Lost Stars

Chapter ten

A quarter moon passed away and Blizzardclaw had met with Yellowfoot for the fourth time this moon. He busied himself with extra patrols and slipped away to go meet with her every time Lilystream or Dawnpool were patrol leader. Stormclaw often kept him training the apprentices.

He remembered the other day when Brindlecloud had commented on how tired he looked when he had came by the nursery and seen her.
The she-cat was close to kitting and he tried everyday to keep her happy.

Heronstar and Stormclaw sat up ahead of him with Milo as they waited on the FireClan border. A decent sized amount of cats but not too much to be threatening.

Heronstar had announced to the Clan that he speak with Bumblestar immediately after receiving a dream from StarClan. It wasn't unheard of that they visited cats in they dreams but it was indeed rare.

The crisp, cool morning air felt nice on his pelt. He thought of his apprentice training with Adderfrost, Nightwing, Eaglestripe, Antpaw and Applepaw. Adderfrost would push her to her limits as would Sunstorm. All three apprentices were getting good training.

Pawsteps filled his ears and he glanced back. The scents of Dawnpool, Hazeleye, Lightningfur and Whitepaw filled his nostrils.

"We're here to make sure anything funny doesn't happen." Dawnpool mewed while padding up and sitting behind her leader. Hazeleye and Lightningfur perched themselves behind Stormclaw and in front of Milo. Whitepaw stared across the stream with a bold look on her face. Heronstar nodded.

Across the stream, another rustle sounded and Nightfoot, Graytail and Blackheart slowly emerged. The golden pelt of Blackheart shone underneath the tree's of FireClan. The tom most likely was becoming a great warrior for FireClan. Nightfoot nodded their way as he started marking the border and Blizzardclaw remembered that Nightfoot and Blackheart were brothers.

Graytail kinked his tail over his back, a growl being heard as he stood there. "Too weak to fight us one on one?? Crow-hearts! Nightfoot go back and get reinforcements, this is an ambush!" He insulted but the black tom kept marking the border.

Heronstar calmly sat there whereas Stormclaw started pacing with Lightningfur and Hazeleye. Their claws sliding in and out of their sheathes and glistening. Dawnpool relaxed and glanced at Blizzardclaw quickly. 'How dare he talk about us?! He doesn't know the hardships we face everyday out on the moors!'

He felt a tail soothingly rubbing his flank. Whitepaw still stared across the stream but her body language showed she was about to attack.

"These are only my escorts to make sure you lot doesn't ambush us again. Now take me to Bumblestar immediately, we have business to take care of." Heronstar coolly mewed while stepping across the stream without FireClan's approval. Stormclaw and Milo was right behind him instantly.

Blizzardclaw looked behind him as he stepped inside and walked across. Dawnpool and her patrol stared at their departing forms even after they turned and went around the boulder sticking out the ground.

Blackheart took over up ahead and Graytail and Nightfoot moved silently on the side of his Clanmates. "Don't try anything funny or else." Graytail snarled.

They walked most of the way in silence passing a group of rocks. Prey scuttled everywhere. A lizard lazily ran away when it scented the group.

The ground here was wet and squishy between his paws. He noticed Stormclaw scowling heavily as he took pawstep after pawstep. Heronstar padded on carelessly as Milo shook her paws every fourth pawstep.

Tension was high in the air and Blizzardclaw knew at any moment that a battle could happen. The tree's here were more open-spaced unlike TreeClan's forest. He noticed that TreeClan's territory was more dense and more closely packed together unlike FireClan's territory.