Prologue
"Bluestar, where are you headed to?" Spottedleaf wondered.
"I'm just so worried for my home clan" Bluestar answered.
"Yes, I know the hunger the clans are facing through. You know, though, the clans will not survive. One day there will be a day none will survive, and you know that, unless the clans rise together to face the dark." Spottedleaf mewed.
"Should we tell them?" Bluestar wondered. "Yes. We should". ''The fire shall save the clans, once again." Bluestar pronounced.
…..
"Rainwhisker, wake up!" Twigpaw yelled in his ear.
"What," he grumbled.
"Apprentice training" Twigpaw rolled his eyes.
"I thought mentors were supposed to wake up apprentices," Rainwhisker grumbled as he rolled out of the medicine cat den. Twigpaw tumbled out of the den, and into the bushes. "Twigpaw, calm down. You know today is like any other day" Rainwhisker sighed, "let go and find some comfrey for Fishstar's bone that she broke yesterday." Twigpaw jumped up and ran off. Rainwhisker rolled his eyes and ran off.
"Is this comfrey?" Twigpaw wondered.
"No, that's dock" Rainwisker sighed. "How is this apprentice ever going to live as a medicine cat?" Rainwhisker thought, "even though he's been my apprentice for 6 moons, he can barely tell each herb apart!" Twigpaw ran at some comfrey.
"Is this comfrey?" Twigpaw asked.
"Yes. Now go and find some more" Rainwhisker walked away. Rainwhisker smiled. "I've got an idea!"
"Twigpaw over here!" Rainwhisker yelled. The little apprentice scampered over. "I have a challenge for you. Now that you know what comfrey looks like, we will have a race to see who can get the most herbs first! Go!" Rainwhisker yelled confidently in the air. Twigpaw ran off as Rainwhisker found some comfrey immediately. He started collecting the herbs when Twigpaw returned triumphantly with his mouth full of comfrey. Rainwhisker gaped. "Well, you were good medicine cat after all" he mouthed. "Let's bring this back to our den."
….
"Twigear, wake up! We're going to Moontree!" Rainwhisker yelled.
"Now?" Twigear complained.
"Get up! NOW!" Rainwhisker laughed, "You do this to me every day!"
"Coming."
The walk to Moontree was hard for Twigpaw. His paws were sore, and his back ached. He can barely feel his tail dragging on the ground! He tumbled through some bushes. Moontree was in front of him! Patchpaw, Oceansong, Emeraldstone, and Cloverpaw were already there. "Where is Scourgeflame?" Rainwhisker wondered.
"We were wondering if you've seen him" Emeraldstone purred.
"I'm here" a crackly voice came from a bush.
"Starclan, I wish you take this apprentice, Twigpaw, as a medicine cat. He is a very bright and very smart, and he learned everything from his training to his heart. He brightens up everyone's day, and even makes me smile. Twigpaw, your name will now be Twigear, in honor of his lost ear" Rainwhisker announced. Twigear's heart was jumping like a rabbit. He sat down and touched his head to Moontree and fell asleep.
…...…
Twigear woke up on the banks of a river. Twigear could recognize this river if he was blind. "The Lost River!" Twigear jumped joy. He was about to plunge into it, when he noticed something was wrong. The river that was once full of water is now full of crimson blood! Twigear tried to run in the other direction, but he was cornered by fire. Then he noticed two cats fighting, both unrecognizable. An eerie voice echoed through his head. "The cat of the 9 and the cat with 2 lives will join together again, as the fire is reborn to save," the eerie voice echoed.
….
Twigear woke up against the base of Moontree. His fur was still singed at the edge, and his fur was sticking out at weird angles. Twigear was still dizzy and the eerie voice was now a faint whisper. "Twigear, are you okay?" Oceansong wondered.
"I'm not okay and even you know it" Twigear snarled at her. "Okay, but I was just trying to help," Oceansong stormed off. Twigear ran off to Thunderclan.
After running to The Lost River, he stopped to let Rainwhisker catch up with him. Rainwhisker finally caught up with Twigear. "Okay, what's happened with you at Moontree?" Rainwhisker asked.
"In my visit with 'Starclan' I was sitting right here on this river when I noticed the river was filled with blood. I tried to run away as fire engulfed me. I saw 2 unrecognizable cats as a weird voice said 'The cat of the 9 and the cat with 2 lives will join together again, as the fire is reborn to save'" Twigear snorted. Rainwhisker was gaping at him. "What?" I wondered.
"We've got to get home, now!" Rainwhisker ran off. Twigear shrugged and ran off.
…..
Rainwhisker was running like a maniac to Thunderclan camp. He skidded in, his fur ruffled with sticks lodged in it. "Where's Fishstar?" Rainwhisker wondered.
"She's in her den, if you're wondering," Wispcaller answered. Rainwhisker rushed to Fishstar's den.
"Are you okay?" Rainwhisker said as he was flung past the entrance of her den and crashed into the bushes.
"Looks like you've got a flea in your pelt, Rainwhisker. I haven't seen you like this before!" Fishstar teased, "Me and my kits are fine. Stop freaking out!" Twigear finally caught up with Rainwhisker. "Do you know why Rainwhisker is freaking out?" Fishstar wondered.
"I don't know! All I know it's about a prophecy Starclan told me. That all," Twigear shrugged.
"Not another prophecy!" Fishstar sighed, "I've had enough with the first one, being 9 cats."
"Your 9 cats!" Twigear gasped.
"FISHSTAR!" Rainwisker yelled at her.
"Twigear, you should go," Fishstar recommended. Twigear hurried out of the room. "Rainwisker calm down. I trusted Twigear, and anyway, the clan should know. Now what is this 'prophecy'?"
"'The cat of 9 and the cat with 2 lives will join together again, as the fire is reborn to save'" Rainstorm grumbled.
"Good you've calmed down. Soooooooooooo, does that mean I'm not half Firestar?" Fishstar wondered.
Rainwisker shrugged "maybe?"
"So one of my kits is the fire, and the rest is not. I hope that cat is gone, I've had so many bad experiences with him. I feel so bad for whichever one it is," Fishstar stood up ,"I may even tell Twigear to spread the word about me being 9 cats".
"No! You don't dare!" Rainwhisker jumped up into action.
"Yes, I will, and you will never regret it" Fishstar laughed at Rainwhisker's pelt, that is now a turmoil of sticks and leaves. "I think you are also too old to be a medicine cat. You were the medicine cat when I was an apprentice, and that was moons ago, but it is your decision to decide if you want to be an elder of not," Fishstar offered.
"I was going to ask if I could be an elder tomorrow, but today is fine" Rainwhisker laughed.
"I'll tell the clan."
….
"Let all cats old enough to catch prey gather here beneath Highbranch for a clan meeting!" Fishstar howled into the air. One by one the cats of Thunderclan came slinking out of their caves and circled the tree. "Rainwhisker has been a great medicine cat over all of the moons that he has lived. He now wishes to retire and become an elder. Rainwhisker, will you preform the duty of an elder for the rest of your life here in the clan," Fishstar announced. "Yes I will Fishstar," Rainwhisker stood up proudly. "RAINWHISKER, RAINWHISKER, RAINWHISKER!" the cats of Thunderclan cheered.
Twigear bounded over to Rainwhisker. "How can I be a medicine cat without your help?" Twigear wondered.
"I'm always in the elders den if you want!" Rainwhisker smiled as he began to walk away to his new den.
…
The cats started going back to whatever they were doing before the meeting, and Fishstar was still on the branch. "Um…. Hello! I'm still up here!" Fishstar yelled out to the jumble of cats in the clearing.
"There's more, F…F…Fishstar?" Redfur wondered.
"Yes, there's more, Redfur," Fishstar replied. "Again, let all cats old enough to catch prey gather here beneath High Branch for a clan meeting!" Fishstar howled into the air, again. The cats who left came back and encircle the tree. "This one is concerning me, only. I-".
"You can't be saying it now!" Rainwhisker yelped.
"Yes I am. I'm nine cats in one" Fishstar announced in the air. A weird silence engulfed the air. Orangefur, now an elder, jumped up. "That can't be! You are just a normal cat!" Orangefur exclaimed. "Not in Firestar's world. That frisky cat can be a pain on the tail sometimes!" Fishstar exclaimed. "The Fish Breath rises again!" Orangefur laughed.
"Oh please don't call me by that name! You know how much I hated that!" Fishstar scowled. "And I actually hated that too. Be nice to your leader unless she will become a pain in the tail!" Fishstar jumped! Cinderheart was standing next to her!
"Cinderheart, please leave," Fishstar sighed.
"This place looked much different when I was alive. There was a bunch of trees on that side, and none on the other, and there was a HUGE rock on that side, that all of the…. Oh! Now I remember! You're not even in the lake! Hump. I wish you were there to see it Fishstar! It was so brilliant and pretty, and gorgeous! It was until the Twolegs plowed our territory down, and everything was different….." Cinderheart echoed.
"Cinderheart, please leave, now" Fishstar impatiently yawned.
"I'm not leaving until I see you kits, Fishstar," Cinderheart retorted. "Okay, follow me."
Fishstar ran to her den, hoping to have a few seconds of silence before the crazy chatter came in, which she didn't actually get.
"Aw! So cute! What are they called?" Cinderheart purred.
Fishstar shrugged. "I guess the orange one is Flashkit, the brown Bearkit, and the last two is Dirtkit and Shallowkit.
"Dirtkit?" Cinderheart exclaimed, "What a horrible name!"
"You said you would leave!" Fishstar laid down.
"Fine. If you want it," Cinderheart pouted. Cinderheart left the den.
"What am I going to do with you, kits? A destiny like no other" Fishstar echoed.
