Chapter 21

Icepaw POV

Icepaw awoke in a starry forest and looked around.

'Icepaw.' A voice meowed. Slowly a White and Pale blue tom appeared.

'Rowenkit!' Icepaw meowed, ran up to her brother and licked his cheeks.

'Stop!' Rowenkit meowed. 'I come with a message from Starclan!' At once Icepaw stopped and looked at her brother.

'It's about Sunclan isn't it?' The she-cat asked.

'Yes.' Rowenkit meowed. 'Sunclan will attack today, with a bunch of rouges and try to kill the clan.' Icepaw felt uncomfortable now.

Suddenly Rowenkit started to fade. 'Be careful Icepaw.' Rowenkit meowed.

Icepaw awoke in the medicine cats den. She felt uneasy at the thought of Sunclan attacking. Icewhisker was asleep on the moss next to her. Icepaw got up and made her way outside. It wasn't hard to find her way to Stonestar's den despite being blind.

'Come in!' Stonestar called from inside.

Icepaw walked in and sniffed. Birchheart is here. The she-cat thought.

'Hello Icepaw.' The tom meowed.

'Hello Birchheart!' Icepaw meowed.

'What is it?' Stonestar meowed.

'Last night I had a dream from Starclan.' Icepaw meowed.

'It was about Sunclan wasn't it?' Birchheart meowed.

Icepaw nodded. 'Rowenkit-' Icepaw was cut off.

'Who is Rowenkit?' Birchheart asked.

'M-My brother, he died when I was less than a moon old, so I don't remember much of him.' Icepaw meowed. 'Anyway he said that Sunclan was going to attack with a bunch of rouges.'

Suddenly a small fear scent came from Birchheart and Stonestar but disappeared almost instantly.

'The clan must be pre-' Icepaw was cut off by a yowl coming from the clearing.

Icepaw raced out with Stonestar and Birchheart just be hide her.

'What is it?!' Birchheart asked, taking a step forward.

'Sunclan!' Icepaw recognized the voice as Stardream.

With the she-cat was her sister Heartcloud and her apprentice Firepaw.

'They are coming towards camp!' Firepaw rasped.

'How many warriors?' Stonestar asked.

'I-I don't know, we scented them and headed straight for camp.' Heartcloud meowed. Just then a yowl broke out and Mistystar stepped out of the shadows, with most of her clan with her, plus rouges.

'Rouges!' Icepaw hissed.

Suddenly Icepaw felt fur against hers. 'Get inside the medicine cats den.' Stonestar whispered into her ear.

Icepaw ran off towards the medicine at den and hid in the entrance.

'Shinyheart, Flamepaw protect the nursery!' Birchheart yowled. 'Spotfur, Greypaw the Elders den.'

The four cats ran over to where they were told, they crouched in the shadows of the dens. Just then Mistystar hissed and launched at Stonestar, her warriors following. A rouge jumped over them and landed on Bluedream. The queen shrieked and slashed at the tom's ear. A warrior neared the nursery but Silverfire suddenly leaped out of it and landed on the cats back.

'Silverfire get into the nursery!' Icepaw heard Brackenflight yowl over to his mate. 'The Queens will need help if a warrior gets in.'

Icepaw's sister bit the tom's tail before jumping back into the nursery. The tom was on the ground and Flamepaw jumped on him. Suddenly a cat came over to the medicine cats den. Icepaw scented it was Mistystorm, and she was hurt.

'Mistystorm your hurt come on!' Icepaw meowed and ran out of the bracken and pushed Mistystorm in. When Icepaw got Mistystorm to lay down on some bracken Icewhisker appeared.

'What's happening?' he asked.

'Sunclan have attacked with rouges.' Icepaw explained.

'I'll go and see if there are any injured cats outside.' Icewhisker meowed. 'I trust you can take care of Mistystorm.' With that the medicine cat left.

Icepaw ran into the storage rock and grabbed some cobwebs and marigold.

When Icepaw had finished treating Mistystorm's wounds she went over once more to see if she had missed anything. 'Cobwebs and Marigold, are fine and I can't scent any infections.' Icepaw whispered. Check her back leg. A voice told her.

Icepaw did as the voice told her and found that the Misty blue she-cat had her leg seriously hurt.

'Mistystorm?' The she-cat asked. The warrior looked at her.

'Tell me if this hurts.' The medicine cat apprentice meowed and pushed a paw softly onto the she-cat leg. The warrior hissed and Icepaw pulled back her paw.

'Will I be okay?' The she-cat asked.

'I-I don't know.' Icepaw meowed. Icepaw got some Daisy leaf from the rock and started to chew it. She spat it onto Mistystorm's wound a few moments later. A hiss came from Mistystorm again but she settled down and fell sleep. Suddenly a yowl came from the fern tunnel and Icepaw ran over. She sniffed and found it was Icewhisker and Blazefur. She ran over to them and sniffed Blazefur. A pain rain through Icepaw body as she realised that the she-cat was dead.

'S-She is dead.' Icepaw meowed.

She heard a gasp from Icewhisker.

'No she can't be.' Icewhisker meowed.

Suddenly Icepaw realised that Blazefur was close to Icewhisker.

'She was my sister.' Icewhisker meowed. Icepaw licked her mentors ear and smiled.

'She died bravely.' Icepaw meowed.

'How is Mistystorm?' The medicine cat asked.

'She is fine, few scratches but the only serious injury is her leg, I think it's broken.' Icepaw meowed. 'Any more cats injured outside?'

'Not that I know of.' Icewhisker meowed.

Icepaw sniffed. Sunclan is still here, but not many warriors or rouges, only a few wounded and two dead but only one from Streamclan. Icepaw thought with a sigh.

'Sunclan is still here with rouges but there aren't many left, few injured and two dead one is from Streamclan, I mean other than Blazefur.' Icepaw meowed

'Can you scent who?' Icewhisker asked.

Icepaw sniffed again and then flattened her ears.

'It's Stormheart.' Icepaw meowed, with a sigh.

'Who are injured?' Icewhisker asked.

'Um, Stardream, Heartcloud, Flamepaw and Smallpaw.' Icepaw meowed. 'But they aren't seriously injured.'

Suddenly the scent of Sunclan and the rouges disappeared from the clearing, leaving the cats.

'Sunclan is gone.' Icepaw meowed. 'I'll go and see if anyone is injured.'

Icepaw left her mentor and went into the clearing. Suddenly a horror struck yowl came from the clearing and Icepaw ran over to where it came from. It was from Mouseheart.

'No, Stormheart, no!' The she-cat yowled. 'Please don't leave me.'

Icepaw went over to the she-cat and pushed her pelt into the she-cat fur.

'He died like a warrior.' She meowed.

Stonestar walked over. 'He will be missed.' He meowed. 'Any other cats dead?'

'One.' Icepaw meowed. 'Blazefur.'

Another horror struck voice yowled. It was Dustpaw.

'No!' she yowled.

'Mistystorm is injured and I don't think the medicine cat can heal her leg.' Icepaw meowed.

'Bring Blazefur into the clearing, for the vigil, but first a ceremony is to be held.' Stonestar yowled and jumped onto the Highbranch.

Icepaw quickly ran over to the medicine cat den and entered.

'Stonestar has called a meeting.' She told her mentor and grabbed the Queen in her jaw. She dragged her out into the clearing and placed her body next to Stormheart's. Then she pushed her way through the crowd and took her place at the front.

'Sorrelpaw, Greypaw and Smallpaw step forward.' Stonestar meowed.

The three apprentices stepped forward and looked at their leader.

'I, Stonestar, leader of Streamclan, call upon my warrior ancestors to look down on these apprentices. They have trained hard to understand the ways of your noble code, and I commend them to you as a in turn.' Stonestar yowled. 'Do you promise to uphold the warrior code and to protect and defend your clan, even at the cost of your life?'

'I do!' Smallpaw and Sorrelpaw meowed.

'I do.' Greypaw meowed after a few more moments.

'Then by the powers of Starclan, I give you your warrior name. Sorrelpaw, from this moment on you shall be known as Sorrelstorm. Starclan honours your faith and strength and we welcome you as a full warrior of Streamclan!' Stonestar continued. 'Greypaw from this moment on you shall be known as Greymoon. Starclan honours your courage and energy and we welcome you as a full member of Streamclan!'

'Finally Smallpaw, from this moment on you shall be known as Smallpetal. Starclan honours your speed and loyalty, and we welcome you as a full member of Streamclan!'

'Sorrelstorm! Greymoon! Smallpetal! Sorrelstorm! Greymoon! Smallpetal!' the clan yowled.

'Also Dustpaw you shall need a new mentor.' Stonestar meowed. 'Whitestream shall be your mentor.' The white warrior blinked but stepped forward and touched noses with Dustpaw.

'Whitestream! Dustpaw!' Icepaw yowled into the Silverpelt. After the noise died down, Stonestar spoke again.

'Starclan I hope you lead these cats safely to Starclan.' The leader meowed.

The Light Grey tom jumped from the Highbranch and went over to the cats.

Icepaw joined him and pushed her nose into Stormheart's cheek.

'Thank you Stormheart, even though you weren't my mentor, you taught me some things Birchheart didn't.' Icepaw meowed and licked his cheek before going over to Blazefur. She did the same thing.

'I'll miss you Blazefur, you were like a mother to me.' The medicine cat apprentice meowed.

Once she had said goodbye she went over to the medicine cat's den and sat outside on a small piece of moss bedding. She listened as some of the cats sit down next to the warrior while others went off to their dens.

Sorrelstorm, Greymoon and Smallpetal sat just outside the rock tunnel. She lied down and slowly drifted off to sleep.