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Blizzardpaw slowly got up and shook himself. Yawning, he stretched his forelegs and looked behind him to see Splashpaw and Spottedpaw doing the same. Splashpaw bounded around the den excitedly.

"Isn't it great? We get to explore Twolegplace!"

"Shh!" Spottedpaw hissed, "Dewpaw, Amberpaw, Snowpaw, Seedpaw and Lilypaw are still sleeping, you know."

"Not anymore," Amberpaw muttered. Splashpaw's tail drooped.

"Sorry. I didn't mean to wake you."

"It's alright," Amberpaw mewed, "now I can get fresh-kill before anyone else does!" Amberpaw left the den and Blizzardpaw sighed.

"What are we going to do about… about the quest?"

"I don't know," Spottedpaw muttered, "I guess we'll have to wait for Bramblestar to say something before we can do anything."

"Right," Splashpaw agreed, "Well, let's go get some fresh-kill!" And with that, Splashpaw raced out of the den.

"Not if I get there first!" Spottedpaw called after her, and chased after Splashpaw. Blizzardpaw wasn't so quick to dash out of the den. He was too busy thinking about what the StarClan cats said to him last night to care about what to have for breakfast.

He slowly made his way out of the den, his mind swirling.

A flash of movement in the corner of his eye startled him out of his daze. He saw Jayfeather and Redpaw exiting the medicine cat's den. Jayfeather waved his tail, calling Blizzardpaw over.

"Do you remember the dream you had last night?" Jayfeather asked. Blizzardpaw nodded.

"Good," Jayfeather continued, "and I hope you understand the message StarClan gave you." Blizzardpaw nodded once again, and then parted his jaws to ask a question. He was interrupted by Splashpaw and Spottedpaw, hurrying over to the group.

"That was amazing!" Splashpaw's eyes shone ask she spoke excitedly and hurriedly. "We really saw StarClan! And they gave us a quest! A mission! A… a prophecy!" Spottedpaw's tail-tip flicked in annoyance.

"We had a dream, mouse-brain. That was it. What's so exciting about a few dead cats telling us to do something?" Jayfeather was silent, watching the whole thing with interest.

"We need to think about this carefully," Blizzardpaw warned, "We don't know too much about what's going on."

"Sorry," Splashpaw mewed, "I was just so excited at the thought of meeting StarClan and going on a mission!" Finally Jayfeather spoke.

"There will most certainly be times where knowledge of herbs and healing will be needed. And since, well…" Jayfeather's voice trailed off as he cast a sidelong glance at Redpaw, "…since Leafpool… joined StarClan, we have no other cat besides me who fits this purpose. And I need to stay here, for the Clan."

Blizzardpaw noticed that Splashpaw's eyes were widening and she seemed to shake from excitement. He also noticed how Jayfeather seemed to be directing this entire speech to Splashpaw.

"I could learn!" Splashpaw burst out, "You could teach me how to use herbs and how to communicate with StarClan! I-I could be your apprentice!"

"What!?" Spottedpaw burst out, "you're a warrior apprentice!"

Jayfeather calmly brushed his tail against Spottedpaw's mouth and opened his jaws to say something, but was then stopped by a yowl sounding out around the clearing:

"All cats old enough to catch their own prey, gather beneath the Highrock for a Clan meeting!" Jayfeather look around at all the cats gathered around him.

"It's time."