1Chapter 22

It took Tigerclaw forever to finally get to sleep. And he had thought he only slept, dreamlessly for a few moments before someone prodded him in the back. "Tigerclaw, the storm has past, we need to keep going," Feathertail whispered into Tigerclaw's ears.

Tigerclaw groaned and blinked open his eyes and the sunlight streamed into the cave. "Is everyone else awake?" he asked as he got to his paws and stretched.

"We've been awake a lot longer then you have, sleepyhead," Squirrelpaw meowed from where she was standing next to Stormfur.

Tigerclaw yawned, "sorry, it took me a while to get to sleep last night," he meowed. All night long, he had been trying to get a hold of Solar, but she would not reply.

Solar, are you there? Tigerclaw thought, as he stretched again and stood up. But Solar did not reply and Tigerclaw felt as hollow as he had been last night.

If Solar was granted this special ability, why can't she use it anymore? Tigerclaw thought as he padded out of the cave with Feathertail at his side. Stormfur and Squirrelpaw came next.

"So, where to next?" Squirrelpaw asked, as she stretched in the sunlight.

Follow the river downstream, past twolegplace, keep going till you get near a gorge, when you get to the gorge, turn away from the river and head east. You'll come across some mountains, go south away from the mountains, we'll try to meet up with you some where around there.

"We have to head east away from the river until we reach some mountains," Tigerclaw replied, gazing up at the sky.

"Okay," Squirrelpaw meowed and padded onward with Stormfur just behind her.

Feathertail took a few steps after them but stopped when she realized Tigerclaw wasn't following her.

Tigerclaw stared at the sky as the unknown cats message repeated themselves in his mind. Beware the starlit waters! What did that unknown cat mean? He thought. The message came back to his mind as he thought about what Solar told him the night before.

"Tigerclaw, are you okay?" Feathertail asked, padding back to stand beside Tigerclaw.

Tigerclaw shook his head, to clear his mind, "I'm fine, lets go," he meowed though he knew Feathertail wasn't truly convinced.

Feathertail sighed and followed Tigerclaw as he took the lead. Squirrelpaw and Stormfur exchanged glances, as if they too could sense Tigerclaw's feelings.

"Tigerclaw, are you okay?" Squirrelpaw asked and Feathertail padded to Tigerclaw's side.

"I'm fine, just thinking," Tigerclaw replied. He didn't want to tell anyone about the message, whether it was from Starclan or not.

"Tigerclaw, I can tell something is bugging you, spit it out already!" Squirrelpaw hissed, her patience giving away.

Tigerclaw glanced back at Squirrelpaw. "I-I think I might have received a message from Starclan," he stammered.

Squirrelpaw widened his eyes, "you?" she gasped.

Tigerclaw nodded, "I didn't recognize the voice, but it was as if it was speaking to me," he meowed.

"What did it say?" Feathertail asked, gently.

Tigerclaw didn't reply right away. Instead he gazed up at the sky, as if willingly Starclan to tell him more about the message.

"What was the message, Tigerclaw?" Stormfur asked, coming to his sisters side.

Tigerclaw sighed, he blinked and looked up at the sky. "This cat, again I didn't know who it was, told me to Beware the Starlit Waters," he meowed.

"Beware the Starlit waters? What does that mean?" Squirrelpaw meowed, her eyes were questioning.

"I have no idea, and this unknown cat won't explain it to me, worse, I-I think I've lost communication with Solar," Tigerclaw meowed.

Feathertail widened her eyes, "what do you mean?" she gasped.

"Well, she was talking to me last night, her last words were 'You will make it back, but you could be right, maybe not all of us, including me and my friends are going to make it back to your clan alive'. And ever since then, she hasn't talked to me since." Tigerclaw meowed.

"And have you tried to talk to this Solar cat?" Squirrelpaw asked.

"I have," Tigerclaw meowed, nodding, "but she hasn't replied and for some reason, I'm starting to get a little worried."

"Do you feel she might be....?" Feathertail could not finish her thought and Tigerclaw felt as if everyone was thinking the same thing.

"I don't think so, it's like she has the ability to talk to me, but she can't or won't talk to me," Tigerclaw replied.

"Maybe she'll come around, we are suppose to meet up with her soon, aren't we?" Stormfur meowed.

"Yeah, lets hope we'll be able to meet up with them soon, so we can get back to our clans," Tigerclaw meowed.

"I wonder if Firestar is worried sick about us," Squirrelpaw meowed.

"He could be, but you said Flamepaw helped you to tell Firestar you were going without actually telling him word for word," Tigerclaw meowed. His distrust for Flamepaw was welling up inside him.

Squirrelpaw sighed, "Flamepaw says it's didn't work and that Firestar knows where I went, which means he know I'm with you and Feathertail," she meowed.

"And Mistystar knows I'm looking for you, though she doesn't know I'm traveling with you," Stormfur meowed.

Tigerclaw nodded, "come on," he meowed, "we should be able to reach these mountains before it gets dark if we keep going."

"Well, then lets go," Squirrelpaw meowed and took off with Stormfur hard on her paws. Feathertail and Tigerclaw exchanged amused filled glances and followed Stormfur and Squirrelpaw.

A/n what do you think?

Stardream: you know the drill so please review, next chapter soon if it's not already posted

Tigerstar: are they really that close?

Stardream: yeah, I guess I don't know

Demon: of course, in about three more chapters the book will be...

Stardream: shut up, Demon (hits Demon with skillet and she falls into lake)

-Four hours later-

Demon: nice going, Stardream, I was just saying

Stardream: whatever

Tigerstar: please review, at least two more before Stardream's posts the next chapter

Stardream: at least he got it right this time

Tigerstar: I resent that

Stardream: whatever