Part 2

Chapter 17

Stardream could hardly believe her eyes. Her leader, her mother, was standing there in the middle of her new clans camp. "Echostar!" Stardream cried out.

The silver tabby, Echostar, lifted up her head and widened her eyes. "Stardream!" Echostar yowled and rushed forward, out of Firestar's and Brambleclaw's embrace.

She skidded to a halt before she crashed into her daughter. "Oh, Echostar, I've missed you so much," Stardream gasped, tears starting to spring into her eyes. "I've missed you too," Echostar's mew was full of emotion.

"Angelfeather, Wolfsong, and Eaglewing thought you were dead, but I couldn't believe it," Stardream meowed, wiping away her tears with a paw. "I told you, I would find you," Echostar meowed. "And I have always kept your words close to my heart," Stardream meowed. Eaglewing staggered forward, his eyes wide with shock and disbelief.

"Echostar," he gasped, "but you...we heard...and the...what?" Echostar purred with amusement, "same old Eaglewing," she meowed. "How did you find us?" Stardream asked, stepping away from her mother. Echostar purred, "the idiotic Jadeclan," she spat out the name, "had captured me, when I had escaped the burning camp," she meowed.

"They demanded me to tell them which way you went, but I couldn't, because I didn't even know which way you went," Echostar went on, "so I lead them on a wild goose chase in the twolegplace, and was finally able to get free."

"I made sure they were lost in twolegplace before I hid my trail and started heading toward the lake," she meowed. "How did you know we were here?" Eaglewing asked.

"Instinct," Echostar replied, "I knew you wouldn't be suited for the life of a loner, so I knew you would eventually find the clans." "I knew, you either went to join Skyclan, or headed over here, to join one of these four clans, which I see you have done," Echostar finished. Leafpool padded from her den and headed toward Echostar, with a bunch of marigold in her jaws.

She pressed the poultice on Echostar's wounds, after she chewed them up. Firestar and Brambleclaw were sitting side by side a little ways behind Echostar, while she was explaining what had happened. "So, you were the leader of your clan," Brambleclaw gasped.

Echostar nodded, "you see, our clan was destroyed when Jadeclan wanted to gain more territory," she meowed, "Sapphireclan was well hidden, so Jadeclan had some tough time every time they tried to attack." "So, they had the twolegs do the work for them," Echostar went on, "the idiotic twolegs had set fire to our camp, and we had to get out of there. But the twolegs had us surrounded with fire. They yelled at us and threw things at us."

Echostar paused to catch her breath and Stardream continued the story. "Everywhere, cats were trying to escape, but it wasn't that easy," she meowed, "after Echostar's deputy's mate died, Echostar had told me to run." "She wouldn't leave at first," Eaglewing took over as Stardream paused, "she was afraid for her mother."

"But then she said, 'I must, I must protect my clan with my life, but we will meet again,' and I have always kept those words close to my heart," Stardream meowed. "Even when we heard the cry of a cat in pain and a cat dying," Eaglewing meowed, "while Angelfeather, Wolfsong and I thought that was Echostar, and that she was dead, Stardream never believed it." "Ever since Sapphireclan was destroyed, I have been secretly hoping Echostar would walk through the gorse tunnel, alive and well," Stardream meowed, "and it seems hoping has been enough." Echostar purred and pressed her muzzle against Stardream's side. "I told you, we would meet again," she meowed, "and I have always kept my promises to you."

The whole clan was watching them now, as mother and daughter were reunited. A few cats had tears in their eyes, while others were forcing the tears from their eyes. Even Firestar had tears in his eyes, which he wiped away right away before anyone could see. "Echostar," he meowed, "you are welcomed to stay here and be with your daughter." Echostar purred and glanced up at Firestar, "Thank you, Firestar," she meowed.

A/n what do you think, mother and daughter reunitedwhere do you think they are, if you need a clue, try rereading chapter 11 it might help or just reread this chapter, I want to know what you think, so please review, next chapter soon.