The weeks pressed by as the cats were still busy figuring out who was the one that brought the two clans over to Thunderclan to steal Brokentail. Many cats blamed Tawnyfoot since she spent a lot of time with Shadowclan but ever since the secret was out, the relationship between the two clans broke down. Specklepaw however was acting like nothing was wrong but it was far from the truth. Tawnyfoot paced back and forth as she was trying to decide on what to do as she found out that the clan had stabbed her in the back.
Tawnyfoot was beginning to look plump again but this time the clans were more alert as they knew she was expecting kits again. Crowstorm was still angry with her since she was now having kits with a Shadowclan warrior even if she said that she had distaste with most of her clan since she had kits when she was an apprentice. No matter how much she tried to hide it, the cats noticed how much more it was as it was becoming impossible to hide.
Featherstar was still very bitter ever since the two clans came and tried to her prisoner but she was growing a lot closer with Riverclan in the meantime. Half of the clan didn't like Riverclan that much since they always had the stench of salmon during the warmer parts of the season. Featherstar was taking the clan into a precarious position.
"Cats of all clans, gather under the high ledge for a clan meeting." Featherstar announced. All the cats gathered as Featherstar was standing below her clan cats. "Tonight is the next gathering. We need to find out what Pebblestar had in mind when he took Brokentail and who gave away our position to the clan. All cats will remain accounted for until the truth is given out. We're still putting the blame on Tawnyfoot since she was the one to lead them here. So we're bring her along as well as Crowstorm, Snowstorm Shadowstep and all of Daisyflower's kits since we've been hearing rumors that Specklepaw was the one who announced it to the clans. We must find the truth to all of this so we can try to get Brokentail back." Featherstar mewed as she leaped down from her perch on the high rock as all the cats soon got ready to head out.
Soon the cats were off to the tree where the gathering was being held. Tawnyfoot knew she had to recall all the events that happened before all of this happened so she would be found innocent by her clan since she only wanted to spend the night with Robinflight. As the cats were busy making their way down the hill. A familiar cat was following her among the setting sun. It was Yewberry again, turns out the small tom couldn't get enough of the young warrior. Tawnyfoot knew she was a lot bigger than him and she kept her eyes on him to make sure she doesn't play his tricks while her back was turned. However due to her head was on Yewberry to make sure he doesn't go after her or any of the apprentices, she loses her control and she takes a misstep as her paw placed itself on a rotting log. The log was hollow as it caved in under the pressure as Tawnyfoot fell over.
Crowstorm turned to see his former apprentice was down as Tawnyfoot frees her paw from the log. Crowstorm ran over to try to help her up. Yewberry was watching when all of this happened.
"You okay Tawnyfoot?" Crowstorm asked as he was worried for the she-cat. Tawnyfoot got up as she began to limp off. It was clear her paw was twisted as she began to limp.
"I'm not okay. My paw hurts." Tawnyfoot complained. She was trying to go as fast as possible despite her injury. Crowstorm stayed by her side to make sure she was able to keep up. They couldn't afford to have her be left behind.
"Stay by me, you'll be okay. Shadowstep should take a look at it when we get to the gathering." Crowstorm responded to her as she continued to limp onward. Yewberry turned away as he now had her injured. His next step was to find Rosepetal and they would attack Tawnyfoot when she will be alone.
Once the cats got to the gathering, Shadowstep decided to use the time before the news to check up on Tawnyfoot, by that time, the joint between her lower limb and paw had swelled up and she wasn't able to move the limb at all. The other medicine cats decided to pitch in as they were doing their best to quickly figure out what was wrong. The medicine cats found the issue to pretty thorny. However Shadowstep was off to side as he was with his stick.
"You definitely sprained it when you took a misstep when you lost control." Berryshine announced to her as Mudpool puts Stinging needle into the injured area to reduce the swelling. Tawnyfoot wailed as the needle was placed into the injured limb. Once done, Mudpool looked over to see that Tawnyfoot looked like she was expecting again as he mewed.
"Reedsplash would surely love herself another den mate, you look like you want more kits then." Mudpool mewed happily. The tom was looking at her thinking; I wonder who the lucky tom is today as he turned off to help Ivypaw with some lessons on herbs and there uses. Berryshine looked over to her as she noticed Shadowstep was only paying attention to his stick.
"I think Shadowstep is neglecting his duties as a medicine cat as he's much more focused on the stick." Berryshine whispered to Tawnyfoot. She was worried for the for the medicine cat who they found out spent little to no time with his apprentice. He just had the stick right where he sat.
"They say the stick has magic powers of cats named Rock and Fallen Leaves." Tawnyfoot responded. "They must have been here before us as they kept talking of a mysterious entity known as the tunnels."
"Shadowclan has plenty of tunnels so don't be too confused on what they are talking about." Berryshine mewed. But before she could continue, the cats soon turned to see their leaders ready to give their announcements.
"Cats of all clans, prey is running well in Riverclan." Ravenstar mewed. The Skyclan leader stayed silent soon Shadowclan spoke.
"Shadowclan has soon good news and some unfortunate events happening. First off Reedsplash had 3 kits the night before so we're happy but we had to try to reason with a certain cat to give up the prisoner they were holding. The end result was a major dispute with the allies that helped us, luckily it was bloodless, no cat even wanted to fight to our relief." Pebblestar mewed.
"Windclan has gotten even with Briarstar as with the help from Shadowclan we gave her death berry seeds as we poisoned her in her sleep and then we tossed her body into a fast flowing river." Meadowstar mewed. Featherstar knew it was her turn to speak so she spoke up.
"Cats of Thunderclan we were attacked by two clans for what they wanted was their old leader so they can kill. Tawnyfoot was the cat that led them to our clan and the prisoners that thunderclan captures gets to keep. We fought them off valiantly as they were no match for us. We're still blaming Tawnyfoot for leading the cats to our camp as she has proven that she was a traitor." Featherstar announced completely making it all up. All the cats gasped because the Shadowclan cats knew they had to protect a rival clan mate from a false claim. Pebblestar stepped up.
"What Featherstar said was made up. From what I remembered it was Specklepaw that announced to all the clans that Thunderclan was holding the prisoner. Tawnyfoot came to the camp to spend the night with us and we were planning on how we could do this without any sort of violence, there was no battle that broke out as we had a lovely conversation together that day when it happened. We promised we would return her the next sunrise and we explained it to you. You're overreacting to the entire situation as that was more made up than real." Pebblestar countered Featherstar. He was telling what he remembered what he said off the top of his head what really happened. It was clear that he was there with Tawnyfoot when it all happened. The other cats turned as Specklepaw's name was mentioned. Featherstar's lips drew back into a snarl as she was angry that she was being ridiculed by a Shadowclan leader. "In reality and truth, Specklepaw is the one to be blamed for all of this, not Tawnyfoot."
"While we often disagree on what we should do between our clans, I would admit that Pebblestar is right for this entire situation. The fact that he wanted to do this peacefully is usually against what he normally says. A smart warrior usually doesn't blame another warrior for the actions of an apprentice. You've judged your warriors poorly Featherstar, and at this rate you're just as terrible as Briarstar before her." Ravenstar mewed backing up Pebblestar. Even though Featherstar wanted to strengthen her relationship with Riverclan, Ravenstar was acting against what Featherstar believed.
"Then what do you have to say you mangy she-cat for a leader?" Featherstar snarled. Her fury was getting the best of her logic. Ravenstar hearing all of this snarled back.
"If you weren't going around and blaming the cats who are being completely harmless and not yelling at the others maybe we wouldn't be having this argument to begin with. It's over now so there is nothing you can do about it!" Ravenstar snarled back. Soon the clouds began to gather over the full moon. The cats went silent as flashes of light came down from the sky. "Starclan has spoken." Ravenstar's voice was calm as the lightning continued to strike the ground. Soon, rain began to fall. It was the signal for the cats to head back for the camp.
"You better get your act together Featherstar or none of my warriors would be assisting you in case the rogues attack again." Pebblestar mewed bluntly yet softly. He soon turned as he padded off seeing that the relationship between the three clans was breaking down. "If only Rowanstar was still alive." Pebblestar muttered. Featherstar turned to Tawnyfoot, her anger was still with her.
"You'll won't be sleeping in the camp tonight you traitor. If I kept Yewberry in the clan, he would have been your mate and you wouldn't be allowed to escape, now get out of my sight!" Feaherstar snarled. Tawnyfoot turned away as she was weeping as she no longer felt the clan being close to her. The other warriors were pissed at Featherstar for treating one of their warriors like this. They said nothing about anything as they padded back to camp.
As it turned out this was no ordinary storm. Rain was pouring down in sheets along the mountainside where the clans have lived on. Tawnyfoot found shelter in a small hole not too far from the Shadowclan border as she didn't feel like she was going to get the respect of her clan again. But Featherstar's treachery of words only made the storm worse. The mountain goat herds were in peril; their sentries were helpless against the storm. The Goat kits huddled with their mothers trying to seek shelter from the storm. Soon the rush of water came down from the mountainside carrying everything that was being thrown into the water. Soon the water began to sweep away the entire herd. Some were able to get to high ground in time, some were able to swim to the shore while others mostly Mountain goat kits drowned in the fast flowing river. As for the clans and their food source the Mountain goat kits, many will not survive the storm, it was going to be a very sad year.
[A/N]: Sorry for the wait, the sickness was dragging me down which I am getting better but I still seem dry. Also I was originally going to post this on Friday but I was super busy as I was out literally all day. But I managed to find the time to post this chapter so I can get the what is going to happen to Tawnyfoot when she is alone, danger would continue to sneak up on her.
Also do you think Tawnyfoot deserved to get kicked out of her clan or should Specklepaw get punished for telling the clans where they were keeping the prisoner. Tell me which side you preferred since I'm willing to hear about it.
Also I got three important announcements to make: First off we're at 1,600 views so this is the most views I've gotten in this entire story so far upon which I am pleased about. Second, it's my sister's birthday tomorrow so I am really excited for that. Lastly it's nearly the one year anniversary since I started creating fanfic's for you. I feel like we can come a long way from the first story that we have created. Some of us do it for the fun of it and some of us create some very good masterpieces. I do it for both and I feel accomplished that I have got this far so thank you for everyone that has supported me this entire year I've been on whether it was good or bad. I hope to see you all in the next chapter so make sure you review about this so I can feel welcomed. Cheers!