Flamefoot's Discovery

Chapter 2

(Cat above is Sheepfur)
Flamepaw sat beside Frogstar as Swampblossom tried to feed him herbs. "Go take a walk in the forest," Swampblossom meowed to Flamepaw, "You've seen a lot today," Flamepaw nodded and tried not to look back as Frogstar's body convulsed on the ground. He walked over to the border between CreekClan and MoonClan. A grey cat stood in her side of the border. She looks familiar Flamepaw thought But I've never seen her before. That must be Echostar! The grey cat looked up at him. Her eyes lit up, "Bouncewing?!?" She whispered, "B-But your dead!" Flamepaw gave her a confused look, "Hey," he meowed, "Look, I'm not this Bouncewing character you're talking about, and I don't know him," Echostar shook her head, "Sorry, but you remind me of my brother, Bouncewing. He died in a fire. Sorry to waste your time, urr.... What's your name again?"
"Flamepaw," he responded. "Sorry Flamepaw, you look a lot like him though." She sighed and padded away. Flamepaw stood there stunned. He shook his head and remembered Frogstar. Then he raced back to camp.

Flamepaw ducked his head into Frogstar's den and he felt himself go numb. Frogstar lay on the ground his body twitching. Swampblossom gave Flamepaw a defeated look, "He's lost four lives already. His age. It's causing him to lose all of his lives." She sighed, "He won't make it through the night,"
"Flamepaw!" Frogstar yowled. Swampblossom meowed, "He keeps yowling your name," Flamepaw nodded and padded over to the leader, "I'm here Frogstar," Flamepaw meowed and all the other cats left the den. Trembling, Frogstar looked up at Flamepaw, "I'm going to die, don't bother to save me. I'm not important. But you, you are. You're this clan's only hope," Frogstar wheezed. "Flamepaweeeeeeeeee!!!!" Beepaw meowed and barreled into Flamepaw. She smiled at him, but then she saw Frogstar's body, and fainted. Flamepaw sighed with relief as Beepaw lay unconscious. Deerpaw came in and sat beside him, "Thank StarClan she won't be interrupting us this time," Deerpaw meowed as Flamepaw wrapped his tail around her.

After loosing his eighth life, Frogstar looked up at Flamepaw, "Remember," He whispered. Then his body shook, and Frogstar was dead. Not a moment after Frogstar died, Snakefang yowled, "I'm going to go to the StarStone and become a leader!" Then he padded out of camp as Swampblossom trailed behind him.

Flamepaw watched as Snakefang and Swampblossom walked into camp. He looked down at Frogstar's body. Swampblossom ran over to Flamepaw, "When Snakestar received his lives, none of the cats were in StarClan, his lives were given to him by the Dark Forest!" She whispered. Flamepaw's eyes widened. Snakestar leaped up on the HighRock. "I have received my nine lives. Now, I'm going to appoint a deputy! And my deputy will be Buffalocharge!" The clan gasped as the burly brown tom sat beside Snakestar. "He hasn't mentored an apprentice!" Deerpaw whispered to Flamepaw. He nodded. "And now," Snakestar yowled, "I'm going to change some rules!" Flamepaw's eyes widened and the rest of the clan gasped, Snakestar continued, "We shall not have any medicine cats unless, of course, they devote their lives to being a medicine cat! They shall not have any kits! There have been too many medicine cats that have broken that rule! The leaders don't care, but I will! If they decide to have kits, it'll be the last thing they do. There will be no more elders! They are useless prey stealers! Every cat follows my rules or they will be killed. The elders will leave, become warriors again, or die. And! Apprentices must train until at least moonhigh! And if they do not catch enough prey or are not getting a move right, they shall have no prey until they get it right! This clan will be the best! Warriors must now kill! Show no mercy in battle! Any cats with disabilities will be killed or exiled! Once kits are one moon old, their mother must go back to her duty of being a warrior. No more half-clans! They will make this clan impure! Each cat, except the cats who I give them special privileges, is allowed two pieces of prey per day! Unless they receive a punishment they are allowed none for that day! We can't have one cat eating the whole fresh-kill pile" All of the cats gasped as Snakestar spoke, "This clan will be elite!" Snakestar yowled. A group of cats cheered loudly, but the rest of the clan was silent.

   Cometfall pushed Sheepfur and Mistbreeze out of their den. "Now," Snakestar yowled.  "Are you becoming warriors again, am I exiling you, or do I kill you?" Mistbreeze, the elderly she-cat meowed, "I am a CreekClan cat, but this, this is no longer the CreekClan I know!" Then she lunged at Snakestar. Snakestar unsheathed his claws and his eyes turned to slits. He ripped Mistbreeze's throat out and pushed her body off the HighRock before she could even lay a claw on him. He licked the blood off his paws and examined his claws. Without looking up, he meowed to Sheepfur,"And you?"