Chapter 3

I need to find Flower. She would be a useful addition to the Clan.

Tigerstar crept toward the border of TigerClan territory. Last night's meeting blurred in his mind.

"I won't join until I have a reason to." Flower had told him.

As he neared the border, a familiar shape slid through the trees. Flower!

Flower narrowed her eyes. "I never said I was joining. I just came to see what reasons for joining you can come up with."

"I know." Tigerstar replied. "And I have reasons."

"A Clan is like a family. You have a father, right?"

Flower's gaze quickly filled with anger. "I have no father." She hissed.

"Then what about a mother?" Tigerstar asked calmly. Flower turned away from him. "I have no mother either."

Tigerstar wondered what it would like to not have a mother or a father.. or perhaps have them but not have them care at all...

But as a kit, how would she be able to survive? "Then who took care of you?" Tigerstar questioned.

"My older sister. She's not here anymore though..."

Tigerstar understood what she meant. Her sister had passed away...

"I'm sorry.." Tigerstar told her. Flower glared at him. "I don't need your pity!"

Suddenly, another cat appeared, looming over Tigerstar. It was Thistleclaw. Does Flower see him? Tigerstar doubted that the tortoiseshell cat could see Thistleclaw though, if she had seen him, she would have reacted by now.

Then Thistleclaw growled, jerking Tigerstar out of his thoughts. "Feeling sorry for the weak? Is this what you want to do?" Thistleclaw snarled at his former apprentice.

"No." Tigerstar meowed smoothly. "I just wanted to gain Flower's trust. Then she might join TigerClan. And more cats will help us achieve revenge sooner."

Tigerstar knew that Thistleclaw probably wouldn't doubt him, since his former mentor could probably tell he was telling the truth.

The gray and white tabby eyed Tigerstar warily. "Okay." He concluded. "Do that. But remember, helping the weak means you are weak. And the weak should be left to fend for themselves. They don't deserve help."

Tigerstar swished his tail. "I know."

With that, Thistleclaw disappeared. But Flower was gone as well.

"She must have left while I was talking with Thistleclaw.." Tigerstar thought. "But who cares? Not me."

~ timeskip ~

Runningnose was searching for herbs. Not only searching for herbs though. This was the perfect excuse to get away from that stupid TigerClan leader. Tigerstar.

A dark brown furred tabby tom with piercing amber eyes and long sharp claws, not only did he look ferocious- he was ferocious! "And he knows I agree with StarClan..." Runningnose thought grimly. He knew too well that Tigerstar was keeping him in camp because there were no other medicine cats.

Once a replacement was found, he would be kicked out. And Runningnose obviously didn't want that to happen.

"Marigold!" Runningnose could see it right there- and so much of it! "Perfect for treating wounds. Even more perfect for TigerClan, they fight so much.." he thought.

~ timeskip ~

Flower smirked. "TigerClan cats were so stupid! They would never know they were being followed," she thought.

This was her master plan, and it had worked- more than once. She would follow a TigerClan cat, making sure to disguise her scent with herbs. Then, once prey appeared, she would kill it first, and escape before the TigerClan cats would even get a glimpse of her closely.

She sighed contentedly and finished her meal- caught from TigerClan territory- and sat down.

For her, life was perfect. But who was she to know that something that happened next would change everything?

End of Chapter 3

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