Chapter 1

Mistyfoot awoke to a hiss. She opened her eyes. Blackclaw was crouched before her.

"Wake up!" he said. Suddenly Mistyfoot's dream came back to her. Soul...how can soul kill?

"Mistyfoot! Please." Blackclaw hissed.

"Sorry, I'm getting up." Mistyfoot said, remembering her dawn patrol duty. She clambered to her paws and clumsily padded out of the warriors den. When she was out, she was Leopardstar crouched on a large boulder.

"The outbreak of green cough will be handled, and we will all carry on, no lives lost." Leopardstar was finishing a speech. Mistyfoot wondered who had green cough.

"Mistyfoot!" Leaopardstar exclaimed. She leapt down from the boulder and flanked over to her deputy.

"I've already made a plan. Please escort Swallowtail and Icewing to the deep woods. There, you can make them a shelter, and Mothwing will stay there with them. We need to keep our clan thriving and strong." Leopardstar explained. Mistyfoot nodded in agreement. Mothwing came forward, Icewing and Swallowtail behind her. Icewing was coughing, and Swallowtail was looking normal.

"What if Mothwing gets green cough?" Mistyfoot asked.

"She's older now, and Willowshine could take over." Leopardstar explained.

"Still..." Mistyfoot stopped. She nodded at the sick cats, and lead them off into the thicker woods. Her dream came back to her. Maybe soul..maybe by soul StarClan meant sickness! No. Mistyfoot was puzzled.