Eclipsepaw's eyes fluttered open as the sun peeked over the horizon, through the opening of the den. Moonpaw walked up to her and stared intently below, into her eyes. Eclipsepaw bolted up, hitting Moonpaw square in the jaw.

"Hey!" Moonpaw yowled, " what was that for?!"

"Sorry," Eclipsepaw muttered, dropping her tail and padding off

Moonpaw stretched but pause abruptly, her eyes wide, sighed, and meowed softly, "Come with me, Eclipsepaw." She stared at her sister in wonder. What is going on? What is wrong with Moonpaw? She never acts like this, never. What is going on? Moonpaw interrupted her thought and shook her head towards the exit of the den. "Come, I want to show you something."

The two apprentices then began to walk out of the den. Eclipsepaw was worried and confused at the same time. She had no idea what was going on with Moonpaw, nor did she know where she was taking her, but she had to trust her.

Moonpaw led her further and further into the marsh. As they padded along the soggy ground, Eclipsepaw whispered, "Look, a mouse!" She stalked up to the mouse, her belly dragging along the boggy ground. As she pounced, the mouse looked at her, eyes wild with fear and tried to skitter away. Eclipsepaw landed just as the mouse escaped, but reached out with her paw and clawed it's neck. "This is no time for hunting, we must travel fast if we want to get to the place we need to by sundown"

Eclipsepaw quickly ate the mouse and followed Moonpaw to a cave. Moonpaw padded into the cave and Eclipsepaw wasn't a very big cave, probably only big enough to fit one more apprentice without getting cramped. "So, what exactly are we doing here?" Eclipsepaw asked, the curiosity growing in the darkness.

"I've been visited by StarClan-"

"What!" interrupted Eclipsepaw, "You've been visited by StarClan?"

"Shh! You don't want to alarm the whole clan, do you?"

"Sorry"

"As I was saying, I was visited by StarClan last night and I woke up in the marsh. Sootstar was there, too. He told me that we all we very important to the survival of ShadowClan and I need to help keep you safe. He said I needed to be the one to speak with StarClan and interpret signs from them that concerned us."

Eclipsepaw recalled her own vision as a kit. She remembered how scared and sad she was after the dreadful words were said. Five kits were born to fulfill a prophecy together, four apprentices will become warriors, and three will save the forest. One will not survive. She shivered at the memory, but she still wondered what they meant by "One will not survive." Was StarClan telling her that she would not survive? It was all so confusing for a young apprentice to handle, so she tried to push these thoughts to the back of her mind.

"Eclipsepaw, I know you have had a vision too. Tell me"

Eclipsepaw told Moonpaw everything. She told her about the wailing of Moonpaw and the others. She told her how she felt afterward, sad and alone. Once finished, a pang of sadness rushed over her.

"You are not alone anymore. I'm going to try to tell Mossheart later about me, you can tell her on your own time. But I think Mossheart should know, she is the Clan's medicine cat, so StarClan tells her omens and prophecies that could decide the fate of ShadowClan, or any other Clan for that matter. Besides, Sootstar spoke to me and I think Mossheart could help."

Mossfur would definately know. She was the most powerful of all the clan, being the ShadowClan medicine cat and all. Eclipsepaw debated whether she would tell her or not. No, she wouldn't. This wasn't what she wanted. Maybe she would tell Mossfur later, but not now.

"Well, we've been gone long enough, I've told you what we came here for. We should get back to camp, should we not?"

Eclipsepaw nodded her head in agreement and padded out of the cave. Their trip back to the camp was mostly silent, although the siblings did catch some prey to cover up where they had been. They two sisters made it to the entrance together, but then on Moonpaw headed to Mossfur's den. With nothing else to do, Eclipsepaw decided to follow her. As the sisters entered her den, Eclipsepaw felt a sense of uncertainty come over her.

Moonpaw explained her message and paused for Eclipsepaw to speak as well, but Eclipsepaw was not ready to explain herself. Mossheart did not notice this and said, "Thank you for telling me Moonpaw. StarClan has not said anything to me yet, I wonder why they picked you." The dark medicine cat then seemed to realize something. "Why are you here Eclipsepaw?" Not waiting for Eclipsepaw to answer, Mossheart shooed the black apprentice out of the den.

I'll tell her later, thought Eclipsepaw. Her heart was clouded with confusion. She saw Moonpaw peer out of the den and run towards her mentor. Moonpaw whispered something to Twistclaw, but she was too far to hear them.

"I followed you and Moonpaw"

Eclipsepaw jolted up from her sitting position to see that Lightningpaw was beside her. A pang of fear ran through her body. "H-how much have you seen?"

"When you went in the small cave, I left"

Eclipsepaw was flooded with relief. At least Lightningpaw had not heard the two talking.

"Hey, so, when you were talking with Moonpaw, uh, did I come up in the conversation at all? Did Moonpaw mention my name, by any chance?" Asked Lightningpaw

Eclipsepaw smiled and tried to hold in laughter. "No," she answered, "Why do you ask? Do you like her?"

Lightningpaw blushed. "No, of course not. Who would like that sad little ray of magnificence." Lightningpaw realized his mistake and almost immediately wanted to take it back.

Eclipsepaw's face scrunched up. She tried to relax, but failed miserably. Eclipsepaw got closer to Lightningpaw and was under his chin, brushing his side "Well, Lightningpaw, if do love Moonpaw-"

Lightningpaw opened his mouth to deny her accusation but Eclipsepaw spoke first.

"I never said you did, but if you do, you have a lot of work cut out for you. Moonpaw likes to play 'hard to get' and isn't particularly looking for a mate at only six moons old. You know what I mean?"

Lightningpaw nodded and slowly started to pad away for her. Eclipsepaw laughed at herself. Little did Lightningpaw know that she was lying the whole time. "Ah, young love," she muttered to herself and turned away from Lightningpaw.

Eclipsepaw's happy thoughts were interrupted by the sound of Dovefeather's call for a clan meeting. She saw Mossheart and Moonpaw padding up to the white clan leader and couldn't help but wondering what this was all about.

"All cats old enough to catch their own prey gather under this branch for a clan meeting," yowled Dovefeather. The ShadowClan leader waited until all had been gathered and then continued. "Mossheart has notified me that the apprentice, Moonpaw, has been visited by StarClan and was asked to be the one to perform medicine cat duties. So, Moonpaw will continue her apprenticeship with Mossheart as her mentor."

The crowd was murmuring with surprise and Eclipsepaw, along with Starpaw, Tawnypaw, and Frostpaw, were shocked. Eclipsepaw remembered the conversation with Lightningpaw she had only moments ago and turned her head to see Lightningpaw's reaction. His head hung while walking into the apprentice's den and she could not help pitying the lovesick apprentice.

"It is not definite yet, I am waiting for a sign from StarClan to confirm that this is what they wanted her to become," Yellowfang added.

"Moonpaw, we are all very curious about your meeting with StarClan. Would you tell us what you saw?" inquired Dovefeather

Moonpaw looked so small and weak up on Highhill. Her tail between her legs and there was a faint trace of fear-scent coming from her. "I, uh, I was in the middle of a battle and a nursery with dead kits all around, and I saw myself as a medicine cat. That was it though."

Eclipsepaw glanced at Mossheart and saw that her face was confused at Moonpaw. Moonpaw looked up at Yellowfang, too, and seemed to tell her something with only her eyes.

"Alright then, meeting adjourned"

Moonpaw bounded off of the branch and down to her siblings. The possible medicine cat apprentice did not seem as happy as she did anxious. Then there was silence between the five apprentices. Eclipsepaw opened her mouth to speak but Starpaw spoke before her and practically stole the words from her mouth.