Lionblaze was pacing outside of the nursery. Cinderheart wouldn't let him come in because she said he worried too much. I don't worry that much. His kits took up a lot of his thoughts. Like he wondered what they would like and whom they would like. But the things Jayfeather had told him a couple days before was on his mind to. As far as he knew there wasn't a fifth Clan and never had been so why was there suddenly one now? Jayfeather had told him that Firestar restarted the Clan and had been given the prophecy of the Three there. He wanted all prophecies to be out of his mind. He didn't want to think about prophecies especially because the prophecy of the Three had destroyed his sister.
It made her go insane and tell everyone at the Gathering who their real parents were and after that she ran into the stone tunnel where the tunnel collapsed on her. He had thought that she was dead for the longest time until he had finally found her one-day and brought her back to the Clan. Sadly, she died by the paws of Hawkfrost saving Ivypool from getting killed. Hollyleaf was very brave to sacrifice her life for Ivypool and he often thought Hollyleaf would have made a great warrior that Thunderclan would have been proud of. Remembering Hollyleaf made Lionblaze pace more.
Lionblaze saw Jayfeather approaching holding herbs that he was going to give to Cinderheart. Lionblaze became instantly worried. He was about to ask Jayfeather about the herbs when Jayfeather said, "Relax, Lionblaze, Cinderheart's fine. I'm just giving her poppy seeds to let her a sleep a little. With all that kicking around in there I'd say she's had a hard time trying to get some rest." Jayfeather picked up the poppy seeds again and began walking to the nursery.
Lionblaze caught up and said teasingly, "You know I hate it when you read my mind."
"Well, you're too filled with anxiety to block your thoughts. Just calm down Cinderheart is going to be just fine. Don't make me have to give you poppy seeds to."
"Okay, Jayfeather. I'll try."
"Good." Jayfeather said as he stepped into the nursery.
Lionblaze decided to ask Squirrelflight if he could go on a hunting patrol. He saw Squirrelflight in the middle of the clearing. He raced over to her.
"Squirrelflight, are there any hunting patrols open? I really need to get out of camp."
"Um… I suppose you could with Bumblestripe, Rosepetal, Ivypool, and Berrynose. But you'd better hurry there leaving right now."
"Yes! Thanks, Squirrelflight." Lionblaze ran to catch up with the hunting patrol that Lionblaze now saw about to leave camp.
By the time he caught up to them he was panting. "What are you doing here, Lionblaze?" Ivypool asked.
"Squirrelflight said I could join your hunting patrol." He replied.
"Okay. Well keep you panting to a minimum okay. You're going to scare away all the prey from the forest to the Lake." Ivypool said jokingly. She nudged him on the shoulder and ran forward. "C'mon, slow poke."
Lionblaze surged forward to keep pace with Ivypool. She was fast, but the patrol eventually stopped so they could sniff for prey. Lionblaze heard a branch quiver and he got into a stalking position. He smelled a mouse and he sprang from the bushes. He was surprised when he bumped into a thick, furry hide.
"Ow. Watch where you pounce, mousebrain." Ivypool said. Lionblaze saw the scratch marks he had left on her back. Ivypool started licking her wounds and haughtily walked away.
Lionblaze shouted, "Sorry," and continued hunting. The prey was plentiful so the patrol came back with lots of prey for the pile.
Lionblaze set his prey down and decided he'd take Cinderheart some fresh kill. He picked up a vole and took it over to the nursery. Cinderheart was asleep and he didn't want to wake her so he laid the fresh kill next to her.
Dovewing was also resting in the nursery. He couldn't believe that the little apprentice he had trained and the warrior that learned she was one of the Three was about to have kits. He was happy for her and was glad that she was happy with Bumblestripe.
He walked out of the nursery and into the clearing. He saw Jayfeather leaving camp and decided to follow him.
"Hey, Jayfeather! Wait for me!" Lionblaze yelled.
Jayfeather stopped and Lionblaze bumped into him and they both toppled over.
"Hey watch where you're going. I'm already late to the meeting. I don't need to be bruised up either." Jayfeather said while he shook out his coat.
"Wait a second. What meeting?"
"The half-moon meeting. Have you forgotten that tonight's the half-moon. Look up."
Sure enough Lionblaze looked up and saw the half-moon floating above the trees.
"Now if you would excuse me I have a meeting that I need to get to." Jayfeather said.
"Wait, I want to come with you," Lionblaze said. Then realizing how embarrassing that sounded continued. "At least to the edge of our territory."
"Okay. Just don't bump into me anymore. It's extremely important that I am there I need to find out more about this fifth Clan."
"I'll try." Lionblaze said and followed his brother to edge of their territory like he promised.
Lionblaze went back to camp by himself and looked around at the forest he knew so well. How would this new Clan affect the forest that he loved? He walked into camp and entered the warriors den.
He had that same question through his head when he fell asleep. But he was determined not to let another prophecy get in the way of his mate or his family.