Silverstream looked up at Firestar "I will leave if I must" she meowed quietly.
"I don't think that will be necessary" Firestar said suddenly.
"what?" Lionblaze asked.
"Silverstream will stay until further notice" Firestar said curtly. "I am sure that Starfire will tell her of the clan tradtions and teach her some of the ways of a clan life"
"that was surprising" Starfire said suddenly.
"I second that" Jayfeather said. Starfire hadn't known he had heard.
"So do I get a personal tour? Do I finally get to see your kits?" Silverstream interrupted.
"...okay yeah come on" Starfire said.
"this is the nursery" Starfire indicated "I sleep their and I have been helping with renforcing it"
"Wow" Silverstream noticed some kits playing "which ones are yours?"
"come and see"
Starfire walked into the nursery followed closely by Silverstream. Daisy and Millie looked at Silverstream strangely, questioning her.
"Daisy Millie, this is the cause of our little riot is my sister Silverstream, she will be staying with the clan for a while"
"Hello there" Silverstream said softly. "oh my those are beautiful kits! what are their names?"
Daisy and Millie told the names of their kits. Whitewing said that she was about to have her kits. Silverstream took this all in a strange yet excited calm. Then it was Starfire's turn. Without rousing them from their slumber, Starfire pointed them out.
"This is Graykit, Owlkit, Rainkit, Icekit, and Lilykit" Starfire said softly.
"They are gorgerous!" Silverstream said "So Owlkit Icekit and Lilykit are the females?"
"Yes my beautiful she-cats"
"Graykit is sure large for his age"
"I know...twelve sunrises and then they will be full blown apprentices." Starfire sighed.
"I want to have kits" Silverstream said enviously.
Starfire had a sudden vision of an event that happened long ago. A cat laid dead on the banks of a river, her newborn kits curled up against, Graystripe their father and clan deputy. It pained her immensely.
"There is plenty of time for that" Starfire said at last. "would you like to see the warrior's den now?"
The gathering was upon us. Before we went, however a great time took place.
Firestar came up to Starfire as she came back from a hunting patrol. She had been staying less and less time in the nursery. "Yes Firestar?"
Firestar seemed unfazedabout her treating him as an equal. "your kits are old enough to begin training, since you had so many you will have to be a mentor to Owlkit...I have already talked to Silverstreamabout mentoring Icekit. You must not be easy on her because she is your kit"
"I won't...who will be mentoring the others?"
"Rainkit really wants to become a medicine cat, Leafpool and Jayfeather have already agreeed to mentor him, despite the fact that there are already two in thunderclan. Lilykitwill be mentored by Lionblaze, Icekit will be mentored by me"
"You will mentor Icekit?" Starfire asked.
"Yes...I believe that Icekit will make a good apprentice, I haven't had one in a while" he purred.
That night Silverstream was made an official warrior and her name stayed the same, the kits became apprentices, and Starfire took them all to their first gathering.
"Hello" Starfire spun around and saw a familar windclan warrior.
"Crowfeather?" Starfire asked "I suppose you still haven't forgiven me" she said tactfully.
"Actually I have...no matter how much I want to deny it, you were right" he said softly.
Starfire spoke on impulse "You must go to where the moon touches water, as the full moon wans, where the dead speak, to get answers, to get relief"
Crowfeather looked taken back. "thank you I suppose."
"don't thank me unless your burden is lifted then" Starfire paused "they both still love you immensely, excruciatingly, you have suffered more pain than most cats"
He stalked off without another word. He was so much like his son, Jayfeather. Sadly he as well with suffer pain similar to his parents soon. Why must some of the best cats have the worst luck?
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Ashfur dead?
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Honeyfern was killed by an adder. Silverstream is expecting kits.
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Lionblaze and Jayfeather ran into camp, alerting everyone of Hollyleaf's death. Something wasn't right. Starfire searched, mentally for Hollyleaf. She was in the tunnels. Barely breathing. She was alive but probably not for long. Starclan will not claim another young one, not even a murderer. Starfire ran out of camp followed by Jayfeather alone.
"Where are we going?" Jayfeather caught up with her.
"The tunnels...to Hollyleaf"
"But she's--"
"No she's not" Starfire answered shortly.
Starfire turned into a human. she moved the rocks blindly, but with extreme accuracy. She felt Hollyleaf's damp body. She was still alive. Carefully, Starfire lifted Hollyleaf, and broke out running, knowing the way to the moonpool already. Starfire placed Hollyleaf into the moonpool and turned back into a cat. Jayfeather caught up with Starfire. Starfire healed Hollyleaf's broken body along the way.
"why are we here?"
"Watch, you should be able to see this"
Starclan surrounded Starfire "How dare you!" they all hissed except for a few.
Hollyleaf stepped forward to her body "you are offering me my life back?"
"Starfire this hasn't been done for many more seasons than you have lived!" Yellowfang said "Why do it for her, we barely allowed her into Starclan!"
"It's your choice Hollyleaf" Starfire said gently.
"Please come back" Jayfeather begged her.
"I am a murderer"
"You are forgiven, Hollyleaf" Ashfur came forward. "All I wanted to do was hurt Squirrelflight, and I thought nothing of my clan, you hated Squirrelflight, but you silenced me for your clan...you are not done serving your clan!"
"Jayfeather go back to the camp, but tell no one of this" Starfire said softly.
He nodded and ran out of sight.
"I will take your offer"
Hollyleaf touched her body and dissappeared. She became one with her body and rose once more. Hollyleaf walked out of the pool, shaking the water off her. "lets stay here a little while, please"
"I agree you need to get used to your body once more"