Moonstar was running through a field. Ready to catch a plump mouse. Then it felt as if how ever close she got she couldn't catch it. The earth under her began to melt away like ice in summer. She tried running but there was something like an invisible wall. The sound of shrieking cats and howls cut through the air like a claw through fur.Moonstar tried to run to their help but was always stopped سے طرف کی invisible walls. Then a voice blared out the rest of the noise. "Before life is all well the blossom and آگ کے, آگ will work to terrorize all." Moonstar awoke with the warmth of her mate,Jaycloud, beside her. "Moonstar are آپ ok?" he mumbled sleepily. "Yeah fine." She lied. She could still hear the howls and shrieking in her ears. She had to get out of the den. She walked out of the ماند, خلوت خانہ trying not to disturb her mate. She noticed the milky dawn light beginning to creep up on the night stars. سے طرف کی now most of the cats began too stir. The apprentices rushing to their mentors, the rustle of the honeysuckle from kits playing inside.This is my clan.She thought. There was a screech from the nursery and three kits came out. "Take that Rushkit." As they were playing a hiss came from the darkness. "Rushkit,Fuzzkit,and Fangkit get back here right now!" The three kits froze in there tracks and headed to the nursery with their tails drooping. Moonstar followed them to the nursery. As she padded into the nursery she heard the queen meow. "You will never be made apprentices if آپ keep disobeying everything I say." Moonstar purred in amusement at the sight of the three kits. "I would never do that. Beestep آپ shouldn't be so hard on them.Kits will be kits." The three kits jumped as soon as she begin to meow."Yes I know but sometimes my paws are so full I don't know what to do with them." She gave a stern look at the three kits and padded over to Moonstar. "Anyway why are آپ here." She meowed. "I came to check on Cloudflower." I meowed. I padded over to Cloudflower her two kits squirmed as I came near. "I'm ok Moonstar. Hollywind came to check on me earlier." She looked at Venomkit, the weakest one of her litterwho nearly died last leaf-bare if it wasn't for Hollywind.


"Flowerfeather, I need آپ for dawn patrol." meowed Lightheart. I had just walked out of the nursery when Jaycloud padded up to me. "Are آپ sure your okay I had to send an apprentice in there to clean up all the moss and feathers آپ moved around last night." he asked worriedly."Yeah I'm fine. I just..." She broke off as Rainymouse walked up. "I'm sorry to interrupt but there seems to be a problem." He said. I nodded to Jaycloud that I'll finish speaking to him later. " Yes Rainymouse what is it." "Well Nightclaw and Fuzzywhisker have disappeared." He کہا cautiously. "Have آپ looked near the Fangclan border?" "Yes but there scent stops by..." His voice trailed off. "What, what is it u can tell me." I brushed my tail along his shoulder. "Well the scent stops سے طرف کی the stream on Doveclan." He half whispered to himself. "WHAT!" I nearly screeched. The nearby cats began to اقدام ماؤس lengths closer. "Those crow-food eaters. But why would Nightclaw and Fuzzywhisker go to Doveclan? They were always loyal Midnightclan cats." "I know so I took our best tracker we have and I tried to find them but i had no luck." All the cats around them that could hear there conversation started gossiping among themselves. " I will bring it up at the اگلے gathering. But until then no one is to talk to any cat from Doveclan." "Yes Moonstar." He gave a quick dip of his head and padded off. " I must tell Lightheart." She whispered. She padded up to Darkfang. "Hey Darkfang have آپ seen Lightheart?" "Yeah he went on hunting patrol with Soulpaw, Foxflight, and Tunnelrock." " Do آپ know exactly where they went?" I meowed nervously. "Yes سے طرف کی the old weeping tree." "Thank آپ Darkfang." Without a reply I raced out of the camp barrier. It was good to feel the wind through my فر, سمور and the rush of running again. I almost forgot why I was out of the camp. Then the sudden shriek of cats in distress. The soft ground beneath me disappeared and was replaced with the sensation of quick sand. I tried to go help the cats but it felt like I was running in circles. Suddenly I was back in the cattails. I nearly ran into Lightheart. "May I speak to آپ in private." "Sure." He nodded to the rest of the patrol to go on. "Now what is it Moonstar that was so important آپ couldn't wait until I was back in the camp?" He asked with a glint of humor in his eyes. " Rainymouse told me that Fuzzywhisker and Nightclaw had disappeared." "Yes, Go on." "Well he کہا he and Birdfern had gone to تلاش for them and کہا there trail ended at the Doveclan stream." "What that's outrageous. They would never leave Midnightclan they have always been loyal." " I know that's whats bothering me." She didn't dare say she had heard the howls and shrieking cats in her dream. "I told Rainymouse that no cat was to say anything until the gathering." "That's good we will surprise them when we bring it up when they find out. But what if anymore cats go missing before then?" " I will go to there camp and ask them what is it they're doing with our warriors." "Alright Moonstar I will tell the patrols." I brushed my tail against his flank and padded off. I was still thinking about my dream. Was it a cat doing all this یا a whole clan. She pushed the thought to the back of her mind but she never forgot it.

Moonstar padded into the camp. Mintpaw and Mistypaw were sharing fresh kill. Darkfang was grooming his mate Goldenbreeze. She spotted Jaycloud coming back from a hunting patrol and I padded up to him. "You look exhausted come eat." He meowed. Just then I remembered how hungry I was. I sat down and began to take ravenous bites. Jaycloud sat beside me and took little bites for he had eaten this morning. When I was finished I began to wash my paws and face. Jaycloud sat beside me grooming my ruffled فر, سمور from when I was running in the woods.The دن way getting late and two dawns from now was the gathering. She would have to face Doveclan on the situation. She and Jaycloud padded to her ماند, خلوت خانہ and curled up together. While Jaycloud fell asleep as soon as he put his head down. I just laid down and stared out the entrance of the ماند, خلوت خانہ until sleep hit me like a falling tree.