Hey, everybody! Happy Thanksgiving! (If you don't live in the United States, then Happy Thanksgiving anyway.) Thanks to Falconflight, Hawkfire360, Syal Skywalker, Unsharpened, thundercat29r, Moonstream-Sunstripe, and XxRandom NemesisxX for reviewing! [hands cookies] Now, Tigerstar, say the disclaimer or I will beat you with this turkey.
Tigerstar: Katie Ladmoore owns none of this!
Me: That's the best you can do? [hits over Tigerstar's head with turkey]

Heathertail Padmé Amidala had been living in the RiverClan camp for a moon now, and she was officially serving as Senator. Though she somewhat enjoyed living there, she did sometimes miss sleeping out in the open of the WindClan camp. Now, there was about to be a meeting of the Senate debating whether to create an army for the Republic, since many cats hated the way Chancellor Blackstar ran the forest and broke away from the Forest Republic. They were forming droid armies, and many loyal cats thought, "Hey, if they're making an army, why can't we?"

However, that wasn't Heathertail's idea. An army? No way. It would create an unnecessary war. She was heading to the meeting when suddenly the ground went BOOM! and stuff blew up.

Fortunately, no one was hurt. Briefly, Heathertail could see the dark form of Blackclaw slip back into the bushes. Chancellor Blackstar rushed up to her.

"My dear Senator, are you all right?"

Heathertail lashed her tail.

"I'm fine, but I would like to know who's behind this attack."

Blackstar touched his tail to Heathertail's shoulder.

"I think I know who can help you."

He summoned Yoda, Mace Brambleclaw, Cloudtail, and Dustpelt to the RiverClan territories. Since it took a while for them to get there, the Chancellor got impatient.

"WHEN ARE THEY GOING TO GET HERE?" he yowled loudly, literally scaring away all the prey from there to the lake. Finally, the group from ThunderClan territory walked into camp, tired.

"Where have you been?" Blackstar demanded. I expected you an hour ago!"

"Chancellor, we had to cross both our territory and ShadowClan's. We went as fast as we could; from our camp to yours is a long journey," Mace Brambleclaw explained calmly.

The white tom scowled but said nothing.

"To what do we owe the pleasure of being summoned over here, Chancellor?"

"I have been attacked… by Blackclaw and Count Rowanclaw, I think," replied Heathertail, not waiting for the Chancellor to respond. "I want to confirm that they were the ones to make an attempt on my life, and I want to know why."

"I know why," Cloudtail muttered to Dustpelt. "She got him on probation after the whole swine flu incident."

Dustpelt choked out a laugh.

"Is something funny, Master Dustpelt?" the Chancellor asked sternly.

"Uh… no… Sorry, sir."

Blackstar looked at the brown tabby dryly.

"Anyways… Master Yoda, may I suggest that the senator be placed under the protection of your graces?"

Crowfeather, who was listening in on the conversation, stepped in.

"Do you really think that's a wise decision under these stressful times?"

"Chancellor, if I may comment, I do not believe--" Heathertail added quickly and angrily. Blackstar cut her off, finishing her sentence.

"The situation is that serious? No, but I do, Senator. I realize all too well that additional security might be disruptive for you, but perhaps someone you're familiar with. An old friend, like… Master Berrynose Kenobi."

"That's possible," Mace said. "He and his apprentice just got back from a border patrol."

"Do it for me, Heathertail. Please? The thought of losing you is unbearable," Chancellor Blackstar pleaded. Heathertail lashed her tail and huffed.

"Fine, I'll accept the Jedi's protection."

Stalking off, she added, "And by the way, Berrynose is not my friend!"

Berrynose and Lionblaze crossed the ShadowClan border onto RiverClan territory. Lionblaze twitched nervously.

"Dude. You're twitching. That's not normal," Berrynose commented, noticing the jerky spasms of his "apprentice."

Lionblaze glared at him.

"Well, maybe I stole Honeyfern's Jolly Ranchers again."

Whitestorm had, in fact, been correct. Honeyfern loved Jolly Ranchers. She guarded the bags of them Sorreltail brought back to camp whenever she went to the StarClan Shop with extreme tenacity. Once, Lionblaze had stolen a candy from her when she was sleeping. It was a wonder she didn't have an alarm system attached to them. Lionblaze ended up liking the hard candies, too, but he didn't share Honeyfern's deep adulation. He kept stealing them occasionally, which put him on sugar high. He twitched a lot, just like he had been doing on the way to RiverClan's camp.

Berrynose shook his head, buying the lie.

"You are becoming just as obsessed with those things just as much as lovely Honeyfern is."

The golden tom groaned.

"I haven't seen her in a moon, Berrynose!"

"What? A moon? She lives in your camp! You see her every day! And for the record, she's mine."

"I'm not talking about Honeyfern. I'm talking about Heathertail."

Berrynose looked embarrassed.

"Oh. Heathertail? You mean that light brown tabby that we used to hang out with a lot?"

Lionblaze ran into a tree on purpose.

"No. Not that Heathertail. The hedgehog that lives in the abandoned Twoleg den and has neon green wings."

Berrynose stopped in awe and wonder.

"So hedgehogs can fly!"

It was no surprise then that Lionblaze ran into yet another tree on purpose.

"Wait…" Berrynose pondered. "When did we ever meet a flying hedgehog named Heathertail? I don't remember her."

Because the two toms had just arrived at the RiverClan camp, the meeting place of the Senate, Lionblaze was able to prevent himself from plunging under the waves of the lake and drowning himself. Foxclaw, who had moved in to the RiverClan camp to serve as Heathertail's representative, greeted them ecstatically.

"Obi? Obi! Mesa so happy to be seeing yousa! Heyo, Ani!"

"Hello, Foxclaw. Or Jar-Jar. Whatever you want to be called…" Berrynose returned.

"Senator Heathertail! Looky, looky! Desa Jedi arriven!"

Heathertail turned around and smiled. She walked over to the two toms that had just entered the camp.

"Thank you for coming here, Master Berrynose. It's great to see you again."

Berrynose had noticed the cheese spread Heathertail had put out for the Jedi. She had brought some cheese back from WindClan. The Senate loved it, but they didn't have as much a fetish with it like WindClan had. Berrynose sampled a cube right as Heathertail spoke to him. He looked at her, his mouth full.

"Yor welcong. 'S great to shee you agn," he said, cheese crumbs falling out of his jaws impolitely.

Blackstar, Heathertail, Foxclaw, and Lionblaze looked at him disgustedly. Looking away from the cream-colored cat, Senator Heathertail's gaze fell upon Lionblaze.

"Is that really you, Anakin? Wow! You look a little different. Your pelt looks way cleaner than it did a moon ago. Seriously, a moon ago, it looked nasty…"

"Oh. It did? StarClan, that's embarrassing…"

The Senator laughed.

"It wasn't that bad."

Lionblaze heaved a sigh of relief.

"Oh, good."

"Come on; let's go discuss this stupid protection thing."

"Onestar has been informed of this assignment," Blackstar explained, sitting down with Lionblaze, Foxclaw, Berrynose, and Heathertail. "We are very grateful that you could come here."

"It is our pleasure; we'd do anything to keep Senator Heathertail safe," Lionblaze said smoothly.

"It's not security that I want! It's answers!"

"But we're only here for your protection. We're not here to investigate," Berrynose told her.

"Screw what he thinks, we'll find out everything you want to know," blurted Lionblaze.

"We will not do what we are not needed for," hissed Berrynose.

"Yes, we will! No one cares about what you think we need to do!"

"OH, BURN!" shouted Blackstar. The cats stared at him oddly. Blackstar averted his eyes to his paws. "I'm so sorry."

Lionblaze and Berrynose continued to fight.

"Hey, my apprentice, I don't need your cheek!"

"I'm pretty sure you don't need my cheek; you already have two! And they've been looking rather chubby lately, mind you."

"Are you so stupid that you take that expression literally?"

"I'm not being stupid; I'm being witty! You must be the stupid one for thinking that I was stupid for thinking that your expression was literal, which I didn't think, so you're the MAYOR of StupidTown!"

"Oh, no, you didn't!"

"Oh, yes, I did!"

"SHUT UP! BOTH OF YOU!" Heathertail yowled. "Stop fighting already!"

"I'm very sorry, Senator Heathertail. Just… Berrynose got me so mad; he's so dumb…"

"Hey! Why are you being such a brown-noser? Don't suck up to her!" Berrynose argued.

"Well, it's true! And for the record, my nose is brown! –Ish…"

"YOU GUYS!" shouted Heathertail. "If you won't stop arguing, I'll just get another pair of Jedi to protect me!"

"Sorry," both toms apologized, speaking no more.

"Well, since we've gotten things settled," Heathertail glared at Berrynose and Lionblaze pointedly, "I'm going to go to my nest. Thank you for your time."

Heathertail stood up, the other cats following her lead. She left for the warriors den.

"We should probably guard her nest," Lionblaze suggested. "She will be most vulnerable when she's asleep."

"I agree," said Blackstar. "Watch out for her."

"Yes, sir," Berrynose said.

"That's YOUR AWESOMENESS to you, Master!"

"Yes sir… I mean, Your Awesomeness."

Blackstar smirked and marched off to his den.

Back in ThunderClan, Poppyfrost strolled through the forest once again. Instead of listening to the joyful chirping of the birds, she was muttering insanely about Darth Kitty, the name for the Darth Vader poser. Suddenly, as before, Darth Kitty leaped out of the bushes.

"Hello, again!" Darth Kitty greeted cheerfully.

"Meh… It's… D... Darth… K… Kitty!" stammered Poppyfrost.

Waving her paw in front Poppyfrost's face, Darth Kitty said, "Take me to your camp, Poppyfrost!"

"I will take you to my camp," Sorreltail's most insane daughter droned. She turned back towards the Jedi camp, walking stiffly. Darth Kitty followed her stealthily, ready to attack.

The ThunderClan camp was peaceful. Brackenfur and Cinderheart were fighting over the Wii again. Yoda and Mace Brambleclaw, who had returned to the camp after summoning Senator Heathertail's security, were arguing over whose lightsaber was more beast. Honeyfern was attacking any cat that came near her Jolly Ranchers. Millie was attacking Graystripe, demanding muffins. Spiderleg was singing "I Gotta Feeling" loudly and badly, annoying any cat who was anywhere close to him. The ShadowClan cats and the other ThunderClan cats were pulling off a Montagues/Capulets thing in the clearing, behind the plasma TV.

"Down with the Capulets!" ShadowClan shouted.

"Down with the Montagues!" ThunderClan yowled.

"YOU GUYS!" Hollyleaf yelled. "You are not from Romeo and Juliet!"

All the cats stared at her.

"Are you sure?"

"Um, yeah, considering that you're all Jedi, not Italian families who are feuding!"

"Oh… yeah…" they muttered.

"Now, instead of arguing, GO FOLLOW THE WARRIOR CODE!"

At that very moment, Poppyfrost entered the camp, Darth Kitty following her.

"I WILL TAKE OVER THUNDERCLAN!" Darth Kitty screamed.

"NO YOU WON'T!" the Clan shouted. "WE ARE JEDI! WE ARE AWESOME! WE ARE STRONG! WE ARE INVINSIBLE!"

"THIS… IS… SPARTA!" yowled Jayfeather, charging Darth Kitty. The rest of the cats followed his lead.

Darth Kitty hadn't expected such spirit from the Jedi. Scared, she turned and ran. Taking over the Jedi wasn't going to go over well…

Blackclaw sneaked up to sleeping Heathertail, being careful not to wake the other Senators, and not to alert the Jedi of what he was trying to do. He leaned over her neck, ready to bite it, when he yelled, "Ha-ha! I'm going to kill you!"

Heathertail woke up quickly, getting onto her feet. Lionblaze ran into the den, Berrynose following him. Lionblaze hissed.

"You were going to kill her!"

Blackclaw looked away, an odd, guilty look distorting his face.

"Hehe… No, I wasn't…"

"You screamed, 'Ha-ha! I'm going to kill you!'!"

"That's not the point."

"Um, yes it is…"

"WOULD YOU STOP PUSHING ME?" Blackclaw screeched, running past Berrynose, who stood there, happily chewing on some cheese.

"Berrynose! You were supposed to stop him!"

"Oh… I was?"

"Yeah! Now you have to go catch him! And eat him! Well, not eat him; that would be bad… But… go catch him!"

Berrynose nodded.

"Got it!"

He began to speed off after the black tom, but then he lurched to a stop.

"I forgot my cheese!" he said, eating the rest of the cheese spread. Still chomping on it, he raced after Blackclaw yet again, not stopping this time. The race was on.

Ooh, cliffie! Now review! And read and review my other stories, Loveless? under Star Wars and A Star to Light the Path under Warriors. [beats Tigerstar with turkey]
Tigerstar: OW! Haven't you tortured me enough?
Me: Heh. No. But I suppose I can let you off the hook... for now. [beats Palpatine over the head with turkey]