Chapter 13

"What are you talking about?" Eaglewing gasped, his eyes going wide with surprise. "I mean exactly what I had said," Stardream replied, "you think we have escaped them when our clan was destroyed, somehow I feel as if they know we are alive." "But how would they have known? Was there a traitor in our clan? Did they see us when we fled? Did they find Echostar and question her if she was alive?" Eaglewing gasped. "I don't know!" Stardream wailed and rushed off to escaped any further questions. She glanced up at the sky and saw it was almost twilight. Almost self-consciously, Stardream began to pad toward the camp entrance.

"Hey Stardream, where are you going?" Ashfur, who was apparently on guard since the battle, asked. "Just for a walk, I'll be back soon," Stardream replied. Ashfur nodded, "keep watch for Shadowclan," he meowed. "I will," Stardream mewed and ran toward the Sky Oak. Just as he said he would be, Wolfsong was there, sitting below the Sky Oak. "Stardream!" Wolfsong gasped and rushed forward. "Hey Wolfsong," Stardream meowed, pressing her muzzle against his. "You came!" Wolfsong exclaimed. "Of course I came," Stardream purred, her eyes wide. Wolfsong sat down with his back to the Sky Oak, and Stardream sat down beside him.

"Do you think the warriors of Sapphireclan are watching us right now?" Wolfsong asked. "I believe all but one are watching us," Stardream replied, gazing at the stars. "You mean Echostar, don't you?" Wolfsong meowed, "you still believe she's alive, don't you?" "I will always believe she is alive and searching for us," Stardream replied with a sigh. "You miss her that much," Wolfsong mewed. Stardream nodded, "we had a close bond," she replied.

"I know how you feel, I had a close bond with Duskheart," Wolfsong meowed. Duskheart was Jasmineleaf's mate and Wolfsong's father, Stardream thought, does he miss Duskheart as much as I miss Echostar. Why couldn't it have been me? Why did it have to be them? A voice whispered into Stardream's mind. Automatically, Stardream knew she was hearing Wolfsong's thoughts. He blames himself for Jasmineleaf's and Duskheart's death, she realized.

"Do you believe they are out there, searching for us?" Stardream asked. Wolfsong nodded, "they have made it plain clear that they want every last one of us dead," he meowed. "Do you think they can find us?" Stardream asked. "I believe they can do anything they set their mind to?" Wolfsong replied.

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After saying goodbye to Wolfsong, Stardream stopped to hunt for a bit. She returned with three mice in her jaws. Ashfur was still on guard and nodded to her as she padded through the gorse tunnel. She padded to the fresh kill pile and dropped her catch. She had made sure to wash Wolfsong's scent from her fur before she came back.

"Hey Stardream," Eaglewing meowed, padding toward her. "What?!" Stardream snapped. Eaglewing skidded to a halt, "I-I just wanted to see where you went," he stammered. "I went hunting, where do you think I went?" Stardream hissed. "To see Wolfsong," Eaglewing muttered under his breath. unfortunately, Stardream had heard him.

"Well, so what if I went to see him?" Stardream hissed, quietly, so no one would hear. "It's against the warrior code," Eaglewing meowed. Stardream just hissed but didn't reply as Firestar leaped onto the high ledge. "Let all cats old enough to catch their own prey join here beneath the high ledge for a clan meeting," he yowled.

"We have two ceremony's to perform today," Firestar meowed, "Jadekit and Faithkit have reached their sixth moon and it is time they were made into apprentices." Jadekit, a light brown tom, was sitting next to Faithkit, a brown tabby she cat with gray stripes.

"Come forward you two," Firestar meowed and Jadekit and Faithkit stepped forward. "From this day forward intill she has earned her warrior name, this apprentice will be known as Faithpaw," Firestar went on, "Whitewing, you are ready for any apprentice, you'll mentor to Faithpaw." Whitewing nodded and padded forward to stand next to Faithpaw.

"Whitewing, I trust you to pass all Brackenfur has taught you onto this young apprentice," Firestar meowed. Whitewing nodded and dipped her head to touch noses with Faithpaw, before leading her back to the gathered cats.

"From this day forward, intill he has earned his warrior name, this apprentice will be known as Jadepaw," Firestar meowed. He paused and glanced around the cats around him. "Stardream," he meowed, and Stardream looked up with her eyes wide in surprise. "Though you are new to the clan, you have proven your loyalty when we were fighting Shadowclan, you will mentor to Jadepaw," Firestar meowed.

Stardream got to her paws and padded forward, her eyes still wide. "Stardream, you are a warrior of great skill and quiet courage, I know you will pass on all you know onto Jadepaw," Firestar meowed. Stardream nodded and dipped her head to touch noses with Jadepaw, her eyes almost as wide as that of her apprentice. "I guess we are truly members of Thunderclan now," Eaglewing purred as Stardream padded back to the group of cats.

A/n what do you think, well chapter 14 is coming soon, please review, I am still accepting guesses to who you think the cat that is talking in chapter 10 is, the ones who guess right will be mentioned in the last chapter, so please cast your guess in your review.