Special thanks to Lilyheart, Snowfang, and Stormshadow for helping with this chapter!

Chapter 48

Icekit's POV

'Where am I?' thought Icekit.

He looked around. The trees were greener than the ones at SkyClan, and Icekit could smell a variety of prey roaming the grounds. Amidst the smell of tasty prey, Icekit could detect two scents that did not match any of the prey scents he knew already. Is it a new kind of prey? he asked himself, sniffing the air.

"Hello, Icekit," a voice mewed behind him.

"Who's there?" Icekit asked as he turned around and found himself face to face with two starry cats. Then the gray tom with blue eyes said:

"Do you think Icekit is ready to hear his destiny, Skywatcher?"

"Yes, Cloudstar, the danger will come soon, he must know- you know- about Tigerstar and the Dark Forest," Skywatcher replied.

"Tell me what? Where am I? Is this StarClan? Am I dead?" Icekit asked, starting to panic.

"No, you aren't dead," Cloudstar said quickly, reassuring the kit. "You are dreaming, young one. I am Cloudstar, former leader of SkyClan, back when it was still part of the four other Clans at the forest."

"And I am Skywatcher. I helped Firestar and Sandstorm rebuild SkyClan again," Skywatcher said, his gaze never drifting away from the kit.

"But why am I here? I'm not dead, so am I just supposed to meet you or something?" Icekit asked, still confused about the main purpose of this visit.

"We are here to tell you something. Your destiny is unlike any other. Your path will shape the other cats' very own destiny. But you must remember this: There will be the time when the storm comes, and the ice will pierce the ground of the Clans," Cloudstar mewed, as he started to fade.

"Wait! Don't go!" Icekit wailed.

"Be yourself, and never let anyone change who you truly are," Skywatcher mewed, and then both cats had faded and Icekit found himself in his nest next to Littlekit and Cedarkit. He got up and headed towards Frecklewish's medicine den.

"Frecklewish?" he mewed as he walked into the medicine den.

"Yes, Icekit? You're up early. Did you graze a paw? Or get a thorn stuck in your pelt?" asked Frecklewish.

"No, I had this dream about Cloudstar and…" Icekit said, struggling to remember, "... Oh, yeah, and Skywatcher."

"Who?!" Frecklewish asked as she turned around, clearly surprised.

"Cloudstar and Skywatcher."

"How do you know their names?"

"I saw them in my dream. They told me something weird. They said 'There will be the time when the storm comes, and the ice will pierce the ground of the Clans.' Does that mean something?"

"I...I have been getting omens about these things. The sounds of cats dying, being torn apart, but there was always ice surrounding them. Always."

"Is that why you seem to be talking to Leafstar a lot?"

"Y-Yes. Icekit, you are not to tell anyone about this. I don't know what this means and I need to understand this before the Clan knows this. Understand?"

"B-Bu-"

"No 'buts' about it."

"Fine."

"Tell me about any dreams you have about StarClan. And I've got to go to Leafstar to tell her about this."

" I'm scared. What if Tigerstar is alive again? Will he come to kill me? Kill us all?"

"Don't worry. I know what you young ones think of Tigerstar. But he is dead."

" But I heard Cloudstar talk about Tigerstar to Skywatcher!"

"You are safe inside the camp. Do you think your mother would let anyone lay a claw on you? No. Now go back and get some rest, you must be tired."

"But what if he haunts my dreams? And besides, it's early in the morning. I just woke up."

"Fine, just get out of my den. I have to speak to Leafstar about this."

"All right," Icekit groaned, and turned around to exit the medicine den.

As he walked back toward the nursery, he noticed Peanutpaw heading towards his direction. His pelt was full of scratches, and his paw looked swollen.

"Peanutpaw, what happened?" Icekit asked, concerned. "It looks like you've been in a fight!"

"Nothing, Icekit," Peanutpaw said coldly. "It's none of your business."

"Um, okay…" Icekit mumbled. "I'm just worried about you, that's all."

"I'm fine, okay? Leave me alone," Peanutpaw replied curtly.

Icekit gave Peanutpaw one last glance before he resumed his journey to the nursery. What is wrong with him? he thought. Why all those scratches? Maybe he had bees in his nest or something. Icekit dismissed Peanutpaw's strange injuries and took a look around the gorge. The Clan was starting to awaken, and Icekit could hear his littermates' voices.

"Icekit! I can't wait to be an apprentice! I want to practice battle moves!" Littlekit mewed.

"Yeah! Come in the nursery! Littlekit made the biggest ball of moss ever! We can pretend that it's a rouge!" Cedarkit cried in agreement.

"Where were you this morning? When we woke up, you weren't there." Littlekit asked.

I wish I could tell you. I really do. But I promised Frecklewish not to say anything, and I have to keep my word.

"Oh, I was just walking around the camp and ran into Frecklewish. Then you guys woke up. I only woke up a few minutes ago." he lied.

"Well? Are we going to play SkyClan? I call Leafstar!" Cedarkit mewed.

"Awww! You always get to be Leafstar! In that case, I'm a rogue, stealing prey. It's fun when we attack each other," Icekit said, giggling.

"No! I don't want to Frecklewish again!" Littlekit whined.

"Hey, here comes the morning hunting patrol!" Icekit exclaimed, pointing his tail towards Sandywind, Macgyver, and Rockshade. "Let's go ask the warriors for a badger ride!"

"Yay! Why don't we attack them with our battle moves too?" Littlekit suggested.

"Totally! Three… two… one… go!" Cedarkit cried before they ran after their father.