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Leafstar had a dream the night before the journey. She was in her dream clearing when she saw Cloudstar approach her. Cloudstar dipped his head to her and she dipped her head back. Leafstar looked into Cloudstar's sympathetic blue eyes as he motioned her to step forward. She took a step to stand right next to him.

"Leafstar, I'm going to motion to an area with my tail and I want you to tell me what you see."

"Okay seems easy enough." Cloudstar didn't hesitate he pointed to a tree with his tail, and Leafstar looked at the tree.

"Now what do you see."

All of a sudden Leafstar got swept into a forest dense with oak trees and bushes. It looked so much like her home and yet something was different about it. "I see a forest filled with oak trees."

"Yes, now keep looking."

Leafstar kept watching and when she was going to ask what she was supposed to be looking at a small light gray apprentice hopped out of the bushes excitedly. There's something very familiar about that kit, Leafstar thought. A young warrior also stepped out of the bushes he had dark brown fur and amber eyes stepped out of the bushes. This must be the apprentice's mentor. Leafstar assumed.

"Hey, Dustfang, hurry up. I don't want to miss one minute of this hunting session."

"I'm coming. Remember I'm not as fast as you." Dustfang replied good-naturedly.

"What are we going to learn to catch today?"

"Oh, I was thinking about teaching you how to catch sparrows today."

"Yay. So where are we going?"

The scene changed and Leafstar saw the young gray apprentice again. It was night and a full moon was shining in the sky. The gray apprentice had a discouraged face Dustfang walked up behind him and sat down next to the young apprentice.

"You know going to the Gathering isn't everything. You'll get over it, I did. I had to learn that a leader can't take every cat with him and Duskstar didn't mean anything by not taking you."

"I know it's just that I've never gone to a Gathering before and all the other apprentices got to go. I just… I can't help feeling left out."

"I know, but Cloudpaw I just want you to know that no matter what problems get in your way you should become the best warrior you can be, more even. If you show intuitive I have no doubt that you could become a great leader someday." Ah, so that's why the kit looked familiar, it's Cloudstar, but why is he showing me his past.

The scene changed again and Leafstar was in the middle of a warrior ceremony. The whole Clan was gathered beneath a large rock. A light ginger tom summoned the Clan Leafstar assumed it was Duskstar. An older version of Cloudpaw stood on the rock, his head held proudly. Duskstar's voice echoed as he said, "I, Duskstar, leader of Skyclan, call upon my warrior ancestors to look down on this apprentice. He has trained hard to understand the ways of your noble code, and I commend him to you as a warrior in his turn." He looked at Cloudpaw solemnly but also with pride. "Cloudpaw, do you promise to uphold the warrior code and to protect and defend this Clan, even at the cost of your life?"

"I do."

"Cloudpaw, from this moment you will be known as Cloudpelt. Starclan honors your integrity and your strength, and we welcome you as a full warrior of Skyclan." Cloudpelt licked Duskstar's shoulder and Leafstar heard the whole Clan chanting his name. Cloudpelt looked so happy.

Leafstar was swept into another scene. It didn't take her long until she found out she was in the middle of a battle. There were screeching cats everywhere and even some that lay injured on the ground. Through the fray the only thing Leafstar was able to focus on was Dustfang, who was battling a large light tabby tom, and beside him was Cloudpelt who was battling a tom larger than he was. The toms corralled them until Cloudpelt and Dustfang were back to back.

Leafstar watched as Dustfang grabbed Cloudpelt by his scruff and slide him underneath one of the toms and Cloudpelt ended up on the other side of the three fighting cats. Before Cloudpelt had time to recuperate Leafstar heard a loud yowl of pain and Cloudpelt heard it to. Leafstar watched helpless to the situation, as Cloudpelt frantically clawed the tom he was fighting before, trying to get past him.

The tom got out of the way and ran off along with his Clanmate to fight another Skyclan cat. Cloudpelt stood over the body of his mentor. Leafstar saw the blood that was spilling out of Dustfang's body, and even though she wasn't a medicine cat she knew that he had already lost too much blood. Cloudpelt touched his mentor's cheek with his nose and Leafstar saw him flinch when there was movement under him.

Dustfang looked up at Cloudpelt with clouded eyes and Leafstar could barely make out his words, "Cloudpelt, I want you to know that I'm proud of you and that someday you'll make a great leader even if I'm not there to see you." Dustfang began breathing hoarsely and Leafstar could hear the whimpers that Cloudpelt was trying to hold back. Dustfang took one last big breath and said, "Make…me…proud." With those last words Dustfang died.

Cloudpelt couldn't hold back his tears any longer. He mourned for his dead mentor for who knows how long because before she knew it Leafstar was swept into another part of Cloudstar's life.

Leafstar watched Cloudpelt as he walked up nervously to a pretty light brown tabby with amber eyes. "Umm… Birdflight, I was wondering if you'd like to walk with me."'

Birdflight's eyes glittered as she smiled and said, "I'd love to go on a walk with you." Birdflight got up and walked with Cloudpelt to the camp entrance.

A quarter moon shined above the trees as Cloudpelt and Birdflight sat in an oak tree with their tails twined. Cloudpelt looked shyly over at Birdflight who looked at him in return.

"Birdflight, I want you to know that I love you."

Birdflight looked at him with amber eyes full of love as she said, "I love you to, Cloudpelt."

Leafstar found herself in the middle of what looked like the Skyclan camp and Leafstar saw Birdflight again. She was talking to Cloudstar, and her belly was swollen with kits. The kits must be Cloudstar's.

Leafstar was then in the middle of what she thought was a Clan Gathering lilke the ones that Firestar had told her about. There were five leaders atop the Great Rock ,which Firestar had also told her about. It sounded like the Gathering was just beginning. Leafstar watched as Cloudstar entered the clearing with all the cats from his Clan.

A dark gray tom said to Cloudstar, "Great StarClan! Cloudstar, any cat would think you'd brought your whole Clan to the Gathering."

Cloudstar looked at the dark gray leader and said, "Yes, that's exactly what I've done."

A light brown tabby she-cat demanded, "Why in the name of Starclan have you done that?"

Cloudstar took a deep breath and mewed, "Because we can no longer live in our territory. Twolegs have destroyed it."

A dark ginger tom stepped forward, "What? My patrols have reported more Twolegs in your territory, and noise from monsters, but they can't possibly have destroyed it all."

Cloudstar stared into the forest. "They have," he replied. "They came with huge monsters that pushed over our trees and churned up the earth. All our prey is dead or frightened off. The monsters are crouched around our camp now, waiting to pounce. Skyclan's home has gone." He looked back at the other leaders. "I have brought my Clan here to ask your help. You must give us some of your territories."

At this request yowls of protest from all the Clans began. Skyclan sat stiff with anticipation of what the answer would be.

The dark gray tom spoke first, "You can't just walk in here and demand part of our territory. We can barely feed our own Clan as it is."

The dark ginger tom said, "The prey is running well now in Greenleaf, but what's going to happen when leaf-fall comes? Thunderclan won't be able to spare any then."

A creamy brown she-cat meowed, "Nor will Shadowclan. My Clan is bigger than any other. We need every paw step of ground to feed our own cats."

Cloudstar looked at the light brown tabby. "Birchstar, what do you think?"

The she-cat replied, "I'd like to help, I really would. But the river is very low and it's harder than ever to catch enough fish. Besides, Skyclan cats don't know how to fish."

Swiftstar said, "Exactly. And only Windclan cats are fast enough to catch rabbits and birds on the moors. There's certainly nowhere in our territory where you could make a camp. You'd soon get tired of sleeping under gorse bushes."

Cloudstar asked, "Well, then what's my Clan supposed to do?"

For a moment every cat was silent and no one spoke.

Redstar broke the silence, "Leave."

Cloudstar had a look of shock on his face.

Swiftstar snarled, "That's right. Leave the forest and find yourselves another place, far enough away that you can't steal our prey."

A silver and black tabby she-cat said, "Swiftstar, as your medicine cat, I can tell you that Starclan won't be pleased if the rest of us drive out Skyclan. There have always been five Clans in the forest."

"Five Clans have lived in this forest for longer than any cat can remember, Cloudstar reminded the other leaders. "Doesn't that mean anything to you?"

Redstar replied, "Things change. Is it possible that the will of Starclan has changed also? Starclan gave each clan the skills they need to survive in their territory. Riverclan cats swim well. Thunderclan cats are good at stalking prey in the undergrowth. Skyclan cats can leap into trees because there's not much cover in their territory. Doesn't this mean that each Clan couldn't live in another Clan's territory?"

Another medicine stood up and said, "You keep saying that Starclan wants five Clans in the forest, but are you sure that's true? There are four oaks here at Fourtrees. That could be a sign that there should be only four Clans."

A Windclan cat hissed, "Skyclan doesn't belong here. Let's drive them out now."

Cloudstar yelled, "Stop! Warriors of Skyclan, we are not cowards, but this is a battle we cannot win. We have seen tonight what the warrior code is worth. Form now on we will be alone, and we will depend on no cat but ourselves." Cloudstar closed his eyes.

Leafstar was horrified by what she was witnessing. Cloudstar jumped down from the Great Rock to Birdflight's side.

Birdflight said her voice trembling, "Cloudstar, our kits are too small to make a long journey. I'll stay here with them, if any Clan will have us."

Another medicine cat walked up to the couple and said, "You will be welcome in Thunderclan."

Cloudstar spun to face the Thunderclan medicine cat and demanded, "Are you sure? After what your leader said to us today?"

The medicine cat said, "I believe my leader was wrong, but he won't condemn helpless kits to die. They will have a future in Thunderclan, and so will you, Birdflight."

Birdflight dipped her head respectfully to the medicine cat, "Thank you." She faced Cloudstar sorrow in her eyes. "Then this is goodbye."

The vision faded and Leafstar was back in her own dream clearing. Leafstar couldn't help feeling sorry for Cloudstar. He lost everything, his home, his mate, and his kits.

Leafstar looked back at Cloudstar, "I'm so sorry. I had no idea. So this is what you had to go through in order to leave."

"Yes, and I don't want the same thing to happen to you. That's why I showed you my past. You have to leave tomorrow otherwise it'll be too late." Cloudstar said and he started to fade away.

Leafstar woke up. She quickly hopped out of her nest and said, "I have to hurry and get the Clan ready."

Okay that's it for this chapter. Sorry it took so long to upload, but here's a list why I didn't post anything for so long. 1)Wifi wasn't working 2)I had to study for my Constitution test 3) I've been practicing drawing and animating 4) I'll be honest I was kind of lazy so… yeah. Oh and the last part of this chapter no copyright infringement intended I even mixed or changed some of the words. I do not own Warriors or the characters.