Book 8 - Chapter 4

"Cats of Fishclan we have an announcement to make," said Cedarstar. "We know that you have been uncertain about the choice of the senior warrior. So we are giving you a choice," put in Sparrowstar. "We will give you 2 options, Number 1 keep Cloudsplash as the senior warrior or choose a different cat. Also, if the majority chooses to have a different senior warrior then we will give you an option of 2 cats. You will vote on the 2 cat, the cat with more votes in the end gets the position of senior warrior. Or of course you can just keep Cloudsplash as senior warrior." said Troutstar. The clan started bubbling about. "Cats that want a new senior warrior go to the medicine cats, the cats who don't want another cat go to the leaders." The choice was obvious, all of the clan wanted a new senior warrior. Cedarstar stepped forward. "I am sorry Cloudsplash but we must make a decision based on the good of the clan. You are sadly no longer the senior warrior." Cloudsplash just nodded and padded back to the other warriors. "You have 2 options Fishclan, you have 2 choices of the senior warrior." said Sparrowstar. "We have chosen 2 cats that we think will benefit the clan, and we hope that you agree with our 2 choices. You can choose between Dragonwhisker and Birchtail." The cats looked about before siding with Birchtail. "We choose Birchtail as the new senior warrior." Sparrowstar nodded. "Birchtail is the new senior warrior." announced Cedarstar. Pleased the warriors padded back to their dens. Birchtail was out patroling when he noticed something strange. There was a piece of prey caught and killed by a cat that smelled of rock and water but underneath was the faint scent of Fishclan. Birchtail returned to the camp and ordered the patrols to find out as much as they could about this mystery scent.