The last thing I rememeber about my old territory was the death. There was death everywhere I turned. It was like hell. The clan leader, Sparkstar, was trying the best he could to help our clan. But nothing would help. There were few fit warriors, and alot of them would leave and never come back. We figgured that they eather left or they were killed by a patrol of foxes or badgers. Somehow the two stupid animals teamed up. Appearently, they didn't like that we Clan cats took up the whole forest. So they decided to drive us out. And it was working. At the last gathering, Heatherstar had spoken about the mass outbreak of foxes and badgers. She had told us that it was good to be cautious, and not letting warriors or apprentices go out alone. Of course, that didn't work. Sometimes foxes or badgers would rush in randomly and threaten us. And Sparkstar knew it was about time we did something. He wanted us to go to battle and try to drive the foxes and badger out of the forest. I knew we wouldn't succeed. But I couldn't go against Sparkstar's wishes.

Sparkstar finally made his decision: He was going to take all of the warriors and apprentices with him. I, of course, didn't think it was a good plan, so I spoke out, "Sparkstar, I don't think this would be good. I mean, foxes and badgers have been known to kill many cats single-handedly. Why lead all of you're warriors to battle?"
Sparkstar drilled his eyes into me, "Cresentpaw, I can see why you don't want to do this. You're just a coward."
The words kept on repeating into my mind and it haunted me until we arrived at the foxes and badgers camp. I took a deep breath and Flamepaw, my best friend, stood close to me. She didn't want to do this as much as I did but we knew we could run away. Because if we did the clan would'nt welcome us back. I was shivering with fear, as Sparkstar screeched a battle cry.

We fought to the death, and thats exactly what happened. We fought and fought, but they just didn't seem to go down. We killed a couple of foxes but the badgers seemed unstoppable. I fought until I couldn't go on anymore, but love for my Clan kept me going. That is, until Flamepaw was stuck battling two badgers. I yowled and rushed to her side quickly and jumped on the back of one of the badgers. I was burning with anger as I ripped my thornsharp claws across the badger's throat. It coughed up blood and fell to the ground. I jumped off quickly and looked around for Flamepaw. She wasn't anywhere. I turned around and caught a fox and a badger dragging her off into a den. She screeched for help but none came. Because there was no more help. I ran to her rescue, but someone grabbed my neckfur. It was Sparkstar and he dragged me off into the bushes, leaving my best friend behind to be torn apart by our bloodthirsty enemys. I never saw Flamepaw again.

When we got back to our camp, I spat at Sparkstar, "Why did you do this?! I told you we didn't have to battle! Now look at us! Theres only four warriors and two apprentices left!" I thought about the apprentices. The other apprentice was Daisypaw. I knew there would be three apprentices...if I had stuck to Flamepaw's side. Now she was gone. Forever. I blamed myself for days, and I wouldn't eat, not that there was much to eat anyway. I didn't talk to anyone, but Daisypaw tried to comfort me. She had worse induries than me but she stayed tall. I finally ate my first piece of prey in days.

I thought long and hard about this bad problem. I had finally thought of a solution. We needed help from the other three clans. I told Sparkstar about this and he accepted immediatly. We started off toward Hauntedclan. No one was in their camp. Not a trace. We knew that they had left. We went to Heatherclan next. Since Sparkstar had nothing to say, I told Heatherstar everything. With the help of Daisypaw, I had come up with a pretty good story. But she didn't buy it. She said that clanmates are supposed to take care of one another, and shouldn't be whining to other clans for help. But we weren't whining. We just needed help. Next was Aquaclan and we told them the exact same story. Aquastar didn't buy it eather. He told us to leave. They were no help and thus, my plan failed. There was nothing else to do. There was no hope. We were all going to rot away or be killed. ...That is until the rogue showed up.

The rogue told us his name was Bloodspill. He was a pure black tom and I could tell he was a murderous cat just by looking in his hatefilled eyes. He told us he could help us and that he already helped Hauntedclan with survival and they were up and fit. We needed help desparatly. I was willing to help in any way, especiallly since Sparkstar wouldn't give orders anymore. I guess I sort of became the "makeshift leader" of Fireclan. When Bloodspill asked for my name, I told him Cresentflame. I had made myself a warrior, just like that because I knew that Sparkstar would let me become a warrior. I had also named myself after Flamepaw, so she would become a warrior too. The moment had been good, until Bloodspill had noticed Sparkstar. His ruffled fur and blank eyes made Bloodspill notice him and he immediately padded over to Sparkstar and killed him. My eyes had widened. This rogue had just killed my leader right in front of me. I wanted to leap onto Bloodspill and kill him, but then I thought what Sparkstar had done. He had led all of my clan to their deaths and mostly my best friend. I let Bloodspill leave, with my clan. Daisypaw was frightened now and protested to me that I shouldn't let this rogue take in Fireclan and make it strong again, but I would't listen to her. I gathered up Amberclaw, our one queen and we left.

Bloodspill helped us as promised and Amberclaw had three kits. I was angry, that those tiny harmless kits had to be born into this cursed world. Bloodspill, of course, wanted kits in this group of cats. So he let them and Amberclaw stay. I helped them, and cared for them, even though they weren't mine. Amberclaw appreciated my help, and thought of me as Fireclan's leader. But I told her there was no more Fireclan. Bloodspill had given us a new name; Spiritclan.