A.N. Hey peoples!!!!!! Thanks for the reviews!!!!! I have decided that I like this story better, so I will work on it next, then my other one. Here is the chapter.
Hollyleaf stood there in shock. Leafpool, a warrior? That was completely messed up.
Leafpool didn't look too surprised, in fact, she was strangely calm. She looked up at her father with cool eyes,
"I respect your decision, but I don't think that Jayfeather is ready to be a full medicine cat. There is still much for him to learn." She looked at her son sadly, "I don't know if he will be able to do what I could."
Firestar nodded, "I know what you speak is true. In a way, you still are our medicine cat. But you will train as a warrior, and fight as one when the time comes. But you will continued to teach Jayfeather until he is fully trained, then he will be my medicine cat. You will be a warrior, and nothing less." He grimly nodded to Onestar, who turned to Crowfeather,
"You will come with me to the WindClan camp. We will tell everyone your punishment, and your family will come with us to the WindClan border with ThunderClan. Firestar will wait there with you," he looked at Firestar, "If that is all, I will take Crowfeather now."
"Yes, I will take my Clan home, and be at the border as quickly as possible." Onestar nodded and ran off with Crowfeather behind him. Firestar turned around and passed by his Clan that had been watching from the other end of the island. Hollyleaf hadn't noticed, but the other Clans had left. Only ThunderClan remained, and they were all staring at the small family.
Hollyleaf could hear Firestar speak to Brambleclaw, "Take the Clan home. I must speak with Leafpool and her kits," he started to turn, but remembered something, "Oh, and have Squirrelflight sit in my den with Sandstorm, Ashfur and you. I need to discuss something with all of you."
Brambleclaw whispered an agreement, and went to go find the cats he was told to. Firestar ran back to where Hollyleaf was standing with her family.
"Please, walk with me." He said, and put his tail on Jayfeather's shoulder and led him on. Brambleclaw had already taken the Clan across the fallen tree, and were already racing across WindClan's territory.
"You see," he was talking apologetically, like he was the one who had done the wrong, "I overreacted back there. I…I have nothing against half clans at all. But…when I saw my own daughter betraying everything that I have tried to build up for her…she is half kitty-pet…and my grandkits are one fourth kittypet. Do you know how hard it is to get past that? And know, cats are going to keep saying that kittypets can't do anything, we can't be respectful to the warrior code…I just want cats to see that we can do that…"
"Firestar…" Leafpool sighed, and hung her head. They were at the border and Firestar had to let them go.
"Look," he said, "I know that this is going to be hard for you to be a medicine cat, but I have no other choice. If you break the warrior code, you have to live with it." He went up and licked her on the head, "I love you and your sister, and both of you mean more than anything to me," then he turned to Hollyleaf and her brothers, "And you three are priceless right know to me. You might have heard-"
"Yes Firestar," It was Lionblaze who spoke this time, "We know of the prophecy. We think that Jayfeather has had another one."
"You have?" he asked.
"Yes," Jayfeather said, "I had one, and I know that it is a prophecy."
Firestar nodded thoughtfully, "Then you will tell me about it after I bring home Crowfeather, and after I speak with Ashfur and Squirrelflight."
Firestar turned and ran up to the part of the border that he and Onestar planned to meet at.
Hollyleaf didn't want to look forward to anything but curling up next to Mousewhisker when she got home.
Crowfeather knew he was crow-food. Nightcloud and Breezepelt had not been at the gathering, for which he was some what grateful. They would have been like everyone else, just staring at him, stunned.
Onestar had lead him across the territory, but stopped out side of the camp,
"Crowfeather, you have been one of my strongest warriors. I had hopes of you being a leader someday…but that can never happen now. ThunderClan will take you in, but that does not mean we won't attack you if you come across here. You are our enemy as soon as you cross that border." Onestar saw the sadness in Crowfeather's eyes, and put his tail on his shoulder and led him into the camp.
The WindClan camp was empty except for Ashfoot who sat on guard. She looked disappointedly at Crowfeather, her son.
Onestar motioned for Crowfeather to sit, and disappeared into the warriors den, coming back out with Breezepelt and Nightcloud. Both of them looked confused, and Crowfeather guessed that they hadn't been told yet. Ashfoot hadn't told anyone, nor did anyone else. They wanted Crowfeather to tell them, part as his punishment.
"Crowfeather, what is it?" Nightcloud came up to rub against him, but he stepped back. She looked even further confused, but she sat down and yawned.
"So what is it that you need to tell us?" Breezepelt was looking bored with his father.
"Well," Crowfeather started, "It's about me…and Leafpool…" when he said the name, Nightcloud's head snapped up,
"What does this have to do with that horrid she-cat…you…you didn't…" she registered what had happened in two seconds. She stood up and stepped back, "No…no you didn't…Breezepelt is your only kit."
"No, he isn't." Crowfeather sighed, "I have three other kits. Leafpool and I have three kits."
Breezepelt hissed at his father, "You traitor. Why would you do that?" He stopped and registered something, "Oh…I always knew that you never loved us. You hate me and my mother. We were just tools to get you your trust," His eyes shone with hatred at his father, "Well, you can trust my word. You will pay for this."
Onestar intervened at that, "He already is. He's going to ThunderClan."
Breezepelt howled in anger, "What kind of punishment is that? He gets to be with the ones he loves. He never cared for WindClan! This is just a way for him to be with the Clan he likes better. I think you should do something worse."
"Breezepelt!" Crowfeather snapped at his son, "Do not talk to your leader like that."
"How can you make me, father? I will make you pay for this, and you had better watch your back." Breezepelt shot back, as he turned and ran through the entrance to the camp out into the night. The moon was almost out of the sky. Dawn was coming.
Crowfeather sighed, and turned to his leader, "Alright. I guess there is nothing that I can do here. Take me to my new home."
Onestar nodded, and started to leave when a cat shot out of the warrior's den. It was Heathertail. She raced over to Onestar,
"Onestar, can I please come? Crowfeather was my mentor, and I wish to see him off," She shuffled her feet nervously, "I overheard you, because Breezepelt getting up woke me up."
Onestar smiled at his daughter (a.n. I don't know if this is true but I like the sound of it!), and nodded. He could see her sadness.
"Come along then," he flicked his tail, and the two cats followed him. When the neared the border, Heathertail came up next to Crowfeather,
"Tell Lionblaze that I want to see him tomorrow at the top of the stream at sunhigh." She looked at Crowfeather with eyes that made him soften, and he nodded. He could have no say in to stop her, he was no better. If she wanted to see a ThunderClan cat, she may go ahead.
Onestar had not heard the conversation, but his ears had flicked to them to show he could hear something. They hushed, and continued to the border.
Crowfeather took every step wishing he could stay on the moors. The bare plains, sleeping under the stars at night, eating rabbits for almost every meal. He would miss that. It was to under the trees, stalking prey instead of chasing it.
Yes, it would be a great change.
When Crowfeather saw Firestar sitting at the riverbank, all his hopes of returning to his home were crushed. He knew his fate was sealed.
"Hello again Firestar," Onestar called across the border, "Well…here is your new cat."
Firestar said nothing, he just stared at Heathertail.
"What is she doing here?" He asked, and Heathertail's ears went down defensively.
"I came to see Crowfeather off," she whispered. Firestar nodded dismissively,
"Alright, fine. Crowfeather, come here," Crowfeather jumped agilely across the thin stream, and dropped his head below Firestar's, "As ThunderClan's leader, and with the approval of WindClan and StarClan, I make you a cat of ThunderClan," He said the words tonelessly, as if he didn't want to at all, "Let these two cats be witnesses to what I say, and let it be known." He touched his muzzle on Crowfeather's head, and stepped back.
Onestar nodded his head, and turned away, "Good-bye Crowfeather. May we not see you on our land or you will be treated with our entire wrath as we would to an enemy clan. May StarClan be with you." He started to walk away with Heathertail giving Crowfeather one last fleeting look, and she turned away.
"Well then," Firestar said, "Come along Crowfeather, I have something I would like to show you."
Crowfeather just nodded to his new leader, the pain of being lost from his Clan was too great for him to speak. Firestar lead him deeper into the forest, away from where the camp was.
"Now Crowfeather," Firestar had stopped in front of an old tree, "What I am going to show you is something that no other cat knows about, or should know about until the time is right. It has the power of StarClan in it, and is not to be trusted in the wrong paws."
"Then why show me? Does any other cat know?" Crowfeather couldn't help what it was that his new leader was going to show him.
"No, other cat knows Crowfeather. I choose you, because you have a new loyalty to prove, and I thought that this was a big enough burden to see if you can be me loyal cat. If you can't, I change it with this."
He turned to the tall tree, and climbed up it, and motioned for Crowfeather to come with him. When the reached the top, Crowfeather saw what looked like a owl's nest. There was a deep hole in the tree, with a small pool inside it. But the pool had stars in it, where there was no way for it to be exposed to the night sky.
"This," Firestar said, "has the powers to change time. This has the power to take you back to any moment, in any point in history. If you drink from it, you will go back to the moment that your heart desires to go most. It can tell where you need to go, but not if it is for good or evil. If you drink it, you will plunge into darkness, and then be where you needed to be at the time. No cat will notice, but if you make a change there, when you return, it will show here. You can change time and space." Firestar moved so that Crowfeather could get a closer look at the starlit pool. He sniffed it, and Firestar hissed at him.
"Do not get that close!" He hissed, "If you were to fall in and soak up the water, there would be none left. If you drink it, it does not empty. Its power flows into you, not the water. If you go back in time, it will be here. If you go back to the forest, it will be at mother mouth. Go inside, and there will be a little pool by the stone that only the cats gone back can see."
"How do you know all of this?" Crowfeather wondered aloud.
Firestar looked into the pool as he spoke, "When I first found it, I was hunting a Starling. It was huge, and out on the limb. I knew I could get it, so I climbed up here. It flew off, and I found the Starlit Pool. I drank it, and flew into darkness. When I came to light, I was with StarClan. They said that they had put the powers into the pool, and that I had to find it. They said that a time would come when cats would need it to solve their problems, and some would use it for themselves. They told me what I have told you, and they let me return. I came back to this spot, and the bird was still flying away. Time had not moved."
Crowfeather nodded, then he asked another question, "Why don't you use it to stop Leafpool and I meeting? Or to go back and save Cinderpelt?"
Firestar looked into Crowfeather's eyes, and he told him the answer, "I could not. The three kits are need to fulfill a prophecy. There will be three, kin of your kin, who hold the powers of the stars in their paws. I was told that prophecy, so I can not be rid of them. And Cinderpelt knew it was her time to go. She told me so." His voice was full of sadness, and Crowfeather could see the pain in his eyes, "But some things are out of StarClan's paws, so they created this. It is for us to use our better judgment for the best." Firestar sat down in the tree, finished with what he wanted to say. Crowfeather nodded in understanding. Firestar sighed,
"I think you have a family to see?"
(a.n. I think that it is time to go back to a normal point of view and you agree-nods of heads- good)
Jayfeather had arrived in camp, and he went straight to his den.
His den. Not anyone else's.
Leafpool had to start sleeping in the apprentice den until she was a warrior, as part as her punishment. Jayfeather had the medicine cat den all to himself, and he was strangely alone.
I want my mother, he thought, no. I want my mentor. I can't see her as my mom. She can't be considered my mother…
He went to his nest, and then realized that he could go in farther and sleep in Leafpool's nest. He walked over to it, and sat down, thinking to himself. He was nodding off when a voice called out to him,
"Jayfeather," It was Brambleclaw, he padded into the den, "I need to talk to you. I know that you are surprised by what happened," Jayfeather hissed,
"I don't want to talk about what happened." He snapped
"I understand that," He said calmly, "But Firestar has returned with Crowfeather. He wants you, as his medicine cat, to come to his meeting with a few of us. You will not be seen as a kit, but as a medicine cat." Jayfeather could tell that this is how Firestar had told him to say it, to not provoke Jayfeather. He sighed,
"Fine. I'll come." He stood up, and followed Brambleclaw out of the den. They made their way up to Firestar's den, where he could feel ways of anxiousness, anger, and disappointment coming from the den. When they arrived in the den, he went and sat by Sandstorm, the one cat he knew he could trust.
Firestar was sitting in his nest, where Brambleclaw took his place next to him. Sandstorm sat on his other side, with Ashfur next to Jayfeather, and Squirrelflight next to him. Jayfeather felt waves of different emotions, and was getting dizzy from all of them.
"Alright then," Firestar started awkwardly, " Squirrelflight, why didn't you tell me, or even your mate what was going on?"
Squirrelflight looked at Firestar like he was insane, "Because Leafpool told me not to. She asked me to keep her secret."
Firestar nodded, his plan was working, "But you knew it was wrong?"
"Yes, I did." She said, not understanding why he was asking such stupid questions.
"And," Firestar said, "You knew that what you would have done would upset your Clan? You broke the rules to save your sister. But that was against the warrior code. Know, we have quiet a big problem. Ashfur has found out the truth, and now none of the Clan will trust you, or your sister. And, we have to have another mouth to feed."
Squirrelflight was shocked. She had revealed too much. In a way, that was saying that her sister and her own protection was more than the Clans self-being. She now looked like the bad guy. It was all her fault. Why would Firestar do this to her?
But it was Brambleclaw who got heated up, "Squirrelflight, I don't get you. Ever since you were born you have caused problems. You have always ignored the rules." Jayfeather knew it must be true, because he could tell everyone was looking away, knowing that Brambleclaw spoke the truth.
He continued angrily, "I thought that the Great Journey could change you. I thought the journey that we went on with Crowfeather and Stormfur would have changed you. That you would grow up. Sadly," His voice grew to a shout now, enraged, "I was wrong. You lied to the Clan, to your Clanmates, to your father and mother. To me!"
Firestar could tell that Brambleclaw was going to lose it soon, and he didn't want him to have the same reaction that he had at the Gathering towards Leafpool, "Brambleclaw calm-"
"I will NOT calm down. She is a traitor. She will never mount up to anything other than a liar. She should have her apprentice taken away. She should be driven out of the Clan! She should be punished!!!" Brambleclaw had risen to his feet, and was starting to lash his tail.
Ashfur could even tell that this was getting out of paw, "Brambleclaw, sit down." He growled, rising to his feet.
Brambleclaw hissed at Ashfur, then turned back to Squirrelflight, he spoke in a hushed, deadly whisper, "If you think that I'll let you get out this time, you are mistaken. I hope you feel this traitor!" He spat, and then lunged at Squirrelflight. At the exact same moment, Ashfur sprang to intercept Brambleclaw. He hit him, and they flew out of the den. Hissing and tearing at each other, they got closer to the edge of the Highrock. Other cats came out of their dens, and were watching the two cats without a word. Time seemed to stop as they fought, know one stopped them. Firestar flew out of his den to stop them, followed by all the others in there too. Jayfeather could hear the ripping of fur and knew that he was in for some cats to treat.
But all the cats' heart dropped when Ashfur shook Brambleclaw off his back, and he stumbled off the ledge. Brambleclaw only had seconds to right him, but only cleared his right side.
All the cats yowled in shock and in agony as they heard his two right limbs crack from falling, breaking both of them. He screamed in pain, and was still. The queens pulled in their kits, hushing the crying kits who just saw the whole thing. Many cats ran down to Brambleclaw, and Ashfur just stood at the top of the Highrock, panting, looking down at his fallen Clanmate.
Jayfeather ran down the rocks as quickly as possible without tripping over any thing. He pushed through all of the cats who were around him. Once he got to Brambleclaw, he did a little assessment. Bones were sticking out in many different ways, including sticking into his body. It was obvious that he wasn't alive.
"He's dead!" Jayfeather called out, and wails from cats all around sounded throughout the camp.
Oh no!!!! Brambleclaw!!! Sorry peoples, I just don't like him very much. He had to die for my story. It's true. Sorry it took me a while to update, but here it is. Oh, and I want at least 10 reviews by the next time I update, or I won't. BYE!!!!!11111
