So I got little to no review for the AU Dump yesterday and wow- that's disappointing. Hopefully I'll get more than two reviews for what I'm uploading today.

So tomorrow's update might be either super early or super late cause I probably won't be able to update during the usual time I do so. Saturdays may or may not be weird for me going forth. We'll have to see.

Ideas are still appreciated!

Please review!

EDIT PLEASE READ: Okay, so I just received criticism not pertaining to the fic or the chapter, but in regards to me. And I'm really not sure if I want to approve the review and put it up with the rest of the reviews. It basically accused me of always complaining about not receiving enough reviews and made me out to be an ungrateful piece of work. I'm making it seem like my reviewers aren't doing enough.

Let me make this clear: I do appreciate my reviewers. But I think people are getting confused here. I was talking about the lack of reviews in regards to the AU DUMP, not IGNITE. I'm sure a lot of writers out there see the amount of people are viewing their fics and wonder why the review count didn't go up.

They say no news is good news, but for me, no reviews tells me nothing. Was the chapter good? Was it bad? It's because of the people so far PMing me and reviewing and giving me ideas that this fic has even gotten this far. It's because of some people giving me ideas that I get ideas for the AU Dump.

And you know what? This person is kinda right. (╥_╥) I'm sorry if I made people feel like crap for not reviewing. I appreciate all your reviews and ideas. I suppose like I felt the work I put into the AU Dump was underappreciated.

I just went and dumped on the other writers of the fandom too, because there are a bunch of other people out there who don't have it as good as me, getting all these amazing people to review, favorite, and follow their fics.

So yeah, now I feel like crap.

I'll try to curb such behavior in the future, and I'm sorry again.

Lionblaze gave a stretch as he stood at the camp entrance, wanting to greet his brother when he got back. The half-moon meetings always got to Jayfeather and rubbed him the wrong way. But Lionblaze couldn't help but admit that he really wanted to know what went on with this meeting in particular. Maybe Starclan had some new information for them? He hoped there would something regarding on where to find the Fourth, or anything pertaining to the defeat of the Dark Forest.

He knew deep down that everyone was fixated on Firestar though. Lionblaze was also unnerved by the changes his grandfather underwent. He wasn't fearful of Firestar's new appendages or the fact that Firestar might even best him in a fight, but he was scared of how he was acting. He remembered how Firestar had flinched when Lionblaze had gotten near him that day, his eyes flickering red for a moment. He acted as if... as if Lionblaze was a threat. He had just stared off, not meeting Lionblaze's eyes, but not staring off into the distance either. He was just... staring at his body, as if there was something that only he could see that Firestar's feral side didn't like.

He had saw the embedded stone glow angrily, and he wondered if it wasn't Firestar that saw something, but the stone itself. He hated that thing- it was turning his grandfather into something else entirely. Firestar had totally lost his composure of a confident, strong leader. He was always frightened now- of his own changes or because of how the clan was reacting, he didn't know. But it always seemed as though Firestar was fighting off some unseen force, trying to prevent his mind from being taken over by the stone's will.

He felt bad for him. He would certainly hate it if the clan was taking about him behind his back- and he knew because he caught several warriors whispering about Firestar and his condition when they thought no one was listening.

He gave chirp to his brother as he hurried into camp, looking frazzled.

"So how did it go? Starclan still doesn't know who the Fourth is and we have to keep looking?" he asked sarcastically. He then noticed the look of sheer anger on Jayfeather's face,

"Uh-oh, what happened? What did Starclan say for you to get this angry?"

Jayfeather lashed his tail. "They didn't even come to me at all. But it's not Starclan I'm angry at for once in my life." Lionblaze blinked; so much for information...

"Did one of the other medicine cats say something?"

His blind brother gave a bitter laugh. "Oh, he said more than something."

He sighed. "So who was it this time?"

"Kestrelflight! That absolute mouse-brain! I wanted to shred his pelt for what he said!" he hissed angrily.

"Surely it couldn't have been that bad..." he said unsure.

"Oh it was bad Lionblaze," he snorted. "You would have had to be restrained if you heard the things that tom was saying about Firestar." Lionblaze's gaze hardened. Of course they had brought Firestar up at the meeting.

"Remember that day when I told you all about the dream I had?" Lionblaze gave a meow of affirmative. How could he forget? It was only an omen of bad things to come, with Firestar apparently turning into some giant creature that set the lake on fire, no big deal.

"They all received the same dream last night." Ah, there it was, the feeling of Lionblaze's blood running cold. They hadn't received the dream well themselves, but the other clans finding out?

"Kestrelflight was absolutely convinced that Firestar is going to become some kind of monster and that the dream confirmed that he was a problem that needs to get taken care of."

"What?!" Well, Jayfeather was right. He would have had to have been restrained if he were at the meeting. Too bad there aren't many cats that could actually restrain him, cause he would have launched himself at the Windclan medicine cat.

"But wait, there's more," Jayfeather said sarcastically. "He was calling Firestar an it, a thing, like he had no right to exist."

Well Windclan was lucky he followed the warrior code.

"Anyway, I need to speak to Firestar about this."

Lionblaze gave him a look of alarm, even though the medicine cat couldn't see it. "Wait, we're telling him about the dream? Wouldn't that just freak him out more?"

"We need to tell him or he'll wonder why the clans are acting like they hate him for no reason," Jayfeather sighed.

Who was he trying to fool? The clans acted like they hated Firestar for different reasons anyway.

They walked up to the leaders' den together, to see Brambleclaw exiting and stretching out his body, giving a big yawn. He blinked as he noticed them coming towards him. "What's gotten you both so riled up this early? Did something happen at the Moonpool?"

"Were- were you sleeping in the leaders' den all night?" Lionblaze asked suspiciously.

"Firestar is more comfortable when we're all with him, so we thought we could give him some company last night."

"We?"

"Yeah, me, Sandstorm, Leafpool, and Squirrelflight."

Jayfeather snickered. "Of course, because one of those cats is his mate and the others are his precious hatchlings."

Lionblaze blinked, Brambleclaw's ears going red in embarrassment. "Hatchling?" he tested the word on his tongue. "Is that some alternate word for kit?"

Brambleclaw gave a fake cough. "Is there something you needed or...?" he tried diverting the subject.

Lionblaze snapped back and focused. "We need to speak to Firestar."

The deputy studied them for a moment, before giving a resigned sigh. Nothing good was going to come out of Jayfeather's report. They ducked into the den, to be met with the sight of Firestar's wings covering up Sandstorm and his daughters.

Lionblaze shuffled his paws, was it warm in here, or was it just him? He envied the four cats; Firestar was apparently a good heater and with leaf-bare coming... If only the clan wasn't so fearful of their leader.

Brambleclaw nosed Firestar awake, and the leader blinked up blearily at the three cats. Lionblaze kept to the entrance of the den, not wanting Firestar to have another bad reaction to him.

"What is it? Did Starclan tell you something at the Moonpool Jayfeather?"

Jayfeather gave a shake of his head. "Starclan didn't come. But something did happen. Remember when Lionblaze and I came to you about the Dark Forest problem?"

Firestar blinked. "Of Tigerstar trying to find more of those stones and by the looks of it, failing?" Of course they patrolled the big rock by themselves, and found multiple broken sticks around the area. Well, Tigerstar was trying, they would give him that. Brambleclaw gave them all a startled look, the news being new to him.

Jayfeather gave a heavy sigh. "I had a dream that day." So he explained about the dream, about the lake territories being set aflame, about the prophecy, which Firestar tried to keep his groan in, and about the giant creature whose roar of anger still haunted Jayfeather to this day.

"The King's flame... what exactly is a king?" Brambleclaw murmured. Firestar gave a tired shrug. "So we have to prepare for this creature to attack something... maybe it was attacking the Dark Forest?" Firestar suggested.

Jayfeather and Lionblaze shifted uncomfortably. Firestar's and Brambleclaw's eyes narrowed. "What aren't you telling us?" Firestar asked.

They stood silent before Jayfeather finally spoke up. "That creature I talked about... it had your features Firestar."

The horror on Firestar's face was apparent. "What?" he gave a shaky whisper.

"Black scales, four wings, same tail as you have, same horns on your head... I'm certain it was you," Jayfeather said sadly.

"Not only that, but the other medicine cats had that same dream last night, and now Kestrelflight has gotten it into his head that you're a problem that needs to be taken care of and tried convincing the other medicine cats of thinking the same," he added.

Firestar's mouth worked up and down uselessly, his breathing turning heavy. "They- they think I'm what? Some kind of- of monster?" he whispered brokenly.

It physically pained Lionblaze to see his grandfather so... broken. Firestar looked like he was struggling with himself, thoughts entering his head that only he was privy to.

"Firestar, please calm down. You'll wake the others... and you know what happens if you get too stressed out," Brambleclaw pleaded. Firestar's eyes shifted over to the tabby. "We don't think you of some kind of monster, you know that."

"You dont..." Firestar murmured. "But everyone else in the clan..." Lionblaze gave an inward curse. Of course Firestar knew of all the whispers going on in camp. He didn't really think that the clan thought of him as someone who would hurt them right?

'He's not like that!' he screamed in his head.

The stone's red glow caught his attention, and he stiffened as Firestar's eyes flickered to red, looking up at them confused.

Brambleclaw sighed. "Oh no, not again. He always regresses to this state when he gets stressed enough..." He turned to the two brothers. "Thank you for telling us this. I need to stay with him when he's like this." It was a form of dismissal, and Jayfeather and Lionblaze gave a dip of their heads before leaving.

Before he left, he saw Firestar giving Brambleclaw a sad, but comforting nuzzle, as if Brambleclaw was the one who needed it more. Brambleclaw gave a soft purr and thrust his head underneath Firestar's, to his delight.

That was probably why the four cats slept with Firestar in his den. He certainly looked happier with the four around him.

Firestar gives off a natural heat now due to his fire getting more intense in heat. Wherever he sleeps will be very cozy during leaf-bare.

Brambleclaw and co. are definitely aware of the pattern of Firestar regressing into a feral state whenever he gets stressed or threatened. They also know that he'll return to normal whenever he feels safe and relaxed, or at the very least when the danger has passed. So they stick around so the feral state leaves faster.

Some cats aren't scared of Firestar himself- they're more scared that the stone is taking him away from them and turning him into something's he's not. So they pretty much hate the stone.

Unfortunately all the negativity towards Firestar might be causing his mind to fracture... mentally breaking him only gives the stone more leeway.

If anyone has ideas for Ignite or for the AU Dump, I'd love to hear them.

Tell me how I did.