Chapt 12

Lionblaze twined tail with Cinderheart before leaving through the gorse tunnel.
"Be careful! You don't know what you'll find when you get there!" Cinderheart's called as Lionblaze left with Jayfeather. Her voice made his pelt grow hot.
 They were going to find if there were any Shadowclan survivors. Lionblaze had his doubts, they hadn't seen a Shadowclan patrol in days, he thought they might be wiped out completely or too hurt to move.
"You really like her, huh?" Jayfeather padded next to him.
"Who?" Lionblaze eyed him jokingly.
"Cinderheart, mouse-brain!" Jayfeather tapped him on the shoulder with mischief in his eyes. It was hard to believe he was blind.
"Yes. Oh Jayfeather! There's no other feeling like it! She is the most beautiful cat in the whole forest, the whole world!" Lionblaze boasted,"Jayfeather, She's having my kits."
"Great now theres going to be more cats that can never be beat in battle!" Jayfeather joked.
"Have you ever loved anyone? I know you can't, being a medicine cat and all, but that doesn't mean you don't have feelings." Lionblaze wondered.
"No, I never loved anyone." Jayfeather dashed away as they reached the Shadowclan border.
The greasy needles under paw were slippery and sharp compared to the crunchy leaves and grasses of the Thunderclan forest. They approached the camp with caution, not knowing who they were going to find.
"Let me go first, you follow after." Lionblaze said to his brother. He carefully padded into the camp. He smelled faded fear scent and tufts of fur where on the ground. Blood spattered the ground and Lionblaze shuddered when he saw a dead she-cat laying in her own blood.
"Is anyone here? It's me, Lionblaze!" He added after yelling,"I've come to help you! Please show yourselves!"
Lionblaze was about to turn back when he heard a cracked voice," We're over here."
"Jayfeather, you can come in here! We're going to need you!" Lionblaze yelled as he ran towards the voice.
He located it behind a bramble thicket, with a small opening only big enough for one cat to fit through at a time. It must be a nursery, Lionblaze realized as the scent of milk hit the roof of his mouth. He stepped into the nursery with Jayfeather padding behind him.
"Please help us," Lionblaze finally saw who the voice belonged to. It was Tawnypelt, Bramblestar's sister, she had a kit with her that Lionblaze didn't recognize. Next to her, a scarred tortoiseshell was unconscious."Frogkit and Puddlesplash won't survive long without proper care fom a Medicine cat."Tawnypelt explained,"Frogkit's mother died, protecting him and his littermate, Snakekit. Snakekit must've been stolen, I couldn't find him."
"Whitewing found Snakekit, he's back at our camp now. Is this all that's left of your camp?" Lionblaze mewed.
"No, Oakfur, Rowanclaw, and Gingerpaw went out to catch us prey. Dawnflight went to scout the other camps, she should be back soon." Tawnypelt murmurmed.
Lionblaze turned around to talk to Jayfeather, but found his brother gone.
"He probably went to find Flamelight's herbs, once he saw Puddlesplash, Jayfeather took off out of the nursery." Tawnypelt commented,
"I didn't see anything. I could hear his breathing was shallow and I could smell the blood," Jayfeather hissed as he walked into the den.
"Sor-ee," Tawnypelt spat.
"Intruders! I smell intruders!" A warrior in the clearing of the Shadowclan camp howled. Lionblaze jumped out of the nursery, fur bristling. He was looking around for attackers when a fluffy apprentice knocked him off his paws.
"Get out of our camp," She hissed into his ear,"Or I'll rip you to shreads!" No sooner had she said the words did Lionblaze flip her over onto her back and held her down.
"We come in peace!" Lionblaze muffled as a brown tom launched himself on top of him. Again he flipped the Shadowclan warrior over."Stop, we've come to talk!" Lionblaze shouted at the tom, he recognised Rowanclaw the deputy.
"Then let go of me." Rowanclaw taunted.
"Rowanclaw stop! They really do want to talk. Please listen to what he has to say." Tawnypelt limped from the nurserywith Jayfeather hard on her paws.
"Get back inside, you'll open your wound again!" Jayfeather grabbed her scruff and pulled her inside.
"Fine we'll talk, but you have to let go of me." Rowanclaw mewed.
Lionblaze jumped off him. Rowanclaw rejoined his patrol and signaled wih a flick of his tail he should follow.
"Now tell us what you want." Oakfur spoke this time, sitting down to wash his paws.
"Starclan sent a message," Lionblaze spoke before Rowanclaw interupted.
"Starclan!" Rowanclaw scoffed," Starclan has abandon us."
"no they havn't." Lionblaze said with conviction."They fought beside us too, against the Dark Forest. Now listen to what I have to say. Starclan sent a message to Onestar and Reedwhisker to bring their clans to the Thunderclan camp. The clans will be safer together so the Dark forest can't pick us off one by one. We can work together until this war is over." Lionblaze hadn't thought about what to say, but the words semmed to tumble off his tongue.
"That's true, our clan would be safer with more cats to help protect us." the fluffy apprentice that attacked Lionblaze commented..
"Your right Gingerpaw, it would be safer, but would Thunderclan's territory have enough prey to support us all?" Rowanclaw wondered.
"There arn't as many cats in the other clans as you think. The clans have lost many cats, plus you could hunt in any territory while the clans are together." Lionblaze explained.
Rowanclaw closed his eyes and sighed. Then he opened his eyes and looked at Lionblaze."We will come back to your clan with you. We shall leave as soon as Dawnflight comes back." Rowanclaw sat down to clean himself, but Lionblaze wanted to know how bad the Dark Forest's attack was to Shadowclan.
"Are you going to the moonpool to recieve your nine lives?" Lionblaze asked Rowanclaw.
"Yes, I was going to leave in 2 nights. I don't know how were going to have a medicine cat though. Flameflight died protecting the nursery." Russetfur spoke in little more than a whisper. Lionblaze didn't know how to respond, surely Starclan would send them a sign about a medicine cat!