Chapter Twelve: Nine Lives
Skysong woke up and stretched, yawning for a few heartbeats. She was still extremely tired, but she would eventually sleep it off- hopefully.
She padded out of the warriors' den, and Reedwhisker came up beside her a few moments later. "Hey, Skysong." His fur brushed hers, and she licked his cheek.
Then Shadow came bolting out of the medicine den. "I had a dream! Do you think Starclan sent it?"
Reedwhisker nodded. "Starclan send dreams to leaders, medicine cats, and medicine cat apprentices. Only rarely does a normal cat get a dream, but you're a medicine cat, of course, so, well..."
"Yeah... And what happened in the dream was, I was walking by the water. I saw some reeds and when I looked close up to them, I saw that they had whiskers."
Skysong looked at Reedwhisker, and their shared looks told each other they knew what the dream meant.
Skysong looked at Shadow as she explained, "Starclan sent that dream to you to tell us who should rule Nightclan."
Reedwhisker went to a tall rock that had been built around. Skysong had settled the camp at the rock for a reason. As Reedwhisker jumped onto the rock, he yowled for the clan to gather. "Nightclan, gather near the tall rock for a clan meeting!"
When the cats had gathered, Reedwhisker explained to them the dream. "So I must be the leader of Nightclan. Shadow, accompany me to the Moonpool, please. Skysong, stay here with the others."
Skysong nodded and watched as Reedwhisker, soon to be Reedstar, padded out of camp with Shadow following.
Reedwhisker's POV
We shouldn't be using the Moonpool.
But Nightclan will believe in Starclan! We must use the Moonpool. There's no other choice.
Why do we share a simple pool with the other four clans, the ones who abandoned us?
Because we aren't abandoning Starclan. They haven't abandoned us, either.
Stop arguing with yourself, fool!
Oh, shut up, mind.
They continued to travel through the trees towards the Moonpool, but Shadow seemed nervous.
"Don't worry, Shadow. It's not bad to go to the Moonpool."
"Okay, but... Ugh... Never mind. I guess it will be okay."
"Sure it will. Look, we're here already!"
Reedwhisker padded up to the water. He licked it and fell asleep.
He woke up in a misty place, reminding him of Mistystar back at Riverclan. Mistystar was Reedwhisker's mother, so he missed her a little. Well, he had to get rid of the past! She hadn't trusted Skysong. Reedwhisker shook his head and watched as nine stars descended from the others. They turned into cats, and Reedwhisker recognized some of them.
The first cat that came up was Oakheart, his grandfather.
"Oakheart? Is it you?"
"Yes. I was granted the opportunity to give you a life, and I took it, as with Mistystar. For this life, I give you bravery."
Reedwhisker closed his eyes as pain roamed his body.
Bluestar padded up to him. "My grandson. I'm so proud of you. For this life, I give you faith."
Reedwhisker tried to ignore the pain, but he had to take it for being a leader.
Silverstream came up. "With this life, I give you love. Use it to cherish your mate and your clan."
Feathertail was next. "I give you a life of choices. You will know what to do in the right times."
Moonflower approached him. "With this life, I give you strength."
Whitestorm padded up to him. "I give you wisdom with this life."
Snowfur came up to him. "With this life, I give you acceptance."
Stonefur padded to him. "With this life, I give you happiness."
Reedwhisker looked around. Who would grant him his final life? Many of the cats he'd encountered, he didn't even know.
Apparently, nobody knows Mistystar's mate (Reedwhisker's dad) so I'm making him up here.
"Redstorm!" Reedwhisker exclaimed as a dark ginger tom with black eyes approached him.
"Yes, my son. I've watched you many moons, and I'm impressed." As Redstorm touched his muzzle to his son's forehead, he murmured, "With this life, I give you patience. Use it to be kind and calm to Nightclan. From now on, I will walk in your dreams."
He felt happy as Starclan called, "Reedstar! Nightclan! Reedstar! Nightclan!"
As he woke up, the black tom scented his father, and it was gone.
Reedstar and Shadow padded into camp, and the clan was waiting for him. "Reedstar!" They ran up to him and crowded him. He yowled in surprise. "Get off of me, you silly fish-brains!" They backed away, and all laughed. Reedstar jumped on the highrock. "Okay, I think we all know who my deputy should be... Skysong!"
The cats cheered Skysong's name to the night. Reedstar was proud of the clan they'd made so far. However, it was kind of small, compared to the other clans. They still needed many cats.
Lesson learned? Good, send in OC's. We're about halfway full. Also, sorry for a bad ending. Idk what exactly to write next :(