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Chapter 22

Scourgeclaw pushed through the snow with a scrawny squirrel seized in his jaws. He pushed his way through the gorse tunnel and made his way to the small fresh-kill pile. He shook his coat to warm up his fur and turned to make his way back out to into the forest. He stopped at the sound of Bluestar calling for a Clan meeting. He made his way over to Fireheart who was sitting in one of the bare spots in the clearing where Sandstorm, Dustpelt and Falconstrike had sat vigil last night. He sat in a spot beside his brother that smelt of Falconstrike. He then turned his attention to Bluestar as she began to speak.

"I wanted to make sure you were all aware Brokenstar was in camp with us." She started to speak. No cat made a sound already knowing he was there.

"He is blind and also harmless" she added and some cats snorted in disbelief

"I understand your concerns, but StarClan wouldn't forgives if we turned him into the forest while he is in his condition, once he has healed then we will discuss this again." She finished without waiting a reply she leapt down from Highrock and made her way over to Fireheart. Scourgeclaw tapped his tail on Firehearts head in assurance then headed toward the warriors den, deciding he needed a rest before he went back out to hunt.

Scourgeclaw crawled out of his nest and gave himself a long stretch. He padded outside the warriors' den noticing the snow around the clearing. He had seen Sandstorm and Dustpelt sleeping in their new nests within the warriors' den. He figure Falconstrike had gone out to hunt. He took a look around and saw Fireheart and Graystripe returning with fresh-kill in their jaws. He noticed that Fireheart looked troubled and would glance at Graystripe. Scourgeclaw sighed, realizing that the two of them were not hunting under friendly terms and suspected that Bluestar had something to do with them hunting together. He started to make his way over to the pair, when he saw Brindleface and Mossflower making their way over to him.

"Is something wrong?" he asked calmly to the two queens.

"Have you seen Cloudkit or Brindleface's kits?" Mossflower asked, Scourgeclaw stared at her in confusion.

"No I haven't are they missing?" he asked, Brindleface nodded distress evident on her face.

"What's wrong?" Fireheart meowed, as he bounded over to them.

"Brindleface's kits are missing and so is Cloudkit" Scourgeclaw answered; Fireheart's eyes widened in alarm.

"But they could freeze out there, I'll go look for them." Fireheart assured them and looked around the clearing. Scourgeclaw guessed he was looking for Graystripe; as he watched his brother head into the warrior's den, but something else was bothering him.

"Where's Mousefur? Wasn't she watching our kits?" he asked curiously. Mossflower shook her head

"She went hunting with Runningwind, she said she needed a break from the kits." She explained Scourgeclaw blinked slowly as he listened to her before he nodded slowly in understanding.

"I see, I'll go help Fireheart." He called as he raced after his brother who was leaving the camp with Sandstorm. 'I guess that talk will be happening sooner than I thought,' Scourgeclaw thought grimly to himself, as he caught up with Fireheart and Sandstorm.

"They couldn't have gone far, you two head toward the training hollow, i'll head toward the pine forest." he called as he took off into the snowy forest.

Scourgeclaw looked around the forest trying to look for any sign of his nephew or the gray flecked pelts of Brindleface's kits. Feeling the chill in the air made him actually worry for their safety knowing that they could die in the frigid weather. As Scourgeclaw walked further ahead he caught sight of two bundles of gray fur sitting close to each other, their pelts touching. Scourgeclaw bounded over to them.

"What are you two doing out here and where is Cloudkit?" Scourgeclaw demanded fixing them with a stern look.

"We were hunting, Cloudkit is trying to catch some prey." squeaked Fernkit. Scourgeclaw looked around but couldn't see his wayward nephew anywhere.

"Cloudkit" Scourgeclaw called out, peering through the snowflakes that were steadily falling. Suddenly something caught his eye. He saw a small white shape haggardly struggling through the snow in his direction, he knew without a doubt it was Cloudkit and he was carrying a vole in his jaws, but that wasn't what caught his attention. It was the bigger cat that was following close behind Cloudkit. Scourgeclaw felt the fur on his spine begin to rise as he started to make out a dark tabby pelt; but as the strange cat grew closer the fur began to lie flat and Scourgeclaw's eyes softened slightly as he saw what the cat was carrying in his jaws. Scourgeclaw heard rustling behind him and turned, relaxing when he saw it was only Fireheart and Sandstorm both looked relieved to see the kits but, became cautious as they saw the dark tabby approaching. Fireheart became excited as he recognized the cat approaching and spoke reassuringly to Sandstorm.

When Cloudkit was close enough, Scourgeclaw picked him up by his scruff of his neck; but Cloudkit held on stubbornly to his catch. Fireheart and Sandstorm picked up Ashkit and Fernkit, respectively and the mystery cat held onto his own bundle. Fireheart and Sandstorm lead the way to the camp with Scourgeclaw and the cat following close behind them.

Bluestar was waiting outside the den when she spotted the group she turned leading them back into the camp; the group followed close behind her.

Mossflower sat in the clearing, comforting Brindleface who was distressed. She could understand the queen's distress after already losing two of her kits and the other two currently missing she imagined that she would be as distressed as the gentle gray queen. Mossflower looked up as she saw Bluestar enter the clearing with Fireheart, Scourgeclaw, Sandstorm and a cat she almost didn't recognize.

"It can't be" Mossflower heard Brindleface breath from beside her; but before she could question her, the queen had already begun to make her way over to the group.

"Smokekit, Smokekit, " she called out, Mossflower saw the gray bundle that rest beside the fourth cat's paws perked up and move toward the gray queen.

"B-Brindleface," it squeaked, with the call of her name; the queen bounded over to the kit and immediately began to lick his fur.

"Your alive, thank you StarClan" she called out, Ashkit and Fernkit bounded over to their mother and brother, Brindleface wrapped her tail around her litter happy that they had been reunited. The Clan had emerged from their den's after hearing the commotion and were shocked a bewildered. Mousefur and Runningwind returned looking around confused. Longtail filled them in on what happened and Mousefur raced over to check on Cloudkit who was still holding on stubbornly to his prey as he sat under the watchful eye of Scourgeclaw, Fireheart and Bluestar.

"Longtail, go find the other search party; Let them know we found the kits" Bluestar called not taking her eyes off Cloudkit. Longtail nodded and raced out the gorse tunnel. "Brindleface, I know you are happy to be reunited with your son but we need to deal with what has just occurred." Brindleface nodded to Bluestar and moved her tail and nudged Ashkit and Fernkit over toward Bluestar. Once the kits were settled together, Bluestar fixed then with a sharp glare.

"What in StarClan's name were you thinking? You know it's against the warrior code for kits to hunt." She hissed. Ashkit and Fernkit flinched and tried to shrink into themselves, but Cloudkit sat tall and defiantly.

"The Clan needed prey so we went to get some." He told her.

"And whose idea was it?" she asked coldly

"Mine," Couldkit declared. Scourgeclaw had to give his nephew credit; he had guts to not back down under Bluestar's glare.

"Do you realize you could have frozen to death?"

"We did it for the Clan." Answered Cloudkit

Bluestar sighed, but continued to fix him with a cold glare.

"While your intentions were go, they were poorly thought out, it was very foolish of you to do what you did." She told him.

"I caught something."

"So I've seen" she replied coldly. "I'll let your mothers decided your punishment, but I never want you doing anything like this again; Now go to the nursery so you can get warm and dry." The kits nodded, Brindleface ushered her three kits back toward the nursery just as the search party was returning. Bluestar then turned her attention to the mystery cat that had brought Smokekit back to ThunderClan.

"Who are you and why did you have Smokekit?" she asked with a deadly calm air around her. The other cats seemed to just notice the newcomer and went on high alert watching him closely. Scourgeclaw noticed some of their faces were mixed with both shock and confusion as they looked over the dark tabby cat and couldn't help but feel amused he figured he wasn't the only one to notice the similarity the tom shared with another cat. The tom in question looked around the camp then met Bluestar's gaze.

"My name is Talon, I found the kit once when I had entered the forest some time ago. I noticed how sick he was and took him to some twolegs I knew would be able to help him" He answered. Darkstripe hissed in his direction.

"What was a kittypet like you doing in our territory?" Darkstripe hissed, Talon looked unthreateningly at Darkstripe and purred with amusement as he spoke.

"Because I have just as much right to be hear as you do." Talon spoke confidently and coolly. Tigerclaw growled

"Says who kittypet?" he growled

"Me," spoke Mossflower

"Me too" Fireheart answered

"And Me as well" spoke Scourgeclaw fixing Tigerclaw with a cool gaze. Bluestar looked at the three questionly.

"Do you three know this cat?" she asked. They nodded simultaneously. "You say there is true to his claim?" Mossflower stepped forward moving to stand beside Talon, who purred at her in greeting.

"There is, My adopted mother is his mother, his father was her mate a cat who went by the name of Pine, but before that his name was Pinestar." She finished; letting the rest of the cats figure the rest out. For some of the Clan then name didn't connect with them but the older warriors knew who she spoke of. Bluestar's eyes widened in shock and surprise, the elders gasped and stared on looking closely at the tom and Mossflower could see recognition in their eyes as they looked from him to Tigerclaw. 'So they see the similarity between them too' she thought as she looked at the other cats. Tigerclaw finally spoke up.

"I don't believe it and even if it's true, it doesn't give you the right to be here, Pinestar left to be a kittypet and you were raised by a kittypet so you belong with kittypets." He hissed. Unshaken by Tigerclaw's hostility, Talon looked the other tom over.

"You know my father told me, he left a son in ThunderClan that looked a lot like me, I can see what he meant now, and he said his name was Tigerkit." Talon spoke staring Tigerclaw down. The rest of the Clan started to understand the older warriors shock now that they began to piece things together. Tigerclaw growled again and lunged at Talon but was intercepted by Whitestorm who forced Tigerclaw down.

"Tigerclaw calm down, don't you understand he's your brother." Whitestorm spoke calmly to the tom. Tigerclaw scrambled to his paws and spat fiercely over his shoulder as he made his way over to warrior's den

"He's no brother of mine!" and with that said Tigerclaw disappeared into the warrior's den. Scourgeclaw watched him go with a feeling of satisfaction. He turned his attention back to Bluestar as she recovered enough to speak.

"Forgive Tigerclaw he was not ready to hear such news, I need a moment to think this over." She spoke softly but loud enough for the clan to hear her. "Would the elders, Speckletail, Goldenclaw and Goldenflower join me in my den please?" The mentioned cats followed closely after their leader. The rest of the Clan began speaking quietly to one another. Scourgeclaw could he bits and pieces of their conversations but he knew they were talking about Talon and Tigerclaw's reaction to him.

"So how have you three been?" Talon asked suddenly. Mossflower couldn't help but mrrow in laughter.

"Only you would stir up so much drama in one day and have the nerve to act like nothing happened." Mossflower shook her head in amusement. "I think we should be asking what you're doing here."

"Just as I told you, I was bringing Smokekit back and I was hoping to see you, I've missed you Moss" he meowed softly. She purred and pressed her nose into his fur.

"I've missed you too and my names Mossflower now." she replied

"I know Scourgeclaw told me. You also have kits now right?" he asked curiously. Her eyes softened at the mention of her kits.

"Yes I do, would you like to see them?" she asked Talon purred at her in amusement.

"I would, however maybe we should wait for Bluestar's verdict of me before then, plus I'm not sure your mate would like it." He replied, Mossflower turned toward Runningwind who was watching them with a jealous gaze. As she moved to calm her mate down, Talon turned his attention to Fireheart and Scourgeclaw.

"So anything new happen that I don't know about?" Talon asked the two curiously

"I'm a warrior now, my name is Fireheart and Scourgeclaw has kits now" Fireheart replied. Talon blinked rapidly in shock and looked at Scourgeclaw who watched him with a smug expression.

"Well I knew about you be coming a warrior Fireheart, but I had no idea Scourgeclaw contributed to the growth of ThunderClan." He breathed looking at the black warrior. "Good job,"

Bluestar chose that moment to emerge from her den and address the Clan.

"I have decided that, while Pinestar did leave ThunderClan to become a kittypet, this should not be a reason to keep his kin out of ThunderClan, Talon has a right to be here." She paused allowing the Clan to take in her words. "Because of this I feel it is only fair to extend an invitation to Talon to join ThunderClan." Scourgeclaw looked at the cats who had emerged from Bluestar's den and saw their determined expressions. He looked at Talon who was watching the Clan's reactions and seemed to be thinking her words over.

"I accept Bluestar, and I'm honored to join my father's birth Clan." He finally answered.

I'm sorry this chapter is so short

However

I want to know if I should make Talon a warrior or an apprentice. Bluestar made Mossflower and Scourgeclaw warriors mainly because she knew that Kana would train Mossflower to hunt and protect herself and Because she could tell that Scourgeclaw had received a lot of experience during his time as a rogue however she doesn't know much about Talon other than he's Kana's and Pinestar's son she doesn't know if he knows how to hunt and protect himself.

If I make him a warrior what do you think his name should be?

I had the name Talonstrike chosen but recently I started liking Talonclaw, but I am open for any suggestions that you may have in fact you can give me an idea for a name for any of these cats:

Birdkit

Morningkit

Smokekit

Swiftpaw

I added Swiftpaw to the group because I haven't decided if he'll live or die in this story and sometimes having an awesome warrior name helps to save a character in my stories.

Bluekit's and Nightkit's names/fates are set in stone which is why they're not in the group. All the other cats mentioned have a name I've chosen for them but I still want others ideas for names because sometimes I like the names I chose for my cats but sometimes someone might come up with a name I like better than the name I chose so I'm open for suggestions for those cats

I hope you like this chapter and give me some feedback by reviewing