Disclaimer: I do not own Warriors in any way; I do own the kits that I came up with, though.
Please read and review and give ideas for the story, I'm not doing very good with coming up with interesting ideas…
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"What in the name of StarClan was that?" Dovepaw asked, lifting her head and blinking sleepily. Around her the other apprentices were lifting their heads and looking at each other in confusion.
"I just had an odd dream. I dreamed about the old ThunderClan medicine cat, Yellowfang, she said. She said that the ThunderClan cat would be waiting by the border and that was the cat to be leader." Briarpaw meowed, twitching her ears.
"Odd, I had the same dream but it was Bluestar…" Ivypaw responded, her voice high with surprise and wonder. The other apprentices began speaking all at once, each saying that they had had the same dream but with a different cat telling them.
"The cat I talked to said he was Thunderstar," Dovepaw whispered in embarrassment. Thunderstar was the only cat mentioned that hadn't died in the last few seasons, Runningwind being the cat that had died the longest time away, beside Thunderstar.
"What?" Ivypaw hissed, her eyes shadowed with amazement, "The first ThunderClan leader? Amazing!" Dovepaw's sister meowed and the other apprentices echoed her except for Blossompaw whose eyes were filled with jealously and wonder.
"I'm going on the dawn patrol to the WindClan border, Dovepaw is coming too!" Briarpaw shrieked suddenly, breaking the silence and jumping her paws. Once again the apprentices den was filled with the clamor of the apprentices saying that they wish they could go and wondering if Graystripe would let them.
"Briarpaw and Dovepaw, get out here so we can go!" Came Hazeltail's voice from outside the den and Dovepaw's mentor rattled the den wall. Underneath Hazeltail's annoyed cover-up, all the apprentices sensed worry. Together the two apprentices slipped out of the den, followed by the still talking apprentices.
In the clearing all the warriors were gathered together except for Poppyfrost and Spiderleg who were also on the patrol.
"Come on!" Spiderleg growled as soon as he saw the three cats and shot out of the camp and towards the WindClan border.
"Spiderleg, stop!" Poppyfrost hissed, darting in front of Spiderleg and blocking his way. "We need to talk about the dream that the warriors had…" Poppyfrost broke off, looking uncertainly at the apprentices.
"All of us apprentices had the dream, too, Poppyfrost," Briarpaw reassured her mentor.
"Wait!" Came a call from behind them and the patrol turned to see Jayfeather barely stumbling as he made his way toward them. Jayfeather tripped over a large stick and would have fallen if Briarpaw hadn't darted up to him and steadied him, earning a hiss of frustration and a muttered "thanks."
"Yes, Jayfeather? Do you wish to come with us?" Spiderleg asked, still impatient to get going. Jayfeather? On a patrol? Of course, he must have had the dream too!
"Of course," Jayfeather mewed and began to lead the way towards the border, the rest of the patrol following after him uncertainly.
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Jayfeather cautiously led the way to the border; he could sense his Clan-mates uncertainty behind him. He heard Dovepaw speed up and went to pad beside him. The gray she-cat seemed to break the tension, Spiderleg went to take the lead and Briarpaw padded on the other side of Jayfeather. Poppyfrost ranged out on one side and Hazeltail behind them.
"Hurry up!" Jayfeather growled, picking up his pace and hearing the other cats do the same. The medicine cat scented the air and familiar scent washed over him but it was different and the cat wasn't alone. Jayfeather skidded to a stop, causing Poppyfrost to bump into him and he heard the scuffle of leaves as the cats spun around and faced him. Oh great StarClan, could it be?
"Hollyleaf!" Jayfeather cried out, jumping forward again and lengthened his stride to race through the forest, dodging around Spiderleg. Jayfeather kept running, StarClan gave his paws speed and surety, until he skidded to a stand-still at the WindClan border.
"Jayfeather!" Hollyleaf shrieked and Jayfeather sensed her rushing at him, covering him in licks.
"Hollyleaf, I thought to had died!" Jayfeather choked out, pressing his muzzle into his sisters' fur.
"No pile of dirt is going to kill me," Hollyleaf growled disdainfully but started purring once more. "I…I think StarClan sent me a dream, telling me to wait here today." Hollyleaf meowed lowly as Dovepaw and Briarpaw burst out from behind Jayfeather, watching Hollyleaf with shock and interest prickling their fur.
"Hollyleaf!" Poppyfrost yowled, jumping at the black she-cat and bowling her over. Hazeltail froze when she saw Hollyleaf and Spiderleg crashed into her.
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"Hollyleaf, StarClan chose you as ThunderClan's leader," Jayfeather meowed loudly, causing the other cats to nod.
"What? Me?" Hollyleaf stared at Jayfeather, her green eyes wide with shock. Why would StarClan choose her? Of course, this was what she had always wanted but she hadn't expected to be chosen as leader by StarClan! The black she-cat cleared her throat. "I'd be honored but…what happened to Firestar and Brambleclaw?"
"Firestar died of age," Hazeltail murmured, dropping her head.
"And Brambleclaw died when I was accompanying him to the Moonpool," Jayfeather whispered softly, his tail brushing the ground.
"We will go back to camp and I will visit the Moonpool, then I will sit vigil for Firestar and Brambleclaw…After I choose the deputy, of course." Hollyleaf proclaimed, raising her head high.
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Again, please read and review. I broke it off here because I have plenty of time tonight to write another chapter. Please review [since you already read it] and please make idea suggestions.
I love Hollyleaf so when I started the story, I decided she absolutely had to come back. I don't think that she died when –SPOILERS- the tunnels collapsed on her.
