Star-ridden bodies glittered over the horizon, flowing into the ravine at a hurried pace. The pelts of these bodies reflected in the large silver pool, the Starpool, beneath the foot-holds they resided on. Hushed, panicked whispers blew through the ravine like a swift wind. A small group of Starclan warriors made their way to the platform hovering above the Starpool, their feet pounding against the land-bridge leading to it. They skidded to a stop, and one cat gazed around at the fading cats, taking lead of the group.

"Silence!"

The cats quickly fell silent, turning their anxious gazes to cat. "Now." The cat began, meeting the gazes of the others. "I realize that there is a lot of panic over recent events, but now is not the time to lose our heads. We must remain calm." Voices cried out in outrage and fear.

"Remain calm?"

"Is she serious?!"

"How are we supposed to do that?"

A golden tom shouted, "Bluestar! How can we remain calm? We've already lost members of Starclan!" He shuddered. "Saw Shrewpaw fade out. He looked so pained. His pelt flashed a few times before simply...going out. I couldn't stand to see it again. Not again."

Bluestar twitched her ears and raised her tail to silence the Starclan cats. "I understand, Foxleap, but if we all lose our wits and panic then we can't solve this."

"Solver what, Bluestar? We don't even know what's happening!" Blackstar shouldered past a few cats, glaring at the old Thunderclan leader. She stared back, but was at a loss for words to refute him with.

A few days prior, cats had begun to fade. No cat seemed to understand, and the oldest cats of Starclan were on edge. When a cat faded out, it was not known where they ended up, if anywhere at all. The power of Starclan was dwindling, and they all feared the result.

Suddenly, a voice cried out from above Bluestar. She raised her head to see a golden mass flying at her. She gasped and leapt back. The others backed out of her way, eyes glued upward. A cat landed before them with a loudl thud. It's pelt glowed brighter than the others, and it stared out of white eyes at the cats. It was seemingly frozen for a moment, as if it were shocked. Then, after regaining composure, it spoke:

"Cats' of Starclan. Stars of Silverpelt. I am Golden Light. I am the ancestor of the Tribe of the Star Keepers'. This Tribe has close relations to Starclan and protects it from darkness. There has been an attack on them, and thus the stars are losing their power. We must send cats to this Tribe and help them in their quest to protect the Stars, and themselves. Otherwise, Starclan will die out. Darkness will reign."

The cats all gasped and whispered to one another, eyes wide in shock. Leopardstar, a deceased leader of Riverclan, spoke up. "What? That sounds... distrustful. How are we to decide who goes, anyway?" She rolled her eyes, "Let me guess, a fresh batch of Thunderclan apprentices will be sent, as usual?" A few cats snickered or hissed at the comment.

Golden Light blinked, her tail sweeping the stone. "No. We will send Starclan cats chosen by the Starpool." Another collective gasp, and now Bluestar enquired the stranger.

"What? I...Excuse me, I am Bluestar." She dipped her head, "How will we send Starclan cats? We only last in the living world a few heartbeats before having to return... And what do you mean, 'chosen by the Starpool'?"

Golden Light looked at her, scanning her face with empty eyes. "We will use what power we have to ressurect the chosen ones. It won't last forever, but for the time being it will work. The chosen cats will be restored to the age of a new warrior, and live like their clanmates do so now. You will not be allowed to contact the living Clancats, as this will cause an uproar. You must head straight for the Tribe. I, or another Starclan member, will use remaining power to contact and guide them when possible."

"The Starpool will choose the cats meant to go. All cats old enough to be warriors shall step into the Starpool, and those chosen shall be sent to the outskirts of clan territory, further instruction will be given then."

Bluestar flicked her tail, "But what if you cannot get ahold of the chosen cats?" Golden Light shook her head, "Don't worry. We will. Now, we must hurry."

The others looked around, unsure of what to do. Bluestar sighed and called out. "Do as she says." A cat called out, annoyance in his tone.

"How do we know if this will work? If we can trust her?"

Bluestar gave a weary sigh. "We don't. But we don't have any other choice, do we?" After a moment of unsure silence, cats began slinking down the footholds of the ravine and onto the Starpool's banks. As they did, Golden Light called out. "Do not touch the Starpool until I say to do so!"

Starry cats lined up along the water pelt-to-pelt, surrounding the entirety of the pool. They glanced at eachother nervously, and the younger cats who could not join them peered down anxiously. Golden Light stood at the edge of the center stone and looked down at the circled cats.

"Dip your paws in at my yowl..." She waited a moment, letting the cats brace themselves, then broke out into an earsplitting yowl. The cats quickly shoved their front paws into the water.

Their paws glowed bright under the water, then shot out gold light like lightening bolts to the center of the pool. The bolts connected and glowed brighter, churning the still silver water and turning it into swirling gold waves. As the water picked up it's current, sending a tunnel of wind upward, buffeting the cats fur and making them squint against the wind and light.

The cats above them gripped desperately to the stone with their claws, and apprentices caught hold of kits to keep them from falling. Golden Light stood watching, seemingly unaffected other than her fur whipping in the breeze. Certain cats' bodies began to glow, the current drawing them into the water. The others cried out in shock and horror, trying to grab hold of the ones being sucked in, but finding themselves unable to move.

Bluestar felt herself swept forward and pulled under. The water, she noted, was not like the river water she'd drowned in. It was warm and much thicker, seemingly to cling to her flesh like mud. She struggled, panicked by the lack of air, the tight squeeze of the water, and her inability to see.

She crashed into something, another cat perhaps, and swung a paw out to grab it. Instead of catching hold of it, she pushed it away. The force pushed her up for a brief moment. She was in the center of the pool. Bluestar flung her head up and caught Golden Light's gaze. The world seemed to slow for a minute as they stared at eachother, something twisted in Bluestars belly as she searched the whiteness of her eyes for something, anything. She found nothing, and was washed back under with a hot wave of water and a cold stab of fear.

She pried her eyes open and was met with nothing but blinding light. The light flickered, her head swam, and her muscles stiffened. Her jaws parted and she began to relax against the current, slipping into a familiar darkness...

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