Chapter Thirty Two
"Welcome to StarClan, Echoshine."
Echoshine looked around, she was surrounded by nine different cats in a grassy clearing that had sun pouring down ono it like rain. "Are you ready to receive your nine lives?" One of them asked.
Echoshine nodded, "I am."
Three moons had passed since she'd killed Shrewstar and Mudstar had passed away after a quarrel with a badger. She watched as the first cat, Squirreltail stepped forward. "With this life I give you loyalty, always stay loyal to the cats around you."
A sharp pain shot through Echoshine's chest as the elder padded back to the spot where she was originally standing. The next cat was Thrushkit, a young kit of Dawnsky and Cedarheart who'd died at only one moon old after he'd been born severely ill and weak. "With this life I give you hope, remember to always be hopeful even in the hardest of times," he squeaked.
The third cat was Petalwish. "With this I give you kindness, always make sure that kindness is spread around the clan as without it, you wouldn't be a clan"
Echoshine dipped her head to the medicine cat. Dappleleaf stepped forward next, her former mentor had died not long after she'd become deputy when she was hit by a monster on the thunderpath. "With this life I give you courage, never be afraid of anything."
"Thank you Dappleleaf," She whispered.
A moment later, Whitepaw padded forward. "With this life I give you mentoring, it is not only apprentices that need to be mentored, mentor each and every cat of your clan to care for and protect one another."
"Oh Whitepaw, I'm so sorry," she meowed.
Whitepaw dipped his head. "It was my fate to die the way I did."
The sixth cat was Mistyshine, her mother. "With this life I gift you with the ability to care for others, protect each and every cat that ever lives under your reign as you never know when it might be the end for them."
Stonestar came forward next, "With this life I give you determination, even though all throughout your life you've been so determined to prove that you can be a good warrior, you will need it for you never know what challenges you may face one day."
"Thank you Stonestar." Echoshine dipped her head.
Her father, Mudstar padded forward next and touched noses with her. "With your eighth life, I give you the ability to make hard decisions, being the leader of a clan isn't as easy as you think and this life will be needed in the future."
A sense of strength tingled in Echoshine's paws as the final cat, Pricklenose came forward. "Oh my love, I've missed you lots," she purred.
"I miss you too," he meowed, "and I've been watching over our kits, I couldn't be any prouder of who you've raised them to be."
Pricklenose touched noses with her, "for your ninth and final life I give you love, have love for all of your clanmates and they will love you back."
A strong pain shot through Echoshine's spine as Mudstar raised his chin in the air, "Echoshine, from this moment on you shall be known as Echostar, the leader of ThunderClan!"
"Echostar! Echostar!"
Echostar felt as if the whole of StarClan was cheering her new name. "We're very proud of you," Mistyshine purred.
"Thank you all for the wonderful life you've given me so far, I promise that I will do anything to protect your clan and get them through times of trouble," Echostar vowed.
Yayayyay, Echoshine, sorry Echostar is finally leader! I will do an Epilogue after this to end the story!