Moonfrost silently sat in her den, sorting out herbs. Pools of moonlight streamed through the entrance, soaking her pelt in its brilliant light. She knew she should soon get an apprentice, what with the attack and all. She couldn't bear the though of being next. She could picture in her mind the brown-fur's bloodstained teeth snapping at her, maliciousness and malevolence showing in its beady eyes. Moonfrost shuddered and looked over at the resting Cardinalflight. He had awoken earlier, not knowing where he was. Moonfrost gave him a few herbs and poppy seeds earlier, hoping that would relieve some of the pain. He dozed off and hasn't awoken since. Moonforst gazed at the moon. The rest of the Clan was asleep, having dreams about StarClan knows what. She padded over to her moss bed, being careful not to disturb the sleeping deputy. Without a sound, she lay down and closed her dark blue eyes.
Moonfrost opened her eyes and found herself in a mist-shrouded forest. She glanced around the clearing, not recognizing anything. She cautiously stepped forward into the mist. She was about to take another careful step when a shadowy ginger-colored cat appeared before her. She gasped as his green eyes stared into hers. She recognized him from somewhere, but she couldn't remember where. He opened his mouth to speak.
"Moonfrost, I must warn you about a grave danger to your Clan," he meowed, brushing his pelt against hers.
"Who are you?" she mumbled, gazing at his green eyes. A feeling of danger and helplessness washed over her like the ocean's great waves. The ginger tom slowly disappeared, leaving her all alone in the forest. Her vision filled with darkness as she gasped in pain. A feeling of panic consumed her.
The darkness cleared, and Moonfrost found herself standing on the bank of a rushing river. She scented the air and smelled raw fish and crowfood. Disgusted, she padded toward a bush where the smell was coming from. She heard a low growl coming from the bush and jumped back, startled. Moonfrost eyed the bush as though it were poisonous. All of a sudden, a huge black nose poked out of the bush. Then Moonfrost spotted beady black eyes staring at her. The medicine cat backed away from the bush, afraid that the creature would eat her. Then the rest of the creature's body appeared. It was huge and its fur was brown. Moonfrost immediately understood that this was a brown-fur. It emitted a low growl, a ferocious look in its amber eyes. Its legs bunched up and its long black claws extracted themselves from their sheaths. Moonfrost, having no place to run except the river, stood her ground as she watched the creature spring, its teeth stained with blood of ancient animals…
The brown-fur slowly faded away before it reached the medicine cat, leaving Moonfrost alone, once again. The SkyClan cat spotted Firestar's bright flame pelt behind the bush. His body slowly made his way toward Moonfrost, step after step. When he finally reached her, he opened his mouth to speak.
"Beware the danger, or four will be gone," he said in a deep, mystical voice. Then slowly Moonfrost opened her eyes as Treepaw jabbed her in the ribs with his paw.
"Cardinalflight just woke up! He's okay!" the young tom mewed excitedly. He bounced over to where Cardinalflight was stirring.
"You just woke me up," Moonforst mumbled as she slowly got up and walked over to Cardinalflight. His green eyes were open now, and he was on his paws.
"How do you feel?" Treepaw asked, shuffling his huge paws. Cardinalflight shifted his green eyes and yawned, revealing sharp white teeth.
"I'm fine," he meowed faintly. Moonfrost cocked her head to the side and glanced at him sideways. He did look fine, but there was something more, something about the way he moved and the way he was that sparked a small fire deep within her. She quickly shook her head. No, she was a medicine cat! There was no time for lust. Besides, StarClan would have no mercy on her. She was a medicine cat! She nodded her head to Treepaw and turned to face Cardinalflight.
"Listen, Cardinalflight…you're positive that you're okay, right?" she meowed, glancing at her paws. Now she couldn't even look him in the eye. She felt so embarrassed, feeling like her Clan was looking down upon her. She lifted her head. No one had to know.
"I'm fine, Moonfrost, really. I've got to go see Mountainstar now. Why are you so concerned?" he asked firmly, looking the medicine cat dead in the eye. Without another word, he turned on his feet and bounded out of the den, leaving Moonforst and Treepaw alone in the den.
She turned towards Treepaw. "Let's go collect some herbs," she meowed faintly, and silently padded towards the entrance of her now lonely den.