Jessica found herself in a grassy clearing. It was like a warm summer night, the breeze flowing through her short, dark brown hair. She looked up at the stars, they began to move, they slowly took forms. They were 2 cats, the stars glittering on their fur. They sat down in front of her, one was a beautiful tortoiseshell she-cat, the other was an older she-cat, with blue-gray fur.

"Huh?" Jessica wandered, she stared at the 2 she-cats, their eyes glittering, staring back at her.

"Welcome, Jessica, to StarClan." the gray she-cat meowed. Jessica stepped back. Did that cat actually TALK?!

"We know, you are suprised. But do not worry. Your life will change soon." The she-cat spoke again.

"Um... ok?" Jessica muttered. She kneeled down in front of them.

"Jessica, young twoleg. Will be granted with abilities that none others of your kind don't. You won't understand at first, but it'll become more clear to you later. StarClan now walks with you and will help you along the way." the tortoiseshell spoke.

"Eh?" Jessica was so confused. But the 2 she-cats disappeared. Leaving her alone.

Jessica awoke with a jolt. Sunlight streaming onto her face. she looked around, the grassy clearing dissappeared. She was on the floor of an old house in the forest. She reached into the backpack next to her and pulled out a piece of bread. It was her last bread, she would have to find more food soon. She got up and stretched. It had been about a week since she ran away from her home, and it took about 3 days to travel over the mountains. Her mind still pondered over the dream. What did the 2 cats mean? And what abilities?

Her thoughts were interrupted when she heard talking in the distance. Were there people looking for her? But then they were talking differently.

"...Brambleclaw, I'm sure I saw a ShadowClan cat cross over here!" a female voice rang.

"Are you sure Squirrelflight? I don't smell anything." a male voice argued. Jessica walked out of the house and looked around. Nothing. She crept quietly into the woods and the voices got louder. Eventually, she came across 2 cats. Wild, by the look of them. One had dark red fur and one white paw and piercing green eyes. The other was a dark tabby, almost resembling a tiger, with amber eyes. She stayed hidden by a tree, watching the cats.

"I am sure!" the one called Squirrelfight hissed.

Then the other, Brambleclaw, sighed, "Ok, we'll report to Firestar and I'll make sure to have extra patrols around this area, ok?"

"Alright then, let's catch some prey while we're here." Squirrelflight meowed. Brambleclaw nodded.

Jessica watched Squirrelflight and Brambleclaw sniff the air, suddenly, the winds changed. It behind from behind her, and onto the 2 cats.

Squirrelflight froze, "Twoleg!" she yowled, and began to ran the other way, Brambleclaw hot on her paws.

"STOP!" Jessica yelled without thinking. Squirrelflight and Brambleclaw stopped, they both looked back, their faces twisted in confusion as they stared at her.

"Did you just-" Squirrelflight began.

"talk to you? I-I guess..." Jessica finished. Was this still a dream? Had she gone crazy?

"Squirrelflight, no, this might be a trap." Brambleclaw mewed. But Squirrelflight stayed rooted in her spot.

"I'm not trying to hurt you, but I'm really confused right now. Last night I had a dream, where I was in a place called StarClan, and 2 ca-" Jessica was interrupted.

"StarClan?! StarClan contacted a TWOLEG?!" Brambleclaw blurted out, his amber eyes wide.

"You know StarClan then?" Jessica asked, taking a step toward them, they flinched, ready to run away, but Jessica went down on her knees. They relaxed.

"Yes, they are our warrior ancestors that watch over us. They contact us in our dreams whenever they want to tell us something important." Squirrelfight meowed, taking a step toward Jessica. Brambleclaw watched, concern flashing in his amber eyes.

"Then can you help me? 2 cats came into my dream last night, telling me I was going to get an ability, and stuff that I wouldn't understand." she buried her hands in her face.

"Do you know who the cats where?" Brambleclaw asked, slowly approaching her.

"No, one was a tortoiseshell and another was an old, blue-gray cat. They were both she-cats though." Jessica looked up to find Brambleclaw and Squirrelflight a half of a foot away from her, staring at her with large eyes.

"That's Spottedleaf! The tortoiseshell!" Squirrelflight exclaimed.

"And Bluestar! The former leader of ThunderClan!" Brambleclaw meowed.

"ThunderClan? What?" Jessica had never been so confused in her life.

"ThunderClan, it's a group of cats we live with, there are 3 others in this forest. Over there across the border-" Squirrelflight pointed with her tail over to a denser part of the forest, ". -is ShadowClan, never trust them. Across the lake is RiverClan, they're not as bad as ShadowClan, but sometimes they're not friendly. And at the end of the forest by our territory, to the fields, is WindClan's territory, they are friendly most of the time."

"You are acting like this twoleg is a cat." Brambleclaw flicked Squirrelflight's nose with the tip of his tail. She cuffed his ear.

"Well, do you know anyone in ThunderClan who might help me? Which is weird because I'm talking to CATS..." Jessica couldn't help but to smirk.

"And we're talking to a twoleg, which is like going against our warrior code. but if StarClan has spoken to you, there's an exception I guess." Brambleclaw sighed, "C'mon, we'll take you back to our camp."

And with that, Brambleclaw began to walk deeper into the forest, Jessica got up and followed him, Squirrelflight next to her.

"What is your name, twoleg?" Squirrelflight mewed.

"Jessica, and you're Squirrleflight?" Jessica mewed back.

"Uh huh, Jessica. If you were a cat, and were being accepted into ThunderClan, you would be given a name." Squirrelflight looked up at her.

"Really?"

"Yup, see, in all clans, when kits are born, they are given a name, that has something to do with nature, or what they look like. And the name, 'kit' would be placed at the end. When the kits are 6 moons old, they become apprentices. And the name 'kit' is replaced with 'paw'. And then they are chosen a warrior to start their warrior training. Like, how to hunt and how to fight. Once their training is completed, they are given a warrior name. Moons ago, I was an apprentice, named Squirrelpaw. Then I my father, and the leader, Firestar, gave me the name Squirrelflight."

"I see..." Jessica muttered, her mind mulled over what Squirrelflight had told her, it seemed interesting. She was suprised that these 2 clan cats were already tallking to her like they had known her for a long time. From what Squirrelflight had told her, living life as a clan cat had sounded cool, and have a cool name along with it. Squirrelflight continued to explain everything about the clans, Jessica listened with deep interest.

After some minutes, Brambleclaw had stopped in front of a line of thick bushes. Jessica and Squirrelflight had stopped too.

"ThunderClan's camp lies right in front of us. Jessica, you stay here. Squirrelflight and I will go fetch Firestar." and with that, Brambleclaw disappeared through the bushes, Squirrelflight followed, leaving Jessica all alone. She sat down, wondering what was gonna happen. She wanted to peer between the thick branches and go down herself, but she might startle the other cats, so she stayed put, tracing shapes with a stick into the dirt.

The rustle of leaves made her jump. Squirrelflight and Brambleclaw emerged from the bushes, with another flame-colored cat and green eyes. Firestar. she thought.

Firestar stared at her, emerald eyes wide and a tinge of fear.

"Firestar of ThunderClan?" Jessica meowed slowly. The ginger leader nodded.

"So you say this twoleg was spoken with StarClan?" he turned to his daughter and the tabby warrior.

"Yes, we thought it would be wise if you talked to her. Didn't Leafpool mention something about a new prophecy concerning something like this?" Squirrelflight replied.

"She did, but I'd never thought a twoleg..." Firestar shook his head then turned his gaze to Jessica once again. "Did StarClan mention anything particular to you?"

Jessica blinked and tried to recall her dream with Bluestar and Spottedleaf. "They said something about my life would change soon, but I wouldn't understand it until later on, and they granted me with the power to talk to cats."

Firestar blinked. "Stay here, I'm going to get Leafpool." the ginger leader slipped through the bushes once again.

"Jessica, just a few days ago my sister, the medcine cat, Leafpool, has received a dream from StarClan, saying that our clan is in great danger, and we would overcome it from the most unexpected being. It's probably you." Squirrelflight meowed.

"Danger?..." Jessica's voice sounded hollow. Surely she didn't leave the city for THIS. But still, all of this seemed insteresting, and weird, to her. Back in the city, she lived a fairly descent life. She had 2 parents, friends, a little brother, and a house cat of her own. But something told her to come over the mountains and into this forest, calling her. StarClan must've known about the great danger ahead, and picked her for it. She shuddered at the thought. What was the danger though? Hopefully something that was not to difficult.

Another rustling of leaves interrupted her thoughts. Firestar emerged, following by a light brown tabby she-cat with white paws and chest.

"This is the twoleg?" she murmured, stepping toward Jessica.

"Yup. Is she the one from the prophecy?" Firestar mewed. Jessica waited as Leafpool gazed at her with anber eyes. Finally she spoke.

"StarClan told me of a she-twoleg with dark brown hair and cream-colored skin. Yes, this is the one."

"Um, for one thing. Why me though? I don't understand anything at all!" Jessica blurted out. The cats all stared at her.

"Like you said, StarClan told you that you would understand along the way." Firestar replied.

Jessica sighed, she was confused, and involved with some kind of weird prophecy. Leafpool padded over to her and rested her front paws on Jessica's knee, Leafpool amber eyes gazing comfortingly into Jessica's green ones. She resisted to pat Leafpool on the head.

"Where do you live? And are your parents here?" Brambleclaw asked.

"I ran away from my home, I lived in that old house that's just a few mintes' walk from here." Jessica replied.

"Why'd you run away?" Squirrelflight meowed.

Jessica smiled. If the whole clan came out here now, she would be bombarded with questions. "Well, something seemed to be calling me to the forest. I really can't explain it, but StarClan probably led me here."

"Oh."

"C'mon, it's time to introduce Jessica to the clan." Firestar mewed. He beckoned his tail for the others to follow, they disappeared into the bushes again. Jessica got up. She was too big to fit through them, so she carefully stepped over and found herself standing on a narrow ledge, leading to a not so deep hole with other ledges that looked easy to climb down. She also saw other cats, a small pile of dead mice, squirrels, voles, and some small birds. The cats were bustling around, some coming in and out of tangled bushes. She heard many meows, from cracked aged voices to the mewling of tiny kittens. Firestar and the others jumped down, Jessica followed until she landed lightly on the bottom. The cats looked at her, their fur bristled, making them look twice their size, their lips curled back to show their fangs, hissing and snarling.

"Cats of ThunderClan! Do not fear the twoleg!" Firestar yowled. The cats didn't listen, and he nodded to Jessica.

"Please, I mean you no harm!" Jessica meowed loudly. The cats immediately quieted down, their fur still bristled. "I mean you no harm!" she repeated, "StarClan has sent a message to me, as well as your medicine cat. Apparently I am the one that would help you overcome a great danger!"

The cats began to whisper to one another, Jessica couldn't hear what they were saying, but most of them had disbelief in their voices.

"We should welcome Jessica into our clan! Even if she is a twoleg, if StarClan says she is the one to save us all!" Firestar yowled again.

"Welcome her into the clan? She's too big and might scare off the prey! We could starve!" a black long-legged tom with a brown belly growled.

"What if there are other clan cats in our territory stealing our prey? She could scare them off, Spiderleg!" Squirrelflight retorted. Instantly the hollow was filled with quarreling cats. Jessica looked at them and frowned. She could just run away right now, but Firestar yowled over the noise. The cats stopped again, all staring at their leader.

"Jessica is staying here, whether you like it or not. This is an advantage to us!" Firestar meowed.

"Please, I will help you with whatever I can. I'll help you hunt, fight, and patrol your territory. I am a fast runner, and I'm quiet. Just give me a chance!" Jessica dropped to her knees. A small kitten approached her, but it's mother, a tortoiseshell, pulled it away.

A white tom approached Jessica next, and bore his narrowed blue eyes into hers. "Prove yourself, Jessica, and I'll trust you." This cheered Jessica up a bit, she mewed back and stood up again.

"Give me a challenge!" Jessica smiled proudly, she was determined to gain the clan's trust.

A pale ginger warrior stepped forward. She dipped her head in greeting. "I am Sandstorm, ThunderClan's best hunter. I challenge you to catching prey. If you can catch more prey than me by sunhigh, I will trust you."

Jessica's heart sank. She had no idea how to catch prey, let alone find it, she wasn't a cat. But desperate of trust, she accepted. The next thing she knew, she was wandering silently though the forest, wondering how to catch prey. Then she remembered something she saw in alot of cartoons. The old box and food trick! Where people would take a box, a small item of food, string and a stick to set up a trap where they would put the food under the box, which was propped up by a stick, the string tied to it. Then when the animal would come along, they pulled the string, and the box would fall, trapping the animal. Then she thought of killing it, maybe a heavy rock would do it, to crush it's skull. Jessica shivered at the thought, but maybe it'll work.

For the next 20 minutes she had woven many sticks together to make a box. She tore thin straps from her shirt for the string, and tied it on a seperate stick. She went around the forest and was able to find a nut bush. She gathered as much as she could and then she heard a small squeal of a mouse.

Jessica froze, then she heard a purr of satisfaction. Jessica crouched low and peered through some brambles. Sandstorm! Indeed, the pale ginger she-cat scraped dirt of a dead mouse and went on ahead. Her heart pounded. She needed to catch some prey, and quick. Swiftly and silently, she ran back to where her trap was. She placed 2 nuts under it, took the end of the string, and carefully hid behind a bush. Within minutes, 2 mice scurried forward and began to nibble on the nuts. Jessica pulled the string. The stick fell ,and the box slammed onto the ground. The startled squeaks of the mice made Jessica bite her lip, but she had to. She picked up a large rock and approached the box. Quickly, she lifted the box and grabbed one mouse, it squirmed in her hands. She didn't want to kill it. She shuddered, set it on the ground without letting go. She brought the rock down on it's head, there was a sickening crunch and the mouse stopped moving. She looked at it, the head was crushed and bleeding, she tossed it into a ditch she dug and proceeded to the second mouse.

With about a half hour till sunhigh, Jessica successfully caught 10 mice, 3 voles, and a rabbit. With time to spare, she had caught a few squirrels. It was sunhigh already, the sunshine dappled through the treetops and warmed Jessica's back. She smiled proudly at her catch, there was no way Sandstorm can beat 20 pieces of prey. She carefully loaded the prey into her makeshift box and began to head back to the camp. She heard a rustling behind her, Sandstorm emerged with 5 mice dangling in her mouth, and 4 squirrels on her back.

"Did you have a good hunt?" Sandstorm meowed, almost mockingly.

Jessica returned with a triumphant voice. "Oh yes I did!"

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"Whoa!"

"Look at all that fresh-kill!"

"Looks like there won't be anymore hunting patrols for today!"

"What a feast this will be!"

The clan cats gathered around Jessica, who had poured the fresh-kill on the ground for all of the cats to see. They were pretty amazed.

"Told ya a twoleg would be useful!" Squirrelflight teased.

"Looks like you were outhunted, Sandstorm!" Brambleclaw purred, eyeing the pale ginger warrior.

"Indeed. Well, I trust you Jessica, you have the skills of a warrior." Sandstorm mewed. Jessica felt her chest grow warm with pride.

Firestar jumped on top of the highest rock and yowled for the clan's attention. They all turned and gathered. Firestar beckoned Jessica with his tail. She was too big to stand on the rock, so she sat on it's edge next to him.

"Today we had Jessica of the twolegs come into our camp today, and she has proven herself worthy of catching so much fresh-kill that none of us has done before. From this day on, Jessica is a member of ThunderClan!" Firestar turned to Jessica. "In the name of StarClan, have we never had a twoleg walk among the cats. But you are different, do you promise to follow clan ways and the warrior code?"

Jessica smiled, remembering Squirrelflight had told her everything about the clan ways and the warrior code. "I do!"

"Then you will remain to be called Jessica, but will be treated like any other cat. You will go on patrols and hunts, and attend Gatherings. Until StarClan wishes to turn you into a cat, then you will be apprenticed and trained." Firestar replied, touching her shoulder with the tip or his tail.

Jessica's eyes gleamed. Although a twoleg, she felt like a cat, a clan cat. A clan twoleg. The other cats below her chanted "Jessica! Jessica!" repeatedly. She slid down from the rock and sat cross-legged on the floor, the cats padded to her and congradulated her. Leafpool, Squirrelfight, and Brambleclaw gave her friendly licks on her hand. Jessica returned them with a light pat on the head, which they didn't seem to mind. It probably was like sharing tongues to them. She imagined herself as a cat, sharing tongues with them. Maybe that dream would come true, she thought. Firestar's words echoed in her mind. Until StarClan wishes to turn you into a cat, thne you will be apprenticed and trained. She looked up at the sky and prayed silently. StarClan, please turn me into a cat.

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