This really should have been updated a while ago but I kept forgetting and because other things got in the way so forgive me….
Disclaimer: I don't own warriors but I do own MysticClan and everything about it
Mysticpaw stretched and looked around camp. With a flicker of fear she realized that she wasn't in camp anymore, at least not in ThunderClan camp.
She was sitting in a grassy woodland clearing. The clearing was coated in a light mist. The sun reflected off of the mist making the whole place shimmer with the light.
It looked eerily like a clan camp would. Mysticpaw padded over to one of the fern dens. She stepped inside. Every paw step she took made her more certain that she knew the place.
"Looking for something?" Came a soft mew from behind her. Mysticpaw whirled around and came face to face with a she-cat with fur a white as snow and eyes a twinkling silver.
"Who are you?" Mysticpaw asked cautiously. "I am Snowstar leader of this clan but don't fear Mysticpaw of ThunderClan you are among friends." Her mew was a soft pleasant sound and it calmed Mysticpaw.
"How do you know my name?" Mysticpaw backed a few paces away from the she-cat. "I have been watching you since the night of your birth." Snowstar replied calmly.
"I don't recognize you or this clan camp where am I?" Mysticpaw continued with the questions. Snowstar smiled. "You are among MysticClan and in time you will find your place here," Snowstar's voice faded and the clan camp and its leader disappeared.
"Wake up you lazy fur ball it's time for training," the voice awoke Mysticpaw.
Mysticpaw opened hr eyes to see Squirrelflight starting down at her. "Sorry Squirrelflight I was... dreaming," Mysticpaw added the last part cautiously. Squirrelflight looked at her younger sister. "From StarClan?" She asked. Mysticpaw stood up on her paws. "No, MysticClan they call themselves, and the weird part is that in the dream I felt as if I'd been there before." Mysticpaw answered softly as if she was unsure of herself.
"I think you ate a bad mouse yesterday there's no clan called MysticClan, now come on we have training to do," with that Squirrelflight padded out of the den.
Mysticpaw stretched slightly and follows her mentor out of the den.
"Squirrelflight there you are will you join the dawn patrol. We should be leaving now but we are short a cat and you are the only one who isn't busy." it was Graystripe who was calling out to Squirrelflight.
Graystripe had shown up only a couple of moons after the battle to save Onestar's life. He had been traveling for ages to find them and just managed to survive the journey. Firestar was ecstatic to have him back, others like Dustpelt… well weren't as enthusiastic.
"I would Graystripe but I have to take Mysticpaw out today." Squirrelflight told the gray tom. "Cant you take her with you? We really need to have you come," Graystripe pleaded. Squirrelflight sighed "alright, I was planning on showing her the borders anyway so it couldn't hurt."
"I can't believe I get to go on patrol on my first day as an apprentice!" Mysticpaw jumped up like an excited kit. "Well if you don't do what I say I'll bring you back to take ticks off of the elders." Squirrelflight warned looking sternly at the apprentice beside her.
"I won't be any trouble I promise" Mysticpaw promised eagerly. "Somehow I doubt that," Graystripe teased. He then added "after all Firestar's blood runs through your veins."
"Hey I wasn't much trouble" protested Squirrelflight. "That was the understatement of your life." Graystripe mewed as his whiskers twitched in amusement.
"But enough about of all this we have to leave," Graystripe trotted over to a group of cats that were ready to leave.
The cats included Brightheart, Rainwhisker, and Thornclaw. Including the three of them that made six cats total.
"Why do you need so many cats for today's patrol?" Squirrelflight asked. "Firestar wanted a good sized patrol for today. I'm not sure why but I'm not going to argue with him." Graystripe padded out of the camp the other cats in tow.
Mysticpaw trotted happily bringing up the rear of the group of cats right behind Squirrelflight. Mysticpaw had never been far from camp and excitement was rippling though her fur.
"We are going to patrol the border with WindClan only, on Firestar's request." Graystripe announced to the group. "Firestar is requesting some Odd things today isn't he?" Rainwhisker said as the group started off to the border. "Yes but I trust him so I'm not going to argue; besides he must have a good reason for this." Graystripe mewed his response.
Mysticpaw listened to the cats talk while they made there way to the border.
As soon as they reached the border a new sent flooded Mysticpaw. "Is this WindClan sent?" She asked Squirrelflight. "Yes Mysticpaw this is, learn it so you can detect intruders in the future." Squirrelflight meowed back.
"I though that WindClan was our friend so why should we worry about them?" Mysticpaw asked as she scampered over a fallen tree. "Sometimes especially during leaf-bare when the pray is scarce clans will steal pray from each other even if the clans are friendly toward each other." Squirrelflight mewed a response to her apprentice.
"Though you are right normally we would worry more about ShadowClan," Squirrelflight admitted.
"Can we stop for a drink I'm thirsty?" Questioned Mysticpaw. "Sure, hey Graystripe hold up I think we need a drink from the stream." Graystripe stopped and turned around. "Ok we have an extra minute but we can't take to long if we won't to be back for sunhigh."
Mysticpaw nodded and bent down to lap at the water. A few other cat's decided to take up the opportunity and joined the young apprentice. When she was done she stood up and followed the rest of the group up the stream.
Just then a smell wafted to Mysticpaw's sent glands. She froze. She knew she knew the sent but she couldn't place a paw on it. It sent a chill up her spine.
"What are you doing Mysticpaw?" Questioned Squirrelflight. Mysticpaw snapped out of her thoughts and quickened her pace to match her mentors. "It's nothing I just though I recognized a smell back there that's all," she told her mentor.
"Was it of any other clan?" Squirrelflight asked as they continued to walk the border. "Yes... MysticClan," Mysticpaw added the last part under her breath and stopped in her tracks.
"Which clan?" Squirrelflight questioned. "I'm not sure but it must have been my imagination if it were important another cat would have picked it up." Mysticpaw reasoned.
"Hey where does this stream lead?" Mysticpaw asked pausing to look up the hill side. "It leads to the Moonpool," Rainwhisker told her.
"Do any clans live up there?" Mysticpaw asked the warrior. "No" the tom answered simply. "At least not any clan that you know of right?" Mysticpaw wondered. "The only four clans in the forest are ThunderClan, RiverClan, ShadowClan and WindClan." Thornclaw said bluntly.
"No MysticClan?" Mysticpaw said slightly disheartened. "MysticClan? No there's no MysticClan, where did you hear that?" Brightheart asked. "A dream," Mysticpaw replied promptly. "From StarClan?" asked Graystripe curiously. "No, it was MysticClan," Mysticpaw corrected him.
"There's no place called MysticClan Mysticpaw," mewed Squirrelflight softly. Mysticpaw sighted letting her whiskers droop. "You're probably right, I must have just ate a bad mouse yesterday and it affected my dreams that's all," the apprentice mewed. "Probably, but we should get heading back to camp we're done now and we need to get back before sunhigh." Graystripe sad soon leading the way back to camp.
Mysticpaw started to pick up her pace as something caught her eyes. Among the green forest ferns a snow white cat was sitting staring at Mysticpaw with silver eyes. Mysticpaw stopped mid step almost falling on her face. She stared at the cat.
The cat didn't move but Mysticpaw knew who it was, Snowstar. The she-cat bowed her head and turned and fled in the direction of the Moonpool. 'That must be the direction of MysticClan' Mysticpaw thought.
"Mysticpaw stop standing there we need to get back," the mew from her mentor ripped her from her thoughts. "Yes Squirrelflight," she quickly answered before bounding after the patrol.
As the patrol emerged through the bushes that lined the camp they noticed that the cats were already sharing tongues.
The group separated to see there fellow clan members and Mysticpaw trotted over to Silverpaw. "I have to tell you about this dream I had," Mysticpaw hissed quietly to her friend. Silverpaw blinked surprise by her friends sense of urgency.
"Well tell me," she prompted as she started to lick her friends soft blue-gray coat.
"I had a dream about another clan," Mysticpaw started. "StarClan?" Silverpaw answered who had stopped grooming Mysticpaw upon hearing this bit of news. Mysticpaw shook her head, "MysticClan, and I think they live beyond the Moonpool."
"Another clan here? Not likely," Silverpaw resumed her licking. "Yah I know but the thing is I met the leader in a dream, her name is Snowstar and I felt like I had met her before. That isn't even the scary part though when I was on patrol I caught a whiff of her sent, and nobody picked up on the sent not being ThunderClan sent, then I even saw her."
Silverpaw by this time had stopped her licking, "really... you... you think she's real?" The young gray cat asked as if she was afraid the blue-gray she-cat would say yes. "I know so, I couldn't have been dreaming during the patrol." Mysticpaw reasoned.
"Well what can we do about it anyway? It's not like it's our job to prove anyone wrong," Silverpaw pointed out. "No but I think she wanted me to follow her or meet her or something, that's why tonight during the gathering I'm going to sneak out of camp and go to the edge of our territory and see if she's there." Mysticpaw answered quietly so she wouldn't be overheard by anyone who could try and stop her.
Silverpaw stopped and thought. Mysticpaw was right, today the moon would be full and there would be a gathering. It would be the best time to sneak out because there would be fewer cats in camp. "I'm coming with you," she told Mysticpaw rather forcefully.
"You really want to?" Mysticpaw asked her eyes sparkling with happiness. "Of course I promised we would have adventures together didn't I?" The apprentice questioned her friend.
Mysticpaw nodded, "alright then we'll leave as soon as the group of cats leave tonight." Her friend nodded in agreement.
It was set; they would set out for the edge of the territory when Firestar takes the cats to the gathering.
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