"Don't grieve. Anything you lose comes round in another form."
-Ruma

Allegiances

RiverClan
Leader: Stonestar-light gray tom with blue eyes
Deputy: Antpad-dark brown she-cat with small paws(temporary)
Medicine Cat: Morningpool-dark gray she-cat with white paws and orange eyes
Apprentice, Rowanpelt(orange tom with green eyes)

Warriors
Applefrost-stout orange she-cat
Bumblestream-gray tom with jet black stripes
Dawnwhisper-cream colored she-cat with light stripes
Apprentice, Blossompaw(tortoiseshell she-cat with amber eyes)
Pebblebird-light gray she-cat with white tail
Flintwhisker-black tom with long ears and many scars
Duskbright-dark brown she-cat with red belly
Perchshine-white she-cat with brown splotches
Sedgestep-orange tom with brown paws
Heroneyes-gray tom with blue eyes
Darkpuddle-black tom with white chest and paws
Apprentice, Rainpaw(light gray tom with darker gray patches)
Brambleblaze-stout brown tabby she-cat with amber eyes
Sweetcloud-orange she-cat with white markings
Haytuft-yellow tom with orange stripes and long ears
Emberstem-black she-cat with orange eyes
Apprentice, Oakpaw(dark brown tom with amber eyes)
Snailstep-dark brown tom with no tail and one ear
Nettleburr-long furred gray she-cat with blue eyes
Willowtail-furry gray she-cat with green eyes
Apprentice, Spottedpaw(orange and white she-cat with green eyes)
Brownpelt-dark brown tom with blue eyes
Flyfur-white tom with tabby patches
Voletooth-slim brown she-cat
Songpool-beautiful white she-cat with amber eyes
Apprentice, Marshpaw(gray she-cat with brown paws)
Spidermoon-black she-cat with amber eyes
Giselle-tabby she-cat
Misha-small black she-cat with amber eyes
Birddapple-dark brown she-cat with black patches
Petalstep-mostly black tortie she-cat
Toadsnarl-tabby tom with black specks and green eyes

Queens
Mothleap-white she-cat with green eyes(mother of Heroneyes's kit: Owlkit, white she-kit with yellow eyes. 4 moons old)
Honeybreeze-yellow she-cat with orange stripes(mother of Toadsnarl's kits: Beekit, orange tom with black stripes, Iriskit, tabby she-kit with violet eyes, Creamkit, cream yellow she-kit with black paws, and Nightkit, black tom with brown paws. 2 moons old)

Elders
Clovertalon-brown and white tom with one blue eye and one amber eye
Aspendrop-gray tom with white chest fur and blue eyes

ThunderClan
Leader: Tawnystar-tortoiseshell she-cat with green eyes
Deputy: Dewdust-blue gray tom with blue eyes
Medicine Cats: Yellowlight-sleek orange she-cat

Apprentice
Hogpaw-dark grey she-cat with green eyes

ShadowClan
Leader: Shallowstar-long furred black tom with amber eyes
Deputy: Finchfrost-white tom with brown splotches
Medicine Cat: Cinderhawk-brown tabby tom with sharp amber eyes
Apprentice, Daisypaw(black she-cat with white chest and paws)

Warriors
Sandytuft-orange tom with amber eyes
Jioveheart-orange she-cat with gray paws and blue eyes

Apprentices
Jaypaw-orange tom with amber eyes
Lionpaw-orange tom with white paws
Dovepaw-orange she-cat with green eyes

WindClan
Leader: Icestar-slim white she-cat with green eyes
Deputy: Fortune-black and white tom
Medicine Cats: Sootwhisker-dark gray tom with amber eyes
Apprentice, Wolfhowl(gray and white she-cat with orange eyes)

Apprentice

Sagepaw-white tom with orange and black patches

Tribe of Rushing Water
Healer: Teller of Pointed Stones(Stoneteller)-boney gray and white she-cat with green eyes

Prey-hunters
Hazelnut(fallen off of Tree)-skinny light brown she-cat
Sparrow(flies into the Clouds)-tabby tom with blue eyes

Cave-guards
Tiger(in the Stars)-huge orange tom with black stripes and scars

To-bes
Blaze(at Sky's Sunset)-red orange she-cat with green eyes(prey-hunter)
Flint(of Rock of Rivers)-muscular dark gray tom with amber eyes(cave-guard)
Moss(Reflected from the River)-light gray she-cat with black stripes(prey-hunter)

"You can't be serious." Amberfern whispered in shock after Ivypool explained to her about the Crimson Heroine returning. "My son...will he realize who she is when he sees her?"

"I do not know anything besides that she has returned." Ivypool replied. "Guess the Crimson Heroine is too stubborn to die that way. But she's not going to know that's who she is right away. She'll need to be reminded."

"How is that going to happen if she's all the way in the Tribe of Rushing Water?" Amberfern demanded.

"I decided that apprentices of each Clan should go on this journey, and for RiverClan. I thought that when Oakkit becomes an apprentice, he should lead them." Ivypool explained.

"But he's just a kit!" Amberfern snapped.

"He's going to become an apprentice anytime now." Ivypool reassured her. "He'll have the apprentices of other Clans to protect him. And we will make sure that the best apprentice of each Clan is picked."

"Why should the Crimson Heroine be brought back to RiverClan if she could live her life peacefully in the Tribe?" Crowfeather growled.

"Because RiverClan misses her greatly, their hearts break for her." Hollyleaf growled. "I had survived the tunnels and I didn't let it go to waste. When a cat is given another chance to live, we must not let it pass without doing something."

"With that said, we must choose the apprentices for this journey." Graystripe purred as he shared his idea. "I suggest for ThunderClan we send Hogpaw."

"Hailflower's daughter?" Spiderleg scoffed. "She'll make a fool representing our Clan!"

"Or she'll be the relief the group will need in the journey." Ivypool retorted. "I do not think there could be a better apprentice in that Clan that could be picked. It's decided. Hogpaw will go on the journey representing ThunderClan."

"And for WindClan, I believe we should send Sagepaw." Onestar suggested. "He may be a little snappy, but he'd definitely be the smartest of the group."

"Very well, Sagepaw will go on the journey representing WindClan." Hollyleaf meowed. "What about ShadowClan? The only apprentices they have right now are mothered by that disgrace."

"We'll just have to pick the most tolerable one." Dawnpelt growled.

"Easily Lionpaw." Firestar meowed. "His brother and sister are fools, he's the kind one and that should count for something."

"True." Ivypool replied. "Lionpaw will go on the journey representing ShadowClan."

"Now all we have to do is walk in their dreams, and pick significant cats for it." Crookedstar meowed. "I think Amberfern should walk in Oakkit's dreams."

Amberfern nodded, if Redblossom were here she would've been perfect for the task, but she's the reason they had to go on the journey to begin with. To bring her back.

The other StarClan groups were conversing on which cat to bring to which Clan to speak with each apprentice, and she was not surprised at all when she heard Weaselberry would walk in Lionpaw's dreams to tell him about the journey.

Honeytalon, Hogpaw's grandmother who was killed by a fox, would be going to walk in her dreams. And Ferretstar the former leader himself would speak with Sagepaw in his.

As night fell, Amberfern saw down in RiverClan Stonestar telling Spidermoon that her kits would be made into apprentices the next sunrise. She looked excited to tell her mate and ran to the warrior's den and was waking him up.

Her heart dropped when she saw her former mate Clovertalon trudge sadly into the elder's den, Aspendrop asking him if he was okay. He did not answer but instead curled up in the den and slept.

Amberfern didn't want her son to be sad like Clovertalon, and she knew she had to talk to Oakkit soon.