This isn't the orphanage...

Stormypaw tread her paws on the airy ground. She walked forward, searching left and right. Stars. Duh, this was StarClan. The only question was, why was she here again?

"Stormypaw."

And there's my answer.

Snowfeather's white starry pelt came into view, shimmering off the stars of the setting. Stormypaw huffed, watching the she-cat approach. "Why am I here? Is this about Cloak?" She snorted, clearly unhappy about the subject.

Snowfeather narrowed her eyes. "Yes and no, but you need to hear this."

Stormypaw perked her ears up. "Hear what?"

"Your lives are no longer connected." Snowfeather said, making Stormypaw flinch in surprise. "You will no longer wake up in your own world, and nothing you do here will affect your life there. You are here for your reason, and now your lives have lost their connection."

Stormypaw's mouth, gaped open to comment, but no words escaped her throat. She stared at the she-cat a long time, the steady sprinkling of stars filling the silence. Her green eyes glazed quietly, angrily, and surprise. Bubbles surged in her heart, and her voice felt like a crack. "So, what? I'm just stuck here?" She whispered.

Snowfeather nodded slowly, not aware of the anger building up within the apprentice.

"And... what about my life? What happens to my real self?" Her voice cracked again, her whisper barely audiable. She clenched her teeth, closing her eyes.

"You'll die."

Silence. Stormypaw dug her claws into the stary ground, anger beginning to pop. She bared her teeth, and then lashed out her words, leaping to her unsheathed paws. "So, I die there and I live here! why didn't you work your stupid magic when, oh I don't know, when my mother died? Why couldn't you have done something! I'll never stand on my own two feet again? I'll never be human again? I'll never see my mother again? I'll never-"

"Don't get so angry with me!" Snowfeather stood up, her interruption causing Stormypaw to hiss. "We have no control over your own life. It's not garunteed that you'll survive in your real life, but there's a chance you'll be fine." She growled. "Can you not stop acting like a spoiled brat for one moment and realize your here for a reason? All I've seen is moping and love-struck eyes over that cat, but you should focus on your prophecy!"

"That cat is Cloak, thank you very much!" Stormypaw hissed. "And there's nothing wrong with him." She lashed her tail, hissing every word as she spat.

"You don't know that! StarClan doesn't know that! He's from somewhere beyond our skies, and we have no knowledge to where he's from. You don't know if he's safe to be with." Snowfeather failed her attempt to hold her rage.

"If he wasn't important, then why would StarClan see him?" Stormypaw retorted. "I can't believe you would cut me off from my life, then tell me I can't be friends with a cat that you have no clue about. I can't believe StarClan would stoop so low."

"We're trying to protect you. And if your too ignorant to realize it, you have a prophecy. You are a uniter. You are the one that will save the Clans. We can't just let you do whatever you want or you could die and the Clans will perish. Think of someone besides yourself for once!" Snowfeather hissed, eyes only slits in anger.

"I am. I'm thinking how good of a cat Cloak is, and I'm trying to protect him from false accusation. He hasn't done anything wrong!" She protested, rising to her feet. "I'm going to sleep, where I'll wake up a warrior again and again every day for the rest of my life, yet you can't change this. You say your so powerful? Nothing is changed about StarClan cats. They're just dead cats. Nothing more, nothing less." She hissed. "Good night!" She flipped around and raced off.

"Stormypaw you don't know what your getting yourself into!" Snowfeather yowled, leaping to her paws and racing after the apprentice. "You don't know the whole truth!" Her anger caused her to shoot forward, desperate to get the apprentice to listen.

"Neither do you!" Stormypaw called, racing through the starry land. Tears stained her fur. She wanted to go home. She wanted to be with her mother.

"Stormypaw!" Snowfeather raced after her, but the gray apprentice had dissapeared. Snowfeather panted, searching the area for the familiar gray pelt. Silence filled the air and she let out a sigh, putting her paw onto the ground. "You're going to get your heart broken, Stormypaw." She muttered, closing her eyes. "You're going to get your heart broken."


Stormypaw woke up, curled in her nest with warmth on each side of her. She found Coalpaw and Thornpaw sitting close to her and she blinked. "Thornpaw? Coalpaw?" She asked drousily.

"What?" Coalpaw replied first. Thornpaw repeated. So they weren't asleep.

Stormypaw cocked her head. "Why are you still awake?" She twitched her whiskers, sitting up and curling her tail around her paws.

"I can't wake up home. I can't get back." Thornpaw's voice shook. Coalpaw nodded.

"Neither of us can." Coalpaw frowned.

Stormypaw sighed. So it wasn't just affecting her. "I can't either. Our link was broken." She closed her eyes, shaking her head slowly.

Heads snapped up, and eyes widened. They stared at Stormypaw. "What do you mean, our link was broken?" Thornpaw's voice shook.

"I mean we can't go home. StarClan visited me last night. They told me that we might die in our real lives." She didn't bother to sugar-coat it. StarClan already threw the weight on her shoulders. Thornpaw sat up, her eyes wide. Coalpaw remained crouching down.

"So... So we're never going home again?" Thornpaw began to shake.

Stormypaw shook her head. "No." She whispered, eyes closing.

Thornpaw sucked in a breath, and Coalpaw turned her head to the ground. Stormypaw unsheathed her claws into the ground, letting out a growl. "Which means, we're here for the rest of our lives." She hissed silently.

"Why?" Thornpaw whispered, blinking sadly. "Why is this happening?"

Stormypaw's eyes remained closed, her claws stuck in the earth. Her tail lashed, and her neck fur was raised. She let out a long sigh, before opening her eyes to the twins before her. Her eyes were suddenly determined as she spoke. "Because I have a prophecy to fulfill."


I awaited this moment very unpatiently. *rubs hands together while laughing evily* I can't believe I've held out the plot for this long. So proud :'D

Writer's block is starting to ease away. I'm trying to get the chapters long, but It just can't be done ;_;

Gotta go, I'll try to write the next chapter tomorrow. Please review!

~Stormy:D