Everyone looked up expectantly at her as she proudly walked into the camp. She found an over-hang and bounded onto it. Unable to think of appropriate words, she just looked out at the already-gathered faces.

"Cats of LostClan! I have been accepted by StarClan as your leader! Now, we must establish our ranks!" she called.

Her eyes fell on Cometkit. She jumped down in front of him. "Cometkit, do you promise to be faithful to this Clan and always help and heal us in times of need?" she asked.

"I do." he nodded.

"Then, before StarClan, I pronounce you Cometstripe!" she said, putting her chin on his head. He nodded, licking her shoulder. "Blizzardkit, Maplekit, come forth!"

The two she'd called came up to her.

"I have observed you two's eagerness to help Cometstripe. Do you wish to take on apprentices, Cometstripe?"

"That would be nice, yes." her brother nodded.

"Then before StarClan, I pronounce you two Blizzardpaw and Maplepaw! Learn well from Cometstripe. Though he is new to the job, he does it well!"

Each of the two new apprentices licked her shoulder in turn. Cometkit then touched noses with them.

"Faith!"

Faith, one of the ex-kittypets, stepped forth.

"You're true to your name, and loyal to no end. So before StarClan, I dub you Faithheart!"

He dipped his head and licked her shoulder. "Wait!" she hissed as he started to move away. "Before StarClan, so they can hear and approve my choice, I choose Faithheart as my deputy!"

There was stunned silence, then murmurs of approval. Faithheart nodded, moving away.

"Velvetkit! Do you promise to uphold the warrior-code and be loyal to this Clan?"

"I do." he brother nodded, dipping his head.

"Then your name is now Velvetfoot."

He licked her shoulder.

"Hollykit! Do you so promise to uphold the warrior code?"

Ecstatically, her sister nodded. "Yes! You know I do!"

"Then from now on, you will be known as... Hollyberry!"

Hollyberry cocked her head, as if considering the name, then licked her shoulder.

"Moonkit!" She hesitated. She was a very junior leader. She didn't have any experience in making names! "Do you promise to uphold the warrior code and fight for this Clan to the end?"

He gave her a nod.

"Then you are now... Moon... Moonpelt!"

Starstar's mind was whirling as he licked her shoulder. She stared at the rest of them.

"Milekit! Do you promise to uphold the warrior code? Yes? Then you are now Miletail!" That one was easy! He had a tail longer than him!

"Dream!"

"Yes, I promise..." Dream answered before she could say anything.

"Then you are... Dreameyes!"

"Ryverkit! Do you swear to follow the warrior code until your dying days?"

"Yep."

"Then you are... Ryver... Ryver..."

"Ryverpelt!" he hissed.

"Yes, Ryverpelt!" she said gratefully.

Wolfkit became Wolftail, Nightkit became Nightpelt, Dawnkit became Dawnpool, Jewelkit became Jeweleye, Amberkit became Amberclaw, Chain remained Chain, Cherrykit became Cherrypelt, Phoenixkit became Phoenixflame, and Duskkit became Duskpelt. Starstar sighed, looking at the rest to be named.

"Kitekit, Velvetfoot! Come forth!"

They obeyed.

"Velvetfoot, you are a powerful fighter, and a dedicated cat. Kitepaw, learn well from him."

The two touched noses. She looked at the rest of the cats. "Ryverpelt, Wynterkit!"

"Wolftail, Heartkit!"

"Jeweleye, Coalkit!"

"Chain, Rose!"

"Cherrypelt, Lilykit!"

"Duskpelt, Leafkit!"

She heaved a sigh, looking at her mother, Jasmine-claw, Blazekit and Lilackit. Silverpelt mouthed the word 'elders.'

She nodded.

"These last four cats are either retired or unable to fight as warriors! So, before StarClan, I retire them to the position of elders!"

Finally, the naming of the Clan was done. Starstar heaved a heavy sigh.

"You should rest. I'll take it from here. Tomorrow you can take a group of warriors and set our boundaries." Faithheart told her.

"Hey! The boundaries are set! As long as it's inside the fence, it's ours!" she told him. "I can just take a group to scout it all out tomorrow, that's all. But thank you for taking over."

She went into the den that they'd designated for the leader and curled up in the sand.

Her dream made her toss and turn. She was trying to defend LostClan, but it seemed only half of them were there. She was facing off against another cat with others behind him. One of his paws was dark, and she guessed it was blood. But he was mostly in the shadows, so she couldn't make much out. Then the other cat leapt at her, and she was unable to fend him off. Long cruel fangs reached for her neck. She struggled, but was helpless...

Suddenly something slammed into the other cat. She could make out a collar and reinforced claws, and guessed it was Chain or Rosepaw. Then more cats came and joined LostClan, mixing and blending into the numbers. She saw Storm slip in along with them. She also saw...

Was that a dog standing with her Clan?!

"I told you I'd bring help..."

She spun around. Chain stood there, looking battered and worn. His tongue lolled out of his mouth and his sides heaved. Then his eyes rolled back up in his head and he collapsed.

When she woke up, weak sunlight was filtering through the cave entrance. She got up and ran to Cometstripe's cave. "Cometstripe! Cometstripe!" she called. "Cometstripe, where are you?"

"I'm right here, Starstar. Is something wrong?" Cometstripe mewed, emerging from a small mossy nest.

"I... think I had a vision sent to me from StarClan... I think LostClan's in danger." she mewed, feeling small and weak.

Cometstripe made her sit and tell him everything. He was confused, unsure as to what it meant as well. "Obviously LostClan gets into a fight. We can tell that much. But our forces aren't strong enough, so Chain goes for help. When he comes back, he's weak and in bad condition, but he brought the promised help. So... My guess is that LostClan will find itself locked in battle with other cats, losing badly, but then new cats come and make our side win. But we win with great loss." he mewed, shrugging.

"Starstar?"

Phoenixflame stood in the cave-mouth. "I went to bring you some fresh-kill, but you weren't in your den. I was worried, but Wolftail said he saw you run in here." he mewed, coming up to her and purring. "Is everything okay?"

She related to him the dream as well. He frowned. "Do you think that someone in LostClan will turn traitor, taking half the Clan with him?" he asked.

"That's an aspect we didn't consider..." she mewed in distress.

"Well, just bear it in mind. When the time comes, remember the dream. But until then, you need to calm down and relax a bit more."

"Okay... come with me to my den?"

Phoenixflame nodded.

They both went to the den. A sizeable rabbit lay on the ground.

"Phoenixflame... If we weren't so young... I'd ask you to be my mate..." she purred.

"Same here." he purred back, rubbing his head on hers.

"But until we're older, we can't... But will you come on patrol with me?"

"Sure."

They ate the rabbit together. After that, they rounded up a patrol and went out to see the territory they had on their paws.