Blast from the Past

By Firestar's Gal

Kits of Firepaw, Sandpaw, Graypaw, and Dustpaw are dying! Squirrelflight, Leafpool, Stormfur, and Spiderleg are sent back in time to meet their parents as apprentices and find their mates to save their lives. Takes place during into the wild.

Prologue

Brambleclaw and Squirrelflight were sitting side by side in the nursery, Brambleclaw gently grooming Squirrelflight. They had three beautiful kits that had just been born: Jaykit, Lionkit, and Hollykit.

Suddenly, Squirrelflight and the kits flickered, and disappeared. Brambleclaw didn't know what to do, so he ran to Leafpool's den

"Leafpool!" Brambleclaw called, rushing in.

"She's not here," pregnant Ferncloud said from a nest. "She was just giving me some herbs, and she disappeared!"

"That's what happened to Squirrelflight!" Brambleclaw replied fretted.

"Leafpool, Stormfur disappeared!" Brook ran in the medicine den and skidded to a halt.

"Leafpool, Spiderleg's gone!" Dustpelt ran in behind Brook.

"Spiderleg's gone!" Ferncloud exclaimed from her makeshift nest.

"Leafpool disappeared too!" Brambleclaw exclaimed, "And Squirrelflight!"

"What's going on here?" Firestar walked into the den and glanced around at the cats.

"Firestar," complained a tortoiseshell, walking in behind him, "What are these cats doing in my den?"

"Just a second, Spottedleaf," Firestar said to the tortoiseshell, "What in the world is going on?"

All the other cats stared blankly at the long deceased cat and finally, Brambleclaw exclaimed, "Leafpool, Squirrelflight, Jaykit, Hollykit, Lionkit, Stormfur, and Spiderleg are gone!"

"Who are they?" Firestar asked.

"Leafpool and Squirrelflight are your kits! And Jaykit, Hollykit, and Lionkit are mine! They're gone!" Brambleclaw exclaimed.

"I have kits! Spottedleaf, how come you never told me?" Firestar asked.

"They're not Spottedleaf's! Spottedleaf died a long time ago! They're yours and Sandstorm's!" Brambleclaw shouted.

"Sandstorm and I, kits, right," Firestar joked. "Sandstorm and I hate each other, we've never got along, and you know that!"

"This makes no sense! Come on, Ferncloud, Dustpelt, Brook, let's go try to figure this out," Brambleclaw said to them and started leading them out of the camp.

Meanwhile

Squirrelflight, Leafpool, Stormfur, and Spiderleg appear on a glasslike surface high above the ground, with stain glass stars dotted every now and then.

"I'm glad you could make it," A blue-gray cat said, greeting the confused cats.

"Well, it wasn't hard, considering we were taken against our will!" snapped Spiderleg.

"You are your father's son," the blue-gray cat murmured.

"Hi, Bluestar," Stormfur greeted casually.

"You know her?" Leafpool questioned him.

"Yeah, Bluestar was still ThunderClan leader when I was a kit," Stormfur replied.

"Bluestar, I have a question," Squirrelflight said.

"Yes, Squirrelflight?" Bluestar asked.

"Where are my kits?" Squirrelflight asked.

"Right here," Bluestar said, letting the kits wonder out from behind her. "Don't worry; we will take very good care of them."

"Are they dead?" Squirrelflight said weakly.

"No, dear one, they are not. But that is what I need you for," Bluestar replied.

"For what?" Leafpool asked.

"Cats from the dark forest have messed with the time belt. They have made it to where none of you have been born, and Spottedleaf never died," Bluestar told them. "I need you to go back in time, to when you parents were apprentices, and help your parents meet each other."

"Why can't we just tell them and get it over with?" Squirrelflight asked.

"They might not fall in love," Bluestar replied. "A good relationship needs care and time, and you need to help your parents' along. Are you up to that?"

"If it means I get to exist, then, sure," Stormfur said.

"We're in," The rest of the cats said at once.

"Okay, I want you to follow the star path to the correct point in time. When you get to the end, you will be in my den. I will not remember this because it will be back in time. I cannot guarantee anything. If you fail the mission, you will have never existed. Good luck," Bluestar said, leaving them to take the star path.