Chapter 4

Icepool stretched after a great sleep and looked to Leafpool next to her. She was her mentor and her best friend, yet she felt like she was going to say good-bye forever soon. Then she realized that was the scent coming off of Leafpool. So she closed her eyes and saw her dream.

Leafpool was talking to the cat Spottedleaf. She seemed sad.

"I'm sorry Leafpool," she said, "But when she leaves no one can ever remember her family. They only can be remembered if StarClan whishes it."

Icepool couldn't believe it, "But then what will everyone think happened for twelve moons?" asked Leafpool.

"Everyone will think that it's been a peaceful time. Don't worry though. Every half moon, you will meet her in your dreams. There you will remember everything that you shared together. But you will forget everything about her again when you wake up. I'm very sorry. But it's the way it has to be."

Leafpool looked sadly at the ground, but soon everything faded and she was back in the den. But before Leafpool woke up, Icepool went back to sleep to ask Spottedleaf something.

She was in the same spot as before, and so was Spottedleaf. She walked up to her and asked, "Why Spottedleaf?"

Spottedleaf looked up at her, "A prophesy was told long ago, before we knew your family was coming. You staying would destroy what is supposed to happen. But don't worry; you will be a medicine cat.

Rain you shall find,

Cloud and Star's time over,

And destiny awaits three sisters.

You will find this prophesy past the Tribe of Endless Hunting. There you will find us, and more."

Great, she thought, another prophesy.

Then she woke up. Leafpool was looking really sad. Icepool was sad too. Icepool was afraid to ask. But Leafpool asked her.

"Did you have a dream too?"

"In a way. What did yours say? Mine had an odd prophesy."

"Um," she stuttered, "never mind."

The day seemed strange. That morning Lakeheart was busy with patrols all day, and Leafpool was sad all day. So at about sunhigh she went to the abandon twoleg nest to gather some catmint.

"Mmmmrrrrrrr," she herd a voice coming from the brush, "Oooowwww! Mrow!"

Icepool ran toward the voice. In a small clearing she found a sand colored tom. He was scratched up badly, every cut open. But then she relized, this wasn't a sand colored tom, it was the sand colored tom.

"Great StarClan!" she screamed, "Are you okay?"

The tom could only groan. He was really badly hurt. She could never bring a full grown tom so far back to camp. But to her luck, she could smell a patrol coming. Smelling closer, she could tell it was a new hunting patrol with Brambleclaw, Dustpelt, and Sandstorm. Then she remembered something, Lakeheart was scheduled for a hunting patrol around now, and when they came into the clearing there she was. They all stared at the tom, especially Lakeheart.

"Don't just stand there as if you just saw the ghost of Tigerstar!" she scolded, "Help me get him to camp!"

Brambleclaw and Dustpelt quickly came and picked up the tom's front and back, while Sandstorm took the middle, and Lakeheart held up his head. They walked like that the entire way back while Icepool used some herbs she found on the ground along the way to help the tom's wounds.

Back at camp, they set the cat down the tom in a nest in the medicine cat den, then Brambleclaw-with Dustpelt as a witness-went to tell Firestar about the tom, and Sandstorm went back to her den. But Lakeheart just looked at the tom. She sat there looking while she applied the herbs, covered the wounds with cobwebs, and when she got wet moss and a mouse for when he woke up.

"Lakeheart?" she couldn't help asking, "Are you okay?"

"Huh," she seemed to just snap out of her thoughts, "I'm fine, it's just…the last time I saw Sandpelt was in-" she stopped for a moment, but didn't go on.

"RiverClan?" Icepool guessed.

"How did you-"

"Ravenheart kind of told me," she stopped, "did you say Sandpelt?"

"Looks like you can't figure out everything, so I'll tell you. We know each other quite well," she stopped after thinking for a moment, "Ravenheart? You met her? Well I guess you had to at some point. I bet you are scheduled to meet her tonight at the gathering island to I guess?"

It was true. While she was in RiverClan she was arranging meeting times with her and Dawnleaf-she was told when they crossed patrols.

"I'm starting to get confused," said Icepool, "can you explain some things here?"

"Tell you what," she started, "You take me and Sandpelt with you to the island, and we'll tell you three there. Deal?"

Icepool thought a moment. She did want to know. But was it safe to bring her mother and a strange warrior with her to see her friends from other clans?

"Fine," she agreed, "but no telling this to Firestar."

"Agreed."

Sometimes it felt good to tell Lakeheart what to do, even though usually mothers have more authority than there kits, being a medicine cat, she had almost equal power as a deputy. And this way she also gets off the hook for snapping at senior warriors earlier. But that wasn't why she became a medicine cat, yes she liked the power, but she also loved the reward. She could get close with StarClan, and heal her clan. It was the best thing ever.

That night, Sandpelt eventually woke up, and, surprisingly, asked to sleep with Lakeheart that night. They must have been close. But then she remembered something, Sandpelt was a ShadowClan warrior! What if they went to battle with ThunderClan? Then they would get in trouble if they had to fight. Why couldn't he join WindClan instead? It would be safer. Unless StarClan told him to go to ShadowClan instead. But why would they? There had to be a reason.

Then a new thought struck her, she would be a weakness if she went to battle with any clan! What could she do? Well, she thought, it can't get any worse than this. Can it?

!#$&!#$&!#$&!#$&!#$&!#$(no this is not disguised cussing)

After they took a short nap, they all got together, holding up Sandpelt, and snuck out of camp through a secret cave she discovered through the back of the medicine cat den. From there, they crossed the stream, went across WindClan territory, and made it to the fallen tree.

"How can Sandpelt get across?" asked Icepool.

"Just because I'm not RiverClan anymore, doesn't mean I can't swim," he remarked. He had a deep voice, but not deep enough to sound really tough.

Sandpelt jumped in and started swimming, while the two she-cats crossed the fallen tree.

On the other side Lakeheart licked Sandpelt dry while Icepool entered the main clearing.

"It's about time you got here!" shouted Dawnleaf, "What took so long? You usually can get here in half the time? Did you have something slowing you?" she seemed to be trying to keep something off topic.

"And it looks like someone owes me another fish!" said Ravenheart, "And like Dawnleaf said, what took so long?"

"Well I found Sandpelt for you," started Icepool.

"Really?" she jumped down from the tree, "what did he say about my mother?"

"Why don't you ask me yourself?"

Sandpelt walked into the clearing with Lakeheart next to him.

Icepool's friends just stared.

"Can you give us a moment," asked Dawnleaf. She walked the two cats behind the tree before saying, "What were you thinking!"

Icepool responded, "That she somehow knows you two, and that we've been meeting. And she also knows Sandpelt quite well and Ravenheart wanted me to ask Sandpelt something. And that they won't give any answers unless I took them here for them to say to all of you."

After a long moment Dawnleaf said, "That's a good answer."

"If you don't mind I'd like to ask my question," said Ravenheart, and she walked over to Sandpelt. "A RiverClan elder told me that you know my mother. Can you tell me who she is?"

Lakeheart and Sandpelt looked at each other, and then waited for Dawnleaf and Icepool to come out.

"I do know who you mother is," he started, "I also know Dawnleaf's mother, and you father Icepool. But let me start this way," he looked at Lakeheart to start.

"As you know," she started, "I was found drowning in the lake in RiverClan territory many moons ago. There I met Sandpelt. We had a beautiful kit there, but Hawkfrost was so mean that I was forced to flee to ThunderClan, granting entry with the fact that I said I would kill any RiverClan warrior if I had to."

Sandpelt continued the story, "Afraid of keeping Lakeheart back, I decided to flee from RiverClan myself. I would have gone to WindClan, but StarClan told me other wise. So that night I left to ShadowClan."

Then Lakeheart cut in and continued it, "But I was already with two other kits before I left. One of them is still in ThunderClan, and the other, by StarClan's order, was sent to WindClan."

"So who are the kits?" asked Dawnleaf.

"Who was the RiverClan kit?" asked Ravenheart.

"I'm guessing I'm the ThunderClan kit," said Icepool.

"You are right Icepool," said Lakeheart, "you are my ThunderClan kit. Dawnleaf, the WindClan kit, is you. Ravenheart, you are the RiverClan kit."

The three newly recognized sisters all looked at them in shock.

And destiny awaits three sisters...

Sandpelt broke the scilence, "Lakeheart and I, are all of your parents."