Thistleclaw's Wish
Rating: T+ maybe will change
Pairings: Thistleclaw will have many pairings, both male and female, cannot be certain of it really though. Other pairings added in but many of the cats that are involved will be those from the Dark Forest, so suggestions are a huge help here ^^. There will be book pairings as well.
Summary: Au slightly. Thistleclaw is still outraged by Crokedstar's 'betrayal' to the Black Forest cats and now he is with his old apprentice to write the wrongs. He makes a wish and not but two days does he wake up as a...twoleg...now he has found out things can be not as they seem. Now he has the opportunity to do what he could not do before, take over the clans, or in this case the teams of Warrior high...but can he do it with some people knowing what he is after such as Crokedstar and Bluestar as well as Firestar who has taken Bluestar's part in taking him down?
Warnings: Might have spoilers for The Forgotten Warrior, Sign of the Moon, and Crookedstar's Promise.
Thistleclaw's Wish 04
"Crookedstar...tell them..." He hissed into the others ear. "Tell them the promise you made to a dark forest cat." He could feel Crookedstar go limp, his eyes wide in something Thistleclaw did not understand. He could hear the heartbeat of the other and smirked. "Tell them Crookedstar...tell them of the promise..." He whispered until finally he could feel Crookedstar flinch and look away. He still refused, and eventually Thistleclaw got mad and pushed Crookedstar into Hailstar and hissed. "Tell them the promise Crookedstar before I get even more upset with you!"
Crookedstar was scared, but he would not admit that to them. He felt Hailstar look at him with worry, and Crookedstar looked down then sighed. "...I...long ago...I thought I meet...a starclan cat...but...she was not...she was of..." He felt every signal eye on him and he was fearing for his life. "...the dark forest...she made me promise...to he loyal to my clan over everything else...but...I...I didn't know it meant over the people I loved...I lost mother, Rainflower, father, Shellheart, my leader, Hailstar, and my love and two kits, Willowbrezze and Minnowkit and Willowkit...in the end all I had was my last child...because not even long after that I lost my brother...Oakheart..." He bit his lip. "...I...I made that promise and now...I...I regret it...but...but things can not be changed." He closed his eyes. He could feel the tense body of Hailstar behind him. "I was being trained by the dark forest and I never knew it."
Crookedstar could feel the eyes of the leaders bore into his back. He shifted uneasily, not sure what they would do to him now that the secret he had kept hidden for so long as out in the open. He felt a hand on his shoulder and looked at his old leader who was looking at him in sympathy. He looked at Crookedstar for a good long moment before closing his eyes and whispering. "Crookedstar why did you not tell us? We could have helped you through this hard time…if only you had told us what you were going through…but you didn't…where you scared we would make you an outcast?" Hailstar spoke and Crookedstar was silent for a long moment before finally speaking.
"I was already an outcast to my clanmates when I got this crooked jaw. My mother refused to see me as her child, I was a mistake to her, and others as well. When I ran away and came back half of the clan hated me and refused to look at me." Crookedstar spoke. "If I told them I was being trained by a cat that was an enemy to the clans almost every cat would stop being near me then and refuse to accept that I was truly alive. I would be outcaste, and this time I wouldn't be able to come back…" He paused. "I lost so much because of my actions but I know at the same time I could have lost it all at once if I had spoken up. I am sorry everyone…" He felt Bluestar put a hand on his other shoulder before whispering to him.
"Crookedstar it is over now you don't have to worry alright?" She murmured. "I…I know something is wrong still but we are all her-"
This time Thistleclaw cut her off by pulling Crookedstar over next to him, swinging an arm around his shoulders and glaring at Bluestar and Hailstar. "Once in the Dark forest never to come out." He hissed then smirked. "You should give up on Crookedstar, he was trained by one of us and he will say with us forever. Bluestar, Hailstar he is one of us and I have taken the liberty to take him back to us…Ah…You don't know how hard it is to…but you have lost this time…I have him in my hold…" Thistleclaw smirked, looking at Crookedstar whom whimpered softly and tried to move away until Thistleclaw hissed. "Remember, Oakheart." and Crookedstar stilled. Hailstar seemed to also understand and frowned. He then closed his eyes and looked over his shoulder and nodded to someone. Crookedstar looked up in confusion as there was a cry here and there and then he saw Oakheart falling into Bluestar's arms, wounded but alive. Crookedstar felt his eyes light up and he quickly moved to help his brother, but Thistleclaw kept a tight grip. Crookedstar looked down as Thistleclaw rolled his eyes and pulled Crookedstar along with him. Crookedstar wanted to fight back, but…would his brother forgive him or not? Would he blame him and push him to the black forest cats?
"Crookedstar..." Thistleclaw sighed as the old Riverclan leader refused to look up as they walked to the hospital, carefully avoiding the thunderpath monsters, which both believed where still evil even though the humans called them cars. Crookedstar looked up at Thistleclaw finally, his eyes betraying the pain he was feeling even though his face was monotone. Thistleclaw sighed again and patted Crookedstar's head and said. "Come now don't be that way. You still have all of us here for you don't you?" He said. "The dark forest will always be here for you…and we will never cast you out. You are one of us..." Thistleclaw smiled. He watched the emotions in Crookedstar's eyes go back and forth before stopping.
"Then...I can and always will be with a home?" Crookedstar asked. "I wont be thrown out? I wont be given up on? I'll have a real home?" He whispered. He was not sure, but in the end his heart came to the same place, that he would really have a home where he would always be welcomed.
"Oh course Crookedstar...so shall you join us? Will you become a cat of the dark forest?"
"...I will. I am of the Dark Forest..."
A/n: Anyways this is the last chapter a bit that focus's on Thistleclaw and Crookedstar, the next chapter or so will focus on Tigerstar and Firestar.