Longstar AU — Chapter Fifteen
“Ravenpaw!”
Longtail lifted his head, herbs clenched in his jaw. A small smile crept across his face at the sight of the small, large eared black and white tom at the entrance.
“It’s been a while!” Firestar beamed, flicking his tail. “How are you and Barley doing?”
“It’s been really good.” Ravenpaw mewed with a smile. Longtail placed the herbs down at Leafpaw's paws, the she-cat nodding in a “thank you”. He nodded, dipping his head to the medicine cat. He turned, approaching the tom’s. “Longtail, I was wondering where you were! Deputy, huh?”
“Yeah.” Longtail mewed.
“What happened to you?” Ravenpaw cocked his head, “Your eyes are all scarred up.”
“I.. got attacked by a rabbit.” Longtail flattened his ears, “I can’t see as well as I used to, but it’s enough.”
“And he remained deputy despite it.” Firestar flicked his tail across the tom's flank, “Nothing'll change that.”
“Well, good.” Ravenpaw mewed, “I did want to ask if maybe you wanted to come to the barn sometime, Firestar, Longtail. Barley and I.. we’ve adopted kits recently.”
“That’s wonderful!” Firestar purred, “What are their names?”
“Juniper and Thrush.” Ravenpaw purred back.
“I'd love to meet my nieces are nephews,” Longtail flicked his tail. “And I would think you would come and meet yours soon, too?”
“Oh?” Ravenpaw cocked his head, “Are you expecting kits Longtail?” The black and white tom joked, twitching his whiskers.
“Oh, be quiet,” Longtail rolled his eyes. “My mate Blizzardspots is.”
“Than of course I will.” Ravenpaw flicked his tail, “Where is she, exactly? I'd like to meet her.”
“Inside the nursery. I think Brambleclaw was bringing them prey,” Longtail flicked his tail toward the nursery. Ravenpaw nodded, padding past them toward the clan nursery. “He seems to be doing well.”
“Of course he is.” Firestar replied, “Barley and Ravenpaw can keep their own out there. Obviously, seeing as they’ve expanded their little family.”
“Mhm.” Longtail hummed, glancing at his leader.
“Is something on your mind, Longtail?” Firestar prompted.
“Yes, actually.” Longtail lowered his voice, “Last night I found Brambleclaw sneaking out of the camp. He said StarClan had willed him to meet with cats from other clans, at Fourtrees. And Squirrelpaw followed them, but I dealt with her,” He flicked his tail. “So, what do we do?”
“I trust Brambleclaw as a warrior, much more than I did his father,” Firestar flattened his ears. “Of course I do, he was my apprentice. We'll have a chat to see if all this is true or not.” Longtail nodded, “Who we’re the other cats?”
“Stormfur and Feathertail from RiverClan. Tawnyfang from ShadowClan and Crowpaw from WindClan.” Longtail replied.
“Graystripe's kits? And Brambleclaw's sister, too.” Firestar murmured, staring at his shifting paws. “Grab Brambleclaw for me so we can talk about this.” The orange tabby tom turned into his den, disappearing behind the lichen curtains.
“Brambleclaw!” Longtail yelped across camp, the dark tabby tom appearing from beside the nursery. Ravenpaw followed, Longtail's eyes narrowing. He padded up to him. “Firestar wants to talk.”
His ears flattened, “O-okay.”
Side by side, Brambleclaw and Longtail padded into the leaders den. They settled across from one another, eyes narrowed slightly.
“Longtail told me about last night.” Firestar began, “I’m sure you had your reasons, Brambleclaw. But I would like to know why I wasn't, or Longtail wasn’t, informed about these dreams. Or at the very least Cinderpath and Leafpaw.”
“.. You’ve had a lot on your mind. I didn’t want to bother,” Brambleclaw sighed, “And I didn’t think you would understand, or let me go..”
“I’ve had my run ins with StarClan, Brambleclaw.” The leaders whiskers twitched gently. “As a warrior and now as a leader I have a strong connection with them. I understand their commands and their wills, if we had spoken about it we could have figured this out.”
“.. I see that now.” His amber gaze glanced at Longtail. “I’m sorry I didn’t say anything, Firestar.”
“As you should be.” Firestar narrowed his eyes a bit. “Have you received any dreams since?”
“Yes.” He mewed, “A dream of a sandy, water filled place. The sun was setting in the background.. and there was a large shadow against the sun. It looked something of a badger.”
“Hm.” Firestar hummed, “I’m.. not sure.”
“Maybe have a chat with Cinderpath and Leafpaw,” Longtail put in. “They are trained in StarClan. They can interpret the dream much better than we can.”
“I agree,” Firestar smiled. “I'll speak with you when I have an idea, Brambleclaw. Your dismissed.”
“Thank you.” He murmured, dipping his head and turning out of the den.
“What if something bad is coming, Firestar?” Longtail mewed, flattening his ears. Really, he was thinking of his future kits, and mate.
“Relax, Longtail,” Firestar brushed his tail across his deputies side. “You're about to become a father, your going to be on edge. Trust me, I lived it. I’m sure these dreams have an explanation, and we'll be fine.”
“.. If you say so.”
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