Cloverstem woke up panting. She had been having her usual nightmares of her family, slowly slipping away from her, until the darkness engulfed them, and she couldn't do anything to save them. She had been missing Foxleap so much lately, that nightmares weren't the worst part of it all. The wrost was during the day, being near him but not able to be with him. It was killing her. She could tell that Sandfall, Willowpool and Brightwing felt the same. She could befell them tossing and turning in their sleep too. That's when Cloverstem decided it : this was the day were they'd tell their former mates.
Getting to her paws and arching her back in a long stretch she sighed, today was going to be hard, but hopefully the results would be in their favor. One by one, starting with Sandfall, she woke each of her friends up, except for Beetleleg, who though she didn't classify as a friend, she didn't not either. It was a complicated relationship.
"Cloverstem, what is this about?" Willowpool meowed sleepily. "I was having the best dream, me and Dewfeather were back together, and we were a family again." She sighed.
"Well I wasn't. I dreamt the opposite, me and Snowstorm were miles away, running towards eachother but never getting any closer. Do you think that it will always be like this? Close but yet miles away?" Sandfall asked, sighing.
"I dreamt too. Toadstep was leader, and he condemned us to our death, to be executed by him personally. It was terrifying." Brightwing shuddered, shrinking back as she spoke of the dream. The terror in her eyes was fresh, and strong.
"It's okay, Brightwing. We won't be condemned. Ivystar is leader, remember? And she knows, I think. Toadstep will come to his seances soon, I promise." Cloverstem meowed. "And I dreamt too. Foxleap and my kits were being chased by the darkness, and I tried to save them, but I couldn't. The darkness won. I think that all our dreams could've meant something."
"Like a prophecy?" Brightwing whispered.
"Like a warning." Cloverstem corrected. "Something bad is coming."
"And soon." Sandfall added.
"So what do we do?" Willowpool asked.
"First, we tell the truth. Then we make a plan." Decided Cloverstem.
"All of it?" Asked Willowpool, shocked.
"No. Not the Twoleg parts." Cloverstem meowed, and Willowpool exhaled in relief.
"So, what? Do we make an announcement or something?" Sandfall asked, excited yet reserved.
"Later, first we tell our families." Clover meowed.
"So what are you trying to say? That you are our dead mates?" Toadstep meowed, his voice full of scorn. They had just finished telling their story, after gathering Foxleap, Snowstorm, Toadstep, Dewfeather and all their kits, outside the camp at the abandoned Twoleg nest.
"Yes, Toadstep." Sandfall meowed calmly, keeping her tail and chin up.
"I don't believe you." Toadstep meowed at once.
"You don't have to." Cloverstem stepped in. "The evidence is all here anyway. We have all their memories, their appearance, personalities, what more do you want?"
"Some real evidence." Toadstep growled. "Stop telling kit's tales and grow up. I miss Brightcloud more than anything, but that doesn't mean I'll believe anything you tell me!"
"What kind of evidence? I don't see why you won't even try to believe! Even Ivystar does!" Willowpool exclaimed.
"Ivystar?" Toadstep perked his ears.
"Yes. Ivystar, your leader. Our leader." Willowpool meowed.
"Let's see if you're telling the truth. I'm going to her den." Toadstep huffed.
"I'll go with you..." Foxleap meowed hesitantly, his gaze flickering over to Clovertem as he walked away.
"Count me in." Snowstorm meowed.
"Me too." Dewfeather added, seeming a little less depressed after today.
So they watched as all their mates left towards the camp, and were left with their kits, who still havnt said a word.
"You believe us, don't you?" Brightwing meowed to her kits quietly. She looked like she was on the brink of breaking down.
"I- I don't know what to think." Stormcloud meowed. "It's a lot of information at one time, but I would be really glad to see my mother."
"If you really are our mother, we are really happy." Added Silverwing. "And I think I do believe you."
"Me too." Echoheart added.
"Really?" Brightwing gasped, and when all three cats nodded, she ran over to them and walked back to camp with her kits. She looked really happy.
"Well? What about you two?" Willowpool meowed quietly to Mosscloud and Spottedsky.
"Yes." Mosscloud whispered, and spared no time in running and greeting her mother. Spottedsky said nothing and joined her mother and sister in seconds.
"This is the best day in my life." She whispered, and she too left with her kits towards the camp.
"Breezeheart, Honeyleaf, I've missed you so much." Sandfall meowed. Her kits looked uncomfortable, but overlooked it as they too joined their mother and nuzzled her flank.
"We've missed you too." Honeyleaf murmured.
"I'm so sorry for leaving you." She whispered to her kits, and they left happy.
"There is no reason for you to believe us, I know that. I don't even know what happened when we died. All I know is, we were in StarClan, and they suddenly sent us back. I'm sorry." Cloverstem meowed. All she wanted was her kit's forgiveness for leaving them, even if she couldn't have helped it.
"It all seems so unlikely." Squirrelfur murmured. "But it has been done before. Cinderpelt returned as Cinderheart, so I guess I have to believe you."
"Me too." Gingerclaw meowed, and they nuzzled her like tiny kits.
"Let's go back to camp." Cloverstem finaly murmured, and they left together, side by side.
When they arrive to the camp, there was a crowd gathered around the clearing, and many voices arguing in Ivystar's den. It sounded as if Sandfall, Willowpool, Brightwing, Dewfeatherr, Snowstorm, Toadstep and Foxleap were already in there. Leaving her kits with the others, she climbed the Highledge up to the den. Once inside, the voices became much clearer, and louder.
"I will not believe it! I refuse!" Toadstep exclaimed.
"Toadstep, I know you're upset, and that it'll take awhile to get used to it, but they're telling the truth." Ivystar meowed. She looked calm but her voice was straining with irratation.
"Exactly. I think what we all need is a little time to reflect on this." Foxleap meowed, and all four toms murmured in agreement. So, they all theft the leaders den and disappeared all in different directions. The she-cats heading towards their kits, and the toms going to Lionblaze to line up for patrols. It would deffenately take a while before they warmed up to the idea of their mate's being back in the clan.
Yay, another new chapter.
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