The next day, went on with relative ease. Skyclan went home and prey was becoming more abundant as the days grew longer. Tawnyfoot was spending more and more of her time hunting though she had a burning sensation on her. She decided to stick with it as she continued hunting. She soon saw Snowstorm dragging a fully grown Billy goat from a river with several other cats. Tawnyfoot padded over wondering if they needed some help.
"Hey need a paw over here?" Tawnyfoot asked curiously. The other cats looked over.
"Yes we do, this mountain goat is heavy." Snowstorm responded. He grunted as he tried to move the heavy animal along to try to get it out of the ditch. Tawnyfoot padded behind as she began to push the heavy goat out of the ditch. After a lot of hard work, the goat was out of the ditch. Tawnyfoot's paws were covered in mud as she was wondering and blurted out.
"How did that goat die in the first place?" The other cats were thinking of an answer as they were looking at the goat from the side.
"He must have fell off the ledge up there and got himself killed. We don't know exactly but we're going to guess that." Snowstorm mewed. "Thank you for the help that we wanted." He and the other warriors turned around as they went carrying their catch back to the camp while Tawnyfoot resumed her hunting.
The sun began to set as all the cats came back with their fresh kill they have gathered for the day, grass was becoming less and less of a food source as prey was out and about more often. Tonight was going to be a very special night.
"I can't believe this goat is going to feed us for the next few sunrises." Daisyflower huffed. She had eaten a large portion of the goat.
"Yeah we were lucky. How's Shadowstep and that stick?" Jaywing mewed.
"He hasn't left the medicine cat's den but he's been saying that he keeps hearing the voices of Fallen leaves and rock in that stick and he's getting messages of that stick." Ivypaw mewed. She knew her medicine cat has been neglecting his duties as he had become very fond of his stick.
"Will that become the next ship?" Berrytail chortled at that statement that the medicine cat would fall in love with a stick.
"It's up for the reader to decide whether or not the ship should be Shadowstep X Stick." Spiderpaw shrugged. (I'm all in for a Shadowstep X Stick story.)
"That's enough of your jokes since I'm deciding who I am going to take to the gathering." Featherstar mewed. She decided to look over to see who was worthy. She picked her cats. "Snowstorm, Crowstorm, Pineshade, Tawnyfoot, and Specklepaw. You will be coming to gathering with me." Specklepaw squealed in excitement. This was her first time going to the gathering as she was really excited about it.
Soon the cats left the camp as they made their way to the tree where the gatherings were being held. The cats gathered around as they were ready to give their news for the first time in a while. Windclan arrived early as they were anticipating the news.
"Cats of all clans, prey is running well in windclan." Meadowstar mewed.
"Prey is running well in Riverclan as well." Ravenstar responded as well.
"Shadowclan had to step in and help Thunderclan with a rogue problem other than that the prey is running well." Pebblestar mewed. The Skyclan leader remained silent as Featherstar stepped forward.
"Thunderclan had agreed to take in Skyclan since they were kicked out of their clan by a group of rogues. The rogues took the fight to us and without Shadowclan's help; we would have our tails kicked. And we also managed to capture a rogue and we are holding it prisoner. It is completely blind due to us injuring it and we managed to have it in our camp to be watched over to make sure it doesn't escape." Featherstar announced. Her words beaming with pride as they had defeated a vicious enemy that they were all but familiar with. Suddenly Specklepaw leaped forward as she made the announcement.
"And the prisoner cat that we have caught is Briarstar." Specklepaw mewed excitedly. All the cats gasped as they knew that Thunderclan has been keeping their worst enemy in their camp. "It's true, they renamed her Brokentail and we kept her in the camp. All the cats turned their heads to Featherstar who they all had an angry look on their muzzles.
"So you're keeping Brokentail in your basement?" Meadowstar hissed. She didn't want to see that her mortal enemy was with the clan that drove her out.
"I want to kill this Brokentail to make sure she doesn't cause any more harm." Pebblestar cackled excitedly. It was a change from his usual demeanor. All the cats began to shuffle around as they were deciding on what to do next.
"Let's see who gets to go home with whom for this next mini-game." The Skyclan leader mewed as it didn't want to be involved whatsoever. All the cats shuffled around to see who is on who's team as Thunderclan was going to go home with Riverclan. Featherstar leaped down to see Doeflight.
"How is Sandkit and Fernkit?" Featherstar asked as she wanted to find out how Doeflight's kits were doing.
"They're warriors now and their names are Fernleaf and Sandstep." Doeflight mewed happily as she was chatting with the Thunderclan leader.
"Congratulations. I hope they will make excellent warriors." Featherstar mewed.
"Yeah they became warriors a couple sunrises ago, I feel proud about this." Doeflight admitted. She was happy to see her kits move on with their lives.
"I wish you and your brother would come back to Thunderclan as I really miss you and so does the clan." Featherstar admitted as she missed them as much as a queen would miss her kits.
Pebblestar and Robinflight padded their way up to Tawnyfoot who was not interacting with the rest of the clan as she was sitting all by herself. Pebblestar sat down next to her.
"You heard that we were going to be attacking Thunderclan right?" Pebblestar began.
"Yes I did." Tawnyfoot responded. Her tail swishing with anxiety and the heat she was building up all day. She didn't feel comfortable at all.
"I think you're ready for more kits and by the scent, I think more should suit to your loving personality. You're not that much of a fighter at heart since I appreciate that you come and visit us and we get to spend time together. I think you and Robinflight would make the best of mates since he couldn't stop thinking about you." Pebblestar began. He was doing his best to make sure she doesn't lash out thinking that they were the new enemies instead of her allies.
"While I do understand what you are saying, I think you're right, I'm not much of a fighter since I don't see the reason why another cat has to suffer for his or her injuries. I don't see the worth of pain. If we need to get rid of a cruel leader then sure but we shouldn't be fighting over speckles of territory even if we really needed it, I can see why you wanted to help kill Brokentail with Meadowstar." Tawnyfoot sighed as her words became heavy with grief; she knew it wasn't worth it to kill a prisoner if another clan was holding them hostage. "But I need to get rid of this itching sensation first."
"You must be in heat, I can smell it. Come on, I can help you get rid of it." Robinflight mewed. The two cats padded away to a small clearing right outside of the clan as the two cats were ready. "You sure you want to do this?"
"If it means I get stuck in the nursery again then go ahead." Tawnyfoot admitted. Soon the tom climbed onto her as she kept her head down in a submissive pose. She was doing his best to take it one step at a time as the tom was having fun with her. Once that was done, Robinflight got off of her as he was happy with her.
"You're free to stay in our camp." Robinflight offered. His word spoke with light in the dark moonlight.
"I feel like we do make good friends together, you're a kind yet strong warrior. Although you aren't as wise as the others, you can still give your wisdom to your apprentice." Tawnyfoot admitted. She knew she had trust in the Shadowclan warrior as they padded together.
"You were also a good mother to your kits so why not make more for the clan." Robinflight chortled. "I've seen how well you were able to take care of those newborn kits while you were an apprentice and Reedsplash is happy to speak to you if you pay her a visit. Tawnyfoot blushed a bit as she knew she was spending time with the cat she had the most feelings for and she had a few good friends with her.
"Also another thing." Tawnyfoot mewed. She soon closed her green eyes as she licked the tom's muzzled. The two of them dashed off back to Shadowclan as the bushes ruffled with Yewberry who was spying on them the entire time.
"How can the cat of my dreams go for a warrior who is as boring as him? I'm literally hers not him. He and her kits must die." Yewberry hissed to himself. It was clear he was becoming a threat.
[A/N]: With the busiest part of the semester out of the way, I can concentrate on making more chapters for everyone to read.
Also does anyone show support for the TawnyfootXRobinflight ship and the ShadowstepXStick ship. Leave your opinions so I can read them over.
Also more references to the "I spoil" series as I did bring up a couple, can you figure out what they are? Thank you all for reading this chapter and I'm looking forward to your reviews and responses, cheers.