Heather woke up with a start. She looked around frantically, then realized she was safe in the Nursery. She flattened her spiked fur, and set her head on her paws. She tried to remember what her nightmare had been about, but all she seemed to recall was the battle yowl. She sighed, and glanced over at her brother. He was sound asleep. A leaf floated down and landed on his head. Grass only flicked an ear. Heather gave a small smile, and stood up, stretching. She padded out into the clearing. Suddenly, her vision turned black, and she was in a battlefield. Cats lay dead around her. She looked in horror as a black tom slashed at Blossom, and Falcon. She was able to make out his red eyes before the vision ended, and she was back in the clearing, feeling shocked and shaken. The kit looked around, then dashed to Moss's den. "Moss! Moss! Where are you?!"

The light grey she-cat lifted her head. "Heather? What's going on?"

Heather pricked her ears and looked over. "There you are! Listen, I have to tell you this." She described her vision to Moss.

Moss sat up. "I fear a great evil is coming. You did a good thing to tell me."

"What are you going to do?" Heather asked, seeing she was getting up.

"I'm going to tell Blossom. If your vision is to come true, then we will need to band together with Hawkclan."

Heather blinked. 'What? I can't take this! What if it doesn't come true?' She became swamped in her own doubtful thoughts, drowning in them.

Moss looked over. "Hey. It'll be fine, trust me."

Heather looked over. "R-Really?" Her legs were shaking.

"Yes, really. Calm down. Go back to the Nursery. Our camp is the larger of the two, so Hawkclan will be coming here. If it makes you feel better, I'll say that I had the vision. Okay?"

Heather nodded. "O-Okay…" She backed out of the den, and made her way to the entrance of the camp. She decided to just let her paws take her wherever. Soon, she realized that she was at the border of Flowerclan's territory. She looked around, wondering why her paws brought her here, of all places. Suddenly, the bushes rustled. Heather dove for cover, peering out from behind a tree. A mouse darted out from the bushes, pursued closely by Leaf. The brown she-cat pounced, and caught the mouse, bending down and swiftly snapping it's neck. She purred in satisfaction.

"What are you doing on our side of the border?" A blue-grey she-cat stepped out from behind some trees next to Leaf. Heather recognized her as Ocean, Hawkclan's deputy.

Leaf jumped, her fur fluffing up. "Wha- oh. I didn't mean to cross the border, I'm sorry."

Ocean snorted, holding her tail up. "As if. You clearly knew what you were doing."

Leaf looked a little stunned. "What? No, I promise, I didn't me-" She was abruptly cut off, as Ocean darted toward her, slicing her neck with her claws. Leaf fell to the ground with a thud, her yellow eyes still open, portraying shock.

Heather flattened her ears, and widened her eyes with shock as well, her body shaking.

Ocean flicked her tail, and licked her paw, before turning around and walking off.

"No….no….no no no no no!" Heather stammered, backing away in horror. She turned and sprinted off, fast as the wind, Leaf's face as she hit the ground replaying over and over in her head. She burst into camp, and ignoring all the surprised faces, dashed into the Nursery. "Leaf's dead!" She shouted, tears streaming down her face.

Daisy looked up in surprise. "Heather? What are you saying?"

"Leaf's dead! I saw her die!" The kit repeated, shaking.

Daisy got up and went over, wrapping her tail around her kit. "Shh. Shh. Calm down. It's okay. Now, are you telling the truth?"

Heather nodded. "Yes...I went to the border, Leaf caught a mouse, Ocean came out, and she killed her. She killed her, Momma!"

Tears began to form in Daisy's eyes. She knew it wasn't possible to convey this much emotion in a lie. Leaf, Cloud, and Bear were also her kits, the father Pine. She rested her head lightly on Heather's murmuring comfort.

Grass woke up. "What's going on?" He meowed sleepily. Daisy quietly told him.

There was a commotion at the camp's entrance. A border patrol had gone out, and found Leaf's body. The patrol brought her back to camp. Blossom emerged from her den, shortly followed by Moss. She looked at Leaf's body, and her fur bristled. She leapt to the top branch of the large tree, and called for a clan meeting. Heather, Grass, and Daisy padded out to hear.

"I'm sure many of you know by now, but if you do not, Leaf is dead. She was found by a border patrol. We are uncertain as to who or what killed her, but we must carry on. She will have a vigil tonight. Also, Moss has had a vision. She believes that it insists that we join together with Hawkclan. Tomorrow, Thorn will assemble a patrol to go over to Hawkclan and tell them of this request. Hawkclan will be coming here, so in the meantime we should make our dens larger, to accommodate the large amount of cats that will be staying here. That is all."

Daisy ushered the kits back into the Nursery. "Alright, you two. Play with River and Tiger, okay?"

Heather looked over to the older kits. "Okay…."

River bounded over. "Hey! Whasup?"

Tiger followed. "It's 'what's up', not 'whasup'."

River turned to his brother. "Wanna go?"

Tiger grinned, and crouched. "Any time."