All the Thunderclan cats got back to camp as they were waiting on what was going on and they found out that Rowanstar has been acting oddly at the gathering. The cats shuffled around near the den to wait with Shadowstep with the news. Shadowstep stepped out as he had a worried look on his muzzle, it was clear something was wrong.
"Rowanstar has some unknown disease, his mouth is foaming like crazy and he is going insane, thinking he's Bramblestar that is like insane or something like that, I've knocked him out for long enough that we can drag him to a hole away from the camp as I don't want any other cats to get infected." Shadowstep announced. Snowstorm was busy dragging Rowanstar who was fast asleep out of the Medicine cat's den as they began to move him, but they had to do it quickly because if he would to wake up, he can have more cats infected with the nasty disease. The cats soon padded to a spot in the mountain side where the hole was big enough to keep cats with outrageous sicknesses quarantined from the rest of the clan. They placed him down in the deep part of the hole as they pushed a boulder over to keep Rowanstar trapped inside. They knew they had to check on him periodically to see if he gets better or worse. As soon as they left, Rowanstar woke up.
"BRAMBLE TIME!" Rowanster shouted as he shot up awake. He soon tried to find a way out but he couldn't, he was now trapped.
Back in Shadowclan, Tawnypaw was still sleeping in the nursery with Reedsplash and Frostcloud right on top of her as Tawnypaw began to wake up. She felt the weight of two queens on her as she couldn't really move that well with the fact that her kitting was coming any day now. Robinflight entered the den. The sun was already beginning to set over the territories.
"Tawnypaw I haven't seen you in a moon. I hope something interesting happened to you when you were away." Robinflight mewed happily. He was glad to see Tawnypaw again. Tawnypaw stared at the tom as she was smiling a bit but she had a rough one.
"That moon was rough. First off, Ravenstar and Riverclan settled into our camp when they were kicked out, then we were attacked by Briarstar leading Windclan and Skyclan warriors and lastly we drove Briarstar out. Other than that, nothing interesting had happened." Tawnypaw admitted, she was getting closer to kitting as she felt something squirm within her. Some of the kits that were playing nearby didn't focus on their surroundings as one of them bumped into Tawnypaw. Tawnypaw fidgeted as she saw the kit that was right by herd. The kit squeaked seeing her.
"Echokit, leave Tawnypaw alone, just stay away from her please." Reedsplash mewed. Echokit bounded away as she went to play with Stonekit.
"Those kits are very restless." Tawnypaw mewed.
"I know. They will be apprentices very soon. Pebblestar still hasn't decided when. I hope they do become apprentices before your kits are born, they will most likely keep you awake." Reedsplash mewed with her concern for the apprentice. Tawnypaw soon turned her head back as she wanted to speak with Robinflight.
"So you're Tigerstar clone number…" Tawnypaw asked as she was curious.
"24th, Rowanstar is Tigerstar clone number 23rd. Also I noticed Rowanstar was behaving oddly when I was at the gathering, is he okay?" Robinflight mewed.
"I don't know, I was not at the gathering, last time I saw him was the time he escorted me to Shadowclan camp." Tawnypaw mewed.
"Wait, did Rowanstar not say the prey was running well in Thunderclan?" Pebblestar mewed.
"What no the prey is still running well in Thunderclan." Tawnypaw responded. Robinflight padded up to Pebblestar.
"Oh good, because for a moment there I thought your territory was weak and undefended-ed-ed-ed-ed-ed-ed-ed-ed." Pebblestar mewed. He was repeating the last word as Robinflight patted his paw down on his leader. Soon two starclan leaders soon appeared.
"We don't even share a border with your clan anymore Tigerstar." Bramblestar's ghost mewed.
"What? I wouldn't invade; look at this cute little heart on my forehead." Tigerstar's ghost mewed.
"Yeah I'm pretty sure you still look like that the last time you broke into somebody's house." Bramblestar's ghost responded. Soon the ghosts disappeared.
"What was that about? Does Rowanstar have rabies?" Tawnypaw asked. "Or is the person writing this is excited that Moonkitti herself has uploaded another Warrior's video?" Tawnypaw was still deciding on what the two ghost cats were talking about
"I choose the latter." Robinflight responded. Robinflight wasn't so sure about they meant as he turned around to join the evening patrol. Tawnypaw looked on as she fell back asleep. It was clear she needed all the rest she could get.
Back in thunderclan territory, Yewberry was staring off into the sunset as he was thinking about something or rather some she-cat. Crowstorm approached. His eyes fixed on the cat as he was thinking about something.
"What are you thinking about Yewberry?" Crowstorm asked as he was curious about what the tom was thinking. Yewberry still stood there ignoring the warrior. Crowstorm still wanted some answers. "Hey answer me!" Yewberry was still ignoring him; he had his mind fixed on that one she cat. "Are you thinking about Tawnypaw again?" Crowstorm mewed as he was trying to figure out what he was thinking, Yewberry turned to face him.
"Yeah what about her?" Yewberry asked. His mood was quickly becoming sour.
"What's on your mind about her, noticed she isn't even in camp?" Crowstorm taunted the tom. He was wanting to question him.
"Yeah and it was you and Rowanstar that prevented me from getting the she-cat of my dreams! Rosepetal would have made a great leader if Rowanstar wasn't so brash. And we would have secured a strong ally with Briarstar, I could have gotten what I wanted." Yewberry shouted, his voice was overwhelmed with anger and rage. "I could have gotten the family I wanted; now I'm ready to kill her kits when they are born if she doesn't love me!" His anger continued to build up as he caught wind of Featherfur, the clan's deputy.
"Killing your own kits to prove that your mate loves you is not how the clan would function. You raped an innocent apprentice a few other cats when you became a warrior and now you want to side with an abusive cruel leader that we drove out? And you're doing this over a she cat that you love but she doesn't love you back?! What has gotten into you?" Crowstorm shouted as he wanted to set things right. It was clear that he was becoming angry over him as he continued to have it build up. "We don't want any cat to become the next Ashfur!"
"Ashfur is my best friend! He is my life!" Yewberry shouted as it caught Featherfur's attention as she padded over to them.
"What in the name of Starclan's sake are you two shouting about in my head! Why is Yewberry commending that he declared Ashfur to be his best friend? What is going on with Yewberry!" Featherfur hissed in full rage. Crowstorm calmed down.
"Yewberry has declared to being with Briarstar when he was with Rosepetal when he was an apprentice, he is also willing to murder his own kits of my apprentice just to prove that she can still be his mate. He is going insane over a rejection from a she-cat he raped himself." Crowstorm mewed telling the deputy about everything that Yewberry has done ever since he became a warrior.
"Now you listen to me Yewberry, either you start acting like a warrior and stop acting like an immature kit just because things aren't going his way or you will be in lots of trouble and I will deal with you when I become leader myself." Featherfur sneered as she wanted to give him some clear instructions. Yewberry muscle's tightened like he was ready to attack.
"What are you ready to do you meltdown of a cat? Didn't your clan mates show you enough attention when you were a kit?!" Featherfur shouted as Yewberry wasn't complying with her orders. Yewberry swung his paw with his claws out was he left a deep scratch into Featherfur's throat. Featherfur collapsed as she twitched. She was still breathing but fortunately for her, the scratch wasn't deep enough to kill her, his claws just grazed her. Crowstorm looked at Yewberry who was still in bitter rage. Soon a few cats including Shadowstep padded over as he nudged Featherfur to her paws.
"Easy now Yewberry." Crowstorm mewed trying his best to ease the enraged warrior. But Yewberry began to bunch up again. He leaped at Crowstorm ready to attack him but the remaining cats soon pinned Yewberry down with their own weight. They managed to quickly tire him out despite Yewberry having some fight into him. Featherfur's neck was patched up as she padded up to Yewberry. Her voice was still filled with hatred.
"When I become leader, I'm kicking you out of Thunderclan myself! You're not longer welcome here if you want to be like Rosepetal herself!" Featherfur hissed at him. She soon turned and began to pad away as she gave out one final order. "Make sure the cat sleeps outside of camp in that badger hole, I also want two cats guarding the camp entrance if that sorry excuse for a warrior comes back."
The cats soon got off of Yewberry as they hissed chasing the cat out of camp themselves. Yewberry ran as he knew that he was getting nothing he wanted. He hissed back at Featherfur.
"I vow to bring an end to all of the clans! Make me and Rosepetal your leader and the clans will be as strong as ever, good luck rotting away when I don't have the apprentice of my dreams!" Yewberry shouted in pure rage. He soon bolted off as he went to go find Briarstar himself.
"I hope Tawnypaw is okay, I wish she would be strong enough to take care of whatever is coming, and the moon sits two paw steps to midnight." Featherfur prayed. The storm clouds were beginning to gather as things were beginning to get worse and Greenleaf wasn't even there.
[A/N]: Sorry this took a bit longer than normal as something happened to my laptop and I couldn't access certain websites properly, thank goodness it fixed itself without the need of doing major overhauling and cleaning out. I'm kind of glad that's done and now I can keep making my stories for you.
Rowanstar's health is rapidly detreating, Yewberry has been exiled from Thunderclan and Tawnypaw's kits are just about here. Read the next chapter since it's important, the kits are finally being introduced.
