The clan continued to grow even more restless as the days carried on. They were growing scared of their unpredictable neighbors. They felt at any moment certain war would unfold in the forest. They upheld Blizzardstar's wishes of no fighting the best that they could.

Spottedrose was also getting impatient, she longed to visit her clan.

"Blizzardstar, is today the day that we venture to BreezeClan?" Spottedrose mewed softly from her padded nest next to Blizzardstar's. The snowy white tom was sitting close by. He had been woken early by terrible nightmares, something he had clearly not expected.

"Maybe." he meowed, hoping she would just forget about it for now. The more dangerous the situation became, the more he wished to just keep her out of it.

"You can't keep me here." she huffed, curling into an even tighter ball in her nest. He looked at her with a baffled expression, "I'm not keeping you anywhere. You can leave anytime you'd like." he pointed out gently.

He didn't want to argue about this again. He knew he didn't have anything to say to satisfy her need to visit her true home.

"Maybe you should just go today." a familiar voice mewed from just outside Blizzardstar's den. It was Tinypool. He could tell from her expression that she was troubled. But with Spottedrose there, Blizzardstar knew that Tinypool would stay silent.

He shuffled his paws, feeling his frustration growing more severe. "What would Oakstar say, when he saw you?" he asked skeptically. He hoped she would understand how he felt about the situation. She looked down at the soft moss lining her nest. "Maybe he would just be happy to see me again." she whispered.

Blizzardstar didn't know if that was the case. As soon as Oakstar would see her, he would be outraged! He had told them to stay away and never come back. He could already imagine it now, Oakstar bearing down on top of him snapping for his throat.

"Let's just go today. If it seems like things are going badly we can just leave." she begged, her voice light but pleading. He looked down at her, wishing he could just avoid all of this and just stay here in his den with her.

"I guess we can go." he mewed reluctantly. She jumped up almost instantly, her eyes shining happily.

"I'll organize a patrol to escort us to the camp." he mewed, shooting an angry look at Tinypool who was still sitting near the mouth of the den. As he exited, she dared to follow him.

"You can't keep her from Oakstar," the medicine cat chided him, "BreezeClan is her home. Oakstar knows what's best for her."

Blizzardstar kept his mouth shut, foreboding coursing all throughout his body. He knew this meeting would only end in trouble.

~~
It was only a little past sunhigh. The small patrol was just leaving the tree cover on IceClan territory. Wildflight padded close to Spottedrose while Meadowshine and Elkleap brought up the rear.

BreezeClan's border markers were tinged with fear and anger. Blizzardstar wrinkled his nose as he detected Oakstar's scent. It was the strongest among the rest.

It seemed like the BreezeClan leader patrolled this border often. The thought made Blizzardstar's pelt prickle but he stayed silent as they slowly trudged on across BreezeClan territory.

After several long minutes of walking, they encountered a patrol hunting for prey. Foxstreak was there, with Coldwind and Willowleaf. The three cats turned to Blizzardstar's patrol, their hackles rising threateningly.

Spottedrose eagerly padded over to Foxstreak, her eyes happily shining at seeing her friend again. "We have finally come, to talk with Oakstar!" she meowed before anyone could utter a single word.

Foxstreak held back her clanmates with her lifted tail, looking at them seriously. "We will take them back to camp." she mewed sternly. But the white tom, Coldwind, was already stalking forwards towards Blizzardstar.

"Don't you think Oakstar would be pleased if we brought him the pelt of Blizzardstar! Maybe then he would finally relax and stop acting so flea brained!" he hissed. Foxstreak leapt forward and planted her paw on his tail, halting him.

"What do you think they're here for!" she snarled. Coldwind flattened his ears and padded back to Willowleaf's side. The cream she-cat was silent, looking neither approving nor disapproving.

Foxstreak turned her hopeful gaze to the IceClan leader. "I really hope you manage to speak some sense into Oakstar. Many of my fellow warriors wish for the violence to stop." She meowed.

Blizzardstar dipped his head to the BreezeClan warriors. "I do not want to harm your leader or your clan mates," he meowed, "I just wish for us to live in harmony. We owe it to our kin to live in peace." To his relief, Willowleaf and Coldwind were nodding in agreement.

"I have seen my parents both slaughtered in battle," Coldwind grunted, "if peace will stop all this death, maybe you are just what this forest needs." Blizzarstar was surprised by the tom's emotion. Clearly even the prickliest BreezeClan warriors wanted this nonsense to end.

He started to lead his small patrol again, behind the slow but steady Foxstreak and her warriors. Spottedrose tried to get close to Coldwind and Willowbreeze, but they would pull ahead whenever she got close. Their coldness towards Spottedrose surprised Blizzardstar. He figured after their struggles they would forgive her for her mistakes.

Deep down, he supposed it was just Oakstar's influence that made them that way. Eventually, they reached the BreezeClan camp and the three BreezeClan warriors disappeared into the entrance.

"I guess we should enter." Wildflight murmured, her pelt starting to prickle along her spine. Elkleap brought up the rear again as they entered the camp.
Almost immediately, Oakstar's strong commanding voice echoed across the camp.

"Blizzardstar, what are you doing here in my camp, again?" he sounded more pleased than angry.

Blizzardstar dipped his head to the brown tabby, trying to look as calm as possible. "We have come once again to speak of peace between our clans." he meowed, loud enough for all the cats in the clearing to hear.

A lot of the BreezeClan warriors looked around hopefully. They were clearly growing tired of Oakstar's battle hungry lifestyle that he enforced so strongly. Oakstar laughed, his voice booming in the chilly air.

"Our clans will never have peace as long as you and I walk these lands!" Oakstar growled.

The large tabby leader had stood and was slowly padding towards Blizzardstar. Spottedrose could feel the impending fight, and stepped around Blizzardstar to face her father.

"Our kin deserve to have peace in this forest," she mewed hesitantly, "I don't want to see them die in pointless battles, like so many of our clanmates."
Oakstar stared at his daughter, his eyes void or any emotion. He raises a paw to swipe at her, his claws extended to their full length. Blizzardstar pushed her out of the way as quickly as he could as Oakstar's claws slashed the air just inches from his face. In a moment of pure rage, Blizzardstar bared his teeth at Oakstar with a viscous snarl.

Everything following that moment happened very quickly. It almost seemed unreal. In a flash, Oakstar vaulted over Spottedrose and slammed Blizzardstar into the ground. He was instantly knocked unconscious as his head smacked the ground. Elkleap gasped in surprise as Wildflight flung herself on top of the BreezeClan leader.

"Get off of him!" Spottedrose shrieked. Her gaze shot around the clearing, trying to find any cat that would step forward to stop their leader. No one moved. In a panic, she started to score her claws down Oakstar's pelt, to no avail. As he floated in and out of consciousness, Blizzardstar could vaguely feel his pelt being raked into bloody shreds. His breathing was becoming rapid and shallow.

Then the weight lifted and he could faintly hear Oakstar gasping for breath somewhere nearby. Wildflight unhooked herself and jumped back from the BreezeClan leader. Her claws were dripping with Oakstar's blood.

"You've truly gone mad!" She gasped, looking down at Blizzardstar's unmoving body. "Do you really want to lose everyone you love to this pointless fate?" She wailed.

"Get out of my camp." he rasped. Wildflight and Elkleap turned to frantically pick up Blizzardstar. With their leader perched atop their shoulders, Wildflight and Elkleap glanced back for one more moment before they raced from the camp. Spottedrose locked eyes with Wildflight, clearly shocked beyond belief.

"Don't worry, Blizzarstar! We are getting you back to Tinypool!" Wildflight meowed hastily as they shot out of the camp entrance and up the steep valley. All he could remember after that was hearing Spottedrose's anguished wailing as they pelted away from the BreezeClan camp.