In StarClan...
"Come on, Hollyleaf, let's go hunting!" Fallen Leaves exclaimed. His black-furred mate padded to his side and replied, "Let's go!". They raced onto the starry plains, felt the rustle of the grass in the breeze, the wind against their fur. They halted when they were far away from the crowd of other StarClan residents, panting. Hollyleaf gazed into her mate's eyes. "I love you. I want to spend my whole life with you by my side." Fallen Leaves nuzzled her, before pulling away. "Hollyleaf... we're both already dead." The she-cat turned. "I know. But sometimes I forget. It's amazing here... but I wish things were different..." Fallen Leaves pulled her towards him. "Oh, Holly... So do I." They sat together, two pairs of green eyes watching the sunset on the golden horizon.
A few sun-rises later, Fallen Leaves was padding through the ranks of StarClan, looking at the new arrivals. The white and ginger tom walked past a beautiful shining pool and glanced at the reflection. He saw, further off, a familiar grey tom with blind blue eyes. He visited StarClan often, but he was not a resident there. Fallen Leaves also saw his own refection, staring back at him. Ruffled fur and green eyes that had never looked happier than right then. He knew it was because of Hollyleaf. She had brought some much excitement and joy to his existence. He sighed, and couldn't help realising there was a slight edge of sadness in those eyes as well. All the things we could've been. He swatted a paw at the reflection so he didn't have to look into the water anymore. The tom tore his eyes away from the glimmering waves, and saw Hollyleaf trotting to his side. "Hey, furball, let's go for a walk. Get away from the crowd." She brushed her black fur with his white and ginger, then suddenly halted, silently noting how light it felt. She stepped back and glanced at him, his fur ever paling and its starry quality overcoming the colour. He's fading... She didn't want to admit it, but she had fallen in love with a cat around a thousand years older than her. She would stay in StarClan for a long time yet, but Fallen Leaves... She didn't want to imagine the many seasons without him...
They walked side by side to the vast moor of StarClan. It was their special place, but not as special as the tunnels had been. Hollyleaf remembered those days with a smile. Fallen Leaves had always thought of them as a sort of prison, as he was not permitted to leave and join StarClan after his death. But then, Hollyleaf had come and everything had changed. Now he thought of them as the place he met the love of his life. Hollyleaf. But he was pulled away from his thoughts as a blinding light filled the space and enveloped him. He felt himself floating, his paws so light, he couldn't touch the ground. "Holly!" He cried. "Fallen Leaves! I can't see you!" He tried to shout back, but his voice wouldn't sound, and he started to disappear. Am I fading?! No! I'm not ready to leave her! "Holly!" He cried again, to no avail. Then he was gone. When the bright light vanished, Hollyleaf was surrounded by the medicine cats of StarClan. All of them. Some familiar, some unfamiliar. Then a far more familiar, and very much alive, medicine cat padded up to her. The grey tom looked at her and started. "Hollyleaf?!" She immediately recognised him. "Jayfeather?! What are you doing here?!" Instead of replying, he was suddenly, uncharacteristically, overcome with emotion. "Oh, Hollyleaf, I've missed you so much!" The siblings nuzzled each other, and smiled. But their moment of rejoicing was interrupted by a collected voice, all of the former medicine cats at the same, chanting: "Separated by a thousand years of mud and stone, Amber and Ember will be reunited by Thunder." Jayfeather sighed in annoyance. "They really couldn't be more vague, could they? Amber and Ember? Mud and stone? Thunder? You've really outdone yourself this time." But when the tom turned to his sister, all he saw was a blinding light and the black outline of Hollyleaf's slender figure being lifted into air. He then became the second cat that day to cry Hollyleaf's name as she was pulled into the invisible abyss.