I'm sorry to say, this is coming to an end. Only a few more chapters until the finale. :(
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Chapter 25
"Stay still, Wildstorm! Great StarClan, you're like a worm! It's like you have ants under your pelt!" Willowsplash complained.
After the battle, HollyClan returned home, glad to have Hollystar back. There were some injuries, but nothing too serious.
As the brown and cream medicine cat wrestled with the injured warrior, she walked in, seeking some moss for Flameheart's bloody nose.
"Wildstorm! I'll never get this torn claw out of your arm if you don't stop moving!" Willowsplash meowed exasperated.
Hollystar chuckled at the sight of the wincing tom. His brown speckled face was screwed up in over reactive pain as Willowsplash pulled out one of Sol's cat's torn claws from his shoulder.
"Hey Willowsplash. I need some moss." she informed the struggling she cat. The medicine cat did not look up from her work.
"Nothing bad?"grunted while tugging at the claw. Hollystar shook her head.
"A bloody nose. Nothing." she shrugged. Willowsplash nodded and suddenly snapped her head back with the claw in her teeth.
"YYYYAAAROOOOOWWWW!" screeched Wildstorm hopping around the den licking his gushing wound ferociously. Willowsplash spat the claw on the ground, her eyes shining.
"And that is medicine cat work!" she said proudly. Hollystar glanced at the claw and her eyes bulged. The claw was as long as a whisker!
"That is a claw worthy of Tigerstar!" she cried out in horror. Willowsplash chuckled. The she pushed some moss to her.
"Here." she said. "Fresh moss." then the medicine cat leaned forward and meowed quietly.
"Hollystar, I want to talk to you. It's about Moonpaw." the black furred leader cocked her head.
"Is something wrong?" Willowsplash's eyes shined. "Oh no, Hollystar. It's just that…" she led her leader out the den.
As they settled in a little cave, Willowsplash spilled the news.
"I think Moonpaw has learned all I can teach her. She can recite all the herbs in a heartbeat and she understands the importance of StarClan. At night all she needs is the essence of herbs to lull her to sleep." she grinned.
"That's great Willowsplash! I'm happy for you! I agree to this. Moonpaw has trained hard, and so did Darkpaw and Fuzzypaw." Hollystar pondered thoughtfully.
"In fact, they're all ready to become full warriors and medicine cats. I will speak to Blacktalon and Wildstorm." she said definitely and she padded out of the cave, carrying the moss.
She headed to the open camp to see Snaketooth tending to Flameheart. She felt a lash of guilt for assuming that the she cat and tom were Thornleaf's allies. She took a deep breath and headed up to them, carrying the moss in her jaws.
"This should help." she nudged the moss to Snaketooth. He looked up gratefully.
"Thanks Hollystar. The bleeding is getting better." he dabbled the moss on Flameheart's nose. Hollystar winced at the awkwardness.
"Um… well. Flameheart, Snaketooth. I just want you guys to know that I really do trust you. Just because you were Thornleaf's friends, I…" Snaketooth looked forgiving at her. Flameheart nodded slightly, careful of her nose.
"It's all right Hollystar. You did have a right to think it was us. But we are loyal to HollyClan!" Snaketooth vowed.
"HaweyClaah!" Flameheart tried to mew through the moss. "Hush." Snaketooth whispered gently. "You'll restart the bleeding."
Hollystar nodded and padded away. She spotted Blacktalon and Wildstorm sharing tongues and she raced over to them.
"Blacktalon! Wildstorm!" she called. The toms' heads shot up, then beamed at her.
"Some battle, eh there Little Leaf?" Wildstorm drawled. Hollystar chuckled.
"You'll have to call me Little Star now." she chided. Her eyes darkened. "Where's Thornleaf?"
Blacktalon flicked his tail nonchalantly. "Oh its all right. Julie and Meadowpool are taking care of him." his eyes brightened. "You should have seen the way Julie handled that mange pelt! She was all over him, yelling and screaming at him to shut up and lecturing him about what Clan life really is…" he guffawed deeply. "It was hilarious!"
"Epic!" Wildstorm added. Hollystar nodded satisfied.
"Anyway, I wanted to talk to you two." she started. The two tom's eyes darkened with worry.
"What?" they asked in unison. She took a deep breath.
"How do you feel about Darkpaw and Fuzzypaw becoming warriors?" she asked brightly. Blacktalon and Wildstorm's eyes blazed with anticipation.
"That's awesome dude! When will the ceremony happen?" the black tom gasped. Hollystar grinned.
"As soon as possible." she shrugged. Blackstorm stumbled to his paws clumsily.
"I gotta tell Darkpaw!" Wildstorm shot up too. "I gotta tell Fuzzypaw!" Hollystar nodded. She just had to face Dewpelt now.
She headed over to the clearing where Dewpelt was conversing with Shell and Tonie.
"Dewpelt!" she called. The white dappled she cat didn't face her, and when Hollystar looked closer, she realized that the white she cat with gray splotches was shaking!
"Dewpelt!" she cried as she raced to the she cat. Dewpelt was sobbing and Shell was comforting her.
"It's all right, Dewpelt. He didn't deserve you. Clearly he felt more loyalty to Thornleaf than you and your kits." Dewpelt sobbed harder, if that were possible, and her breathing came in large racking wheezes.
"I… I just, just c-can't b-believe th-that he would bet-tray mee!" she choked out. He nose was running and her eyes were dull.
"Hush, Dewpelt. It's okay." Hollystar comforted. Dewpelt turned on her, her eyes blazing.
"Where is that foxhearted traitor? That stupid piece of dug that turned my mate against me?" she howled. Her claws raked the earth, causing deep fallows.
"Dewpelt! Dewpelt, you need to calm down. Thornleaf will receive his punishment in due time." Dewpelt hissed.
"Let me kill that traitor! That load of fox dung! That snake tongue, that badger face, that…" she hurled more insults at the prison where Thornleaf was being held.
"LET ME AT HIM!" she screeched, then she collapsed, sobbing. "Nooo!" she moaned. "He's dead!" she cried desperately.
Hollystar watched the queen in mortification. How could she let this happen? "Dewpelt." she meowed before she could stop herself.
"Dewpelt, whatever punishment I decide for Thornleaf, or should I say, Thorn now that he has lost his honor as a warrior. Whatever punishment I decide for him, I promise, you will be the first to know." Dewpwlt gazed at her with frosty eyes.
"Really, Hollystar." she mewed in a tiny voice. She nodded.
Dewpelt straightened herself. "Very well." she meowed softly. The black furred leader smiled.
"I have some good news for you Dewpelt." she informed her. The she cat looked bleary at her. "Yes?"
"Your kits are ready to become full warriors and medicine cat!" she announced proudly. Dewpelt closed her eyes.
"That means Darkpaw and Fuzzypaw will be fighting in the battles right?" she asked softly, setting her head on her small paws.
Hollystar frowned at her reaction. "Yes, they are great cats, they are ready-" "No."
The black furred leader stared at the queen with surprise. "What?" Dewpelt peeked an eye. "No. I will not let my kits fight. Moonpaw may receive her name, but not Darkpaw and Fuzzypaw. They will stay apprentices forever." and with that she stood up and walked away.
Hollystar stared after her, baffled. "But… but that's…" she sputtered. Then she felt a soft tail on her back.
"Hollystar, it's okay. She'll come around. You can't blame her, she just found out her mate betrayed her for the destruction of the clan she now loved, and that mate died too." Shell shrugged. "Give her a break."
She shook her head. "But Darkpaw and Fuzzypaw are ready… and they have to… They want to become warriors, Shell! I would be punishing them if I didn't…" she shook her head. "Your right. Dewpelt will just have to wait. I have a whole clan that needs reassuring." she turned and saw that cream and brown face looking at her from the warriors den.
She blushed and headed towards Falconbreeze. The tom had a hard look on his face as he stared at her with dark green eyes.
"Hollystar." he meowed icily. She was taken back by his coldness.
"Falconbreeze, what's up?" she meowed softly. The tom snorted.
"So. Your leader now, huh." he meowed grudgingly. Hollystar's ears burned.
"Will you just tell me what is going on with you? Why are you so cold?" she demanded. Falconbreeze looked away.
"You didn't have to come to me if you were just going to yell." he glared at her. Hollystar bunched her back. Her nose scrunched up and her whiskers twitched madly.
"Fine!" she hissed. She spun quickly and stalked away until a sharp pain in her tail caused her to jump.
"OW!" she squeaked. She looked at her tail and saw that Falconbreeze was hanging on to it with claws outstretched.
"What is your problem, you-" then she saw the look in his big, green eyes. Her voice trailed off.
"Falconbreeze. Are you okay?" she meowed softly. The brown and cream tom looked at her with pain.
"You can never take a mate now, can you?" he choked. Hollystar's eyes widened.
Not so soon, not after Mousewhisker…
"Falconbreeze… I…" she meowed. The tom's eyes glazed in hurt.
"Leaders have to give all their time to their clan, so they can never have a mate, or kits." he whispered. "We can never be together." she gasped slightly.
She slowly padded to his side and rubbed her muzzle against his.
"Oh, Falconbreeze." she murmured. The creama nd brown tom's eyes closed, and he released a small, painful purr.
She looked softly at him. "I can't… I do care, but…" she sighed. "This is so hard."
Falconbreeze looked at her fiercely. "If it hurts, Hollystar, then I don't want you to like me this way! I don't want you to hurt!" Hollystar stared shocked at him.
"But, Falconbreeze! I know what you have gone through! You have been through so much pain, you don't deserve this! You deserve everything!" she cried. The tom looked at her longingly.
"I only care about you. Your feelings. If it does not belong with me, then let it be. You need to care for HollyClan. I am one cat compared to many-" "NO!" she snapped. Falconbreeze looked surprised at her. Her pelt was bristling with anger.
"Your not just one cat, your my whole heart! I love you, Falconbreeze! You have to know that!" her eyes blazed, and she could tell that Falconbreeze loved it.
"But how is this going to work?" he said sadly. Hollystar flinched.
"I…" she started. Then she realized she couldn't finish.
"You…?" Falconbreeze urged. She looked in his eyes and saw how much he wanted a solution.
"I thought so." Falconbreeze sighed. "Then this is it." Hollystar looked mortified.
"What?" the tom shook his head. "I won't be with you if it hurts this much." he concluded. The black she cat gaped at him.
"But… but I can't let you go like this! I can't be without you! I don't want you to go!" she cried, holding on to him.
"Hush, hush, Hollystar. I won't go anywhere. I will be a warrior of HollyClan, but that's all I'll be to you." she looked at him, her eyes stinging.
"No, Falconbreeze. You won't just be another cat in HollyClan. You will be the cat that gave me the idea of HollyClan, the cat that found me in the tunnels and cared for me, even when I had my fits. Your the cat that helped me get through my past, your the cat that shared the hardships that I faced, your the cat that helped me become Hollystar. Your the cat that stood up for me, even in battle. It's you Falconbreeze." she insisted. "Your my Frisk that will never be just any cat. Mine…" she murmured, rubbing her head against his neck.
"And you will still be that crazy she cat that I found under those rocks that long time ago." she chuckled burying his head in my head. I purred loud and clear. I purred for all of HollyClan to hear me, all of StarClan to hear me.
My Falconbreeze...
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~Swanie