in this chapter it's revealed that i'm actually just a filthy tigerstar sympathizer. haha. look he's just so interesting and i'm disappointed that the only thing he ever was was THE BAD GUY
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Fireheart was wishing now that he hadn't stood guard. Maybe then he could have snuck off on a patrol. He should've done that anyways, but here he was now, in what had been Bluestar's den just yesterday.
"T-Tigerstar?" A deep chuckle sounded from inside the den.
"There's no need to act like I'm about to kill you Fireheart." Fireheart flinched at that. Tigerstar walked past him out of the den, motioning for Fireheart to follow. The two made their way out of camp and once they were nearing the sandy hollow, Tigerstar spoke.
"My father was once the leader of ThunderClan," Fireheart whipped his head around in surprise, both at Tigerstar speaking and what he had said. "He didn't die proudly in battle or peacefully in age or sickness. He left my Clan when I was barely a moon old. Left my Clan to become a kittypet of all things. He had been a warrior almost all of his nine lives, but at the end of his last he just left. Left me and my mother when we had just lost my two sisters." Fireheart remained silent, unsure of what to say to that. He and Tigerstar had stopped walking and now stood beneath the owl tree.
"My mentor was what I used to plug up the hole my father had left. Thistleclaw was violent in battle, yes, and was a bit brash, but he was a good warrior. The leader before Bluestar—Sunstar—was losing his deputy to sickness. He had narrowed his replacement choices to two cats, Bluestar and my mentor, Thisteclaw. However, at the time, Bluestar had recently had kits. Three kits name Mosskit, Stonekit, and Mistykit. Supposedly they were attacked and killed by a badger, which let Bluestar become deputy, but on a gathering night some five or so moons later, Crookedstar had two new apprentices by the names of Stonepaw and Mistypaw that looked eerily similar to Bluestar. I asked one of the RiverClan warriors who the kits' parents were, and all of them claimed that Oakheart just brought them in one day."
Fireheart tensed, realizing that Tigerstar knew the truth of those kits.
"I may not deserve to be leader, but Bluestar sent away her kits, likely killing one in the process, so she deserved that position as much as me." Fireheart blinked. He hadn't thought of it like that. Tigerstar stood and stretched.
"I will not kill you. As much as I hate you for your kittypet blood, I am willing to look past it for myself and my Clan." Tigerstar swung his amber gaze over so it rested on Fireheart. "Do not make me regret this." Fireheart resisted the urge to flinch at that. Tigerstar began the trek home when stopped, almost causing Fireheart to crash into him. Tigerstar looked around pointedly before sniffing the air. A deep growl resounded in his throat
"RiverClan." Tigerstar ground out. Fireheart blinked as Tigerstar began swiftly making his way back to camp. Fireheart did his best to keep up. They must be trying to get Graystripe's kits again, Fireheart thought, but didn't vocalize it. What would Tigerstar do? Fireheart now knew with more clarity how much his new leader looked down on inter-clan relationships and the kits that almost inevitably came with them, But would Tigerstar send them away to appease RiverClan?
Arriving at camp, Fireheart immediately noticed that hostilities were rising. Longtail was clearly outraged by the three RiverClan cats in front of him, and many others were protectively crowding around the nursery. Tigerstar marched his way over to Leopardfur, who turned to him.
"I demand to see Bluestar! She'll realize that these kits should go to RiverClan." Leopardfur hissed. Tigerstar gained a scowl and Fireheart tensed, worried he might attack the RiverClan deputy.
"While it is true that their mother was of RiverClan, their only living parent is right here," Tigerstar gestured to Graystripe who stood nervously by the nursery, "Would you be so cruel as to deprive two kits of their only parent?" Leopardfur looked affronted at this.
"We have plenty of queens who'd be happy to foster these-" "We have a perfectly fine foster here!" Tigerstar's angered voice raised in volume and Leopardfur shrunk back slightly.
"We have already lost our leader and now you would dare try to take these two kits from us!?" Leopardfur let out a gasp at that. Fireheart forced his gaze away from Mistyfoot and Stonefur, looking at the enraged Tigerstar. Was this really all an act? Leopardfur glanced back at her two warriors before sighing.
"Very well," She stated, turning. "These kits will remain in ThunderClan." Fireheart sagged in relief and noticed Graystripe almost collapsing. Fireheart looked at Tigerstar and was met with an amber gaze. Fireheart tentatively smiled and Tigerstar let out a huff before turning and walking off. Fireheart couldn't help but wonder if Bluestar would have done the same.
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That night, while Fireheart was tightly curled up next to the body of his best friend, he dreamt of ThunderClan camp. At first he didn't quite realize what it was about, but then he spotted Bluestar. He attempted calling out to her, but suddenly found that no sound was coming from him. Fireheart instead bounded over to her but halted abruptly when he got closer. Bluestar looked… in a word, young. No silver fur around her muzzle and with almost no scars. Her eyes felt less wise and more… youthful, Fireheart supposed.
Fireheart then turned at the sound of a cat's joyful meowing. He turned to see a dark brown tabby play-fighting with a white tom kit. Fireheart felt that they were both somewhat familiar, when he realized as bright amber eyes glanced by him. That was Tigerstar and Whitestorm! Fireheart tried to look more in depth at the two when the world around him warped into pitch black and then to a starry forest.
Fireheart turned to see Spottedleaf behind him. His eyes brightened at her appearance and he was about to rush over to her when he noticed her grim appearance.
"Spottedleaf? What's wrong?" He inquired, nerves making him shift his weight on his paws.
"Fireheart, you can't trust Tigerstar. Don't let him fool you!" She growled. Fireheart was taken aback by this. Why was Spottedleaf suddenly so cold.
"Why did you show me that then?" Fireheart asked. Spottedleaf's gaze that bordered on hateful turned to confusion.
"Showed you…?" Her answer made something slimy and cold drop down in Fireheart's stomach. If it wasn't Spottedleaf, then who and why? And why would Spottedleaf be so adamant Fireheart not trust Tigerstar?
Fireheart suddenly jerked awake. His dream was already getting fuzzy, but Fireheart could clearly remember one thing; Amber eyes filled with joy, laughter, and youth. What could have made those eyes so cold?
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So! Tigerstar is chaotic neutral instead of chaotic evil, graystripe and kits will remain in thunderclan, and a thing you'll notice about me is i generally disapprove of Spottedleaf's weird stalker tendencies. also i'm not doing bad on updates which is gR EA T