Warriors: Ashfur's Insanity

Chapter 5

"I want a patrol to look out for Jaykit! Bumblepaw said that he last saw her at the Sky Oak!" Firestar called. "Brackenfur! Get a patrol organized!" Firestar yowled.

Brackenfur is to weak to be deputy. I'll have to kill him. Ashfur waved his tail in anger.

"Ashfur! Oh i'm so worried about our daughter! She could have drowned! Or maybe WindClan is holding her hostage!" Cinderheart complained.

"Well! Why don't you go find her? Jaykit is six moons old now! She's as old as an apprentice!" Ashfur snapped.

"Stonekit can't be a 'paw without his sister around!" Cinderheart meowed.

"If you're so worried, go look for Jaykit yourself!" Ashfur snapped. He wasn't go to put up with his useless mate. He watched as Cinderheart padded off to Brackenfur. Ashfur rose to his paws and padded over to the deputy as well.

"Ashfur," Brackenfur meowed. "I'll have you to join my patrol with Honeyfern and Poppyfrost."

Ashfur moved through the undergrowth. He had his nose to the ground to try and sniff out Jaykit's scent. Let her die, he thought. He then smelled fox and pricked his ears.

"Fox!" He heard Honeyfern yowl.

Ashfur burst out of the ferns. Poppyfrost attacked he fox. It had Brackenfur clamped in its jaws. He was screaming in terror. "Honeyfern! Go back to camp and get more warriors in case another fox shows up!" Ashfur called.

Honeyfern stopped attacking the fox and darted through the ferns. Honeyfern was quick on her paws.

Ashfur watched as Brackenfur was thrown in the air. The deputy landed with a hard thud and blood leaked from under him.

"Brackenfur!" Poppyfrost ran over to her father. She crouched over the dead deputy. She hadn't noticed that the fox was right behind her.

"Look out!" Ashfur screamed. But it was to late. The fox grabbed her by the neck and slammed her body down into Brackenfur's limp body. Ashfur shuddered. The fox grabbed her puffy tail and ripped it clean off. Ashfur darted and slashed the fox with his long claws. The fox screamed as it saw another patrol of cats darted towards it. Honeyfern had come back. Hazeltail and Berrynose pelted after the fox. Sorreltail crouched over her mate's dead body.

"No!" She cried. Poppyfrost lay beside him. She was still alive. Now the Clan would need a new deputy.

Poppyfrost trotted back to camp. Her tail was only a stump just like Berrynose. "Now i'm not the only one!" He had been taunting her. She dropped her prey in the fresh-kill pile.

"All cats old enough to hunt join beneath the high rock for a clan meeting!" Firestar called.

Poppyfrost trotted over. It had been two days since her father's death. Firestar hadn't appointed a new deputy yet.

"As you know, we lost our deputy to a fox! I shall now appoint a new deputy before the body of Brackenfur so that his spirit may hear and approve my choice! Ashfur will be the new deputy of ThunderClan!" Firestar called.

"Ashfur! Ashfur! Ashfur!" The clan cheered.

Poppyfrost didn't join in. What about Graystripe? She thought.

"But I have one more announcement! Poppyfrost will be joining the elders!" Firestar called. "Due to her tail, she can't balance properly," Firestar explained.

"But Berrynose!" Cats hissed.

"Berrynose has more of his tail!" Firestar explained. "Poppyfrost, are you ready to leave your warrior duties to become an elder?" He asked.