I just realized that Firestar is WAY too popular with the Warrior cats. :) Shouldn't he be getting a bit.... I don't know.... cliche, or.... or OLD right now?!?! :o

Hero

We all knew who ThunderClan's hero was: Firestar.

He saved the Clan numerous times. From Tigerstar, from BloodClan, from the Twolegs…. literally, you name it, he saved us from it.

I had my doubts about him in the past. I mean, he was a kittypet! He came from a Twoleg home and just happened to wander into the forest. Many of us started to doubt Graystripe, then named Graypaw, when he easily accepted a kittypet!

Every day now that I'm in the elders' den, I am forever thanking StarClan for giving Firestar to us. He's so strong…. and he's so brave…. he's my hero. Almost all of his descendants have been in some sort of prophecy in the past, and I don't know yet about Lionblaze and Jayfeather.

****

"Hey, Mousefur?" was suddenly uttered by somebody. I glanced around.

"Oh, it's just you, Longtail. Yes?" I replied easily.

"Well…. you seem to have a lot on your mind. Do you mind telling me?" Longtail asked.

"Sure!" I purred. "Well, I was just thinking about Firestar; he's saved all the Clans so many times; he's my hero. What do you think?"

"I feel the same way," Longtail said quietly. "Although I still hold a bit of a grudge against him from that first day…. but that was a long time ago. I've forgiven him now. I can't believe that Tigerstar and Darkstripe actually wanted to destroy Firestar…. at first I thought it was all in good fun; you know, aggravate the kittypet, but then…." He trailed off.

"I know how you feel." I was quiet for a bit, but then I spoke. "I actually believed Tigerstar, and when he was telling us that load of foxdung about how good he and Bluestar are together, and all that…."

"Yes," Longtail agreed. "I know how you feel, too."

After that, we both fell silent, dropping into our own reveries.

****

The more I thought about it, the more I was able to admit it.

Firestar is my hero. Firestar is my hero. Firestar is my hero. Firestar is my hero.

No matter how you looked at it, it was all the same: Mousefur was right; Firestar was her hero, and mine, too.

****

I wondered if Longtail was thinking the same thing that I was.

"Umm…. Longtail?" I reached over and touched his shoulder with my tail.

He yawned, and looked up. "Yes?"

"Do you have any other heroes, besides Firestar?" I asked.

"Yes; well, I did; Tigerstar used to be my hero…." Longtail exclaimed, looking rather taken aback.

"No, no, it's fine." I laughed. "I was just wondering…."

So, no matter how you look at it, it's true; Firestar is my hero.