Book 10 - Chapter 6

Birchtail waited until the clan had quoted before speaking. "I have a story to share, that some of my clan may know. I don't dislike all house cats I just dislike house cats that say I have to be loyal to the one who went and saved me from an apparent death." Birchtail started by growling. Rivera turned away from speaking with Rissa and turned her head to the rock daring Birchtail to go on. "As you know just a little while after I got my warrior name I was kidnapped by humans and brought to a shelter. I might have died apparently there but a human adopted me, but they already had another cat. I had escaped but the cat that I had been with wanted me to be loyal to the human that had saved me from the shelter. I refused insisting that I was only loyal to the clans. That cat came to join our clan when their human abandoned her…." Rivera was seething with anger, "That isn't true and you know it, my human left to be safe when storms came sent by the spirits when you escaped. You were the reason that my human left and I was stuck with the clans," "How do you know?" called an apprentice. "How do I know? I know because I was the cat that he was stuck living with after my human voluntarily saved him from the shelter, but please continue the story that you are now lying about." she said and sat down. Birchtail glared but continued speaking, "This cat came to the clan," "Why don't you show some respect and call me by name," yowled Rivera. "Fine, Rivera came to the clan and then some of the younger cats attacked her," "yourself included," she jeered. "Then she left and I don't dislike all house cats, I just dislike her because she is the reason that Mossfur doesn't trust half the warriors that had participated in attacking her." "You wouldn't need to be untrusted if you hadn't attacked a cat of your own clan or spoke badly about them." snapped Mossfur. Birchtail sniffed and soon the clan didn't include the leaders, deputies or senior warrior in any of the arguments among the clan. Emberberry had already acknowledged that he as going to be sharing a story the next day.

Book 10 - Chapter 5

Whiteclaw looked over the clan sitting peacefully in the clearing below him. "Cats of Fishclan, I too have a story to tell. You don't know about my past, I didn't grow up in Fishclan. I grew up in Nightclan where I met Darkfinch and his siblings," he said nodding to Rissa who was sitting and who had perked up her ears at the sound of the name of her brother. Whiteclaw continued. "I was loyal to Darkfinch until the end, but I was the cat who literally brought his family to his clan by talking to his mother Princess. I was the cat that ruined his life in the clan because his family came to the clan and learned that he was training in the Dark Forest. I was the cat that made him accuse his own sister of training in the Dark Forest and being the traitor. He never really trusted me after he found out that I was the reason behind all of it." Rissa was sitting up and was glaring up at the sky looking as if she wanted to go to the Dark Forest and murderer her brother because of it all. "I was loyal to Darkfinch to the end and when he was driven out I did what any loyal warrior would do, I went with him because the cats that had rallied against him had broken the warrior code when they promised they would be loyal to the clan and therefore him. I was never loyal to only Darkfinch I was loyal to the warrior code and I still was even when I was driven out of the clan. When Darkfinch proposed to you that he would forgive your debt of being saved by Liontail if I could join your clan I knew that he knew that you wouldn't trust me in the beginning. He wanted to get rid of me because he never trusted me." Whiteclaw glanced at Birchtail and flicked his ears meaning that he would be sharing a story next. The rest of the clan looked at Whiteclaw with some sort of respect after knowing his story. 

To know more about Whiteclaw and his loyalty to Nightclan and Darkfinch then please read Whiteclaw's Tale started and posted on April 15, 2015. (Whiteclaw's Tale has 20 chapters.)

Book 10 - Chapter 4

Berrystar stepped forward to the edge of the rock and he addressed the clan assembled in the clan below in the grassy clearing. "Today I must share a secret and a story of mine. Do you know what my warrior name was, it was Berryfur. When I disappeared from the clan I was following what a spirit said to me. It said to follow the trail of stars. I followed the stars to the tunnels under ground and I lived there for a very long time. It was not the fault of anyone not even Whiteclaw. I left of my own free will no one forced me to leave and no one tried to kill me. I only killed myself. I ate a berry or two and guess what kind of berry it was. It was a death berry or what or ancestors would have called it a bit of no star feed. I was sent into the stars and I lived there with no worries for a long time. Then I heard a cat give Sparrowstar a prophecy that there were going to be two cats coming back to the clans. I was then returned to the wild when I lived in the tunnels again. Then Blossomfur came and found me I came back to the clan. I lived up to my warrior name, I ate berries that changed my fur forever. I became Starfur technically since my fur was made of stars. I never thought I would be able to return to the clan that I grew up in the clan that I loved. I was able to and I am very thankful but I never would ever die because I was following my destiny. I was following my fate and then destiny that the stars had layed out for me by telling me to follow the stars and the trail of stars led to my death. I was supposed to die for a reason. The stars knew that and they told me what to do, they basically were telling me to die." At that Berrystar sat down signaling he was done. Berrystar nodded to Whiteclaw signaling that he was to share a story the next evening. 

Book 10 - Chapter 3

Everyday the clan gathering in the clearing for the next story. Tonight Cedarstar had to share. "My warrior name was Cedarfur you know. My parents I never knew them. They named me and my litter mates after the trees but they left before I could remember them. Why they left is a mystery to me and I am still trying to figure it out. I do know that they believed in the stars and I know that their spirit is in the trees. I believe in the trees, for they gave me life. My parents are in the trees right now and they were the ones who brought me into this world. There is a reason I respect the trees and never climb them without sheathed claws. I treat them as if they were another cat because  they are the ones who made me a cat. Without my parents and technically therefore trees I wouldn't be the leader that you see now I wouldn't even exist. I owe the trees my life because they are what gave me life. I will always be thankful for that and I will forever be grateful and I have to treat the trees with the care that I would treat another cat. I have some of the trees in my soul in my fur. I have part of my parents in me and therefore trees in my soul. Trees are a part of me. I will always be a part of them as well. I will always have a respect for trees and since they respect me and don't bother me I respect them and don't bother them. I will always be a part of the world we live in and I will always be apart of the air we breathe. I have always looked at nature in a different way then the rest of the clan and I know it. I will always look at nature differently because it is a part of me. I look at others with respect but I respect the part of my life with more respect and honor than you ever had." Cedarstar looked around at the clan and the clan began to look at nature in a different way like Cedarstar has done for his whole life. 

Book 10 - Chapter 2

The next day rolled around and then the clan assembled in the grass to way to hear the next story that one of their clan mates had to share. Today was Troutstar's turn. He stepped up on the rock overhanging the grassy clearing and spoke to the assembled clan. "I have lived among this clan for a long time but I have a secret to share as well. My warrior name was Troutsplash. I lived in an egg until a cat found me and raised me. I was born in a fish egg, I survived on land without water to drink or live in. A cat of Fishclan found me and raised me even though I was a fish. She fought me the ays of the clan and she hid me during the day so not cat would catch me and eat me. One day she told the clan she had found an unusual kitten and she was raising it and it would be time for it to become an apprentice soon. I was accepted into her family and soon I became and actual cat. I had paws and fur and a tail. I became a warrior and apprentice of the clan. I was a dedicated warrior and I served my clan loyally and now I have become the leader of the clan I never knew existed. It is a dream to actually be able to walk and serve and live for a purpose and I love my clan and I couldn't imagine my life any other way. I am thankful for the clan for keeping me alive and I never thought I would be able to be the leader of the clan that took me in one day. I am thankful that this clan gave me a chance at life and believing in me. i have walked with you since I first hatched out of the egg. There is a reason I am named Troutsplash. The queen that raised me said that when I first hatched I looked like the rainbow trout that the clan had caught a while ago with all the colors. That is where the Trout part came in she gave me a clan name and named me Troutkit. Being set in the water and destined to be a trout before I was a cat I was easily the best swimmer in the clan. I could sneak up on any cat without making a noise, the only problem was when I got in or out of the water I made a splash like a trout or any fish would so when the leader gave me my warrior name he named me Troutsplash." Troutstar looked off into the distance as he remembered. The clan nodded. Soon the leaders realized that each cat that told a story was left out of the arguing. "If we can get every cat to tell a story about a secret they have then every cat will stop arguing." said Berrystar triumphantly. 

Book 10 - Chapter 1

No cat seemed eager to tell their stories so the leaders devised a plan that each night starting at the top of the rank (the leader) down the smallest rank (kit) a cat would share a story. Sparrowstar stepped forward. "My warrior name was Sparrowfur," he began. "As you know there is evil in the world and not all loyal cats come from the clan. I didn't come from a clan. There is evil and magic and power and betrayal in the world we know. I have experienced each of those things before I came to live in the clan. My warrior name was Sparrowfur for a reason. I reason that I requested, I requested to be named Sparrowfur. I would have liked to stay just Sparrow but the clan leader insisted that I have a proper clan name so it was Sparrowfur. I used to live in a colony and I was respected I wasn't the leader of the colony. I was a respected member that  was dedicated to the group. One day something came after the clan and I was caught. This cat had it against my colony for a while so he decided to do something that was wrong to do. He turned me into a tiny kitten. I tried to live on my own for a while but then I came and sought refuge with the clan. I grew up in the clan and I am here now. I have tried my whole life to reverse the spell but it wasn't meant to be I was meant to stay a cat for the rest of my life. The cat that had cursed me had been cursed before and now he betrayed the group he had once lived in. I then in my cat form found a new home, here in Fishclan. The clan was always kind to me and they were always loyal. A queen took care of me, but I never forgot what it was like to be able to fly high in the sky above the clouds and the predators. I would give anything to see my parents again but I wouldn't give up Fishclan in a heartbeat. Fishclan is my home now, and as much as I would like to be able to fly again I would never abandon the cats that gave me the shelter I needed to survive. There is a reason I never eat birds or sparrows and a reason that I always give respects to the birds caught to eat and catch for the clan. It was because no matter what form I am in I will always be one of them." The clan nodded soon Sparrowstar was left out of all arguments, although many other cats were still arguing.