Rating: K+ (for now)
Pairings: SquirrelXBramble, FireXSand, LeafXBilly, CrowXLeaf (and a few more)
Disclaimer: Warriors doesn't belong to me, it belongs to Erin Hunter.
Information: This is set after The last Hope, however that whole thing with the Dark Forest never even happened. They were blocked the moment Brambleclaw killed Hawkfrost. Lionblaze, Jayfeather and Dovewing still have their Powers and Hollyleaf is still with the Clans.
Summary: One day Firestar, Blackstar, Mistystar, Onestar and Leafstar disappear from their clans. Everyone is shocked, even StarClan. Three moons later, the clans follow them to a place where they have to learn to survive. A bid City. Not just that, but they all get turned human. Can the Clans find their leaders and a way home?
Brambleclaw groaned while Sandstorm paced the clearing all five clans were on. The former she-cat was out of it. Spottedkit was missing. They'd already sent out a few patrols to find the young kit, however their tries had been fruitless till now.
"Great StarClan, make her stop", begged a dark-grey haired twoleg next to him.
Brambleclaw looked at Crowfeather and sighed: "You know we can't. She already lost Firestar. It must be terrible to lose a kit now."
"Still", complained another male voice and Reedwhisker walked up to them.
Brambleclaw ignored him and looked at Squirrelflight, who, together with Leafpool, tried to calm their mother down. Everything was quite silent since shock still lingered within most clan-members, so everyone jerked into the air in surprise when a male voice called: "Oh god cover yourselves." Brambleclaw spun around and gasped. A twoleg with ginger hair stood there, his eyes averted from them. "Honestly, wear clothes!", exclaimed the twoleg, then sighed and got something from his bag. "I guess this girl belongs to you?"
The next second Sandstorm shot forward and pulled her daughter into an embrace. The twoleg still averted his eyes, and looked farther away when Brambleclaw carefully approached him.
"Please stop right there", exclaimed the twoleg. He seemed utterly disturbed by the fact that almost none of them wore anything.
Brambleclaw stopped, then said: "I'm…I just wanted to say thank you for bringing her back to us."
"You're welcome", said the twoleg, still averting his eyes. "And I do apologize for not facing you. It is truly impolite, however…I am not comfortable with seeing so many people naked. However, you're welcome and when I can give and advice, get yourselves a job and some clothes." With that he turned away, then glanced back over his shoulder and said with a smirk: "Oh, and it was wonderful to talk to you again…Brambleclaw."
He dashed off.
The deputy was frozen, then dashed after the twoleg. For some reason this guy knew his name and he wanted to find out why.
There!
The twoleg walked through the forest, directly to the monster resting place. Brambleclaw sped up and wanted to tackle him down, when he stepped side. The deputy fell down and struggled up when the Twoleg chuckled: "I taught you better than that Brambleclaw."
Taught? No, it can't be.
He stared at the twoleg, whose green eyes held a glint of amusement and a just too familiar pride. The twoleg smirked at him softly, then a star glowed on his forehead. When the glowing disappeared, a pair of cat-ears and a tail had appeared on the twoleg.
"Firestar", gasped the deputy.
Firestar smiled at him, then looked away and groaned: "I've been here three years Brambleclaw. If you want to talk face to face with me, cover yourself."
The deputy stared down at himself. He didn't understand what the problem was, but felt really stupid when he asked: "Why?"
Firestar seemed to cringe at the answer, then he stated: "Let's just say…humans aren't that comfortable with showing their genitals as cats."
"Humans?", asked Brambleclaw.
"Twolegs", muttered the man, then said: "W-Wait a minute, alright?"
Brambleclaw was still stunned, so he just nodded. Firestar ran off. Sitting on the small clearing, Brambleclaw thought about what had just happened, when the bushes rustled and the other four deputies came out. Tawnypelt and Reedwhisker seemed as shocked as he'd been, while Cherrytail and Crowfeather seemed just confused.
"Did that twoleg just say your name?", asked the dark-grey haired twoleg. Brambleclaw nodded numbly, then the bushes rustled once more and Firestar came back. With a yelp he turned away and exclaimed: "Honestly?" Brambleclaw burst out in laughter now. It was incredible to him that Firestar was suddenly so freaked out by the fact that they didn't cover themselves but calm about the fact that the five clans were here. Suddenly something soft hit him.
"The males cover their… well, you know, the females cover themselves from the neck till the knees, please!"
He crossed his arms and waited. Brambleclaw stood up and eyed what had been thrown into his arms. Looking at Firestar, he took the three things the leader wore on his lower body in one hand and handed one each to Crowfeather and Reedwhisker, while he handed everything else to Tawnypelt and Cherrytail. They stared, but he just shrugged and tried to put them on.
"How with StarClan is that supposed to work?", complained Tawnypelt after a while. Brambleclaw looked up. Whatever he now wore, he'd managed to put it on and the other two males too, however the females had no idea how to put the soft things on. Firestar glanced behind himself and sighed. Walking up to them he grabbed one long piece of it, rolled it together and put it over Tawnypelt's head.
"Stretch your hands through those holes."
"Why should I?", snapped the ShadowClan deputy.
Firestar snarled at her and hissed: "Listen, either you put that on and hear what I got to say or you return to your clan-mates Tawnypelt, it's your decision."
She stared, then held her arms up. Firestar slid them through the holes, then he let go of the soft thing and it fell down, but was held by two strings around Brambleclaw's sister's shoulders. She stared and Firestar sighed in relief when Cherrytail managed it by herself.