Sorry this chapter took so long. I had to do a lot of editing! Hope you enjoy! Also, I am going to release the prologue and first chapter of a brand-new Warriors fanfic very soon soon, so stay on the lookout for that!

Chapter 7

"Finally," whispered Pebble. "We see each other again."

Riverbreeze still looked beyond shocked, with giant green eyes wide, dark fur standing on end, and mouth slightly ajar.

"Is... Is it really... You?"

Pebble chuckled. "Of course it's me!" she said a little too loudly. She remembered there were sleeping cats near that were not supposed to be wakened.

"But... you're supposed to be dead!" stuttered Riverbreeze quietly. "How did you survive?!" She then shook her head. "You know what? It doesn't matter. All that matters is you're actually here!"

Pebble smiled. "I'm so happy to see you."

"Me too, Pebblekit."

"Pebble. Call me Pebble."

Riverbreeze's eyes looked sad. Pebble could tell that Riverbreeze wished she had kept her old clan name. But Pebble couldn't call herself Pebblekit forever. It's a kits name. She was full-grown now. Besides, she hadn't been a clan cat for ages.

The two she-cats nuzzled. Pebble felt bursts of energy and happiness course through her. She couldn't believe they had finally reunited.

Pebble then remembered her idea. "Riverbreeze, I need to tell you something," she mewed softly. "I... I want to meet my clan."

Riverbreeze and Wolfstream exchanged worried glances. She looked back at her twin. "Pebble, I'm not sure if that's such a good idea. I can understand that you want to meet everyone, but it would stir up old worries about the prophecy."

Pebble realized that cats had frequently been talking about this prophecy. She knew it was about her and her sister changing the lives of the two clans, FireClan and WaterClan, but besides that she knew nothing else about it. "Can somebody explain to me what this whole prophecy thing is about?"

Wolfstream stepped in. "A few months before you both were born, our medicine cat Arrowfur recieved a prophecy. It was something like..." Wolfstream had to think about it before answering, then said, " 'Two of the same will be born, and the clans will change forever.' It said something like that. Many cats worried if it meant the clans will change for the better or worse. A few months later, you two, and your brother, were born, and Arrowfur immediately knew that the prophecy was about you. Our neighboring clan we had been feuding with for quite some time, FireClan, somehow found out about this prophecy. All of them were very worried what this change might do, because FireClan had always been more powerful then we have. One day, a day you probably remember very well, they drove us out, and the leader tried to kill you. Obviously, he was unsuccessful." A sudden worried look occupied Wolfstream's clear blue eyes. "But now, FireClan knows..."

Pebble shuttered. She hated that all of this had to do with her and her sister.

Riverbreeze took a step back. "Wait. What?! How does FireClan know?" she exclaimed.

"We... were captured by them," said Wolfstream. He explained the whole story from the beginning, when Wolfstream rescued Pebble from the angry foxes.

"And that's how we got here," he finished.

"Oh, StarClan, this is not good," she said. "But at least they don't know where you are."

"Yes, at least that's good. I think that we shouldn't worry about that until we need to," added Pebble.

Riverbreeze looked back at Pebble. "All of these reasons are exactly why we can't take you to see our clan. I really wish there was some way."

Pebble smiled. "Oh, but Riverbreeze," said Pebble with a mischievous look in her eye, "There is most definitely a way!"

Riverbreeze smiled, a slight hint of evil in her emerald eyes. "It looks like you have a plan. What is it?"

Wolfstream rolled his eyes. "You two are definitely sisters."

"I had an idea back when Wolfstream found me. What if..." she paused for dramatic emphasis. "...we switched places?"

Riverbreeze's eyes widened. Wolfstream sighed and then interrupted. "I already told her it was a bad idea. I warned her!"

"Hush up, Wolfstream!" she snapped at the misty gray tom. She turned her head back to Pebble. "I think that's an amazing idea!"

Wolfstream looked shocked. Pebble looked surprised, too. She wasn't expecting her to like it. "Really?" she said, billowing with excitement.

Riverbreeze nodded. "As long as we're really careful, I think that can work out super well!"

Wolfstream frowned. "Why did I agree to this?" he mumbled inaudibly to himself.

She ignored the serious tom and began to run in the direction opposite to where the camp was. "Come on, I wanna show you something that can help out your genius plan!"

Pebble and Wolfstream picked up speed and followed behind her. After about 5 minutes of leaping over mossy fallen trees and dodging the obstacles, they came across what looked like a small den. It was made up of old tree trunks and other various materials, and it made the perfect hidden den.

"I will hide here while you switch places with me for a while. No other cat knows about this den, and no WaterClan cat ever comes out to this part of the territory, anyway." Riverbreeze had a proud look on her face. "If you ever need me or if there's an emergency, you can come and find me here!"

At first, Pebble was about to nod her head, but instead she began to worry if this was happening all too suddenly. Switching lives is a big deal, even for a short period of time. She didn't want to force her sister into doing anything she didn't want to do. After all, they were twins who had just reunited, and she really didn't want to be rude.

"Are you sure you're okay with all of this?" she asked. "If I'm forcing this whole switching thing on you, just tell me..."

Her sister smiled. "Of course not! I want to do this! It will be a fun adventure! I've sort of been wanting to take a break from the whole 'clan responsibilities' thing, anyway. I want to be free and able to do whatever I want for a while!"

Wolfstream interjected. "Maybe Pebble is right. Maybe we should take this more slowly."

Riverbreeze sighed. "Lighten up! You can be such a buzzkill!" Pebble could tell that these two were really good friends, but they shared one of those friendships where they both insult each other all of the time. Pebble's mind then wandered off to Rose, and she wondered how she was doing. Her heart ached when she thought of her best friend.

Riverbreeze's voice snapped her out of her deep thoughts. "You are still the exact same as I remember you!" she said to Pebble. "You were always the quiet, dreamy one, who would never dare get in trouble."

Wolfstream chuckled. "How in StarClan are you two even related?"

Riverbreeze glared at him and flattened her ears, then batted his misty ears playfully.

"Now, Wolfstream, when you two walk into camp, try to explain to Pebble who everyone is. She won't know, and if she acts confused they won't think it's me and this whole plan will completely fail. Can you do that for me?"

Wolfstream nodded. Pebble began to feel a bit nervous. What if she messed up? What would she do if they immediately realized it was her?

Riverbreeze noticed the worry in her sister's eyes. She walked over a couple pawsteps towards her and brushed her tail along Pebble's dappled back. "This is going to work out great- I know it! All you have to do is pretend to be me!"

Pebble still looked worried. "We're pretty different in personalities. Do you really think everyone won't notice?"

Riverbreeze nodded. "I think you'll be fine. And, you also have Wolfstream to help you out." She grinned, balled up her paw, and hit him on the shoulder. He looked over at her and squinted his eyes.

The two sisters giggled. Pebble looked over at her twin, amazed that she was even in her presence. It was such a weird feeling to see someone with the exact same body shape, eyes, fur, markings, and everything else as herself. It was like looking at a reflection.

Pebble sighed, breaking the brief silence. "So, Wolfstream is going to be the only person in the clan that will know my true identity?"

Riverbreeze paused. She thought for a moment, then looked at her sister. "No," she replied with a meaningful tone. "I want our brother to know. He had hope that you survived when everyone else lost it. He still has hope, and if you told him who you really are, he would be more than overjoyed. So please, tell him."

Pebble nodded. "And what about..." Before she said it, she had to pause. She couldn't believe she was about to see someone she had thought she would never see again. "...what about Mom?"

Riverbreeze stiffened. She frowned. "Why would you want to tell her?"

Pebble was shocked. "I just thought, since she's our mom-"

"She is a total mouse-brain!" Riverbreeze exploded in Pebble's face, her eyes filled to the brim with rage. "She thinks she's always doing the right thing, but she never is! I tell her day by day, but she never, EVER, listens to me! She is a coward and a traitor!"

Pebble cowered backwards, flattening her ears. "I'm sorry! I didn't mean to make you upset!"

Riverbreeze's curled lip quivered. She realized what she had just done. The rage drained from her eyes and she backed off. Her bristling fur flattened, and she sat down, head hanging low. "I'm so sorry, Pebble," she mewed. "It's just... Mom and I have never gotten along very well for reasons you just can't know about yet..." Riverbreeze closed her eyes and turned away. "I understand if you're mad at me now."

Pebble shook her head. "I'm not mad. I'm just... Startled. And confused."

Riverbreeze nodded her head. "It's okay if you tell her."

She smiled. She was so happy she was finally going to see her mother again.

"Now, go on!" said Riverbreeze, her mood lightening. "Cats will be waking up soon and they'll wonder where I am! Just remember, listen to whatever Wolfstream says." She smiled and licked her sister on the top of her head. "Come visit me in a few days, okay?"

"Of course," said Pebble, nuzzling her sister. "You're sure you're going to be okay in this cave?"

She nodded confidently. "I'm going to be totally fine here. I'll be happy, actually, to get away from the strict clan life for a little while." Riverbreeze then walked up to Wolfstream. "Take care of her, okay big guy?"

Wolfstream nodded curtly. "As you wish."

Riverbreeze laughed. "And loosen up a bit! You're such a stick in the mud!" she joked.

Pebble giggled, but Wolfstream didn't seem to find it funny. But, after a few moments, he broke into a smile. "I'll miss you too, Riverbreeze."

"Never said I was going to miss you," she said, turning around and walking deeper into the den. Nevertheless, she turned her head around and gave him an obvious wink.

Pebble walked up to Wolfstream near the entrance. She said one last goodbye before Wolfstream took off into the forest. Now that it was dawn and the sun had come up slightly over the horizon, Pebble could watch where she was going and not step on anything that would hurt, and the forest looked so beautiful in the dark orange sunlight of dawn.

This was the day she had been waiting for her whole entire life.