Darkness has won

OOC: Right after the gathering, they have just come back and Thunderclan are in their territory again!

Treestep felt her stomach churning as she entered Thunderclan, she knew that if Starclan could really overcome the Dark Forest then she couldn't just return to being a normal cat, the reality of the situation had sunk in and Treestep had accepted it. "Thunderclan, gather for a clan meeting!" She boomed across the camp opposed the the usual calling, all of Thunderclan needed to attend this meeting, she sat and waited for the cats to gather around the highrock.

Gentlenose padded into the camp with her remaining clanmates, recoiling slightly as she saw her camp for the first time in moons. It had fallen apart and was nearly unrecognizable, plants growing everywhere and the dens in shambles. "This will take a few moons to return to normal..." she thought, wondering how much work everyone would have to put in. "What do you think of Thunderclan's real home?" she turned to ask Blizzardpaw, who had never been here before. She snapped to attention as Treestep called a meeting, though the Skyclan warrior's voice calling those words struck Gentlenose as wrong and very out of place. She forced herself to pad closer to the she cat, trying to keep her fur from bristling with hostility. Looking around, Gentlenose tried to get a sense of who had stayed, and who was on the Dark Forest's side. How many of her clan mates had been plotting against Starclan, and for how long had they been doing so? Gentlenose recoiled at the thought of someone close to her being in rank with such evil cats.

(*cough cough* Jayflight! *cough cough*)

Sedgepaw looked aboved him, at the highrock, he saw Treestep, assuming to just stay without questions, he said nothing.

Mistypaw looked around, she didn't know too much about this meeting, but she knew it would have to begin something with the Dark Forest.

Blizzardpaw looked around ThunderClan’s original camp, wondering how different it would’ve been to grow in in this place instead of the barn. She noticed that the camp looked a bit unattended, but she wasn’t surprised after all the time her clan had been away, plus, it wasn’t like if that couldn’t be fixed with some hard work.

She looked at her mother with her usual smile as soon as her calm voice reached her ears “It’s beautiful, and I’m sure that after some work it will return to what I think was its former glory” She looked at the cats walking with them as she talked, from queen carrying kits to warriors helping the few elders they had to reach the camp after the long trip from the barn to this place. Even the Dark Forest warriors were helping! Yeah, she knew that Treestep had told them to do it, it wasn’t something they decided on their own, but she still felt grateful.

She was about to walk towards the nursery to start to work in it, so the queens and kits could have a comfortable place to stay before anyone else when she heard Treestep’s voice…she couldn’t help but feel a bit weird, the one supposed to say those words was Darkstar, not her, but she swallowed her words and instead sat beneath the Highrock…the real Highrock. She had imagined her first time doing this to be very different, with more clanmates and in a more festive ambience, hopefully that fantasy would happen somewhere in the future instead of being forced to vanish.

Scorchfrost and some other cats had carried his kits back to camp. He set them gently on the ground. He knew this would be hard without Pepper... He was a single father now. "This is our new home, everyone," he whispered to them. Mistykit, Creamkit, Morningkit, Stormkit, Coldkit, he counted them, all five, he hadn't missed anyone. He had a lot of kits... How was he supposed to raise all of them? He pulled them to him. They would probably ask where Pepper had gone, but he hoped they didn't. He looked up at Treestep, cradling his young close.

Bristlepaw(or do I still call her kit with the apprentice ceremony still going?) was quiet her greenish eyes looked around silence alone remained with the she cat.

Thunderclan might have had its home back, but it also had some new additions. Zeno, Whitefur, and Stormpaw had come back with the clan. All three dark forest cats used to belong to this clan. So they thought it was best to return with their former clan and to their former home. While the rogue didn't say anything when he entered the camp. He just sat among the other clan cats. The dead mentor apprentice duo decided to say something to each other.

Stormpaw looked up at Whitefur. "Our old home looks... broken.." He said to his mentor. The dead apprentice's eyes looked around at the broken clearing. He knew that Skyclan and Riverclan had the clearing, but he figured they would have taken care of it not leave it a mess like this. Oh well.. that is what he got for assuming.

Whitefur nodded. "We should have expected this. We can help restore it later right now we have a meeting to attend, come on." The big white tom said. The two moved to sit bellow the rock looked out at the clan. They were here to protect, and assist, but mostly stop any rebellion that happened.

Gentlenose moved closer to Scorchfrost, smiling with a motherly glow as she looked at all of his kits. "It must be hard, without Pepper..." she murmured, sitting next to her former apprentice. "If you ever need help with them, I'll always be here. I've got a little experience with kit rearing," she said with a slight purr, glancing back at her own two kits, now both nearly warriors.

(Gentlenose kinda thinks of Scorchfrost as a nephew, since she was so close to Thinstripe <3)

Once a large number of cats had gathered down below Treestep cleared her throat, "As I am sure you are aware the recent gathering was taken over by the Dark Forest, we led a great victory and exiled all Starclan believers, as a result your previous leader has too been banished. Thus Morningstar put me in charge." She waited for the murmurs to pass and continued on, "As well as Darkstar, Frozenflame has been exiled too for having hope in the pitiful Starclan. A new deputy will be announced tomorrow so until then I shall be keeping a sharp eye for a strong cat who is, and shall remain, loyal to the Dark Forest forever." Treestep had a quick gasp of air, trying to hide her anxiety and madness in front of the cats as she surveyed the current emotions and thoughts going through there heads, some seemed uncertain, many were full of hatred for Starclan and others were determined to get the spot of deputy.

Scorchfrost looked at the clanmates who could not attend the gathering. They would be shocked... Many would feel that StarClan had abandoned them. In all honesty, StarClan had abandoned them a very long time ago. This was no different. He smiled at Gentlenose, thanking her. He wondered how horrible this could possibly be. He had family, he had a clan, and he was certain Treestep would not be unreasonable. However, the dead cats wandering the clearing frightened him quite a bit, even still. He had to grow used to them.

Blizzardpaw lowered her ears as Treestep talked about the gathering. Part of her felt like the biggest traitor on the forest for staying instead of following her clanmates into exile, but she tried to shake it off. She didn’t stay because she wanted to betray them or join the dark Forest, she decided to stay so she could help those who had lost their path to find the light once more, who knows? Maybe even those who came with them as ghost would be able to get a second chance.

She looked at the ghostly Dark Forest warriors, wondering what they were thinking and their plans now that they were here. She hoped they would at least help to return the camp to its former state, it was obvious that they would need at the paws they could gather if they wanted to finish soon enough to return to their usual activities. Maybe she could work near them and casually start a casual chat? She would need to learn why they ended in the Dark Forest, as well as the reasons behind, if she wanted to try and help them, but asking directly would not only be rude, but also could destroy her chances before she could even try.