Chapter 3 The Star in the Sky

Once again I blinked open my eyes to a meadow, the same meadow that I had arrived in last night. A tail was gently laid on my shoulder. My first instinct was to scream and bolt, but i didn't; I'm not sure why, but I just didn't.

"One thing you must know is that Sandstorm is teaching you so that one day you can let go of that power and give it to the rightful owner. See here, you got that power by mistake, kit." With that, I turned around excited "So I'm not special, right?"

The mysterious cat looked confused. "Kit, you got two powers on accident; but you're still special, don't worry." I looked at her disappointed and doubtful. "I have all the reasons in the world to worry; I don't want to be any different from a normal cat!"

The cat's pelt was dark and sleek in the night. Shining under the moonlight it looked like a dark silver a beautiful color that made me suddenly very silent. "Kit, lets start from the beginning. My name is Pebblelight. I know I may be from RiverClan, but I'm no different than you because we're both cats," I nodded my agreement, and she went on.

"This is how it will work. You've already met Sandstorm right? Well, she'll teach you a few things and you will release the aura to its rightful owner, and then I will teach you how to control something that is a surprise for both you and me. Well, not really for me, but for you." As Pebblelight finished Sandstorm walked up to me from behind some thick brambles. "To start your training I will teach you how to swim."

That was when I got VERY confused. "But I don't need to learn how to swim, a NORMAL THUNDERCLAN WARRIOR doesn't need to know how to swim! Besides, swimming's for Riverclan cats!",

But all Sandstorm did was shake her head in a disapproving way. "But you're wrong; you're not normal!" Sandstorm exclaimed, like it something to be proud of. I wasn't sure whether to be insulted or pleased. I think I'm the only cat in all the Clans who isn't proud of not being normal.

I sighed heavily. "That's the part you guys don't get! I don't want to stick out, I really don't want to be that green apple in a red apple tree. If you do, be my guest!" I knew that it wasn't good for me to talk like that to a StarClan cat, but I was just so frustrated! I ran off into the woods. It gave me an excuse to not learn how to swim, and I could explore this unknown land. In the back of my mind, I wondered why Sandstorm and Pebblelight weren't trying to chase me. I mean, it wasn't like they couldn't catch me, I was a kit, after all.

Int the woods, I saw some cats and hid in the bushes while they passed me. After I walked a while, I came to this small lake, well, more like a large pool. Whatever it was, I leaned in to take a sip since I was very tired and thirsty from my walk. A kit can only go so far.

"What are you doing?"

"AHHH!" Splash!I fell into the pond. I thrashed hard against the water, not being able to yell for help. A voice stood out against my attacks at the water. It almost sounded like a lullaby, lulling you to sleep. "Bluekit, don't be afraid. Pretend you're running in deep snow. The water is not your enemy. There are more powerful things that can kill you." I did what I was told, and actually it worked; I was swimming. The water felt nice, since I was used to being in the cold-from-winter Nursery, not in a warm pond.

"Next, imagine you are the aura core in a cat's body. the pool is the liquid the aura thrives on. The pool also thrives on the aura. If you, the aura core, becomes infested with evil, the pond won't thrive and neither will the cat. You have an extra aura by accident, and your other power. We don't want you to die, so we are going to extract it from you before you grow too big; to extract it, I will need to teach you the methods to control it, understand?" I reached the edge of the pool and dragged myself up and out of the water, then I nodded. "My time with you is up for tonight. I will see you in a couple of nights." and she vanished, along with the rest of my dream.

I awoke in the medicine den and saw it was still dark outside, so I snuck out and went to the Nursery. I felt rebellious. Only Honeykit was awake. At least one kit is awake enough to adventure with me. I whispered, "Psst...Honeykit, lets go sneak out of camp. What do you think?" she nodded. I guess she felt rebellious, too.

As we walked out of camp, we saw Ambertail, on guard duty, asleep. We glanced at her scornfully and continued on. We saw that all the trees were bare and a breeze swept up some white stuff into the air, uncovering some dead leaves. "The white stuff is snow." Honeykit explained. "My mother told me so." "Oh, sow. I knew that." I lied. "It's snow, mousebrain." we both laughed as we kept walking. The trees started to look creepy and every twig we stepped on sounded like a snake. I looked at the sky. One star stood out. I think I knew who it was. Then the strangest thing happened; we heard voices, and the voices didn't sound like any ThunderClan voice I knew. "Get down! Those must be ShadowClan cats! We have to get out of here before they spot us!" Honeykit shrieked. We ran out of the way, but the ShadowClan cats must have heard us. "Who is there?" One called out as another said, "Show yourself! Only ShadowClan patrols at night; you must be spies!" Honeykit stopped for a breath and said, "Nope, we're just kits," but only loud enough for me to hear.

"BLUEKIT, HONEYKIT, WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING OUT OF CAMP!?" We jumped as Ambertail stepped out from behind one of the creepy trees. "You're supposed to patiently wait until you are six moons so you can even leave the camp, you're not supposed to when you're barely a moon old! And for that, I will punish both of you when we get back."

Honeykit started prancing around furiously, "If you tell on us, I'll tell them about you falling asleep on guard duty!" Honeykit threatened. "Hmph, that's a disguise, you know," But worry filled Ambertail's eyes. They hardened again as she gazed at us. "Come with me." She stalked through the dark foliage.

My paws felt cold. What had Honeykit and I gotten ourselves into? What were they going to do to us now?