AN: Here's my third RadianceClan chapter! I'm really getting these done, aren't I? :3

So this one is the longest so far, and that makes me very, very happy. Like, 1,400 words. So happy.

I think this one isn't the best in quality, though. Also, towards the end I kinda just made it more romantic, I guess maybe part of me wanted to make up for the romantic one-shot hiatus? Oh well, whatever. Enjoy the story, and remember to review!

"Hello? Mom? Anyone?"

"Is anyone there?"

"Please, anyone?"

"Anyone at all? Help!"

I swiveled my head in desperation, scanning the fog with worried blue-green eyes as I ran a few tail-lengths across the grass.

"Where am I?"

"Is anyone there? Please, help!"

No reply.

"Help!"

Still silence.

"HELP!"

I awoke with a start.

Another dream….

I'd been having these dreams for four days now, and I was getting tired of them. Each started in a foggy place I knew nothing about, and each ended with me screaming for help. It was the same vicious cycle every night.

"You alright, Crowpaw?"

I perked my ears and looked for the source of the voice. It was Spiderpaw, my sister, looking at me with concern in her amber eyes.

"Yeah. I'm fine. Thanks for asking," I replied. I hadn't told anyone about the dreams yet; I knew they'd only fuss over me as if I were a kit.

"Alright," she mewed, nodding, although I could still detect a flash of worry in her eyes as the other apprentices awoke.

"What do you think the mentors will have us do today?" asked Lizardpaw, a rather beautiful (at least in my eyes) tortoiseshell she-cat.

"No idea. Maybe hunting practice?" replied Littlepaw, a small brown tom. Licking one paw, he drew it over his ear as we each yawned and stretched and were soon summoned into camp by our mentors.

"So, what're we gonna do today?" Lizardpaw excitedly asked her mentor, Cloudpath, a white she-cat with a few small gray patches.

"Battle practice," the warrior replied. Spiderpaw cheered, of course- she was the best at battling out of the four of us. The rest of us rolled our eyes and groaned inwardly- I could tell Littlepaw and Lizardpaw were doing the same thing as me, just by the way they glanced at each other.

We soon arrived at the training hollow.

"Today you'll be divided into pairs. First, you'll do some basic battle practice to warm up, and then I'll set you a task," mewed Nettleflower, Spiderpaw's mentor and the deputy of the Clan.

Everyone's gaze pierced Nettleflower's stoic face; everyone knew everyone else wanted Spiderpaw as a partner.

"Okay. Littlepaw, you're with Crowpaw, and Lizardpaw, you're with Spiderpaw," the pale gray she-cat decided.

Littlepaw and I shared slightly disappointed glances as Lizardpaw jumped over to Spiderpaw, both she-cats grinning.

"When I say 'brambles,' I want both pairs to attack the other. And…brambles!" Nettleflower shouted, causing all four of us to rocket at each other.

Spiderpaw crashed into me before I could make a move and pinned me to the ground, batting at my belly with her claws sheathed. Struggling to throw her off, I rolled to the side and rolled again, pummeling her belly and face with my paws.

Spiderpaw wasn't easily beaten, though; in hardly a moment she'd seized control and threw me off just as Littlepaw flew at her and Lizardpaw at me.

We rolled across the hollow, and I knew that it was becoming more and more obvious how little effort I was putting in against Lizardpaw.

"Okay, warm-up over!" called Nettleflower. Littlepaw and Spiderpaw broke apart after a few heartbeats, the tom looking thoroughly discouraged and beaten.

"Alright. I didn't tell you, but the winning pair gets an advantage in the task. Spiderpaw, Lizardpaw, I can see you two obviously won, so let me tell you about the task and your advantage," the pale gray warrior stated, looking proudly at her apprentice.

"See the moss clumped to that branch?" Nettleflower pointed her tail at a patch of moss sticking to a branch of a tall oak tree. Four nods replied to her.

"The first cat who goes up the tree and returns with all the moss wins the task. However, both pairs have to try to stop the other while also attempting to get the moss for their own team. Lizardpaw, Spiderpaw, your advantage is that you may start two heartbeats ahead of the other apprentices," Nettleflower reported.

Spiderpaw and Lizardpaw shared excited glances, while my blue eyes gleamed with desperation. No way! They'll totally win!

"Okay. Once again, when I say 'brambles,' I want you to start the task!" Nettleflower exclaimed, eyes shining. Spiderpaw nodded, grinning, and Lizardpaw looked more ready for this than anything else.

"And…brambles!"

I kept looking behind me as I approached the jagged peaks. I knew the Clan would most likely disapprove of this- an apprentice heading out on his own to the Moonstone? Yeah, no way I'd ever get off scot-free unless I did this right.

I reached Mothermouth and peered into the darkness of the tunnel ahead, gulping and placing a paw on the cold stone.

Here goes nothing.

Putting the other three paws into the tunnel, I bounded full-pelt through the darkness despite hitting my head a few times on the tunnel roof. Losing my grip on the rock, I began to tumble and roll down, down, down….

I landed in a cavern that I knew immediately was blazing with light; a pure shine was hitting my eyelids, and as I opened my eyes, I threw a paw over them to block the sudden brightness.

I saw a stone in front of me, a few tail-lengths tall, shining with the light of the moon. My eyes widened as I realized I'd definitely reached my destination.

Not much time, Crowpaw!

I crawled towards it and gently pressed my nose to the stone. A chill swept over me as I closed my eyes and felt sleep take me.

"Hello?"

"Crowpaw!"

I perked my ears, whipping around and seeing my mother, Heatherflower, pounding towards me, happiness in her eyes.

"Crowpaw, my sweet, precious son!"

"Mom!" I purred. We nuzzled for a moment before she stepped back.

"Mom?"

"Oh, Crowpaw, your dreams. They sadden me so," she sighed.

"What are they about? Why do I keep having them?" I asked, eyes bright with pleading.

"I don't know, my son," Heatherflower replied, shaking her head sadly. I lowered my own, studying the ground for a moment. When I looked up, I saw that Heatherflower had gone.

"Mom? Mom! Mom, where are you?"

"MOM! PLEASE!"

I heard a shout from farther away.

"Hello? Anyone there?" came the voice.

"I'm here!" I shouted back.

I could see a cat approaching from the gloom. I made out a tortoiseshell pelt and the worried eyes of Lizardpaw, green as a leaf in the hottest season.

"Lizardpaw!"

"Crowpaw? What's going on?"

"I don't know…have you been having a dream lately? Every night?" I asked.

"Oh, yes! In fog, and I'm the only cat there, shouting and shouting but there's no reply?"

I nodded fervently. "I keep having the same dream!"

"That's weird…Crowpaw…."

She was looking rather abashed.

"Y-yeah?"

"Erm, there's something I've…been meaning to say to you," she whispered.

"Wh-what is it?" My voice had become quieter as well.

"Um…I…I really like you, Crowpaw. A lot."

I let the silence stretch before breaking it.

"I like you too, Lizardpaw. Even more than you like me."

"There's no way you could like me more than I like you, Crowpaw. It's impossible."

"It's completely possible," I purred, rolling my eyes.

"Oh, no it isn't!"

The tortoiseshell leaped at me and we tumbled through the fog for a moment before I realized it had cleared.

"The fog's gone!" I yelped in surprise. Lizardpaw gasped.

"Do you think it means something?" she asked, sounding mystified.

"Maybe," I murmured.

"Lizardpaw?"

"Yes?"

"…Lizardpaw, I-"

I held back a yawn as the sun rose and the leaf-bare chill sent shivers through my fur.

"You can talk now," came the voices of our mentors. Grinning and looking at Lizardfur, I hopped into camp.

"Congratulations, new warriors," purred Cloudpath as I went straight for the fresh-kill pile. Nodding my thanks, I feasted on a vole before making a beeline for the warriors' den and curling up in a nest at the edge of the cluster.

"Crowfang?"

"Hm?"

"Remember that dream we had? When we were apprentices?"

"Yeah…and the scolding I got when I came back and everyone learned I'd been to the Moonstone?"

Lizardfur chuckled. "I think Nettleflower had never done any fiercer scolding in her life!"

I sighed happily for a moment as a yawn broke off the sigh.

"Someone's tired, aren't they?" Lizardfur purred. I nodded.

"Y-yeah, tired…." I yawned again, closing my eyes and smiling as something warm pressed against me. I knew it was Lizardfur for so many reasons, but I didn't care. I just shuffled a little in the nest and let the darkness of sleep overcome me.

Ever since the fog had cleared, my sleep was dreamless.

AN: SO MANY LINE BREAKS.

SO. MANY.

SO MANY LINE BREAKS.