I may not update next week because my mom will be in Mexico…and Wildwhisker, you reviewed about that too soon…never mind, you'll see.

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Midnightsky trudged back to camp with Hawkflight by her side. The black she-cat looked to the sky where snow swirled down and the sky seemed to always be gray. "Who knows what the journey will bring? Who will die?"

She pressed close to Hawkflight as a sharp wind buffeted the two cats, making the snow swirl around them in a circle.

"Remember the stories that the elders used to tell us? About their parent's apprenticeship when there was Greenleaf?" Hawkflight asked.

Midnightsky thought back to her own apprenticeship, yes it had been warmer, but never had it been as warm as it had in the stories that they were told as kits.

Finally they reached camp, and it had already settled down in their dens, too cold to venture out into the forest. Midnightsky curled up next to Hawkflight and started to groom his snow covered pelt.

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Northstar's POV

Northstar looked out of his den to see that most of LoneClan were inside of the insulated dens that they had built. He went back in to reflect back upon the dream he had received two nights before.

Flashback

Northstar woke in a sunny clearing that he recognized as StarClan's clearing. He looked around for a cat and he turned around to see the great Firestar himself sitting in front of him.

"In my time, the clans were faced with a difficult journey. There we lived in peace for many, many seasons." Spoke Firestar.

Then the flame colored tom started to move towards two pools and motioned for Northstar to look into them.

"This one is what the clans will look like if you decide not to leave." He said, flicking his tail towards the first pool.

Northstar looked into the pool and gasped at the sight that it help in its depths. The clans were dead, there was one survivor and it was a warrior that he didn't recognize.

"However, this is the future of the clans if you choose to leave the lake."

Northstar looked into the second pool and found himself looking into a lush, green forest where no snow was in sight, the sky was blue, the birds were singing and the sun was shining.

"So, what are you going to do?"

Northstar looked up to where Firestar had been standing and saw that he was gone.

Northstar awoke in his den, and looked outside, where the snow was swirling in the gray sky and the sun was nowhere in sight.

"So, now I know what we must do." He sighed to himself.

End flashback

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In the next chapter, the great journey will begin.