Chapter 5

The she-cats just stood there for what seemed like moons. Their parents stood there with the loudest sound in the clearing, there beating hearts.

"Why didn't you tell me I wasn't an only kit before!" broke out Icepool, "I could have had a friend through apprenticeship to talk about my problems to!"

"Icepool we all know that sister or no sister, you couldn't talk to anyone except you mentor about you medicine cat problems," said Lakeheart.

"Why did you send me to WindClan?" asked Dawnleaf, "Why couldn't I stay with you?"

"I'm really sorry Dawnleaf," said Lakeheart, "It wasn't my wish to send you there, the leaders said that StarClan wanted them to in a dream. So the two met one night and gave you to WindClan. They promised to take care of you till the time came, and they've done a fine job."

Dawnleaf sat down shocked, "That must be why Onestar was my mentor," she said quietly, "so I wouldn't ask who my parents are and not get an answer. He always told me they were killed."

Lakeheart went over and sat next to her, "It's okay, you know now, and that's what's important."

"Why'd you leave me in RiverClan?" asked Ravenheart, "you could've taken me with you."

"You had so a good life in RiverClan," said Sandpelt, "Leopardstar already had your mentor ready the time we left. We couldn't take you away from that."

"Why do you think StarClan led us to all the clans?" asked Icepool, "We could of stayed in RiverClan all together."

None of the cats could answer so they just decided to talk about how they grew up to there parents.

The family stayed on the island till half way till dawn before saying farwell to Ravenheart and heading back with Dawnleaf. Eventualy they left her to go back to camp while they continued to ThunderClan. In Icepool's den, Sandpelt lay down in his nest, and Lakeheart went to the warriors den. Then Icepool went to sleep.

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Icepool walked through the forest, that night with a strange feeling in her heart. Even thinking about the feeling made it worse, because Ravenheart had heart in her name. Even the leaves on the ground reminded her of her sisters-Dawnleaf and Ravenheart.

Then she relized she was being followed. She turned and saw a black starry pelted she-cat she'd never seen before.

"Can I help you?" she asked.

"You will," she answered, "you and your sisters shall save Rain from great troubles. Then my Star's time will end. Only Ice can save Rain. Why didn't I see it before?"

Icepool was confused, "Rain? Is that a group of cats? Would that make Ice me? I'm in Thunder-" she couldn't say 'clan' for some reason. It was like she couldn't say anything full. She could only speak in propheseis(like she could only say what we call the suffix).

Before she could do anything about her questions, her pelt began to feel insanely wet, to wet. She woke up to a strangly dark night. Her pelt was to wet to move. Then it started to rain and her pelt was so dry it was as if she had never seen dew, rain, or fog in moons. Then it got so loud she couldn't hear her own thoughts. Thunder began to roll and lighting flash. She walked out of the den and heard it louder, and every few seconds she could hear cowering kits. It must be louder in the nursery.

She ran over and woke up Leafpool.

"What?" she asked drowsily, "I was having the best dream in a moon."

"We need to get the kits into our den!" she tried to shout over the rain, "StarClan knows what all the scare could do the kits!"

Leafpool quickly decided not to question and they both ran to the nursery. Inside they woke up the queens and took them and the kits to the medicine cat den.

"I can't nurse them like this!" shouted Squrrilflight, "And they need to be nursed when they're scared. Especially Hollykit, she hates the rain."

"Right," said Icepool, "I'll keep them warm, you try to dry off."

Squrrilflight had only givin birth a few days ago, and the three kits where so small.

Icepool curled up around the mewling kits to keep them warm while Squirrlflight dried off. She closed her eyes in fear of the storm, she herself was afraid of it. When she closed her eyes, she saw Spottedleaf.

All she did was say, "The Rain needs you now," and pointed to the storm over the lake, "Go there."

Then she opened her eyes, and let Squirrlflight take over with her kits. Then she told Leafpool she'd be right back, and went out of camp. She kept running till she reached the drop of to the lake.

She looked out at the lake and saw a massive funnel of water covering the entire lake, but not high enough to reach the sky. She looked into the water, and saw a group of cats fighting for there lives against a huge group of dark cats. All she could do was look in horror as she watched tons of warriors on both sides taking huge blows and being killed. She was scared stiff as she saw the cat from her dream take a blow that looked like a killing blow, but she stood up, then ran. Then she saw a cloud-gray cat get knocked over, like he was killed. The killer was a jet-black tom with amber eyes.

For a moment, there was nothing. And when it returned, the cat was slightly bigger and facing sideways, as if saying, "What have you done mouse-brain," only an even bigger insult.

But just as the tom was about to pounce, the gray tom sticked a blow across the cats eye. The cat then fled, and it was gone again. Moments passed and still nothing more. Just as she was about to turn and leave, it came back. She saw the black cat running, with a terrified look in his eyes. Then a gray flash, and it was fully over. She just heard triumphant yowls...