It was moonhigh and time to get my nine lives from Starclan. i padded over to the moonpool and licked a few drops of the water. suddenly my vision went black. the next thing i knew i was standing in Starclan's hunting grounds with eight cats standing in front of me.
then one voice spoke and said " welcome Leafpool are you ready to receive your nine lives?"
i nodded my head and then one cat i reconized stepped foreward and said " with this life i give you compassion use it well to help your clan." then Brindleface padded away.
She was replaced by Redtail who said " with this life i give you loyalty use it well in times of need."
The next cat was Yellowfang she gave her the life of humor, the life coursed through me.
soon Runningwind padded foreward and gave me a life for tireless energy.
then Spottedleaf who gave me a life for love she approved of my love for Crowfeather which was great!
the sixth cat was Mousefur and she gave me a life for nobility so i could lead my clan well.
the seventh cat was Silverstream and she gave me a life for protection so i could protect my as fiercly as a mother of her kits.
the final cat to give me a life was Bluestar and she gave me a life for forgivness, strength, and honor.
then Bluestar said " i welcome you as Leafstar leader of Leafclan. now to build your clan up you need to bring in rouges and loners. we will always be there for you to guide youand to help you now you must go back to the moonpool and to Crowfeather he's worried about you, and the kits are safe."
and with that Leafstar opened her eyes and found herself with Crowfeather at the Moonpool. Crowfeather looked at me with worry in his eyes and i gave a silent nod saying that the kits were fine and that i got my nine lives and new name but we couldn't speak until we were out of the hole maintaining the Moonpool. soon we were out of the moonpool's hole and able to talk.
" the kits are safe, i got my name and lives, and we have to make Leafclan grow by taking in rouges, loners and kittypets that no longer wish to be kittypets. now time for the ceremony" i said as i got up onto a boulder in the cave that held the leaders den that was covered by a curten of linchen then i said " i say this by the gazes of Starclan, Leafclan needs a deputy the deputy will be Crowfeather. Starclan i hope you approve and respect my choice." even though we didn't have a clan yet i felt that my first duty as leader was to appoint the deputy with the ancient tradition.
"Crowfeather will you get me a log so that i can mark our own clan rules? i'll help you drag it into camp." i asked.
" Of course my love i think i saw one on our way here would you like to come see it?"
I nodded my head and then my mate led the way into the forest to a ancient log that was absolutely perfect. So Crowfeather and i each picked up an end of the branch and carried it quickly to camp. then we put the long curving branch around the Great Rock and it fit perfectly. then i started to write the clan rules on the smooth log. the rules were:
1. medicine cats can have a mate and kits
2. kits must be six moons old to begin apprenticeship
3. elders and queens must be fed first
4. apprentices will care for the elders and queens along with hunting, patrolling, and fighting
5. medicine cat apprentices will learn the herbs, herbal uses, hunting and fighting
6. warriors and apprentices cannot eat while on a hunting patrol for the clan
7. apprentices cannot eat on their assessment on becoming a warrior
8. warriors and apprentices will fight for their clan and territory if threatened
9. warriors and apprentices and medicine cats must show loyalty to their clan at all times
10. all cats in the clan must listen to the clan leader at all times
11. cats cannot have mates in another clan
12. cats from another clan can join another clan if trusted by the other clan's leader outsiders can join the clan and train to be a warrior or medicine cat
Crowfeather and i agreed that these were good rules for our clan. after making the rules and getting my nine lives from starclan Crowfeather and i went to sleep curled up together in my new leaders den.
the next morning at dawn Crowfeather and i decided to mark our territory for our clan. when we were done it was almost dusk but we were happy. our territory consists of the woods in front and behind our camp, meadow, a spring that flowed through some rocks, and the slow moving river with tons of fish in it. we settled down by the river and Crowfeather taught me how to fish. we caught three fish for me and one for Crowfeather. i gulped my fish down hungrily and caught two more which i ate hungrily. then we headed down to the cave in which i slept peacefully.
POV.
" Are you sure she's okay Cinderpelt?"
" Yes Firestar, Leafpool is okay and Starclan has changed her destiny."
" What do you mean? should i send a patrol to look for her?"
" Firestar, Starclan has made your daughter leader of Leafclan. I assure you she's fine."
" Leafclan?"
" Yes Firestar."
POV.
I was listening to Firestar and Cinderpelt talk about Leafpool.
" She made a clan of her own and the rules must be different. I've got to tell Tigerheart. Maybe we could join Leafclan!" I thought happily "and we could bring Lionblaze and Heathertail, and Ivypool and Foxleap!"