Life of Flamestrike

Chapter 7: Silverdream

After the battle against Wires, Flamestrike decided it was time to take action. He planned to set up a defense line along the border to keep other rouges out. While surveying the border and planning out the line, he sees Ashen hunting on RiverClan's side of the border. "ASHEN!" Flamestrike hisses, claws unsheathed. "Woah, woah, woah! What did I do!?" Ashen says, backing up and wide-eyed.

"What do you mean, 'what did you do?' One, you're hunting on RiverClan territory. Two, YOU KILLED OWLKIT!!!!" He yells at her. "What, you want me to STARVE!?" She says. "After what you did to Owlkit, yes!" Flamestrike hisses. "What!? That wasn't me! That was someone else!" "Really? EVERYONE there says it was you. It's unanimous, YOU did it!" Flamestrike hisses. "No, I swear I didn't! It was a StarClan cat, Silverdream!" "WHAT!? DON'T YOU DARE ACCUSE STARCLAN FOR SOMETHING YOU DID!!!" "No, I swear, I was possessed by Silverdream! She made me do it!"

"That is the most foxshit story I have EVER heard!" Flamestrike hisses at Ashen. "StarClan cats would NEVER do anything like that!" "I don't know if it was StarClan, alright!? All I know is that the cat was Silverdream!" Ashen responds. "Silverdream was a nice cat, as far as I have heard. She would be StarClan. And would NEVER attack a kit." Flamestrike said. "No, really! I'll prove it to you." Ashen says, gaining an evil smirk. "Would you like to meet her?" "Yes, because I TOTALLY cared about her before." Flamestrike says sarcastically. "Oh, did you hear that?" She says, her eyes and voice becoming noticeably darker. "The little kitty wants to meet you." "Nope, you have fun with that. I'm not going to associate with an insane cat." Flamestrike says, before running back to camp. Ashen begins to chase her, before deciding to let him leave this time. She gets her prey and walks out of the territory.

The next day, Flamestrike heads outside into the camp clearing, still somewhat shaken by yesterday's events. He notices the she-cat that joined RiverClan a few weeks ago, Cinderfeather, laying near the pool. "Hey!" Flamestrike says, padding over and laying next to her. "H-Hello." She responds, staring at her paws. "What's your name? I'm Flamestrike." He purred. "Cinderfeather." She responded. "Nice to meet you. How do you like RiverClan so far?" "It's great." Cinderfeather said shyly. "Out of curiosity, what happened in ThunderClan for you to come here?" Flamestrike asks. "...I'd rather not say." Cinderfeather looks away, blushing slightly. "Well, either way, welcome to RiverClan!" Flamestrike purred.

"Thanks." Cinderfeather pauses. "Hey, Flamestrike?" "Yeah?" Flamestrike said. Cinder pauses, then changes her mind. "...Nevermind." She pauses again. "You're the first cat to be nice to me here. Thank you." She says. "Really?" Flamestrike raises a brow. "I thought this clan was more open than that." He purred. "Well, being in a clan doesn't make every cat have the same personality." She purred. "WHAT!? NO WAY!? I NEVER KNEW!" He joked. She purred at Flame's joke. Flamestrike sighed. "What's wrong?" Cinderfeather asked.

"Yesterday, I ran into Ashen, who killed a kit here. She told me it wasn't her and that Silverdream possessed her to do it. All this time, I was told by the clan that she was a nice cat, but seeing what I did yesterday... I need to figure out what happened with Silverdream." Flamestrike explained. "Well, I can't help you there. I'm not a historian." She purred. "Shut up." Flamestrike purred back. "Maybe try Pebblestar? She should know." Cinderfeather suggested. "That's the plan." Flamestrike yawned. He looks up. "Wow, is it that late?" He said. "I guess." Cinderfeather replied. "I'm gonna go get some sleep." She stands up. It was fun talking to you." Cinderfeather purred. Flamestrike got up and nodded. "Same here. Well, night Cinder." He goes to his nest. "Night." Cinder responded, and they went to sleep.