Warriors: The Return Of The Greatest Heroes

46. Fireheart Must Be Possessed

Mossbird and Splashflight swirved out of the way of the suddenly vicious tom, surprised, their fur bristling.

"Fireheart? What are you doing?" Mossbird yelped as he barreled down upon her.

"Sandstorm!" Splashflight looked at the other she-cat in the eye. "I need you to go get the cats closest to Fireheart. I don't believe he would do this on his own terms; something must be going on with him. Whatever you do, don't tell Ashstar. If we try, we could avoid getting Fireheart in trouble if it is something he can't avoid." she paused. "We know about you, Sandstorm. Splashflight and I were once hunting, and you guys were talking about your rebirth. We know that we aren't supposed to spy on clanmates, but we started to get worried when you guys mentioned that Fireheart needed a guard to make sure that he doesn't go all out vicious on his clanmates. But that is happening now; do your duty, Sandstorm," and with that, Splashflight disappeared into battle against one of the most powerful warriors in the clan.

Other cats know about us! Sandstorm suddenly felt woozy. How many more know about us? Can we trust all of them? What if they tell the cats that don't know? Then, she paused. Remember your duty, Sandstorm! Go get the other reborns, but don't make it too suspicious to the rest of the clan. Go!

She dashed away at full speed, fully aware of Fireheart's gaze.

As she had turned around, Fireheart looked at her with that I trusted you! look in his eyes. She couldn't bear it; she ran. And ran. And ran. Until she could run no more.

At least, that was the plan. Instead, she ran into Oakheart and Bluefur.

"Sandstorm!" Bluefur greeted. "What brings you to this distant section of the territory?" the two mates had just finished discussing Hollyleaf's situation.

"Fireheart, he...he..." she broke down in sobs.

"He what?" Oakheart's eyes widened.

"He went crazy for some reason and attacked Splashflight and Mossbird." the pale ginger she-cat explained really quickly. "I need all of the other reborns besides Ashstar."

"What about Hollyleaf?" the blue-gray she-cat inquired, frightened that Tigerclaw had taken control.

"What about her?" Sandstorm looked confused.

"Nothing," Bluefur shook her head. "Let's go find them. Oakheart, I'll get Hollyleaf." she dashed off in the direction of the tunnels.

"All right," Oakheart looked panicked, turning to Sandstorm. "Let's get the others."

They ran towards the ThunderClan camp.

"Whatever you do," Sandstorm warned. "Don't tell Ashstar or anybody who doesn't know. Fireheart could be exiled for a deed played by the Dark Forest."

"Yes," the tom agreed.

They eventually arrived in their camp.

"I'll check the warriors' den." Sandstorm volunteered.

"I'll get Yellowpaw," Oakheart veered towards the medicine cat's den.

Inside the medicine den, Yellowpaw was curled up in her nest with her nose tucked under her tail.

"Yellowpaw!" the warrior hissed.

"What?" the gray she-cat lifted her head.

"Tigerclaw's making Fireheart attack Mossbird and Splashflight." Oakheart gasped for breath.

"What?" Yellowpaw repeated, suddenly dark and ominous.

"Just come on! We're trying to find the cats we can trust!" the tom whirled out of the den. "Let's see how Sandstorm's doing."