Chapter 2:

A black and amber tom bowled Flamepaw over. She spat in surprise. Flamepaw then spun around to face her attacker. He was surprisingly thin but he was quick, with a playful look in his eyes. Flamepaw snarled then sprang at him.

One thing that Leafstorm taught her that day is that all cat's weak spot is their underbelly.

Flamepaw tried to flip him over with her sharp claws and she felt him lifting off the ground. Then Flamepaw dropped him and scrambled onto him to pin him down. Flamepaw then pressed down her front paws and sliced sheathed claws down his underbelly. He screeched in pain as he struggled to release her strong grip.

Flamepaw hissed in satisfaction. Suddenly, one of his legs became loose and he pushed her off of him. Flamepaw jumped up and got behind him. Flamepaw suddenly remembered about the back kick so she quickly ducked as he lashed out. He yowled in pain as Flamepaw caught his leg sunk her teeth into it.

"Please," he mewed quietly, "I'm Thornpaw, and I really don't want to fight you... It's my leader... You know…"

Flamepaw stopped pressing her teeth down and looked at him in shock. Was it true?

"Get out of here!" Flamepaw heard a voice growl. "Get away from Flamepaw!" She spun around to see Rockpaw hissing and spitting towards Thornpaw.

"I'm sorry," Flamepaw whispered to Thornpaw. "But... you have to get out of here. Before Rockpaw here kills you for attacking me." Flamepaw nudged him and he looked back at her. Flamepaw blinked and he blinked back. "I'll see you later maybe," He nodded and hurried through the bushes.

"And don't come back!" Flamepaw heard Rockpaw yowl after him.

Soon CloudClan began to retreat. Most of NightClan went to the medicine cat's den. Flamepaw went to the apprentice's den and curled up in her nest of moss and leaves.

It was dark and a light rain piddered on the top of our dens that night. The rain dripped through the cracks in the den, but the apprentices didn't mind. That night was the first night that Flamepaw slept in the apprentice's den.

All of the kits wanted to go and frolic in the beautiful, glinting blue drops, but once they heard their mother's soft and gentle purrs, they soon fell fast asleep.

Flamepaw lay awake in my nest, thinking what she did to Thornpaw. Then she wondered what would happen to her if Icestar found out. Flamepaw also thought what happens to cats that are friends but, were in different Clans? She lay there puzzling over these thoughts. After a while Flamepaw fell asleep.

Flamepaw was hunting a mouse. She parted my jaws ever so slightly to try to scent it. She slid through a gap between the trees, coming into a clearing. Flamepaw gazed around in confusion. She had never been there before. Am I facing north or east? She wondered. Flamepaw looked up to try to find stars, but Silverpelt was clear. At the other end of the clearing sat a cat on a smooth rock. Flamepaw bewilderment increased as she recognized him. "Wetstar?" Flamepaw meowed shrilly like an excited kit.

Flamepaw had been a four moon kit, two and a half moons ago, when the leader of NightClan had died, as he leaped into a river to save Glowpaw, a newly made apprentice. Flamepaw had honored him since then, for Glowstripe was one of her friends who would give his life to protect her.

"Come closer, young apprentice, I have some news for you." His eyes reflected the starlight making them looking like two moons as Flamepaw slowly approached him. "I'm listening Wetstar." She mewed.

"A terrible trouble is coming to the forest as quickly and as slyly as a fox," Wetstar told me. "A new prophecy must be fulfilled if the Clans are to survive. You have been chosen to meet with three other cats at the fourth new moon and you must listen to what dawn tells you and must do whatever dawn says."

"What type of trouble? Dawn?" Flamepaw meowed quietly, uncertainty cocking her head to one side. "How can dawn tell us anything?"

"Soon everything will be clear to you." His voice echoed around the forest like he was everywhere but nowhere. "No! Wait!" Flamepaw cried out. "What do I do? DON'T LEAVE ME!" Darkness swallowed Wetstar and there was nothing there but stars. Her paws scrambled frantically in the dirt as she too, sunk into darkness.

Flamepaw had the same dream again. This time she knew that Flamepaw had to tell someone. She turned my head to the side to look at Rockpaw who was sleeping soundlessly. Flamepaw shook her head to herself. He would just take it to Icestar. Flamepaw thought. Suddenly, she thought of someone would would listen.

Leafstorm.

Flamepaw scrambled to my paws and padded over to the warrior's den and whispered, "Leafstorm?" There was a grunt then an answer. "Yes, Flamepaw?"

The rain had stopped, so a few of the warriors and apprentices were missing from their nests.

"Can I talk to you?" Flamepaw asked. "Yes," Leafstorm said. She backed away from the den so Leafstorm could get out. Leafstorm came out and yawned. "What is it, Flamepaw?"

"I think I had a dream from StarClan." Flamepaw whispered trying not to let any other cat overhear. Leafstorm meowed back to her, "If it was from StarClan it would sent to the leader or medicine cat, not an newly made apprentice." She paused then added, "I also think that it is unwise for you to believe in these dreams. You probably ate too much at moonhigh."

"No, I didn't!" Flamepaw protested. "I only ate one tiny water vole!" Leafstorm waved the protest aside. "Flamepaw, calm down. We'll go exploring at sunrise to get your mind off things."

Leafstorm padded back over to the warriors den and ducked inside. A couple moments later Flamepaw heard the soft rumble of Leafstorm snoring. Even Leafstorm doesn't think that the dream is true. Suddenly, Flamepaw got an idea.

There were four cats in all, including me, she thought. So, maybe one cat from each Clan got the same dream that I had. Wetstar said to meet at the fourth moon... Maybe they would go to Fourtrees to meet each other!

Yes, that will have to do.