Chapter

The Dream

"Swishkit! Come back here right now!" screeched Willowtail as Swishkit and Clearkit raced around the camp, Swishkit with a ball of moss in his jaws.

"No!" cried Swishkit. "We're playing."

Willowtail chuckled. "Then please be careful and don't go into Windstorm's den! I don't think that he would like it if you messed up all of the herbs. I don't think Rockpaw would like it either."

Oomph! Swishkit grunted as he charged into Pouncepaw. The young apprentice let out a groan but purred with a bit of amusement in her eyes. "I just picked that all up!" she meowed. "Would you and Clearkit please be a bit more careful? I have to clear out the elder's den and they'll be in a grump if I don't do it in time. Especially if you and Clearkit ruin all of the bedding."

There was a bit of a tease in her voice but Swishkit couldn't hear it even with the glitter in her eyes. He shrunk back and dropped his ball of moss hurrying back to the nursery and cuddling up in Willowtail's belly for some milk.

"She's only teasing," mewed Clearkit. "You're no fun, Swishkit. Hurry up and get better at it. If you were more fun maybe I wouldn't be standing here looking like a goose."

"But you don't look like a goose." Swishkit looked puzzled as Willowtail purred.

"The sun'll be setting soon and tonight's the half moon. Windstorm and Rockpaw will be going to share tongues with StarClan. I bet that poor Rockpaw is scared." Willowtail's voice was calm and sweet with a twine of sympathy in her voice. "It'll be his first time there."

Swishkit let out a yawn and cuddled up in Willowtail's belly suckling gently.

"I can't wait till I'm an apprentice!" exclaimed Clearkit. "I'll be the best warrior in the clan and every cat will know that about me. I can't wait."

"Hush now," whispered Willowtail. "Both of you, settle down and get some sleep. I don't want to be up all night."

Swishkit scuttled away from his mother and lay down in his small nest. The den seemed really empty without Rockpaw and Pouncepaw. Every since the two of them had left the nursery everything had seemed so much more quiet.

As the young light gray tom fell asleep he jumped as he felt a large paw touching him. He opened his eyes to see a black tom lying over him. His eyes were wonderful and there was a tortoiseshell she-cat with him. In the background Swishkit could see the other cats from StarClan standing there.

"I am Crowfur," meowed the black tom. "We have come to tell you something that you must not tell any cat and not make obvious that you're bursting to tell and do something that will bring suspicions."

"I am Cherrystem," meowed the she-cat. "The dream is that your sister isn't what you think she is. She's really a cat of great future and adventure. She doesn't know this yet but she will learn when she becomes a warrior. She will be able to predict the future and know what will happen to her clan. They will be small things but enough to help out her clan in times when it is needed most. She will be able to feel what other people are thinking and go into other cats minds and get their dreams with them so that they both get it. She will be a valuable addition to RainClan. There is no way to stop what is going to happen but never feel that you are not loved."

The cats slowly began to fade away and Swishkit opened his eyes in terror. Was that all really going to happen?

"Clearkit!" Swishkit wailed out loud and Clearkit awoke with a start.

"What is it?"

"Do you ever feel strange and are you-" began Swishkit but was cut short by Crowfur's voice.

Remember, don't ever speak a word about what you have been told. Crowfur's voice echoed as he spoke silently to Swishkit.

"Yes?" Clearkit asked.

Hope you enjoyed the first chapter of my first fanfic!