Sorry, I know the last chapter was a little weird, with the tree-tail thing. Ok, so this chapter is going to be a bit more basic. And I know, you're probably getting sick of these, but ANOTHER contest. You have to guess what the prophecy means, or at least one part of it, gets to come up with the names for the other leaders, because there's a Gathering soon. So, guess what the prophecy means first and you get to design the leaders besides Tawnystar of Thunderclan. R&R!

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Copperpaw's POV:

I woke up to find Griefpaw's beautiful head on my shoulder still. I gazed at her features, unused to them so close up, and they were more beautiful than ever. Her eyes were angled angelically, and her nose was curved delicately over her thin mouth. Her eyes were large and adorable, but now they were closed, and her eyelids fluttered restlessly. I realized with a start that she was shuddering uncontrollably and shook her awake, calling, "Maskpaw!"

Maskpaw raced over, his dark face was as solemn as usual and he glared at me. Griefpaw awoke, her breathing still frantic and her eyelids still quivering slightly. Maskpaw said urgently, "Griefpaw! What is it?"

She saw me, and recoiled, and turned around to her brother. Seeing Maskpaw, she gave a frantic gasp of fright and fled from the den straight into our mentor, Eaglestripe. She gasped and scrambled away, but not before Eaglestripe's paw landed squarely on her back, preventing her from going any further.

She glared mutinously at him and began pawing the ground hysterically, trying to break free of her mentor's firm grip. Eaglestripe looked at me for help and I jogged over, planting myself in front of Griefpaw.

She was gasping for breath and I murmured soothingly, "Griefpaw, its okay, its all going to be okay, I promise, let's talk this through. What happened?"

She visibly calmed and said, "Dream, prophecy, Fernfur, tree, Streamheart, Littleheart, betrayal, hidden." I tried to make sense of it and said, "Eaglestripe, let her go, maybe she just needs to calm down somewhere.

He nodded and said, "Okay," before removing his massive paw from her thinly-muscled back. She sprang free and ran frantically behind the medicine cats' den, still gasping. What had happened?

No POV, just regular vision.

Griefpaw raced behind the den, heart still racing, and was surprised to see it already occupied. There was a small cat inside, smelling strongly of no clan… but another group of cats.

Griefpaw took a step backwards and said, "Who are you, this is my hiding space?" The cat stepped backwards, and Griefpaw could tell it was a she-cat.

The she-cat had beautiful bronze-colored fur with faint silver stripe running down the center of her back. With a jolt, Griefpaw recognized Sorrowpaw behind the cat, with yarrow leaved in her mouth.

She said, "Griefpaw!" Her expression was one of relief, shock, and protectiveness. The she-cat said in a soft singing voice, "Griefpaw, Sorrowpaw tells much of you. I am Moonlight the Illuminates Prey, but you may call me Moonlight, I am from the Tribe of Rushing Water."

Griefpaw's head swerved to the right to cast a questioning look at Sorrowpaw and her sister said quietly, "She was hurt, but as soon as she's better, she's going to go to Windclan, that's where she wants to go."

"Why?" asked Griefpaw, now directing the question at Moonlight.

"That's where my ancestors are, Griefpaw. My great-grandmother, Meadow where roses grow, was Onestar's mate. They fell in love while you were on the way to your new home, and my mother, Kelp where fishes Hide, was born. Then I was born, and I am finding a new home amongst the clans."

Griefpaw's head lolled to the side with disbelief, Onestar wouldn't have mated behind his clan's back. But hadn't he been Onewhisker at that point?

Sorrowpaw said quietly, "Griefpaw, please don't tell anybody about her, she's only going to be here two more days, she won't make any trouble and we're the only ones that know about this place besides you and Maskpaw."

Griefpaw nodded slightly and said, "I won't tell, but Sorrowpaw, can I talk to you for a second?" Sorrowpaw nodded and said, "Of course, Griefpaw."

In a rush of breath and words, Griefpaw told Sorrowpaw all about her dream and her sister said, "Griefpaw, I don't think you should think too much about this dream. When the time comes to figure out the meaning, you'll know."

She strode away, and Griefpaw actually felt a little better having someone besides her know about the dreadful dream.

She ran quickly to the training hollow and caught up quickly to Eaglestripe and Copperpaw. They were practicing fighting again, and Griefpaw saw Copperpaw pounce agilely at his mentor. Eaglestripe sidestepped, but Copperpaw was ready and veered sharply to the right, colliding with his mentor and knocking him down.

Griefpaw turned around hearing crinkling leaves and saw noble Tawnystar who shouted, "Well done, Copperpaw!"

Copperpaw beamed and saw Griefpaw, and alerted Eaglestripe to her presence. Griefpaw strode down the mossy hillside and joined in the fighting, and was soon challenged by Copperpaw.

Tawnystar loped smoothly down the hill and said, "Eaglestripe, you've done a fine job training these apprentices, it may be not be too soon for them to have an assessment. Have them fight each other."

Eaglestripe nodded and said, "Go." While Copperpaw organized his stance, Griefpaw pounced. She bowled him over with elegant beauty in her graceful bounding, and he looked at her with admiring eyes and couldn't bring himself to fight back. But, he did, and managed to knock her over. She rolled quickly over and sprang to her feet, and with one paw she easily knocked over her love-struck opponent. Copperpaw sighed in defeat and scrambled to his feet, still gazing at Griefpaw.

Tawnystar yowled excitedly, calling, "Well fought, Griefpaw, you two will now have a hunting assessment. Eaglestripe, you watch Griefpaw and I'll get Littleheart to assess Copperpaw. I'll see if Seastone thinks Maskpaw is ready to assess. Well done!"

Griefpaw beamed at Copperpaw and the copper tom pushed his nose into her flank with unconcealed love in his piercing green eyes. Griefpaw looked a little unsure when she saw the admiring aura of his gaze, but returned the gesture hesitantly, rubbing her pine-like scent along his cheek. He sighed contentedly, this was life.

Griefpaw's mind was clear for a moment, free of the strife and worry about the prophecy; this was life. Or, it was, until she saw Maskpaw's dark grey eye glaring out at her from the brush.

Ok, now you MUST remember to guess at least what one part of the prophecy means and if u are the first one to review and get part right, you get to come up with the other three leaders' names. And, I will not update until I have six more reviews, so u have to review, and tell other people to review as well. Thanks!

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