SpottedDream sat by her dead leaders side. All you could see in that dark night were the young deputies bright green eyes. Those eyes, they usually shined like dew on the new grass greenleaf, but were now dull and filled with grief for her leaders death. SpottedDream was the only cat awake in Riverclan's camp, and the sad deputy shared tongues with her leader for the last time.
Oh,
LightStar! SpottedDream silently cried. Please don't go to
StarClan yet! The clan needs you- I need you! As if in reply, an
oddly warm wind blew against SpottedDream's fur and slightly
comforted her, so she relaxed a bit. But her fur soon stood on end
and her heart felt as if it dropped to her stomach as she
realized:
She would be RiverClan's new leader.
SpottedDream felt a hot tear roll down her face, and it was so silent, she could her it splat on the ground. It was time to bury LightStar, and SpottedDream didn't want to let him go. But she licked the leaders pelt, then touched her muzzle to LightStar's, and went off to bury him.
After she buried LightStar, SpottedDream headed off to sleep. She saw the cave where LightStar had slept, and knew it would soon be hers. But she refused to sleep there- at least for now. So she slowly made her way to the warrior's den, dragging her paws across the earth's floor.
When she arrived, she found a piece of fresh-kill lying on her mossy nest. It was a very large rabbit, and it looked very delicious, but SpottedDream had no appetite. She pushed the rabbit aside, circled her bed twice, then lay down and curled up.
Before going to sleep, SpottedDream looked up at the stars in SilverPelt and stared, like a newborn kit seeing its first snow. One star shone so brightly- bigger, more beautiful, and much more amazing then all the others. SpottedDream's heart burned with love, for she knew that star was her old leader.
"Please," SpottedDream's whisper echoed through the night. "Help me to be a great leader like you. StarClan- give me strength. And LightStar- give me help."