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Chapter 15
Firestorm stretched out of his nest and padded out of the warriors' den and into the clearing. He headed for the fresh-kill pile, but was stopped by a voice calling out to him. He looked and saw Goldenstar standing outside her nest.
"Come here Firestorm I need to speak with you." she called to him. Firestorm padded over to the leader's den and into her den. When he entered her den he saw Silverwind waiting along with Goldenstar. Firestorm looked questioningly at them both. Goldenstar decided to speak.
"If you recall from the gathering the previous night the decision was made to find WindClan and return them to the forest," she paused briefly to gather her thoughts. "I've have chosen the two of you to undertake this mission." Firestorm's eyes were wide with shock.
"We're going to find WindClan by ourselves?" Firestorm asked
"No, you won't be alone, Bluestar agreed to send two of her own warriors to accompany you on the search. This will be a dangerous mission and you will need to work well with those warriors if you are to succeed." Goldenstar sighed softly. "I would send more warriors but, Nightpelt and Crookedstar made it clear they weren't happy with the decision to bring them back, I sense rough times ahead, and we must be ready." Firestorm nodded in understanding while glancing at Silverwind. The silver tabby tom had been silently listening to all Goldenstar had to say.
"Where are we supposed to meet these warriors?" SIlverwind's deep voice meowed softly.
"At Fourtrees, we agreed that it was neutral ground and that it wouldn't cause problems if you met there." Goldenstar explained. "Now you both should see Fallowpelt , she will give you traveling herbs to help give you energy for the journey. "
"Very well," spoke Silverwind. "We'll do our best."
"Yes, but be cautious you may run into ShadowClan while you're traveling there. Do you remember how to get to WindClan's territory?" she asked. Firestorm nodded he vaguely remembered traveling through their territory to reach Highstones where he moonstone was during his apprenticeship, he hadn't been a part of SkyClan for very long at the time and the sight of the moonstone had amazed him.
"Yes I remember, "Spoke Firestorm
"I do as well," Silverwind meowed smoothly.
"Silverwind do you remember WindClan scent?" She asked
"Yes I do, I'll make sure Firestorm learns their scent as well." Silverwind promised. Firestorm blinked slowly as he realized he had never seen a WindClan cat before and didn't really remember their scent , it had been covered by ShadowClan's scent when he had travelled with Goldenstar and he wondered if that had occurred not long after Brokenstar drove out WindClan.
"Very well, take care both of you, and remember to watch out for Nightpelt, he is supposed to be traveling to Highstones today." She reminded them. "Good luck" and with that dismissed them from her den. Silverwind lead Firestorm toward Fallowpelt's den, as they approached Fallowpelt emerged from her den with bundles of herbs that she placed at their feet.
"Here these will give you both strength, you'll need it; I put a little extra in their since you'll be traveling through ThunderClan's and WindClan's territories and who knows how long you have to travel to find WindClan." She meowed softly. The two nodded in understanding and began to eat the herbs. Firestorm was prepared for the bitter taste of herbs to fill his mouth, but was surprised to taste the sweet taste of honey and dewberry overriding the bitter taste of the herbs. As Firestorm finished his last mouthful, Fallowpelt lent over him and murmured into his ear.
"Take care and return safely." She meowed softly. Firestorm watched as she headed back into her den. Firestorm was surprised by her remark; the medicine cat had been a bit subdued since she heard of Spottedleaf's death and he wondered how close the two had been. Firestorm felt a tail brush over his ears and turned to see that Silverwind had finished his herbs and was watching him expectantly.
"It's time to go," he meowed softly. Firestorm nodded, but froze as he realized he hadn't said goodbye to his friends.
"Can I say goodbye to my friends first?"
"There isn't time, we have to meet the ThunderClan cats as well and we have further to travel." Silverwind explained, but looked sympathetically at Firestorm. "They'll understand Firestorm, but we must leave now while the herbs give us strength." With that said he turned and dashed toward the entrance. Firestorm raced after him, a sudden feeling over took him as he reached the entrance causing him to look back. He saw Sunkit watching him with sad fearful eyes. He hesitated wanting to comfort her, but knew he had to catch up with Silverwind. He waved his tail at her and gave a reassuring glance at her before chasing after Silverwind.
The two SkyClan warriors made it to fourtrees just before sunhigh. As they entered the clearing Firestorm made out the familiar pelts of Scorchblaze and Graystripe. Firestrom was immediately filled with excitement at seeing his friend, but tried to keep his enthusiasm subdued. Scorchpaw seemed to be doing the same, as the black and white warrior nodded respectively at the approaching SkyClan cats.
"Greetings, I'm Silverwind and this is Firestorm," spoke the silver warrior
"Greetings, I'm Scorchblaze and this is Graystripe." Scorchblaze returned.
"Yes I remember you from the Gathering and the fight with ShadowClan, I'm surprised Bluestar has put her newest warrior's on this mission." Silverwind replied. Scorchblaze seemed almost offended by the statement, but Silverwind quickly clarified. "She must have a lot of trust in you both."
"She does," Scorchblaze answered,
"I suppose we should get going." Graystripe spoke up "We have a lot of area to cover since we have no idea where WindClan have gone.
"I think we should start at their camp, we might at least get an idea of what direction they went." Firestorm explained. Silverwind nodded in agreement.
"It's a good place to start, any objections?" asked Silverwind, The two ThunderClan warriors shook their heads. "Very well let's go then." He took the lead heading toward WindClan territory. Firestorm, Scorchblaze and Graystripe, fell in step behind him.
As they traveled through the moorland, Firestorm kept staring curiously at Silverwind. Scorchblaze noticed and immediately began to pester him about it.
"What's up why are you staring at Silverwind like he's grown two heads?" Scorchblaze hissed in his ear.
"It's just that I've never heard Silverwind speak as much as he has today, he's usually the strong silent type" Firestorm explained quietly "I guess I'm not used to hearing him talk."
Suddenly Silverwind froze and seemed to look around. He then crouched down low to the ground, the others mimicked his movements the heather that surrounded them keeping them hidden.
"RiverClan, are here" he hissed under his breath. Firestorm looked alarmed as did the ThunderClan warriors.
"What are they doing here?" Scorchblaze breathed
"Obviously their hunting, I guess Crookedstar decided to catch as much prey as they can before WindClan return."Graystripe guessed
"How far are they from us? Can they scent us?" asked Firestorm quietly. Graystripe peeked over the bushes.
"I can see them they're hunting," Graystripe murmured, the other warriors peered over the gorse bushes, Firestorm could see four RiverClan warriors chasing a rabbit through the gorse. He recognized Blackclaw and another warrior called Reedtail the other two warriors Firestorm hadn't seen before.
"They should stick to catching fish," murmured Silverwind. As the three were deciding what to do they could hear the footsteps of the RiverClan hunting party heading in their direction.
"Over here," hissed Graystripe quietly, leading them to an abandon badger set.
"Yuck, it stinks in here," hissed Scorchblaze irritably "There's four of them and four of us, why can't we just chase them off?"
"One this isn't our territory, two it's not our mission, we are to bring back WindClan, not protect their land and three we are from different clans RiverClan might believe we have formed an alliance against them."Silverwind hissed sharply "Now be quiet their almost here" Scorchblaze looked like he wanted to say something, but stopped when he heard the RiverClan cats approach.
"Badger set, "rasped the voice of Blackclaw.
"Is it abandoned? The rabbit may have run in there" meowed another warrior." The hiding group tensed and flexed their claws preparing to fight for themselves.
"No the scent is this way," called the voice of Reedtail, the footsteps took off after the rabbit leaving the old badger set behind." Silverwind crept forward to the entrance and cautiously peered out.
"They're gone, we should get moving," he meowed, and led the group out of the den.
"That was close we need to remember to watch for RiverClan,"meowed Graystripe
"And ShadowClan too, don't forget they've been using these grounds, for hunting also and Nightpelt is supposed to travel to highstones to receive his nine lives." Firestorm added quietly.
The group continued on through the heather following Silverwind's lead, he was the only one of them who had been to the camp before, he had assisted Fallowpelt in an herb exchange with the WindClan medicine cat Barkface.
They soon reached the camp, the camp was in a plateau where gorse grew on either side of the plateau, it was filled with the scents of old cats, young cats, male cats and female cats, there was a faint odor of crowfood. The group plunged down the slope and started to push their way through the gorse to try and get into the camp.
They soon entered the clearing none the worse for wear and looked around. Firestorm took in the sight of the camp and the faint scent of fear and blood that hung in the air of the abandoned camp.
"I can't believe Brokenstar drove them out of this place, I mean just trying to get in here the way we did nearly took my whole pelt off." Meowed Graystripe.
"They put up a fight though," Firestorm pointed out, as he looked at the clumps of fur and the dried blood that stained the ground.
"Come, we must find the scent trail that leads out of here, hopefully we can determine which direction WindClan traveled." Meowed Silverwind as he lowered his head and began to look for a scent trail, the others bow their heads to do the same. They spread out and kept an eye on each other as they searched for a scent trail. Firestorm picked up a scent which lead him to a gap in the gorse. He called out to the others who bounded over to him. He squeezed through the gap and caught a clearer scent trail.
"Look there," meowed Silverwind as he examined some dried drops of blood on the ground. "They were headed in this direction."
The trail led them to the end of the uplands where the land would slope and turn into farmland. The group could see Highstones in the distance.
"I wonder if Nightpelt reached Highstones?" asked Firestorm curiously.
"Well let's hope he isn't down there," Scorchblaze hissed as he looked down at the farmland, "With all the dogs, twolegs and monsters we'll have to dodge we don't need to see him too."
"Come on we should get going we're losing daylight," meowed Silverwind once more taking the lead. Scorchblaze snorted quietly and padded beside Firestorm.
"Who put him in charge?" he muttered quietly, Firestorm looked at his friend
"Silverwind has been a warrior longer then we have, so he has more experience and he is a pretty good tracker, not the best in SkyClan but he is better than most." Replied Firestorm,
"I suppose but it would be nice if we made decisions as a group instead of him making decisions for us." Hissed Scorchpaw.
The group continued on following the scent trail through a wide grassy field, through a twoleg path pass a farm that housed a loner who went by the name of Barley, the tom didn't make an appearance, until they reached a hedge that sat beside the Thunderpath. They searched around the area and concluded that WIndClan had crossed the Thunderpath.
"We'll have to cross here," meowed Silverwind. "We should cross in pairs, I'll go with Firestorm and you two can cross together." Neither Graystripe nor Scorchblaze protested as Silverwind took his position near the Thunderpath, he turned and beckoned Firestorm over with his tail. The two looked both ways before racing over to the grass on the other side of the Thunderpath. Graystripe and Scorchblaze were beside them a short moment later. They searched around for a scent of WindClan and found it in the open field ahead of them. They noticed a bunch of Thunderpaths one stood high above them with another Thunderpath underneath it.
After having to cross the Thunderpath, the group was more than a little exhausted, they decided to find a place to rest, but the suddenly came across a fresh WindClan marker.
"It's them, they must have settled nearby here," meowed Scorchblaze.
"I guess they figured not even Brokenstar would come here," meowed Firestorm as he looked around.
"We should probably wait until daylight to approach them, if we did in the dark they might not be trusting to us." Meowed Silverwind.
"So we can rest now?" sighed Graystripe.
"Yes just till daylight, then we'll search them out." Answered Silverwind. The group found a tunnel to shelter in that seemed to be located under the Thunderpath. The group was a little restless with the sounds of the Thunderpath above them and being in unfamiliar territory but eventually they fell to sleep. Firestorm was up first just as dawn was approaching. He woke Scorchblaze up then proceeded to wake Silverwind. Once everyone was awake they silently headed down through the tunnel that went under the Thunderpath.
Darkness surrounded them the entire as they walked, until they reached the other end where the grass dirty and barren. They saw a Thunderpath that loomed above them and two thunderpaths on either side of them. They saw a fire in the center of the grass, where some Twolegs were laying around it. Firestorm peered for carefully and was shocked when he caught sight of cats near the fire. 'Is it WindClan have we found them?' he thought as he stared at the cats that stood near the fire.
"That must be them," breathed Scorchblaze, as he looked at the cats. Firestorm's mind began to wander to his dream of cats surrounded by fire and wondered if WindClan was to save the Clans.
"Yes, it's WindClan" meowed Silverwind as he looked at the other cats. Suddenly a twoleg was roused from slumber and began to shout at the cats near the fire. The cats took off running and the four travelers took off after them. The followed the cats to another tunnel which the WindClan cats disappeared into.
"Let's go, we need to catch up with them," meowed Silverwind as he took the lead into the tunnel. Firestorm entered behind him, with Scorchblaze following and Graystripe bringing up the rear. The floor was damp and slimy and the air was bitter, it was too dark to see anything. Then Firestorm's whiskers picked up a change in direction, which Silverwind must have picked up on since he stopped Firestorm with a touch of his tail, which Firestorm mimicked to Scorchblaze. Once they had all stopped they carefully moved so they could peer around the corner. They could see pitifully thin elder's queens and kits all huddled together in the poorly lit tunnel. Silverwind glanced at the others who all nodded and he took a few steps into the light, Firestorm followed him. One of the WindClan warriors sounded the alarm at the sight of the intruders and one by one the warriors lined up to defend the queens, kits and elders hissing fiercely with their backs arched. Scorchblaze and Graystripe had joined them and were trying not to look like a threat. Firestorm was waiting to see if these cats would attack them, but realized they were waiting for Tallstar's command. An old black and white tom approached them looking curiously at them as he examined their scent. A flicker of recognition flicker across his gaze as his eyes landed on Silverwind.
"It is SkyClan and ThunderClan," meowed Tallstar to his warriors who relaxed a bit but didn't move from their defensive line. "What brings you here Silverwind and these ThunderClan cats with you are?" he asked as he surveyed the other cats in their little group.
"This is Firestorm he is from SkyClan and these cats are Graystripe and Scorchblaze they are from ThunderClan. " Silverwind meowed pointing out each cat. "We were sent here by our leaders to bring you home."
"Our home is lost to us, ShadowClan has driven us from our home." He meowed solemnly.
"Brokenstar is no longer the leader of ShadowClan he was driven out by ShadowClan and the other Clans agreed to find you and bring you all home." Firestorm explained. The WindClan cats began to murmur with excitement at sound of Brokenstar's departure from ShadowClan.
"I see, then we shall return," Tallstar turned and looked to a long legged black tom who bore one twisted paw. "Deadfoot are we fit for travel?"
"All except Morningflower's kit." He reported
"Then he must be carried," meowed Tallstar. Firestorm looked at all the cats and could see just how weak they all were and knew they would need some help.
"May we travel with you?" asked Firestorm carefully knowing he couldn't out right ask them if they needed help. Tallstar recognized the question for what it was and dipped his head respectively
"Yes, you may and thank you." Tallstar murmured quietly. Silverwind nodded and acknowledged Firestorm's suggestion. Tallstar looked back to the Clan, "Are we ready,"
"Ready," called Deadfoot after he had looked at all the cats present.
"Then let's go"
Okay I'm stopping here for now
So what do you think? Send me a review the apprentice thing will hopefully come in the next chapter. Until then you can keep telling me who you want Firestorm's apprentice to be.
Also I mentioned earlier that some of the modern day skyclan cats will make an appearance in this story but I also said that they might not be the same as they are in the books and I mentioned why I changed Fireheart's name
and now I'm wondering do you want me to give modern skyclan cats their warrior names from the books or new ones technically they are in the same clan but a different cat gave them their warrior names so do you want me to keep their names or not example: Leafkit will be Leafdapple unless you want me to give her a different name I can if you want I like their original names except most of the day-light warriors but they won't appear in this story anyway since this is based off Firestar's Quest I have names lined up for them whether their good or not I don't know but like I said I like their real names so I don't know.
Also don't forget to vote for Ravenpaw's warrior name in my profile you still have a few chapters before that will come up so vote it will be open until the chapter is up which I have no clue when that will be so you have time. I have a bunch of names chosen and there is an option for you to give me a name ONE name that hasn't already been put in the poll you can have up to 5 choices for a name so look through them carefully.
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