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Oct 18, 2021

TBC But It Happens During OOTS AU

god this is such a good idea

and i really hope that you manage to get inspiration for it in the future cause there are so many ideas you could do with this

mine would only be one of many and I really hope to see a story with this plot in the future because this is such a powerful idea ❤❤❤

I don't even know who you are, my dude, but if you can come up with even a concept like this, I truly believe you could come up with one amazing ass story!!

okay so, quick note;

around the beginning of OotS just so I can do some plotted out buildup

cause i want to give this story the justice it deserves!

I'm also either going to brush over the side plots or cover it very little [Dovewing's romance, Leopardstar's death, etc]

This starts at Fading Echos Meaning everything before happens about the same, including Breezepelt's fight with Jayfeather except maybe the implication that Breezepelt started holding Jayfeather down for someone but this was interrupted by Honeyfern coming to the rescue

Lionblaze confesses about his training in the Dark Forest to Jayfeather something about remembering the Dark Forest makes Lionblaze feel a bit itchy and uncomfortable. He brushes this off

One night after a gathering, Ivypaw is approached by a tom who introduces himself as Hawkfrost. He is friendly and charming. They don't have long to talk, but he asks Ivypaw if she could please let him know about how Firestar and Brambleclaw are doing next time he sees her

Ivypaw agrees. Even though he never states he was, she assumes he's from StarClan and it makes her feel a little bit special to have a big responsibility from a cat from the afterlife

Ivypaw keeps to her promise and is watching after the two. She isn't sure what she's supposed to be watching for, but she keeps her eye out nonetheless

During the storm, a tree falls down, killing Longtail and injuring Briarpaw

The next time she sees Hawkfrost, she tells him what happened and he seems agitated for a moment before calming down. He asks, very carefully, if she can bring Firestar to the WindClan border He informs her its very important when asked about it

Ivypaw listens and she manages to convince Brambleclaw that he needs to see something at the border. Ivypaw tries to follow after him, to see what it might be, but she's stopped by Cinderheart, who takes her out training

When Brambleclaw returns, he seems a little dazed, but he assures he's fine, that he just had a bit of trouble at the border

Ivypaw feels guilty, but he assures her he's fine Ivypaw believes him

When checked, Brambleclaw is fine and Jayfeather tells him not to be so overdramatic.

That night she's approached by Hawkfrost and he praises her, but can't stay long he promises that Brambleclaw has some big plans for her and part of her can't wait he even calls her important

Brambleclaw is now a new type of dismissive to Squirrelflight, acting like he barely knows her, though everyone assumes this is his new way of being angry with her.

Even Lionblaze seems a bit tense at this and part of him feels sorry for his adoptive mother

While on a patrol, he meets up with Heathertail, who confesses that something has been off about Onestar and she's not sure what The two aren't on good terms, but she feels as if she can't speak freely to her Clanmates, so she turned to him

Lionblaze can't relate, but he does think about Brambleclaw for a moment, but he wouldn't name that as too different than how he had been treating Squirrelflight.

Heathertail is less dismissive She mentions how Onestar is pushing apprentices a lot harder than usual and that his temper is worse than usual

Lionblaze jokes that he's finally gone senile and Heathertail doesn't think that's funny

Brambleclaw has more or less taken over training Ivypaw. He states, to Ivypaw, that Cinderheart isn't training Ivy to be her best but he can make her the best warrior around

Ivypaw likes the idea

He starts training her in tougher battle moves

It's not long until the battle with ShadowClan where Russetfur dies.

Firestar is dying and Brambleclaw personally picks the leader up and carries him away. Lionblaze is glad Brambleclaw is taking Firestar to go get help However Lionblaze himself is currently dealing with being accused of murder, which isn't so great

Firestar seems a little off, but this is brushed off as being a rather rough death, as Brambleclaw states the death was painfully slow as he couldn't save Firestar on time Firestar doesn't blame Brambleclaw, but that's not the only thing strange

The ginger tom is walking in longer strides and for the first day of being back, it seems like he was trying to make his voice deeper, but he brushes this off as it being a neck wound and he had been trying to talk to Brambleclaw when he died

Everyone goes with it, but Dovepaw can't shake this feeling that something else, deep down is wrong and she brings this up with Jayfeather and Lionblaze

Lionblaze hasn't taken the time to notice, but Jayfeather decides he could check it out

Dovepaw is also confused on why Brambleclaw has taken over mentoring Ivypaw and that's something Lionblaze is actually angry about, as he knows it's upset Cinderheart to lose her apprentice

Dovepaw wants to talk to Ivypaw about it, but her sister keeps brushing her off or Brambleclaw just so happens to step in and stop the two from talking

That night Jayfeather tries to walk into Firestar's dreams

When he does, he finds himself in the Dark Forest where he and Spottedleaf had seen the death of Snowtuft Firestar's spirit is being held by thick, thorny branches along with Onestar, Brambleclaw, Reedwhisker, and Littlecloud.

He is shocked by this He tries to approach Firestar, but the leader tells him to run

It's too late to run, however, as Jayfeather is tackled down by Breezepelt, who hisses for the blind tom that he should've never have tried to come here

He's about to try to kill Jayfeather when he's stopped by Antpelt, who informs his Clanmate that it'd be up to the Dark Forest cats to decide what to do with the medicine cat

Jayfeather is held down by Antpelt and Breezepelt runs off to go get someone

We cut from this POV back to Lionblaze, who is sitting with Cinderheart. He expresses his concerns over what's going on and she tries to assure him that everything is fine

The two go off for the night

Dovepaw wakes up the next morning and she notices Jayfeather is heading out with Brambleclaw and Firestar. She's very curious about what they're doing, but Ivypaw interrupts her

Training with Brambleclaw seems to be rough, as Ivypaw has a new injury that Dovepaw hadn't noticed before

She asks about it, but Ivypaw brushes it off

This isn't assuring for Dovepaw and she asks if she needs Cinderheart as a mentor and Ivypaw snaps at her She states that Brambleclaw is making her stronger

Dovepaw only grows more worried

She manages to sneak away as Ivypaw is distracted by Birchfall wanting to talk to her about something

She arrives late into the conversation and all she hears is Jayfeather hissing

"I didn't know it'd be this hard!" - Jayfeather "You were the one who agreed to this. Now stop whining like a kit and we'll get this figured out." - Brambleclaw

She listens more, but doesn't manage to learn what's going on.

She gets back into camp and Ivypaw is training She uses this as a chance to go to Lionblaze and ask if he knows why Jayfeather and Firestar are with Brambleclaw

He's not aware, but he assumes they're doing something important, since they're the most important cats within ThunderClan, rank-wise

She tells him what she heard, but to him that just confirms his theory

When the three toms return, it seems like Brambleclaw and Firestar are trying to shield Jayfeather from view and finally Lionblaze admits it is suspicious Jayfeather is struggling getting through camp and Brambleclaw is leaning against the blind tom and talking to him quietly.

Lionblaze makes direct eye contact with Firestar and he shivers When Dovepaw asks what's wrong, he doesn't respond

Instead, he pushes Dovepaw away and takes her out of camp

She's trying to ask what's wrong, but he won't answer He drags her all the way across the border with WindClan

The two end up hiding in one of the tunnel passages in WindClan and while they're waiting, Dovepaw tries to question her mentor again He tells her that Firestar isn't Firestar

She asks for him to elaborate and he explains how he once trained in a place called the Dark Forest, a place where no stars would shine He tells her how he was mentored by Tigerstar and Hawkfrost while he was there and recalls how Tigerstar would look at him a certain way - like he saw him as a powerful pawn in his plans and not a cat

He then goes on to bring up Heathertail - though not his relationship with her - and how she had something was wrong with Onestar and how he didn't believe her Well, now he believes her

It's late by the time they see Heathertail and Lionblaze carefully catches her attention and brings her to the tunnels

When she gets there she smacks him and calls him an idiot for coming out here Lionblaze apologizes not just for trespassing, but for not believing her

Heathertail is surprised that he's apologizing at all

He asks for more information and Heathertail explains more on what's going on

Just that day, Ashfoot had been exiled for challenging Onestar's strange behavior and the moment she had left camp, he had sent some warriors to chase her down and kill her [specifically Breezepelt, Boulderpaw, Harespring, and Antpelt] Breezepelt is the new deputy

The few WindClan apprentices they have were forced to overtrain Furzepaw was pressured into killing Whiskerpaw and she was made a warrior for it - she's now Furzestrike Boulderpaw will likely be becoming a warrior soon, too, she also mentions, especially if Breezepelt vouches that the apprentice killed Ashfoot

Elders Webfoot and Tornear were chased off a few days ago, but no one knows where the two are or if they had been hunted down, too

Crowfeather is now being kept as a prisoner in their own camp and is being starved and mistreated She's worried that her former mentor will be killed soon

Lionblaze, despite the disdain he feels, realizes how messed up Heathertail is over this He offers to help her save Crowfeather

Dovepaw also offers to help, quietly mentioning how she could watch for danger

The three agree to do this and work out a plan to save the tom Dovepaw is in charge of watching for danger Heathertail is going to be put on guard Lionblaze will break in

With that they wait for later that night

After Dovepaw confirms she hears Heathertail taking over watching Crowfeather from Harespring, she and Lionblaze move in closer to the camp

They manage to get Crowfeather out of camp, but before the four of them can escape, they are confronted by a patrol. It's Onestar, Breezepelt, Harespring, Furzestrike, and Swallowtail.

Onestar warns them that they have one chance to explain themselves

They refuse

"Fine" Onestar says before he orders, in a rather flat tone, "kill them."

Breezepelt is quick to move and he runs right towards Lionblaze. Lionblaze tells them the three to run.

Heathertail doesn't listen, but Dovepaw manages to get a very unfit to fight Crowfeather to move.

Lionblaze, while fighting Breezepelt, gives Heathertail one more chance to run. She doesn't take it.

It cuts to Ivypaw, wincing as she's waiting on Jayfeather to grab herbs for an open wound on her shoulder. She had just returned from training with Brambleclaw and things got rough.

Jayfeather brings a poultice on it and Ivypaw hisses as it stings in pain. Jayfeather almost apologizes before muttering for her to stop whining. Ivypaw isn't sure what's wrong with him today.

When she walks out, she notes how Dovepaw hasn't been seen since yesterday. She finds this annoying because she assumes she's out being 'important' or whatever. Still, she can't shake this worried feeling.

Nearby Molepaw, recently apprenticed to Thornclaw, is complaining to his sister, Cherrypaw, who had been apprenticed to Blossomfall, about his aching paws

Her attention turns to the camp entrance as Lionblaze returns, being lead by Onestar.

Firestar comes out of his den, asking what's going on

Onestar states the tom was caught trespassing and he decided to give ThunderClan a warning. He also mentions how he's 'sure it will no longer be a problem'

Lionblaze nods and very reluctantly apologizes, shooting a dark look at Onestar for a moment before turning back to Firestar He assures it'll never happen again

Firestar accepts this and apologizes for Lionblaze trespassing

He then calls Lionblaze to his den

Ivypaw is confused as she's not sure where that means Dovepaw is and that bitterness melts slightly

She wants to try to find her sister so she heads out

Bumblestripe stops her and asks where she going Ivypaw lies and says she wants to get some fresh air He offers to go with her, bringing up how he's worried about Dovepaw and wants to find her

Ivypaw hides that she's also a little worried.

They search, but find nothing

No scent trails, nothing However, Ivypaw notes how it seems like someone was trying to cover something up at the border with WindClan

She returns back to camp, disappointed to not have found anything Bumblestripe also isn't happy

When she returns to camp, she parts ways with Bumblestripe and heads to the apprentices den When she sees Dovepaw isn't there, she begins to worry more

It's been half a moon and Dovepaw wakes with a start, having just had a nightmare of being chased down by WindClan She's not in Clan territory and Crowfeather, who has been recovering well, is still asleep

Getting up, Dovepaw is worried She wants to return to camp, but she knows imposters lurk within the Clans She recalls telling Crowfeather everything and the tom stating had he not witnessed the change himself, he wouldn't have believed it

The two struggle to get along and she can't stand the warrior

She'll be happy when she's back home

Speaking of home, she starts listening again, trying to see if she can reach the Clans.

There's nothing she hears other than the faint sounds of patrols

Crowfeather wakes up and startles Dovepaw by asking what she's doing

Dovepaw answers truthfully, since she has no reason to hide her powers from Crowfeather He's already been aware of her powers by this point

Crowfeather stares out to the lake and out loud he wonders how Nightcloud's doing and if she's even worried about him

Dovepaw asks about it and Crowfeather admits they didn't become mates out of love, that they both needed to prove themselves loyal to Onestar and that ended up becoming a horrible relationship where the two of them tried to care for each other but they couldn't

Dovepaw feels sorry for him

Crowfeather tells her not to. He knows he's partially to blame for all of this

She isn't sure that's true, but he won't let her argue about this

There's a moment of silence before she asks if they should hunt

Crowfeather says no, as he wants to return to the Clans to make sure everyone is safe

Dovepaw isn't sure

He starts walking without her and she hurries after him

The two get close to the Clans and he orders her to listen to what she can

Dovepaw does her best to focus; ThunderClan is busy. It seems that cats are training harder and harder. However, she hears a patrol heading out, whispering about Firestar and Brambleclaw and how they need to be stopped. She knows two of the voices belong to her grandparents; Brightheart and Cloudtail . In ShadowClan, the training is getting rough. Littlecloud is telling Blackstar of vision and how ShadowClan must become stronger in order to face this. Blackstar believes his medicine cat and he silences Rowanclaw when questions are asked It should be noted that at this point, Flametail has gone missing . RiverClan is recovering. Mistystar is ill and dying. The scent of something strange and unnatural reaches Dovepaw and she realizes the leader's slowly being poisoned out of all nine of her lives. Reedwhisker is looking after her, but there's little hope. . In WindClan she hears Nightcloud getting ready for a patrol. Gorsetail softly expresses missing her daughter, Thistleheart, who seemingly died recently. She's told to quiet down by Nightcloud, who reminds the molly that they're not allowed to talk about the dead or missing anymore.

Crowfeather doesn't seem happy but he doesn't say anything

When asked if he's okay, he only tells Dovepaw that they should find that ThunderClan patrol

She hesitantly nods and leads him to where the patrol is

They head off and learn the patrol is no longer in Clan territory

When they get their they find a fair number of ThunderClan cats; Cloudtail, Brightheart, Graystripe, Sandstorm, Millie, Brackenfur, Sorreltail, Squirrelflight, Leafpool, Whitewing, Hazeltail, and Daisy

However, as they wait, they find cats from other Clans joining; From WindClan, Nightcloud's patrol arrives - Nightcloud, Gorsetail, Sedgewhisker, Emberfoot, Sunstrike, and Furzestrike From ShadowClan - Tawnypelt, Dawnpelt, Tigerheart, Rowanclaw, Snowbird, Kinkfur, Ivytail, and all of ShadowClan's apprentices + elders From Riverclan - Mothwing, Willowshine, Mallownose, Robinwing, Mosspelt, Mossypaw, Rushpaw, Graymist, Troutpaw, and Grasspelt

They're talking about the changes in their Clan and sharing news; WindClan shares first. Nightcloud mentions the deaths of Sedgewhisker and Whitetail. She also brings up how Onestar believes WindClan needs stronger kits and is pressuring his more loyal warriors to get ready for patrols. She urges queens to protect the nurseries. . In ShadowClan, Tawnypelt shares that they're still looking for Flametail, but she's sure he's alive. She brings up how Littlecloud 'saw an omen' that he believes means that Mistystar of RiverClan needs to die. She doesn't believe this and neither does any of the ShadowClan cats here. . RiverClan, disturbed by Tawnypelt's news, shares their own. Mothwing states that Reedwhisker doesn't leave his mother's side and how he's been training Hollowpaw so roughly that the tom has been in the medicine cat den many times - and sent the other apprentices there a lot as well. . Sandstorm brings up that Briarlight has sadly passed away thanks to the sudden change in Jayfeather. She also mentions how Dovepaw is still missing. She's also been trying to talk sense into Ivypaw and is worried that Brambleclaw's going to accidentally kill her one of these days.

Dovepaw can't hold herself back and before Crowfeather can stop her, she runs forward He attempts to stop her, but they're both brought into the open

Whitewing hurries and holds Dovepaw close to herself while a few warriors hop their paws and surround Crowfeather

From their perspective what he did looks shady as hell

They're interrogating him but Dovepaw stops them, telling the cats that Crowfeather's alive because she saved him and if he was possessed he had plenty of time to hurt her

The cats are confused possessed???

Dovepaw realizes they don't know and explains the conclusion she, Lionblaze, and Heathertail came to moons ago

The cats look at each other cautiously

She asks what's wrong

horrified, she learns Lionblaze and Heathertail are among the cats behaving strangely

Dovepaw wants to go back to camp to protect her family, but she's stopped It's dangerous and not a good idea, especially since Lionblaze had begun talking about how she was a traitor who ran off and was running her name through the mud

This is stunning to hear

She asks what they want her to do and they find a place for her and Crowfeather to live.

After that, cats begin to part ways. Crowfeather goes to talk to Nightcloud for a moment.

After saying goodbye to her family, Dovepaw is pulled to the side by Tigerheart. He's happy to see her. She finds herself happy to see him.

He admits he's supposed to be spying for Littlecloud and Blackstar and Dovepaw is shocked to hear this She threatens to tell and he stops her

He doesn't want any more cats getting hurt

She doesn't believe him at the moment

Tigerheart states that if he didn't want to change, why would he tell her this?

She falls silent and gets what he means

Tigerheart tells her that she's right these cats everyone's worried about are possessed he even knows by who

She asks why he hasn't told yet

He tells her, bluntly, that if the Dark Forest found out, they'd kill him without thinking

She asks if there's a chance to save the possessed cats

He isn't completely sure, but he wants to believe there is.. Especially since they're trying to find Flametail to possess him.

Cautiously, Dovepaw asks if he believes his brother is alive

Tigerheart doesn't answer the question, stating he's happy to see she's okay and that he needs to go home.

That's enough of an answer for Dovepaw to know there's doubt

In ThunderClan, Ivypaw has been struggling She's great in training and she knows she'll be made a warrior soon, but she knows somethings wrong with these cats and she misses her sister a lot

She's trying to eat when Brambleclaw approaches her

He says he has something important for her tonight

Ivypaw, confused, asks what it is

He informs her that he'll tell her, but he wants her to know that she is a valued member of ThunderClan and he's very proud of her

The praise doesn't spark as much joy anymore

That night she's told to go to sleep and is given a nest outside of the camp to rest.

When she wakes up she's in the Dark Forest and Hawkfrost is waiting for her

He revelas to her that he's possessing Brambleclaw and he thanks her for her help

Ivypaw is confused

Hawkfrost assures her that she doesn't need to overthink it, dodging her question

He does explain that he's not the only one, that she has allies in all four Clans and they know that she's on their side

Ivypaw wants those words to mean something, but as he leads her further into the forest, a deep pit of worry settles in

He brings her to The Brambles, where the spirits of the living are being held. She sees many of cats here - Firestar, Brambleclaw, Lionblaze, Heathertail, Littlecloud, Reedwhisker, and Beetlewhisker

Hawkfrost informs her that tonight she's in charge of watching these cats. Of course, she won't be alone. Minnowtail of RiverClan and Harespring of WindClan are also here

They will be her guarding mentors for the night

He explains that they're in charge of making sure no one comes to free these cats and to stop anyone who tries

They also keep an eye out for cats being dragged in to be possessed

As soon as he leaves, Ivypaw looks at the cats. She stares at them for a long time and they have a soulless stare in their eyes

She asks what's wrong with them

They're not sure, but they've always been like this Harespring mentions that they're not allowed to talked to the captive cats.

She asks about the cats possessing Minnowtail that Beetlewhisker is possessed by a tom named Silverhawk and Reedwhisker is possessed by Houndleap.

Harespring doesn't know who's possessing Onestar, but he does know that Mapleshade is possessing Heathertail.

Ivypaw doesn't know these names.

Harespring isn't surprised He beings to mention how Hawkfrost referred to Ivypaw as a personal project but is shushed by Minnowtail

Ivypaw demands to hear more

Minnowtail stares at Harespring and he looks away, choosing to ignore her

He tells her how Hawkfrost wants to train Ivypaw to take over as much as she can and wants to use her as a living puppet to do what he couldn't

She brings up how he's in Brambleclaw's body, therefore alive in a way

Harespring shrugs "in a way, yes, but.."

He explains that he's not sure how long they can possess and he isn't sure how long this will last, expressing small doubts that Minnowtail hushes him for

He knows they need living cats to carry on what they want - that no cat, even if dead, lives forever

Ivypaw asks why they'd be okay with being with these cats

Harespring wants to make WindClan proud Minnowtail wanted to use her time here to see Mousewhisker, but she sees him a lot less

They're both unsure about the takeover but accepted that it's too late to change

Ivypaw doesn't believe it's too late

Minnowtail warns her not to say anything else about this

There are ears everywhere

Ivypaw listens, but her gut twists

It's almost morning when a group of cats approach the three guards. They have a spirit with them.

It's Nightcloud of WindClan

One of the spirits, Sparrowfeather, says how she's in charge of taking over the molly's body and she's here to drop off the spirit.

Ivypaw is surprised.

Harespring asks why Nightcloud was chosen. A tom states how, after a patrol, she was acting suspicious. She refused to answer his questions and so she was chosen to be taken. This tom is Brokenstar

Harespring asks if Breezepelt knows but is ignored

Nightcloud is brought to where the spirits are being held.

Ivypaw watches as they leave. She feels terrible

After some more waiting, Minnowtail brings up how she needs to wake up soon. She has important duties in the morning.

She trusts Harespring to keep and eye on Ivypaw.

She leaves and Harespring immediately turns to Nightcloud He asks what happened

Nightcloud hisses at him but she does answer She was caught sneaking out because she was going to go see someone

He begs for more answers

She doesn't want to tell him

Harespring swears on his own life that he won't tell anyone

Nightcloud glares at him for a long time, before slowly, quietly explaining that Crowfeather is alive.

Harespring is surprised to hear this

Continuing, she adds that Crowfeather has plans to take down Onestar and they were going to try to come up with a way to stop Breezepelt without killing him

She goes on to include the fact that there are cats who know about the possessions, that want to free their loved ones, and that soon they'll stop this all She then scolds Harespring, him being complacent in this

Harespring clearly feels guilty

Nightcloud then turns to Ivypaw

She mentions that Dovepaw is still alive, too

Lionblaze's head snaps up. The empty look was an act and the other cats slowly move, trying to get him to pretend He doesn't listen

He asks about Dovepaw

Nightcloud states she doesn't know much, just that Dovepaw and Crowfeather are in hiding, but are both alive and well

He then turns to Ivypaw and asks about Cinderheart He asks if Thistleclaw hurt her

Ivypaw isn't sure, but Cinderheart did break up with him thanks to the way he had been acting thanks to Thistleclaw

Lionblaze grows restless He needs to be free

He tries to break out of The Brambles, but he doesn't do any damage.

Harespring tries to calm him down, but to no avail. The other spirits are restless, too.

Brambleclaw finally gets Lionblaze to chill out, reminding his adopted son that the Dark Forest cats will do anything to get information from them, even as spirits They need to be calm

Ivypaw asks for more information

They can't give any tonight, but promise they will in the future

She hopes they keep the promise Before Nightcloud joins the act, she whispers to Ivypaw. She tells Ivypaw, to find allies, simply tell a cat "I hear the prey is running well by the lake."

After a little bit more waiting, Hawkfrost arrives and relieves them of their duty. Dark Forest cats follow him and take Harespring and Ivypaw's place

Ivypaw wakes up with a plan - find Dovepaw

That morning she wakes up, determined, even though she isn't sure where to start looking

She's placed on a hunting patrol with Mousewhisker, Thornclaw, Blossomfall, Foxleap, and Squirrelflight. Brambleclaw is not joining them.

The group heads out and they start making plans where to hunt

Ivypaw blurts out; "I hear the prey is running well by the lake." She wants to find the others fast

The warriors stare at her for a moment before agreeing to split up

Feeling dejected, Ivypaw goes on her own

She's about to start hunting when she's attacked from behind She goes to yowl but is silenced

It's Squirrelflight

The dark ginger she-cat asks how she knows about the prey

Ivypaw isn't sure how to answer that, since she wasn't told about any extra code words, so she answers that Nightcloud told her

Squirrelflight relaxes slightly but still seems worried

Ivypaw promises that she's a friend She just wants to see Dovepaw for herself

Squirrelflight is surprised that Ivypaw knows about Dovepaw

Ivypaw pleads again

With some hesitation, she's taken out of Clan territory. They are brought to a thick, dense forest.

They reach a small clearing and Squirrelflight loudly comments how she smells rain on the air

Ivypaw is confused It's a nice, clear day

After a moment of silence, Squirrelflight lashes her tail and makes the same, loud comment about rain

A voice comments that, no matter how many times she says it, it still sounds stupid

It's Crowfeather

Ivypaw is excited She asks if Dovepaw is here

Crowfeather says Dovepaw is out hunting

Moments later, Dovepaw barrels out from the forest, tackling Ivypaw to the ground

Crowfeather is not amused "or, at least, she's supposed to be."

Dovepaw is so happy to see Ivypaw

Ivypaw is happy to see Dovepaw

The two catch up and update each other on what's going on

Ivypaw offers herself as a spy but Dovepaw becomes worried for her sister's well-being Ivypaw just wants things to be okay again and she's willing to put herself in danger to do so

That's not comforting

To prove herself, Ivypaw tells them about last night Squirrelflight is shocked to hear this

Ivypaw mentions that those inside can't break the brambles holding them, but she's sure a Dark Forest cat can

Squirrelflight asks how she plans on getting that done

Ivypaw has a plan

She's going to try to get the others manipulated by the Dark Forest to rebel

Dovepaw asks if that's possible Ivypaw believes Harespring may be willing because of what happened with Nightcloud, which she also explains

As Squirrelflight talks to Crowfeather about calling a meeting here with the others, and being sympathetic about what happened to Nightcloud, Dovepaw uses her powers

She states Breezepelt knows and he's angry

Ivypaw is reminded why she envies Dovepaw, but she bites back the bitter feelings

This is more important than sister drama

The four have a plan. They're not sure how it'll work, but Ivypaw's going to talk to as many as the others she sees Squirrelflight is going to gather a meeting Dovepaw is in charge of spying on the living, helping them gather intel Crowfeather doesn't have much of a role other than keeping Dovepaw safe

After a moon, it's Ivypaw's warrior ceremony Things are tense, but there haven't been any more deaths in the Clans.. Yet. Mistystar's still actively dying. There also hasn't been any more possessions, thankfully. She knows Harespring is on her side, as is Minnowtail and Mousewhisker. This is helping her influence in the other Clans, too.

She also knows who's possessing who Brokenstar is possessing Onestar Littlecloud is being possessed by a tom named Darkstripe Jayfeather is being possesed by Snowtuft Lionblaze is possessed by a tom named Thistleclaw and Firestar is being possessed by Tigerstar

What's important is that none of the possessed cats know that she's not truly on their side

She earns the warrior name Ivyshade.

She's then put on a patrol with Brambleclaw, Lionblaze, and Blossomfall to the WindClan border.

When they get there, Onestar is waiting with Antpelt. Ivyshade is confused.

Onestar mentions that Antpelt has been having disloyal thoughts. Antpelt assures he hasn't.

Brambleclaw pushes Ivyshade forward He says he brings a truly loyal cat, assuring that if Antpelt wants to prove himself, he just needs to kill Ivyshade.

Ivyshade's eyes widen She wasn't told about this

She turns to Brambleclaw, who assures that he doesn't doubt her loyalty, but he needs to know she'll punish those who are weak of heart

It's noted by Ivyshade that Blossomfall is not bothered by this and she realizes now that Blossomfall knows what's going on

She and Antpelt are forced to fight Antpelt is determined to prove himself and is actively trying to kill the newly named ThunderClan warrior

Antpelt is killed at her paws

Onestar praises Ivyshade He makes note that she'd have some strong kits

That makes her uncomfortable but everyone else ignores that comment from Onestar

Instead, Brambleclaw says it's time to return home, reminding Onestar to clean up the mess to avoid any trouble

Lionblaze makes a comment, after they've left, that he was sure Ivyshade didn't have the guts to do what needed to be done

Brambleclaw assures he had no doubts he looks at Ivyshade and her paws itch as she remembers what Harespring had told her that first night

We get Jayfeather's point of view for the first time in a while

He's still stuck in The Brambles he knows a change of watchers is coming soon

He can feel Lionblaze's pelt twitching in irritation next to him, even as the golden tom stares ahead

His brother wants to go home and he can't blame him

Personally, Jayfeather hopes Snowtuft hasn't messed up his body

Antpelt comes and relieves the two Dark Forest mollies from watching them. He's soon joined by Tigerheart and Ivypaw - now Ivyshade, based on her correcting Tigerheart.

Tigerheart asks if it's time

Jayfeather feels irritation. Whatever they're talking about, it's not something he's aware of.

Suddenly, Jayfeather feels himself freed from the thorny branches and he stumbles out, shocked at the feeling of a painless pelt.

Antpelt is excited It worked!

He begins freeing Lionblaze when a Dark Forest cat calls out in alarm. Quickly, Lionblaze is freed and attacks the Dark Forest cat.

The noise of the fight is drawing attention, so Jayfeather hurries Antpelt. Most of the spirits, except Littlecloud and Reedwhisker, are freed before they need to run.

Jayfeather hears the sound of Antpelt, Ivyshade, and Tigerheart pretending to try to stop Lionblaze as he runs. Or, he assumes they're pretending

He finds him quietly hoping that his brother will be okay and refers to the tom as a big idiot.

Leading the way, Jayfeather remembers the way to StarClan He brings his fellow cats there and they cross the border from the Dark Forest, startling some of the cats there - Namely Cinderpelt and Yellowfang, who had been nearby

They're relieved to see the cats here

Yellowfang mentions that they had known something was going on, but despite their best attempts, the Dark Forest patrols wouldn't let StarClan go too deep into the Dark Forest

They had even tried to send warnings, but the cats were either possessed or the warning was warped by one of the possessed cats, causing the cat they warned to not take the warnings seriously The only exceptions were Willowshine - who convinced parts of RiverClan, Nightcloud with WindClan [and is now a spirit], Tawnypelt with ShadowClan, and Leafpool with ThunderClan

Jayfeather doesn't want to hear this He wants to know how to get his body back

They actually have an answer, which is surprising to the irritated blind tom

They have two ideas - for leaders who aren't on their last lives, they can kill the cats and that will eject the dark forest spirit from inside of them and, as long as the spirits are quick, they can return This is only for leaders, though, and speed is key here

The next option is to catch the cats when they return to the Dark Forest. However, this is hard, considering the patrols that tend to lurk there.

Firestar is on his last life and this has cats worried Firestar is willing to lose his last life to take away Tigerstar's power

Cinderpelt asks if he's sure and Firestar's confident He knows Tigerstar has a lot of influence over these cats and taking him away would be important

Onestar has a few lives left and he's hesitant, but if killing him once will be rid of Brokenstar, he'll take it

Then comes the other issue How to get the non-leaders out of the bodies

Then Jayfeather has an idea

He brings up Ivyshade

She has influence there

Nightcloud is skeptical, pointing out how she just helped them escape

Jayfeather pushes back, saying if she retains any common sense, then she'll be able to warp what happened so long as Lionblaze got rid of that Dark Forest cat

Lionblaze stumbles over the border, injured but still standing

He assures that the one who saw them is dead

Apparently Tigerheart and Ivyshade roughed him up quite a bit in order to take away any suspicion. He can't say much about what will happen to Antpelt, however.

They have a plan Get Ivyshade to trick the Dark Forest

Ivyshade is standing before Tigerstar, Hawkfrost, Brokenstar, and Mapleshade. Tigerheart is with her. There are many cats gathered here - trainees and spirits alike.

Antpelt is being held down by Tigerstar, who is glaring at the two

He demands to know how this happened

Tigerheart has a lie ready He says how they arrived on duty to find Antpelt opening The Brambles and freeing cats

Ivyshade is shocked how easily he could lie

Hawkfrost asks Ivyshade for confirmation She confirms

Antpelt looks worried

Brokenstar hisses at Antpelt "This is what you wanted, wasn't it, you dirty little rat?"

Antpelt promises it isn't what they think However, he doesn't have a lie ready

Brokenstar orders his death and Antpelt is killed

Breezepelt is glaring at Antpelt's dead body He struggles to believe his friend was a traitor He thinks Ivyshade and Tigerheart framed him

Hawkfrost assures Breezepelt that the two will be put under close watch, especially now

Mapleshade isn't worried. She doesn't believe they can chase the cats out of their bodies.

Tigerstar is still skeptical.

Thistleclaw is on Mapleshade's side about this He believes these cats are too soft and stupid to try to fight for their lives back Besides, in Lionblaze's body, he has Lionblaze's power

Ivyshade doesn't like the ambitious, violent tom being near impossible to defeat, but keeps her mouth shut on the topic.

Thistleclaw also makes it clear that he won't make the same mistakes he did when he was alive That he will not allow any weakness in his life, nor will he have a soft mate and worthless kits

Mapleshade has the same feelings here She will take the life she 'deserved' by force

Ivyshade really can't shake the feeling the two plan to work together to have their 'perfect and powerful' family..

None of the Dark Forest cats want to give up their chance at 'life' again

They're all agreeing to fight

Ivyshade worries about if she'll be able to save the possessed cats or if these cats will end up dying..

Dovepaw wakes up in StarClan and is approached by the spirits that had their bodies stolen - save for Littlecloud and Reedwhisker, who are still in the Dark Forest

She's told the plan and told to tell Ivyshade

Dovepaw questions how to tell Ivyshade to get the attention of the cats

There's a pause

Nightcloud offers the idea to have Ivyshade warn them about the rebellion

Cats are shocked by this

Nightcloud defends the idea that they outnumber the cats in power, they're just intimidating because these are loved ones, leaders, and cats in positions of power.

She's certain that if it came to it, they could easily overpower the possessed cats.

There's some doubts, but the idea is good

Dovepaw will use it unless told otherwise

The deal is made and she wakes up just in time to hear someone come into the hidden camp. Smelling the air, it's Tigerheart. He's alone.

She hurries out and greets him happily.

Tigerheart has come to check on her He seems worried, however

When asked about it, he dodges the question until he finally gets him to confess His loyalty as a spy is being tested

She asks why he's here then

He says he wants to see her one more time.. in case this is the last time he can.

Dovepaw feels sympathetic to him and worried for his well-being

He doesn't want the worry He wants to spend the day with her - or at least as much of the day as he can

They hang out, hunting, talking, and allowing things to be calm

Even then, there's an air of sadness and worry

She then asks Tigerheart if there's a chance if he'll see Ivypaw He corrects her It's Ivyshade

Dovepaw feels a little heartbroken she hadn't been able to be there to see Ivyshade's warrior ceremony

He asks why she asked

She wants him to pass a message

She tells him and he's shocked, but agrees However, he tells her that he'll warn Tawnypelt and the others in the resistance first, as it's important for them to know

She agrees and understands

He parts at sunhigh and Dovepaw is left alone.

She closes her eyes and listens out to the Clans

However, focus is hard and she ends up opening her eyes because she started crying

She misses her family, her friends, her Clan.. She misses normalcy She didn't ask for these powers or this destiny She didn't ask for any of these

As she's crying, Crowfeather returns. He had been gone all day and she only just notices

He notices she's crying

Awkwardly, he asks what's wrong, clearly not good with emotional stuff

She says she wants things to be okay again

Crowfeather hesitates

He cautiously tells her it won't be okay again

This doesn't help

He quickly adds, it won't be okay, but she can't just give up. There's no way for this to be okay and what she's feeling is normal. He continues by saying that one needs to move forward, to turn a dark situation into something that's okay, even if it's not perfect

Dovepaw is slightly comforted, but not by much

After a moment of awkward silence, he quietly brings up how things weren't okay for him for a while He lost someone that mattered a lot to him and he thought things would never be the same

And they weren't

But he found new ways to learn to live, to be able to continue when all felt lost

The idea is a little more comforting

Crowfeather makes an offhanded comment how he had never been good with this sort of stuff. Deadfoot and Ashfoot had been good parents, but they were also busy all the time. Deadfoot was deputy and Ashfoot was a highly respected warrior who many cats turned to when they needed someone

Dovepaw asks if that's why he struggles with Breezepelt

Crowfeather falls silent for a moment before muttering out a 'probably'

She comes to understand the tom a bit more .

Prep work is being done on all angles. StarClan is preparing to charge the Dark Forest The rebellion is preparing to push back against the living Dovepaw has already told Ivyshade the plan and now she just needs to work out her timing

She needs this to work

This needs to be perfect

She had been working hard ever since she talked to Dovepaw to earn trust back in order for this to work She's been talking to those she can and most cats she talked to are ready to fight back

There's only some she hadn't talked to Breezepelt is unapproachable Tigerheart warned her not to talk to Redwillow and Blossomfall won't listen. She believes Tigerstar is making ThunderClan strong.

Things are tense everywhere and she finally approaches Brambleclaw

She tells him that she learned something important and that she needs everyone. This is dire news

He nods and assures he will make sure everyone is ready to talk tonight

She is sent on a patrol and while out she notices someone moving on Clan territory

She confronts the cat It's Crowfeather

Quietly, she asks what he's doing here

Crowfeather is hesitant to answer

She threatens to tell on him and he admits he's visiting someone

He's warned not to be vague

He hesitates before saying he's visiting Hollyleaf

Ivyshade is confused That's the dead ThunderClan warrior

Crowfeather shakes his head and leads her to the tunnels

There he takes her deep into the caves

That's when she's introduced to the missing molly, Hollyleaf

Hollyleaf is cautious at first and asks what's going on

Crowfeather apologizes before introducing Ivyshade he's mentioned her before

The two explain that he hand stumbled across her by accident while trying to sneak into WindClan

Hollyleaf is his daughter and he's been checking in on her

She states he doesn't need to, that she'd rather not see him

With everything going on above, Ivyshade notices this is the most worried Crowfeather had looked about anyone

And even if Hollyleaf is being hostile, she seems thankful for the company

Hollyleaf states the only reason she lets him here is because he's been keeping her up to date on everything going on

She expresses her desire to help, but Crowfeather is quick to say no

He's ignored

Crowfeather states that he already has two kits possessed, he won't have enough

Hollyleaf snaps, pointing out how he himself said he only had one kit - Breezepelt

Crowfeather falls silent

This is awkward for Ivyshade

Hollyleaf insists, firmly, that whatever happens, she will be standing with her Clan and she'll do anything she needs to save them

She looks at Crowfeather as she repeats the word 'anything'. She looks back to Ivyshade as she mentions that her brothers, Lionblaze and Jayfeather, mean more to her than anything and she wants to help save them.

Ivyshade accepts Hollyleaf's help

Crowfeather didn't like that

Ivyshade tells Hollyleaf everything she needs to know before leaving to avoid trouble

As she leaves, she hears Crowfeather and Hollyleaf start to argue

She can tell how, temper-wise, the two are related

That night the Dark Forest meeting is called.

Ivyshade is the center of attention

She warns the cats of a rebellion that is forming She says she found cats of all Clans there, getting ready to take down everyone who isn't with them

When asked about how she knows this, she admits she went on a long walk and stumbled across a large gathering of cats.

She says she spied on them all night, learning that she needed to

Tigerheart steps forward, saying that he has noticed certain ShadowClan cats acting strange and he had reported them to Darkstripe

Darkstripe confirms that Tigerheart is his spy in ShadowClan

Tigerstar demands names and the two give the names of the rebels

As they talk about what's going on, they are suddenly alerted by a yowl

A Dark Forest cat says StarClan cats have crossed the border and are on their way here

Ivyshade pretends to be shocked

They go to meet up with the StarClan cats and fight them.

The large fight breaks out in the afterlife.

StarClan and Dark Forest cats are being struck down to their forever death

The battle is cut short when Hawkfrost lets out a frustrated yowl. He can't return to Brambleclaw's body and he had attempted to go to escape the fight.

Sparrowfeather finds she can't return either

Tigerstar, Brokenstar, and Thistleclaw manage to go back, but no one else can. This means Lionblaze, Firestar, and Onestar didn't make it to their bodies in time. Darkstripe and Houndleap also escape, since Littlecloud and Reedwhisker are still possessed

Hawkfrost hisses at the StarClan cats, calling them sneaky cowards.

He turns tail and is running back to The Brambles

Ivyshade realizes that he's going to get rid of their two spirit hostages

She runs after him

She tackles him before he reaches Littlecloud and Reedwhisker and he realizes now that she's a traitor.

The two fight and she ends up getting badly wounded, but she still manages to kill him

She attempts to return to her body to find she's currently stuck Someone's possessing her .

Dovepaw is with the rebels There are not many loyalists to the Dark Forest now, thanks to Ivyshade's influence.

She's in ThunderClan, pushing Blossomfall to the side as she makes a path to Firestar

Firestar is possessed by Tigerstar again and he's not going down alone and is fighting with Lionblaze / Thistleclaw

Dovepaw's eyes widen with joy when she sees Ivyshade

Joy turns to fear when Ivyshade attacks

"Ivyshade! What are you doing?!"

Turns out that this is Mapleshade and she loudly proclaims she's going to destroy this prophecy at its roots, starting with the weakest link

Hurt and fearful, she manages to kick Ivyshade off before jumping away

She wants to save her sister

Ivyshade is about to attack again when she's stopped by a black cat It's Hollyleaf

Hollyleaf tells Dovepaw to get moving She doesn't give anyone the chance to be surprised at her reappearance as she keeps Ivyshade/Mapleshade pinned down

Dovepaw hurries and manages to help Jayfeather before he can be possessed again

She's about to go when Lionblaze attacks her, shoving her to the ground. He growls that he's not going to be stopped by some pathetic furball.

Dovepaw's already wounded confidence takes another blow.

She struggles against Lionblaze, but he's much stronger than she is

Leafpool screams out, telling the spirit of Thistleclaw to leave her son alone as she somehow manages to knock him off of Dovepaw. With help from Sandstorm and Sorreltail, the three mollies keep him distracted.

Dovepaw is overwhelmed but she still needs to get Firestar's spirit close to his body.

She feels weak and pathetic as her legs shake, weak from pain. But Firestar assures her to keep going

Dovepaw pushes on and manages to get to Firestar/Tigerstar and the tom laughs. He asks what she expects to do.

She's going to save her Clan.

He laughs at that, saying she's only going to make her Clan weak He's here to make ThunderClan strong

Dovepaw's tired, but she keeps pushing She recalls what Crowfeather told her and she wants to make a world that's going to be okay Not perfect but better

She starts fighting and she's not sure what to do, but she's hoping this can happen without killing Firestar's body.

However, she finds herself knocked down and pinned Tigerstar tells Dovepaw her 'dream' is just as weak as she is and how she doesn't have the drive to take what she wants

This is why she's going to die here

Firestar tells her it's okay and in a flash she lashes out as Tigerstar's about to tear her to shreds

Firestar's body dies on last time

As Tigerstar's spirit is expelled from the corpse, Firestar's ghost leaps out, grabbing the massive tabby by the throat.

He kills Tigerstar's ghost

Jayfeather, at this point, has put Lionblaze and Ivyshade to sleep with poppy seeds He's worn and tired but the fight is dying down and the worst of it is now over

Tensions are still high, but the possessed cats are being helped.

There are many deaths all around

In ThunderClan; Possessed Lionblaze killed Foxleap, Birchfall, and Sorreltail Possessed Firestar killed Graystripe, Dustpelt, Mousefur, and Thornclaw . In ShadowClan; Littlecloud's body was killed when Darkstripe tried to kill Tawnypelt Blackstar died fighting to defend Littlecloud Toadfoot died defending Littlecloud . In WindClan; Possessed Onestar killed Gorsetail and badly wounded Kestrelflight Breezepelt attacked Crowfeather and was chased off by Nightcloud, who is saddened to do so . In RiverClan; Mistystar is murdered by Reedwhisker Reedwhisker's body is killed Hollowpaw also dies during this fight RiverClan is in shambles with no leader or deputy and Mothwing and Willowshine are temporarily in charge .

The Clans are weakened, but there are no more possessed.

Jayfeather isn't sure what's going to happen now Brambleclaw steps up as leader and will become Bramblestar He wants to make Squirrelflight his deputy but she softly turns down the offer. A lot has happened and she's got plenty to do as a regular warrior

Instead he gives the offer to Brightheart and she accepts Brightheart is also given Molepaw as her apprentice

Lionblaze and Cinderheart try to talk, but Cinderheart isn't sure she's okay with being in a relationship with her - even if it wasn't him, Thistleclaw had been harsh and cruel to her while in Lionblaze's body and she needs time

He understands

Dovepaw is also made a warrior She's given the name Doveshine for being a light in the darkness for ThunderClan

Doveshine, despite being being back, has never felt less at home and her chest is hollow

some after notes;

Doveshine still gets with Tigerheart in the end, much to Bumblestripe's disdain

Cinderheart and Lionblaze never get back together However, she does become mates with Hollyleaf and Hazeltail in a poly relationship The three never have kits

No plans for Ivyshade's love life She's recovering

There'd probably be a followup RiverClan super edition on their internal struggles and finding a new leader and deputy It would end with Mosspelt becoming Moss-star and Minnowtail becoming her deputy

Harespring still becomes deputy after everything

Leafpool moves to ShadowClan until Flametail returns

Flametail novella called Flametail's Fire It tells the story how Littlecloud tried to kill him - Flametail having realized that something was wrong with his mentor and tried to call him out, he managed to survive and was rescued by twolegs He goes through a massive depressive episode where he struggles with what happened and the fact his mentor tried to kill him. However, worried for his mother and siblings, he returns to ShadowClan He learns what happened and has to readjust to life His fire returns and he takes back over as ShadowClan's medicine cat

I had so much fun with this AU

the idea was really cool and I hope everyone likes my take on an idea ;;

#au #ivypool #dovewing #firestar #tigerstar #hawkfrost #bramblestar #lionblaze #heathertail #thistleclaw #mapleshade #nightcloud #crowfeather #warriors #warrior cats #THE GIANT AU IS DONE #I PULLED #TWO ALL NIGHTERS #BUT ITS DONE #i need sleep #i hope you all like ;;

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