She was woken up by a faint rustling of the leaves of the semitry forest nearby, she bounded out, claws unsheathed, and hissed, and sheathed her claws again when she saw it was her clan, battle-wounded, and tired, Thikletail stumbled forward, half dragging, half picking up his leg, " F... Fla... mec... lan... at.. attack...ed u... us..... " He fell to his side, blood trickling from his mouth, and Freckleleaf rushed over " He's alive " She reported, and called Poolpaw over, who was badly injured, far too injured to hunt or fight for at least a moon or two, or perhaps for longer, but Magicstar shook her head. She looked over as doepaw rushed over, and Magicstar looked at him as he started to go over what happened, he looked a little cut, but very little. " A patrol was attacked by the whole of Flameclan! They went for backups, but they lost..! The few of us that stayed behind were sent for and were about to leave when an apprentice from flameclan attacked the ones that weren't in the battle. " Magicstar nodded, " You may come with me, and when we get back we wi- " She was cut off by a loud wail from Freckleleaf, " He's dead! " Magicstar whipped around and bounded down the slope to where they were, and licked her former deputy's ear, and turned around " I will hold a ceremony here, at the body of thikletail, we will burry him here, the closest we can get to our territory, without the chance he will be dug up and eaten by a badger or fox, without being attacked. " She announced, and stood on a rock nearby, " I, Magicstar, say these words above Thikletails body so that his spirit may hear and approve of my choice. Skyheart will be the new deputy of Magicclan! " She yowled, Skyheart stood there, shocked, and than nodded, " I accept! " She yowled, and every cat swarmed around her, congratulating her and saying she deserved it.