The Dream.... Part Three

Stonestreak grinned. His mission was complete. Crowstar had sent the streaked tom to scan this....'RippleClan's' territory to see how MountainClan was to adjust. It was mostly water! Almost like MarshClan, except the cats of the mountains had up to their chest in goop. Now, he had learned from a young Shiverkit the ways of this clan.

Stonestreak bounded up a hill, looking back at the valley where this clan lived. Jagged cliffs glowed silver in the moonlight, the streams and brooks shone and glittered, while the tree tops ruffled. It was....beautiful mostly. Stonestreak smiled, then shook his head. No. I can't show any weakness. he remembered.

A flicker of sadness washed through him as the gray tom realized that pretty soon, the valley would be stained with beautiful crimson, running the water red.

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Reedpaw let out a hiss as Blackpaw sat on her tail. "Ouch, Blackpaw! Seesh, can't you watch where you're sitting!" Reedpaw yanked her tail away from Blackpaw, lashing it back and forth.

Blackpaw rolled his eyes at Reedpaw before bounding to Willowpaw, talking to the she-cat while shooting glares at Reedpaw. Oh oh, because you're the innocent one! she thought bitterly, getting up and padding to Cinderpool's den.

The gray she-cat was talking to Embersky, both who seemed to be frightened out of their minds. Reedpaw bit her lip at the thought of going up and breaking up their conversation. Cinderpool might be angry, but she knew Embersky wouldn't.

Sighing, she padded up to the two she-cats. "Erm....anything...wrong?" she asked.

Cinderpool whipped her head around, but forced her fur to lie flat when she saw it was only Reedpaw. "Uh, no. Nothing. Embersky was just.....speaking about the shortage of prey," she mewed quickly, looking back to Reedpaw.

Reedpaw narrowed her eyes as Embersky bounded away, hurrying off. Sure you were.... "I wanted to....never mind. I just remembered that....I was hungry," she growled, whipping around.

Reedpaw knew something was up. And she was going to find out exactly what.

Even if it meant demanding it from Embersky and Cinderpool.

Okay, what Cinderpool and Embersky where talking about was Embersky's dream.

Flameflick and Reedpaw

Applestar sat in her den, allowing her pale green gaze to search through the water fall, scanning the afternoon. The grass ruffled faintly in the breeze, brushing against the waterfall in front of Applestar's den. Applestar inhaled deeply before walking through the waterfall, allowing the cool water to course through her fur. Snagging her claws on a ridge of a rock, she haled herself atop her den, her muscles rippling through her dappled-and-white fur.

Jumping onto the stone in the middle of the source of the waterfall, she surveyed her clan for a heartbeat. "Let all cats old enough to catch their own prey, gather beneath the Waterstone for a clan meeting!"

Applestar smiled with pleasure as her clan peeked their heads out of their dens, padding underneath the shadow of the Waterstone. Applestar nodded as every cat was accounted for.


"Today, we have two new cats joining us!" Applestar beckoned her tail to where two she-cats where waiting on the other side of the Waterstone. "Their names are Flameflick and Reedpaw. Flameflick is another warrior, and just because she was a rouge before, I hope that you don't treat her any differently than you would any other cat." Applestar meowed, looking at her clan.

"Reedpaw will train underneath Rosewing. Flameflick, I request that you train Blackpaw. I hope you both pass on your knowledge to your new apprentices." Applestar mewed.

"Flameflick! Reedpaw! Flameflick! Reedpaw!" The cats of RippleClan cheered.

Applestar let out an approving nod. "Meeting dismissed!" she mewed, leaping on the floor of camp.