I wasn't feeling up to updating Ignite, and I had something going on again today so I wouldn't be able to update at the normal time anyway. So I decided that since H20 hasn't had an update in over a month...
So here's an update. You're welcome.
Also please tell me if you see any errors, my keyboard is being super finicky and keeps adddding extra letters even though I only pressedd down on the letter key like one time. Caase in point.
Reviews are appreciated!
Bramblestar was careful as he trekked down to the river, making sure no one was following him like he had followed Firestar that night. He didn't know how Firestar and the other leaders had the time to submerge themselves in the water all the time, but he respected them for getting away with the mercat stuff for so long. Avoiding water was harder than it looked.
Especially now that he had been a mercat long enough that he was starting to feel that burning sensation that Firestar talked about. It was like an itch he couldn't scratch that only went away when he got wet. It was really annoying! Luckily he finally had time for himself to jump in and swim for a while.
The feeling of his legs turning into a tail would never get old, he thought. He never wanted to leave the water. Swimming came so easily to him now that it felt like he was flying through the water.
He shot down the river into the lake, and he marveled at the underwater scene. It was beautiful down here, but he supposed that the ocean was even better. Firestar always described it as such.
He wasn't here to admire the sites or enjoy himself; he was here to seek out Mistystar and Onestar. He had to let them know about Firestar and Blackstar, as well as assure them that they were no longer the only mercats in the lake. He was sure they would appreciate the extra company.
His amber eyes glinted as he quickly found two figures in the distance which he knew to be the other two leaders.
"Time flies doesn't it?" Onestar said to his fellow leader. "Seems like yesterday all four of us were here having a good time without all the responsibilities of the clans holding us down," he sighed. Mistystar gave a sad nod, remembering their time with Firestar and Blackstar before they...
It was certainly a shock to hear that Firestar ended up dying at the end of the Dark Forest battle. It was like a hole had opened up in their beings. The underwater meetings had been so much more subdued without the ginger mercat to lighten them up. Then Blackstar had also died, and it made the other two leaders realize how much had really changed.
"We don't even know if they made it to Starclan..." Mistystar whispered. Onestar dug his claws into the sand angrily. What if Firestar and Blackstar had been sent to some limbo and that's why they didn't come into their dreams to tell the two that Starclan had accepted them?
"Starclan better had not reject them... at the very least Firestar shouldn't have been rejected," Onestar muttered lowly.
"What are you going to do, yell at them if they did?" someone said behind them.
"Well maybe I will!" Onestar retorted, before realizing that Mistystar hadn't been the one to speak up. The two blinked before turning their heads to look behind them, only to be met with Bramblestar.
"Oh, it's only Bramblestar..." Onestar said bored. He did a double take, zeroing in on Bramblestar's tail and gaped. "Bramblestar?!"
"You- you have a tail..." Mistystar meowed in shock.
"I know, isn't it amazing?" Bramblestar meowed happily, before twirling around to show it off.
"How did this happen?" Mistystar demanded.
"Well, I remember Firestar describing the Moonpool on Mako and took the time to see if our Moonpool worked the same way on full moons. Turns out it did," Bramblestar said cheerfully. The other leaders had been told by Firestar that he had been compromised, that Bramblestar was in the know, but for the tabby to actually become a mercat...
"Unbelievable..." Onestar muttered.
"Bramblestar, why would you do this? You know how Starclan feels about us," Mistystar said sadly.
Bramblestar rolled his eyes at the mention of Starclan. "I don't care what they think. I didn't just do this for me, I did this for Firestar." The other two mercats looked confused at his statement. "He and Blackstar made it in, I haven't seen Blackstar but I know that he and Firestar aren't exactly being treated well in Starclan. So I took a chance, and now I can give Firestar some company when I eventually die. Aside from you all and myself, he was alone in life. Now he won't be lonely in death. All we have to do is wait," he meowed vehemently.
Mistystar and Onestar were happy to hear that their fellow mercats made it into Starclan, and then mulled over Bramblestar's words. When they got into Starclan, they would be ostracized for being what they were. They didn't have anyone in their clan who knew about their secret, and with Starclan against them... they would still be alone even in death.
Firestar was lucky to have such a loyal deputy and successor. He had someone from his own clan that supported him. The two would keep each other company in death. Who did they have besides themselves?
"Well, at least they made it in," Mistystar sighed.
"Wait, so you had to test this during the full moon right? Didn't Squirrelflight say you were sick when she filled in for you?" Onestar asked confused.
"How else was I supposed to check if the Moonpool worked as intended?" Bramblestar retorted.
"So you got yourself sick in order to check out the Moonpool?" Onestar asked incredulously.
"No! I was already sick when I decided to check it out..." Bramblestar pouted.
"So you jumped into freezing cold water in the middle of leaf-bare while you were already sick?" Mistystar deadpanned. It was currently leaf-bare, and it was hypocritical of her to say that though. They all jumped into freezing cold water during leaf-bare, but at least some of them were mercats when they did so. Sure, as mercats they could feel how cold the water was, but it never bothered them in the least. The water would never do anything to harm them.
But a non-mercat taking a dip into freezing cold water was just plain idiotic.
"...The greencough was worth becoming a mercat," Bramblestar pouted.
"You Thunderclan cats are crazy!" Onestar yelled.
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Sandstorm sat outside the elders' den as Bramblestar and Squirrelflight rounded up the chosen cats and left for the Gathering, Bramblestar giving her a nod as he left.
She turned to call into the den. "I'm going for walk!"
Graystripe lifted his head from his nest. "This late? And while it's this cold out? Sandstorm I know you still want to feel active but can't you be more active once new-leaf comes around?" he questioned her.
"I'm not going to let a little cold stop me," she said before bounding off. She wasn't going on a simple walk though; she was going to the Moonpool. She had thought long and hard about becoming a mercat. Firestar had a paw in both land and the water, while she could only be with him on the land. If she became a mercat too, they could be together no matter what. She would get to experience the same troubles he had.
Overall, it would more than likely strengthen their bond together, and that was worth it in her eyes.
Her joints creaked as she made her way to the pool of water that would hopefully change her to be like her mate. She sat down, fur fluffed up from the cold, and waited.
The light of the full moon shown down onto the Moonpool, and she was amazed as the pool bubbled and rippled, particles of light moving upwards into the sky.
This is what she had been waiting for. With no hesitation, she walked into the pool until it covered her shoulders, struggling to swim her way into the light. As soon as the event ended and the Moonpool returned to its normal state, she frantically paddled her way out, shaking her fur of all the excess water that was weighing her pelt down.
She shivered from the biting cold, hoping that Bramblestar hadn't been spouting nonsense. She had better become a mercat from this, because getting sick wasn't worth it.
And then there were three! Or four in Sandstorm's case. At least until Onestar dies, cause we all know how that happens.
And if this is truly like canon, then Sandstorm dies before Onestar does. I wouldn't feel too bad about Sandstorm though, she gets to be with Firestar in the end. FireSand fluff in the water as mercats? Sign me up!
I should be working on Ignite tonight, that is if all my homework doesn't get in the way first. Oh goody, I have THAT again. Joy.
Tell me how I did.