I don't think this chapter is any longer. oops.

Rusty stepped out of the house, soon followed by his Mama, Twig and Pansy. Mama leapt on to a white "fence" and sat there.

'Hello, Smudge!' A fat black and white cat jumped onto the fence beside Mama. Rusty assumed that this was Smudge.

'Hello, Hattie.' He looked over at the the three kits in the back yard. 'You had kits?' He looked over at Mama. 'Who fathered them?'

'Sherbet,' She in a semi-mortified tone. Rusty never met his father, but from his mothers description, he was a ginger and white tom.

'That great.' The plump, elderly tom mewed. 'Now I know that you wouldn't just be here to show me the kits.' He said. 'What's wrong?'

My Mama looked over at Twig. 'The brown tabby over there, Twig, had a dream.' She mewed. 'Twig! Come over here.'

Mama and Smudge made identical movements and jumped down into the backyard. 'So, Twig,' Smudge mewed, with some interest in his mew. 'What was your dream about?'

Twig retold the story of the strange dream, while Rusty listened at the sidelines. When Twig finished, a spark of knowingness flashed in Smudge's eye. He knew something.

'I don't know much about that at all,' Smudge mewed calmly. Lies! 'But I do know something that could relate to the subject. I have a story to tell. And if you want to hear it, I will tell it to you.' Rusty came closer. This sounded interesting. Pansy also came over and sat beside Twig.

'Now I'm going to tell you about a cat named Firestar.'

'Firestar?' Pansy interrupted. 'What an odd name!' Mama gave Pansy an odd glare, and she piped down.

'Firestar used to live out in the forest.' Smudge pointed his black and white tail at the fence a part of a fence.'

To everyones surprise, Rusty spoke up. 'But there isn't a forest there, Mr. Smudge.'

'I know that,' Smudge mewed. 'This was before you were born. When the forest was still here. Firestar was an ordinary house-cat. He lived in the House-folk nest you are currently living in. But he was destined for greatness. One day he went out into the forest. I had warned him about going there, because there was wild cats living there, but he went anyways. The next day he came to me and told me he was going to go live with the wild cats. I didn't see him again for a long time.'

'So that's it?' Twig mewed, disappointed. 'He just leaves?'

'No, I see him again.' Replied Smudge, with the same tinkle of knowingness in his eyes. 'Many, many moons had past, and I had already been to the vet. I went into the forest. I wanted to see what had drawn Firestar into it's depths. I was walking through the woods, with the most incredible feeling that I was being watched. Then I stepped on a twig. It's snap echoed through the much to silent glade. I turned around just to see a bright orange figure fly at me. I jumped out of the way, only to find the cat give case. It jumped on my back and tackled me to the ground. That cat turned out to be Firestar! He told me about so many things happening in the forest.'

Rusty listened to Smudge tell the small group of cats about medicine cats, which are like the vet, but a cat, leaders, cats who had nine lives and led the "Clans" and "StarClan", a group of heavenly warriors. Rusty soaked up this information like moss. He didn't want to be a housecat. Rusty wanted to be a Warrior!

Ek! My chapters are so short! Meh. This makes me feel bad. Oh well! (again) R&R

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