Chapter 12
The House

I woke up in a meadow once again. "Mossstar?" I called. "What do you want?"

"Follow me, I have something to show you." I turned around and caught a glimpse of Mossstar as she ran into the forest. I ran in after her and had to dodge trees and rocks to keep up with her. She stopped abruptly and I tried to stop but I slid into the bushes, that was a close call, there was a long way down to the ground before me. Wait, bushes, and a hollow? I stepped out of the bushes.

"Mossstar, why have you led me to my home?"

"I'm glad you think of that this way. I need to show you something that you will need to get to soon."

"What?"

"It will be very important for your clan. You must follow our steps exactly to get to it. Now I must leave. I'll see you soon Goldenflower…Goldenflower, Goldenflower wake up!" I opened my eyes and found I was back in my den.

"What?!" I said angrily and groggily.

"Sorry Goldenflower. I'll leave now." Wait! My eyes suddenly snapped into focus. It was Fawnpaw!

"Wait, Fawnpaw, don't leave! I'm sorry for what I said. I…" Should I tell her about StarClan? StarClan, Should I? A voice spoke in my mind. 'Why not?' Thanks. "Fawnpaw, I have a secret to tell you but you must not tell anyone."

"Cross my mouse and hope it goes to heaven." Fawnpaw promised.

"Fawnpaw, what you call heaven, I call StarClan. A simpler way of putting it is ,The Stars." Fawnpaw tilted her head. "Well, StarClan speaks to me in dreams and when you woke me up, I was having a critical dream… You see that's why I was mad when you woke me up." I concluded.

"Uh… what was the secret in that?"

"The secret in that was that StarClan talks to me in dreams."

"Oh. Will they talk to me too?"

"I don't know. I'll have to ask them. Do you want to visit Spottedpelt?"

"Of course!"

It was the night right after my other dream. I was curled up in my nest thinking. Spottedpelt only said, "StarClan will visit you when they can."

I wanted to get an early start dreaming so we'll have enough time. Soon the clan started dying down and a cat came in and curled up next to me. "I thought this might get you to sleep quicker." Fawnpaw was right, I soon drifted off to sleep.

This time I didn't appear in the meadow. It was right outside the hollow. I looked at the guards, they were holding up just fine. It was my mom's and Husky's turn to watch. "Great clan you have. Perk and silent guards." I wasn't exactly surprised so I didn't jump but I did turn around quickly. Mossstar continued, "That's a making of a great clan. I wouldn't want it to go to waste."

I waved my tail in a greeting. "Thank you Mossstar. I sure wouldn't want my clan to go to waste either."

Mossstar smiled. "Well, shall we get going? We want to get it done before dawn."

I nodded. "Where are we going? Why is it so important for my clan to go there?"

"Follow me and I'll tell you all about it." Mossstar leaped up from where she was sitting and headed into the forest. "Remember this path, Goldenflower. You will be the only one to know it." I committed our path so far to memory. "Great. Now for your excellent questions. For the first one, we are going to a abandoned house-owner den deep in these very woods. There you shall know why it is important to go there." I nodded again and went deep into thought. Who shall I bring with me? Well Leafdapple of course, because she has been in the forest the longest. What about Husktooth? No, he must stay behind and keep the clan safe. Maybe I should bring Fawnpaw, yes I will, it will be a good experience for her. Who else? Goldenheart, no she will stay behind too. To finish off with I will take Starspoke, Sparrowtooth, and mom. It was like Mossstar read my thoughts. "Who will you take?"

"I was thinking of Leafdapple, Fawnpaw, my apprentice, Starspoke, Sparrowtooth, and Starspangel, my mom."

"Good choices. Now we are about here and so it is almost dawn."

I blinked and noticed it was getting lighter. "Let's hurry then!"

"No, we are here." I saw a brick house getting closer, it was just enough light to see the house through the darkness of the trees. I padded up to it and sniffed to make sure house-owners weren't there. Mossstar jumped up onto a window ledge. "Come up Goldenflower." I jumped up and could see at least two cats sleeping inside.

"Now I know why it was so important Mossstar. New warriors. One must be very important."

"Very, but if not to you, someone very close to you." Mossstar jumped down. She blinked and said "You know where you must go and why. Now I must return to StarClan and you to your clan. Goodbye for now Goldenflower." The house and Mossstar started to fade but before it could fade, a voice spoke from the darkness. "Good luck and keep faith."

I woke up. It was bright, it could be noon. I stretched and stepped out of my den. It was noon! Fawnpaw came running over. "Before you get angry, listen to me. I let you sleep till sun-high so you could talk to StarClan longer. I'm sorry and everything is fine, I promise."

A body came running into the hollow. "Spottedpelt! I got a thorn and it hurts!"

I laughed. "Really Fawnpaw, everything is alright?" Before she could say anything, I continued. "It's alright Fawnpaw. Thank you actually. It got a lot done. In fact I have an announcement to make now."

I walked up the path leading to the ledge and yowled, "May my clan called the Legendary's gather below the ledge for a clan meeting!"

Everybody came running and in the apprentices case, hopping under the ledge and looked up at me. "I have a special announcement to make. You know heaven as you may call it, I call it StarClan, otherwise referred to as the stars. Well they are our cat ancestors and they communicate with me and Spottedpelt. I have got a message from one of them named Mossstar, an old leader from the older clans. She has made it clear to me that I must travel to a abandoned house-owner den deep in the forest to get more warriors. I would like to take some cats with me. Leafdapple, Fawnpaw, Starspoke, Sparrowtooth, and Starspangel, will come with me on this journey. Husktooth will be in charge along with Nightheart. We will leave now to make good time on this journey because I do not know how long this will take. Now warriors that come with me, say your farewells now and get a bite to eat." I ended my speech with a nod that told farewell along with thank you. Everyone stayed down under the rock except the ones that were going to come with me. I couldn't figure out why they stayed for a minute. "Husktooth and Nightheart, the clan awaits your orders." Husktooth and Nightheart walked up the ledge like dazed badgers. I passed them on the way down but stayed to hear their orders.

Nightheart spoke first. "Hunting will continue as usual; Sharptooth, Mudspot, and Goldenheart will take out a patrol."

Husktooth finally regained his bearings and joined in, "Training will too continue as usual. We will send out a patrol later to check around the camp to make sure it is safe." They were doing very well for the shock I gave them.