Tallstar and Longtail stood with their hackles raised, as they circled around each other.
"For the last time Tallstar, my tail is longer," Longtail snarled.
"I don't think so, and not only is my tail longer, it's been around since before you were even kitted," Tallstar retorted.
"Too bad you two didn't have kits, and passed on your long tail genes," Stormtail meowed.
"Excuse me?" Palebird shrieked, "Are you critizing my son for his life choices!?"
"Palebird," Sandgorse sighed, "I've come to terms with the fact that Tallstar didn't want to be a tunneler, and I think Stormtail has too."
"What even?" Stormtail asked, looking confused. As Palebird shook her head.
"No, I wasn't talking about that," she sighed, "You know what? Nevermind."
Meanwhile, in HalfclanClan, two cats were dragging Puddleshine's body into the clearing.
"No!" Slatefur exclaimed, racing over to his brother.
"No, no, this can't be happening!"
He let out a wail, and collasped to the ground.
"Should we go get the medicine cat?" Tigerheart asked.
"Puddleshine was the medicine cat," Cloverfoot hissed.
"I-I'm all alone, it's just me now," Slatefur's meow cracked with emotion, "at least I got to say goodbye this time."
"I'll be the HalfclanClan's medicine cat," Shadowkit meowed, as he shoved some deathberries behind his back.
"Oh brilliant! It looks like HalfclanClan isn't doomed afterall!" Tigerstar exclaimed, and all the other cats, minus Slatefur, let out cheers.
"Wait a minute!" Oakfur suddenly gasped.
All the cats turned their eyes to the elder.
"Since ShadowClan is now HalfclanClan, would that make Shadowkit, Halfclankit?"
"Oh that name is perfect!" Tigerstar meowed, jumping up onto the bough of the tree.
"Let all cats old enough to kill their enemies gather around," he cleared his throat, "today, Muddlepine has died."
"It's Puddleshine!" Slatefur spat.
"Be quiet Rippletail, and don't interrupt me when I'm talking, I am your leader!"
"You know what? I'm leaving! I'm going to become mates with Sleekwhisker!"
Slatefur huffed, storming off.
"Good luck with that, I heard she mated with all the toms AND all the she-cats in the kin," Strikestone meowed after him.
"Now that the interruptions are over, our new medicine cat is Shadowkit, who will now be named Halfclanwing, after his beautiful mother Dovewing!"
"Halfclanwing! Halfclanwing!" all the cats cheered.
"Oh fantastic! Another medicine cat for me to train," Yellowfang grumbled.
"I could train them," Runningnose meowed.
Yellowfang sighed and shook her head.
"No one can stand listening to you for more than a few minutes, where's Littlecloud? He should be doing this."
"Bluestar threw him into The Dark Forest remember? Along with all the other brown tabbies," Runningnose sighed.
"Oh right, I guess we'll just have to wait until Puddleshine gets here."
"Did someone order a Puddleshine?" Puddleshine exclaimed, bursting into StarClan.
"Oh good, you're here, now you can train Halfclanwing how to be a medicine cat!"
"This is load of foxdung that I had to die, just so Tigerstar's relatives could get all the attention on them AGAIN!"
"Yeah, I know how you feel," Harestar growled, as he stormed into StarClan, "I don't know what I was thinking, making Crowfeather my deputy, I should have known this would happen!"
"I just wish that I had a different name, then maybe I could have lived," Crowfrost sighed.
"No," Puddleshine shook his head, "You died so Tigerheart could be leader."
"I'm pretty sure he died so there wouldn't be two Crowstars," Harestar argued.
"NO! TIGERSTAR!"
"CROWFEATHER!"
"TIGERSTAR!"
"CROWFEATHER!"
Both toms were standing muzzle to muzzle, puffed out so big, they looked like badgers rather than cats.
"ATTENTION HARE-BRAINS, MOUSE-BRAINS, TOAD-BRAINS, FEATHER-BRAINS, AND FISH-BRAINS!" Skystar yowled.
All the cats turned and glared at him.
"The Warriors Battle Royale will be commencing in one moon, now is the time to cast your votes on who will win!"
"Is it all the clans, or just KittypetClan? If it's all the clans, then I'm putting my money on Beetlewhisker, Heavystep, or Mistystar, those cats never die," a cat meowed.
"Yeah, because of RAVENWING!" Goosefeather spat.
"I think Ravenwing might be my son!" Rooktail gasped.
"No, I'm your son," Goosefeather sighed.
Rooktail narrowed his eyes.
"Are you sure? I'm black with blue eyes, Ravenwing is black with blue eyes, a rook is a corvidae a raven is a corvidae."
"I think I'm older than you, or I would be if MAPLESHADE DIDN'T FREAKIN KILL ME!"
"Snitches get put in ditches, that's all I gotta say," Mapleshade meowed from the Dark Forest border.
"Are you done? Can we continue the topic on hand?" Skystar sighed, his whiskers twitched, "what were we talking about again?"
"The Warriors Battle Royale," Bluestar meowed.
"Oh right, ALL of the cats will be involved, the more bloodshed the better!"
All the cats started cheering, except for Hollyleaf, who looked on with horror shining in her green eyes.
How could this be happening? How could StarClan cats be cheering for the senseless deaths of other cats?
I need to get the warrior code back, she told herself.
She couldn't do it alone though, she then thought of the kit that had just been born to Willowshine and Jayfeather, a skinny brown tom named Stickkit.
She could get Stickkit, Frostedkit, Sweetkit, and Frecklekit to help her!
It had to work, it just had to!