Here I am with another installment of Heart of Fire: Shadows of the Past!

I hope you all enjoy this one as much as I enjoyed creating it!

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Tigerstar found himself sitting on a cliff ledge with his giant paws neatly tucked underneath him. Down below, a river wound peacefully between steep cliffs that enclosed a gorge. As sunrise was approaching, light gleamed on the surface of the water and soaked into Tigerstar's thick, dark brown tabby fur; his broad shoulders were relaxed, enjoying the warmth and the sensation of the gentle breeze that ruffled his pelt.

However, Tigerstar didn't recall ever making his way up the cliff.

He only managed to turn his head when a familiar snowy-white she-cat with long whiskers came to stand beside him, their pelts just barely brushing one another.

"Greetings, Tigerstar," meowed Sagewhisker. "Here we meet yet again."

"Are you here to give me some more answers?" Tigerstar retorted, his amber eyes narrowed. "Or just to try and annoy me half to death."

The last cat Tigerstar wanted to see was this particular medicine cat. Though she was the only ancestor with enough backbone to confide to him the truth about SkyClan, she was also very unpleasant to be around.

"Still acting rude towards your warrior ancestors I see," Sagewhisker remarked, tail twitching behind her. "I shouldn't have expected you to learn much since our last meeting. Let alone something as simple as politeness."

Tigerstar let out a low warning snarl, StarClan ancestor or not, Tigerstar wouldn't be taking anymore fox-dung insults.

"Please stop teasing my son, Sagewhisker," the soft spoken words of his mother were practically whispered in the wind as Leopardfoot came from behind to stand on Tigerstar's other side.

"Teasing?!" The snowy-white StarClan medicine cat nearly yowled in outrage, "what your son needs is some discipline in order for him to show some respect towards their elders."

"Is there really such a thing as elders anymore?" Leopardfoot mused, whiskers twitching as she blinked good-naturedly at the other she-cat. "Besides, you like getting into arguments."

Sagewhisker sniffed in dissatisfaction as she turned back to acknowledge Tigerstar, as if just now remembering his existence.

Tigerstar slowly calmed down now with his mother's presence at his side. "Well if you want some answers just take a look down there." Sagewhisker said dryly, pointing down the cliff towards a group of cats he didn't take notice of before.

Tigerstar went slightly wide eyed as he witnessed a sleek tortoiseshell she-cat with sharp green eyes, walking alongside a ginger tom with green eyes, the pair seeming to be hunting together in the desolate, narrow gorge.

The pair looked scrawny, half-starved, filthy and above all, desperate for salvation.

"I'm worried about Daisystem," the she-cat was saying to the tom, "ever since being forced out of the forest she's never been the same. She's always been more optimistic about things and didn't despair like the rest of us when-"

"No, we don't speak about him," the ginger tom interrupted, his eyes giving the she-cat a stern glare. "We need to worry about the present. Daisystem will get back on her paws soon enough, she always has."

"You're right, Buzzardtail," the tortoiseshell she-cat amended, "I'm just worried, she's already the oldest elder in camp and lost so much, I don't think-"

"Daisystem was my mentor," Buzzardtail interrupted once more. "I know her better than most cat's alive today. She's going to be just fine, everyone is going to be fine, we just have to keep moving forward."

Tigerstar sharply inhaled, angry beyond belief for a group of cats he doesn't know but specifically these wrongfully prosecuted ones, and who he now knows are his bloodline. He exhaled when Leopardfoot soothed him down with a gentle stroke of her tail. He had so many thoughts running through his head. What hurt was that this could have ended up being his life. Scattered to the wind without any possible way of knowing whether or not he'd still follow his lineage and warrior code. He would be as lost as a loner, oblivious as a kittypet, with a cold heart of a rogue.

Tigerstar wouldn't have the life he cherished today.

Leopardfoot leaned over to whisper directly into her son's ear, "You're getting closer. Don't stop now."

Tigerstar wouldn't, he's already come too far.

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I honestly need some reassurance on how my Tigerstar povs are doing!! Do they seem alright with everyone? Does it seem like he's in character (to a certain extent) because I sometimes really like his character and like some of the ways I portray him but then for others I get self-conscious!!!

Fun Facts;

I love writing about Tigerstar's mother!!! She's just the best!!! And hardly ever mentioned in the books or in general!! (Many characters aren't! Disappointing and that's why I'll be mentioning those who are important and relevant to the characters in question!!! Like how Leopardfoot is important to Tigerstar!!!)

At this point Leopardfoot and Sagewhisker are BFF'S.

Leopardfoot loves her son.

Sagewhisker barely tolerates Tigerstar and just likes to call him an idiot most of the time.

Leopardfoot and Sagewhisker are gonna be shown a lot around Tigerstar to be honest.

I imagine what Tigerstar would go through if he were in Cloudstar's place and Fireheart and their kits were in the place of his mate and kits!!! There would be a ton of anger, resentment and dubious morality choices that's for sure!!! But the StarClan reunion between Tiger and Fire would be beautiful!!! So would their kits!!! (Also of course in this scenario it would be a life swap sort of thing with Tigerstar taking the place of Cloudstar and Cloudstar taking the place of Firestar!)

Special shout-out;

Also this chapter is a little dedicated to a great SkyClan centered fic called; Just Like Any Other Day by TheGirlOfLightAndDarkness

I like it so far and though it's very vague and ambitious at the moment I hope it gets more lore!!! I love the human-turned-warriors troup!!! (Especially a human that reads the books and then gets turned into a cat and goes through one of the books!!! There was this one I really liked about a girl who gets turned into a cat and becomes a warrior, from what I remember it's set during Omen of the Stars, she ends up getting pregnant by Dark Forest Tigerstar, another human girl turned cat also gets sent there but since she broke her arm before she only has three legs, she ends up killing Ashfur by pushing him into the fire during the fire scene and prevented Squirrelflight from revealing the truth to Jay/Holly/Lion, she ends up getting pretty badly burned and thinks she's ugly but Jayfeather tells her otherwise, she and Jayfeather totally had a thing going, there was a flood and a dog she befriends helps them, I think Brightheart died and the other human turned cat girl with three legs is totally upset because Brightheart was her mentor, she pulls the ultimate game move by joining all the chosen cats together to defeat something, etc…it's been a long time since I read it okay and only a few things stand out to me and I'm pretty sure it's deleted now!!!! I think their names were Lightspeckle and Sparrowflight!! I think there was a sequel as well and Sparrowflight son ended up with Ivypool!!!)