Bugeater's heart raced in his chest, as he made his way to the gathering. This would be the first gathering that he's been to since posing as Blackstar. He managed to fool ShadowClan, but could he make the other clans believe his charade, or would they see through his facade?
He must have been so invested in his thoughts, that he didn't even realize that he had made it to the gathering spot, until he heard Onestar meow.
"How's the prey running in ShadowClan?"
"The prey doesn't run in ShadowClan, it hops and slithers," Bugeater spat.
"The prey is running great in ThunderClan," Firestar meowed.
"Omfsc Firestar! No one cares!" Onestar let out a sigh of annoyance, "There ThunderClan goes again, sticking their nose in every clans' business.
"Calm yourself Foxinafitstar, Firestar was just making conversation," Mistystar meowed, rolling her eyes.
"I heard that Mistystar traded her nine lives for one immortal life!" Onestar spat.
"Come on, can't we all just get along?" Firestar asked, pulling out a harmonica, which he then proceeded to play Kumbaya on it.
Onestar pulled out a knife which he had made out of Antpelt's claws.
"Stop that now!"
"I can't believe I'm saying this, but I actually agree with Onestar," Bugeater meowed.
"Um, excuse me Blackstar, but what did I ever do to you?" Onestar hissed.
Bugeater gulped, he had forgotten that he was posing as Blackstar!
"Your face annoys me," he meowed, saying the first thing that popped into his head. He couldn't say the real reason why he hated Onestar, or everyone would know that he was a fraud!
"Hey, what are you doing over here?" Firestar asked Berrynose and Lionblaze, who were starting to climb up the great oak.
"Um, we're the leader and co-leader of PrepClan," Berrynose meowed, rolling his eyes.
"Yeah," Leafpool meowed, also climbing up, "EmoClan is here too."
"But remember what Bluestar said? Four trees means four clans, and four seasons, means four clans," Firestar meowed.
"Yeah, well, the four trees don't exist anymore, so that claim is moot," Berrynose meowed with a bored yawn.
"Uhh, how do you know that? You didn't even exist when four trees was a thing," Firestar meowed.
Berrynose pulled out a catmint cigarette.
"I bummed this off of Toadstep, and now I know EVERYTHING!"
"So, in your mind, nothing's changed," Lionblaze snorted.
"Alright every cat listen up, it's time to start the gathering," Mistystar yowled from her spot on the tree. Since three extra cats were up there, it was super crowded. Berrynose was standing on Berrynose's shoulders, and Leafpool was standing on Firestar's shoulders.
"The prey is swimming great in RiverClan, and Beetlewhisker disappeared, but according to some sources, he's going to be listed in a book that takes place some moons from now, so I think he is okay.," Mistystar meowed, nodding over at Onestar.
"Things are going okay in WindClan, considering the fact that I still can't get my restraining order against Firestar approved. Anyway, I too saw spoilers in a book that will take place some moons from now, in it, Gorsetail is a she-cat again." He sat down, and Firestar stood up.
"Typical, Firestar is always following me," Onestar muttered. Bugeater rolled his eyes. What did Firestar do to Onestar that was so bad, other than saving his life, and his clan multiple times? Oh, and there's the fact that he helped him become leader in the first place!
He was so busy thinking about how dumb and ungrateful Onestar was, that he didn't hear what Firestar had said.
He then stood up, thinking that it'd be the most logical choice, for him to go before PrepClan and EmoClan.
Bugeater opened his mouth to speak, when a deep voice boomed out.
"THAT'S NOT BLACKSTAR! THAT'S AN IMPOSTOR!"
Every cat gasped as a large white cat with black paws stepped into the clearing, he looked just like Blackstar! It was...Blackstar!
"Oh fox dung," Bugeater groaned.
"So you admit it! You're an impostor!" Blackstar spat. All the leaders backed away from him, Berrynose fell off of Lionblaze's shoulders and died.
"Look, I can explain," Bugeater began.
"Go ahead, explain why you tried to take over my clan," Blackstar growled, flexing his claws.
"Well, you see, Sol was planning on killing you, and I decided to pretend to be you, so he wouldn't kill you, because I felt bad about convincing you to give up one of your lives, even if you did kinda deserve it for Stonefur and Rosetail."
Mistystar gasped.
"Oh my StarClan! I totally forgot about that, I hate you Blackstar!"
"Oh come off it Mistystar, Stonefur forgave me, he gave me the power of forgiveness as one of my nine lives, besides, I was just following the warrior code, and doing what my leader tells me to."
"Wait a minute, the warrior code says that you have to do everything your leader says?" Bugeater asked, feeling shocked.
"Uh, yeah, it says the leader's word is the warrior code," Mistystar meowed.
"What? It doesn't say that on MY warrior code!" Bugeater meowed, pulling out a copy of the warrior code that had been given to him as a kit. He cleared his throat, and started reading it out loud.
1. Catmint is the cure for everything
2. Onestar is the worst, and must be destroyed
"What?" Onestar spat, cutting him off, "I don't like that code at all!"
"It's much better than yours, if the leader's word is law, then WindClan is DOOMED!" Bugeater wailed.
"It was doomed the minute Firestar joined the forest!" Onestar spat.
"Oh yeah, and if Firestar never joined the forest, then you would still be living in the tunnels like rats!" Greystripe hissed.
"OMFSC you mouse-brains! You can't fight, it's the gathering, StarClan is going to be super peeved!" Littlecloud exclaimed, looking at up the sky.
Bugeater looked up too, to see that the moon was still clear.
"Can this gathering me over already?" Heathertail groaned in a whiny voice.
"Can your life be over already?" he spat, earning collective gasps from WindClan.
"Omfsc, Heathertail is my daughter!" Onestar gasped.
"Well, I guess I can't fault her for being the way she is then," Bugeater meowed.
He couldn't imagine having Onestar for a father, it would almost be as bad as having Crowfeather for a father. He glanced over at Breezepelt, perhaps he had judged him too harshly.
Then, he remembered that Nightcloud, his mother, spoiled him, and that he tried to kill a cat expecting kits, and he attacked a medicine cat, and even though that medicine cat was Jayfeather, all his feelings of sympathy disappeared.
"You're just jealous that I won the Miss WindClan pageant!" Heathertail spat.
"Yeah, um, no, I didn't even stick around for that dumb pageant, it was rigged anyway," Bugeater meowed.
"Omfsc! How dare you call the pageant dumb! You are banned from OneClan FOREVER!" Onestar yowled.
"Uhh, don't you mean WindClan?" Bugeater asked, raising his brow.
"That's what I said!" Onestar spat.
"I'm pretty sure you said OneClan," Bugeater meowed, every cat nodded in agreement.
Onestar growled and stormed away with Breezepelt and Heathertail following after him.
"Wow, I am so over Onestar, can I fake my death and join ThunderClan?" Ashfoot meowed.
"Yeah, but you should do it after the battle between The Dark Forest, and the StarClan, so you have a legit reason to die," Lionblaze meowed.
"Can I join ThunderClan too?" Bugeater asked. He needed a clan to join since Onestar banished him from WindClan.
"Oh look, Firestar taking in loners and kittypets AGAIN," Blackstar sneered.
"You know what? Just for that, I'm joining ShadowClan!" Bugeater spat.
"I don't think so!" Blackstar hissed.
"Yeah! You can't sit with us!" Boulder yowled.
"Come on, shouldn't we be nice to our fellow warriors? I mean, we don't want to be like Crookedstar do we?" Flintfang meowed.
"Thank you Flintfang, but it's okay, I'll just join RiverClan," Bugeater meowed.
"No way, the last time we took in a rogue, Hawkfrost happened," Mistystar meowed.
"Fine!" Bugeater spat, "I'll just form my own clan! Any cat can join, except for cats that are related to Onestar!"
He raced out of the gathering place, feeling his heart beat hard with determination. He'd make the best clan in the world, and all the cats would be jealous!
