And I'm back! A day late though. School's stressing me out, so what do you expect? These next two or so weeks will determine whether I'm doing fine in my classes or if I need to withdrawal. So yeah, no pressure.

Also, I didn't do this last time! Hungry_AloeLeaf made a new fic called Stuck on a Mount- which is pretty much what I refer to as a the Bad Ending of Ignite. It explores what happens if Firestar completely gave into the stone's will and followed his instincts to forcibly keep his treasures for himself.

Also Londonvetgirl25 made a new fic called A smokeless flame that's inspired by the AU Dump! If anyone remembers that I said I would maybe make a Djinn AU, well here's that AU. It's a good one shot if anyone is interested in Genie!Firestar.

A smokeless flame should be on Fanfiction for my Fanfic readers, but both of them are in A03 if anyone's interested.

So go check them out please! (And I forget to mentioned them last chapter because my mind was on the fritz. Oops)

Reviews are appreciated!

"Stop struggling!" Razor hissed. Hanako hissed angrily back, wriggling her body around so Razor couldn't get a good hold on her. She didn't know if Firestar really was coming to save her, but if she could give him a bit more time, even if it made Razor angrier, it would be worth it.

"Useless she-cat!" he hissed. She didn't see Razor's paw coming until it was too late, and he slammed her head onto the ground. Hisako wailed uselessly from where she was, tears welling up in her eyes as she watched her mother groan in pain, lifting her head up in a daze. Razor nodded to himself, satisfied that she would no longer be able to fight back, and moved himself around Hanako until he was directly behind her. He pinned her down with a paw and started positioning her body to his liking.

"Stop! Leave kaa-san alone!" Hisako wailed, genuine terror plaguing her voice. The rogues around her laughed and jeered at her and her mother, cheering their leader on in his act of violation.

Firestar was getting frustrated with the crowd, all the kittypets and loners averting their gazes or lashing their tails in disgust. He started pushing his way through the crowd, cats looking at him in surprise- whether it was because of his appearance or because he had the audacity to move during Razor's show, he didn't know or care. But trying to get through the throng of cats was taking too long, so he spread his wings, cats moving away from him as he did so in shock and took off. In mere heartbeats he was in the center of the alleyway, Razor and his rogues staring at him in shock as he landed.

"I think that's enough," Firestar hissed.

Hisako gasped excitedly. "I knew he would come! I told you so!" she whispered happily. The rogues around her gave no indication of hearing what she said, too busy staring at Firestar fearfully.

"That's the guy, boss!" Slash called.

Razor ran his eyes down Firestar's form, studying him for a bit before he gave a venomous glare. "So you're real," he rumbled. "The so called winged, scaled cat who defeated my elites so easily." Firestar was nauseated at the look of disappointment the tom gave him, almost like a father disappointed with their kit. "Shame. You could have joined us, and my rule over this place would have been absolute."

"Joined you? What, join you in terrorizing these cats? Join you in forcing kittypets to hunt for you when they don't know how to hunt at all? Join you in hurting others when you get displeased? Join you in violating she-cats like you're trying to do with Hanako now?" Firestar said disgusted.

"Well, someone like you wouldn't understand," Razor meowed. He tightened his grip on Hanako. "Why try so hard to help this foreigner anyway? You hardly know her!" Firestar angrily lashed his tail, knowing what it was like to be the foreigner all his life.

"Because it's the right thing to do." Firestar changed to a mocking tone. "Well, I guess someone like you wouldn't even be able to understand that," he taunted, shaking his head in disappointment. It got the desired effect as Razor bristled angrily at the comeback.

"Well maybe you'll understand this," Razor snarled. Firestar noticed all the cats moving further away from them, all of them gazing at the two in fear. All of the rogues started circling around them, encasing Firestar, Razor, and Hanako in a closed circle. Firestar tensed, knowing that a fight was coming.

'How many rogues are following this cat?' he thought, alarmed at the sheer number of rogues surrounding him.

"Kill him!" Razor screeched. Razor's rogues snapped to attention and started lunging at him from all sides.

'Sloppy,' Firestar thought, as he ducked down and let a few rogues completely sail over him. He whipped his tail, cutting a few rogues that were creeping up behind him and shot forward to meet another rogue attempting to attack him. He brought his claws down a bit of force and sent the cat running away screaming, blooding flowing down his shoulder. Another rogue came running at him from his side, and Firestar hastily shifted his body so that the cat's claws ran down his scales. He had to admit that impenetrable scales were doing him a lot of good for battles like this, with multiple cats stupidly trying to claw at his legs and having nothing to show for it but torn claws.

He was clearly winning this fight. Razor growled angrily, watching this cat decimate his forces single-pawed. "I might have an idea," Slash whispered into his ear. Razor narrowed his eyes as Slash whispered his plan; that might work.

Firestar was still fighting off the rogues with ease, but was also on the lookout for Razor. If he could kill Razor, then maybe this madness would end. But it seemed as though the rogue leader decided to stay away from the fighting.

'Coward,' he thought bitterly. Then a weight landed on his back, and he hissed as he tried throwing the cat off him. Then more weights starting weighing him down as multiple cats started pinning him down. Firestar realized with shock that he was being overpowered. His enhanced strength couldn't shake off this amount of cats off him. He growled angrily as his body was forced onto the ground, the stone blazing and pulsing angrily.

"Not so tough now, are you?" Razor purred, looking down at Firestar's struggling form. He marveled at the fact that many of his rogues combined were struggling just to hold him down.

All the loners and kittypets watched the battle from afar in rapt attention. "I knew he wouldn't be able to defeat Razor," a cat muttered in dismay. Dart's ears went flat on his head, listening to the hopeless whispers around him. Firestar was fighting with all he had, trying to help them all. But what could one cat do against that many rogues?

Even saviors needed help.

"We-" Dart took in a deep breath. "We need to help him," he said, his voice echoing into the crowd. Immediately every pair of eyes was on him, drilling holes into his being. "He can't beat them all on his own. If we help him then maybe we can kill Razor," he meowed, trying to get his voice from shaking too much.

"Help him? We're going to get killed helping him!" someone cried. Hushed whispering broke out, debating if helping this strange, winged-cat was a good idea.

"We're going to get killed anyway!" Dart cried, frustrated. Everyone grew silent at his words. "Don't you see? We're all going to get killed eventually. Because Razor doesn't care about anyone but himself. He gets displeased at the smallest things- and how long will it be before he kills us because we made too many little mistakes? Face it, we're expendable to him. He'll just find another cat to steal from their home to replace us," he spat. He gestured towards where Firestar was struggling, pinned under the many rogues. "This is literally our only chance to fight back and possibly win. What do we have to lose? Our lives? We'll lose them soon enough anyway," he meowed, solemn. "And I- I refuse to die on Razor's terms. I don't want to be scared any longer!"

"Any last words, you scaled fool?" Razor chortled gleefully.

"Tyrant," Firestar spat. He felt his fire rise up in his throat, ready to burn these cats off him if he must. Razor merely shrugged at his insult, before his face twisted into a loathing smirk.

"Keep him down. I want him to watch me make use of this she-cat that he so desperately tried to saved," he said darkly, putting a paw on the still dazed Hanako. Firestar snarled, just about to spit fire when a caterwauling interrupted them. Then there were more battle cries reverberating through the alleyway, and Firestar felt all the weight on top of him be pulled off of him one by one. There were enough cats off of him now that he could finally shake off the rest of them with ease, his wings snapping open and throwing the remaining cats off.

He blinked in surprise at all the cats fighting around him. He could see Dart's black and white pelt in the crowd, attempting to claw one of Razor's rogues. All of the kittypets and loners were horrible fighters(but the rogues were equally terrible as well, so he supposed it balanced out), but he was happy that they decided to finally rise from their oppression. He threw himself back into the fight, helping the cats that needed the most help in fighting off the rogues. Cats mewed out their gratitude at him before he ran off to help others.

"Not so fast!" Slash yowled. Firestar stopped and turned to face him, and his blood boiled at the sight of Slash's claws being held over Hisako's throat. "Do anything and she gets it," he hissed, before yowling in surprise as he was bowled over by an irate Hanako.

"Don't touch my kit," she meowed, panting in exhaustion. Hisako ran up to her mother, purring in relief.

"Are you okay, Hanako?" Firestar asked.

"I'm fine. My head's a bit fuzzy, but I'll live," she said. The sounds of battle died down, and they gazed around the alleyway, noticing that most of Razor's rogues had run off elsewhere. "Well, you've been busy haven't you? How did you get these cats to finally rebel?" she asked.

"Ah, I didn't actually," he said. Firestar gestured over to Dart, who had a nasty scratch down his shoulder and was panting in exhaustion, but otherwise looked satisfied and triumphant with himself. "I'm pretty sure it was all Dart," he purred. He could hear the sounds of cheering around them, cats crowing and boasting their actions during the battle.

"Well, do you think that you could have beaten Razor and his group without all your changes?" Firestar paused, contemplating the question. He supposed that he could have fought off a good amount of the rogues, but chances are he would have been beaten without help.

"I really don't think your loved ones will mind what you are know," Hanako purred.

No, they never really cared. "I need to go back," he murmured. Hanako nodded to his words.

"You!" They all turned to see a snarling Razor march up to them. "You ruined everything!" he spat. Firestar couldn't help but think the tom looked crazed. He supposed Razor finally figured out that his control had completely slipped away from his paws.

"I'll kill you myself!" Razor screamed, rushing at Firestar. Firestar finally let the fire rise up in his throat, and spat out a fireball onto the burly tom. Razor screamed in agony as his fur caught on fire, the tom flailing and finally dropping to the ground, rolling around to put the fire out. Firestar almost pitied the rogue.

'Couldn't even fight his own battles,' he thought cynically. He watched Razor crawl his way out of the alleyway, making no move to follow.

"We're just going to let him get away?" Dart voiced in front of the crowd.

"There's no point in killing him. He's not a threat anymore," he said. He felt a hot pulse run through him, the stone voicing its displeasure at letting the rogue go. But Razor nor his rogues had really done any damage to him or threatened what was his.

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It was a long night of avoiding and hiding from Twolegs while trying to escort Hanako and Hisako back to their home. They finally reached a fairly small Twoleg den, though to Firestar, all the Twoleg dens were always big.

"They must still be sleeping," Hanako commented. She turned to Firestar and gave him a deep bow, much to his embarrassment. "Thank you for helping us. If it wasn't for you, Razor would still be lording over us. We are in your debt," she said.

"No, no! You don't owe me anything. I'm just glad everyone is alright," Firestar meowed. All the kittypets and loners had thanked him as they made their way back home, Dart especially grateful for his help.

"Does this mean we won't see you anymore?" Hisako questioned.

"Well, I think I need to head back to my clan," he said, much to Hisako's disappointment.

"Thanks again," Hanako purred, before picking up Hisako and bounding up to the den.

"Sayonara!" Hisako squeaked as Hanako managed to squeeze through an entryway into the den. He waved his tail at them as they disappeared, confused at Hisako's choice of words.

'Suppose that meant Good-bye then?'

It took the rest of the night to get out of the Twolegplace. It had been much harder hiding himself, with more and more Twolegs coming out of their dens and making the Thunderpaths busier, and more than once he feared that he had been seen. But come sunrise, he was back at the bush he made for himself, Hanako, and Hisako. He couldn't deny that the past few days had been full of excitement, but now... it felt off being alone again. Hanako and Hisako's company had been appreciated, even if he didn't know the two all that well. Loneliness gripped him for a few moments, before he got up to his paws and padded off towards where he knew the clans territories were.

He hated the loneliness. He wanted his treasures back. He needed to go back to Thunderclan- and if they really didn't want him, they would say it to his face. He was broke out of his thoughts when a cheerful voice and the thundering of pawsteps reached his ears.

"There he is! Firestar!"

Cherrypaw? His eyes turned to slits as the ginger she-cat ran up to him excitedly. What was Cherrypaw doing all the way out here?

"Cherrypaw, what are you doing away from Thunderclan?" he questioned.

"Looking for you!" she replied. "Everyone wants you back!"

Thunderclan wanted him back?

"Cherrypaw, you shouldn't just go running off like that!" Foxleap exclaimed, running up to them. His clan came for him... but his attention was stolen away from the cats when his gaze landed on his daughter, the stone letting off a happy pulse of warmth at the sight of his hatchling. Squirrelflight trotted up to him, butting her head under his chin, and Firestar felt the happiest in what felt like forever.

"Hello, Father," she purred.

Razor got burned as I said, Hanako and Hisako have returned to their home, and Firestar will be heading back home himself soon! That's the end of this arc. I'll probably be going back to Brambleclaw's POV next chapter.

Sorry if this was underwhelming, but I'm still trash at writing fight scenes. If Razor is lucky, a nice human will come around and treat his wounds and burns. Then he'll be stuck as a kittypet until he dies.

Next week I'll probably get to writing the Halloween thing for the AU Dump. The week after? Yikes, that's the week of the test for that one class I hate so much. The first test of the semester btw. *Cringe* But I can use the Internet, so if I do good on this it definitely won't be because I'm good at the subject lol.

Tell me how I did.