Chapter 24

Flamepaw sighed and followed Graystripe as he lead the way back to the Thunderclan camp.

"Come on," Graystripe meowed, sternly, and lead the way into the camp.

The camp was in full activity as Graystripe and Flamepaw padded into the camp. Shrewfur was sitting outside the medicine den with Cinderpelt and Leafpaw treating his wounds. He glared at Flamepaw as he entered the camp.

Leafpaw followed his gaze and her eyes grew questioning as she stared at Flamepaw.

Flamepaw snorted and looked away as Graystripe lead the way toward Firestar's den.

"Firestar?" Graystripe called.

"What is it? Come on in," Firestar replied from inside the den.

Graystripe entered the den with Flamepaw just behind him. "Firestar," Graystripe meowed, dipping his head.

Firestar was sitting in his nest and sat up as Flamepaw entered the den. "What happened?" he demanded, padding over to stand in front of his deputy.

"Flamepaw here thought it would be easier to battle train with claws unsheathed," Graystripe meowed, his eyes were narrowed in anger.

Firestar's ears twitched and he turned to stare at Flamepaw. Flamepaw knew he was thinking about the time when he was training with Tigerclaw, before he left.

"Is this true?" Firestar meowed.

"Yes, it's true," Flamepaw muttered.

Firestar sighed, "not again," he muttered.

"Again? What do you mean, again?" Graystripe gasped, his eyes were wide.

Firestar sighed again, "when Tigerclaw took Flamepaw, Mothpaw and Hawkpaw training with me supervising it, Flamepaw attacked Tigerclaw with claws unsheathed," he meowed.

"You've done this before?" Graystripe hissed, glaring at Flamepaw.

"I just thought it would be better to learn to fight the way we would fight in a true battle," Flamepaw meowed.

"You could have seriously hurt Shrewfur, Flamepaw," Graystripe hissed, "just because you thought you were in battle doesn't mean you have to attack like you were."

Flamepaw muttered something to low for anyone to hear.

"Flamepaw, what you did was wrong," Firestar meowed, "for one moon, you'll be confide into the camp and you must take care of the elders. Also your warriors ceremony will be delayed for a few days after the moon is up."

"What?!" Flamepaw exclaimed in fury.

"You attacked two clanmates when you were suppose to be training," Firestar pointed out.

Flamepaw hissed, "this is so unfair," he snarled, "just because they don't know how to fight, doesn't mean I have to be punished for it."

Graystripe gasped, "you can't speak to your leader that way," he gasped, his eyes were wide.

"I can speak to anyone anyway I like," Flamepaw snarled, glaring from Firestar to Graystripe and back again.

Firestar's eyes narrowed to tiny green slits and they were blazing.

"You're not my mother, you can't tell me what to do, I will do what I want when I went, and I don't care what you say," Flamepaw snarled.

Firestar leaped to his paws and stalked over to Flamepaw. When they were nose to nose, Firestar hissed. "If you can't agree with my decisions, then you don't have a place among Thunderclan."

Flamepaw hissed, "fine, I don't want to be in your stupid clan, anyways," he snarled and lashed out a claw. Firestar dodged and dropped into a crouch.

Graystripe instantly went to Firestar's side. "Calm down, Firestar," he meowed, soothingly.

Firestar slowly sheathed his claws. But Flamepaw kept his claws unsheathed. He stood up, his fur was bristling and his lips were drawn back into a snarl.

Flamepaw stalked over to Firestar and stood nose to nose with him. "You will not win, Firestar," he hissed, "Thunderclan is doomed and there is nothing you can do about it."

Firestar froze and Graystripe instantly swerved between them, preventing Flamepaw from doing anything to Firestar.

"What do you mean?" Graystripe demanded.

"Flames burning and Tigers prowling, two will clash, of good and evil and peace will come at last," Flamepaw snarled.

Firestar's eyes widened, "how do you know about that prophecy?" he gasped, stepping to Graystripe's side.

"The same way you learned, through my ancestors of course," Flamepaw hissed, stepping forward.

Firestar glared at Flamepaw, "and to think I actually thought you would be a good warrior," he hissed.

"First impressions always work, I needed to get into Thunderclan, and thats all you'll ever hear about my plans," Flamepaw hissed and leaped at Firestar.

Graystripe instantly leaped at Flamepaw and sent him crashing into the wall of Firestar's den.

Firestar leaped at Flamepaw and pinned him down. But Flamepaw leaped up and sent Firestar flying into a nearby wall. This is going to be easier then I thought, Flamepaw thought as he leaped at Firestar as he laid dazed on the other side of the den.

A/n what do you think?

Stardream: ha, ha, ha, ha, I'm so cruel, you will not be able to see what happens next unless I get four more reviews

Tigerstar: what the heck?

Stardream: I wanted all my readers to know why Flamepaw decided to join the clan

Tigerstar: but, doesn't this end the series?

Stardream: no, we still have two more books to go through

Tigerstar: I thought it was three

Stardream: nope, I cut it down to two

Tigerstar: oh, okay, well, please review, next chapter

Stardream: when I get four more reviews