A.N. - Personally, I am a HUGE Ashfur fan, (don't go sending me bad reviews saying I'm wrong. I like him.) so I kinda want him to win in this story, and get what he wants. He doesn't have to be the best kind of guy, but still, go Ashy.

This is only my second fanfic. Please, Enjoy.

Hollyleaf sat in the middle of the clearing, waiting for Firestar to pick the cats that would be going to the Gathering. She wanted to go, but at the same time, she wished that it would never have to come. It would be the end of the world as she and her brothers knew it. They would be at the mercy of the Clan, of Ashfur.

But there was one thing that really bothered Hollyleaf… Who was she really mad at? I couldn't be Brambleclaw, he had no idea what was going on. And Ashfur…he only wanted revenge because of what Squirrelflight did.

She had chosen Brambleclaw over Ashfur. It would have made no difference in Hollyleaf's birth. She wasn't Squirrelflight's kit, nor her brothers. They were a different cat's kits. So, it was all Squirrelflight's fault.

If only she had picked Ashfur! None of them would be in this mess! Hollyleaf could see, even now, how much that Ashfur had loved Squirrelflight. How much he still does love her, but anger clouded his thoughts… It was all Squirrelflight's fault…

But what if Brambleclaw had done the same thing as Ashfur? Would he have sought revenge on Squirrelflight's choice?... No, that was not the Brambleclaw that Hollyleaf had known as her father. That she thought was her father…

Her thoughts broke as Firestar came out of his den, onto the Highledge, his voice breaking the normal silence of cats slipping in and out of dens, talking little to each other.

"All cats old enough to catch their own prey, gather beneath the Highledge for a Clan meeting."

As the cats gathered in front of Firestar, Hollyleaf saw Squirrelflight. Her eyes were wary, looking at Ashfur, whose eyes shone with determination.

"The cats going to the Gathering will be, Brambleclaw, Ashfur, Birchfall, Leafpool, Jayfeather, Lionblaze, Hollyleaf, Sandstorm, Graystripe, Cloudtail, Hazletail, Poppyfrost and Brightheart." The cats who were chosen nodded their heads, and the cats that weren't went back to their dens.

Before Hollyleaf could go see where her brothers were, she herd Firestar say one more thing,

"Hollyleaf, please join me in my den for a moment please," He said, flicking his tail at her.

Hollyleaf didn't know what to do when he called her. What had she done for Firestar to want to see her?

She leaped up the paths of stone, and went into Firestar's den. He had settled on his nest, and motioned for Hollyleaf to sit.

"I have noticed that you and your brothers have been somewhat hostile towards my daughter, Squirrelflight," he said, looking confused, "She is your mother. Why have you been like so to her?"

Hollyleaf wasn't sure how to answer. She decided to tell the half-truth, "Well, Firestar… Squirrelflight told my brothers and I something that we didn't really want to hear, and now… we haven't gotten along…"

Firestar looked at Hollyleaf, understanding in his eyes, "You're not telling me the whole truth, you and I know that. But there is nothing I can do to change your mind. But, please, if you ever find it possible, tell me the truth."

"I would if it wouldn't cause so much trouble. It is better to leave unsaid. But if I find the whole truth, I will consider telling you what is going on."

Firestar took that in, nodding, "You do know that I have ways of forcing it out of you?" He asked humor in his eyes.

"Umm…" Hollyleaf didn't know how to react to that. She knew that Firestar was just playing, but part of her knew he wasn't.

"But," He continued more seriously, "If you don't find anything out in a moon, I shall want to hear of it. This is about my daughter, and my grandchildren. I do not take bad news about them lightly."

Hollyleaf nodded her head, taking what Firestar had said to heart. Her leader had given her an order, and by the Warrior Code, she was expected to do what it told her.

Hopefully, by the next Gathering, she knew what to do, and to tell Firestar.

Lionblaze was stalking through undergrowth, following nothing. He was still haunted by Tigerstar's evil dreams, the tabby mocking him for his softness, not willingness to try to gain power. He was just trying to vent off some anger, Ashfur's annoyance not helping at all.

The gray cat loved to taunt Lionblaze. He loved to sneer and watch him try not to rip off his gray fur. But Lionblaze was unusually good at staying cool around the Clan. If he met Ashfur in the woods alone…

I don't know why that stupid cat can't get a life…If he could see what we had to go through… How hard it is not to know your own birth. Your own family…Hmm… wonder what the Clan would think if he 'fell' off the top of the Camp…naw…

Lionblaze was walking around the Windclan border when he scented a familiar scent.

Heathertail.

She always seemed to be at the border when he was. Did she just sit there, wishing to be with him as much as he wished he could believe that she didn't betray him?

She walked out from the undergrowth on the wooded part of the Windclan border, and sat at the edge of the stream. Part of her looked as if she was somewhere else in her head.

"L-…Lionblaze?" Heathertail whispered tensely, "I needed to talk to you…"

"What?" Lionblaze snarled, he didn't want to talk to a traitor, "Don't you have a Clan to feed, or is this how Windclan warriors spend their time?"

"Windclan has nothing to do with you," She hissed back, but a moment later looked just as distant as when he had first seen her, "Except for me… Lionblaze, I miss you…"

"Heathertail, how many times is enough? We cannot be together. Even if I wanted to be with you, we couldn't. It just isn't right."

"But you don't understand. Really. It's about Breezepelt." She shuddered when she said the name, "He, well he…"

"Spit it out," Lionblaze snarled, patients running thin.

"H- He loves me, but I don't think I can love him back. Not while you are still around. And I think he knows that too. I wanted to tell you two things. One, watch your back on the Windclan side of your forest…Breezepelt has been proven very strong in battle, more than many senior more warriors-"

"Heathertail, I can fight better than any warrior around the lake. I have had, special training."

"And two, I wanted to ask you…if you possibly still love me. I know that you think that it was me who told everyone about the tunnels, but it wasn't. Think about it… Breezepelt was down there too, he might have told," She was prompting him, trying to get her to believe that it wasn't her. "Plus, I could never do that to you…I love you too much to do that…please, please just believe me…" She begged him, dropping her head, as if in defeat already.

Lionblaze stood there, looking at this poor cat in front of him. He wanted with all his heart to believe that she was telling the truth. He still did love her, and wanted to be with her.

He padded through the stream, and up onto the bank, shaking his fur. He went up to Heathertail, and licked her between the ears. She looked up, and her eyes shone.

While the two sat together, they didn't notice a pair of ice-blue eyes staring at them through the trees, burning with revenge.

Jayfeather knew he was in a dream. He could see everything as clearly as any cat could. And he could scent something.

There was a strange twang to it, like it was something that didn't belong. He was in the forest, all the other scents blocked out by the strange scent to it. Then he realized what it was.

Fire.

It had covered all the trees and almost all the land. He ran towards the lake, the opposite way that the wind was blowing. When he got to the lake shore, he saw that all the land around the lake was on fire.

He yowled in terror, but the fire raged on. The wind had changed, and the fire rolled towards Jayfeather. He was about to be licked by the flames when he heard a roar, and turned to see a huge lion.

He knew that it was a lion from the stories that he had heard from the elders. It's mane was golden, rolling off his neck. It wore a majestic crown of holly on its head, and it had jay feathers sticking out of it.

It roared again, and bounded around the lake shore, leafs and feathers falling out of the crown. As it ran around the lake's land, the fire went away, leaving ashes. Leafs and feathers seemed to take up the ash, making it go away. The forest flourished in front of Jayfeather's eyes.

The lion stopped in front of Jayfeather, being many fox-lengths taller than him. It spoke to him in a deep voice,

"Three will be one. One will be lost. Feather and Leaf will join together once again, and the truth will be revealed." It nodded at him, and bounded away, leaving blazing piles of holly and jay feathers in its wake.

Jayfeather stood there staring at where the lion had run away. Blazing leafs and feathers…was this a message from StarClan?

Before Jayfeather could ponder any more, he was thrown back into his sightlessness.

"Jayfeather? Are you okay?" He recognized his mentor's voice, Leafpool. She had worry coming off of her like nuts.

"I'm fine, but I had a very strange dream." Jayfeather could still see the lion in his head, its mane blazing, and the crown of holly and feathers…

"What was it about? Was it a message from StarClan?" She sounded anxious, StarClan have not spoken to them for a while.

"Well, it was a l-" He was about to tell her about his dream, but they heard Firestar's call to go for the gathering.
"You can tell me about it when we get back." Leafpool brushed off the matter simply, going to Firestar's call. Jayfeather stood there.

What just happened there?

He shook his head, following Leafpool.

A.N. I do like to use my cats as my reviewers. Enjoy.

Lavafang: Wow, how many pages was that?

Lightningstreak: It was as many as I typed, got that?

Lavafang: Great StarClan! It was just a question, calm down sis…

Lightningstreak: Sorry, bro. I just am really tired from being up and doing all of this stuff. And Jr. High is a nasty place sometimes…

Lavafang: You know, I'll never understand you.

Flarewhisker (sneaking up): You're not supposed to understand us. We are girls.

Lavafang: Hey!! How come you always scare me?

Flarewhisker: I'm a girl. Why else?

Lavafang: Hmm…how about you're a freak?

Flarewhisker: You're a dead cat.

(Lavafang runs away, with Flarewhisker chasing him.)

Lightningstreak: Sorry about how long it took to get this up. I'm working on a different story at the same time. I do one chappie for each story, then switch. Oh, and I'm not the biggest fan of writing from Jay's point of view. It's hard. He can't see you know?