Ahhh wow... haven't updated in a few days. Haven't updated Ignite in over a week... Well that's what stress does to you. Sorry peeps, but I've got this thing called school, and it's been getting pretty demanding. Between my one teacher giving us a million things to calculate and not teaching us how to do any of it, my other teachers increasing the workload, tests I've gotta study for, and a job, updating my fics aren't exactly high up in the priority list.

Well, I mean... we all knew this was coming right? The time where I wouldn't have time to update stuff. So updates definitely aren't going to be regular anymore. Things might not update for over a week, just letting you all know now.

(Legit I told the teacher that his lectures and the book weren't helping me understand the homework and he was at a loss of words at that. And then other people spoke up about how badly they're doing too... LOL I started something. Hopefully he'll teach us crap now)

Sorry for short-ish chapter.

Reviews are super appreciated!

"We really should be trying to get back to our owner soon," Hanako mumbled. She was looking through the bush towards the Twolegplace, a forlorn expression on her face. Firestar wondered how long she had been away from her housefolk- it hadn't been that long since he found the queen and her kit desperately running away from the rogues of Razor's Gang. They had only spent about two days with him, but how long had they been forced to live with Razor; for how much time did Hisako spend growing up in the streets? Could she even remember Hanako's housefolk?

"Do you think it's time for you to attempt returning to your housefolk?" he questioned quietly. She swished her short tail, lost in thought. Razor and his rogues hadn't made any appearances since she was saved, but maybe they just didn't patrol outside the neighborhood. What if they were still looking for her inside, prowling the alleyways in hopes that she would pass through? What if Razor ordered cats to raise the alarm if they saw her?

"Well, I can't be sure that it's safe, but I can't stay here forever," she huffed.

He frowned heavily. "It's only been two sunrises though. You can't know for sure if they're not laying in wait for you to walk back into the Twolegplace," he argued. From what he heard about Razor, he didn't think the rogue would take the loss of the two she-cats sitting down. He'd probably find a way to get back at them somehow.

"I know but... I miss home," she murmured. She turned to face him. "Don't you miss your home as well?" He averted his gaze. He supposed she would miss her home, having been forcibly taken from it. Truthfully, he missed Thunderclan. He wanted to go back and be with his loved ones.

"I... do. But I don't think..." he trailed off.

"You think, but you don't know how they actually feel right?" His head snapped up to meet her eyes. "If they actually hated what you are now, wouldn't they have told you so? If they were fine with it, what's with the worry? Your situation can't have been all that bad if your loved ones didn't mind," she meowed.

That's right, only the opinions of his treasures truly mattered. They hadn't minded being near him. He recalled the day of the fire, when his treasures and loved ones tried reaching out to him, trying to prevent Windclan from attacking him. He remembered Sandstorm's pleas for Windclan to stop attacking him, of Brambleclaw calling out to him to return. His clanmates though...

What did they matter. He just wanted his mate and hatchlings. He pushed the thoughts away, not needing to reminisce at the moment. "So, are you going now? Do you need me to accompany you?" he asked tentatively. He wasn't too keen in stepping foot into the Twolegplace. Cats typically had a bad reaction to his appearance. Either cats would attack him or they would be scared away- which in this case, scaring away cats to get Hanako and Hisako back to their home was the preferable option.

It didn't mean he liked cats being scared of him though.

Hanako shifted on her paws, noticing his uncomfortable expression and stance. She would prefer to have this strange cat guide her and her daughter back to her home, in order to ward off any cats keen on attacking them. But he was clearly uncomfortable just being so close to the neighborhood; she had to wonder how he would act being inside it.

"No, you don't have to accompany us or anything. You've done enough by sheltering us already," she meowed. "I get the feeling that you wouldn't want to enter the neighborhood anyway," she added hurriedly.

Well, now he felt guilty. He really should be helping these two she cats get back home, but what good was he when he was scared of the possibility of a Twoleg seeing his appearance? It was much too risky.

"Hisako," Hanako meowed softly, nudging her kit. Hisako blinked open her eyes, staring up blearily at her mother, her mouth opening in a yawn. "We're going to leave now okay? I'm going to try to get us back home," she said, picking up Hisako.

"Is he coming too?" Hisako mumbled sleepily.

"I'm sorry, but he's not coming with us. He doesn't want to enter the neighborhood and we need to respect that," Hanako mumbled, her jaws full of the kit's fur. Hisako's eyes flew open, all of her tiredness gone as if she had been jolted awake.

"You can't leave us!" Hisako wailed.

Well, now he felt even more guilty, with Hisako's kitten eyes boring into his. "I'm sorry little one," he murmured.

"He's not leaving us, we're leaving him," Hanako said. She dipped her head to him slightly, not going further lest she drop her daughter. "Thank you for helping us. We are in your debt." With that, she ducked under the bush, Hisako's sniffles and Hanako's pawsteps echoing in his ears. He was alone again, not because of him, but because this wasn't her home.

This wasn't his home either. Maybe he should try to return to Thunderclan in the morning. If they really want him gone, they'll tell him that to his face. He curled up into a ball, finally letting his wings take up some of the space instead of folding them tightly next to his body, and closed his eyes to sleep.

His eyes snapped back open when a piercing screech loudly reached his ears.

'Hanako?' He quickly uncurled himself and rushed outside the bush, but was met with nothing. Hanako and Hisako were nowhere to be seen. He narrowed his eyes at the outline of the Twolegplace and raced up to it, hoping to catch the scents of the two she-cats. Their scent trail mingled with other, more disgusting scents of the Twolegplace just outside of it. His memory stirred of those rogues that chased Hanako when he saved her that day.

'I knew it. I knew it wouldn't be safe going into Twolegplace this soon, but I didn't go with her! What kind of mouse-brain lets a queen and her kit travel through rogue-controlled territory at night?' He was that mouse-brain. If he hadn't been so hesitate to step foot into Twolegplace, this wouldn't have happened.

If they were this close to the Twolegplace border, then no doubt the rogues had been waiting for her to return- or worse, they knew exactly where they had been hiding and waited, knowing that they more than likely wouldn't be able to take on Firestar himself.

Firestar took a deep breath, aware that he would have to step foot into the Twolegplace to save Hanako and Hisako. If Razor was really as bad as they claimed... He shuddered, thinking of all the things that Razor could do to them.

'Don't worry, I'm coming,' he vowed.

Remember when I said that Firestar will want to avoid Twolegplaces and stuff? Guess he can't avoid it now...

Let's be honest we all know where this is going, and it's going to end with a certain rogue getting burned to death.

So yeah, don't expect any regular updates for a bit ;-; sorry guys, but life sucks

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