Hi all,

Christmas is over so I am mostly back on schedule. We are back to real chapters now!

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Moonpaw stood in the clearing, waiting for some cat to appear. She didn't mind if it was Spiritpaw or a Starclan cat, but dawn would be on its way in the waking world. Spiritpaw would wake up and she would be thrown out of the dream.

After Jayfeather's message, she had been visiting Spiritpaw's dreams every night, but nothing interesting had happened in his dreams since then.

She suddenly felt the feeling of eyes watching her, and she whisked around to see Jayfeather standing behind her. Her heart leaped to see the boring, grumpy, dead medicine cat from an eternity ago. She was so glad to see him, as he would provide guidance on how to harness her powers and when to use them.

"Jayfeather." She bowed her head. "What have you come to tell me?"

"No advice this time." He chuckled to see her disappointed face and went on. "We have come to tell you something that will change the course of history."

Moonpaw tilted her head. "We? There's only you and I here."

"Oh, no, I brought friends." A few starry cats appeared from the trees, but soon 'a few' turned into what seemed like hundreds of cats crowding the clearing. One of them shouldered his way to the front. He was a bright orange and had green eyes. Racking her memory, she realised this was Firestar, the Thunderclan leader before Darkstar, Petalstar and even Bramblestar.

"We have a message for you." There was just something about his voice that made her feel the need to like him and respect him. "Moonpaw, you have suffered much. We know something that will go against everyrthing you thought you knew.

You are not the cat from the prophecy."

Moonpaw froze. It had never crossed her mind that it might be another cat. She had just accepted that because Darkstar thought it was her, it was. She took a deep breath and steadied herself. Firestar was looking at her worriedly, watching with a concerned expression.

"Because you accepted a false punishment without complaint and have had the wits to survive without a clan for this long, we would like to present you with your warrior name. Moonpaw, you are a solitary cat, but we have noticed that your heart still lies in Thunderclan. Do you accept your warrior name?"

"Yes. I do," Her voice shook as her brain processed alk this new information.

"Then by the powers of all Starclan, I give you your name. Moonpaw, from this moment on you will be known as Moonfrost." An eerie silence followed where there would usually be cheering and chanting of the new warrior's name from the clan. Here, there was no clan.

A pair of blue eyes peered out from inside a bush. They looked exactly like hers. Was it her future spirit self? Then it hit her. Spirit... Spiritpaw! He struggled out of his spot, knowing she had seen him.

"Spiritpaw. I know you are there. And yes, you are also getting your warrior name. Spiritpaw, you are a brave and loyal cat. Do you accept your warrior name?"

"Yes." he padded in over next to Moonfrost.

"Then by the powers of all Starclan, I give you your name. From this moment on, you will be known as Spiritclaw." Firestar dipped his head to the new warriors. Was that... respect... in his eyes?

This was not a traditional warrior ceremony. Usually the name was presented by the clan leader, and the transitioning warrior was asked if they promise to uphold the code, not whether they accepted their name. Then again, there was no clan leader out here, or a warrior code.

"Thank you," Spiritclaw said, "but does Darkstar know the news?"

"We have not told him yet," replied Firestar. Why could Starclan never make things easy?

Jayfeather stepped forward. "Find the true prophecy cat. Only then will you be accepted back into the clan." It wasn't a new prophecy. More just instructions.

The Starclan cats began to fade, leaving Moonfrost and Spiritclaw alone in the clearing.

"Do we-" She was cut off.

"Sh! This is our silent vigil!" Spiritclaw hissed.

"Of course!" She had been waiting for this to happen for moons. A whole night, with just her thoughts for company. She settled down and thought over what had just occured. If she wasn't the cat in the prophecy, who was?