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Chapter 18: Featherbreeze

Featherbreeze stared at her sister incredulously. "Petalshine saved you from drowning?"

Mintleaf nodded. "It wasn't my time." Her fur was soaking wet but her eyes sparkled.

Leafstar sniffed. "Well, saved or not, you need to go and see Ivybreeze." She added, "Now," when Mintleaf opened her mouth to object.

"How are we going to end this?" Thunderstrike asked, looking around the blood-stained clearing.

Leafstar stood up. "There is only one way. We unite the clans. Featherbreeze, get Flamestar and Brackenstar and tell them to come to the top of the waterfall."

"Will they listen?" Featherbreeze meowed doubtfully.

"This is going to save the clans. They'd better listen."

"Okay," Featherbreeze meowed, and bounded away to find the leaders. Brackenstar was easy to find. He was fighting Breezeheart right next to the river.

Breezeheart saw her and his eyes lit up. "Seen your sister recently?" he asked mockingly.

"Oh, you're the one who tried to drown her? Guess what! StarClan was on her side!" Featherbreeze flung herself at Breezeheart. She pushed Brackenstar off the black warrior and pushed him into the stream.

"Don't let go!" Breezeheart shrieked.

"I'm not a killer," Featherbreeze hissed in his ear. "Not like you." She pulled him back onto dry land and sliced her claws down his throat, but not deeply. "Have a nice life."

Brackenstar stared at her. "Why'd you do that? I would've beat him!"

"He tried to kill my sister. Also, Leafstar has called a meeting of the leaders on top of the waterfall." Featherbreeze flicked her tail and trotted away. Flamestar, thankfully was not in combat. He didn't look too badly injured, except for fur torn out all over his pelt.

"What do you want?" he growled when Featherbreeze approached him.

"We're allies. You have no need to act like I'm going to kill you," Featherbreeze pointed out, sheathing her claws. "What I want is for you to go to the top of the waterfall. Leafstar and Brackenstar are there."

Flamestar's eyes gleamed suspiciously. "Is Leafstar going to push us off or something?"

Featherbreeze shook her head quickly. "She wants to unite the clans. Just go!"

"If your mother kills me, I will forever haunt you," Flamestar hissed, before stalking away.

Featherbreeze rolled her eyes. "You have more lives anyway!" Flamestar didn't reply.

Feeling like she was about to collapse on her paws, Featherbreeze padded slowly over to Ivybreeze's bush. She slid into it and fell over sideways. She'd been awake for so long, she could no longer stay upright. Without speaking, she closed her blue eyes and fell asleep.

…

Featherbreeze wasn't sure how long she was asleep. When she woke up, Ivybreeze was sitting beside her, her eyes full of worry.

"Oh, good, you're awake!" Ivybreeze gasped.

"Is the battle over?" Featherbreeze yawned, sitting up.

Ivybreeze shook her head. "All of Flowerstar's rogues left. But her clan supporters are still there. I treated your wounds. You can go."

"Okay," Featherbreeze murmured, crouching down to get out of the bush.

Ivybreeze was right. Only half the cats from before were in the clearing. And the fight was orderly now. All the cats were in a circle, with too many cats for Featherbreeze to see what was in the middle. She pushed her way through the cats, ignoring the angry hisses and growls. When she got to the front, her eyes widened. Shiningmask and Swiftlake lay dead, and Breezeheart and Flowerstar were lying still, their chests rising and falling as they slept.

A few other cats were standing near the edge of the tight circle, trying to lunge themselves at the barrier of cats. Dapplefall, Windheart, Mistfeather, and Darkspots. Darkspots? He's Blossommleap's mate! He came to our meetings. She looked around for Blossomleap. The dark brown she-cat was standing near the front, her eyes seething with rage. Didn't I hear once that Darkspots is Breezeheart's father? It was like puzzle pieces coming together in her mind. Flowerstar ordered Darkspots to become Blossomleap's mate so that she would have a closer tie to them if she wanted them for her 'plan.' Whatever that was.

"We should exile them," Leafstar announced.

"Can we do that?" Flamestar growled. "They're not our cats. And what about Flowerstar?"

Leafstar stared at the large cat sleeping in the center of the circle. "We kill her," she whispered.

"But that's against the code," Brackenstar argued. "And what will we do when StreamClan has no leader?"

Leafstar sighed. "Leafglint fought on our side. Obviously, she can be the leader"

Brackenstar shook his head. "She died." There was a collective gasp from all the StreamClan cats.

"Who's our leader, mama?" Fawnpaw asked, looking up at her mother. Blossomleap flicked her tail across her daughter's mouth and shook her head.

"Fine! We'll exile Dapplefall, Mistfeather, Darkspots, Windheart, and Breezeheart. We'll imprison Flowerstar and decide what to do with her later. Agreed?" Flamestar looked increasingly impatient when no cat answered him.

Finally, Brackenstar meowed, "Dapplefall, Mistfeather, Darkspots, Windheart, you are exiled from the clans. Leave now. If any cat sees you in clan territory after sunrise today, they have full permission to kill you. Understood?"

"Yes," the four cats muttered. Their eyes were like raging storms as they filed out of the clearing with Thunderstrike following them.

"What about Breezeheart?" Flamestar snapped.

Brackenstar shook his head. "It's not safe to let him roam free. We'll imprison him too."

The StreamClan cats who had been silent for so long, all stood up. "What about us?" Oakwind asked.

The three leaders exchanged blank looks. "I guess you need to choose a leader," Leafstar meowed. "Before we get to that, I think we should sit vigil for the dead." Her eyes scanned the clearing. Leafglint, Branchstep, Acorntail, Snipear, Graysong, Petaldrop, Sparrowheart, Doveheart, Honeyfrost, and Creekpaw were lying dead, their bodies covered in blood. We're the strongest clan, Featherbreeze thought, thinking of the ten kits, safe in the camp.

Well, as you can see, action is dimming, but don't worry, it will come up again soon!

QOTC

Who should the leader of StreamClan be?

I have an idea... but tell me what you think! Also, did you notice the new cover? I started making those for my new stories, so I had to do one for this!

Last but not least, please vote in the new poll in my profile! Both stories are started, but I don't know which I should continue with first!