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Chapter 17: Mintleaf

Everything was calm. All she could see was the night sky filled with stars. She was floating through the air, and had no desire to push against it. Am I dying?

"Mintleaf… Mintleaf…" voices whispered, eerie, but calm.

Mintleaf's world was empty. There was nothing anywhere. Only herself and the whispering cats. And it was strangely perfect. Her eyes fell shut and everything vanished into darkness.

…

She opened her eyes. She was sitting next to a moonlit pool. The water rippled gently, and the breeze waved by her. I'm in StarClan. She stood up and stretched.

"Mintleaf! You shouldn't be here!" a horrified voice called. Mintleaf turned. A strangely familiar cat was bounding up a slope towards her.

"Who are you?"

The cat's eyes widened. "You don't remember?"

Mintleaf shook her head. "Have we met? Are you a StarClan cat?"

"I'm Petalshine. Don't you remember me?" The cat looked worried. Mintleaf narrowed her eyes, trying to think. A cat. A dream. Flowerstar. Petalshine!

"Yes! Yes! Are you here to take me to StarClan?" Mintleaf bounced up and down. Memories were coming back to her.

Petalshine shook her head. "No! There's been a mistake. This wasn't supposed to happen."

"Wh-what do you mean?" Mintleaf stammered. I died, I guess. That means I'm going to StarClan. Right?

"Darktail! This is all Darktail's fault!" Petalshine looked panicked. "I have to get you back!"

"Back where? Who's Darktail?" Mintleaf was sure she'd never heard of Darktail, so it seemed unrealistic that he was the cause of her being here.

"Mintleaf. Remember your dream? When you figured out who I was and who Flowerstar was, I would come back to you." Petalshine rocked on her paws. "You did it. You saved them. And now I must save you."

Mintleaf yawned. "I don't understand. Save me from what? Who did I save?" Her calmness was gone, replaced with alarm and anxiety.

"The clans! You saved them! They will win this battle! Go look in the moonpool."

Mintleaf did and she saw the water ripple to form a picture.

A young gray tabby she-cat sat next to an overflowing river. Her eyes were filled with tears and her pelt was messy and scratched. A white she-cat, also covered in scratches, ran over to the gray cat. She meowed something quietly. The gray tabby replied, and the white she-cat's face fell. Then a third cat came over, this one a black and gray swirled tom. The white cat whispered something to him and they all sat there together, crying. Around them, many cats were fighting. The ground was covered in blood and several cats lay motionless.

Suddenly the gray tabby she-cat looked up. "Mintleaf," she mouthed.

Mintleaf gasped. "That-that's Featherbreeze! And Leafstar and Thunderstrike!"

"They're mourning you," Petalshine murmured. "But it isn't right. I am here to send you home. There will be a place for you in StarClan one day, but that time has not yet come."

Suddenly, Mintleaf was floating through the dark sky again. It was calm and peaceful, just as it had been before.

"Mintleaf! Mintleaf!" This time she recognized the voices. That's Featherbreeze. And my parents. Petalshine saved my life.

Her eyes opened and she was lying at the bottom of the river. Holding her breath, Mintleaf swam upward. Around her the waters churned restlessly, but a perfect path was formed in front of her, lighting the way to the surface.

…

Mintleaf clambered onto the bank and lay there, panting. She was soaking wet and felt like she hadn't breathed in a moon.

"Mintleaf?" a voice near her gasped. "Mintleaf!" Purrs broke out and a cat started to lick her fur dry. Mintleaf let out a soft purr and looked up. A white she-cat, a black and gray swirled tom, and a gray tabby she-cat were sitting beside her, looking stunned and relieved. The cats from my vision! I remember now. Everything. Leafstar, Thunderstrike, and Featherbreeze.

"But how?" Featherbreeze asked, still purring.

Mintleaf blinked at her sister. "Petalshine showed me the way."

You can't say you didn't love that! Really, you can't! LOL

If you don't like it, it's ok.

QOTC

Who is Darktail?

Darktail has nothing to do with the real Darktail, by the way. Remember, 'treat others how you wish to be treated!'

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