"What…what happened?" Dapplepaw asked, shaking his head, trying to get the dots to disappear from his vision.
The river cat was standing a short distance away, watching the apprentices, his face emotionless. Dapplepaw looked over beside him to see Duskpaw, a confused look on his face.
"What just happened, Frostpelt?" Dapplepaw asked, taking a wobbly step forward. "Was that what was going to happen? We didn't get hurt, like you said we would."
Frostpelt flicked his tail and replied, his eyes narrowed, "So you didn't get hurt. But it is still dangerous."
Duskpaw had apparently recovered, and standing up he asked, "So what was it?"
After a long silence, Frostpelt turned towards the trees and motioned for the apprentices to follow. Hesitantly, they stepped forward and followed the glowing cat.
The cats traveled through the trees and soon reached the river. It was shimmering in the moonlight and the bottom could be seen, fox lengths down.
Frostpelt sat down in the grass at the very edge, staring into the water. Duskpaw sat down beside him, and Dapplepaw noticed his tail twitching. Duskpaw was just being brave, Dapplepaw knew. Being more cautious, Dapplepaw settled himself a tail-length away, and waited for the white cat to begin talking.
"Our clan- the ancient WaterClan- lives underwater. We can only come out at night. It's a curse that was put on us by StarClan. Actually, I don't think they realized it was a curse. We live forever- we're supposed to keep an eye on the living cats. But we can't have kits and there are no elders- it's torture. But tonight- do you know what that was? It is what's going to save us. It was a stone that fell from the sky. A sign. We need to collect pieces of that stone. Will you help us? It will free us. Our purpose has been served- we're ready to go back to StarClan."
Sorry I didn't update last week, I was really busy. Anyways, thank you for reading, and thank you for those of you who have already reviewed! I appreciate it very much!