Thanks for all the nice reviews. I've seen a few familiar names :) thanks for reading sequal.

Any suggestions for warriors names for: Briarpaw, Bumblepaw, Toadpaw, Rosepaw?

Disclaimer: I dont own Warriors :(

Chapter 2: Symptoms

"Frondpaw, Frondpaw, wake up Frondpaw. Please!"

The she-cat blinked open her eyes, trying to focus on the voice that was calling her name. A gray blur stood over her, eyes filled with concern and worry.

"Mousewhisker?"

"Oh, thank StarClan! Jayfeather, Jayfeather. She's awake."

All at once, things started coming back to her. The scent, the voice, the words, the prophecy, the stars.

"Frondpaw, you're okay!"

"Jayfeather said she would be, but just to see her awake…"

"Let me through. I need to see her!"

Three more voices joined Mousewhisker's and Frondpaw tried to decipher who was with her. Cream fur, a gray coat and a cat with a white pelt. Berrynose, Jyafeather, Icepool.

"W-what happened?" Frondpaw's head throbbed like a robin's chest and all the voices seemed to cause more pain.

"I'm so sorry, Frondpaw. I should have stopped you," Mousewhisker yowled desperately. "When you started acting strange, well, I just thought you were being stubborn like usual. But I was wrong. I should have brought you straight to Jayfeather. But-"

A bad-tempered hiss interrupted Frondpaw's distraught mentor. Blinking her eyes to clear them of the fog, the apprentice could just make out the blue, cloudy eyes of the medicine cat.

"Let me tell her what's happened," he growled, flicking Mousewhisker on the mouth as if to quiet him. Then he shifted his eyes to look at the cream she-cat. Even though she knew Jayfeather didn't have sight, Frondpaw had an uncomfortable feeling that he was seeing right through her.

"Frondpaw, you suffered from dehydration. This means that your body was lacking enough water to function. Your body shut itself down. That's why Mousewhisker found you passed out."

Something about Jayfeather explanation didn't seem right to her. Yes, it was true that Frondpaw hadn't had anything to drink for a while, but she didn't remember feeling thirsty.

"What are some of the symptoms of dehydration?" she questioned. Frondpaw wondered if hallucinations were part of it. That would explain her strange encounter with the starry cat.

"Cats begin to, umm, smell things that aren't there. And see things that aren't there too."

Frondpaw sighed. So she wasn't crazy as a bat. But deep down, the apprentice felt disappointment. She tried to push the feeling away, putting the thought of her being special behind her.

"Why don't you leave her for a while. Give her some space. I'll keep her overnight just to be sure, but I think she'll be fine."

Icepool and Berrynose murmured goodbyes into her ears before Mousewhisker flicked her gently on the head.

"Sorry," he whispered, before trotting off after the other two warriors. Their tails were intertwined and Icepool was nuzzling Berrynose.

"She'll be fine," the white she-cat mewed. Berrynose cast one more glance towards his daughter, who pretended to be asleep.

"I sure hope so."

***

"But I don't want to eat them. I'm perfectly fine."

"You're going to eat the herbs, Frondpaw. I know you better then you think."

The gray medicine cat's words sent shivers done Frondpaw's spine. The creamy she-cat knew all along she was going to eat the tangy herbs, but her streak of stubbornness had peaked up, causing her to refuse.

Outside, the hues of sunset were just sliding into the den, bleaching Frondpaw in a pinkish tint. Her blue eyes glinted as she bit into the leaf, sour liquid oozing down her throat. Frondpaw didn't even know why she had to eat the herbs. She had a feeling that plants couldn't heal what she had.

Since she had woken up, the apprentice had pondered her hallucination and she had finally come to the conclusion that it hadn't been just a delusion. The thought scared her. Maybe she was going a bit insane.

But Frondpaw had never been so sure of anything in her entire life.

The creamy apprentice had questioned whether or not to tell Jayfeather. Odd things like starry cats were under the medicine cat length of knowledge. But what if it had been just a mirage, a hallucination?

Frondpaw was so confused. She was so sure, yet so scared. Doubt was something that she hated, and now she was nose deep in it.

"Jayfeather. I was wondering something…"

The sweet voice of Blossompaw, Jayfeather's apprentice, drifted through the den. Frondpaw silenced her thoughts and slowly closed her eyes. She knew that eavesdropping was wrong, but the medicine cat's den was so boring.

"What is it Blossompaw?" The irritated sound of Jayfeather's growl reached the ears tufts of Frondpaw's canals. How can Blossompaw stand talking to Jayfeather all day?

"I overheard you when Frondpaw woke up…"

So technically I'm not eavesdropping. I mean, their talking about me.

"And I heard you tell Icepool and Berrynose that smelling things that aren't there is a symptom of dehydration…"

Frondpaw searched her mind and came up with the vague memory of that morning. Jayfeather standing over her, seeing while not really seeing, telling her that seeing and smelling things that aren't there was common for a patient like her.

Blossompaw's voice broke the memory, causing Frondpaw to swivel her ears back to the conversation.

"I'm certain the smelling things that aren't there is not a symptom of dehydration."

It was silent for a moment. Inside, Frondpaw's thoughts were swimming like a RiverClan cat. Not a symptom?!

"Jayfeather, what's going on?"

Frondpaw felt the same as Blossompaw. What is going on?

"I can't tell you Blossompaw." Jayfeather sighed. "Partially it's because it has to be a secret. And because, honestly, I don't know either."