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I eyed the rest of my clan mates. Breezepelt, Heatherpaw, Tornear, and Owlwhisker. Before I could say anything, Firestar yowled, "Squirrelflight, Brambleclaw! You two, put those WindClan warriors into our extra cave. Guard it with your lives."
Of course, when he said, 'Guard it with your lives,' he means if they get out and you don't catch them, you're dead.
Thus, we were dragged into an old abandoned cave which looked like it had been a nursery at one time. It was relatively large with old moss nests in each corner: only four, but I could live without a nest here. I wouldn't sleep very much anyways. I eyed Heatherpaw, who looked scared beside Breezepelt, eying everyone else to see who would speak first
I obviously was the one who got us all into this, so I lead everyone into a circle at the back of the cave. It was the only way that showed that those two ThunderClan warriors most likely wouldn't hear us, if we whispered to each other. Tornear said what I was thinking and suggested that we whispered, and I only nodded to him.
''How are we going to get out of this? I mean, those two look pretty loyal to Firestar, and even if they weren't, they wouldn't risk their lives and betray him." Owlwhisker said in a hushed voice, looking around to the rest of us. Well, he was right. If I was a warrior of ThunderClan, I wouldn't risk my own life unless I was sure to win.
Wait. . Unless I was sure to win. I perked my ears and looked to the rest of the cats of my clan. "Wait a second, maybe we could get enough warriors of ThunderClan on our side, that they knew we were sure to win, and the rest of them came on our side as well?" I asked, looking to the rest of them for a response.
Tornear was smiling darkly at the plan, but my own apprentice, Heatherpaw, obviously didn't understand. I eyed her to question what she was thinking, and she responded with a soft sigh and a whisper, "But how are we going to get enough warriors without them killing us first? We need someone on our side. We haven't anyone, unless you count Squirrelflight or Brambleclaw, and I'm pretty sure that Brambleclaw is a suck up. And Squirrelflight is Firestar's second born daughter, isn't she?"
I began to object, but I stopped and sighed once again. We had came to an end, something that we rarely did. What could we do? We were stuck in a relatively large den with four moss nests, guarded by what seemed to be the most loyal warriors of ThunderClan at the time. I began to slightly pace, annoyed at our situation.
When I was just about done with my pacing a few moments later, I heard someone at the entrance of the den. Not wanting a warrior to see me at my worst time, I stopped and abruptly sat at the edge of the den, until I saw who it was.
That warrior wasn't exactly a warrior. It was a medicine cat, her fur a light brown with darker brown streaks down the side. It was Leafpool. Her eyes were a beautiful color of light brown, but they were clouded over with obvious annoyance at someone. Perhaps her father? I didn't have a chance to ask as I looked away from her as she approached me and the rest of my warriors.
"WindClan warriors and apprentice, all of you, come here." Leafpool whispered, and we all obeyed, not caring if she was of ThunderClan. She was a medicine cat, and she obviously knew StarClan's input on how her father was acting, and how Bluestar was probably mad at him for everything he had been doing. She was looking straight at me, but broke her glance as I saw her doing so.
"I know that you do not like the way you are being treated, b-by my father.." Leafpool seemed to loathe saying that he was her father, and I would have done the same. "Well StarClan obviously does not, either, you know. Bluestar, sh-she spoke to me herself, and she told me to free you guys any way that I could. Then I thought up a plan, and.. Will you listen to it?"
Of course, everyone seemed to eye me for an answer. Have me speak to the she-cat who I was still in love with and she may still be in love with me, why don't you, Tornear. Thank you for your support. I mumbled, "Well, I guess so, we're sort of stuck here, and all, so, we need all the help we could get.." My eyes were drifting off into a different direction, and I obviously didn't want to speak with her.
I could already see Heatherpaw rolling her eyes at me and looking to Leafpool. She had always liked Leafpool, favored her more than Nightcloud. "That's that old warrior's talk for 'Yes, I would love to hear whatever you have to say.' Sorry, he's a little bit grouchy and grumpy when it comes to not getting his way." She responded to me, and I could tell Leafpool held back laughter.
My ears grew hot as I glared at Heatherpaw, and even Breezepelt was smiling. "Okay, well.. My idea, is for you to dig where this soft dirt is, back here.." Leafpool got up and moved closer to the back, and patted some dirt where it had already been dug. "Lucky for you guys, kits like to escape the nursery. We used this just a few moons back, and we just patched it up." She continued.
"And then, well, you could go to ShadowClan, and to your own clan, and try and get them to help you conquer against Firestar. I'm sure not many cats would fight against you, you know.. Not everyone loves Firestar now that he turned evil like Tigerstar did, many moons ago.." None of us had been alive back then, but we'd heard the stories of it.
Everyone was eying each other, and trying to smile. I could tell that Breezepelt and Heatherpaw loved the way she thought. Tornear as well had to smile at the brain of Leafpool. Owlwhisker looked exactly the same, happy to finally have a plan that no one could object on. Leafpool was smiling as well, and I knew that the first one to speak would have to be me, because Tornear wouldn't.
"Well, I guess that's a good idea. But.." I could tell the rest of them were sighing at that but. No one liked objections, but there had to be one or two. "But, what about those two outside, and Firestar? They'll wonder what's taking you so long, or they'll check on us after you leave. Firestar will know what you did, and you'll get hurt from what we did."
I could hear everyone breathe as I said something with actual compassion around the rest of my clan-mates. My ears grew hot as Leafpool smiled at me, and everyone let out a soft sigh of relief. "Squirrelflight doesn't care enough to check after wards, unless her father asks her to. She looks up to him, and she hates for him to be doing this. I'm her sister, she trusts me, you know."
I nodded, agreeing with her. I would hate to watch my parents turn evil and kill other cats from different clans, for no particular reason, and whoever when against him would die by his own hands. I couldn't believe Leafpool or Squirrelflight could even stay sane up to this point, actually.
Heatherpaw made her way to the back of the den and began to dig, and we all helped her, careful to be quiet enough for Firestar not to realize what we were doing. As the others were digging, I turned to Leafpool. I had to tell her something, had to maybe drop a few hints here and there, and now was the absolute perfect time to do so.
"Leafpool, shouldn't you be getting back to y-your clan? Firestar's probably wondering what your doing with us for so long.." I murmured, and her ears pricked to meet my own gaze, and she was smiling. "I'm fine, he's probably asleep with Sandstorm doing something right now, he could care less about either of his children..."
"Thank you." I blurted. I then got back to what I was saying, and tried to smile, to shake it off. "Thank you, for saving my two kits.. I really appreciate it, because they would be dead, without you helping, telling F-Firestar, that you wanted them for you to train them as medicine cat a-apprentices..." I trailed off, and she met my eyes.
"It's nothing, really, I mean all I did was try and help you, to give back what you gave me, and I couldn't re-return back then, C-Crowfeather, I-I'm sorry, f-for..-" She was cut off by Breezepelt practically getting between us and laughing softly. "Leafpool! Your plan, it works. There's enough room for a large warrior to fit through."
Leafpool stifled a laugh and smiled. "I'm going to have to go outside, to the camp of ThunderClan now. I wish you all well, and I will be telling the queens who support you what you are doing, and they will pass it around as the fight comes to the camp." Before I could say anything, or ask her to finish her sentence, she was off, and I was frowning.
Breezepelt smiled at me, and the others of that WindClan troop gathered around me, as if to ask me what to do next, when they all already knew the answer. They just wanted me to confirm what they already knew. And that was exactly what I was going to do:
"Come on, WindClan, lets go to ShadowClan and tell them of our escape."
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