A chat... (Hawkstar/p)

[stormkit]

Silversplash's radiant bright blue eyes had a dancing shimmer, as the tabby and white queen slowly entered Hawkstar's den. She thought he might be here. She wanted a....um, a chat. Yeah, Hawkstar seemed to be a capable and friendly leader. But Silver was uneasy with this. She had so many questions, too .... She had never liked FireClan. Why did it have to be that clan? Couldn't it have been anything else? Sighing, Silversplash sat down uneasily, wondering what the leader might think of her after they talked.

"Hawkstar?" The queen tried mewing, as she waited patiently with her tail blanketing her soft paws. But this wasn't the only reason she wanted to see the leader. She needed to get to know him. It sounded strange - being in a clan without knowing the leader well.

[Hawktalon]

Hawkstar had been dozing in the corner of his den when the queen came in. The cliffs were rather cold. But after exploring his new den he discovered that the right corner the farthest from the entrance was a warm area in the cold den. He wondered why this was a made a mental note to tell the apprentices to set his bedding up there from now on.

He looked up when Silversplash entered and waved his tail in greeting.

"Hello, Silversplash. How are you? What can I help you with?"

[stormkit]

Silversplash hadn't noticed him in the corner. His pelt matched the rock's color, and she didn't exactly now the leader's scent. Recognizing his, voice she answered.

"Hi, Hawkstar. I'm fine...thanks" Silver purred, trying to be friendly with him.

Silversplah thought about what to say. She couldn't just say, "GET THE HELL OUT OF HERE FIRECLANNER! Well, she could, but....no. She would have never done that. Silver decided to say something about the clan.

"Well, I know you're from..Fireclan. You came here to replace Venomstar, didn't you? He left, didn't he? Don't you miss Fireclan? And for the record, what
did happen to Venomstar? I can't bear any more secrets!" she meowed her last line was rather loud, and Silversplash hoped what she said didn't seem rude.

[Hawktalon]

Hawkstar raised an eyebrow at her outburst of questions and then he raised himself and walked over to her placing his tail on her shoulder comfortingly.

"Calm down, Silversplash. Why didn't you ask me this at the clan meeting?"

[stormkit]

Silversplash didn't react as Hawkstar placed his tail on her shoulder. Maybe she had asked too much questions. Silver was known for being calm, but she couldn't be with all the things going on. RockClan had a new leader, a former FireClanner. And Sandleaf had just told her about Iceclan and Treeclan. Sand had been so sure that they would attack Rockclan, since it was small and wouldn't stand a chance against two big clans. It would be an easy way to take land. At first Silver didn't worry about it, but now she was as concerned as Sandleaf.

"It was too confusing. And...I guess I didn't have the nerve in front of so many cats I didn't even know."

Silver explained, as her ears flattened. The thing she was most concerned about was being led into a war without Venomstar.

[Hawktalon]

He looked at her and gave her a tentative smile.

"Yes...I came to replace Venomstar. He did leave for a while...to seek me out...and sure I miss Fireclan," it wouldn't be any use lying "It was my home for a long time. But feelings will fade and Fireclan will be nothing but a distant memory to me. As for Venomstar...I have a theory. But I don't know if it's right."

He turned away from her and faced the den wall, looking at their two shadows on the wall created by the light from outside the den.

[stormkit]

The pessimistic queen listened to his answers, but she was drawn to the last one. A 'theory.' Venomstar had been such a great, well sometimes so calm that it was funny, friend. Him, leaving the clan...it really hurt Silver. Why would he ever do it?

"You can assume what happened? Do you mind - if you tell me your theory?" she asked, curiosity getting the best of her.

[Hawktalon]

"You could always ask, Venomstar. He's in the elders den I assume. I'm sure you'd probably trust his side of the story a lot more then mine."

He turned suddenly to lock his dark blue eyes with hers.

"Although I assure you, they are identical."

[stormkit]

She merely nodded, half in respect, half in gratitude. At least now she knew where to find her old friend, and leader. That partly satisfied her. It was hard to gain Silver's trust, unless the cat was born in Rockclan. awkstar seemed nice enough, but who knew if that was to last? Then her mind recalled something she had wanted to share with someone.

"Do you know about Treeclan? And Iceclan." she brought up the subject. If he did, Silversplash was considering telling him about how Sand and her thought they might plan a raid. It could really turn into a huge problem.

[Hawktalon]

Hawkstar wondered about the sudden change of subject but just decided to let it go.

"Sort of...there was a fire in Treeclan right? And they went off and took refuge in Iceclan."

[stormkit]

She nodded as her tail swayed from side to side, dusting the ground behind her.

"I'm assuming you know Sandleaf, another queen? She just told me this morning, she had witnessed the scene unfolding from the far end of our territory. Sandleaf seemed so concerned, so I asked why. I mean, to me it wasn't a big deal. They were staying with Iceclan, so what? She told me they had a perfect chance to attack us. I had to agree with her... Since they had Treeclan, it would be a perfect chance. I'm just worried. We aren't prepared for a battle with few warriors, and considering how small our clan is."

The queen explained, pausing sometimes for a breath. She knew Rockclan couldn't possibly win if this happened. She also knew they were smart, especially Treeclan. Surely they would figure it would be so easy to just take over Rockclan? But Silver realized there was also Fireclan. Maybe, if they did plan to attack, they would go for Fire? The thought relieved her, but not much since she had friends in Fireclan.

"Of course, this whole thought might not be true. I'm not trying to convince you we will be attacked in any way. I'm just..guessing. They're smart cats, wouldn't they notice the ease?" Silversplash meowed, wanting to hear her leader's opinion.

[Hawktalon]

Hawkstar thudded his tail on the ground quietly while Silversplash told him what she had heard from the other Rockclan queen, Sandleaf. When she was was finished he was initially irritated with himself. When he heard that there had been a fire in Treeclan he was indifferent, maybe even a little happy. He hated those cocky Treeclan cats and was sadistically glad that they had been driven from their home.

But, Silversplash was right. Hawkstar's clan was undoubtedly the smallest of all the clans. It would be an easy task to over-run them with their huge numbers. The Treeclan cats could easily use their cliffs as home while they waited for it to be safe to live in Treeclan territory again.

What made Hawkstar mad was that he had never thought about this until she had mentioned it to him and that just wouldn't do. He was a leader now. He needed to think about how any event in any clan could affect his own. Hawkstar was quiet in his shame a moment before speaking.

"I think...that your suspicions have value. It would be easy to come in here with their numbers and overtake us,"

He paused thinking. He didn't want his first few days of his leadership to be marked by sending is cats to war where they could possibly die or be seriously injured. But what choice did he have?

"We wouldn't be able to take them by ourselves alone. I will need to set up a patrol of cats to travel to Fireclan to ask for assistance in case we are attacked...I have no choice. I have to ask Fireclan."

That last sentence he was talking more to himself rather than Silversplash. He had to go back to his old clan. So soon too. But it was for the good of his clan. And he would do anything to keep it safe.

[stormkit]

Silversplash nodded, well Fireclan was better than Treeclan, considering the Treeclanners had attacked Rockclan. And she really didn't like Iceclan. It was so big, and most of the cats were boastful.

"Fireclan would probably be big enough. Maybe they're guessing Iceclan will attack, too. I'm sure they would accept your request if you sent a patrol of cats to the prairie."

She mewed, her blue eyes gazing intently at his.

[Hawktalon]

"Thank you Silversplash, if there is nothing else then you are dismissed." Hawkstar said with a flick of his gray tail. He needed time to think about what cats he wanted for the patrol.

[stormkit]

She flicked her ear for no particular reason, maybe just to make this post longer and respectfully left the leader's den.

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