Sunheart padded out of Bramblestar's den with Vineleaf right behind her. Had she heard Bramblestar right? Or was she just dreaming? Vineleaf seemed as calm as ever. Sunheart stopped at the bottom of the Highledge. I can't do this! I'm mad if I think I can!
Vineleaf noticed her and turned to face her sister. "Sunheart, whether you like it or not, it's the truth. StarClan wouldn't have chosen you if they didn't think you could do it," Vineleaf soothed. She then padded off to the medicine den. Sunheart padded to the nursery. Her kits were waiting for her outside. Daisy was sitting with them.
"Hi Sunheart," Daisy greeted, but then her happy looked turned to one of concern. "Are you ok?"
"Yeah, I'm just tired. Could you watch Firekit and Swiftkit while I rest?" Sunheart asked.
"No problem, Sunheart. You just rest," Daisy answered.
"Thanks Daisy," Sunheart meowed before entering the nursery. She curled up in her nest and tried her best to sleep. After awhile of lying there awake she finally fell asleep, but when she opened her eyes she found herself on the island. She sat up and glanced around. The clearing was empty. At least, at that moment it was.
"Sunheart," Sunheart jumped and wipped around to see a starry furred flame colored tom with green eyes. "I'm Firestar."
Sunheart blinked and her mouth gaped. "It's a pleasure!" she meowed. I can't believe I'm meeting Firestar!
"I understand you don't believe you can fufill your part of the prophecy," Firestar meowed.
Sunheart bowed her head. "I really believe StarClan has chosen the wrong cat," she mewed.
Firestar padded past her and signaled with his tail. "Come. There's something you need to see." Sunheart padded beside him as the island blurred around them to be replaced by a clearing Sunheart had never seen before. Four trees sat together with a large rock. Sunheart stared in confusion.
"Where are we, Firestar?" Sunheart asked.
Firestar kept silent and flicked his tail to the other side of the clearing. Sunheart then realized there were cats standing there. Sunheart gasped when she realize Firestar was at the head of the group, leading them. The group he was leading though was far too big to be just one Clan. Sunheart then turned and saw another large group of cats. Most of them had collars with teeth sticking out. Sunheart noticed a smaller black tom at the head of the group. His eyes were cold and emotionless. He had a battle hungry look on his face.
"Firestar what is this?" Sunheart demanded.
"The battle with BloodClan," Firestar answered. Sunheart's eyes widened and she turned her gaze back to the black tom. So that must be Scourge.
Scourge then turned to his cats. "BloodClan! Attack!" he yowled and his cats surged forward.
"LionClan! Attack!" Firestar ordered and the clearing burst into battle. Sunheart reconized some of the cats. She spotted Graystripe, Dustpelt, Sandstorm, Bramblestar, Cloudtail, Brightheart, Brakenfur, Onestar, Blackstar, Mistystar, and Tawnypelt. Sunheart then saw a cat limp out of the bushes and lead a wounded warrior back with her.
Sunheart narrowed her eyes. "Cinderheart?"
Firestar shook his head. "No, that's Cinderpelt," he meowed. "Many cat's you know now were in this battle, but some have grown since now. Bramblestar was Bramblepaw and Tawnypelt was only an apprentice as well. Blackstar had yet to recieve his nine lives and his name so he was Blackfoot. Mistystar was Mistyfoot and Onestar was Onewhisker." He then began to motion to cats as he said their names. "Then there was the RiverClan leader Leopardstar, and the WindClan leader Tallstar."
Firestar then led her over to where Firestar and Graystripe crouched grieving for a white tom that had just died. Firestar then named Graystripe his new deputy and Sunheart then knew who the white tom was. Whitestorm.
Firestar then leaped forward toward Scourge, but Scourge got the better of him and claimed his first life. Scourge let out a yowl of triumpth and dashed back into the battle. It wasn't long before Firestar got to his paws again and found Scourge again. The BloodClan leader was attacking a young Cloudtail. Firestar leaped and dealt the final blow to Scourge. The other BloodClan cats then fled the clearing.
"What does this have to do with anything?" Sunheart asked.
"Fire alone will save our Clan," Firestar murmured his old prophecy before signaling for Sunheart to follow him once again. The forest then blurred and cleared again to reveal six traveling cats. Sunheart Instantly reconized Bramblestar, Tawnypelt, Squirellflight, and Crowfeather, but the other two cats she didn't reconize. One looked oddly like Graystripe.
"Firestar, who are those two cats?" Sunheart asked.
"Stormfur and Feathertail, the kits of Graystripe and Silverstream," the leader answered. "These cats brought their Clans to their new home by the lake, but some didn't make the whole journey. Feathertail's destiny lied in the mountains with the Tribe and Stormfur decided to stay with them because of his love for the prey hunter Brook."
The vision then blurred again and they were back at the island. "Firestar, why'd you show me that?" Sunheart asked.
"Each contained a prophecy, and the cats didn't believe they were right for it, but they pulled through," Firestar answered. "And so will you, but there is still one more story you need to hear."
"What story?" Sunheart asked, waiting for the clearing to change again but it never did.
"It's best if you hear it from the cat itself," Firestar meowed. "When your kits are apprenticed, journey to SkyClan in the distant gorge and ask Leafstar what she thought when she was chosen to be leader of her Clan."
"SkyClan? But how do I even know where to go?" Sunheart asked.
"Sandstorm knows the way," Firestar meowed before he began to fade. "Remember, Sunheart. You're never alone. Your warrior ancestors will walk beside you always." With that Sunheart woke up.
