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Chapter 24: Featherbreeze

Featherbreeze was standing by the bush where Ivybreeze hid. "Is Stormpaw okay?" she whispered, pushing her head through the leaves.

Stormpaw lay on the ground, blood pulsing from a wound in his side. "I'm fine," he coughed. He stumbled to get up, but Ivybreeze pushed him back down gently.

"He'll be fine," the medicine cat meowed. "But he's done fighting for today."

"No, I'm not!" Stormpaw argued, unsheathing his claws. "I could fight off an OakClan cat any day!"

Featherbreeze purred in amusement. "I need to go see what's going on. I'll send any injured cats I find, Ivybreeze."

The gray tabby she-cat bounded away from the bush and back to the clearing where the clans fought. She saw Thunderstrike fighting Flamestar. The huge golden tom had managed to pin him down, and his claws were at the deputy's neck. Featherbreeze bolted across the clearing and saw Leafstar running from the other direction. Before she could stop him, Flamestar's claws dug deep into her father's neck. Blood poured from his neck, and he fell to the ground, dead.

"No!" Leafstar shrieked, jumping on Flamestar. "You evil, evil cat! You will pay for this!" She battered the leader's pelt with scratch after scratch, bite after bite. But she was smaller than Flamestar, and the golden tom shook her off and bounded back to his clan.

"Is this over?" he yowled, his clan gathering behind him. The PineClan cats joined them, and StreamClan and LakeClan clustered on the opposite end of the clearing. "Is this over?" Flamestar repeated, taking a step forward.

Leafstar blinked slowly. She shook her head. "No," she hissed softly. "This is not over. And it will not be over, not until you are dead." She lifted her head to the sky, which was beginning to darken. "I say these words before the spirit of Thunderstrike, and hope that he may hear and approve my choice. Featherbreeze will be the new deputy of LakeClan."

The white she-cat leaped off the ground, high into the air, and landed neatly on Flamestar's back. She sank her teeth into his neck and fastened her claws into his back. Blood started to ooze out onto Leafstar and the ground.

Flamestar rolled around, trying to shake her off, but the white she-cat held her ground. They rolled toward the shore of the island. Leafstar's eyes glinted wildly, and she rammed herself into Flamestar's side. He splashed into the water, sputtering and coughing. Leafstar pushed him down to the bottom, and they both went under the water.

Featherbreeze held her breath, waiting for her mother to resurface. But she didn't.

"They're dead!" some cat shrieked. All the clans began crowding around them, yelling in horror.

Suddenly, everything hit Featherbreeze. Thunderstrike is dead. Leafstar is dead. I am the leader of LakeClan. She stared at the cats that were crowding around her, feeling in shock.

"Come on," Ivybreeze meowed. "Let's go back to camp."

Featherbreeze blinked. "But we have to defeat PineClan, too."

Ivybreeze shook her head. "The war is over. We all need to go home."

…

Featherbreeze stood on high-ledge, staring down at her clan-mates. She had to choose a deputy, now, before she went to receive her nine lives. I don't know who to choose. Mintleaf, maybe. And Willowwind is a good warrior. Smokesplash and Sootsong would both be good choices, but their reputations were tainted by taking mates from another clan… She knew who she had to choose. The cat had to be older than her, because she needed a cat with experience to advise her.

"I say these words before the spirits of our warrior ancestors," she began, and the clan stared up expectantly at her. "And hope that they may hear and approve my choice. Smokesplash will be the new deputy of LakeClan."

"Smokesplash! Smokesplash!" The clan chanted.

Smokesplash dipped his head, looking pleased.

Ivybreeze bounded up to stand beside Featherbreeze. "It's time to go to the moonpool," she mewed. "The clan will be safe here."

…

Featherbreeze gasped in amazement as they approached the moonpool. "It's beautiful!" she meowed, speeding up.

Ivybreeze chuckled. "You would get used to it, if you came here once a moon." She sat down by the moonpool and wrapped her tail around her paws. "Lie down and touch your nose to the water," she instructed.

"It's cold," Featherbreeze muttered, as the chilling water splashed against her fur.

…

Featherbreeze opened her eyes. She was sitting by the moonpool, just like before. Now, however, cats of StarClan sat around her, stars glittering around them. Ivybreeze sat nearby, her eyes glimmering calmly.

"Featherbreeze," a warm meow greeted her.

"Fawnlight!" Featherbreeze gasped, touching noses with her old mentor. "I missed you!"

"With this life, I give you strength," Fawnlight mewed. "Use it to fight for your clan, no matter what." Featherbreeze stumbled as pain shot through her. Before she could say anything, Fawnlight had disappeared back into the rows of cats.

Next came Thunderstrike. "With this life I give you caution," he growled. "Protect your clanmates from unneeded battles.

Crowtail, Doveheart, Petaldrop, Creekpaw, and Sparrowheart came next. Two more lives, she thought.

A tiny ginger kitten approached her. It looked only a few days old, but its eyes shone with wisdom. "I am Leopardkit," it announced. "I was your sister." Featherbreeze gasped.

"But I only have one sister. Mintleaf," she meowed.

Leafstar bounded forward. His eyes glistened with sadness. "Leopardkit was your third littermate. The one I told you about, when you were a kit."

Featherbreeze frowned. "I don't remember," she meowed. "I think I might—but you didn't tell us her name, so I guess I forgot."

Leafstar purred, and nudged Leopardkit. "Right!" the ginger kit squealed. "I have a life for you!" She climbed onto Leafstar's head and touched her nose. "I give you a life for fun! Remember, that even when life is hard, there is time for play."
A memory of playing moss ball with Mintleaf, when they were kits, flashed into Featherbreeze's head. "Thank you," she purred.

Now there was just one life left. Featherbreeze was sure it would come from Leafstar. "I give you a life for reasoning," Leafstar mewed. "Remember always, war can be stopped." Caught up in the shock of the life, Featherbreeze only half heard the StarClan warriors chanting.

"Featherstar! Featherstar!"

I didn't want to write out all the lives, so i just did the important ones. I hope you like my choice of leader! I can't be bothered to think of a QOTC, but plz review anyway!