EGAD! I haven't updated in a while . . . CURSE YOU WRITERS BLOCK! I honestly had no idea how to start this chapter, so I spent, like, forever thinking about it. But when I wasn't thinking about this story, I was writing my Percy Jackson fanfic- The Swift Storm! It's got 2 complete chapters, but only one is published. So, if you read PJO, check it out! Pwease?

Disclaimer: I DO NOT EVEN HAVE A CHANCE OF OWNING WARRIORS. : (

"Dewpaw."

Dewpaw groaned and pawed at the air. "Don't wanna get up . . ."

"Dewpaw."

"What?" he snapped, shooting bolt upright. He froze upon opening his eyes.

Feather, her pelt emanating white light, was standing in front of him. A path of stars stretched down from the dark night sky. Feather's fur was purely white like the remaining snow, and no injuries from the fight with the fox remained on her. Her eyes twinkled warmly at him.

Dewpaw scrambled to his paws, blinking rapidly. His heart pounded. "Feather!" He managed to stand, shaking gobs of snow from his paws. "You- you're-"

"Shh. I come with a message, Dewpaw." She padded forward. Dewpaw felt a lump form within his chest, in the empty space Feather had left when she died.

"What- what is it?" Dewpaw asked, his voice trembling as she padded forward so their noses were almost touching.

"Your Clans are in danger," Feather mewed, her voice grave like Nightwind's had been when she'd told him the prophecy. "While you, Blazepaw, and Amberpaw were missing from them, your Clans- ThunderClan and WindClan- got into a few disagreements. ThunderClan thinks WindClan stole you and Amberpaw and took you away. WindClan thinks the same, but vice versa, since there was ThunderClan scent on WindClan territory."

"How do you know this?" Dewpaw asked in awe. "Did you join-"

"Yes, I joined StarClan," Feather meowed softly, blinking. "They welcomed me as a hero."

"That's-that's good." Dewpaw tried to keep his voice from cracking.

"So, you must go leave first thing," Feather continued awkwardly, shuffling her ghostly-white paws. "An attack is on the horizon."

"Y-yeah," Dewpaw replied. "OK."

"And, Dewpaw?" Feather mewed.

"Yes?" He swallowed the rising lump.

"Don't dwell on things that cannot be altered," she meowed softly, sadly. "It was destiny." With that, she licked his face and turned back to her skyward path.

Dewpaw watched until he couldn't see her anymore.

* * * * * * * *I'm too lazy to put any more stars. So just think of this as a line. :)

As soon as Dewpaw could feel dawn's light warming his fur, he shot up like an excited rabbit and yowled, "TIME TO GET UP!"

Blazepaw and Amberpaw's heads perked out of the ground. Blazepaw groaned and Amberpaw watched curiously as Dewpaw pranced around, stretching his tired muscles.

"Come on, let's go!" the gray cat exclaimed, chasing his tail in a circle for a bit.

"What's with you?" Blazepaw asked, getting up and stretching, arching his back.

"I'm ready to go! I wanna get home," Dewpaw meowed. "And . . . there's a war to think about!" He turned abruptly to face the distance. "You see that forest?" He waved at it with his tail, then whirled back to his companions. "That's home! We gotta get there!"

"Why are you so hyper?" Amberpaw complained, trotting over to him with Blazepaw by her side.

Dewpaw turned to her. "I'm not hyper. I'm . . ."

"In a good mood?" Blazepaw put in.

"Uh . . . yeah," Dewpaw agreed.

"Never thought I'd see the day when that would happen," Amberpaw muttered.

Dewpaw ignored the jab and sprinted into the thinning snow, letting out a whoop as he shot through it.

Blazepaw and Amberpaw stood there. "Did you slip him some catmint?" Amberpaw asked.

"No."

Up ahead, Dewpaw ran as fast as he could, his teeth gritted. From time to time he would glance over his shoulder and see Blazepaw and Amberpaw following, sprinting after him through the mix of grass and melting snow.

In truth, he wasn't trying to be hyper, or even in a good mood. As he ran, the only thing he was thinking was, I'm going to make it, Feather. I'm going to make it home today. For you.

Yeah, not my best chapter, but I HAD to update! I'll probably update both the Swift Storm and Snowfall this weekend, so keep an eye out for me! And I don't know if you can feel StarClan cats, but whatever . . . later! Swiftpaw OUT