Element woke up with a shaky start, eyes narrowed against the sun's unforgiving glare. Lifting a tabby paw to wash her ear, she pondered over her dream last night, remembering the whole experience. I wonder if the others had that dream with me.

Although she saw all of her friends there, it might have been a tough bit of prey she ate with Claw, her brother, last night. Shaking her head as if to clear her conscious, Element padded out to greet the sunshine and new day. Suddenly, an alarm call ripped through the trees silencing the chatter, while Claw ran across the grass, a starling ahead of him.

"Fox-dung!" Claw spat, watching his prey make a hasty get away.

"Bad luck," Element replied sympathetically.

Her brother stretched his claws, scoring long lines in the dirt, "I should've jumped before that."

Blinking, she licked his jet black ears.

"Come on, we'll find more. Don't worry," Element added, and lept out of sight into the tall, lush green grass that tickled their noses every so often. Hard, thumping pawsteps told her that Claw was right behind and gaining fast, until she skidded to a halt in the middle of a meadow. Her black and white brother crashed into her with a huff. Element growled and twisted underneath him, "Get off of me, you great lump of fur! How many mice have you been eating lately?"

As the weight vanished from her shoulders, Claw sat back on his haunches revealing soft fuzz. "Hold on, let me count," he mewed and prodded scraps of fur. "One, two, three, four..."

His tabby sister rolled her deep sea blue eyes, "Come on, I smelled thrush over here, and vole. Hopefully we can find something with you crashing around."

They set off in different directions, east and west. Element focused her hunt on the thrush, glad that Claw wasn't there to distract her. But her thoughts were. What in the world is StarClan? Who or what are the Great Four? Why did I see other, living cats there? Should I confront them? What would be the riches that will be bestowed upon me?

She shaked her head to clear her conscious, and let the musky, warm smell of prey bathe her pink tongue. Hearing her thrush up ahead, Element dropped into a crouch and carefully pulled herself forward to stalk the piece of prey, currently pulling at a worm. The tabby accidentally brushed against a leaf and winced, looking at the bird. Didn't suspect a thing. Ears pricked, Element bunched her muscles and leapt straight on her prey. She gave it a quick nip after it got over the shock and before it could let out an alarm call. Pleased, she made her way back to the sleeping hollow, where Claw would be waiting.

Element soon found herself back at the hollow, with a thrush and mouse that practically leapt into her paws and begged to be caught on the way. She had made her decision about the dream while walking. I will ask Claw and Meadow, if they had it too.

Meadow was a pretty blue gray loner with a white under belly, muzzle, and paws. Their mothers were good friends and they were raised alongside each other, even though Meadow is a moon or so younger than them. Claw and Element had played with her as kits, and developed deep respect for each other, Meadow also new about herbs, making it easy to get treated by her old friend when either one of them were injured or sick.

Element settled down in the empty tree stump and waited for her black and white brother, placing her catch proudly by the entrance. Soon, as the sun reached a mouse length beyond its peak, bright yellow eyes poked out through the entrance, a glimmer of amusement twinkled in their endless depths.

"How'd you get here before me? I even took a shortcut, now I'm practically a walking bramble!"

Narrowing her eyes at Claw, she asked "How much did you even catch?"

He slapped down two voles and a mouse in front of her. "That's it."

"You caught more than me."

"Great!", Claw yowled, and pushed the pile of catches together, "We won't even need to hunt tomorrow or so!"

Element dug her fangs into the vole, relishing the easy catches and flavors of the forest. After eating her fill, the light brown tabby started to groom Claw's pelt with long strokes of her tongue. Element hesitated about asking her black and white tabby brother about the dream. This moment was so perfect and peaceful, why ruin it? She growled inwards softly, You'll never get a better chance than this! Don't be such a mouse-heart. The brown tabby tried a shaky, casual conversation, "So, did you have any dreams last night, Claw-y?"

Claw stiffened beside her and lifted his head, suspicion etched his features "Why?"

"Just wondering," Element meowed nonchalantly, "so a dreamless sleep, huh."

He sighed, "I don't like it when you lie, Element."

Snorting, she added, "Nor me. Claw, I know you saw the same thing I did."

Uncertainty clouded his intelligent gaze and the tabby murmured, "What should we do?"

Element stared back at her handsome, troubled brother and replied, "I'll talk to Meadow tomorrow, you can come if you'd like. After that, I don't know."

Element was balancing precariously along the fallen trees that made the hollow to her nest, her ears flat and an impatient glint in her gaze. Why isn't Claw up yet!

As she pondered, Claw slid out of the den yawning, "Good morning!"

Element jumped off the ledge and cuffed him around the ears, hard, and hissed, "You lazy old lump of fur! You slept almost until sunhigh! Have you forgotten about Meadow?"

He rubbed his head and pouted, "I'm not old, and that really hurt."

Hissing in exasperation, the she-cat dashed off into the forest, Claw trailing behind her. They headed for the clump of ivy-covered bushes Meadow nested in, a sun's movement away. Several times did Element have to growl at Claw to "Hurry up," or "Your trailing behind."

Finally, after a long run they made it. Element deeply sniffed the air, finding it was clogged with the smell of herbs and Meadow. Stepping into the sheltered grove, she called out, "Meadow? Are you here?" A shape stirred at the corner of the dark den, and ears were outlined in the dim glow. "Element, is that you? What's wrong?"

Flicking her long tabby tail for Claw to follow, the she-cat stepped into the gloom with her best friend.

"We need to talk."

Meadow listened intently at their predicament, and admitted, "Yes, I was there too, as well as my mother and father."

"What does this mean," Element and Claw pleaded for answers.

Meadow looked at them, her light blue eyes glinting despite the low light. "I have walked in my dreams with cats with stars in their fur, if I do it again tonight, then I can ask for answers."

Element sucked in her breath, deep-sea blue eyes bulging. "You can choose to walk with this, StarClan?"

"Not exactly," Meadow looked down, shuffling her white paws, "they sort of come to me in glimpses, and whispers strange things such as breeze, Three, Four, and Clans."

Claw blurted out "How's that supposed to help?"

The light gray blue she-cat stared at him, "I don't know. In the meanwhile, make yourself at home. You can hunt and sleep here."

Murmuring their thank yours, the littermates set off into the sunset filled meadow to catch their prey. Element sniffed the air heavily, catching the faintest scent of rabbit. Spotting the creature, she nodded at Claw, confirming an unspoken command. Setting off into position, the tabby she-cat leapt for the meal, sending it squealing and haring straight into her brother's paws. Wait a second, the tabby looked at the looming figure with amber eyes up ahead, rabbit in paws.

He was jet black, and had the signs of a hard life. Scars, ribcage showing, and malicious amber eyes. Hopping up immediately, she yowled, "That was my catch! You have no right to take it!"

The tom slunk over and growled, "Oh, yes, I do. I'm a Warrior, I need this more than you rogue."

Spitting, Element stretched her claws and swiped at him. Claw bounded over; pelt blood red in the dark, setting sun. "Element, just leave it! It's not worth our time!"

"No! I set up that catch, it's mine!"

Still flashing her claws, and baring teeth at the cat that referred to himself as a "Warrior". Claw grabbed her and tore her off the amused victim. The black and white tom stood up to match the height of the attacker. "Take the prey and leave, if you need to steal from innocent cats, then you must be extremely desperate to forget honor."

Snorting, the mysterious Warrior cat ran away into the twilight. The pair walked away, mute, until they found a mouse brave enough to cross their path. Element quickly killed it with a sharp nip on the nip, and walked ahead with her catch. She found an exciting looking Meadow staring at her.

"Element, I dreamed!"

A/N: So, wrap up. Element and Claw talked to Meadow about the dream, and found a mysterious cat. If you can correctly guess who it was, then you receive an internet cookie (Om Nom Nom), and a sneak peek at Chapter 2 or my new story in progress, which takes place after Bramblestar's Storm! BTW, that was a great book :3 Goodnight, may StarClan light your path