Okay I've decided Firepaw's warrior name. I got a lot of suggestions and I saw a lot of my names I had thrown in, ultimately I chose Firestorm as the name I wanted. Let me say I truly had a hard time choosing the warrior name for Firestorm because I liked all the suggestions given.
Also Wolf's Willow asked why I was changing Firepaw's warrior name from Fireheart to something different. My reasoning behind this is that I feel that depending on what clan a cat is raised decides their warrior name. For instance, I think if Tawnypelt had stayed in ThunderClan there is a chance her name wouldn't have been Tawnypelt, I think she could have been called Tawnyflower after Goldenflower, just as Brambleclaw was named after Tigerclaw. Or if Feathertail and Stormfur had stayed in ThunderClan they could have been called Featherstream or Featherpool and Stormstripe, or Stormwater as either reminders of who their parents are or reminders of their heritage. I think that leaders' look for different things when naming their warriors, this is why I decided to change Fireheart's name. I think Bluestar named him Fireheart because she admired his spirit and knew he had the heart of a warrior, Goldenstar feels the same way, but she choose to look at a different trait like his skills when she chose his name.
I hope that clears up why I was changing Fireheart's warrior name.
Also I was asked another question by Pale-eye which a question was asked whether or not Sharpkit and Leafkit are Sharpclaw and Leafdapple and the answer is yes they are I did mention this in the author's note at the very beginning of the first chapter, this is an alternate universe and the main reason why I have the modern day SkyClan cats present in this story is because they are familiar characters, this doesn't mean their personalities will be the same as they are in the books, but I thought it would be nice if they actually got to grow up in a clan.
Another question asked by Fireflame was why Tigerclaw and Spottedleaf weren't in SkyClan because they have SkyClan blood… again I answered this in the author note at the beginning of the first chapter, but in case it was missed I will explain this…hopefully without giving away any spoilers… The main reason why I decided to keep them in ThunderClan is because I would have had to remove several ThunderClan cats besides Spottedleaf and Tigerclaw I would have had to also remove: Redtail, Willowpelt, Darkstripe, Longtail, Graystripe, Patchpelt and possibly Sandstorm I say possibly because Brindleface is her mother and Redtail is her father so she probably would have had to stay in ThunderClan anyway unless Brindleface joined SkyClan to be with Redtail, all of these cats possess SkyClan blood because they are related to Spottedleaf and TigerClaw in some way. Another reason is while Tigerclaw and Spottedleaf possess SkyClan the majority of their blood line comes from ThunderClan, remember Cloudstar's two kits were the only cats in ThunderClan to have SkyClan blood after SkyCLan left the forest besides their mother Birdflight, but I doubt she would take another mate, so even though Tigerclaw and Spottedleaf possess SkyClan it is highly diluted with ThunderClan, which is why I thought it would be easier to say that Birdflight was raised in ThunderClan, and fell in love with Cloudstar and their kits were raised in ThunderClan with their mother. I hope I've answered that question,
Again I'm sorry this took forever but I only work on these stories in my free time I'll try to get them up sooner.
SKYCLAN
Leader: Goldenstar- golden tabby she-cat with amber eyes
Deputy: Ashstorm- gray tom with dark gray tabby stripes blue eyes
Medicine cat: Fallowpelt- brown tabby she-cat with green eyes
Warriors: Smokecloud- dark gray tom with blue eyes
Finchflight- golden tabby tom with green eyes
Owltalon- light brown tabby tom with black paws, green eyes
Hawkwing- brown tabby tom with white chest, golden eyes
Apprentice, Ravenpaw
Grayfeather- gray tabby she-cat with a long feathery tail, and amber eyes
Silverwind- silver tabby tom with white chest and paws blue eyes
Mapletail- white she-cat with tortoiseshell tail green eyes
Sootpelt- black and white tom with amber eyes
Stonetooth - gray tom with amber eyes
Spiderfang- black tom with dark gray muzzle blue eyes
Icefeather- light silver she-cat with ice blue eyes
Dovefeather- white she-cat with light blue eyes
Lightningstrike- pale ginger tom with green eyes
Runningstream- silver she-cat with blue eyes
Longclaw- light brown tom with amber eyes
Firestorm- ginger tom with green eyes
Apprentices: Ravenpaw- black tom with a tiny white dash on his chest, and white-tipped tail formerly from ThunderClan
Queens: Redflower- dark ginger she-cat with green eyes (Sharpkit: ginger tom, Sunkit: golden tabby she-kit with white muzzle, chest and legs)
Thrushfur- brown and cream tabby she-cat with amber eyes (Leafkit: brown and cream tabby she-kit)
Snowfall - white she-cat with blue-gray eyes (Cloverkit: light brown she-kit with white chest and legs, Spottedkit: white she-kit with brown spots)
Squirrelfur- gray she-cat with bushy tail, blue eyes (Rainkit: light gray tom with darker flecks, Stormkit: dark gray tom)
Blackflower- black she-cat with green eyes
Elders: Moonwatcher - old dark gray tom with pale blue eyes
Ivyclaw- old mottled gray she-cat with green eyes
Blackbird- very old large black tom with a silver muzzle and amber eyes oldest cat in Skyclan
Toadleg- old dark brown tom with golden eyes
Chapter 13
"Firestorm, we welcome you as a full warrior of SkyClan." Goldenstar meowed proudly; she gently touched the top of his head as he bent down to lick her shoulder in respect.
"Longclaw, Firestorm, Longclaw, Firestorm" the Clan yowled with Dovefeather and Runningstream calling the loudest for the two newly named warriors.
"Tonight they will sit vigil, but I think they deserve to eat well tonight, in honor of our newest warriors and our newest clanmate we will feast." Goldenstar meowed and the clan cheered. "I'm sure no one would object to them having the first pick of the pile?" No cat protested as Goldenstar led Longclaw, Firestorm and Ravenpaw over to the fresh-kill pile. Their Clanmates were congratulating them as they passed through the cats to get to the fresh-kill pile. When they reached the pile, Firestorm pulled out a thrush, Longclaw pulled out a blackbird and Ravenpaw grabbed a bat from the pile. The rest of the Clan came over to grab their share of the fresh-kill. Firestorm and Longclaw settled down in a spot a little further off from the warriors den and the settled down to eat their prey. Runningstream and Dovefeather came to eat prey with them. Firestorm beckoned Ravenpaw to join them since he was the only SkyClan apprentice in the camp at the time. The five cats were silently discussing what would happen now that Longclaw and Firestorm were warriors.
"Now that Ravenpaw is the only apprentice in SkyClan, do you think Goldenstar is going to make Redflower's and Thrushfur's kits apprentices?" asked Longclaw with excitement. Runningstream shook her head in amazement.
"You just became a warrior and now you want to be a mentor?" she asked purring in amusement. Longclaw shrugged a little.
"I'm just curious that's all" Longclaw insisted while plucking the feathers off the blackbird.
"I'm more worried about ShadowClan, They attacked us before the next gathering and they tried to steal the kits." Firestorm pointed out.
"Firestorm's right, we need to be focusing on ShadowClan it's obvious they've become a huge threat to us, and it's clear that Goldenstar is worried that they will try something else before the next gathering." Dovefeather added as she finished plucking the feathers out of the robin she was eating. The others murmured in agreement. They continued talking about the attack until the clan began to head for their nests. Firestorm and Longclaw took up their posts for their vigil after sending their friends to their nests. Goldenstar came over to remind them why the vigil was so important to the clans and to make it clear that if anything strange happened during their vigil to alert the clan as soon as possible. She then headed off to her den to rest after wishing the two a goodnight.
Firestorm felt at ease during the night thanks to his late nights with Yellowfang, Scorchpaw and Ravenpaw. As his mind wandered to his late night training sessions, he realized with a jolt there was no way to inform his second mentor and friend that he couldn't come to train and that he wouldn't be allowed to train with them anymore now that he had been made a warrior. He then remembered that Ravenpaw could tell them, but would the newly made SkyClan apprentice risk sneaking out to see them? Firestorm glanced at Longclaw before risking a glance at the apprentice den, there was no sign of Ravenpaw near the entrance of the den. Firestorm sighed softly he figured Ravenpaw would either wait until later in the night to go visit Yellowfang and Scorchpaw or not go at all tonight, so he settled down next to Longclaw to wait out till dawn for their vigil to be over.
When the first light of dawn emerged from beyond the trees, is when the first warriors started to emerge from their den to head out on dawn patrol. Goldenstar emerged not long after them and headed over to her two newly named warriors. Firestorm and Longclaw looked relieved to see her as she approached.
"Your vigil is over, you may speak now," Goldenstar purred gently. Longclaw and Firestorm both breathed sighs of relief.
"Finally, I thought for a moment that I was going to completely lose my voice." Longclaw breathed, Firestorm purred in amusement and let out a quiet yawn.
"Both of you may go get some fresh-kill and then rest for the day." Goldenstar added as she took in the shape of the two. Firestorm and Longclaw nodded and thanked Goldenstar before heading directly for the warrior's den, as they entered the den the noticed some newly made nests in between two nests that smelt of Dovefeather and Runningstream, the two quietly made their way into the empty nests and settled down to sleep.
Firestorm awoke after sunhigh, nudging Longclaw awake as he jumped out of his nest. He glanced around and noticed that the only other cats in the den were Sootpelt, Silverwind and Runningstream. The three were sleeping peacefully. He stretched his long body then padded out into the clearing to have a look around. He noticed that the ground was a little damp, since it had rained a little while he had slept. Redflower and Finchflight were sharing a quail between them near the warriors' den; Thrushfur was watching hers and Redflower's kits play in the clearing. Spiderfang, Grayfeather and Owltalon came in through the camp entrance, their jaws full of prey they had caught. He noticed that Ravenpaw wasn't anywhere in the camp and figured he was training with his new mentor.
"It's about time you woke up." A familiar voice purred softly. Firestorm glanced over to see Dovefeather lying beside a partially eaten wood pigeon. "Would you like to share this pigeon?" Firestorm felt his stomach rumble remembering that he hadn't eaten since the night before. He purred his thanks to Dovefeaher and settled down beside the white warrior to share the pigeon.
As Firestorm licked his jaws clean of the last traces of pigeon, he looked around for Goldenstar, he remembered that his former mentor had been tense after the attack on the camp and wondered how she was doing. Dovefeather stretched and stood up suddenly heading for the camp entrance. She turned suddenly beckoning Firestorm to follow her.
"Come on lets go for a hunt." She called to him as she made her way to the camp entrance. Firestorm took one more look around the camp before following her out of the camp. As soon as Firestorm emerged outside the camp entrance, he and Dovefeather broke into a run racing down the hill. They moved through the trees quickly, pausing briefly to climb one of the trees. Firestorm walked out onto one of the branches the oak tree he had climbed into. He crept across slowly making sure to keep his fur hidden in the leaves. He looked over at another tree nearby and could just make out the soft white pelt of Dovefeather as she crept through the branches of the tree. He could barely see the robin in the nest of the tree she was stalking. Keeping low he glanced around in the branches of the tree he was in he spotted a chaffinch on a branch very close to his own. He bunched his muscles together and took a moment to judge the distance of the jump, and with a swish of his tail, he had the chaffinch between his paws, delivering a sharp nip to its neck. He picked it up in his jaws, judging the drop to the ground and leaped down taking his catch with him. A heartbeat later Dovefeather was beside him the robin in her jaws. They quickly hid their catches and continued their hunting until nightfall.
Dovefeather and Firestorm carried their catches into the camp, as they made their way to the fresh-kill pile, a loud screech echoed across the camp.
"They're gone my kits are gone," wailed Snowfall as she raced out of the nursery.
"My kits are missing too," yowled Squirrelfur as she raced over to Snowfall. Firestorm looked at Dovefeather and could see alarm that he himself felt at the sound of the queens' yowls. The Clan began to gather around the two distressed queens. Smokecloud raced over to Squirrelfur's side, and immediately began to comfort the distressed queen. Firestorm curiously looked to see if any cat would comfort Snowfall, but no toms made a move toward the white queen, Thrushfur and Redflower came to comfort her. He briefly wondered if the snow white queen's mate was still alive or not, He shook these thoughts from his head as he saw Goldenstar make her way to the queens. She sent Icefeather and Sootpelt into the forest to search for the kits.
"Are you sure they're not hiding somewhere?" asked Grayfeather asked soothingly. They shook their heads slowly.
"They were stolen," yowled a voice from within the nursery. The clan turned to look toward the nursery and saw Blackflower emerge from the nursery.
"There's a hole at the back of the nursery close to Snowfall's nest, I found a tuft of brown tabby fur near the hole and it bore ShadowClan scent," hissed the black queen. Cats yowled in in anger.
"We need to get them back"
"ShadowClan will pay for taking our kits." Smokecloud yowled above everyone. Firestorm was looking around for Longclaw and saw him coming through the entrance looking bewildered. Ravenpaw and Hawkwing came in behind them.
"What's going on?" Longclaw asked as he and Ravenpaw approached Firestorm, looking around at all his angered clanmates.
"ShadowClan stole Snowfall and Squrrielfur's kits." Dovefeather growled, but before she could say anything else, Goldenstar called for silence. Once the clan had quieted down she finally spoke.
"We will get the kits back, I will be sending a patrol to rescue the kits, however we also will need to keep cats behind to guard the camp incase ShadowClan attacked while there gone." The clan seemed to meow in acceptance waiting for Goldenstar to tell them who would be on this patrol. Firestorm could see Lightningstrike, flexing his claws in anticipation of the patrol.
"Ashstorm will lead this patrol; I will stay behind to help guard the camp." She meowed as she looked among her cats to choose who would join the rescue patrol.
"Grayfeather, Hawkwing, Silverwind, Mapletail, Finchflight, Stonetooth, Runningstream and Firestorm will go with him. " Firestorm blinked in shock and surprise that Goldenstar choose him to join the patrol. He looked at Runningstream whose eyes glowed in excitement. He ignored Lightningstrike growling under his breath about the clan going to the kittypets; Dovefeather padded up beside him and brushed her pelt gently against his pelt.
"Take care, and bring the kits back safely." She meowed softly. Firestorm promised her he'd be careful she purred softly as she turned to wish Runningstream luck. Longclaw came up to Firestorm.
"I wish I was going too." Longclaw meowed,
"Yeah me too, but you have an important job too remember this could be a trap to lure most of the warriors away so they can attack the camp." Firestorm pointed out, Longclaw nodded in agreement.
"Good luck and take care of Runningstream." Longclaw murmured under his breath, glancing at the pretty silver she-cat, Firestorm purred in amusement at his friend's obvious affection for the young silver warrior. Ashstorm began to lead the patrol out of the camp, Firestorm and Runningstream dashed after the tom with the rest of the patrol.
As they approached the Thunderpath, They slowed their quick pace down and crouched near the edge looking across the Thunderpath looking at the monsters passing by. Firestorm flicked his tail anxiously as he waited for the long line of monsters to finish passing them on the Thunderpath; Runningstream pressed her fur against his body nudging him gently.
"It's okay, we'll cross together," she murmured quietly Firestorm nodded in agreement. Ashstorm then addressed the patrol.
"I'll cross first, and then you will cross in pairs of two, Hawkwing & Mapletail, Stonetooth & Grayfeather, Finchflight & Runningstream, and Silverwind & Firestorm." Firestorm glanced over at Silverwind; the silver tabby tom was a very silent warrior. For the time that Firestorm had spent in SkyClan he hadn't heard the tom speak much, unless it was necessary. He wondered what the tom thought of him since he didn't really spend any time with the silent warrior so he didn't know how the tom felt about him. As he pondered this he felt Runningstream brush her body against his; as she passed him to stand beside Finchflight she gave him a reassuring look. He returned the look before, moving to stand beside Silverwind. The silent warrior blinked his eyes in acknowledgement of Firestorm as the fiery warrior came to sit beside him. Firestorm watched as Ashstorm crouched beside the edge of the Thunderpath he waited till there weren't any monsters coming then darted across the Thunderpath and resting peacefully on the other side.
Grayfeather and Stonetooth stepped forward and crouched looking both ways foe monsters, they darted over to the other side of the Thunderpath safely.
Finchflight lead Runningstream over to the Thunderpath, he murmured reassuring words to her as the waited for the monster to finish moving pass them. They started across when a monster rushed down the Thunderpath directly after the two. Finchflight leaped back, while Runningstream dashed across the Thunderpath to avoid being hit by the monster. When the Thunderpath was quiet Finchflight raced over to the other side.
Silverwind stood suddenly and walked over to edge of the Thunderpath, Firestorm scrambled over to his side and looked nervously up and down the Thunderpath when there weren't any monsters in sight they began to cross, and Firestorm flinched when he saw the bright eyes of a monster coming for them. Firestorm realized that they couldn't make it to the other side before the monster reached them. Suddenly Firestorm felt teeth in his scruff which pulled him next to a heavy thick furred body. Firestorm realized that Silverwind had pulled them both into the middle of the monsters path and was crouching low, Firestorm did the same and the monster rushed passed over them as it moved along the Thunderpath. Firestorm shivered as he stood up racing to the other side of the road. Runningstream came up to him looking relieved and a little shaken.
"I'm glad you're okay, I was so worried," she fretted as she looked him over. Before he could reply to her Silverwind came over and murmured softly in his ear.
"It's okay now the dangers passed, just relax." as Silverwind spoke Firestorm felt the tension in his body disappear, he blinked gratefully at Silverwind, who returned a nod, before moving to stand beside Finchflight. Hawkwing and Mapletail crossed without any problems. Once everyone had calmed down Ashstorm began leading the patrol through ShadowClan's territory, the patrol was completely silent keeping their eyes and ears open for a ShadowClan patrol.
"I smell the kits!" Hawkwing exclaimed suddenly, Ashstorm stopped to look at the brown tabby warrior.
"Are you certain?" he asked softly. Hawkwing gave a quick nod, while keeping a look of concentration on his face. "Very well take the lead; there is a chance that ShadowClan could be keeping them somewhere else instead of their camp." Hawkwing nodded in acknowledgement and took the lead carefully making his way through ShadowClan territory.
Suddenly Hawkwing froze with a bewildered expression upon his face, Ashstorm looked at him curiously.
"What is it?" he asked quietly. Hawkwing shook himself out of his shock, and then answered Ashstorm.
"I smell ShadowClan and ThunderClan, up ahead." He meowed quietly. Runningstream and Firestorm looked at each other in surprise.
"Why would they be together; what's going on?" Runningstream asked Firestorm questioningly, Firestorm was just as confused as she was, ThunderClan wasn't keen about letting ShadowClan hunt in their territory at the last gathering, so unless something happened to make them change their minds. It was then that Firestorm remembered what Scorchpaw had told him about the attack that was made on ThunderClan not too long ago that caused the death of Lionheart, ThunderClan's deputy he wonder if Bluestar had decided to negotiate with Brokenstar to stop the attacks on ThunderClan. Ashstorm shook him out of his thoughts by addressing the patrol.
"We'll sneak up on ThunderClan and ShadowClan and figure out what their up to. If it works in our favor we will attack them and continue with our mission, if not we will have to return to camp and figure out a new strategy." Ashstorm informed them all. Most of the patrol seemed to except this, Firestorm noticed that Stonetooth wasn't all that happy with the plan, but the gray warrior didn't say a word against Ashstorm. Ashstorm motioned for Hawkwing to take the lead again and fell in step behind him and the rest of the patrol followed Ashstorm. As they made their way through the soft peat staying upwind of the group of ThunderClan and ShadowClan cats that were up ahead. Firestorm could suddenly make out their scents and he guessed that Ashstorm could smell them too because he over took Hawkwing taking the lead, being careful not to make too much noise. As they approached Firestorm smelt some familiar scents among the cats.
They saw several cats standing beside an old burnt tree up ahead from them and Firestorm recognized three of the cats immediately. He could see the gray pelt of Graypaw, the ragged pelt of Yellowfang and the black and white pelt of Scorchpaw. He felt fear and worry creep into his stomach and he silently prayed to StarClan that he wouldn't have to fight them, and felt more dread as the patrol drew closer to hear their conversation.
"Brokenstar must be stopped he has broken too many codes, Listen, apparently ShadowClan is falling apart from within the Clan. Yellowfang was framed for the murder of kits in ShadowClan that Brokenstar killed, which is why she was banished. Also Brokenstar seems to have turned away from the warrior code entirely and is forcing kits to apprentices at less than three moons and is making the warriors at an even younger age. Who knows what they'll do to Frostfur's kits." Scorchpaw meowed. Mousefur and Willowpelt looked horrified. The rest of the patrol looked just as shocked. A black and white she-cat stepped forward.
"What he says is true I've already lost kits from the fight with WindClan." she meowed solemnly. "I do not want to lose anymore."
"Why hasn't anyone done anything?" meowed a large white tom that bore ThunderClan scent, Firestorm quickly recognized the cat as Whitestorm. Yellowfang looked at him.
"Brokenstar's word is law remember," meowed Yellowfang "And it goes further than that he is now reinforcing a new rule that every cat takes care of themselves. If you can't hunt you have no right to prey. As a result the elders have been banished from the camp."
"The stolen kits are our priority this moment." she meowed. "We won't be able to sneak them out without some of the other cats noticing."
"Brokenstar has taken ThunderClan kits as well?" Grayfeather questioned softly as she turned her gaze to Ashstorm.
"It would appear so, if we join them, we can probably get our kits back and bring down Brokenstar." Ashstorm murmured. He turned to address the patrol. "We will join ThunderClan and these ShadowClan cats to save the kits, everyone follow me." He spoke softly as he led the patrol toward the ThunderClan- ShadowClan rebellion. They cats hadn't noticed them yet because they continued their conversation.
"This will be dangerous, are you sure we can take on a whole Clan?" asked the large white ThunderClan tom.
"Yes, I am confident that we can do this. ShadowClan is run by Brokenstar and a few elite warriors, everyone else will fight for Brokenstar, but if they see that he may lose this fight..." Yellowfang mewled
"Then they'll fight for your side as will we," The cats spun in alarm to finally see the SkyClan patrol, Yellowfang focused her eyes on Ashstorm who had spoken. Firestorm could see Scorchpaw trying to inch over to where he was standing without getting everyone's attention. A dark striped warrior, who Firestorm recognized as Darkstripe turned to look questioningly at the SkyClan patrol.
"Why would you want to help us?" Darkstripe asked suspiciously.
"Because, we want Brokenstar to be stopped and we also wish to recover what was taken from us." Ashstorm growled softly, flexing his claws in the soft soil. Willowpelt's eyes widened in horror,
"They took your kits." She meowed softly, but loud enough for everyone to hear.
"Yes and we will get them back with or without your help." Growled Stonetooth, Firestorm was surprised by the hostility that Stonetooth was displaying, but he remembered that the Clans were currently under hostile threat from Brokenstar and he had also taken the future of their clans. Yellowfang stepped forward drawing all eyes to her.
"That's enough there is no need for this conflict, we are fighting for the same thing, we should save our energy to face Brokenstar, I have a plan to get us into the camp. I'll let my clanmates, bring me into the camp. As soon as I give a signal then ThunderClan and SkyClan can attack." She rasped softly. Whitestorm and Ashstorm nodded in agreement.
"Very well we must go now time is of the essence," Yellowfang rasped turning to head off toward the ShadowClan camp. The ShadowClan cats fell in step behind her, and ThunderClan and SkyClan started to mix a little with each other as they headed for the ShadowClan camp, Firestorm discreetly padded closer to Scorchpaw as they walked. The two fell to the back of the group, slowing slightly so they could talk.
"So, where have you been last night? Yellowfang and I were worried something had happened to you." Scorchpaw mewled. Firestorm opened his mouth to speak when a voice spoke up suddenly.
"Firestorm, make sure you two don't fall behind, stay with the group." Finchflight called looking back at the two.
"Yes Finchflight," Firestorm replied, he didn't miss the shock on Scorchpaw's face as he picked up his pace, once Finchflight seemed satisfied that he and Scorchpaw were keeping up with the group and had turned his attention away did Firestorm answer Scorchpaw.
"That's why, I became a warrior last night, and couldn't find a way to sneak out, oh and Ravenpaw is an official SkyClan apprentice now," Firestorm murmured quietly. Scorchpaw seemed both happy and sad that his friend was a warrior now, and he seemed very happy that the Clan had finally accepted Ravenpaw. Firestorm noticed that they seemed to be getting closer to what looked like the ShadowClan camp. "We'll discuss this later; we need to focus on retrieving the kits." Scorchpaw nodded in agreement and his face took on a look of concentration. Once they were close to the ShadowClan camp Yellowfang turned to face the others.
"ThunderClan and SkyClan should wait here for the signal." she meowed. She began forward followed closely by the other ShadowClan cats forming a circle around her as if she were their prisoner. The ThunderClan and SkyClan and warriors grew tense as they saw they last of the ShadowClan rebellion's tails slip out of sight into the camp.
A few moments passed before a loud yowl rang out in the sky. The patrols came charging forward with Whitestorm and Ashstorm in the lead before they came bursting through the entrance to the ShadowClan camp.
Firestorm was alarmed by the chaos that had erupted in the camp, but he quickly shook himself off before flinging himself on a brown tabby tom with a stumpy looking tail. The tom hissed and spat slashing with his forepaws trying to rake through his pelt. Firestorm dodges raking his long sharp claws down the toms left flank, sinking his fangs into the toms shoulder. With a screech, the tom flipped his body over. Firestorm wriggled his body from beneath the tom, slashing out with his claws, catching the tom across the face, before digging them into his spine. The brown tabby gave a loud yowl, before managing to shake himself free and turned to flee from the fight. Firestorm turned back into chaos and looked around for Scorchpaw he caught sight of him grappling with a very familiar silver tabby, the same one that had prevented him from helping Ravenpaw protect the kits. With a low growl, he leaped into the air landing on the shoulders of the silver tabby tom, knocking the tom off balance and pinning him to the ground. The silver tabby started to wriggle and tried to reach around to scratch the fiery warrior; Scorchpaw took the opportunity to sink his teeth into the silver tom's throat. The silver tom hissed and wriggled, then wrenched himself free, racing out of the camp, Firestorm gave a nod to Scorchpaw, who blinked gratefully at Firestorm, and then stiffened as his eyes locked onto something behind Firestorm. Firestorm looked around and spotted a familiar battle-scarred tom. As he looked back at Scorchpaw he saw a fierce look enter his friend's eyes before he leapt clear over Firestorm's head and landed on the tom's shoulders, sinking his teeth into the tom's throat. The tom flung himself around causing Scorchpaw to lose his grip on the tom. The battle-scarred tom began to bite and claw at Scorchpaw, but Scorchpaw in his fury slashed his claws over the tom's face and tackled the tom into a flurry of brown, black and white fur. Firestorm realized then that Scorchpaw wasn't fighting just to win this fight, but he was trying to kill this tom. Before Firestorm could stop his friend, Whitestorm had come and ripped the two apart, and delivered a fierce bite to the battle-scarred tom that sent him racing out the entrance. Whitestorm meowed something to Scorchpaw, before returning to battle, Firestorm moved to speak to Scorchpaw, but the black and white apprentice turned and leapt back into the fray. Firestorm whipped around seeing Runningstream fighting with a large tabby tom, she quickly came to her aid to help her fight him off. It wasn't long before they sent him racing out of the camp. She blinked gratefully at him, then returned to the fight, he saw Stonetooth pin a tortoiseshell she-cat beneath him and raked her back with his claws, Finchflight was fighting back to back with Hawkwing and Grayfeather was fighting alongside the ThunderClan warrior named Willowpelt.
Firestorm heard a loud yowl and turned to see Yellowfang locked in battle with Brokenstar, both cats fighting fiercely. Firestorm saw Yellowfang freeze in shock after Brokenstar hissed something at her; Firestorm tackled Brokenstar fighting to keep him from hurting Yellowfang. While he was grappling with the ShadowClan leader, he saw a flash of white and black fur slashing into Brokenstar's flank Scorchpaw slashed deeply into the ShadowClan leader. Brokenstar whipped around slicing into Scorchpaw's flank with his claws, Scorchpaw leapt back away from Brokenstar, who turned his attention to Firestorm. Firestorm sliced Brokenstar's ear, Brokenstar charged the fiery warrior but was stopped by Yellowfang barreling into him. As Brokenstar rose to his paws he realized that all his elite warriors were gone and he was alone surrounded by two enemy Clans as well as his own Clan who despised him. He hissed venomously at the Firestorm, Yellowfang and Scorchpaw.
"This isn't over," He growled as he turned and charged out of the camp heading out of the ShadowClan camp entrance. The ShadowClan cats looked relieved to see that Brokenstar was gone at last. Firestorm heard Whitestorm tell his clanmates to search for the kits and Ashstorm told Hawkwing and Grayfeather to find the kits.
A few moments later the kits had been found and were being looked over by Yellowfang and Runningnose, the ShadowClan medicine cat.
Once the medicine cats had finished looking over the kits they distributed between the two clans. Whitestorm walked over to Nightpelt.
"I can see that you will need time to recover after having to drive out some of your clan, ThunderClan will give you one moon of peace." meowed the white warrior.
"As will SkyClan," meowed Ashstorm, Whitestorm turned to look at Yellowfang.
"Yellowfang, I'd like to ask if you would be willing to return to ThunderClan as our medicine cat?" he asked softly. Firestorm's eyes widened in shock and he glanced around and noticed that other SkyClan cats looked confused as well. Noticing their confusion Whitestorm spoke up.
"Spottedleaf was killed by Clawface, the ShadowClan warrior who stole our kits," spoke Whitestorm, several cats gasped in shock. "We had captured Yellowfang a while ago and just recently let her join our Clan." Firestorm blinked slowly as he processed all that Whitestorm had said. 'Spottedleaf was dead?' Firestorm thought with sadness, he hadn't known the beautiful tortoiseshell for long, but she had been very nice and had been close to Scorchpaw, when Yellowfang allowed them a break in their training, his friend would tell him how great Spottedleaf was and he told him how the two of them were good friends, He now understood Scorchpaw's reaction to the heavily scarred tom that he had been fighting. 'If that cat had been Clawface then it makes sense why he had reacted so viciously to him' Firestorm thought.
"I will return to ThunderClan, ShadowClan is no longer the Clan I once knew." She rasped softly. As she rose to follow the ThunderClan warrior, an orange tabby ShadowClan queen came up to her, and spoke softly to her.
"I'm sorry Yellowfang," she murmured softy as she padded away. Yellowfang watched her go and continued on with her new Clan. Firestorm watched the exchange with curiosity then began to look around for Scorchpaw and spotted him carrying a little brown tabby tom in his jaws. Before he could go and speak to his friend he felt fur brush against his pelt. He turned his head to see Silverwind with Rainkit in his jaws. Silverwind placed the young kit in front of Firestorm's paws. Firestorm looked at Silverwind in curiosity.
"Ashstorm wants you to carry one of the kits, along with Runningstream, Grayfeather and Mapletail." He explained. "Finchflight, Stonetooth, Hawkwing, Ashstorm and I will be on the lookout for the ShadowClan rogues in case they decide to attack us as we return to camp." Firestorm nodded in understanding, as Silverwind padded away.
"Are we going home now Firestorm?" mewled Rainkit softly, the little kit was shivering a little. Firestorm purred comfortingly to the young tom.
"Yes we are; its okay you and the other kits will be back in the nursery soon." He meowed gently. As he finished speaking Ashstorm called the patrol together to leave. Firestorm picked up Rainkit in his jaws and padded up to Runningstream who was carrying Spottedkit in her jaws. Grayfeather came over to stand beside Firestorm; she had Stormkit in her jaws, which seemed to relax him when he saw his brother in Firestorm's jaws and Mapletail joined Runningstream on her other side with Cloverkit.
Firestorm took a moment to look for Scorchpaw and saw him leaving with his Clanmates, Graypaw was right beside him with a little gray she-kit in his jaws, but before Scorchpaw walked off with his Clanmates he looked over and gave Firestorm a reassuring look, letting Firestorm know he was okay and Firestorm returned the look and with the knowledge that his friend was okay he followed his Clanmates out of the ShadowClan camp.
Okay I'm stopping it there, i'll try and get started on the next chapter soon. again i hope i answered all the questions that were asked