This is chapter two. Sorry, it took longer than expected...
Spottedfire looked around. Trees were everywhere. "Almost there!" Amberclaw meowed. A pale ginger cat padded up to her. Her tail was peach colored. "I saw you on the roots!" Spottedfire said. The pale ginger cat purred."My name is Sandtail, the deputy of Thunderclan."
"Whats a deputy?" Spottedfire asked. Sandtail looked surprized for a moment, then remembered who was asking. "A deputy is second in charge. After the leader dies, the deputy becomes leader, and gets nine lives." Spottedfire looked amazed. "They get nine lives?" "Yes, from Starclan." Sandtail meowed. "Starclan are our warrior ancestors. Sometimes they visit us in our dreams. Starclan warriors have stars in thier fur..."
"Stars in their fur?" Spottedfire gasped. Sandtail nodded. Spottedfire then remembered Bluestar. "Sandtail, who's Bluestar?" Sandtail's eyes widened in surprize. "What do you know about Bluestar?"
Spottedfire looked up at the bright, full moon. "I saw Bluestar in a dream. She said I had a quest so important, the clans will.." Spottedfire stopped, for Sandtail put a paw in her path. "Look down." Sandtail meowed. Spottedfire did.
There was a cliff! "Wow, thanks! If I had taken another step, I would have fallen!" Sandtail just looked at her. "Welcome to our camp, Spottedfire." Amberclaw padded up to her, purring. He pointed to the entrance. "Walk through there, come on!" Spottedfire followed.
Spottedfire heard voices ahead as she walked through. She gasped in wonder at what she saw. Rownstar walked up to her. "So, how do you like the Thunderclan camp, Spottedfire?" "Wow, it's so perfect!" And it was true. The cliffs were great protection, and the brambles seemed to be in just the right places. Amberclaw padded up to Spottedfire. "I told you!" He said proudly. A brown tabby walked up to Amberclaw. "Who you trying to impress, Amberclaw? This stranger?" The tabby leaned forward to whisper in his ear. "I know she's pretty, but you hardly even know her!"
Amberclaw quickly tried to change the subject. "Well, how is Brackenleaf, Bramblefoot?" Bramblefoot's eyes gleamed. "Oh, she's feeling a whole lot better! Moonleaf says she'll be up and about in less than a moon!" Amberclaw felt relief. Brackenleaf was his sister, and Bramblefoot was his brother. Recently, Brackenleaf was serverely injuryed in a badger attack, her sides scratched badly. To make her situation worse, the wounds became infected, and she became sick. Hearing about his sisters recovery was good news to Amberclaws ears.
Spottedfire looked at Amberclaw. "Well, ... I don't know what to do!" She whispered. Rownstar overheard her, and replied before Amberclaw could. "Spottedfire, Starclan have not made clear your exact purpose, so you'll be training as a warrior, medicine cat, and even as a leader."
Amberclaw's eyes widened at Spottedfire. "Wow, training as everything!" Spottedfire dipped her head at Rownstar. "Thank you, Rowanstar. I'll try my best!" Rowanstar nodded, then turned to Amberclaw. "Show her to the warrior's den. Spottedfire's training starts tomarrow." Spottedfire felt exitement build in her. "The prophecy may be grusome, but with all this training, how can I fail?" She thought to herself.
It was a starry clearing, very simalar to the one Spottedfire saw Bluestar in. Spottedfire stepped forward. "Bluestar, are you here?" A ginger cat appeared before her. He had a sense of importance around him.
"Sorry," he meowed, "but Bluestar couldn't make it. I am Firestar, the one who lead the clans to the lake from the forest. I supposed Bluestar told you about a quest of some sort?" Spottedfire nodded. "Well," Firestar continued,"while you may have lessons and training in the waking world, my job is to teach you about your past."
Spottedfire bristled in exitement. She was going to be told about her lost past! But by the look on Fiestar's face, she wasn't going to remember it in one night. But still, she would soon remember, and that was all that counted. "Your lessons about your past begin tomarrow night in your dreams." Firestar began fading.
"Wait, WAAAIIITT!"
Amberclaw jumped up from his deep sleep, hearing Spottedfire yell. "What, what is it?'' he meowed sleepily. Spottedfire was up too, panting. "Sorry, it ...was just a dream." Amberclaw shook his head.
Sandtail popped her head into the den. "Hey, Spottedfire! Time for your warrior training!" Amberclaw looked at Spottedfire. "Wow. Spottedfire! You get to train with Sandtail." Sandtail lashed her tail. "Come on Spottedfire. Can't waste daylight, can we?" Spottedfire quickly ran out of the den, only to be blinded by the sunlight. When Sandtail came out, they raced out of the clearing in a flash.
"Why does Sandtail have to move without warning?" Spottedfire wondered. "I don't know how much you know, so lets start with hunting basics." Spottedfire listened intently to Sandtail's instructions. Then, it was time for the real thing.
At first try, Spottedfire almost caught a mouse. But with Sandtail helping, she finally caught a squirrel. Sandtail ordered Spottedfire to take thier catches back to camp, then report to Moonleaf, the medicine cat.
Moonleaf was a black she-cat with silvery stripes, and green eyes. Spottedfire listened with interest to the patient medicine cat, relieved to not be rushed on like Sandtail. "That cat is so impatient! But, I sort of like her style."
Moonleaf had this way of knowing Spottedfire's thoughts, and it sort of creeped her out. But, other than that, Moonleaf was alright.
By the end of the day, Spottedfire was tired, but bursting with questions for Firestar. In the dreaming world, Firestar was with another cat. This cat was a white tom with a cream colored tail, and a black spot on his forehead. "Spottedfire. this is Berrytail." The rest of the lesson, Firestar told Spottedfire about Berrytail's dutys and lifestyle. Though bored, Spottedfire paid attention. Then, yet again, Firestar said good-bye and the two faded.
This was how the moon passed for Spottedfire. Hunting with Sandtail, herbs with Moonleaf, and history with Firestar. Firestar would only introduce cats in Starclan, and talk about them. Spottedfire was fustrated, but she knew that if she would keep at it, she would get what she wanted.
And before she and Amberclaw knew it, it was time for the next gathering.
