Chapter 9: Leave

I looked at the cat a bit closely, I hoped maybe he would have recognized me but that would have been a shot in the dark. I knew that he could not see me in the dreams, but he could for some reason here me wherever I went.

I thought maybe I should say something about that, but that probably would not be the smartest way to start a conversation when we were in his yard. Both me and Mint knew how a lot of cats claimed that as their territory, they did not like to see other cats in that area.

This cat was once a part of the clans, he would be like that out of any cat that I would meet. I did not know what to say, Kettle was looking at me to start talking but I was having trouble finding the words, I did not know what to say to this cat, I did not think it would be this hard.

I looked at the cat for a few more moments, he was not looking at me though, his eyes were fixed on Kettle and he was squinting at him not quite trusting all of us. For good reason, he probably had no idea what any of this was going on.

I remember that Squirrelflight had told me that they could not get in contact with him, it was apparently because they can not talk to cats that don't believe in the star clan cats. I felt bad for the cat, I could not imagine what he could have gone through to get that way.

I in fact did not know much about what had happened to the clans, Squirrelflight just told me "they stopped believing, when you find him, he will tell you." That was all I could get out of her, every time I asked her that question her answer would always be the same.

"Are none of you going to talk? Why are you in my territory? If you plan on attacking me and taking over this place, that is not smart, I have nothing here for you." He said to us. Kettle looked at me, this time a bit more stern.

I looked at the cat that was not looking at me, he was still looking at Kettle, and for good reason, he probably thought that he was the leader, he was in fact a bit older than all of us. As well as him being bigger and stronger than the rest of us too.

A lot of that came with age, but as well as him being out here longer than me and Mint. But Oister was a bit younger than him as well. I shook my head realizing that I was thinking to much, and I needed to start talking before it was too late and he threw us out.

I coughed to get the cats attention, for a few moments I had thought that maybe he had not heard it, maybe he was deaf or maybe he just had problems hearing, that could probably come from age, he did look like a very old cat.

Finally he turned over to me, he squinted his eyes at me. Then he looked back at Kettle and then back at me as he then came to realize that I was the leader of the group. He then nodded to me and sat down a bit more comfortable waiting for me to speak.

"We are here because... Um... We need your help, I came here someone told me to come and find you." I said to him. I then cursed myself for being so bland and sounding a bit stupid at the same time. He looked at me a bit confused and I shook my head.

"I'm sorry... Who? I do have not talked to another cat in a long time, so this can't be a cat I know..." He said to me looking at me a slight bit confused and annoyed. I sighed and lowered my head, I needed to start talking some sense, I was being so dumb.

This time I heard someone walk up from behind me. I turned around and saw it was Mint and I nodded to her. She walked past me and then nodded to the cat that was looking at us. Youngtail looked a bit surprised but he nodded to her as well.

"We know your name, it may sound crazy... But he is right, he just does not know how to put it into words that you will believe. Me myself, I have seen the cats that he is talking about." Mint said to Youngtail. Youngtail still looked a bit confused as to who we were talking about.

We all sat there for a few moments in silence, then Youngtail seemed to catch up on the subject that we were talking about. He looked back at us and then he moved further back and shook his head a bit scared.

"You can't be talking about the cats that I am thinking about surely right? This can't be true... Pinefire was not lying?" He said to us. I looked a bit confused by who he was talking about, but I got the subject that he meant and I nodded to him.

"Starclan... Yes, I came from a long way away, they brought me here for your help. We are here to bring back the clans." I said to him. He looked at me for a few moments, he then looked at the ground a bit sadly. I could not blame him, but he was the last living cat from the clans and we needed his help.

"I could tell by your scent... You are from a place I know not of, but why? And why did they choose you, how did they get to you and not to me?" He said to me. I looked at him for a few more moments, I was not sure how to respond to that but I did my best.

"Firestar? I am sure that you have heard of him... I am of his kin, he is from a different place, but he too found his way over here." I said to him. He looked at me a bit surprised and then he looked at the sky for a few moments, he looked sad and disgusted at the same time.

"Impossible... But why did you never come for me? I needed you! You left us all to die!" He said, from what I was hearing I could hear real anger in his voice. He then looked back over to me a bit sad and he nodded for me to keep talking.

"They didn't come to help you, because you were not looking for help..." I said to him. He looked at me a bit sadly for a few more seconds and then he looked back at the sky sadly. I wondered what he must be thinking in his head. But then I saw that sadness change into anger.

"My mother! She believed in you! You let her down, you let my brother kill her!" He said looking at the sky angrily. I moved closer to him and nudged him trying to make him feel a little bit better, he pushed me off of him not wanting any of my help.

"I am sorry... I do not know the circumstances that you must have gone through, but I hope that you can teach me... They brought me here to you... Your destiny is not fulfilled yet." I said to him. He looked at the sky still as if he did not here me.

I shook my head, but then he looked back at me the moment I had done that as if he had noticed and he was trying to say that he was paying attention. He then nodded to me and then began talking, I could hear sadness and him being scared in his voice.

"I need time to think... Give me a few days, stay nearby and I will find you... But for now I need you all to leave..."