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Brightpaw followed Swiftpaw to the clear where the dead prey was found, Bright thought back on the conversation that brought her and Swift here.

Swift had walked over to the other apprentices his tail lashing, he hissed that the only way they would be made warriors was if they proved themselves like Cloudtail, Bright noticed that when he said Clouds name he seemed to get more agitated, Swift hissed that he was going after whatever was stealing there prey and was inviting any and all of the apprentices to join him.

Ashpaw and Fernpaw both shook their head, Ash hissed that he wasn't a mouse-brain and wasn't about to try and deal with something the older warriors couldn't handle, Thornpaw looked hesitant before also shaking his head, Swift muttered something about traitors under his breath before turning to Bright.

Bright didn't hesitate nodding her head and quickly standing up, she wouldn't let Swift go alone that would be a death sentence.

Bright looked around the clearing flicking her tail, before Bright could ask anything she heard a shout for Swift who was across the clearing, she quickly turned her head to see Swift staring at 3 dogs that seem to have come out of the bush.

Bright quickly raced over and slammed her claws into the dog closet to Swift, Swift jumped at the dog in front of him and slashed his claws close to that dogs eye, Bright and Swift kept trading off blows for a good minute or 2, however Bright was caught by the third dog who not down hard on her face and chucked her away from Swift and the other 2 dogs.

Bright stayed awake long enough to watch as Swift charged over to her.

Bright woke up in the med cat den, she couldn't see out of her right eye and started freaking out, before her freak out became too big, Cinderpelt her sister step into view and laid down beside Bright.

Cloud stepped in the med cat den, seeing Bright awake, he quickly moved over to her, however Bright wanted nothing to do with the tom, she quickly turned to Cinder and asked what happened to Swift.

Cinder looked hesitant to answer, before Cinder could break the news lightly Cloud jumped in stating that Swift was dead, Cinder hissed at Cloud to get out, Cloud hissed back that Lostface would have known either way and that he was just making it easier for her.

Lostface Bright asked confused, Cloud stated that Bluestar had given her the full name Lostface and made her a warrior, Bright looked heartbroken, Cinder shoved Cloud out of the med cat den, Cinder stated that she would never be calling Bright by that said excuse of a name and would be bringing it up to Starclan when she went for the halfmoon meeting.

Bright asked why Blue would give her such a terrible name, Cinder hissed that Blue wanted to punish Starclan by giving Bright a bad name so that if she did pass that Starclan would always remember the slight they gave Blue, Cinder hissed that Blue was in the wrong, Bright felt hatred for Blue appear, Blue would pay for this she would make sure of that.

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Brightpaw healed up okay she was permanently half blind and had weaker hearing, but she could still hunt and fight like a normal cat, not that anyone but Cinderpelt saw that, every other cat in Thunderclan just saw her missing eye and weaker hearing as weakness that makes her unfit to be a warrior.

Bright was done with how Thunderclan was treating her, she told Cinder that she was leaving and then just disappeared.

Bright made herself home near the barn, she was close enough to the barn where she could talk to Ravenpaw and Barley very easily, however far enough away that she wouldn't be bothered by them, Fireheart had found her out in her new home, Bright was shocked when he would bring her prey, sometimes staying to chat other times he would place the prey down and walk away.

Bright was fully settled in when Fire came to her the first time with a kit in his mouth, Fire gently placed the young white kit on the ground, he explained softly that Snowkit the pure white kit with blue eyes was deaf, Fire knew just from watching how the clan treated Bright that Snow wouldn't be treated fairly, Fire nudged the wiggling kit towards Bright asking with a desperate voice if she would take him, Bright didn't hesitant she picked up Snow stating she would take good care of the young kit.

This wouldn't be the first nor the last time Bright was given kits by Fire.

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Brightpaw sat up on one of the higher rocks watching as Snowkit played below her, Snow was doing much better now that he was away from Thunderclan, he was becoming more active and playful, there were definitely a few close calls with the a couple of foxes a few days ago but Bright had made sure Snow wouldn't be hurt.

Bright ears twitched she looked away from Snow to see Fireheart with another cat Bright couldn't quite see from here, Bright jumped down from the rock and made her way over to Fire, Fire softly nudged the small brown tabby tom closer to Bright, Bright noticed softly that Gorse was missing his right front leg, Fire explained softly that this was Gorsepaw and he had been hurt by Tigerstar, Tiger had tried to drive Windclan out again and attacked and mangled Gorse’s leg so badly it had to be amputated, Tallstar had asked Fire to take him to Bright in hopes he would live a better life here.

Bright nudged Gorse towards Snow, swearing she would that Gorse would live a long happy life here, Fire called for Bright to stop for a second, Bright turned around confused, Fire quickly stepped forward touching his nose to her head, he stated that she would forever be known as Brightheart for the kindest in her.

Bright looked shocked before nodding stating that Fire will always be welcome here.

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Brightheart eye soften as she stared at the 6 moon old Snowkit, now Snowpaw she hoped she would train him well so he could live a long life, Snowpaw after he was named came up to her signing he was bigender and would prefer if Bright used He/She/Shiver pronouns on him, Bright softened and said if that is who shiver was she would happily use her new pronouns

Snow was so excited this was shivers first patrol out, she hoped to catch rabbits to bring back to Gorsepaw, Bright chuckled seeing the young apprentice excitement. Bright sat down near the twoleg barn motioning for Snow to join her, once shiver was up with her she pointed at the dog standing beside one of the twoleg kits, Bright signed that the dog was Alex, a smart dog that mostly left them alone, Bright then signed that Alex kept the foxes away from them keeping them safe, in there gratitude they helped Barley, pointing at the black and white tom with blue eyes walking past, Barley waving as he walked past, and Ravenpaw pointing at the more black than white tom with green eyes who was sitting on top of the barn, keep the rats away and that in time she would maybe trust Snow with that duty.

Snow stared down in awe at Alex who was a large fluffy white dog, who knew dogs could be helpful, Snow hoped that he could show his gratitude some day, Bright nudged Snow signing if he wanted to hunt some crows while they were out, Snow happily saying yes.

4 moons later

Brightheart stared at Gorsepaw, she had spent some time helping him relearn how to balance, how to fight, how to hunt, and so much more with his 3 legs, she could tell he was ready to be a warrior.

Bright climbed up onto the large rock and stared down softly at Gorsepaw, she might not know what Wind clan's warrior ceremony is but she would happily say her own,

Bright called Gorse forward stating it was time for him to earn his warrior name, Gorse looked shocked before jumping onto the large rock with Bright after she motioned him up, Bright placed her head on top of Gorse's stating the he shall forever be know as Gorsebark for his determination and guts.

Snowpaw, after being signed to about what happened, starting chanting Gorsebark's full name with Brightheart.

Bright hear opened her eye after hearing something moving in the darkness, she was able to make out what looked like a queen standing there with 3 kits near her, Bright stood up asking if everything was alright

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Brightheart nudged the blue eyed tan she-cat with chocolate colored points and her 3 kits, a sleek black tom with bright yellow eyes, a longfurred dappled golden tabby she-cat with amber eyes, and a longfurred dark brown tabby tom with a white belly, paws, face, and icy blue eyes. Towards the den, stating they could stay until morning, the she-cat thanked her and nudged the kits over to a corner quickly falling asleep. Bright looked over at the awake Gorsebark who is staring at the mother cat, Gorse flicked his tail stating he would take first watch, Bright nodded and laid back down to continue sleeping.

Bright awoke before the mother cat and her 3 kits, nudging awak Snowpaw and motioning for shiver to follow her Snow happily doing so, Bright walked over to Gorse and asked if he could take Snow out to hunt, Gorse nodded realizing that Bright probably wanted to talk to the mother cat alone, Gorse quickly nudged Snow away.

Bright turned around from where she was sorting herbs after hearing the sound of shuffling, the mother cat stood in front of the den with her 3 kits sitting behind her, the she-cat introduced herself as Sasha, the sleek back tom and Tadpole, the golden tabby she-cat as Moth and the dark brown tabby tom as Hawk, Sasha explained that she had tried to join Riverclan with her kits but they had rejected her and hurt Tadpole, now that it was light out Bright could see Tadpole had a huge wound on the base of his tail, Bright quickly walked over and picked up Tadpole bringing him over to the herbs and quickly tending to his wound. Sasha seemed shocked that Bright would be willing to heal Tadpole, and asked in a soft tone why Bright would try and help Tadpole, Bright stated she would never leave a kit in pain, and that Riverclan was in the wrong for what they did, Sasha begged for Bright to allow her kits to stay, insisting that she would leave if Bright promised to keep her kits safe, Bright looked as Sasha stating that they would be allowed no matter what, Bright stared dead at Sasha stating that Sasha was also allowed to stay, Bright would never tell a mother she had to leave her kits behind, Sasha looked relieved thanking Bright over and over again.

Gorse and Snow came back to find Mothkit and Hawkkit playing in the clearing looking extremely happy, Gorse noticed Tadpolekit was laying next to his mother Sasha and Bright who were talking, Snow didn't even seem to mind the kits running around she happily placed shivers prey on the prey pile walking over and flopping into Bright who snorted at her child, Gorse placed his prey down and introduced himself and Snow to Sasha.

Bright stared up at the full moon, a meeting would be going on at the high rock tonight, she wasn't expecting Firestar to come tonight, it happened so fast one second Bright was laying down to sleep and the next Fire ran into camp caring 2 small kits in his mouth, the 2 kits a small shortfurred pure white she-cat with green eyes and a gray and white tom with blue eyes. Fire explained that Whitekit and Buzzardkit were the kids of Cloudtail and a cat named Dakota, a small gray she-cat with white paws, who joined the clan, White and Buzzard were the smallest of Dakota's litter of 6 kits, and Dakota had rejected them refusing to take care of the 2 kits because they "didn't look normal", Bright could see that White was missing and eye and that Buzzard had no tail, Bright was furious how dare those to flea-bags reject these poor innocent kits, Bright grabbed the young kits from Fire asking if Sasha would be willing to nurse them Sasha agreed, Bright could tell she was also furious at Cloud and Dakota.

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Brightheart nudged Whitekit and Buzzardkit up from where they were laying, the 2 kits were 2 moons old and were already driving Sasha insane, Bright knew that Sasha would miss theses day's once they were older, Bright eyes lit up as she remembered what day it was, she quickly nudged White and Buzzard over to the large rock, once she had settled them at the foot of the rock she jumped up onto it calling for the rest of the cats to come join her around the large rock.

Bright watched as Tadpolekit, Hawkkit, and Mothkit ran around under the large rock, Tadpole was a bit wobbly the base of tail injury had decreased his mobility in his tail making him more wobbly. Bright signed for Snowpaw to step forward, signing that it was time for him to earn his warrior name, Snow seemed excited bouncing slightly from paw to paw, Bright named shiver Snowhawk for her keen eye and sharp claws, Sasha, Gorsebark, Hawk, Moth and Tadpole joined Bright in chanting shivers full name. Bright called for silence as she also motioned forward Hawk, Moth and Tadpole, stating it was time these kit were named apprentice's, Hawkpaw was given to Gorse, Bright hoping Gorse could help Hawk learn to be quicker to kindness, Bright was about to give Mothpaw to Sasha when she asked to be trained in healing, Bright happily agreeing, Tadpolepaw was handed off to Sasha instead, Bright realizing they would probably need positions of power if they were to continue to grow, decided on the fly to bring up what she was planning.

 Council: The Council's job is go make big decisions, to be the deciding factor in everything 

Cats: To keep the Council from being over run, only 6 cats will be allowed at a time, however others must be the ones to vote in or out cats from the Council

Voting: 4 or more cats just vote yes for something to go through, if it is tied the Council will look to either the Healers or the Elders for a winning vote if it is important

Healers: the Healers are, just as the name says Healers, they are cats who have joined or who have chosen the path of a Healer

Cats: there can be any amount of Healers however there will always be a Head Healer, who will be voted in by the other Healers this cat can also be voted out if needed

Jobs: Healers do not consult with Starclan, they are their to heal not to be any sort of guide

Warriors: The same as in the books, they hunt, fight and train warrior apprentice's

Den Keepers: Den Keepers are usually cats who are to old or don't feel like they can move around well enough to be warrior's but they don't want to retire, though they can also be any cat who wants to be a den keeper, these cats clean out den's, make new den's, and are the cats in guard duty, they watch after the camp

Queen's: Cats who want to work with kits, these cats stay in camp and take care of the little ones, keeping them fed, protecting them, making sure everything is okay with the kits, Queens are the first cats to bring up a kit being sick or injured to the Healers

Apprentices: These are the young cats that aren't in their full roles yet, these cats can be trained to be Healers, Warriors, Den Keepers and Queens

Kits: Same as in the books

Elders: Same as in the books

Everyone agreed these roles made sense, Bright was happy they were able to figure out these roles, she suspected that something bad would be going down soon.

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Council: 

Brightheart: Ginger and White she-cat with green eyes (Main)

apprentice- Buzzardpaw

Sasha: tan chocolate point she-cat with blue eyes (Main)

apprentice- Tadpolepaw

Healers:

Mothpaw- see apprentices

Warrior's:

Gorsebark: Ginger and white tom with copper eyes

apprentice- Hawkpaw

Snowhawk: Pure white cat with blue eyes 

bigender using he/she/shiver

apprentice- Whitepaw

Den Keepers:

Viperpaw: a very small gray she-cat with silver eyes

Fernpaw: a small black she-cat with amber eyes

Apprentices:

Tadpolepaw: sleek black tom with yellow eyes

training to be a warrior

Hawkpaw: longfurred dark brown tabby tom with white belly, face, paws and icy blue eyes

training to be a warrior

Mothpaw: longfurred dappled golden tabby she-cat with amber eyes

training to be healer

Buzzardpaw: grey and white tom with blue eyes and no tail

training to be a warrior

Whitepaw: pure white shortfurred she-cat with green eye and a missing eye

training to be a warrior

Queens:

N/A

Kits:

N/A

Elders:

N/A

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Brightheart walk down towards the Highrock with Barley Ravenpaw and Sasha, Firestar had come to her begging for her and The Shelter to join the clans in defeating Bloodclan, Bright had refused to allow any of the other Shelter members to join stating that most of them were young warriors or apprentices none of them would be able to fight, Bright said she would ask Barley and Raven to join either way she would meet up with them at the high rock, Fire had thanked her even if it wasn't all of the Shelter any members would help. Bright convinced Raven and Barley to help, and Sasha had refused to allow them to fight alone insisting she come along, Bright and Sasha left Gorsebark and Snowhawk in charge.

Bright charged into battle with Sasha by her side, Bright was able to take down 2 Bloodclan cats, Might and Shade who she quickly chased off, she then turned around and helped Sasha take on 2 bigger cats named Bat and Echo Bright broke away after hearing a cat scream, Bright pounced on top of Bone dragging the large tom away from Fernpaw who had a huge wound on her face, and Tawnypaw who was limping on her hindleg, Bright motioned for the 2 to run as she turned around and slashed Darkstripe on his neck killing him instantly, Bright pushed Ashpaw, who had a side injury, Bramblepaw, who had minor wounds, Stormpaw and Featherpaw, who had matching wounds on their flanks, out of the fight as well, Bright was annoyed that Fire would bring apprentices into a battle like this, Bright quickly launched herself at Scourge who was walking towards Fire's dead body, Bright knew he would come back but she wouldn't let Scourge do more damage to Fire's body.

Bright looked at the fleeing Bloodclan cats specifically 2 young apprentice's who looked very scared, Bright would track those 2 down once she made sure Sasha got back to camp out, Bright flicked her tail in goodbye to Fire letting Sasha lean on her as she lead her home.

Bright found her way to where the 2 young apprentice's were hanging out, the little gray one with silver eyes hissed as she got close saying they wouldn't come back to hurt the clans again they promised, Bright looked behind the gray one to see the black void apprentice with amber eyes staring at her with fear in its gaze. Bright paused before explaining that she ran a place called The Shelter she said that she was offering them a place there if they wanted it, the 2 apprentices asked for the exact place and then said they would think about it and give Bright an answer, Bright nodded biding them well before heading back home.

Bright laid next to Whitekit and Buzzardkit who were 5 moons and would be 6 moons tomorrow, Bright ears flicker over towards the entrance noticing the 2 apprentice's standing there, Bright got up to go greet them, the little gray one hesitantly stated that if the option to join was still there they would like to join, Bright stated they would have been welcomed no matter what time they asked, she asked for their names the void one stated that they didn't really have names just numbers Scourge didn't like when they had names, Bright could feel her anger rising at Scourge, she stated that she would love to give them names if they wanted names the little gray one nodded excitedly, Viperpaw for the little gray one, and Fernpaw for the little black one, Viperpaw and Fernpaw were extremely to have names, Fern asked if they would have to be warriors that fight, Bright shook her head stating they could be Den Keepers or Queens if they wanted to be, Fern asked if they could become Den Keepers after Bright explained what each position did Bright happily agreeing.

Bright called White and Buzzard forward telling them it was time for them to become warriors, Bright nodded at Buzzardpaw stating that she would take on Buzzard personally, Bright then turned towards Snow signing that Snow was ready to have an apprentice giving shiver Whitepaw.