Do You AgREe?

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(So I had to go to bed early last night because I had to take a practice ACT today early in the morning...*sigh* There is no time for my homework this weekend and I need to study for a huge History test, but I'll be able to tomorrow. So until then, let's begin! Again, I am very sorry for not posting at all last night.)

Foxflight stalked into the willow hidden clearing. At the last meeting, more cats had shown up than he had expected which satisfied him greatly. Perhaps this could really be a revolution among the clans. The first revolution in all of clan history. They would dismantle the leadership and restore it to help the warriors as a group. No more of this leader hating leader stuff. It killed innocent cats for no reason other than a disagreement.

His haunches propelled him onto the branch he had been on before. Now, who would have the guts to show up again? Sure they were all noble warriors, including him, but they needed to stand up to the leadership and restore its Starclan heirloom. Starclan would no longer be mad at the clans just because of their leaders.

The tom sat upon the branch with grace. No one had called him the leader yet because the first meeting was just to see who was interested. Now, it was time to get their devotion to this and they may not agree. They may not even agree on him leading them, but he knew that he had to step up and be the leader or the whole group would just cause chaos, not strength and right.

He swished his tail in the cool night air. Frostbite had not entered the woods yet, but he could feel the seasons changing just as the leadership was soon too as well.

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Stripedleaf stalking into the meeting place again one of the first to show. She hoped that tonight would have better results than the last meeting. If they had any hope of dismantling the leaders they would need a force to be reckoned with, and the number from the last meeting would have been crushed. Her eyes glared at the Thunderclan tom, waiting for more than two to show up. The last meeting was just a show of who would be there but it was now time to discuss what was wrong with the clans. She thought that it would be a good thing for them to start so when the others showed up a conversation would already be started. "What's wrong with the Thunderclan leader?", wondering what the she-cat had done so wrong to make Foxflight want to raise an army against all clans. She would be content with just destroying Riverclan, but she would need this group to do it. She could do nothing on her own.

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His eyes caught the she-cat waltzing in and never left them escape her form. Stripedleaf was one of the first to show up again and he knew she wanted to get down to business. Foxflight looked at the willow and then back at her as he felt the air rising with tension, one that preluded a conversation.

Quicky, his eyes alighted onto Stripeleaf's own and took in her emotions along with her words. It was a good question and one that would be asked often if they ever looked upon this action of rising against the leaders in the future. What was wrong with Tanglestar?...., he thought as he tied all his thoughts together.

The tom was glad the she-cat had broken the silence and made it easier for new arrivals to mingle. He could tell she was inquisitive just from that fact.

"Tanglestar, as you have probably heard, left our clan to rot in our time of need. Riddlehawk took over just as he was supposed to, but when our leader came back we couldn't help, but feel betrayed. Then she took her leadership right back as if nothing had happened, but everyone had already accepted the fact as best we could that she would never come back," he spat in a quiet mew. The only thing that showed how high he felt like yelling that statementw as his fur rising from his body more than it ever had before. Foxflight was always calm, but this had put Thunderclan on the precipice of distator, but she just strolled through everything as if it was nothing.

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Flightwhisker padded into the clearing next, heading straight towards Foxflight and Stripedleaf, her tail-tip twitching back and forth. "Exactly. Everything would have been better if Tanglestar had just never come back in the first place. Riddlehawk would be Riddlestar right now, and we wouldn't have to meet up like this in order to fix everything." A growl was clear in her voice. But still, as she said that, the ThunderClan she-cat knew that if it hadn't been for Tanglestar's grasp for her old leadership back, no cat would have been able to realize just how crooked the old leaders were. Now they were set with cleansing the Clans.

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Badgerstep came into view of the clearing just in time to hear Swiftfire's proposal. There was a frown on the WindClan warrior's face, but his pawsteps remained steady until he was near Stripedleaf. The black and white tom then sat down, flicked an ear to the she-cat, and looked up to where Foxflight had again seated himself up on the tree branch. His facial expression still did not change, only now there was a small gleam in his amber eyes. Something was there that almost spoke of some sort of hopeful admiration. If following this tom was the way into changing everything for the better, then he would do whatever he could. Even if he had to stomach that same bitter taste of guilt along the way.

The warrior curled his tail around his paws and blinked. "It's not like Tanglestar is the only one. Foxstar almost destroyed all of WindClan. She wasn't even a proper leader for several moons. StarClan punished her by crippling her senses and her mind so much that she was practically mad. Didn't even appoint a deputy for ages. And then there was the whole mess with RiverClan..." He shook his head with a groan. Things had gone disastrous for the Clan since Foxstar's leadership. And even if that wasn't his true reason for joining up with the ThunderClan tom, it was still another good reason.

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Little Moonkit came back as usual, nobody really expected the little silve and white reincarnate to stay away, despite what everyone said. But no one would expect who came along soon after. Ariska had padded into the clearing, the silvery she-cat sitting there delicately,with her tail folded around her paws. But an even greater prescence was to enter the clearing this night.....

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The tom that entered the clearing was huge. A tabby, with a missing eye...and a lame paw. A huge lumbering beast with a thick shaggy brown coat. A scarred and heavily muscled brute.....Riddlehawk. His slight limp made a thump, his heavy musky scent that was the feline equivalent of Axe. His single gold eye scanned the clearing and its cats. His oversized canines extended just slightly past the edge of his jaw, and they gleamed dully like ivory in the silver moonlight. Was he here to hurt them and ruin everything? No...he wasn't. This tom was mad, madder than a hatter, and he was here to help. Of course, what Tanglestar didn't know wouldn't hurt her. It was more out of curiosity than anything that he was here, for he had heard rumors and wanted to see for himself.

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Another tom started to slowly come out of the bushes, his fur laying down flat upon his body. He looked like another TigerStar, and oh, he had the same ambitions. He was still worried on telling his lovely mate-- GoldenFur-- about this. He feared that she would dislike it and leave him. Then again-- who can't say that Goldenfur followed him anyways, hm?

ScarShadow wrinkled his nose, and looked at FoxFlight. Ah, he thinks he is the leader-- which he could be at the moment, but he will try to be the... so called... 'deputy'.

He growled to himself, which it was quite quiet, and lauched himself up on the branch beside him. While he did so, his muscles seemed to ripple under his pelt-- anyone could mistake him TigerStar at this point. There was only two differences-- Size and Color of eyes. ScarShadow is a lot smaller, and Scarshadow has green eyes, not amber..

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"I thought I heard problems," a tom grumbled near the back, "If this is what I think it is, I'll join. ShadowClan took my daughter, and made her against me. I'm willing to bring them down."

A gray tom slowly padded out beside MoonKit, and if she looked at his eyes, only if she did, she would see that his eyes were pale white. Why? Because he was blind. His daughter blinded him.

Clear licked his jaws, and flickered his ears. His mate soon died as well-- and he hasn't seen his other daughter. So-- he had to start doing this himself. And it has helped; the only reason why he did so, was because he told himself, 'I'll soon get ShadowClan for taking my daughter...' And it seemed to work, especially now.

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Batwing raced towards the meeting place. I hope I'm not late...he thought as his paws raced across the ground. He was early to the first meeting, and now, he was most likely going to be late to the next. But I suppose it doesn't matter if I'm late or not. As long as I can get in on the plans to overthrow the wretched leaders that are leading our clans to ruin!

The black tom slipped into the meeting place and sat down near the back. The meeting had started, but he hadn't missed out on any of the excitment.

"From here on out, things are going to be fun..."

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Riddlehawk was sitting there, his shaggy fur kept messily in the place. His single gold eye peered at the other cats, completely focused tonight. The madness that lurked in his mind was under control tonight.

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Moonkit looked at Clear, her silvery eyes peering at him curiously. She remembered that she had heard about him being blinded, by his daughter nonetheless. Still, she remained silent. Her tail flicked back and forth silently, her entire demeanor calm.

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((Hey Zimmy, were not going to do the 'deputy' role for Foxflight due to time. Sorry! ))

Foxflight's tail continued to lash in his anger and listened to his clan mate agree with him as soon as she entered. Then a voice he knew came into his ears. Badgerstep had come again and he was glad. Out of all the other cats that had come last time, he only felt a sort of friendship towards the tom. Sootclaw and Riddlehawk were too power hungry and mad. The others had anger issues or plainly hated their clans. He and Badgerstep didn't seem like that did they?

His sharp amber eyes looked towards Badgerstep and he nodded knowingly. "Believe me, I understand full well that it isn't just Thunderclan. That is why this meeting is open to all clans. The cats of the clans need to right out the unjust behavior by ourselves or Starclan will not approve of us anymore," he mewed lightly.

The tom noticed Moonkit slip in again. He saw how she composed herself and how her eyes looked and knew that something of great power lurked within her, but most likely agreed to what was going on if it hadn't destoryed everyone by now. Riddlehawk quickly padded in behind the kit and he dipped his head. Foxflight had been worried that the tom hadn't arrived last time. A great deal of the plans involved the tom and it wouldn't do for the deputy to rat them all out.

The scent of Scarshadow alighted his senses and he immediatly saw the mass of a tabby walk towards him. Soon his clanmate was right next to him on the branch and he felt like hissing. This cat had the wrong idea! Scarshadow was too dumb to come up with the plans he had weaved. Foxflight had practically had to give Riddlehawk and Scarshadow their whole part just for them to comprehend it. A good shove to shine usually did the trick, but he allowed the tom to sit there while he made it quiet clear by his scent that he was annoyed and angry at the tom.

A grumble distracted him from looking at Scarshadow's fat face. He landed his gaze on a blinded cat and he felt immediate respect for the tom. It seemed that this cat had seen moon's worth of knowledge and knew full well what was going to be done. Foxflight felt bad though when he knew he had to correct the tom. "You may join for the sake of your daughter, but we are not bringing down any of the clans, but restoring them or for a better word, cleansing them," he said loud enough for Clear to hear.

A young form zipped under the willow and he heard his mew of excitement. His eyes met Batwing's with a bit of force. He made it clear that this may be fun, but it was a duty they must undertake for the good of the clans. Foxflight quivered his whiskers though in a laugh at the excitement immenating from the young warrior.

Looking around, he was disappointed in the outcome. If any of the other cats didn't show up later on he'd have to make sure they said absolutely nothing by force.

His claws dug into the branch as he lifted himself up to stand. From there he began to speak. "We have all had issues among our clans, but lately the reason has been because of a leader's problem. Thunderclan with Tanglestar, Windclan with Foxstar, Shadowclan with Spottedstar, and Riverclan with Firestar. If you want to, let's all put the grievances together. Anyone may speak up about their clan if they wish, but this all stay's underneath the willow of silver," he yowled. It was best to understand everyone's reason for coming to insure that each would be satisfied and would agree to be part of the cause.

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Flightwhisker nodded along when Foxflight corrected the loner- they were cleansing, not destroying. What would be the point of that? If they succeeded, they would be the only dozen Clan cats left. That number was barely big enough for one. But whatever- she had a good idea for what to focus on. As long as all the others did as well, they were set. Still, a little bugger in the back of her mind made her want to hiss at the blind old loner just for being there. Couldn't he see that this was Clan business? Flightwhisker knew that any willing paw should be appreciated, but she had never liked loners in the first place. But she wasn't too fond of any non-ThunderClan cats, for that matter, and it was turning out that she would have to stifle both emotions.

Then as Foxflight continued to address the rest of the present cats, Flightwhisker looked around for a response. Foxflight had summed her opinions up quite nicely on his own, previously. But she might as well add something, seeing that no other cat was speaking up. "Tanglestar is weak in the head," she called out with narrowed eyes. "She'll probably go senile before we know it. She's the oldest leader we have! Not to mention that she doesn't even concern herself with what the Clan thinks anymore. She took in a RiverClan apprentice just recently, and from what I've heard, she'd trying to make him a little too comfortable in our camp." She wrinkled her nose in disgust. That tom was starting to stink up the joint. Why would Tanglestar want him around? Weren't ThunderClan cats good enough for her anymore?

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((It's fine, and it isn't exactly that. I mean-- he will still act like it, even though there is not one. He just wants power and he craves it. He wants cats to make it look like he's next in charge when he's not, and so if(not saying he will) FoxFlight dies(once more, not saying he will) then he would try to step up as leader, which would probably fail.))

"I don't care, as long as the leader is gone. And I mean, Gone. All of them can go, if they are all alike," the blind tom meowed, his head rather up high, "My name is Clear, by the way..."

He looked around, even though all he could see was pure black. He was trying to imagine where he exactly was-- which he had almost no clue. He was a bit afraid, but not much, only because he didn't even know whom he was speaking with. All he could know is that they could kill him, or whatever.

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ScarShadow had no respect for the gray tom. He even looked older than he probably was. What would a blind cat help with this for him to get power? He had no clue. All he would probably do is get himself killed. And that would be terrible. For him.

ScarShadow looked at FoxFlight, and then looked over at FlightWhisker, and gave a curt nod. He knew there was no position of next in line, but he would love to have other cats look at him like he was. He knew there wasn't a way.

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It's better to be late than never, he growled to himself. FireStar was getting too soft. He was angry how FireStar was letting TangleStar keep IcePaw. There was no reason to. And most cats would agree with him.

A pure black tom slithered in, and he wasn't exactly late. He was late by appearance, but he heard what everyone was saying. He didn't want to make himself noticeable.

He twitched his black nose, and was thinking. What if they got rid of leaders, and tried to rise to power, but in a way... that the others would just look up to them? He never heard about LurkClan or whatever, but... he would probably pay no attention to it anyways.

DarkNight couldn't help but let out a hiss, mostly because of all the constant thoughts in his mind.

"Hey, what if we got rid of the leaders, asked the others what they want, as in, let us rule instead," he flicked his tail tip side to side, while his green opal eyes looked up at FoxFlight. Would he even see what he was saying? Power was everything.

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Foxflight scrunched his nose up at Flightwhisker's remark. She was stating the truth and he liked it. It was good to be truthful to one's heart. "You are completely right, Flightwhisker. She has gone far enough. The other clans seem to have the same problem, especially Foxstar and Firestar for not likeing each other and using that as an excuse to kill innocents," he yowled calmly.

He turned towards the blind black cat named Clear. What he heard in those words was promise of helping, but also the want to murder. This did not sit right with him and this needed to be perfectly understood by others. They would not be like Tigerstar nor the bloodthirsty alley cats. He'd address this later though when he had more ears that would listen. "Thank you for helping the cause...Clear," he spoke. The named rolled off his tongue like a liquid.

A new voice was admitted under the willow leaves. What he heard was a headstrong young cat speaking what they would. He listened with understanding. All cats had ambition, but they must wrestle it quickly and quiet it down before it hurt others. " It is an idea fellow warrior. It makes since for our hard work to be rewarded by such a prize," he said and then paused before he continued. "Unfortunately, that would be defeating the purpose. Putting ourselves as leaders would only create more harm for the clans. Starclan and our clans will together pick who is right. Some might just be us, but remember, we are just the movers and shakers, not the ambitious rulers of the past. We want peace, not destruction," he meowed for all to hear.

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The black tom stared at Foxflight, a hint of admiration in his eyes. How could he possibly stand up in front of all of these cats and talk like that? Wasn't he nervous? It was almost like he was a leader...

Truthfully, Batwing didn't know much of what happened outside Thunderclan, and he found himself digging up clumps of dirt as he listened to Foxflight continue. If innocent cats were being killed and the leaders didn't even care, then that proved that these cats were not fit to lead the clans.

Down with the leaders! he almost yowled aloud, but he stopped himself. It would be foolish to yell such a childish thing out in such an important meeting. For the rest of the meeting, he said to himself, I'll make sure not to open my big mouth...

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Flightwhisker nodded vigorously at Foxflight's words. The more she heard, the more she was drawn in. This cat had all of the right answers. He knew just the right things too do. By rejecting the idea of taking over as leaders, he showed even more promise than before. Would any evil cat turn down such power? He could have even instead proposed an idea that would secure himself as the single ruler over all of the Clans if he had really wanted to. But instead, he respected StarClan and had a good enough sense of proper order to know better. The she-cat then glanced over to where Riddlehawk resided. Like any sensible cat, Flightwhisker knew exactly who StarClan would choose as the next leader. He was perfectly suited, and already had a claim on the position by rank. The title of leader should have been his moons ago.

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Badgerstep, as he listened to the ThunderClan tom's words, just nodded solemnly. Foxflight had some grand ideas. Idealistic, maybe, but maybe that was what the Clans needed most. After so much bad, well, wasn't it best to aim for the best possible future? And if it's possible, I need to stand there and do whatever I can to help. The black and white warrior let his claws roll in and out. "So what are we going to do? How are we going to get this peace accomplished?"

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"It's obvious isn't it?" Riddlehawk said. His gaze turned to the other cats. "We get rid of Tanglestar, Thunderclan is ours. We kill off the other deputys and make sure they're replaced by one of ours. Then kill the leaders and replace them with the deputys. We control all the clans." he said, his voice carrying rather amusingly across the area.

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