Chapter 2: The visions
Spottedleaf could hear voices all around her. The voices were calm and soothing. She was standing on a block of ice in a freezing river. There were other cats around her, all standing on blocks of ice. The cats were all heading towards a light in the distance. Spottedleaf thought it was the sun, but when she looked closely, it was clearly not the sun.
They advanced into the light. The soft voices changed into one single voice, one frantic voice. Spottedleaf looked around for its source, but there was nothing there but light, all around her. Then she called out. "Hello! Hello? Are you all right?" But there came no reply.
Then everything shook, and Spottedleaf started falling, falling, falling. She hit the ground with the crash-
Spottedleaf jumped up. She was in her nest, in her den, in her Clan. It had all been a dream.
She stood up, shook herself daintily, and trotted out of her den. It was still dim outside, and the morning air smelled of dew. There were growling noises coming from the nursery. Spottedleaf guessed the kits had woken up early and were playing. They are always so playful, she thought happily.
Spottedleaf checked Bluestar's den. She was still asleep. Then she checked the nursery. As expected, the kits were pouncing on their mother (who was asleep), pretending she was a foe.
"Hush, kittens. You will wake your mother up." Spottedleaf purred softly. The kits looked at her for a moment, then curled back into their mother and fell asleep. Satisfied, Spottedleaf trotted away.
"Are those kits still getting into trouble?"
Spottedleaf jumped and turned around.
"Oh, Firestar! I didn't sense you coming!"
"I guess I sneaked up on you. And please call me Fireheart."
"Yes, Firest- I mean Fireheart."
Spottedleaf trotted away, back into her den. She sat down and started to sort the herbs. While she sorted, she thought about the visions.
Perhaps StarClan was trying to tell her something.
Yes, that had to be it.
But what?
Perhaps something was going to happen. Spottedleaf sorted out the herbs, and she sorted out what might happen, using information from the visions about the ice blocks and the light, and the giant creatures.
Perhaps ShadowClan would attack them, along with some of the huge creatures- and ThunderClan would be in ruins and have to move somewhere icy.
Or perhaps the creatures would attack and the cats on the ice were the cats going to StarClan.
So much thinking, thought Spottedleaf. She hit a dead spot. Which category should she put the cobwebs in? And what was going to happen to ThunderClan?
She would just have to wait for the next vision.