A/N: Ilce became Icepaw, Icron became Loudpaw, and Arson became Sandpaw. Who's left to receive an apprentice name, Alse, Pity, and Puffball? Okay, I'll go with Puffball and Loudpaw. They haven't had their own chapter yet.
An Interesting Prophecy
As Puffball paced back and forth waiting for Leopardstar, Mistyfoot, and Loudpaw to get back a few RiverClan cats yowled at her to slow down. "You're buffeting us with wind!" Blackclaw snapped.
Hollowpaw and Troutpaw glared her way. Mossypaw and Rushpaw looked up from their tumbling match while Willowshine comes out of the medicine den to see what's going on.
Willowshine meows, "Puffball calm down." She brushed her dark-gray tail across Puffball's eyes. "StarClan knows how much worry you have for your friends."
Puffball stopped and looked at the young medicine cat apprentice, "You have a point. StarClan has the right to understand my feelings for my friends." She blinked at the young cat. "Thank you for making me realize this."
"That sad excuse for a new apprentice isn't with Leopardstar and Mistyfoot!" Rushpaw growled swishing his tail angrily.
With that RiverClan's leader, deputy, and newest apprentice entered the camp. Puffball ran up to Loudpaw and examined his torn ear and front pads. "What happened?" She almost asked right before seeing Icepaw's signature attack marks.
Puffball shook her pinkish head and sighed, "Stupid she-cat." She muttered, "Why did you fight with Ilce?" She licked his shoulder.
"I'll tell you after I seeā¦" He stopped as Willowshine came up, "Her." Willowshine smiled and checked him over.
"Come into the den." She said. Puffball followed her friend and the medicine cat over to the little medicine den. Willowshine wrapped Loudpaw's ear in cobwebs and had Puffball help wrap his paws. "Now stay here until I take those off of you." She ordered.
Loudpaw lay down in the bedding nearby and said, "Yes ma'am!" Willowshine walked away and Loudpaw said, "Ilce is now Icepaw and we were trying to prove our worth to our mentors. Ya, she has Tawnypelt like we guessed she would."
"So I owe Pity a few licks and a day's worth of chores." Puffball said, "Dang it."
Loudpaw snickered, "I wonder what Pity did to get lost this time?" The two cats looked up at the roof of the den and sighed, "That cat needs a GPS like the humans have."
"You've been around kittypets too much." Puffball said with a twinkle in her eyes. She batted his good ear and he ducked but still let her smack him. "So these Twoleg toys, they help with directions?"
"Yup," Loudpaw said with a purr of amusement, "They use them to not get lost." The two cats laughed, "We should get one for Pity."
"We should." Puffball agreed. They heard a yowl outside the den. "I'll go find out what that is." She swatted him with her tail on the way out. He hissed in affection for his friend.
Puffball slinked into the clearing like a shadow. No one saw her, not even the cause of the disruption. "I need Mothwing or Willowshine!" The small black she-cat called out. "Jayfeather said to come and see you." She said as Willowshine came up to her.
Puffball walked over to join the she-cats. Alse greeted her with a purr. "Hello East Wind," Puffball said, "Did you come to see the medicine cats or see how Loudpaw and I were?"
Alse turned her head sideways, "Loudpaw? Did Icron receive his apprentice name already?" When Puffball nodded she continued, "And I came to see Willowshine actually."
"Well, what is it?" Willowshine asked, "I don't have all day you know."
Alse nodded and said, "I received a sign from StarClan that involves medicine cats and the rouges."
Willowshine led the way to her den, "Come on in, Loudpaw is in here already."
"Loudpaw," Alse said following the medicine cat inside, "What happened this time?"
"Ilce and I fought on the border earlier today." He said absently, "What is this I hear about a sign?"
Alse and Puffball sat next to Loudpaw and Willowshine took her seat after checking Loudpaw's wounds. "I lay down two moon rises ago and fell asleep. When I opened my eyes to dream Jayfeather asked me how I knew he was there and I told him I just knew. We walked on and I stopped suddenly seeing you, Willowshine, Littlecloud, Kestrelflight, Jayfeather, and the rouges standing in a circle.
As we watched four starry cats came down. Who were they you ask? Riverstar, Thunderstar, Windstar, and Shadowstar, the original leaders of the Clans. They told us a prophecy; it was Winds, Eye of Storm, and Healers must combine as one to allow the Sky to join again; The Healer Wind must decide for her Clan, as must the Healers of all; to survive the Storm ahead of them they must work together."
When she finished reciting the Prophecy Willowshine bolted to her paws and said, "Good StarClan! The Sky must rejoin, that must mean the Clan that Firestar went to bring back together."
"Poor Echosong," Puffball said, "She never had a choice; StarClan just told her to follow Firestar and Sparrowpelt." Willowshine looked appalled. Loudpaw smacked Puffball.
"Careless Eye of Storm!" Alse snapped, her fur bristling, "You must not speak of our knowledge about other cats!"
Loudpaw growled in a low voice, "Stupid she-cat." To save them from questions he added, "Willowshine! What does it all mean?"
"The prophecy," She said. With a nod from the others she continued, "The Healers are medicine cats and I'm going to give a wild guess that the Winds and Eye of the Storm are the rouges." With a hesitant nod from Alse she went on, "The Healer Wind must be you, Alse, and you have to decide whether or not to let ThunderClan to split in order to allow SkyClan to rejoin the forest cats."
"What about the last line? To survive the Storm ahead of them they must work together. What does it mean?" Loudpaw asked.
"I see how you got your apprentice name now Icron." Alse said shaking her head, "Quiet down." He bowed his head and Puffball rolled her tail over his head.
"I don't have a clue," Willowshine said sadly, "I'm sorry but maybe Kestrelflight or Littlecloud will know." She smiled sadly.
"Echosong or Night would know." Puffball muttered. Alse and Loudpaw smacked her.
"Night? As in Night of No Stars, the one from the Tribe of Rushing Waters?" Willowshine asked.
"Yes." Alse said, "I'm going to question Littlecloud and Kestrelflight during the half moon tomorrow night." She turned to leave. "Oh, and Puffball, you may want to watch out for flying rabbits tomorrow."
With a glance from Loudpaw, Willowshine pushed both she-cats out of her den. "Get going, or you'll be escorted out." She said. Puffball bounded out of the den and walked with her friend to the tunnel entrance.
"Puffball!" Mistyfoot called when the two she-cats were halfway across the clearing. "Puffball, Leopardstar wants to see you." She nodded to Alse, "Hello, who are you?"
"I'm Alse," She said. Puffball left them and bounded up to the RiverClan leader, "Yes Leopardstar?" She asked.
"Puffball, I'm going to make you an apprentice." Leopardstar said, "Who do you want as a mentor?"
"An apprentice?" Puffball asked, "And I get to choose my mentor?" The unusually spotted tabby nodded and Puffball said, "Since you are Loudpaw's mentor can I have Graymist?"
Leopardstar nodded again, "Go fetch her." Puffball went and gave the news to the friendly pale gray cat. Graymist nodded in pleasure. "Let all cats old enough to catch their own prey here under HighLedge!"
Puffball and Graymist bound over to join the cats around Leopardstar. She noticed Loudpaw limp out of the medicine cat den and Alse sit near the exit. Alse nodded to her and flicked her tail. "We're all proud of you."
"We gather here to accept the rouge Puffball into our Clan." Leopardstar began, "But she will not and cannot keep her rouge name. So I rename her under StarClan, so they approve my choice, let her know be known as Hawkpaw. She will be mentored by Graymist."
The cats congratulated her. Graymist touched her nose to Hawkpaw's and purred. Alse called to her and Loudpaw. Hawkpaw left her mentor's side and followed Loudpaw over to the ThunderClan medicine cat apprentice.
"Congrats Hawkpaw." Alse said, "I like this name." Loudpaw agreed, "I'll see you two at the next Gathering." She waved her tail and dashed out of the camp.
A/N: So? You like? My current cold doesn't help and neither does Animechic falling asleep while I needed to ask her about the Prophecy... This would have been up yesterday had she been awake.
