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Appletail and Reedwhisker sat in the Medicine den, eating the traveling herbs. Neither talked, as they were both grieving for mentor and mother. The silence did not bother them, as they were thinking the same thing. We should have more time to grieve...
The two cats padded through the forest, and Appletail decided that she should break the silence.
"Are you excited to get your nine lives?"
He hesitated. "I'm not sure. I'm happy to be leader, but it feels as if I am simply replacing my mother"
Appletail nodded. Replacing... The prophecy? No... That does not feel right. The prophecy should be in order. Two have fallen, next is three to rise. Who could rise? Perhaps the next Deputy, but that's one, not three. Maybe it means that three will be born... Suddenly it came to her, and she gasped aloud, causing Reedwhisker to give her a strange look. Rosefall! Her kits! I will check and see how many kits she will have. I can only guess, but that could be it! Appletail was deep in thought, and was confused when Reedwhisker stopped.
"We are about to enter WindClan territory." He explained. Appletail nodded. Reedwhisker looked tense, but Appletail felt calm. She had walked this path many times before.
"Stop!" A yowl came from behind the two cats, and a patrol of WindClan cats appear. Weaselfur was leading the patrol, as he was recently named Deputy of WindClan when Ashfoot moved the the elders den. Reedwhisker was the first to speak.
"Appletail and I are traveling to the Moonpool. I will receive my nine lives." He said calmly.
The WindClan Deputy dipped his head. "Mistystar is dead? I wish her well in StarClan. You may pass."
"Thank you." The two RiverClan cats said simultaneously. Appletail couldn't help thinking; Everything has changed, and nothing will be the same again.
For everything you have lost, you have gained something else, and for everything you gain, you lose something else." - Ralph Waldo Emmerson