Chapter 21

Seedthorn had been summoned the previous night to the Starstones to speak with StarClan alone without Wasppaw in the way.

The journey was cold to his aching bones, he knew he was growing old, but he needed to continue acting as HavenClan's medicine cat. Wasppaw wasn't ready.

He sat down in front of the wooden bowls and tall stones with twoleg pelts tied on to them. He took a deep breath and sat down, his paw barely in the bowl as it brushed an fresh peach.

Within heartbeats, he snapped open his eyes to smell sea brine and blood, but he dismissed it. In front of him was a thick ocean mist, and Seedthorn was standing on the twoleg beach. He blinked as he spotted a tall figure walking closer to him. Soon enough, a tall, sleek gray tom with ocean green eyes looked down at him. He smelled of rotten fish and starlight.

He realized that this was a MortalClan cat. He gasped and bowed his head low to the ancient leader. "Oceanstar, why have you come to me? A lowly medicine cat of HavenClan?"

The tom stared at him with calm eyes and pure white pupils glinting like cold moons on a leaf-bare evening. "Because the monstrosity is in your Clan."

"M-My Clan? No, no, every Clanmate is wonderful and valuable to me! I heal them, they are all my children." He found his hackles bristling. "You're that fiendish leader of MortalClan. Your legacy will go down in history as a murderer and a she-cat molesting tom." He narrowed his eyes. "You forced a medicine cat to become your mate, lest you kill everyone."

"I was commanded to by StarClan!" Oceanstar hissed, but his gaze continued to slip back and forth. He straightened himself. "Moonpaw."

"Moonpaw? What about Moonpaw?"

"Haven't you wondered why she's so weak and puny? She's useless as a warrior, and you have already chosen an apprentice. Only a kittypet could be so weak."

"We don't know her origins, you cannot say that."

"Yes I can." Oceanstar purred as he comfortingly began to wrap himself around the medicine cat, his green eyes glowing. "I am of StarClan, I know all."

Seedthorn flinched at his words. Something seemed off and ominous about them, but he knew he was telling the truth. StarClan had eyes everywhere, they got to see all, the birth and the circumstance of every kit and the upcoming death of every warrior. Seedthorn froze up. "You are saying she is a kittypet."

"Why would I lie about such a thing?" He purred quietly. His green eyes were gleaming like an oncoming sea storm. Yet they were so warm and hypnotizing. It's almost no wonder he clawed his way up to leadership with those powerful eyes. Seedthorn peeled his eyes reluctantly away from his gaze. Oceanstar went on as his abnormally long tail wrapped around Seedthorn's back leg like a slithering serpent. "And don't you think it a tad odd about how all these bad things began to happen only as soon as that moonstruck kit was taken into the Clan?"

Seedthorn could not deny that. Everything was going well, no one was dying, there was no sickness and many kits were being born. Anyone that did die had a comfortable and quick passing, much like Honeybee.

Seedthorn turned back to the leader. "Why are you telling me this?"

"I told Gullstar to do the same thing…" Oceanstar sadly mewed, "But she refuse to listen to me. But I know that you'll listen to me. You're a smart and old medicine cat, and never before have you seen misfortune as vile as this." He narrowed his green eyes. "Moonpaw is a kittypet, yes. She is a relic and a curse from my old Clan, and fate happened to bring her vileness to your home. There is only one way to rid yourself of all this misfortune, Seedthorn."

"What is it?" Seedthorn asked the StarClan tom, hiding the excitement in his voice. He was playing a dangerous game with this old cat and he had to be careful. But he had gotten into StarClan for a reason, a reason unknown, but a reason.

Oceanstar smirked. "Kill her."

"Simple enough. She won't be missed." Seedthorn was quick to accept this. She was weak, puny, and there was no room for a kittypet or a curse for that matter in his Clan. HavenClan was meant to be as its title suggested; a haven. A safe place for cats, and HavenClan or any Clan was not safe from her. But he knew he had to dig deeper. "How is she related to you?"

"Morning light is gaining." Oceanstar said as he cut off the subject. He turned around, soon disappearing in the ocean fog once more.

"I won't kill her immediately." Seedthorn hissed as he felt dawn warming his fur. "I will watch her and make sure she becomes a use. If her use outweighs her curse, she will stay alive."

Oceanstar's voice chuckled. "We'll see about that, Seedthorn."

Author's Note: Hey! I need help coming up with warrior names for Moonpaw! At first I was going to do Moonwillow but then I decided the -willow suffix doesn't really fit her character (unless you guys do like that one!) I was debating on other names such as Moonsap, Moonbreeze, Moonspeck and so on, so I really need help! Thanks for reading, guys!