Chapter 3

"Leafstar!" All the apprentices exclaimed at once.
"Hello apprentices," she said with a smile,"You came here for the answer to your sign Amberpaw?"
Amberpaw nodded and stepped forward,"-But I bet you won't tell me."
Leafstar purred with amusement, then nodded, "Yes, but I'll give you this: 'The shadow will rise on, unless there is four,with the power of the stars itself,'"

Lightpaw woke up next to Birdpaw,"Did we all just dream together?" she asked with a yawn.
"Yup, and I bet we're the four," Swiftpaw mewed determined.
"Don't be so sure,"Amberpaw warned,"Unless we find out what powers we have, then we could be as determined as a fox!"
Swiftpaw's neckfur rose, "Yeah, and I'll show that Sol who the boss is!"

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"Okay, so let's just let the powers come to us," Amberpaw suggested the next day at their secret meetup place: A circle surronded with lots of trees and prey between the borders of Skyclan and Forestclan. (They called it 'The Mouse Circle' since ancient Forestclan used to use it for vigil and offerings.)
"But then it'd be too slow, what if we don't find out on time?"Swiftpaw meowed.
Suddenly Stormsea and Nightpaw appeared, "I almost caught it!" Nightpaw complained,"If only I landed a bit..." She broke off at the sight of the four apprentices. Her eyes lit up with curiousity. "What're you guys doing here?!" Stormsea demanded, stepping in front of Nightpaw.
"We were just leaving," Lightpaw lied. She signaled with her tail to meet here later and she and Birdpaw raced back to camp.

When they exploded into camp, a crowd rapidly formed around them. She and Birdpaw got seperated, each with a crowd of warriors and apprentices throwing their thoughts and questions at them.
"Where have you been?!"
"What were you doing?"
"Are you meeting with Skyclan?"
"Were you spying!?"
Flamestar appeared on the Starry Boulder and broke the crowd with a signal of his tail.
He gave some orders,"Sealight, start sorting out patrols for the day and then all the mentors go train their apprentices," then he half walked, half dragged himself back to his den.

Later at dawn, Lightpaw and Birdpaw met up with Swiftpaw and Amberpaw back at the Mouse Circle. Lightpaw started suggesting other ideas but in the end, they focused on Lightpaw's first suggestion."Which is which..." Amberpaw mewed, suddenly, she seemed far away in a distant memory.
"Amberpaw!pay attention!" Lightpaw scolded.
"Sorry," she mewed, dipping her head.
"Don't worry, as long as Firestar doen't know, we'll be all right," Swiftpaw chimed.
"What about Flamestar?" Amberpaw asked.
"Well, he's been weary for the past few moons, I don't know what's gotten into him, but we've gotta find out!" Birdpaw meowed and then hesistantly looked back at them.
They all wore an expression of curiousity on their face. "What do you mean?"Lightpaw mewed after a heartbeat.
"You've never paid any attention to how Flamestar's been acting lately?"she asked,"Remember when we were back at camp and he came out and gave us some orders? His eyes were dull and he could barely stand up."
"Well, I guess that is strange," Amberpaw mewed, "Has Willowfrost on him yet?"
"If she did, we wouldn't know anyways," Lightpaw chirped.
"I guess Birdpaw is right, this is a bit suspicious, we should investigate!" Swiftpaw suggested while prancing around.
"It's getting late, let's check tomorrow, and we have to get back to our mentors," Amberpaw hushed him down and started padding back to her camp.
Lightpaw flicked her tail and mewed, "I'll see you at the gathering tomorrow!" then she and Birdpaw returned to their camp safely and quietly.