Chapter 18

So yeah Ashes! It's me Majesty, but I'm not staying because Keeper wrote this chapter! I did the intro too, but she'll probably tell you at the bottom of the page! Bye! *Gets sucked into a void so Keeper can take over* REMEMBER ME ASHES!

Zeldastar was sitting in the medicine den with Runningbreeze. The black medicine cat was preparing her leader for the journey. Whiskershadow was currently trying to get Vitapool from talking to the herbs.

"Vitapool come here! Stop nuzzling the coltsfoot! Vitapool!" Whiskershadow called for his mate, exasperated. He chased her out of the medicine den, and whispering to her in a hushed tone.

"Remind me again why you're leaving already?" Runningbreeze snorted, wrapping Zeldastar's herb bundle. The tortoiseshell she-cat rolled her eyes. How many times to I have to tell her?!

Zeldastar gritted her teeth, and smoothed her pelt. She set her tail on the medicine cat's back. "I'm leaving to find my brother, to bring him home. He wouldn't have gone far, so I'll be able to find him fast, besides, Wolftail took over leader while I was gone, he'll be find for another few days," she snorted. Runningbreeze nodded, and pushed the herbs over to Zeldastar.

"Eat these right before you leave, they will give strength. I have to find Whiskershadow, before he goes crazy." Runningbreeze left the den, leaving Zeldastar alone. Better eat these weird things so I can get going. Regnantstorm will come home. She ate the herbs, crinkling her nose in disgust.

As Zeldastar exited the medicine cat den, Deli pounced on her. Deli giggled as she clung to Zeldastar's fur like a burr. "Get off," she hissed. The cream and white she-cat only giggled, bring Zeldastar down. I would murder you if I didn't feel like I had to watch over you like a hawk! She's basically a kit!

"Deli get off, I need to go find my brother," she said quietly. Deli nodded sadly, and stated to pad away.

"Okie dokie Zeldastar, I'll miss you though," Deli mewed.

-Zeldastar sighed and walked out of the camp, feeling the wind ruffle her fur. Leaf-bare should be coming soon, she noted.

Smiling as she walked further away from camp, she rembered coming here as a kit. Oh, how things were different back then. I could do whatever I want, whenever I want, with whomever I want... And no stupid Moonfire to ruin anything. She smiled bitterly. I've always been a loner at heart, eh? Always will be, too. Sure, I may be a Clan cat now, but I've always preferred the freedom of the life of a loner to Clan life.

Shaking her head to clear her thoughts, Zeldastar began to think about where Regnant (She had always stubbornly refused to call him Regnantstorm) would go. Suddenly, she rembered the plateau to the north, with the vast underground cave system they had loved to explore. Good thing MemoryClan doesn't know about those caves. They're not meant to host a clan.

Zeldastar had always loved the caves, but when she had left MemoryClan she had wanted to explore the South. She and Regnant, on their many adventures back when they were inseparable (Back before Moonfire had come) had never gone too far that way, simply having their attention drawn to other places.

Zeldastar remembered that time, longed for it, longed for a time when her brother was her best friend and her partner in crime and neither of them could dream of having a mate, neither could dream of ever leaving the other.

When they were free.

Zelda bounded among the rocks, her more timid sinking following behind. "Come on, Regnant!" She huffed.

Her sibling sighed. "One day, you're going to get yourself Stuck In A Moment You Can't Get Out Of(1). Reprobate," He added.

The tortoiseshell grinned at him. "Yeah, well you'll be stuck in that moment right next to me."

"Stuck in Vertigo(2), Where The Streets Have No Name(3)? I think I'll pass, thank you very much."

"Heh, sure you will- Woah, Reg, check this out!"

"What is it- Oh, wow indeed." Her brother breathed, coming up beside her.

In front of them loomed a cave, black and dark but with an air of mystery to it that simply called out to the duo to explore it. They could see a little ways in, and it looked fascinating- Stalactites and stalagmites everywhere, strange rock formations and all.

And so they had gone in that day, and been fascinated by the rock formations, and the different colors, and occasionally strange marking on the wall resembling two-legs. And then night had fallen and they had slept in the cave, Regnant finding some moss growing on the walls that they used for makeshift bedding.

The next day, they had gone deeper, finding a beautiful, magnificent, enormous chamber that held a waterfall that spilled out from a gaping hole near the ceiling and fueled a lake. They had spent the rest of the day there, marveling in the strangeness and awe of it all.

They had left the day after, but returned a few sunrises later, and so the cycle went on, and one time they had found a chamber filled with strange crystals on the walls. Another time they had found a strange assortment of bones in another cave. There were many other discoveries, too- And Zeldastar was sure that the age still held some other age-old secret, one they hadn't found yet, and another after that and so on.

And so it was that Zeldastar found herself wandering through the halls of that same cave, marveling over everything even though she'd seen it s thousand times before. Her paws eventually led her to the chamber with the waterfall, that same chamber they had found all those moons ago when they were young. All those moons ago, when Sanguis was just a warning to not go into a certain part of twolegplace, when Regnant had put Zelda above anyone else.

And, as she entered that cave, the sound of the waterfall filling her ears, she saw Regnant himself perched on a stone ledge overlooking the lake. "Regnant?"

Her brother turned sound, shock evident in his green eyes that were identical to hers.

"Zelda?"

1 through 3- Any U2 fans in here? Yes? No?

A/N: WOW U2 REFERNCES GUYS

Anyway. I'm... Actually not sure what this chapter is supposed to be. I just kinda let my mind take over, and... Yeah. This happened. So I'm not too sure on how I feel about it, but hey, it's here. :P It was fun to write though, I find it interesting to see Zelda's thoughts as well as seeing the relationship between her and Regnant.

So... I've been popping up a lot lately, haven't I? XD Sorry about that. (Annnnd I just typed that in a British Accent.)

So thanks to Majesty for letting me write this little scene, and thanks to all her fans for supporting the series. Really, this book needs more comments.

Best Wishes,

-Keeper of the Starry Night