Disclaimer: I do not own anything except Spiritkit and Soulkit.
CHAPTER 1
(Silvermoon's POV)
It was the day that my kits were being made into Learners. Dovekit was bouncing around, and Spiritkit and Soulkit were with her. Then Thundersky's voice rang out. "Time to go, kits." I meowed at them.
Thundersky was perched on top of the scorched rocks called Firerocks. Many things in Fireclan had something to do with fire, just as in Waterclan many things are connected with water. Same with Earthclan and Windclan. "All cats old enough to go to the Skypool gather here beneath the Firerocks." Thundersky yowled. "We have been called here today to make three kits into Learners. Dovekit, come forward." Dovekit bounded up. "From this day, until you earn your Fighter name, you will be known as Dovepaw. Yellowheart, it is time you are ready for another Learner. You have mentored many in the past, and I hope you will pass on your skills to this Learner." They touched noses. "Now Soulkit, come forward." Soulkit came.
"From this day, until you earn your Fighter name, you will be known as Soulpaw. Rabbitfur, it is time you are ready for a second Learner. You have mentored Petalleaf as your last Learner, and I hope you will pass on your skills to this Learner."
Then it was Spiritkit's turn. ""From this day, until you earn your Fighter name, you will be known as Spiritpaw. Tornadowind, you are ready for your first Learner. Snowpelt was your mentor, and I hope you will pass on your skills to your Learner."
The clan started chanting their names. "Spiritpaw, Soulpaw, Dovepaw!"
Then Thundersky spoke. "As it is custom, these new Learners must go to the Skypool. We leave at Sundown."
(Spiritpaw's POV)
I felt so excited. Now I was a Learner! I could feel Soulpaw's joy, too. It was a bond we shared- we could feel each other's feelings and sometimes see through each other's eyes. We also could do everything in perfect sync, if we wanted to. It was fun, sometimes, to see how people would react. We walked up to our mentors. "So, when do we start?" we asked together. They looked a bit surprised, but did nothing. "As soon as Thundersky's ready." Rabbitfur mewed. "Which is right about...now." Thundersky called for us, right on time.
"Moonherb has some herbs ready for you. I know they taste bad, but it will make it easier to travel." Moonherb set some bundles of leaves in front of us. She started looking at us strangely, almost with motherly love. But my curiosity was driven away by the taste of the herbs as I took a bite. Me and Soulpaw's taste was double what everyone else was feeling, because of our bond. We finally choked them down, and then we were off.
We traveled a long way. "Eww, what's that smell?" mewed Soulpaw, wrinkling her nose. I sniffed, and smelled two things. One scent was a fishy scent, a bit salty. The other was the smell of the marsh and the wind.
"To our left is Waterclan, the one that smells fishy. The other one is Windclan." Thundersky meowed. We eventually reached the Skypool. It was almost at the borders with Waterclan, but a bit on our side. The Skypool was a large pool, about four foxlengths (meters) long and two foxlengths wide. In it was reflected the stars, but they seemed to shine with a light of their own.
"Just take a sip of it." Thundersky instructed. We obliged, and immediately fell into a deep sleep. We opened our eyes, and saw that we were at the clearing at Fourseasons. The Fourseasons were four trees, all different. Fireclan's tree was a maple tree, always in autumn. The leaves looked like fire. Waterclan's tree was an olive tree in summer, its
blue-grey leaves sounding like a waterfall when the wind blew. Windclan's was the kind of tree that grew on their territory- small, but beautifully twisted by the wind. Earthclan had an evergreen tree. When there was a Meeting, the leaders would sit up in each tree to speak.
I became aware of Soulpaw sitting next to me. Suddenly, the shapes of cats jumped down from the sky. It was apparently daytime. The cat's fur was translucent, but shone with the light of the sun. 'This must be Skyclan!' Soulpaw and I thought at the same time. 'Hey, that's weird.' I thought to her. 'We can't usually hear each other's thoughts!'
'Yeah.' she replied. 'Maybe it only happens when we're with Skyclan.'
Then a cat stepped forward. "Greetings, Soulpaw, Spiritpaw." she meowed.
"Who're you?" I challenged her. She chuckled. "Do not be afraid, young one. We will not hurt you or your sister. We have something to tell you. There is great danger coming, coming to the Clans. You are their only hope. Already one has been killed because of it." We caught a fleeting glimpse of something big coming, something horrible. Then red, and darkness. "Be ready, young ones. Be ready." she meowed, and faded away.
Soulpaw and I awoke at the same instant. Thundersky was not yet up. 'Soulpaw?' I tentatively thought.
'What?' she replied.
'So we can do it, even when we're not with Skyclan!' I exclaimed.
'Cool...' Soulpaw thought back to me. 'I wonder why we can do this, and no one else can.'
'Me too... oh, Thundersky's waking up.'
Thundersky walked over to us. "Time to go." His yellow eyes avoided ours, and looked confused. I knew better than to say something, though. We were not allowed to speak of happenings at the Skypool.