Firestar's Quest/Chapter 6

==Chapter description==
:Firestar once again dreams of the fleeing cats, whom he now knows are SkyClan. As he's racing along, he sees a kit suddenly tumble into the river. He continues to find himself helpless as he also watches an apprentice stray into the path of a fox and an elder lagging further and further behind. Another just stops and falls over, not getting up again. It's clear the journey is taking a huge toll on SkyClan. His attention is brought to a gray-and-white tom at the head of the traveling cats, who is arguing with some of his warriors about how long they're going to have to travel and where they're going to settle. The cat, who Firestar realizes must be the Clan leader, denies the medicine cat Fawnstep's plea to allow her speak to StarClan. Before long, Firestar falls behind SkyClan and mist swirls around him as he's pulled out of the dream.
:He expects to see his mate, Sandstorm, beside him but he is instead greeted by Spottedleaf, who tells him that the former SkyClan leader must be appearing in his dreams for a reason. She says that he must believe that Firestar can help him, and that the answer will be shown to him soon. When he wakes, Graystripe is arranging patrols, and Firestar volunteers to join a hunting patrol with Cloudtail and Thornclaw. They head out toward Twolegplace, the sight of which reminds the ThunderClan leader that his former Twoleg nest must be in SkyClan's old territory. When he tries to dismiss these thoughts and refocus on the hunt, he sees a white blur that he thinks at first is Cloudtail, but actually seemed to be a vision of the former SkyClan leader. He asks what the cat wants from him, but no one responds.
:While trying to resume his hunt, he hears angry yowling break out closer to the Twoleg fence and makes his way there to see Brambleclaw and Ashfur fighting a black-and-white cat he soon realizes is Smudge, his kittypet friend from kithood. Smudge protests that he's just trying to see Firestar and the flame-colored tom quickly puts a stop to the fight, dismissing the two warriors so they can rejoin their border patrol. Firestar asks why Smudge has wandered so far into the forest, and the kittypet confesses that he's started having strange dreams and he's afraid he might have to come and join the forest cats. He explains his reasoning is because Firestar had strange dreams before he left his kittypet life to join ThunderClan. Firestar reassures him that sometimes dreams are just dreams, until Smudge tells him that he's dreaming of a lot of cats that are running away fearfully, including a gray-and-white cat. 
:Firestar is alarmed to hear about these dreams, knowing at once that Smudge has been dreaming of SkyClan, just like him. He's not sure what to think, but assures his friend he won't have to join ThunderClan, and offers to accompany him back to his Twoleg nest. On their way, they meet Hattie, the kittypet who now lives in Firestar's old Twoleg nest. She offers to show him his old yard and the changes that have been made to it, including an old bush that was dug up. At this, Firestar pauses, but is struck with the realization that the old bush that was dug up could've been around from when SkyClan was living in the area.
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==Trivia==
*This chapter aligns with part two of A Thief in ThunderClan.
==Notes and references==
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