A brown tabby tom looked over a group of cats below him with guilt in his eyes. He saw cats settling back in their previous home, which was a smelly pine forest. It used to be ravaged from the cats who said they came from the gorge. Not the cats who had the ranks of a clan, but a band of rogues. I caused it. I caused it all. The tom thought to himself. Some of the cats below were chatting to a dark brown tabby, who was saying some things back to the cats. The lighter toned tabby heard faint hisses and curses against his name behind him as a figure was coming closer.

"Look at what you did." He sighed and turned to see a grey she-cat, baring her teeth at him.

"I know. You don't think I remember?" The tom growled.

"You nearly wiped out my clan in an instant. Be thankful Tigerstar was there to clean up your mess." The cat snarled, pointing her tail down below to the forest that the tom was watching. The brown tom whipped around, fluffing up his fur.

"You and your entire clan let yourselves be lead by my son, and here you go, blaming me, all because you didn't listen to your leader?" The tom spat. "The leader's word is law! It's a miracle you're in StarClan in the first place."

"You aren't a code-follower yourself Onestar." The she-cat snarled. "You caused that fox-heart to be born in the first place, along with that needy kittypet. Besides, Rowanstar took no action against Darktail and his group when they came to the lake. We followed Darktail because he showed authority and gave us back the reputation ShadowClan used to have, unlike Rowanstar, or should I say Rowanclaw. There were still cats who followed Darktail's group, but hopefully the clans will take care of that."

"Needletail, you and ShadowClan were blinded by power and caused your own deaths. You think I liked to drown my own son?" Onestar hissed.

"Wait, you still love him?" Needletail asked in shock. "Do you even want to change the past?" Needletail wrapped her tail around Onestar, reluctantly leading him into a pool that was similar to the Moonpool the cats saw when they were alive. "Change it right now. Your nose touches the water, Darktail will have never existed." Onestar gazed at the pool. He saw an image, cats thriving, sharing tongues with each other, successfully hunting for their clan, coming back with a few measly scratches from a recent patrol. Onestar sighed, but a realization came to him and he narrowed his eyes at the she-cat.

"No." Needletail flattened her ears, her hackles raised, star-specked teeth glinting, then she pounced on Onestar, claws unsheathed. He tried to dodge but Needletail barreled him back to her view. The senior was knocked down and pinned under the ShadowClan cat. She's strong, for a young warrior, Onestar thought.

"Why. Not." The grey and white she-cat snarled through gritted teeth.

"I don't see why I should explain myself to you." The leader spat. Needletail scoffed and stalked off, glaring back at Onestar every now and then before she couldn't see him. Onestar sighed, stood up and walked a rather lengthy trip to the moor like the one he lived at when he still led WindClan.

"ShadowClan needed a test." Onestar muttered, remembering Needletail's demand. "Rowanclaw was clearly unfit to lead right from when Blackstar drowned. Thanks to that tyrant, ShadowClan is much better than before, even if they all fled to SkyClan, the cowards." He looked up to the sky.

The clans were supposed to stay together, yet later, there were only three.

Onestar hissed at the thought. "ShadowClan all played a part in The Kin and turned on each other. That was what caused Mistystar to close her borders and ShadowClan to join SkyClan. Even then, there are now five clans, like before or whatnot."

You had kits with a kittypet! And you call yourself a leader?

"That was mouse-brained of me, but I was young." Onestar meowed. "I know where my loyalties lie now."

You made terrible decisions in your leadership. Firestar did nothing wrong, yet you loved to argue with every reason of his.

"Leaders can't be friends with each other! They can get your guard down and attack you right when you don't expect it. I was trying to protect my clan for when such an event happened."

True, true, but Firestar was a soft leader.

"And there wasn't going to be any soft-hearted alliances. Even cats like Firestar can turn on you in an instant when trust is tested.." The senior shivered when he found out about Russetfur's death that Gathering.

You never accepted Darktail, now look at what happened.

"I had to be loyal to WindClan. Accepting my son would cause too much complications, but I guess I was wrong."

You destroyed ShadowClan!

"Rowanstar was a failure of a leader. It was right that he died. His son is much more fit to the position. ShadowClan's thriving now, beside the other four clans like they were supposed to."

Do you regret anything at all?

The light brown tabby sniffed. "ShadowClan now knows how to deal with a group like Darktail's group. Sol was completely different, he was only one cat. Darktail's group had a lot of cats."

Well, guess I can't change your mind. By the way, who did you think was talking to you?

"Where are you?" Onestar demanded.

Don't get all worked up, just keep looking over your shoulder.

Onestar whipped his head around to see who was talking to him. He sniffed the air for anyone nearby, finally catching a scent by the lake. He trotted over there, scanning the area for who was talking to him.

"I'm over here!" The leader stiffened.

"Is it you?"

"Yes! Now can you tell me a clearer answer!"

"Gorsepaw, I won't change nothing." The small brown tom looked up to his former mentor in a serious gaze.

"You're lying."

"Part of me is." Onestar admitted. "But perhaps Darktail's birth was for the better."

"Maybe it was, maybe it wasn't." Gorsepaw mewed. "But accidents will still happen, the clans will still pull through. Just like old times!" Gorsepaw rested his head on Onestar's side, dozing off. The leader lifted his head high and puffed out his chest.

Just like old times.

Eyyyyyyyyy! So, even though Onestar's one of the biggest disappointments of a leader... TorrentClan challenge for him, because I can.