Well, I finished reading Sunrise.

I was right about one thing, Leafpool isn't staying as a medicine cat. Even though Crowfeather denied it, he is their father. Oh, and that Brambleclaw wasn't happy with Squirrelflight, though he wasn't violent. I bet the thought went into his head…

And what is up with Crowfeather? Does he not get that Hollyleaf had his pelt, and Jayfeather his eyes? He was being to stubborn!

But oh well.

I am thinking about taking a twist like in the book (for those of you who had read it), but not in the same way. I believe someone gave me an idea with something about silverstream….mwa-hahahahah

I love being evil. Here is the story.

Jayfeather was walking up towards his den when he heard an outburst from many different cats at once,

"What are you talking about-" Ashfur demanded while Thornclaw turned to Firestar "What do you think?" Jayfeather heard Daisy poke her head out of the nursery, "What's going on?! Who is that?!" She shrieked, while Graystripe, who had gone to see Millie, explained what was happening. Many other cats had started to talk very loudly too, and Jayfeather could feel tension and excitement flowing from different cats.

Firestar yowled out, "Silence! All of you!" A hush fell over the camp when he yelled out to them, "If you want to know about all of this, for StarClan's sake be quiet!"

"Now," He said, turning to the massive cat in front of him, "Why would you like to join ThunderClan?" Jayfeather slowly walked up behind them, to Firestar's side. No one tried to stop him, since he was the medicine cat.

The dark golden cat slightly from looking at Hollyleaf to Jayfeather, then at Firestar, "I have heard much about you. The Clans were a great force in the forest, but were driven out by monsters. I know that you follow the warrior code, and that you are rivals with the others around the lake. I know much more than you can guess."

Firestar nodded, thinking about what Thunder had said. Jayfeather could feel a strange trust coming from Firestar, as if he felt he needed to trust this mysterious cat.

"Do you know who Sol is?" Firestar asked, most likely wondering if this cat was in an alliance with him. Thunder growled slightly,

"If you mean that low-lived cat who tried to lead you all away from StarClan and succeeded with ShadowClan until they," His eyes shifted to Hollyleaf for a matter of seconds, too fast for anyone to really notice, "…had their eyes opened, then yes. I do know him, and I don't trust him." Jayfeather felt a strong sense of distrust from Hollyleaf, when everyone else was beginning to be at ease.

"Wait, you believe in StarClan?" Thornclaw asked, his voice shocked, "I mean- you know about them?"

Thunder nodded absently, "Yes, yes, I believe strongly in them. They are your ancestors, but I still can have faith in them. I would like a place to go when I die." Thornclaw looked down to his paws, embarrassed.

Firestar nodded a few times, deep in thought. After a few moments, he turned to the clan who was around him, mostly down in the clearing,

"What does everyone think?" He asked, and immediately voices shot up in the air,

"Don't trust him-" Hollyleaf tried to call out, but she was drowned out by Berrynose, "Let him stay!" Firestar let out a loud caterwaul, and it was quiet again,

"Would anyone like to make a point when I can hear it?" He said pointedly, and Berrynose stepped forwards,

"I think he should stay. I mean, you let my mother stay with my siblings. Would anyone doubt that we are not strong?" There was a silence, but Mousewhisker and Hazeltail went to sit by their brother, while Daisy came out to be with them too. Jayfeather was surprised by the unity of the whole family, including the mother.

Hollyleaf spoke out next, "Firestar, he could be in an alliance with another clan or something! I mean, there were those other two cats-"

Thunder turned to Hollyleaf, and she tried not to shrink back, "What other two cats?" He asked, wonder in his voice. Hollyleaf's pelt was burning; Jayfeather could feel the heat from it.

"There were two new cats like you. They are in ShadowClan and in RiverClan. Their names are Riverflame and Shadowstreak." Thornclaw said, trying to brush it off, "But it's nothing you need to worry about."

"But no cat from WindClan?" He asked, ignoring Thornclaw's words. Thornclaw nodded, and Thunder felt, and probably looked, confused. Jayfeather couldn't tell why, but could probably tell more if he could see. Thank you Bluestar…

Firestar looked down once again at his cats, "Anyone else?"

"We have something to say," a small voice came from the nursery. Jayfeather recognized the voice. It was Wolfkit and his sister. They went up to the large amber cats, no showing any fear. Stormfur followed them part of the way, and Thunder looked at Stormfur,

"Where is your mother?" Thunder asked. Wolfkit and Burnkit didn't show any shame or sadness when the told Thunder,

"She died up in the mountains," Burnkit said, "But our father brought us here, to be brought up in a Clan. We are very happy here." She finished, looking back at her father. He nodded encouragingly, and she turned back to Thunder, pride in her eyes. Wolfkit held his head up when he said, "Even though she is with the Tribe of Endless Hunting, we know we will see her someday, and that she is proud of us."

"That is wonderful," Thunder purred, "Now what did you want to say?" He said kindly.

"Well," Burnkit said, looking at her brother, who spoke "We wanted you to know that if you did join us that you would be happy. Even with all the fighting, and the hard times that we face. We were strangers here, but they took us."

"Ah, but you see," Thunder said, looking at Stormfur, and Graystripe, who had come up next to him, "Your father is the son of a Clan cat. He is a clan cat. You are a clan cat. I wish I could say that," He turned to Firestar, "I would like to call myself a Clan cat if I may Firestar, now, I ask again. May I join your clan?"

Firestar sat in silence, for a moment, deep in thought again. When he didn't speak, Sandstorm came up next to him, "How 'bout you sleep on it, and tell us in the morning?" Firestar raised his head and nodded slightly,

"Yes, that is a good idea," He raised his voice to tell the clan, "I will announce my decision in the morning. Until then, go to your dens. Ashfur," He said, looking at the dark grey cat, "Sit on watch. Crowfeather, switch with him at dawn." The two cats nodded, and Firestar walked into his den, but was stopped by Thunder,

"Firestar, where is your medicine cat?" He asked, looking back towards the place where Leafpool stood, trying not to stare at the new cat. When Firestar spoke, it was a bit confused,

"Jayfeather is our medicine cat," He said, flicking his tail towards the grey cat, "He will look at you if you need him."

Thunder's voice was shocked when he heard Firestar, "He can't be more than an apprentice of a medicine cat. He is too young to be a fully in charge. Who is the real medicine cat?" He asked. Jayfeather was equally confused. How could he tell that Jayfeather was only a fresh medicine cat, not more then an apprentice?

"Well…" Firestar said, picking up on the same thing as Jayfeather, though he said nothing, "You are right. He was not our medicine cat. Our past one, Leafpool, did something…bad. She had her right to be a medicine cat taken away-" He was interrupted by Thunder's deep, angry growl,

"What right did you have to do that?" He snarled, "She was a medicine cat. Nothing can break her bond with StarClan that easily. That was a huge mistake, and you know it. I can tell- you regret the decision. She can't be a fighter. She's a healer." Firestar was somewhat shocked at Thunder's outburst, but he had recovered,

"Perhaps you are correct. I did not think much past the though of wanting her to realize how disappointed I was with her. I was very wrong that night, and I am sorry." He said, turning back towards Leafpool, who had silently made her way back up to where they were all standing, and was looking at Thunder. Firestar looked at his daughter with sorrow in his eyes, "I will rethink my doings while I think about Thunder. Maybe…well, as I said, I will be thinking." And on that note, he walked into his den, Sandstorm behind him. Thornclaw began giving a few orders to different cats. Spiderleg was to look after Thunder while he slept, then switch with Sorreltail. Thunder followed Jayfeather into his den, and waited while he went to get some herbs. When he returned, Jayfeather could feel his eyes burning into his pelt.

"So what do you think of Leafpool not being in here with you?" He asked. Jayfeather slowed his chewing on the leafs while he thought, then spat them out, and started to rub them on a scratch on Thunder's side.

"Well…It's hard. A lot has changed." He said, choosing his words carefully, "She was very close to me and…she is my mother." Thunder's emotions didn't change when he said this, so Jayfeather continued, "If you saw Crowfeather, he is my father. He is a WindClan cat, but his punishment was to come to ThunderClan. He is a strong, loyal warrior, but…I miss my mother. It sounds funny to say, but I do. Before that, I thought Squirrelflight was my mother. She and my father…Brambleclaw. He died, trying to attack her. Ashfur stopped him, but he fell off of the highledge. He was crushed by the fall." Thunder nodded thoughtfully, and then he looked at Jayfeather, who started to chew up more leafs,

"Isn't your sister the black she-cat that was watching me? The one to oppose from me staying?"

"Yes," Sighed Jayfeather through the mouthful for leaves, "That was her."

"I don't know what I did to make her upset with me. Does she not like cats that are not Clan born?"

Jayfeather had spat out the leaves now, and he was putting them on Thunder's paws, "No, not at all. The grey and white tom that you saw by the creamy cat who wanted you to stay, his name is Mousewhisker. She is having his kits. It has nothing to do with blood. We are half clan anyways." He didn't mention that their sister was having his kits.

"Maybe she was just tense from the gathering," Thunder said. Jayfeather didn't comment. He knew that the tom would know about gatherings.

"Probably," Jayfeather said, finishing all the applying, "Now that should do it. Eat these poppy seeds. They will take away any pain you are in and will make you sleep better." He nudged the seeds towards Thunder, who ate them wordlessly. He stood and turned to leave when Jayfeather stopped him, "Thunder," He said,

"Yes?"

"Thank-you."

"Why do you say that?" Thunder asked him, feeling confused.

Jayfeather smiled, something he only did for Hazeltail, "You being here might get my mother back and happy. Thank-you. She hasn't said a word to anyone for a moon. She only stays by Crowfeather's side. She doesn't have any life in her. She doesn't like being a fighter, a warrior."

"Your welcome." Thunder said quietly, walking out of Jayfeather's den. For some reason, Jayfeather felt happy. Happy like when he was with Hazeltail. The pleasure of being happy didn't come often. Being blind took away most of that feeling. Instead it was replaced by an anger that wants to be like everyone else. Guilt because he is different than others, a sorrow always present.

But Hazeltail took those away.

She didn't care that he was blind. She saw him as a strong, loyal medicine cat. He wasn't blind in her eyes. He was normal. He was hers.

The faint scent of Hazeltail was still in his nest, but not like the real thing. She was coming soon, but she was not here yet. Jayfeather's heart leaped when he heard her light paws step into his den. He stood to meet her, and he licked her face. She greeted him with a purr, and the two went over to Jayfeather's nest.

As they lay together, Jayfeather couldn't help but feel complete.

It was a very good feeling.

Hollyleaf was tired. She knew it, and so did everyone else. She brushed past Spiderleg, and into the warriors den. She heard Spiderleg grumble something of a protest when she shoved him, but she didn't care. How could Firestar let that…outsider in the clan?!

I mean, yeah, Mousewhisker is from outside of the clan but that's technically. He was raised here since he was a kit. He knows what it is like to live here, and only here. Thunder…he just is different. Is it his amber gaze? Oh I don't know… Hollyleaf's thoughts trailed off as she silently fell into her slumber, next to Mousewhisker. She let out a sigh, and was fully asleep.

X~X~X

She was running across moors. Not ones from the lake, but different hills. She didn't know why she wanted to, if it was for the thrill or just to stretch her legs. She ran, her half WindClan blood pumping, driving her forwards. She saw a large rabbit run out of its hiding place, and streaked across the moors. She ran after it, and realized that it was a black rabbit, not brown or white like the normal rabbits they caught.

She chased it into a forest, across a thunder path. No monsters came, and she scented no markers, so she ran on. The forest got thicker, deeper. Soon it was black, and an icy wind blew through, giving her chills. Realizing that the rabbit was gone, she slowed, and looked around.

Where am I? Hollyleaf thought, I haven't been in this dark place before. Am I with StarClan? Hollyleaf knew she was dreaming, but about what she was not sure. It was black, and a cold wind shot through the place. She shivered, but continued to trek on.

She was alone until a scent hit her. It was one she had not ever smelt, but it was similar to one she did know. A second scent came, then a third. They were both strange to her, but the one still remained strong. She heard voices grow louder as she walked on, starting to carry herself differently, silently.

She quietly poked through a thick bush, and saw three cats. One was a dark grey cat with even darker stripes. The second one was a strong tabby with a white underbelly. She saw his eyes, which were an icy blue. The third cat made Hollyleaf silently gasp. He was huge, and looked a lot like Brambleclaw. Then it hit her. It was close to his scent. Her eyes widened when she realized who it was-

It was Tigerstar. And the tabby cat next to him must be Hawkfrost. But she didn't know the dark cat, only that he held a ThunderClan scent. She listened to what they said, trying to keep herself hidden,

"…won't work either. He's got a strong mind. Lionblaze won't believe him." Tigerstar was saying, him deep voice was a strange calming sensation, like he could persuade you to do anything. It made Hollyleaf shiver again, "But- what about the she-cat? Hollyleaf?"

The dark tabby shrugged his shoulders, "She may work, but what about her power? Wouldn't that make her strong too?" In her new shiver, Hollyleaf brushed against a leaf, and the dark cat's head whipped around, looking towards her. She stayed still, and with all of her heart prayed to not have be seen.

But the tom slowly turned his head back towards Tigerstar and said, "Must have been the wind." Tigerstar nodded thoughtfully. Hawkfrost spoke next,

"I think it may work, Tigerstar. She is strong yes, but the strong can be broke. All we have to do is have Ashfur…work with our new cat, and we should be able to break her down for us."

"But she is going to have kits," The dark cat protested, "She won't fall for that. He's tried, and see where that got us?"

"Darkstripe," Tigerstar snapped. That name was ringing in Hollyleaf's ears, and she knew she had heard it in the past, from an old story,"We mustn't forget who is in charge here," Tigerstar continued, "You just listen to orders, and carry them out. Remember back in the old forest with Sorreltail?"

Hollyleaf's mind sprang. Of course! Darkstripe had fed Sorreltail death berries when she was a kit. Cinderpelt had saved her in the nick of time and Darkstripe was forced to leave.

"Yes Tigerstar…" Darkstripe muttered, and Tigerstar nodded approvingly, "Good cat. Now, what to do with her…" While he thought, Hawkfrost looked over to Darkstripe,

"You, go get me a mouse or something. A vole sounds good too." He flicked his tail at Darkstripe, hitting him in the nose.

"But Hawkfrost- you know how hard it is to find anything in the Forest of No Stars! I'm lucky to find a mouse once a moon!" Darkstripe looked angry, but some other emotion played in his eyes. Was it anguish?

"Look, we know you would never be like Tigerstar or I. You are just a mouse-brained, frolicking kit who wants to be like us. Now, go get me a mouse." Hawkfrost snarled, making it sound like he was talking to a kit. Darkstripe let out a hiss, and Hollyleaf stared at him as his eyes went from sadness to anger.

"Make me." He hissed, and Tigerstar snapped out of his thinking,

"Just go do it," Tigerstar sighed, "I though I heard something over there." He flicked his tail towards where Hollyleaf was crouched, and she stayed even more still, if even possible. Darkstripe mumbled something unintelligible, and slumped over to where Hollyleaf was.

He walked right next to the bush she was in, and opened his mouth to scent the air. His head slowly turned away from Hollyleaf, but his eyes stayed on her bush. He brought his head down next to the bush, but still pretended to not to see her, he was sniffing the ground,

"I won't say anything, wait here." He whispered so quietly that Hollyleaf's ears strained to hear it. She saw his eyes flash to her again, and he blinked his eyes slowly. Hollyleaf noticed that they were a dark amber color, much like Thunder's or Lionblaze's.

He streaked off past her, into the dark woods. Thankfully, he really did see a vole. He was back in seconds, but Hawkfrost sneered at him again,

"See? Now how hard was that? Did you need me to come hold your paw while you did it?"

"Shut up." Darkstripe mumbled around the vole in his jaws, and he set in down in front of Hawkfrost, who ate it ravenously. Hollyleaf realized that even though they didn't die in this forest, they still knew hunger, but prey was scarce. Darkstripe looked longingly at the vole, like he wished he could have eaten it.

"Well," Tigerstar meowed, "I think I know what to do. Her power, as mentioned. It will break her. Remember what happened with Jayfeather? Do you know why that happened?"

Hawkfrost made a grunting sound with his mouth full, and Darkstripe shook his head, answering for both of them.

"It happened because her mind is not as powerful as his. She has a weak mind, which makes a weak heart. To make her heart break will be too easy. And you know why I said Lionblaze will want to kill her?" They both shook their heads, "Because, her broken heart will not only break her heart, but also those she has affected. Think about it- if her heart breaks so will her mind. And a broken mind will set those under her power free, and they will realize that they were wrong. It will kill Lionblaze-forgive the pun- to have that happen. And then, it will happen."

Darkstripe was nodding, but he looked worried again, "Wait- remind me why we want Hollyleaf gone?" The words made Hollyleaf shudder and she considered running, telling Jayfeather and Lionblaze what she had heard. But she needed more, she had to know why.

Hawkfrost sighed and looked at Darkstripe with loathing in his eyes, "Because, she is in the way. You already know what we are going to d-"

"Shut up both of you," Tigerstar growled, "Or I'll have your tails. Darkstripe, try to learn some sense before we see you again." He flicked his tail, and Hawkfrost stood immediately, "We will be leaving now, but don't even dare think about backing out now. I haven't just learned the ability to enter dreams; I can do so much more. Hate is a very strong thing." On that note he walked out of the small clearing and into the woods, changing into a running shadow. Hawkfrost sneered at Darkstripe and hissed again, and bounded after Tigerstar. Darkstripe stood there for a moment, and then turned back to Hollyleaf,

"They are gone, come out here." He order, and Hollyleaf hesitated. She didn't know if she should trust Darkstripe, but he called out again, "You can trust me, please." His voice was pleading, and Hollyleaf gave in. She walked out, and faced the dark cat.

"What?" She asked, "Why didn't you tell them what was going on?" Darkstripe chuckled darkly, and Hollyleaf nervously took an involuntary step back.

"Because I brought you here," He whispered, "Because you need to prepare." He took another step towards her, bigger than the step she took. They were closer, but Hollyleaf's insides were begging her to run.

"Prepare for what?" Hollyleaf asked, just as quietly. She was afraid that Tigerstar or Hawkfrost might come back, and then she would be in trouble, "And how did you get me here? I thought only StarClan could-"

"I can enter dreams," Darkstripe snapped, as if it was obvious, "Besides, they are on my side."

"On your side? You are joking, really. Why would StarClan be helping you, a cat in the Forest of No Stars? You are just a dirty, rotten, kill-"

"Stop," Darkstripe snapped again, "Just stop. You have no idea how much a cat can change in here, do you? I have seen things, been through things that you could never imagine. I know things that would rip out your heart- even though you will know them sooner or later."

"Is that what they were t-talking a-a-about?" She stumbled, frightened to a panic now, "G-getting r-r-r-rid of me? But w-why?"

Another bitter laugh, "Because Hollyleaf, you are the thorn in their paw. You make them itch like a flea. You know why? You were not supposed to make it. Snowkit was."

"Who is S-Snowkit?" Hollyleaf was confused. What was he saying?

Darkstripe sighed, and looked away from her for a second. He looked like he was trying to gather his thoughts, but he flashed his head up,

"Snowkit was your sister. She died in the frozen tree that you were born in. She was supposed to live, but she died, and you lived. Now…they want you gone."

"But why?" Hollyleaf asked, exaggerating her point. She had a feeling that he was lying, "Why do they want me gone? Why was I supposed to die?" She was almost begging now, desperate for more.

Darkstripe for the first time had a sorry expression for Hollyleaf. His deep amber eyes looked sad for Hollyleaf, "When you were born, you four were given powers. Great powers. But we knew one had to go, because of the prophecy. We had no power over who was going to die, or who had what power. I, nor any cat in StarClan, have that power. Only one does, but I cannot say. We knew the second you were born that you had a dangerous power. Snowkit's was strong, but yours was deadlier." Hollyleaf was shocked. Why did StarClan do this to them? "They hoped you would be the…well the one to go…" He trailed off, feeling very awkward. Hollyleaf, pushing aside her panic and worry, went over to Darkstripe and rested her tail on his shoulder. He tried to shrug it off, but she held it firm.

"I don't know why…but I…feel that I need to help protect you…" Darkstripe muttered quietly, "I-er-we, can't do anything, but you have used your powers already. We can't let anything hurt you, or things will turn ugly." His eyes flashed up at her, "I promise I won't let you die." Even thought he looked so truthful, she couldn't take it, he had to be lying.

Hollyleaf let out a long, tired sigh. She took her tail off of his shoulder, and turned to walk away. Darkstripe's head snapped up and he watched her,

"Where are you going?" He asked.

"Back to my dream; I have a rabbit to chase." Hollyleaf continued to walked, but she broke into a run when she felt Darkstripe's paws steps behind her. She wanted to get away from him, away from the lies. As she ran she felt herself getting lighter, and she saw a small tunnel of light, she raced towards it, hoping to get out of the horrid dream.

She woke, breathing hard. Mousewhisker was still next to her, breathing normally. Every other cat was still sleeping, but Spiderleg was in the den. It must have been close to sunrise. Hollyleaf sighed, and prayed thankfully to StarClan that she didn't have dawn patrol.

How could I have been so stupid? You can't do this to yourself.

Darkstripe watched Hollyleaf disappear into the darkness, back to the waking world. He sighed, and turned around to sit on the ground. He then lied down and put his head on his paws, closing his eyes. He would let her go...this time...

You can't think about her that way, he told himself sternly, she will be having kits. A living, breathing tom's kits. She would never be able to return the feelings you have. Thornclaw tried to break through, but he doesn't really feel that way for her. If only I was down there…

Darkstripe snapped his eyes open when he sensed a cat in front of him. He say a bluish gray pelt, and recognized Bluestar, his leader from the past,

"Greetings," Darkstripe mumbled, not bothering to get up, closing his eyes again, "Not taking messages now, come back later."

"You know why I'm here," She snarled, swatting a paw against his head. She didn't have her claws out, but it bugged him, "Why did you tell her those things you empty headed tom?"

"Because she has a right to know," Darkstripe protested, sitting up and stretching, "And she isn't going to die anytime soon anyways."

Bluestar sighed, and then growled coldly, "You stupid cat. If you weren't already dead I would kill you right now. Do you know what's going to happen to her?"

Darkstripe was taken aback, "Um…no…what?" Bluestar sighed and closed her eyes. Darkstripe's eyes saw what she wanted him to see, and he gasped,

"No…I won't let that happen!" He cried, jumping to his feet. His vision was blurred, "I can't happen! Surely Jayfeather of Leafpool-"

"Darkstripe," Bluestar said, sounding sure, "There's nothing you can do. You can try, but you will die trying." Sympathy glazed in her eyes when she saw the traumatic look on his face.

Darkstripe couldn't help but hang his head. Bluestar is right, he thought, I am empty headed. What have I done?

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