that you all don't make that mistake ^^

Well, to sum it all up, I hope you did enjoy it and please wait for next week, and happy weekends! Oh, and...it's the HOLIDAYS! Finally! I've been waiting for this moment! So that means that next week, it probably would be a long chapter! That is, if I do have the time. I'm too busy hanging out with friends to really update...jokes. I have to update, because I have readers waiting for this story to update! Thanks for being loyal to me, guys! I hope I can make it up to you by making a really good next chapter!

See you all next week!