A/N Thank you all for the reviews and favorites for this story! I just wanted to explain a few things about this story. First of all; Jake and his brood are all apart of Skyclan under new names, Ruby is Pebblesplash, Socks is Magpiewing, Scourge is Iceclaw, and Princess is Fawnstep. Many things are different due to Fireheart never joining Thunderclan, this includes Brightheart remaining as Lostface and Gorsepaw (now Gorsetail) being alive. This is also set around Firestar's Quest. I would have updated last week but I've been busy with school. Hopefully, I'll be able to update again next weekend. Also, I'll be uploading the Skyclan Allegiances after this.

Fireheart's P.O.V

Rain hit down on the warrior's den as a light storm swept by. Fireheart sat by the entrance of the den watching it fall. She sighed at the sight of Sharpclaw entering camp with his patrol, all of them were soaked. The patrol was carrying a large amount of prey, they all split up and took the prey to the other dens. Fireheart briefly tensed when a weight leaned against her. She glanced and gave the tiny tom next to her a smile.

"Iceclaw, is something wrong?" Fireheart asked, her older half-brother just stared back at her with his cold eyes. They held eye contact for a few moments before Iceclaw looked out the den.

"If you're worried about Pebblesplash, don't. Snakestar is with her, soon their kits will be here." Iceclaw mewed simply. Fireheart nodded but couldn't help but be concerned about her half-sister. Deciding that it wasn't good to stress about Pebblesplash, Fireheart laid by the den entrance. Iceclaw still sat beside her, although he wasn't the best at comforting others, Fireheart couldn't help but relax when he was there. Iceclaw had always been there for her, took cheer her up or advise her. She smiled lightly as a memory of them flashed across her mind for a moment.

—Flashback—-

"Iceclaw! Iceclaw!" Firekit squealed as the young warrior made his way towards the nursery, a plump vole and two mice dangling from his jaws. Iceclaw slowed to a stop in front of Firekit and discreetly dropped the vole in front of her. Firekit's eyes lit up.

He slipped into the nursery where Acornflower and Fawnkit were. Firekit grinned before snatching up the vole and half-carry, half-drag behind the nursery. Without waiting Firekit began to devour the fresh-kill. As she ate a chuckle from behind her made Firekit choke on the vole's flesh. She slowly turned her head and saw Iceclaw standing there with an amused look on his face.

"Couldn't even wait for me to join you? How rude." Iceclaw teased, "You look like a mouse being caught with that expression."

Firekit swallowed as she glared at her brother, "And you look like a kit made into an apprentice four moons early"

Iceclaw gave her a sharp glare, and they eyed each other down for a few moments. Iceclaw pounced.

—Flashback End—-

"What are you smiling about?" Iceclaw asked, his icy blue eyes look down at her. Fireheart smiled softly.

"Oh, it's nothing just reminiscing." Fireheart mewed, the rain was beginning to slow.

"Reminiscing? You sound older than Moony." A voice teased from behind them. Fireheart glanced over her shoulder.

"That's funny coming from you Cherrytail, just yesterday you were complaining that all the rain was making your bones ache." Fireheart chirped, she sat back up and shifted to make room for the tortoiseshell she-cat to sit with them. "Also, you're not a kit anymore. You should call Skywatcher by his name."

The young warrior shrugged, "Skywatcher knows it's just a nickname, he doesn't care."

Fireheart shook her head lightly, suddenly there was a yowl from the nursery. Instantly Fireheart was to her paws and dashing towards the nursery. She stopped just in time to avoid slamming into Echosong. The medicine cat's eyes were clouded with emotion, held in her jaws were two small, unmoving kits. Echosong dipped her head to Fireheart before heading back to her den, the moment the silver she-cat had gotten out of the way Fireheart pushed into the nursery. Laying in a mossy nest was Pebblesplash, a single tiny kit snuggled at her belly. Beside Pebblesplash was Snakestar who stared down at the kit with worried eyes.

Pebblesplash weakly raised her head to look at Fireheart. Slowly padding toward Pebblesplash, Fireheart stopped next to her. She dipped her head to Snakestar who didn't even seem to acknowledge that she was there.

"H-Her name is Mistykit." Pebblesplash murmured, her eyes settled on her sole kit. Fireheart hummed as she crouched down to study the small kit. Definitely weak, Fireheart worried that she might not survive.

Snakestar spoke up quietly, "The other two were Stripekit and Rosekit."

She couldn't respond, not when her leader and friend sounded so broken. All Fireheart could do was pray to Starclan that they didn't snuff out the life within Mistykit.

"No, Harepaw, that position is meant for birds not rabbits." Leafdapple scolded harshly as Fireheart supervised the training of the apprentices. Tulip-paw had done well in hunting but severely lacked in fighting, meanwhile Pepperpaw was too easily distracted to pay attention any longer than a few moments. Fireheart could tell that Leafdapple was getting irritated by Harepaw's mistakes.

"Leafdapple! A word?" Fireheart called over to the tabby, Leafdapple paused before moving to her. As she approached Fireheart watched her tail lash back and forth. Leafdapple sat down before her.

"I know it's hard training an apprentice, Leafdapple, trust me, I've done it twice. But, just because you get frustrated doesn't mean you have to take it out on your apprentice. You already know all this, but Harepaw is learning. Give him time and he'll figure it out." Fireheart explained, Leafdapple's expression fell. It was clear that she had realized her mistakes.

"I know. I'll try better." Leafdapple replied before rejoining her apprentice. Fireheart decided that she should probably join a patrol, getting to her paws she went back to camp.

Upon entering camp she saw Shrewtooth and Whitepelt chatting by the fresh-kill pile.

"Shrewtooth, Whitepelt! Lets go on a hunting patrol."Fireheart shouted over to them. Shrewtooth practically jumped out of his skin at her voice before realizing it was her. They got to their paws and joined her. She led them towards the forest, and they split up.

The forest floor was still slightly damp from the recent rains but not as muddy as it had been earlier that morning. Fireheart scented the air and caught the scent of a rabbit, she followed the scent to a small meadow. Peering over the tall grass, she spotted the rabbit chewing on some sprouting flowers. Silently, she slipped into a hunter's crouch and began to stalk forward, careful to not rustle the undergrowth around her. When she was within striking distance, she pounced and pinned the rabbit down before snapping it's neck. Sitting back, Fireheart looked around and picked up the rabbit before burying it under a oak tree.

She hunted for a while before regrouping with Shrewtooth and Whitepelt. Although Shrewtooth hadn't caught much, Whitepelt had made up for it with an impressive catch. Upon entering camp Fireheart deposited of the fresh-kill into the pile but kept the rabbit. She also grabbed a pair of mice before heading for the elder's den. As she padded towards the den she glanced at Clovertail's kits, who were play fighting. Fireheart smiled around the prey in her jaws as she entered the elder's den. It was dark at first upon entering, she paused until her eyes had adjusted.

"What are you doing just standing there? Move it Fireheart!"

Fireheart huffed as she sent Fernpelt a playful glare. A familiar blazing pelt twitched slightly from its spot near Fernpelt. A head raised and a kind smile was sent towards Fireheart.

"Well isn't one of my wonderful kits!" Sunblaze mewed, his green eyes shining. Fireheart moved towards her father and Fernpelt. Dropping the rabbit at their paws Fireheart lightly head bumped Sunblaze's. Mouth still muffled by the two mice she still carried, she gave a light purr. As she made her way towards the corner of the den she dropped one of the mice in front of Morningdew before stopping behind a dark form curled in the corner of the den. Gently placing the plump mouse on the ground Fireheart sat silently as the form began to dark, patchy elder turned towards her.

"Fireheart." Skywatcher grumbled his light blue eyes flickering in the darkness of the den. She dipped her head respectively towards the elder.

"Hello, Skywatcher. I hope the kits haven't been disturbing your rest too much." Fireheart mewed as she nudged the mouse closer to him. The old tom made a strange noise at this.

He snatched a large bite from the mouse before responding, "Even if they were, I'd chase them out."

A chuckle from Morningdew caught Fireheart's attention. "Skywatcher I don't think you're able to chase even a blind and crippled mouse! I mean you're older than even me!"

Skywatcher snarled surprisingly loud before continuing to devour his fresh-kill. Fireheart smiled lightly, Skywatcher hadn't changed in all the time she'd known him. Even when she was a kit, Skywatcher had still been the oldest in the clan. At the time he had been training his second apprentice Larkflutter since his first apprentice had died from a falling tree. Looking back, Fireheart remembered when Larkflutter had died, killed by a fox while searching for herbs. The clan had been shocked when Starclan told Skywatcher that his next apprentice would be a kitty-pet. But, Echosong had been easily accepted into the clan, and Skywatcher retired to the elder's den a second time after he finished training her. Fireheart turned from the elders and began to leave, but not before dipping her head at Sunblaze. Her father smiled brightly at her and waved his tail in goodbye.

As Fireheart stepped out of the elder's den, momentarily blinded by the light, she looked around camp. Her clanmates were wandering about enjoying the sunny day, she made her way towards the fresh-kill pile before picking out a starling and taking to the shaded part of Rock-pile. Settling down and eating the fresh-kill, Fireheart watched Clovertail and Petalnose's kits play in the center of camp. They were completely carefree, just as kits should be. Suddenly, a thump of another cat laying next to her made Fireheart jump slightly. It was Clovertail, and approaching was Petalnose and Pebblesplash. Her half-sister was looking better, it had been about a moon and a half since her kitting. As the queens settled down around her, each carrying their own fresh-kill, Clovertail purred.

"The kits certainly are energetic today, Bouncekit was practically running about the nursery before dawn!"

Fireheart chuckled, Bouncekit was a pawful always getting into trouble. "Yes, it would seem so, I'm glad that New-Leaf had come early. It would have been difficult to care for so many kits in Leaf-Bare."

Petalnose nodded in agreement, "Yes, it would have been. We are lucky that our kits were born in New-Leaf, I don't know how I would have handled raising Sagekit and Mintkit in Leaf-Bare. I worried that the same fate would fall upon them as Fawnstep's litter." The pale she-cat admitted. Fireheart, hummed in agreement when Cloudtail and his littermates had been born in the middle of Leaf-Bare, the clan had worried. A litter of five, very rare, yet in the end only Cloudtail was alive by New-Leaf. Greencough had gotten the entire litter sick within the first two moons of the kits' lives, Fawnleap had been devastated and her mate, Olivenose, had also died that Leaf-Bare.

"That reminds me, Fireheart what is your opinion on kits?" Clovertail asked innocently, the queen had fixed her attention on Fireheart.

"I think kits are wonderful." Fireheart replied simply, she couldn't lie, Fireheart adored the clan's kits often giving them badger rides or telling them stories. Pebblesplash smiled at her response.

"Really? Then what do you think about having kits yourself Fireheart?" Pebblesplash mewed, Fireheart realized she'd fallen into a trap.

"I, uh, you do realize I don't even have a mate yet, right Pebblesplash?" Fireheart chuckled nervously. The grin on her sister's face only got bigger.

Pebblesplash asked, "Then has any tom caught your eye? I know that you and Shrewtooth are pretty friendly."

Fireheart flushed, "We're just friends, Pebblesplash you know that, not to mention I'm not ready for kits."

Petalnose and Clovertail laughed at her expense while Pebblesplash nudged her playfully. They continued talking about the clan and so on, but Fireheart was still stuck on the conversation about kits. She would love to have kits, but there wasn't a tom she had romantic feelings for. Not to mention she was deputy, and if she had kits she'd be stuck in the nursery for six moons. Fireheart mentality sighed at this, she glanced across the camp and to the forest. Maybe a walk would clear her head. Finishing her fresh-kill and saying her goodbyes to the queens, she left camp heading towards the river.

As she watched the water flow on by from her perch on the fallen tree that hung over the river, Fireheart thought of the last prophecy Skywatcher had before his retirement.

In search of forgiveness and of home, the sky will meet again with it's past at the riverside. Only with acceptance will the four become five once more.

At first both Fireheart and the rest of the clan had been confused about the message before Skywatcher had clarified that the prophecy was speaking of the other clans that had exiled Skyclan. Sunblaze had always told Fireheart and her siblings about his adventure with a Windclan cat, Talltail. It had been so long ago, but it all made sense with the prophecy. The clan had been spilt for a while about what to do when the other clans arrive. Some wanted to obey Starclan's command of accepting the other clan's with open paws, others wanted to turn them away and let them suffer the same way their ancestors had. In Fireheart's opinion both sides were justified, after all, the other clans had sentenced- what they thought to be certain death- to Skyclan by not saving them. On the other paw, the currently living cats of the other clans shouldn't be punished for something they didn't do, and according to Sunblaze; the other clans didn't even know about Skyclan's existence.

Fireheart startled when a fish leapt out of the water and splashed back into the river. She really should stop zoning out, looking up into the sky the sun was beginning to set. Deciding to do a quick patrol by the Two-leg Place, Fireheart got to her paws and jumped off the tree.

The walk to the Two-leg Place was quiet, nothing but faded scents and prey scampering off to hide in the shadows. Upon reaching the Two-leg Place she slowed her pace. No kitty-pets. But, the sound of a pained yowl caught her attention. Rushing further along the border, Fireheart's claws unsheathed at the sight of Oscar, a violent kitty-pet attacking Pepperpaw. With a loud screech she lunged at the black tom, startling him enough to release Pepperpaw. Biting hard into the tom's shoulder Fireheart snarled. Oscar roared in pain and twisted, forcing Fireheart to lose her hold on him. The black pelted troublemaker hissed at her, eyes glaring. From ahead of them, Fireheart could hear Cloudtail's rage filled yowl and the sound of a patrol with him. Pepperpaw, who had taken shelter behind her, cried out for her mentor. Oscar, now knowing he was outnumbered turned and fled into the Two-leg Place, but not before Fireheart had managed to claw his hunches during his retreat. As Cloudtail and his patrol approached Fireheart turned to check on Pepperpaw. The young she-cat was fairly scratched up, the worse being the one above her eye. But aside from that she seemed fine, a little shocked but that was all.

"Why were you separated from the patrol?" Fireheart asked, trying not to sound upset with the apprentice in any way.

"I-I needed to make dirt, Cloudtail said that I could catch up with them when I was done." Pepperpaw explained, shuffling her paws. Fireheart nodded and turned towards Cloudtail and his patrol, her beloved nephew slowed to a stop in front of her.

"Are you okay Pepperpaw?" Cloudtail asked his apprentice, who nodded. Once she had nodded, Cloudtail turned towards Fireheart, "I'm sick of the fox-hearted kitty-pet! We need to show him that he can't get away with stealing prey and attacking lonesome cats!"

Fireheart shook her head, even though she agreed with him it was really Snakestar's decision.

"I agree with you Cloudtail, as does much of the clan but it's still Snakestar's choice. I'll take Pepperpaw back to camp and report to Snakestar. Take your patrol and finish, I'll see you when you return to camp." Fireheart mewed, helping Pepperpaw to stand she began to lead the apprentice back to camp. Behind her she could hear Cloudtail commanding his patrol to continue on. As she and Pepperpaw neared the Gorge they watched as the guard, Flarestorm, ran up to meet them. The former kitty-pet halted when he saw Pepperpaw's wounds. The expression he made was that of understanding and annoyance. Fireheart didn't even have to tell him that it was Oscar. He helped Fireheart to bring Pepperpaw down the slope and into camp. Leading the apprentice into the medicine cat's den Echosong gasped at the sight of Pepperpaw before rushing to gather the herbs needed to heal her. Fireheart then left the den to go to the leader's den.

As she entered Snakestar looked up from his nest and sat up. After explaining what had happened to him, he sighed.

"Oscar is truly a nuisance, I would let our warriors deal with him but, he's just one cat." Snakestar admitted, "But, by doing so we stoop to his level. One day his Two-legs will grow tired of caring for his injuries, maybe then he'll stay locked up in his Two-leg nest."

"Of course, Snakestar." Fireheart agreed even though she didn't. With a respectful dip of her head, Fireheart left and headed towards the warrior's den. Night had fallen by now and Fireheart was exhausted. Entering the den she stepped over sleeping clanmates before collapsing into her nest beside Iceclaw. A single icy blue eye opened for a brief moment before closing again, as Fireheart stilled in her nest Iceclaw's tail rested on her side. With a yawn she closed her emerald eyes and fell into a deep sleep with the comfort of her brother nearby.