1Chapter 8
"Cherrytail, what are you doing here?" Firestar gasped, his eyes wide with surprise.
The tortoiseshell called Cherrytail shrugged, "this cat was looking for Thunderclan, so I offered to give him an escort," she meowed.
Firestar stepped forward and touched noses with Cherrytail, "I never thought I'd see you again, how's Leafstar?" he asked.
"She's doing fine, so is all of Skyclan," Cherrytail meowed.
"Firestar, who is this cat?" Tigerpaw asked, staring at Cherrytail with wide amber eyes.
"This is Cherrytail of Skyclan," Firestar replied, "didn't Sandstorm tell you about when she and I went to find and rebuild Skyclan."
"Yeah, she did," Tigerpaw replied.
"This is Sandstorm's kit?" Cherrytail meowed.
"Yes, and mine," Firestar replied, "we have two others, do you want to come back to our camp and meet them?"
"Okay," Cherrytail meowed, "by the way, this is Flame." At the mention of the strange cats name, Tigerpaw had another flashback.
Tigerpaw saw himself in the nursery, beside him was a tom that looked exactly like him.
"He's going to be a great warrior, all of them are," he heard Thistleclaw whisper.
"I know," a she cat meowed.
Before Thistleclaw could reply a loud yowl sounded outside. "Rogue attack," Bluestar yowled.
"Stay in here," Thistleclaw hissed and hurried outside.
"Mother," Tigerpaw heard himself cry.
"Shh, it's okay, Tigerpaw," his mother meowed.
But it wasn't okay, a loud crash sounded and a dark shape entered the nursery. "Stay away," Tigerpaw's mother hissed, but the rogue hit her and sent her flying before turning toward Tigerpaw and his brother.
The tom grabbed Tigerpaw's brother in his jaws and started to leave. Tigerpaw hissed and leaped at the tom, but the tom swatted him aside and hurried out of the nursery.
"No, Flamekit," Tigerpaw's mother yowled.
"Flamekit," Tigerpaw muttered under his breath as he stared at Flame, "could it be?"
"Come on, let's get back to camp," Firestar was meowing when Tigerpaw tuned back into the conversation.
He sighed and followed Firestar as he lead the way back to camp.
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As Firestar pushed his way into the camp, Tigerpaw dropped back to join Flame. "Hi," he meowed.
Flame looked up with cold amber eyes, "what do you want?" he hissed.
Tigerpaw flinched, "I was just being polite," he retorted and hurried to catch up with Firestar. If he is my brother, shouldn't he look older? Tigerpaw meowed.
Firestar instantly hurried toward the highrock as Sandstorm padded out of the warriors den. "Cherrytail!" she gasped in surprise and hurried toward the toirtoiseshell she cat. She touched noses with Cherrytail as Firestar called a meeting.
"What are you doing here?" Sandstorm meowed, her eyes wide.
"Flame here wants to join Thunderclan and I offered to give him a escort," Cherrytail meowed.
"Why?" Tigerpaw asked, staring at Cherrytail.
"Because I wanted to see Firestar and Sandstorm again, we owe so much to them," Cherrytail replied.
"Cats of Thunderclan, we have a few visitors," Firestar yowled and beckoned Cherrytail and Flame forward.
"This is Cherrytail of Skyclan," Firestar meowed, jumping down from the highrock, "and this is Flame, he wishes to join Thunderclan."
The clan turned and looked at Flame who stared at them with cold, amber eyes. "If he agrees, we will welcome him as an apprentice," Firestar meowed.
"I accept," Flame meowed, calmly.
"Then from this moment on, until you earn warrior name, you'll be known as Flamepaw, Graystripe," Firestar meowed.
Graystripe looked up, and padded toward Flamepaw. "Graystripe, you are a skillful warrior, I know you'll pass on all you know onto Flamepaw," Firestar meowed.
Graystripe nodded and padded forward to touch noses with Flamepaw. He touched noses with Graystripe and padded back to join with the rest of the clan.
Cherrytail looked up from where she was sitting below the highrock, " Firestar, I would like to join Thunderclan," she meowed.
Firestar widened his eyes in surprise, "if you want to, then we will welcome you as a warrior," he meowed.
"I would love to join Thunderclan," Cherrytail meowed.
"Then welcome to Thunderclan, Cherrytail," Firestar meowed.
To Be Continued
A/n what do you think?
Stardream: please review, Tigerstar, the story's not over yet
Tigerstar: sorry, I mean I didn't do it
Stardream: sorry about that, folks, no the story is not over yet, Tigerstar is being weird.
Tigerstar: I'm not weird
Stardream: you're the one that pushed the To Be Continued button
Tigerstar: sorry, please review,