"So Rosepetal decided to make a return to the camp last night?" Rowanstar responded in the early morning rising sun. He shuffled around his den seeing the prospect of one of his warriors that decided to come back.

"Yes. She took Yewberry out when I went to get a warm place in the den." Daisyflower responded. She was lost for words as she looked around awkwardly. "Then she disappeared when Yewberry came back."

"Okay, did she say something about Windclan?" Rowanstar asked as he was determined for answers.

"Yes she did. She also mentioned that she wants them to attack Shadowclan next." Daisyflower mewed.

"Attack Pebblestar?" Rowanstar stuttered. He was finding out that Briarstar was attacking his faithful ally when it came to keeping the clans in check. Shadowclan despite their small numbers were very crafty and can set traps where the cats attacking could least expect it. "We must try to stop Briarstar since she is going one step too far." He stormed out of his den as he wanted to make sure that his yowl was loud and clear. "We can't let her evict all of the clans. The mountains are our home!"

Featherfur was waking up for a patrol as she stretched out her long legs. Soon more cats were waking up as they were getting ready. Tawnypaw was soon up and about as she was feeling rather uneasy, it was clear that she had a terrible dream last night.

"What's the matter Tawnypaw, you feel rather uneasy." Crowstorm mewed. He stood there waiting for his apprentice to respond.

"The dream was terrible. Cats were fighting each other with the storm raging overhead. I was huddled in the nursery ready to protect all the kits that were in there when a warrior came in and tried to kill us but a Windclan warrior was there to fight her off. I still stood there ready to protect my kits and the kits that were there." Tawnypaw mewed.

"A Windclan warrior fighting another warrior from the nursery, is Windclan falling apart somehow?" Crowstorm mewed.

"In fact they are. Many Windclan warriors weren't itching for a fight that day and some even attacked Briarstar themselves. It's taken us this long to find out that Windclan has an abusive leader and they are breaking down with Briarstar growing more and more paranoid. The first gathering we had, Briarstar was arguing with her fellow warriors as she wanted to go with her. She only has a few elite warriors with her that are fiercely loyal with her but that's about it. The rest of the clan is ready to drive her away but they are too afraid to. Many of the so called traitors are currently living in the bog that we offered to give to her. Then she took over the rest of Riverclan territory with the help of Skyclan thinking it should be bigger and they took our land from us. It's always clear she has something being hidden from us." Ravenstar mewed. Her eyes were drooped as she was remembering the crushing defeat she suffered the day before.

"So she is pretty much unfit to be Windclan's leader. I still remember the days when Windclan were friendly to us but when Briarstar became leader a few moons previous to us, she wanted to take over all of the Territory Mountains." Rowanstar responded. He was trying his best to put the pieces together to figure out what her true motives were.

"Precisely, she thinks she could rule the territories with her as their leader. She even makes cats like Brokenstar and Darktail look timid by comparison." Ravenstar mewed. Featherfur soon cuts in to give them her assumption.

"Now we don't want to go comparing her to such wretched cats by that extent since she was leader ever since last Greenleaf. We weren't there when she made those decisions herself as we just carried on with our lives. If Windclan is willing to overthrow her from leadership, that's fine it's simply not going to affect us in any way, shape or form since we just carry on about how we live." Featherfur responded as they were tossing more fuel into the fire.

"If Briarstar wants to lose all nine of her lives in the Newleaf season, we will simply let her as she just wastes her lives away fighting a battle she can't win. If we are going to fight her, we should just simply wear her down to the point where we can just bite huge chunks of Briarstar's territory and then she could be sorry." Mossfang mewed.

"How about we just simply toss her into a rat's nest, she'll have her lives wiped out in no time." Crowstorm mewed.

"No my mate Eaglefeather died when Briarstar tossed her into a rat infested field. We were too late when we found out. I was overwhelmed with grief and I would want to exact my revenge on her." Blackclaw hissed. "I mean it's not such a bad idea after the clans wouldn't accept her as their grand leader. Maybe were should start a fire and burn the swamp down with all of Windclan inside."

"We can't it will harm the possible traitors that are residing along with all the other animals that call home there." Beestripe responded.

"Enough!" Rowanstar shouted. His voice shook the cats down as they fell silent. Once the shouting had died down Rowanstar called for their attention. "If we are going to debate this, debate it among yourselves. I shall be heading to the moon rock to get words from Starclan. Maybe they will help us decide on what we can do about Briarstar." Rowanstar soon turned and padded away as he was waiting for the clans to decide on what they should want to do. He soon went to Shadowstep as he was busy sorting herbs with Berryshine. "Shadowstep, make five piles of traveling herbs; I am heading on a journey for Starclan's word."

A little while later, Rowanstar had decided on the cats that were traveling with them. The cats that were coming with him were Crowstorm, Berrypaw, Jaypaw and Tawnypaw. Tawnypaw was feeling anxious about this.

"Why do we have to eat these herbs, wouldn't fresh kill do the trick?" Jaypaw hissed as she sniffed the bitter herbs. Tawnypaw was eating hers nervously. She gulped the bitter taste as she felt it go down.

"These herbs will keep your hunger at bay for a longer period of time and it will help you stay strong, we have a long journey ahead of us." Rowanstar mewed as Berrypaw was offering him some of his herbs.

"Will you have some?" Berrypaw asked.

"I will if I would be able to travel to get their word. If I don't eat I can't be able to make this journey in one burst." Rowanstar mewed. While they were talking Tawnypaw was wondering what Rowanstar meant by Moon rock.

"What is the Moon Rock?" Tawnypaw asked. She was curious about this rock that Rowanstar was talking about. She had never heard of such a stone before.

"The Moon rock is where leaders and Medicine cats go to have their meetings with Starclan. Rowanstar wants some word with them to find out how we should be able to deal with Briarstar before she becomes an invincible leader. Its clear trouble is brewing in her own clan. You and your siblings should be grateful that you are heading there." Crowstorm mewed. "We should hopefully be able to get there by night fall despite us being the closest clan to the rock itself." He soon got up and padded away with Tawnypaw following him. For a moment, she felt like she wasn't expecting kits and she was able to roam freely with her clan mates, Rowanstar was making things final as he went to Ravenstar and the combined clans as they were in the camp.

"Ravenstar I'm putting you in charge of Thunderclan camp and no cat is allowed to leave the camp. We want all the cats to remain here in case we are attacked so we can have a defensive position. Hopefully we won't be gone long." Rowanstar responded. Ravenstar nodded as she was feeling confident yet nervous knowing that an attack might come while their headers were turned. But they didn't know that an attack was approaching fast.

Rowanstar and the four cats began to charge up the steep slopes of the mountain side to look for the Moon rock. They were doing their best against the harsh terrain. Many Thunderclan cats were used to the rough terrain as they grew accustomed to the rugged mountainside. Tawnypaw was doing her best to keep up despite the weight of her unborn kits slowing her down. Crowstorm looked back to make sure she was keeping up. All of the apprentices were beginning to tire out.

"Hey look that's the tree where the gatherings are held, I can see it from down there." Tawnypaw mewed as she recognized a landmark from afar. She continued with the other cats heading up the steep mountain side.

They continued up the mountain side as the sun began to set. The terrain was too harsh for any two leg path to cut through so the cats were relatively safe but they still had to watch their backs. Tawnypaw looked over as she saw something else from a distance.

"Is that Shadowclan camp?" Tawnypaw mewed to herself. She soon turned around and bounded after the other cats as she was still struggling. But they were almost there.

"Cats we are here." Rowanstar mewed. Inside was the path to the Moon rock. "There is no prey here since the terrain is very unfavorable for them to live here. Berrypaw, Jaypaw, you two will guard the entrance; we will enter the tunnel to get word from Starclan." Tawnypaw gulped as she entered the caverns.

The caverns were dark and moist. The water dripped down as it was sometimes the only sound to be made in the cavern itself. The cats stuck close to each other since it was easy to get lost despite there was only one way in and one way out. Tawnypaw was on top of Crowstorm who was on top of Rowanstar. They soon got down to the spot where the Moon rock was located. On the top was a giant hole where the moonlight will shine through. Rowanstar padded forward with the two cats fanning out.

"At last we are here." Rowanstar mewed. Soon the moonlight began to shine down as it lit up part of the rock. The moonlight partially lit up the rock depending on how much the moon was lit up. Rowanstar puts his nose to the rock as he fell asleep.

Rowanstar was not receiving any words from Starclan but the hissing of many cats as they fought among each other, fur and blood flew everywhere. It was a sign that an attack was coming. The rock soon went out as the cats soon hurried out of the cavern. Rowanstar gathered all the cats around.

"We must hurry back to camp, looks like the storm is getting very close now, and we can't risk being out here any longer." Rowanstar mewed. He soon led the way as he bounded down the slope as he was racing to the camp to make sure they weren't being attacked. The other cats followed as they were running against the clock to get to their camp unaware they were too late.

[A/N]: I'm cutting everyone off here since I want to build up what is going on with the clans. Will Thunderclan get attacked or will they be left alone. Keep reading to find out.

Also big thank you for two users for posting their OC's and their reviews:

Birdflame: For submitting three reviews and characters such as Mossfang, Blackclaw, Beestripe, and Singingpaw upon whom I will use later.

Dawnstar12: For submitting a review and OC Meadowstar for use after Briarstar is driven out from Windclan. Her name in the meantime will be Meadowflower as she is one of the traitors.

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