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Chapter 8: Featherbreeze
"Did you have to wake us up?" Featherbreeze groaned, following Ivybreeze into Leafstar's den.
"I've been awake for ages! It was time for you to stop being so lazy!" Mintleaf purred. Featherbreeze rolled her eyes and gave her sister a shove. The black she-cat crashed into the steadily growing bank of snow just outside Leafstar's den. "Hey!" she sputtered.
Leafstar, hearing the commotion, padded out of the den. "Behave yourselves," she snapped. "If you want, I can put you two on apprentice duties with Rowanstem."
"We're good, thanks," Featherbreeze muttered. She wasn't going to be back on apprentice duties her first day of being a warrior! Mintleaf nodded agreement and they both sat down on the ground just inside their mother's den.
"Ivybreeze," Leafstar began. "Why don't you tell them why we wanted to talk to them?"
Ivybreeze dipped her head and meowed, "I had another vision." Another? Featherbreeze thought in annoyance.
"That seems to happen an awful lot," Featherbreeze grumbled with a twitch of her tail. "Well? What did it say?"
"Featherbreeze, you don't speak to your medicine cat like that," Leafstar meowed impatiently. "But, yes Ivybreeze, please do tell them what it said." Oh, so you already know.
Ivybreeze nodded. "Sparklestar came to me. She said, 'Time is running out. If the clans are not to fall, leaves and birds must bring them together.' Then she took a long pause and said, 'The waterfall belongs to none. When that is realized, this war is done.'"
Mintleaf narrowed her eyes. "Then we just give up the waterfall, get OakClan to agree that no clan needs it and we're done, right?"
"No," Ivybreeze replied. "We can't get them to agree to that. It will put the clans at even more disagreement. You two are leaves and birds. You need to convince the clans, but without telling them about any visions or prophecies." For a while no cat spoke. Then Leafstar stood up.
"It's almost sunset. I need to get reports from the patrols and I am leading the sunset patrol. Featherbreeze, you are on it. Mintleaf, you lead a hunting patrol." The leader mewed, padding out of the den.
Mintleaf looked startled. "Me? But I just became a warrior!"
Leafstar shrugged. "So? Take Smokesplash, Sootsong, and Creekpaw."
"Okay," Mintleaf meowed and ran off to find them. The snow was still falling steadily, and looking at the tiny fresh-kill pile, Featherbreeze doubted they'd find much.
"Doveheart! Hollypaw! Honeyfrost!" Leafstar's yowl broke into Featherbreeze's thoughts. The three cats bounded over from their dens. "I need to talk to Thunderstrike and then we'll go," Leafstar meowed to the patrol.
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When they reached the border, the snow was falling even harder. "It couldn't have waited until we were in camp to snow so much?" Featherbreeze grumbled.
"At least you're not getting stuck in it!" Hollypaw complained, yanking her legs out of the snow. Featherbreeze held back a purr, watching the apprentice sink into the cold, wet snow.
"Do you think Flamestar and Ivybreeze are still mates?" Featherbreeze caught Honeyfrost whispering to Doveheart behind them.
"I don't think so," Doveheart replied. "I mean, apparently Flamestar stole Silverriver from Ivybreeze when she was a kit."
"But how do we know she was telling the truth?" Honeyfrost mewed.
Doveheart's eyes widened. "You think she's loyal to OakClan and not LakeClan?" At this point, Featherbreeze felt her fur start to bristle.
"Obviously Silverriver isn't loyal to OakClan!" she snapped, turning around. "If she was, she wouldn't be here!"
Leafstar turned around. "Honeyfrost, Doveheart, if you two have nothing better to do than gossip about your clanmates, I can put you on apprentice duties. Rowanstem's almost back to being a warrior, you know, and the apprentices can always use more help." Wow, she really likes to put cats on apprentice duties! Featherbreeze thought holding back a purr.
"We'll stop," Honeyfrost meowed quickly. Doveheart nodded agreement.
"Good," Leafstar meowed. "Doveheart, Hollypaw, you can go down toward the lake and check the borders. Honeyfrost and I will do the middle and, Featherbreeze, you can go towards the top of the territory."
"Sure," Featherbreeze meowed and trotted away from the patrol. I can't believe they think she's loyal to OakClan! the young warrior thought angrily as she walked toward the top border, occasionally setting scent markers where they were stale. It doesn't make any difference now, she's part LakeClan anyway! And no cat makes such a fuss about Stormshade! she silently growled at all the cats who didn't like them.
Suddenly, she realized something. Maybe it does make a difference…a helpful difference! She purred aloud. We can bring the clans together! For the first time since she learned about the prophecy, she felt confident.
So, Silverriver is the victim of gossip right now! ? ﾟﾘﾂ? But someone is using this to her advantage *cackles mischievously*
QOTC
What exactly is Featherbreeze's idea?
Use a lot of detail and I will maybe put some of your idea into the story! Anyway, please review! Bye!