Chapter 6
Dragonflame walked into the four trees, leading her clanmates. It's alright. She thought. You can do this. Dragonflame walked over and climbed onto the branches. The other four leaders looked at her curiously. Even Ripstar knew she wasn't a leader.
Dragonflame coughed, clearing her throat. "You probably all know I'm not leader. And don't worry, I'm still not, and prey is running well in Moonclan. I just have to take over for this meeting," She paused and let a small smiled come over her face, "Because Moonstar has given birth. She has two wonderful kits, Icekit and Steamkit."
There were cheers for Moonstar and her new kits. Dragonflame smiled. "Survivorpaw has also become an apprentice, that is all." She sat back down.
Fallenstar got up. "Prey has been running well in Fallenclan. You may have heard about the storm in our clan, and yes, it wasn't pleasant. But we searched the clan and no one from our clan died."
Storm? Dragonflame thought. Well that might explain the smell of mud.
Stormstar made a pained expression as Fallenstar talked. Fallenstar gave him a shrug, but it was a sympathetic shrug. Fallenstar and Stormstar never got along, something was up. "Not only that, but we have two new cats, Owlpaw and Tigerpaw." The other cats cheered for the new members. "That is all." Fallenstar declared. He sat down.
Stormstar got up with a sigh. "Prey has been running well for us, more or less. Unfortunately, unlike Fallenclan we did lose a clanmate to the storm. Lavapaw is dead." Dragonflame bowed her head. That's when Stormstar addressed her. "However, I believe we'll have some cats returning to our clan soon. My kits have been with Moonclan for several moons now, and they are old enough to return."
Dragonflame looked up, trying not to let the pressure bother her. This would be the first thing she did as a leader, she needed to prove she could be one when Moonstar was dead. "Yes, they are old enough to return. However Moonstar has been taking care of them for the past few moons and I don't think it's fair to just let them return to your clan as if that never happened."
"Then what do you suggest?" Stormstar growled. "Do you want my kits to stay in your clan?"
Dragonflame shook her head rapidly. "I'm not saying that at all. I'm just saying it's not fair for Moonstar to get nothing out of this. There must be something you can give us."
"Oh and what would that be? The only answers that come to mind are cats, and territory!" Stormstar snapped impatiently.
Truth be told, Dragonflame hadn't figured out a way for Stormstar to repay them. But he was frustrating her now. She opened her mouth, and Lightningstar spoke. "I don't think that's Dragonflame's call." She said. "Moonstar is the one who's been watching the kits, and she is Moonclan's leader. It's her call."
Dragonflame nodded slowly. Lightningstar was right, and it was a lot better than anything Dragonflame would've said. She nodded slowly. "Okay. Stormstar, after the meeting you can come to Moonclan, and Moonstar will sort this out."
Stormstar grunted for his answer. He sat down. Dragonflame followed suite.
Lightningstar rolled her eyes and muttered something about kits. Then she stood up. "Prey is running well in Lightningclan! There was a scent of a rogue near the border, but it didn't cross the border and no one could recognize it."
Under normal conditions that would be a strange thing to add, but these were no normal conditions. The clans had collected a few enemies. One of them was Scar, who led a rogue group. Then there were the remains of Death's group, and then there was Death Trap. But they'd left most of those rogues back at the lake, as far as anyone knew.
"That is everything." Lightningstar sat down.
Ripstar stood up looking a bit more uncomfortable than the other four. The look didn't fit him well. Even though Ripstar was the size of a house cat, he was a wild one, and it showed. "Prey is running well in Wildclan!" He announced, his voice booming around. "Blizzardwind is now a queen, and will be having kits soon." There were cheers for Blizzardwind.
Wolfpaw from Lightningclan was cheering especially loud, for a cat not part of Wildclan. He and Silverpaw had shifted slightly closer to each other. Dragonflame raised an eyebrow. Cats from other clans were rarely friends and it was forbidden to be mates. But could they even be mates? She wondered. They're almost different species. With that in mind, Dragonflame didn't think about it anymore.
"That is everything." Ripstar said. He sat back down. The clans mingled for a little while longer, than the leaders climbed down and started leading their clans back. Well, all the leaders except Stormstar. He put Nightwind in charge of that, and went with Dragonflame.
(Two things. One, review. Enough said. Two, I have a poll asking what story I should do next. This is going to be the last poll I ask for other people's opinions, after this I'll just send out whatever I feel like. So if you have any opinion, now's the time.)
