"C'mon you two. Don't keep the entire clan waiting." Feather meowed, turning her head to look at Flame and Flash.
"Coming!" Flame called, picking up her pace. Yesterday Thorn, Moss, and Bear from Flowerclan had came to Hawkclan with a request to join forces to protect the cats. Falcon had been reluctant at first, but in the end he agreed. Today the entire clan was moving over to Flowerclan's camp. Feather had told them that once, not too long ago, there was only one clan, Leafclan. The clan split up, and the two clans became Hawkclan and Flowerclan. Because of this, a lot of the cats had kin in the other clan. Apparently, Falcon and Blossom were mates, along with Thorn and Ocean. Feather was Daisy's sister, and Bramble was Fox's. There was a whole lot of other relationships that Flame couldn't remember, but that was alright. Feather told the kits that there were kits about their age in Flowerclan, so they could make friends. Flame smiled. She loved the idea of the two clans coming together.
"We're here!" Fox called out.
Flame looked up, her eyes wide. In front of them stood a barrier of thorn bushes. She watched as one by one the cats squeezed through an opening. Flame kneaded her paws, impatient. Finally, she couldn't take it any more.
"Flame, wait!" Flash called out.
She ignored him and darted up to the barrier, and pushed through it. She tumbled out into the other side, thorns sticking out of her fur everywhere.
"Oowww…" She groaned, and set to work taking them out. Flash came through the entrance moments later, and went over to his sister.
"Flame, I told you to wait!" He meowed, worry in his voice.
Flame huffed.
Flash sighed, and sat down, helping her get the thorns out.
"Um….h-hello?"
Flame tugged the last thorn out, and looked up, annoyed.
A light brown kit with amber eyes looked at her curiously. Next to her was a brown kit with green eyes and a white circle around one of his eyes.
"Hello?" Flame meowed, a hint of sarcasm in her voice.
"Are you two from Hawkclan?" The tom asked, his tail curling.
"Yes. I'm Flash, and this is my sister Flame. Who are you?" Flash meowed.
"I'm Grass, and this is my sister Heather." The brown kit, Grass, Flame reminded herself, meowed.
"Ah, I see you've met my lot." A she-cat spoke from behind Flame. She turned and saw a cream-colored she-cat with green eyes. "I'm Daisy, Feather's sister."
"Hi." Flash meowed softly.
Feather walked up next to Daisy. "There you two are! Come on, everyone is meeting over here." She padded over to the center of camp. Daisy followed.
"Well? Let's go." Flame meowed, getting up and following the she-cats.
Heather and Grass glanced at each other, but followed.
The center of camp was absolutely overflowing with activity. Sand and Dust were mingling with Swoop. Flame watched as they all nuzzled each other. Bramble, Fox, Berry, Mouse, Cloud, and Breeze were all meowing with one another. River and Tiger were wrestling with Wolf and Reed. It seemed that Wolf was winning. Fang, Creek, Dawn, Swift and Blaze were joking around. Flame also saw Falcon and Blossom nuzzling each other, as well as Ocean and Thorn. Moss and Dream were discussing herbs that could be collected in their territories.
"Why did we ever separate?" Heather murmured as she watched.
"Cats of Hawkclan and Flowerclan! Please may I have your attention!" Blossom was on a high tree branch, with Falcon on the branch below her. "Welcome Hawkclan to Flowerclan's camp! We all hope you enjoy your stay. As you might know already, we have come together because of a vision my healer, Moss, had. Although currently we are all very happy and excited, two warriors have passed away. Bird, from Flowerclan, and Leaf, from Hawkclan."
The cats all dipped their heads for a moment of silence for their fallen clanmates.
"Excuse me, Blossom. I propose that for the time we are together, we do not identify ourselves as cats from Hawkclan and Flowerclan, but as cats from Leafclan." Falcon meowed, his voice ringing loud and clear.
A few murmurs went up from the cats, but in the end, approving meows came from everyone.
"Thorn, will you show everyone which den is which?" Blossom asked her deputy.
He looked up, and nodded.
"Fabulous. Everyone is dismissed." She leaped down from the tree. Falcon kind of just slid down.
"Alright everyone, please follow me." Thorn meowed, standing up. "Apprentices, this is your den. Warriors, this is yours. Kits and Queens, this is yours. Healers, this is yours. Deputies, this is yours. And this is the Leaders. Questions?"
Silence.
"Okay then….Well, good night." He padded into his den, followed by Ocean. Everyone eventually separated into their separate dens.
Flame was sitting in the clearing, and after a bit, the other kits had come to her.
"Sis? You okay?" Flash meowed, sitting next to her.
"Yes. The night is peaceful." She replied shortly.
Heather, Grass, River, Tiger, Reed, and Wolf padded over.
"I don't much like Ocean…." Heather murmured, flattening her ears as she glanced toward the deputies den.
Flame pricked her ears. "Why is that?"
Heather hunched her shoulders. "n-no reason…"
Grass sighed. "She thinks she saw her murder Leaf."
River and Tiger widened their eyes. "Woah."
Flame, Flash, Reed, and Wolf looked at each other. An unspoken message passed between them all.
"Not to long before we arrived, we all heard her talking to a strange tom. She said that she killed Bird, and the tom said to kill Leaf next." Wolf informed the other kits.
Heather looked up. "I knew she was evil!"
"Wait, you guys are serious?!" River meowed, shocked.
"Yeah, c'mon. We like a good prank." Tiger meowed, tilting his head.
Reed shook her head. "No, we swear on our lives we heard her."
"Wow. What are we going to do then?" River meowed, looking at them.
"Nothing, at the moment." Flash meowed. "We can't do anything now."
Flame bristled. "but we can…." She muttered.