darkwolf90 and Spottedmask12-Thanks for the compliment. And the others before them.
Returning to the City
The clearing fell silent. Blood glistened on the grass as cold sunlight sliced through the trees. Firestar staggered on his paws, standing beside Nightfrost.
"Is he gone?" Thunderclan's leader asked.
"He is," Nightfrost answered, turning to his brother. "Look at your wounds, Firestar. You should be going to Yellowfang."
Firestar playfully nudged him weakly, leaning on him. "And what of you? And the cats that joined you?"
"We'll be going back to the Twolegplace. But first, I'll go to Thunderclan camp for Redkit." Nightfrost padded to where the medicine cat is. When they reached Yellowfang, Firestar collapsed on the ground. Nightpaw quickly padded to him with a pawful of cobwebs. Sandstorm ran to them with light injuries.
"Is he okay?" She asked worried, nosing Firestar.
"I'm tired, that's all." Firestar blinked up at his mate. Sandstorm smiled as her former mentor padded to them.
"That's a relief. You are too young to die. By the way, there are more cats coming, Firestar." Whitestorm gave a pointed look to Nightfrost. The small tom turned to face Leopardstar, Tallstar and Blackfo-star coming their way. The Windclan leader padded to him, the other two staying a tail-length away.
"You have done every cat in the forest a great favor, Nightfrost, but what will you do now?" Tallstar asked, eyes narrowed. Nightfrost saw a flicker of pain in the amber eyes. Leopardstar and Blackstar looked at him wearily.
"I'll be returning to the Twolegplace soon. Don't worry, I won't come back, but I might order a hunting patrol of four cats each day to bring prey back from the area beyond the clan territories," the small tom replied, his tail twitching. The look of relief appeared in every leader's faces, except he couldn't see his brother's.
"Is prey scared in the Twolegplace?"
"Very. That's why I'm not surprised why Willie chose to attack the clans."
Tallstar nodded, while the once conjoined leaders let out a breath.
"So what of Shadowclan and Riverclan?" Firestar asked, covered from head to tail in cobwebs.
"Riverclan have decided to their home. We must care for our wounded and grieve for our dead," Leopardstar mewed.
"And Shadowclan as well," Blackstar added.
"I certainly hope that Shadowclan remembers what a clan is," Leopardstar mocked.
Blackstar gave the Riverclan leader a distained look. "Shadowclan will not be like the Shadowclan of the recent past. I will return it to the respectful clan it once was, now that it is free to do so." The white tom padded away to his clan. That is much to work up for the new Shadowclan leader.
First was Brokenstar, the kit stealer and clan tyrant had tried to turn Shadowclan into the only ruling clan of the forest. Next was Tigerstar, the traitor of Thunderclan. Like Brokenstar, he tried to rule the whole forest, but his plans fell apart as soon as he brought Bloodclan here. Not only that, but Blackstar was the deputy for these two cats, making him questionable. Ah, but all the clans can do is wait and see how Shadowclan will become under his rule.
Firestar turned to Leopardstar. "How will Riverclan defend itself if Blackstar turns out like the others?"
"No matter, I have a new deputy, and enough warriors to defend our territory if Shadowclan don't respect our border s."
"Who is the new deputy?" Firestar asked curiously.
"Mistyfoot," meowed the Riverclan leader, a glint in her eyes.
Mistyfoot emerged from the Thunderclan cats, followed by Featherpaw and Stormpaw. "I'm going with Leopardstar," she explained, fixing Firestar with her mother's ice-blue gaze. "I'll always be grateful for what you did, but I'm a Riverclan cat at heart."
Firestar nodded. "But…as deputy?" he meowed. "After what happened to Stonefur?"
There was deep grief in Mistyfoot's eyes, but her determination did not waver. "Leopardstar asked me just before the battle started," she explained. "I said I'd think about it, and now I know I have to do it for Stonefur's sake, and for the sake of the clan."
Firestar dipped his head, respecting the hard decision she had made. "Then Starclan go with you," he meowed. "And may you always be a friend to Thunderclan."
The two young cats beside Mistyfoot glanced uncertainly from Firestar to Leopardstar. "We're going too," Stormpaw mewed. "Riverclan has lost many warriors. They need us."
Featherpaw padded up to Graystripe, who had join in the group while the leaders were talking, and touched noses with him. "You'll come and visit us, won't you?"
"Try to stop me." Graystripe's voice was muffled and his eyes were filled with the pain of his kits' divided heritage. "Be the best warriors you can, and make me proud of you."
The two apprentices pressed close to their father and twined their tails with his. Leopardstar gave them a moment to be together before signaling to them, and the young cats fell in behind her. The Riverclan cats vanished into the bushes and up the slope toward their own territory. Nightfrost turned to the Shadowclan side, where Firestar flicked his tail at his apprentice, Bramblepaw. He mewed something to Blackstar, who had no answer. The Shadowclan leader rounded up his clan and led them from the clearing.
Nightfrost caught barn scent and turned to the loners. Barley and Violet were at his side.
"So it's finally over now," Violet asked.
Nightfrost nodded. "It is the end for tyrant ways of Bloodclan, and start of a better future."
"At least with you back, the cats from Twolegplace will have the chance to live in peace," Barley remarked with feeling. "They might have a better life now."
"What will you do now, Barley?" Nightfrost inquired.
"Go back to the barn. It's our home now. We'll always be grateful to you, Nightfrost," Barley replied.
"And Nightpaw?"
"She'll be with Thunderclan. She never did felt right staying with us, like Ravenwing. Kits have to leave at some point," Violet mewed, turning to her daughters. Nightpaw and White were touching noses and mewing happily to each other.
"I guess this is goodbye," Barley meowed.
"Yeah, good luck with Bloodclan, Nightfrost," Violet mewed. The two sibling padded away and nudged White, returning to the barn. Nigthfrost turned to his own group of cats and took a deep breath.
"Bone, lead them back to the city. Brick come with me." His most loyal cats nodded. Bone lead them away, while Brick stayed with him. Now all he had to do is-"Dark, what are you still doing here?"
The silvery tom turned to him. "I would like to join Thunderclan. I finally found her, after so many millenniums."
Nightfrost opened and closed his jaw, nodding. "You'll have to ask Firestar to join."
Dark dipped his head. "Thank you, Nightfrost."
"But why do you have to leave, Nightfrost?" Redkit cried. Willowpelt brushed her pelt against the kit.
"Nightfrost has to go somewhere to take care of something. Besides, once you are six moons old, you can go out of camp to visit him," the queen mewed.
Redkit pouted. "Promise you'll come at my apprentice ceremony?"
Nightfrost chuckled at the kitten look Redkit was giving him. "Of course."
Redkit squealed, running to his nest mates. Willowpelt, Whitestorm and Nightfrost laughed.
"Well, I guess Thunderclan won't be seeing you for a while then," Willowpelt remarked.
Nighfrost nodded. "I have to go."
Whitestorm let out a sad smile. "Goodbye Nightfrost, may Starclan light your path."
"Thank you, Whitestorm. May Starclan light your path as well."
The two friends nodded to each other, respecting each other's positions. Nightfrost pushed away the leaves and headed to Brick. Before he could let out a mew to him, a familiar scent tickled his nose.
"Red," the black tom whispered.
"I'll see you again in Starclan."
The scent faded as quickly as it appeared. Nightfrost looked to his side, where Nightpaw had blushed her tail lightly against his pelt. The Thunderclan apprentice smiled at him and bounded away to the apprentices' den. Nightfrost purred in thanks as he lead Brick away.
Nightfrost sat at where he used to sit in his alley. He had already Bone and Brick to tell the other cats for a meeting. Cats gathered below him. Bone padded to his side.
"We're ready, Nightfrost."
Nightfrost nodded and rose to his paws. The leader of Bloodclan let out a cry, starting the meeting.
No, this is not the end yet. Like about...two or three chapters more with one of them being an extra. If you don't know or remember: kitten look=puppy look.