Here you go. Another fresh, new chapter.

Disclaimer: I do not own Warriors.

"Shh, a Shadowclan patrol is coming our way," Firestar lowered his voice.

The patrol stayed silent as the Shadowclan patrol walked up.

It consisted of Oakfur, Smokefoot, Applefur, Tawnypelt, and Starlingpaw.

"What do you want?" Smokefoot snarled.

"We would like to speak to Blackstar," Firestar answered calmly.

"Are you sure?" Smokefoot glared.

"Smokefoot, why would they be standing there than? Waiting for prey to coming hopping over from our territory into their paws?" Oakfur said calmly.

"Maybe," Smokefoot said under his breath, just so no one could hear it.

"Will you take us?" Firestar asked.

"Yes. But stay on your behavior or you're going right back to camp," Oakfur instructed as if they were kits. "Right! Follow us." Oakfur flicked his tail and with him in the lead, Smokefoot took the left and Tawnypelt took the right, while Starlingpaw and Applefur took the rear.

"So, how is Brambleclaw?" Tawnypelt said conversationally.

"Oh, he's fine," Firestar replied. "He's as healthy as ever."

"That's nice." Tawnypelt mumbled.

"And how is Rowanclaw?" Firestar asked.

"Fine, fine." Tawnypelt sighed.

It must be over the loss of Flametail, Spitfire thought. I can tell she's still depressed.

After a while they reached the Shadowclan camp.

"We're here," Oakfur announced, leading them into the center of the camp.

"Blackstar! Blackstar! It's Firestar; he says he's here to see you." Oakfur announced turning his head toward the leader's den.

A shuffling could be heard inside, and then Blackstar walked out and bounded down to the clearing.

"What is it?" Blackstar asked, lashing his tail.

"May I speak to you in private?" Firestar suggested.

"Whatever you have to say to me you can say to my clan," Blackstar hissed.

"Fine. I have come here to ask you about your little 'scanning patrol' this morning. You know the one that consisted of Ratscar, Pinepaw, Snowbird and Toadfoot." Firestar began.

Blackstar hesitated for a moment than said, "Yes, what about them? They were supposed to be out hunting. What did they do?" Blackstar growled.

"Well, you may say they had been out hunting, but I know otherwise. In fact, they told me themselves what they were doing. They said that they were here to observe to territory, with hunting as a side job. In our territory," Firestar added.

"Was that what they were doing, huh?" Blackstar whipped his head around to glare at the said patrol. "Well that wasn't my intended orders, now."

"Yes, but I never said that you told them anything. Aren't the patrol jobs given out by the deputy?" Firestar questioned.

"Normally," Blackstar replied, "But Rowanclaw told me he was going out hunting and asked me to send out the patrols."

"Ok, then, may I see his catch?"

Blackstar looked hesitant, but said, "Rowanclaw, show them your catch."

Rowanclaw obeyed by dragging out a slimy green frog.

"See?" Blackstar smirked.

"But I thought you brought that back only a minute ago, right before the visitors came!" Dewkit squeaked, popping her head out of the nursery.

"Shh," Kinkfur said to her kit, "Get back in here! And be quiet."

A little softer she added, "Sorry, Blackstar," then popped her head back into the den.

Blackstar let out a deep growl. "The point is," Blackstar said, "Why would I order my clan to do that?"

"Blackstar, one of my patrols saw you marking in our territory a moon before the last Gathering," Firestar glared, "And I can tell if you're lying, and right now you are."

"Yeah? Prove it." Blackstar snorted.

"Oh, Dewkit!" Firestar called.

"Yes?" she said, tumbling out of the nursery.

"Tell me, are you smart?" Firestar asked.

"Oh, yes," Dewkit nodded her head vigorously.

"And do you hear everything going on around camp?" Firestar asked again.

"Yep!" Dewkit smiled.

"So, would you have heard Blackstar speaking this morning?"

"Yes, silly, I hear everything!"

Dovepaw gave a small smile, but before anyone could see, it went away.

"So, did you hear Blackstar giving orders to that patrol-" Firestar gestured to the said patrol-"To come into Thunderclan?"

Before Dewkit could answer, Blackstar cut in.

"Dewkit, go back to the nursery. Leave now!" Blackstar's voice thundered.

"No, Dewkit, listen to me. When I am done talking to you, I'll let you go. And then you can tell your siblings you talked to the Thunderclan leader!" Firestar smiled warmly.

"Ok!" Dewkit smiled.

"Ok, can you answer my question now? Did you hear Blackstar give orders to the patrol to go into Thunderclan?"

"Of course, silly!" Dewkit giggled. "Blackstar's always doing things like that!"

There was a pause as Firestar took her words in then said, "Ok, you can go."

And Dewkit scampered off.

"And we are too." Firestar added, turning toward the exit.

Blackstar didn't say anything except motion Oakfur to lead the patrol out.

"And take Tigerheart, Applefur, Ferretpaw, Olivenose, Cedarheart, and Snaketail." Blackstar said, then slinked into his den.

Oakfur sighed and gathered up all the cats, heading toward Firestar.

"I hope you're happy," Oakfur muttered and glared at him, leading the way out of Shadowclan.

They walked on for a while without any talk until Tigerheart muttered in Dovepaw's ear,

"Nice leader you have there."

"Yeah, and yours is so good yourself," she countered.

"Whoa, hey, I'm just sayin'." Tigerheart said, backing away.

"Well, just imagine if you were on that patrol that invaded our territory," Dovepaw sighed. "You would be in deep trouble…"

"Yeah." Tigerheart said.

For a while after that Tigerheart said, "So, what's going on in Thunderclan?"

"Hush! You know I can't tell you that." Dovepaw hissed.

"I know, I'm just foolin' with ya." Tigerheart gave a lopsided smile."So what-"

"We're here," Oakfur said, coming to a stop."Now, Firestar, it's your time to go."

Firestar nodded his head and stepped into his territory.

"Come on, Thunderclan," Firestar said, heading back to camp.

Thunderclan followed, but just before Dovepaw left Tigerheart gave her a swift lick on the ear and said, "See you at the next Gathering,"

And Dovepaw bounded away, but not before hearing a swish in the air.


"Lionblaze, come with me," Firestar sighed. "and bring your brother and Jayfeather."

"Lionblaze nodded but before he could do anything Jayfeather and Dovepaw padded up.

"Good, you're here, now let's go." Firestar said, leading the way to his den.

"Yes, Firestar," Dovepaw said, than scampered after him.

"Come on, Lionblaze." Jayfeather sighed.

"One moment!" Lionblaze called.

He looked around until he saw Dragonclaw talking with his brothers.

"Perfect," Lionblaze muttered, and ran up. "Dragonclaw! I have to speak to Firestar and I want you and your brothers to stand outside and enter when we tell you to."

"Sure." Dragonclaw replied. "When is this happening?"

"Now," Lionblaze said looking toward the leader's den. "So hurry up! Here, just, stand outside the den listening, and when we mention the new prophecy, that's when you and your brothers come in saying it."

"Sure." Icefire said, walking up.

"Now aren't you supposed to be there?" Spitfire joined.

"Mouse dung!" Lionblaze cursed than ran up to the leader's den.

"Ah, Lionblaze, I see you've finally made it." Firestar purred, his tail wrapped around his paws.

"Yeah," Lionblaze said.

"Ok, come on, get this meeting started. I've got work to do!" Jayfeather grumbled.

"Ok, I came here first to ask you, have any of you had any new signs for the prophecy?" Firestar said, looking back and forth in between the Three.

"No." Jayfeather growled.

"Nope!" Dovepaw replied.

"No, sorry Firestar," Lionblaze said.

"Oh, ok then. Another thing I want to talk about is that explosion…" Firestar began.

"Firestar, we have something to tell you." Jayfeather interrupted.

"Yes?" Firestar cocked his head to one side.

"Well, see, you weren't there for the meeting…" Dovepaw began.

"What meeting?" Firestar asked.

"Well, see, there is a new prophecy." Jayfeather explained.

"You received a new prophecy!" Firestar turned to Jayfeather.

"No, I didn't receive it," Jayfeather replied.

"I did."

All of the cats turned their head to see three cat silhouettes in the opening of the den.

"Who said that?" Firestar said, narrowing his eyes.

"Me." Said the voice.

"Ok, then, what Is the prophecy?" Firestar questioned.

"When the dragon breathes his last fire, and the Fires do their last deed, then it will be time for the Three," said the voice, and out of the shadows stepped Dragonclaw and his brothers.

"I am the dragon," Dragonclaw continued, (he was the voice) "and my brothers are the Fires."

Firestar sat there stunned for a moment before nodding his head.

"Yes, ok." Firestar said. "But can you please leave now? I-I need to think."

The prophesied cats nodded their heads and silently left the den. Only when they were safely down Highledge did they start to talk.

"Why did Firestar make us go out like that?" Dovepaw asked.

"Because he had a stressful day," Jayfeather explained, looking at Dovepaw with his unseeing eyes.

"With the news about Blackstar, and a new prophecy, he is having a lot of stress." Lionblaze added.

"That reminds me, what happened?" Icefire asked.

"Oh, right, I'm sure you and Dragonclaw would like to know," Lionblaze nodded.

"Actually, I was there," Dragonclaw said, smiling.

"What? How?" Spitfire said, turning to his brother.

"Dragon." Dragonclaw whispered, and immediately the other cats understood.

"Oh…so that was the swish I heard!" Dovepaw exclaimed.

"Yep," Dragonclaw nodded.

"Ok, yeah, that's good and all, but what about me?" Icefire interrupted, the air changing temperature.

"Oh, see, Firestar…" Jayfeather whispered the rest into Icefire's ear.

"Ooo…" Icefire said. "That's bad…"

"Exactly," Jayfeather nodded. "It means Blackstar could have done it before, and not only to us, but to other clans!"

"Wait, how do you know what happened?" Lionblaze questioned.

Jayfeather shrugged. "Medicine cat, remember?"

"Yeah…" Lionblaze trailed off.

"Ok, I suggest you two go get some rest. Icefire and I will take Dovepaw out hunting." Dragonclaw said, addressing Lionblaze and Spitfire.

"Oh, really? Thanks." Lionblaze stretched. "C'mon, Spitfire." Lionblaze called, heading off to the warriors den where he was greeted by Cinderheart.

"Coming!" Spitfire called, dashing after him.

"And Jayfeather," Dragonclaw said turning toward him, "would you like to come with us to collect herbs?"

"Sure." Jayfeather shrugged. "I am running a little low on yarrow, and I need some more borage. And better get some comfrey while we're at it, in case there's a battle like there probably is going to be…and dock…and goldenrod***…and horsetail…" Jayfeather sighed. "There's so much to do! I mine as well come. And the sooner we head out the better." Jayfeather added, heading for the thorn tunnel.

"Hey, wait for us!" Dovepaw cried, racing after him with Icefire on her heels.

Dragonclaw ran after them, going through the thorn tunnel, but not before stealing a glance at the leader's den.

***I am not entirely sure about which plants are in the Lake forest, so correct me if I'm wrong.

And there you go, another nice long chapter. And next chapter I'm going to have Firestar call the clan meeting for the talk with Blackstar. And isn't Dewkit cute? ;P.

Oh, and here's the spoiler:

****SHADOWS IN THE STARS SPOILER***

Icefire's power was slightly hinted in this chapter, though not as much as Spitfire's.

***END OF SPOILER***

There you go. And change of plans. I want you to tell me who's POV you want me to do next, because this chapter wasn't really anyone's POV, and I am not sure who's POV should go next. Tell me that in your review!

~Dragonclaw11