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Book 1

A New Life

Chapter 4

(Tigerstar's P.O.V)

My amber eyes flashed open. My first instinct was that the events that had just occured had been a dream, but then I noticed that only moments had past since I laid my head down to sleep. Just like Star said. Shimmerfur was still trotting away and the elders were just now laying down. I bounced up with the energy I hadn't experiened since my apprentice days. "Featherdust! Amberear! Starbird! Onetail! Wait up!" I exclaimed, running towards them. Other cats growled and stared at me disturbing them but I couldn't help myself. I soon enough reached them, panting.

"Tigerstar! In the name of StarClan.." Amberear said, puzzled. "The solution, your answer, I have it!" I gasped, still catching my breath. "Well go on, what is it?" Onetail urged. I shook my head. "I cant explain it here. Follow me, quick! It's not far!" I rushed. They shrugged as if to say, Oh well, what could it hurt? I started to run again, but pacing myself so they wouldn't fall behind.

We reach the opened tree trunk with the glowing SkyStone inside at last. "Welcome to the SkyStone, come on, press your nose to it!" I ordered. I was bubbling with excitment, soon they would know!

They looked bewildered but did as I said. I was the last to press my nose to the cool, fragile stone that held our future...

"Welcome back, Tigerstar, and greetings to you all." Star called out in that same melodic, beautiful tone of voice. "Tigerstar has spoken well about all of you." She smiled.

"What in the name..."Featherdust muttered, clearly just as confused as the others. "Tigerstar what is all of this?" Amberear demanded." I glanced at Star, signaling for her to continue.

"I am Star, also known s Sky. I am the leader of the SkyClan. We have been waiting for you for many, many lifetimes. I know everything about each of you from the moment you were born to now. Featherdust, " Star began, stopping at each of the elders as she spoke, "you were killed after feeding your leader deathberries. You have accepted that you did wrong an we forgive you." She moved to Amberear this time, "Amberear, you killed your mate as well as your kits. You were going through a traumatic stage then and you have accepted you were in the wrong. We forgive you." Next she faced Starbird, "Starbird you gave secret information from your clan to an opposing clan. This led to the invasion of your home clan's camp an you fought against them. You have realized this was foolish and we forgive you." Last she stopped at Onetail, "Onetail you set up the group of rouges to attack a group of newly made apprentices, killing them all. You understand that this put many more at risk and we forgive you.

I gazed at each of these elders, all were embarassed and upset at the reminder of what caused them to be in the Dark Forest in the first place. I wasn't expecting, however, when Star came to me. "Tigerstar, you killed the deputy of ThunderClan, betrayed your clan to ShadowClan, set up the battle between Scourge and the clans, and were responsible for countless murders. You now see how stupid and irresponsible this was of you and we forgive you as well." Star smiled deeply at me and I felt myself blush.

"You are all here because we have the solution to your problems. You need to find a place to settle, but how can it all work? You recreate the clans. We, SkyClan, have been waiting for this. We are your present StarClan. You will recreate the clans AirClan, in place of WindClan, WaterClan, in place of RiverClan, FireClan, in place of ShadowClan, and EarthClan, in place of ThunderClan. Any questions so far?" Star calmly offered.

The elders all looked bewildered, just as I once did. I held back a chuckle. Everything was confusing but now it makes perfect sense. "You will recreate the Warrior Code to your liking. Some traditions will be kept the same, however you can modify others." She continued.

"Wait hold on, where do we settle though? This was always the issue. How do we know where?" Featherdust questioned. Star nodded. "Follow me, I will show you." She slowly turned and ushered them to follow her through the covern opening, just as she did for me. Once we emerged from the cave, they all gasped. It was even still a sight for me to see.

"This is your new home. You are here right now, "she flicked her tail torwards a tree where five bundles of fur were laying, "You should be able to distinguish the different landscapes. The pines, the woodland, the rolling hills, and the marshes. This is a land area that combines features of the lake area and the forest. Each land area has a deep pond The territories meet in the center where there are two large stones and two trees, resembling Fourtrees in a way. " Star went on, things were starting to click with the elders now.

"Along with the four new clans, and SkyClan being in place of StarClan, there will also be a Council of Elders." At this they perked their ears slighty more. "The Council Of Elders will consist of one elder from each clan. When in need of important decisions, Leaders and Medicine Cats will consult then also. The Council of Elders will be granted immorality as well." She paused for a moment to let it sink in then continued, "Featherdust, Amberear, Starbird, and Onetail, I would like to personally invite you to all be apart of the council of elders. You can each choose the clan you wish to be in. Please consider and accept this idea." She finished, smiling.

The four elders widened their eyes. This was a legit once in a lifetime opportunity! They each sighed deeply at once and turned to each other. I heard Amberear mumble something but I couldn't quite catch it. "Take all the time you need." Star offered.

"I accept." Featherdust grinned. "As do I." Amberear stepped forward. "And I!" Onetail excitedly meowed. They had all agree except for Starbird. She glanced from side to side and then took a deep breath. "Eh, what could it hurt?" She smiled widely and stepped forward. "I accept. Thank you for this opportunity."

"Congratulations and welcome to the Council of Elders!" Star cheered. Tigerstar cheered with them. This was gong to be amazing!

"Now what I need you to do, Elders, is when you return, take the cats, all of them, and lead them to the highest hill top. It wont take you but half a day to reach it. Once your there you wil be able to see all of the land. That is where you will tell them everything I have told you. As far as deciding which clan to be in, it will be your choice. I need you to decide your clans before I continue. " Star explained.

"I will take FireClan." Featherdust nodded. "And I shall take AirClan." Amberear replied. "I would like WaterClan." Starbird smiled. "EarthClan, for me." Onetail meowed.

"Perfect. Each od you will spread apart on the hill top. You will call for anyone who wants to join your clan to step forward." Star mewed. "Now for the immortality." She guestured for Featherdust to step forward.

Featherdust took a few dainty steps forward, his chin raised high. Star began to chant, along with the other members of SkyClan, "Earth, Air, Fire, and Water, we summon you now, to ask you to accept our wish...We ask for you to grant the acceptance of Featherdust. We ask that you will grant him immortality as one of the Council of Elders, representing FireClan." Star dipped her nose into a small pool of clear liquid that I han't noticed before. She dipped her delicate paw in the substance as well. She padded forward a few more steps and pressed her nose to Featherdust. His body went stiff right before she presse her damp paw over his heart. Suddenly he vanished from our sight, replace by a glowing light that was so bright we had to squint our eyes. We slowly opened them back up as the light faded and Featherdust was sitting there beaming.

I couldn't help but to stare yet again in awe. I began to daydream about the future. What would the new clans be like? Would these cats even accept? After all, they betrayed their home clans in the first place. But there was still hope. Perhaps we would eventually all come together. I wonder what clan I would be in though...I was born into ThunderClan, so EarthClan would be a good option, but then I died a ShadowClan leader. That left Firelan avalible as well. I feel as if I might should go with FireClan, but I'm not sure. Possibly- I jolted as I heard my name called out.

"We now fully welcome you all to The Council of Elders. You are now all immortal, take this and use it wisely. It is a force not to be played around with and I can easily take it back." Star looked at each of the Elders with a new sense of certainty and respect. She continued on, "Tigerstar, I want you to lead the clan of your choice. You were destined to and I can tell you possess leadership qualities."

I paused for a heartbeat and then shook my head. That was too far for me. "I betrayed my clan, actualy clans, once. I am not honorable enough to even be considered for that position. You need someone who can be trustworthy and handle the job."

Star said nothing for awhile but then finally mewed, "Very well. I do hope you change your mind though." She smiled one final time, "This has been a promising meeting. Once you have established the clans and who will be in which clan, each clan needs to vote on a Leader and Medicine Cat. Once they have been chosen you need to bring each clan's Leader, Medicine Cat, as well as yourselves to the SkyStone. Tigerstar, if you do not change your mind about being leader then there will be no reason for you to come." I nodded in reply and the others did as well.

"So long, see you soon." Star whispered, and then everything went black for a split second. Then we slowly began to regain our sight. Once I was fully recovered I noticed all of the elders watching me, almost waiting for a signal.

I grinned, hiding a chuckle, "Well. Let's go make the clans."