Fernpaw blinked water out of her eyes as she padded out of the river, her jaws clamped with herbs. She spit them out onto the pile she had collected. Where was Swiftpaw?
"Hungry? I am." Swiftpaw appeared, a mouse dangling from his jaws. He set the mouse down beside her paws.
"Yeah," Fernpaw sighed, eager to get the foul taste of herbs out of her mouth. "Just like you to think about your stomach."
"I was thinking about your stomach," Swiftpaw mewed, with fake hurt dripping in his voice.
"Be quiet and eat," Fernpaw laughed. They ate the mouse together and carried the herbs back, side by side.
Rappidpaw padded through a dark forest. No light was shining through the trees. None. She saw bloody paw prints infront of her. Shocked, she followed them and saw Freepaw lying on the ground, dead.
Rappidpaw bolted up and shook her pelt. What a dream! She had to talk to Fernpaw. Fernpaw was a medicine cat apprentice. Maybe she had had a dream like it. Maybe…
Fernpaw stared at Rappidpaw. Her new friend was trespassing on her territory!
"Rappidpaw?" she asked. Rappidpaw swayed.
"I had a dream," Rappidpaw whispered. "Hollowfoot and Steepback killed our leaders and my friend, Freepaw. He's… Hollowfoot's son. He's not like him though." Rappidpaw was shaking. "There is a place, a real place, where light never comes. Where light can't be."
"What?" Fernpaw froze. It was the place Starclan had told her about.
"I have to go. Have Starclan spoken to you?"
"Yes," Fernpaw murmured.
"Well, I'm going," Rappidpaw mewed. "Are you with me?"
"Yes," Fernpaw mumbled.
"Let's go then." Rappidpaw's eyes filled with excitement.
Sorry that these chapters are so short. i'm working on engthening them! I promise!