Rose dipped her face into the nearby river. She opened her eyes wide, impressed by all the colors of the rocks and pebbles on the riverbed, carved into perfectly round ovals. A small silver fish darted between the cracks, using the pebbles to stop itself from being carried away by the current. Rose noticed that some of the pebbles gleamed like a diamond. She expertly extended a claw into the water and flicked the stone onto the grassy bank.

Rose studied it. It was pearly, and shone like a diamond, reflecting the rainbow of light off its smooth surface. It's just like the stones in the river of my dream, she recalled, but shook the thought away. That has to just be a coincidence. After all, dreams are dreams, not some kind of weird prophecy given to me by the so-called StarClan.

But what if it is? The thought nagged at her mind, and she shook her head to push it to the back of her head. Well, she'd call the river the Star River, just to save the stress of giving it a name. Rose nudged the pretty stone into her den, and took some more out of the river, before lining her nest with them. She pressed each into the soft dirt floor of her den, making a half-circle that surrounded her nest.

She stepped back to admire her work with a smile. Perfect. Then a pang shoved its way into her heart. If only Night and Gray were here to share it with me. Night had left her as a kit when he was six moons old. "Some older brother he is," Rose scoffed. Wait, wasn't he in her dream? As Nightfeather? She was pulled into a memory, one that completely opposed her earlier comment.

-= Flashback =-

"Night!" Rose cheered, as he scooped her up to take her on a badger ride. Gray, their father, watched, amused, as Rose nearly fell off Night's smooth fur.

"Woah, you're getting heavy, Rose!" Night purred, as Rose slid down his back with a purr.

"That was fun!" Rose squealed. She gazed into Night's pine-green eyes, her toes straining to touch her muzzle to his nose. "You're the best big brother ever!"

-= Flashback End =-

Rose was pulled out of her memories. She shook herself. Those days are over, she thought sadly, as she sat down quietly on top of her stone den and watched the sun sink down, behind the trees, before letting out a long sigh and retreating to her den, her mind on what had happened to Night, and why he had been in her dream.

-= Dawn, The Next Day =-

Rose woke to see the pale crimson light filtering through the entrance of her den. She yawned and stretched, before she padded out of the den. Her belly let out an angry complaint as to why there was no food inside it. Rose realized that she hadn't eaten since the morning the day before, and set out to find some food.

She cleared the river with one huge leap, and instantly her mouth filled with the scent of NightClan. Wait, NightClan? Wasn't that the Clan in her dream? She shook the thought away. It couldn't possibly be.

Rose located a mouse and caught it quickly, before bringing it back to her den and devouring it. Her belly still wasn't quite satisfied, and it let out a furious growl. Rose sighed in annoyance, and went to the other side again to catch something more.

She was stalking a thrush, and was about to catch it when an angry hiss alarmed the thrush and it flew away. Furious, she whipped around to see who it was who had scared her thrush away. She was met by pine-green eyes and a black pelt. "Night!" She snarled, satisfied to see the surprised look in his eyes.

"Rose," he said slowly, "is that really you?"

"Of course it is," she snapped. "Where have you been? And what were you doing, abandoning your family like that?"

Night ignored her questions. "Where's Gray?"

"Dead because of starvation, and your selfish tactic," Rose growled.

Night's eyes widened. "Oh, Rose, I'm so sorry!" He gasped. "I thought that you would be better off without me, another mouth to feed."

"Goodbye." Rose snapped around, ignoring Night's pleads to come back, and cleared the river in one leap, before curling up in her nest, ignoring her stomach's protests.

"Stupid Night," she muttered. "If and when I find that Night has found a mate and had kits, I'm going to take one of their kits to see how they feel."