Chapter 3
Crazystar followed her former apprentice through the forest. She’d been fortunate enough not to encounter a badger so far in her life, but she knew Cloudstar had lost one of his lives to a badger.
Brightleaf seemed extremely nervous as she led the way. But then, Liontail halted suddenly. “I guess it’s not in its den anymore,” he meowed, pointing with his tail to the large creature walking noisily through the forest.
“ThunderClan, attack!” she yowled, summoning her courage for the sake of her Clan.
She rushed forward and swiped her claws across the badger’s snout. The badger swatted her away with a massive forepaw just as her Clanmates reached it.
Agony washed over her for a brief moment and then everything faded away into cold darkness. The pain was gone. She opened her eyes. The warriors of StarClan were gathered around her. “What happened?” Crazystar asked. “Did I lose a life or am I dead?”
Cloudstar appeared in front of her. “Crazystar, you’ve lost your first life,” he replied. “But you still have eight more.”
“Will it make me weaker?” she questioned him.
“No,” the white-furred tom responded. “You’ll be just as strong on the rest of your lives as you were on this one.”
“Can I return to my Clanmates?” she asked.
He nodded. “Just someone I think you might want to say hi to before we send you back,” Cloudstar meowed, stepping aside to reveal a dark gray tom.
“Streamsplash!” Crazystar shouted happily.
Her brother nodded, looking slightly sad. “I miss you, Crazystar,” he sighed. “Guide your Clanmates well and be prepared for the most difficult battle you could possibly imagine. And the most important warning; beware of your own Clanmates.”
“What?” she demanded. “Why…”
StarClan faded. A voice was urgently calling her name. “Crazystar! Crazystar!” Liontail yowled. “Are you…”
“I’m back,” the ThunderClan leader groaned, weakly opening her eyes. “Where’s the badger?”
“We drove it out,” her deputy explained. “I sent Cloudheart and Hawkwhisker to make sure it leaves the territory.”
Crazystar could feel her strength gradually returning. She rose slowly to her paws. “Let’s return to camp, I suppose,” she meowed, turning back in the direction of the stone hollow.
Liontail nodded. “And, not to be rude or disrespectful or anything, but you might try paying more attention to your kits,” he told her in a quieter voice. “You should’ve seen the looks on their faces when you totally abandoned them to go chase the badger.”
Crazystar whipped around. “For StarClan’s sake, Liontail, I spend plenty of time with them!” she exclaimed. “Just because I don’t spend all day in the nursery doesn’t mean…”
Her deputy snorted. “You’re always running off on some patrol or investigating some danger that gets reported,” he growled. “You’re hardly ever around for them…”
“No, I don’t!” Crazystar protested. “I…”
“Care more about everyone and everything else than your own kits,” Liontail snarled.
“That’s not true! I have responsibilities as Clan leader,” she insisted. “Besides I played moss-ball with them today!”
“That’s the first time you’ve played with them since they opened their eyes!” Liontail countered. “Stonestream is always the one who does stuff with them! It’s a wonder they even bother to invite you to play with them anymore!”
“What I do or don’t do is my own business,” she meowed, struggling to control her temper. “Now we’re going back to camp and you’re not going to say another word about this.”
Liontail sighed heavily but obeyed. As they walked back to camp, Crazystar was wondering if any of his statements were true. I give them plenty of attention. Right?
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