Warriors: The Return

by Silwyn Galathi

In this story, the medicine cat, Honeytail, must save her clan from an evil cat that is plotting to murder cats from all four clans. She must face a big challenge if she wants to do this. Meanwhile, a young apprentice named Diamondpaw faces clan troubles of her own

4. Chapter 4

Honeytail was dreaming.

She walked through unfamiliar grounds, for she had never dreamed about this place before. There were few trees, the ground was wet, and the sky was dark. The sun went down behind the tall rocks in the she was a kit, the elders told her stories about these tall rocks, which were called mountains.

Honeytail padded through the land, wondering why she was dreaming about such strange things. Before she could react, a large fire came tearing through the grassy area where she was standing.

It surrounded her, and out of the fire stepped Tigerstripe. He had many burns and patches of fur were missing from all over his body. She tried to speak, but the smoke stabbed her, making it impossible to do anything. Honeytail watched as Tigerstripe was eaten in the flames. He twisted and turned but could not escape the terrible thing that was killing him.

Honeytail couldn't move; her paws were stuck to the ground. Right in front of her eyes the flames were transformeed into water, making large, beautiful waves all around her. They spread throughout the land, and as they grew calm, an ancient StarClan cat accended from the skies above.

"My name is Firestar," he said to her, "and I come with no harm. I am a great leader of the ancient ThunderClan. I have come to warn you. When I was leader, there existed four clans: ThunderClan, ShadowClan, RiverClan, and WindClan. Many years after I died those clans were killed by horrible things that I must not speak of. StarClan then made a new four clans, that you now have today: RockClan, FireClan, LakeClan, and GraniteClan. I have come to warn that you have a choice to make, and if you choose the wrong one, you clans will also be killed. Here are your choices: You may run away with Tigerstripe, and will not be able to come back to your clan. You will lose all contact with StarClan, but you will get to be with Tigerstripe.

"If you choose to stay with your clan and stay away from Tigerstripe, you will have to face a big problem in your clan. A cat will turn evil, and try to kill all the clans. You must find a way to stop this evil cat. It is your choice, and I hope you choose wisely. Always remember: StarClan is with you, my dear Honeytail."

Firestar faded away into the sky, and a voice from the sky whispered to her, "Love or loyalty, you must decide before your time runs out."

Love or loyalty, you must decide before your time runs out. What's that supposed to mean?!

The dream went black as Oceanpaw shook Honeytail awake.