Chapter 37

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Foxflame sleepily blinked open her eyes and yawned, showing her long white teeth and pink tongue. She stretched out her long ginger and white legs and looked around. The colorpoint was on a clear grassy hill, tree lines surrounding the sides. Foxflame looked at the grass beneath her paws and realized that it was lined with star-like sparkles. A slight breeze ruffled her ear fur and brought the smell of cold, wet stone. It was the smell of starlight. Her heart started pounding with mixed emotions as she took in where she was.

I haven't been here in forever!

The sound of paw steps arose from behind her. The bushes rattled and swished and Foxflame slowly backed away. A red paw stuck out of the undergrowth. It was quickly followed by the rest of the ginger cat. It was a she cat. Her fluffy tabby fur looked like melted roses and her blue-gray eyes shone like diamonds. Muscles rippled under her glittering pelt with StarClan youth as she walked. Foxflame's breath caught in her throat as she stared, as still as a tree. Then she let out a joyous wail.

"Mother!"

She leapt toward her and stuck her muzzle into the tabby's shoulder fur.

"M-Mother I've missed you so much!" She cried

The ginger she cat licked Foxflame's ginger ears and nuzzled her head.

"I've missed you, too, my little Fox," She whispered

Foxflame's muzzle was still deep in her mother's red fur.

"Come, darling," The tabby meowed quietly "Follow me."

Foxflame backed away and let the she cat lead her to the top of the rise. Her mother laid down in the grass and she did as well. She laid her head down on her paws and her mother's long and feathery fur tickled her pelt. At once she was thrown back to the time when she was suckling at this queen's belly, when it was just them and her father, before Juniperfrost was born, before she met Wolftail, before she led a Clan... Before Terror. Foxflame looked up into the dark ginger cat's gray orbish eyes and realized that they were a gray scaled version of Daisymist's. A huge flood of emotions crashed into her like a wave.

"Oh Mother, " Foxflame sobbed, shoving her muzzle back into her fur

The red cat's tongue rasped over Foxflame's head as she cried.

"E-Everything..." She wailed "I can't do it anymore! So many lives lost because of my rejection!" Foxflame continued to sob

Her mother continued to groom her head soothingly.

"It's alright my darling," she whispered sadly "I'm here."

The ginger and white she cat continued to cry, until the wave seemed to calm a little.

"I wish that I was a kit again," Foxflame whispered with a sniff

Suddenly, the bushes started to twitch. It was small and soft, but then a tiny orange bundle popped out. It jumped up and hopped on stubby little striped legs. Foxflame began to choke on the air in her windpipe.

"Mama!" The starry shape shouted

"M-My baby!" The flamepoint managed to choke out

She stood up and leapt to the ginger kit running towards her.

The white she cat showered her kitten in licks. He rubbed up against her long legs and she picked him up and carried him to to her mother. Foxflame laid down next to the red she cat and her baby nestled in beside the curve of her belly. She started to cry again.

"Don't cry Mama," the little tabby mewed "I'm okay. Blossom is taking care of me now!"

Foxflame slowly rubbed the top of the kit's head with her nose and then looked back up to her mother.

"Thank you, Mother, for taking care of Flamekit." She mewed gratefully

Blossom smiled "He is a bundle of energy," She laughed "I can tell you that."

Foxflame started grooming the kit beside her belly. An ache seemed to stab through her heart.

"I-I wish that you could be with me forever," Foxflame whimpered longingly "Like this."

She heard Blossom let out a sigh and felt her stand up behind her.

"Foxflame." She said firmly

"Yes, Mother?"

"There will be great death today, but tomorrow great joy." The tabby stated, staring off into the distance "Make good decisions, Foxflame. The fate of your Clan depends on it."

Foxflame felt a knot tie in her stomach. Blossom turned back down to face her, and her eyes looked like hard ice.

"Wake up now, Fox, your Clan needs you."

Suddenly, the they started to fade. Foxflame instinctively reached and grabbed Flamekit, holding him tight between her paws. Within seconds she looked down and Flamekit was gone, replaced by empty air. Shimmerkit and Barkkit were asleep next to her. As she looked out the nursery entrance, Foxflame was horrified to hear the sound of a screech ring through the forest.

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