Chapter 26 (Epilogue)
Dawnflower slowly woke up to squirming. She looked down and watched as she saw four kits suckling. One was a grey tabby, the other was black, and the other two were golden tabbies.
Lionstar just smiled, "Beautiful kits aren't they." Lionstar continued smiled, "What were the names you decided on?"
She was still mad at the tom for leaving the naming up to her, but she couldn't blame him. The moment he had become leader, Pebblestream and the RiverClan tom, Sparkbolt, had a kit who was named, Redkit, and RiverClan claimed that since Sparkbolt was of RiverClan descent, that the kit was theirs righfully, even though Sparkbolt had joined ThunderClan instead of staying with RiverClan or joining SkyClan, "I was thinking of something like the golden she-cat to be Goldenkit, the golden tom to be Lionkit, the grey tom to be Mousekit, and the black she-cat to be Hollykit."
Lionstar just continued smiling. "Beautiful names for beautiful kits!" Lionstripe exclaimed loudly. Many cats were looking in their direction.
Many cats were stifling purrs of amusement. Others weren't so lucky and burst out laughing. Thunderclan was free once more.
They had escaped the grasps of Shadowclan and Riverclan. They had defeated and killed their power hungry leaders, Redstar and Froststar.
Adderstripe left the clans in search of other cats and would form her own clans alongside Dustflight. One that will follow the warrior code, and put their trust in Starclan.
Willowshine and Jayfeather were allowed to be mates since they had Kestrelflight as medicine cat of Thunderclan. Though Jayfeather decided to stay as a medicine cat and be a mate for reasons unknown. StarClan has yet to say anything about it.
Kestrelflight's apprentice, Fernclaw, returned to Windclan while Kestrelflight stayed.
Dovewing and Bumblestripe reconciled and became really good friends again.
The only problem was where in the world Pebblestream was.
The grey she-cat was noticeably absent a lot. Lionstar ignored it though, and just focused on rebuilding the clan, as Pebblestream often brought back moss and brambles for rebuilding.
Lionstar left the side of his mate to see the repairs. A storm had brewed by. But something felt off about it. Lionstar looked up at the sky, to see red dots in the morning sky. Lionstar thought about why there would be red dots in the clear day before looking at Redkit...Lionstar knew immediately that the red tom would have something to do with what held in the future. The five may have had the power of the stars in their paws, but that red tortoiseshell tom...he held the future of the stars and clans in his paws
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Dovewing watched from inside the nursery as Firestorm and Bumblestripe talked to each other as Lionstar walked out...Her other son, now Jaystorm, had left with Dustflight and Adderstripe to find a new territory and form new clans. Dovewing just wished he was okay. Dovewing knew that the queens would have her back though if he wasn't...But Dovewing had a feeling he would be all right.
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Once Bumblestripe was done with his conversation with Firestorm, he walked over to where Jayfeather, Kestrelflight, and Willowshine were speaking, "Am I interrupting something?" the grey tabby asked.
Kestrelflight looked at Bumblestripe, "Oh no no! I was just wrapped up what I was telling them. They are all yours now!"
Bumblestripe purred as Kestrelflight began to walk away, "Alright Jayfeather, fetch me some moss!"
Jayfeather stared at Bumblestripe with his blind blue eyes, "Whatever you say King Bumblestripe!"
Bumblestripe purred again, "Glad you still have your humor!"
"What?! Did you think it ran away like the rabbit you failed to catch?!" Jayfeather teased.
Bumblestripe licked his chest in embarrassment. It was literally in my paws too!!
Willowshine mrowwwed with laughter, "I'll see you two toms some other time!"
Bumblestripe and Jayfeather smirked and began to talk about other things like herbs and hunting.
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Lionblaze looked outside the warriors den as Sorrelstripe was speaking to Quakepelt, Ashfall was speaking to a new cat named Rosefall, Cinderheart and Silentstorm were speaking to another new cat named Dappleflame, Hollytuft was out on a hunting patrol, and Fernsong was sitting where Ivypool was buried. Lionblaze decided to speak to Fernsong.
"Hey Fernsong..." Lionblaze mewed as he walked towards his son. Fernsong looked at his father, "Hey Lionblaze..."
"I know how you feel..." Lionblaze began.
"You know how I feel?!" Fernsong hissed.
Lionblaze sighed, "I do...I lost my mother, I lost my second mother, my second father, and I thought I lost my sister, only for her to return and die again...Soon Cinderheart and I lost our entire second litter, and then lost all of Ashfall's siblings prematurely...And then Ivypool died...I do know how you feel. I've felt the same emotions, I've felt the same rage, the same sadness...I know exactly how you feel cause I have felt them before...I'm no therapist, I can tell you that...," Fernsong looked at his father, "But I can tell you that no matter how much it hurts that they aren't by your side, just know that you should never just sit around and drown in your own misery and sorrow...It is okay to cry from time-to-time, but know that no matter what, your clan has your back and is there for you when you need them...The clan trusts you very much...Just know that whatever you feel, you should trust them to understand...It doesn't mean you should be removed from doing your part...It just means you should trust your clanmates to communicate with them, cause you aren't alone in how you feel. Many cats here swallow and hide their pain cause they feel it'll prevent them from doing their part, but they will listen when you need to talk to them about how you feel."
Lionblaze could tell his words weren't entirely effective, but he could tell from his son's eyes that he got the message Lionblaze was at least trying to convey. The golden son sighed, "You are right...I should also go on a hunting patrol to ensure that the clan has enough prey with the influx of new cats joining and more kits being born!" Lionblaze nodded his head as his son walked away. Lionblaze looked in the direction where Alderheart was buried before walking away to look for Cinderheart.
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Ravenwing looked at the camp as warriors were fixing the clan wall defenses while Bumblestripe was sitting next to him. The black tom turned to see Lionstar and told Bumblestripe of the oncoming leader, "Why hello Lionstar." Bumblestripe meowed.
The dark ginger leader nodded his head, "Hello Bumblestripe, Ravenwing. Watching the clan as they are building?"
Bumblestripe responded, "More of just surveying to make sure that things have been done correctly." Lionstar nodded to the response.
Ravenwing twitched his whiskers in amusement, "You are worse than Runningstar when it comes to nodding heads."
Lionstar smirked, "That's a leader's job! Commanding the clan and getting neck pain!"
The three cats all mrowwed in laughter. Lionstar looked at Ravenwing, "Have you seen Hollyleaf anywhere?"
"I saw Amberclaw 'teaching her the hunter's crouch.'" Bumblestripe chimed. Lionstar slitted his eyes before bursting out in laughter, "Bumblestripe, not only is that inappropriate and indecent, that's actually funny!"
Bumblestripe looked at Lionstar with a blank expression, "You aren't joking this time are you?" Ravenwing questioned. The grey tom nodded his head in shame.
Lionstar was clearly going stiff with embarrassment and licked his chest, "Well that was a twist. You got us in the first half not gonna lie, Bumblestripe."
Bumblestripe mewed with more guilt in shame, "And the worst part is that it was while they were wrapping up their 'lesson'"
Ravenwing snorted at the response and he could tell Lionstar was trying to hold back as well.
"This is why I like being around you, Bumblestripe," Lionstar smirked, "You make the most normal cat activities really hilarious!"
Bumblestripe smirked back, "And I doubt no-nonsense Dawnflower would like to hear that her mate, let alone the ThunderClan leader, was laughing at dirty jokes."
Lionstar looked at Bumblestripe, "Well at least the jokes I laugh at will never be close to how dirty your mind must be!"
Bumblestripe licked his chest in embarrassment, "Anyways, I really wanna talk to Dovewing so I will see you all some other time!"
Ravenwing and Lionstar nodded to each other and they both went their separate ways.
Silentstorm watched from the undergrowth that kept him from detection.
He wanted to figure out Lionstar's reasoning as to why he chose Mousewhisker as his deputy.
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I know this was short, but I felt it is better to keep the epilogues short! Keep an eye out cause this isn't the end of A Prophecy of Four!!!
There are two more chapters remaining regarding this series!!!
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