"Petalstar!" Shadeflame cried, running for the Leader's Den. She noticed the wet gray she-cat walking by. "Petalstar!" The queen cried.
The leader turned and looked at the she-cat. "What's up, Shadeflame?" She asked the queen kindly.
"The kits, are missing." Shadeflame said.
Petalstar's blue eyes widened. "Clanmates, I am gonna have two search patrols for Fishkit and Truthkit. I will lead one with Indigowhisker, Featherfur, Larkice, Quickpelt, and Brightpaw. Skycloud will lead the other with Brownyowl, Starclaw, Wavehaze, and Poolpaw. The rest, please guard the camp." Petalstar said.
-x-
Truthkit and Fishkit sighed in relief once they got to SkyClan territory. "Oakpaw!" Truthkit whispered.
The two kits eyed Oakpaw. "I'm gonna go hunting, Ivypelt." The apprentice lied to his mentor.
The black she-cat nodded.
Oakpaw ran over to Truthkit and Fishkit. "Hey Fishpaw, hey Truthpaw. I'll show you the Tunnels. We are just starting to use them." Oakpaw purred.
Fishkit nodded. "To the tunnels!" She purred.
The three walked to a small hole and jumped inside.
"It's dark in here!" Truthkit laughed, then the former medicine cat apprentice bumped into Oakpaw, which made him fall. "Oops!" Truthkit said.
Oakpaw got back up. "Okay, uh, what are we supposed to do again?" Fishkit asked.
"Ancient cats are training us." Truthkit answered.
"No, we aren't." A voice called. The three jumped. A old gray cat was staring at them.
"My name is Myst. I am an ancient cat, who will give you sleeping water." The cat purred.
"Sleeping water?" Truthkit asked. Myst nodded. "Yes, sleeping water. Instead of poppy-seeds we used this water StarClan blessed to go to sleep. Now, it brings you to StarClan, not forever. Until you awake, you stay there. Drink this." Myst said, handing them a rock bowl with water in it.
The three licked it and instantly fell asleep.
-x-
Truthpaw, Fishpaw, and Oakpaw stood in the mist of StarClan.
"Hello." Firestar purred.
The blue female leader rushed towards Fishpaw. "Fishpaw! We have lots to learn. You too, Oakpaw and Truthpaw." Bluestar said.
Fishpaw smiled. "First, I'll teach Fishpaw about stalling. Wait. Where's Cloudstar?" Bluestar asked.
The orange tabby shrugged, and walked around. "Cloudstar!" Firestar meowed. The white cat came rushing over to the leaders and the apprentices. "Sorry." Cloudstar said in a calm tone.
"You... review with them or something. No, review their fighting skills. I'll be back soon. You too Firestar!" Bluestar said.
The two leaders nodded. Bluestar smiled at Fishpaw. "Sorry your a bit... behind. That's okay. I'll have extra help. Once you learn stalling and fighting a bit, we three will all learn stuff together." The leader said.
Fishpaw nodded. "Okay." She meowed. She took a deep breath. "So... where to?" The brown she-cat asked.
"The Star River. That's where Oakpaw and Truthpaw learned." Bluestar purred.
A brown cat walked by them. "Hello Bramblestar." Bluestar purred.
"Oh, hello! Where are you two going?" Bramblestar asked.
Fishpaw smiled. "Hi..." She said, feeling a bit shy, talking to the strongest leader yet.
"Hello Fishpaw." Bramblestar said.
The brown apprentice dipped her head.
"We're going to the Star River." Bluestar said.
"Great! Hey, Fishpaw and I look a lot alike!" Bramblestar said, looking at Fishpaw. "Um, Bramblestar, I actually look like my father, Brownyowl." She said nicely.
The leader chuckled. "Well, nice seeing you two. I'll leave you alone now. Good day." Bramblestar said, dipped his head to the two ladies, and walked away.
Squirrelflight must be a lucky she-cat... Fishpaw thought. She shook her head. Complete nonscence! She couldn't be in love with a dead leader, who was way older then her. He is a nice friend, and that's all she could wish for, right?
"You okay?" Bluestar said, noticing she stopped walking when Bramblestar left.
Fishpaw blinked, noticing she hadn't walked with Bluestar for a bit. "Yeah!" She mewed, running towards her mentor.
The two walked to the Star River. "Okay Fishpaw, try to find the soul of the river." Bluestar whispered.
"The soul?" Fishpaw asked.
"Just do it!" Her mentor ordered.
The brown apprentice looked down into the water. Nothing. She did notice Truthpaw did the same thing. Her paw started to shake, uncontrolably. Small waves came up.
"Build rage!" Bluestar ordered.
Fishpaw thought of things that would make her angry. Her paw seemed like it was about to explode.
"NOW!" Bluestar yelled.
Fishpaw lifted up her paw, sending a huge wave all over. "Great job! Now, let get back to the others." Bluestar said, shaking the wetness out of her pelt, then padded over to the others.
Fishpaw smiled and padded along with Bluestar. She was gonna like this.