Bramblestar's Storm/Chapter 32

==Chapter description==
:Sunlight fills the forest, and the ThunderClan cats relax outside the tunnel. However, Bramblestar is still conflicted over whether going to battle on ShadowClan's behalf was the right thing to do—he recalls Dustpelt's death and considers how the other Clans would react. Jessy and Millie then excitedly announce that the hollow is finally dry, and the cats head down the slope to see. The dens are damaged but still present, and there is debris on the ground. Brackenfur begins planning reconstruction of the camp, and Whitewing comforts him when he realizes that Dustpelt is not sharing the job with him anymore. Daisy then comes, disgusted at the condition of the nursery, and Brackenfur assures her that they will work on it. The apprentices give Frankie, Jessy, and Minty a tour of the camp, and Squirrelfight then joins Bramblestar, who is relieved that they are finally back home. He begins talking about the badgers, but Brackenfur asks him for permission to organize building patrols. The leader tells Squirrellflight that he will tell her later.
:That night, Bramblestar falls asleep while his Clanmates happily chat outside of his den. In his dreams, he finds himself alone in ThunderClan's camp and catches sight of Firestar. Firestar says that he has done well, and when Bramblestar shares his worries over fighting against the badgers, the ginger tom states that few realize the importance of sharing dangers between the Clans. Bramblestar wonders how this can be so when the Clans must also be independent, and Firestar reveals the existence of a fifth Clan, SkyClan, that was driven out of the forest many moons ago. He explains that Twolegs encroached on SkyClan's territory, but the other Clans refused to share their land with them, so SkyClan left for the gorge. SkyClan faced many challenges, but he and Sandstorm were sent by StarClan to reunite the group. He concludes that the four leaders who drove SkyClan out each gave Leafstar a life, reinforcing the message that each Clan is dependent on the rest—that similar to how Bramblestar aided ShadowClan, the Clans must work together. Bramblestar asks Firestar to tell more, but he merely says that there is one other cat he can ask about SkyClan.
:When Bramblestar awakes, he seeks out Sandstorm, who Jayfeather is giving herbs to. He tells her that Firestar visited him in a dream to tell him about SkyClan and told him to speak to her. Sandstorm describes how they met Sky, whose grandmother was from SkyClan, and how they recruited various loners and kittypets to bring the lost Clan back. They also fought a den of rats that had ravaged the original Clan; however, Firestar lost a life. She then reveals that Sky, who received the warrior name Skywatcher, delivered the kin of your kin prophecy before his death. Sandstorm explains that Firestar did not tell anyone else about the journey because he felt that the burden of guilt deserved to end, and Bramblestar sighs that he wants to stop feeling guilty about fighting the badgers. He admits that he was just trying to act as Firestar would, but Sandstorm exclaims that he was chosen as leader not to be an echo of Firestar but to be himself. She asks if he would have done the same regardless of others' expectations, and after a moment, the leader replies that he would have. Sandstorm approvingly states that he must simply be who he wants.
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