Chapter 21 - The Dream
“Silversong? Is it you?” Fallenwings asked, seeing his father standing in the plush green forest. Mintleaf sat at his side. They were probably dreaming together, he realized.
“Yes my son.” Silversong replied, stars gleaming in his fur. The tom stepped forward, and more cats emerged from the shadows of the sunlit, sparkling rees.
He saw Moonflame, Smokecloud, Foxclaw, Flamebreeze, Midnightpelt, Silversong, Fadedlight, Beefrost, and one other cat. A ginger pelted she-cat.
“Russetwillow!” He pelted towards his mother, sobbing. Fallenwings buried his head in her soft fur, not caring if anyone was watching.
She purred. “Fallenwings… We have to tell you something. Go to your daughter.” She whispered.
Fallenwings backed away, slowly towards Mintleaf.
“Goodbye…” He sofly meowed, knowing he might not see her again until he too went to StarClan. He sat down next to Mintleaf and stared at the cats of StarClan. More of them stalked their way out of the trees, ones Fallenwings didn’t recognize, and ones he did. Irissun’s sister Nightstream, the old medicine cat Salmoncreek, and the other one Wolfwatcher. He saw Vinecave, an old elder who was Hollystar's mother, and Sunowl, the old deputy, Sunheart’s father. He saw Brackencloud, Shadedmoon’s son, and Doefeather and Fawndream, Eaglefeather’s siblings. He saw Cresentfall, Sunheart’s long dead mate. Lastly, he saw Hollystar in all her glory, stars glittering in her white and yellow paws. He noticed there were many others with frosty glints gleaming in their fur. They seemed almost maleficent, and fear pitted in his belly. There were hundreds of StarClan cats in front of him he didn’t know, and what would he be against them? If they attack? They wouldn't. He decided. What if they did?
“Fallenwings?” Mintleaf murmured, pressing against him nervously.
“Shhh. It's ok.” He responded, mostly to calm himself.
But then the StarClan cats opened their mouths, all together. They stepped forward menacingly.
“You must find the cats of rain, sky, moon, flame, and earth before the dark sun rises in six moons time and the clans fall once again!” The cats of StarClan chanted before them, all in sync.
“YOU MUST!”
“YOU MUST!”
“FIND THEM!”
“FIND THEM”
The StarClan cats echoed eachother.
Their voices sent shivers down Fallenwings’ back, and he again pressed closer to Mintleaf. He shrank into his fur.
A golden and brown she-cat stepped towards him.
“Find them. The future of the clans rely on you.” She murmured.
A black tom with red legs stepped towards Mintleaf.
“You need to…” He stared into her eyes.
Mintleaf shook, her fur bristling.
“You must find the other clans before the Dark Sun. Follow the rain star to find the first clan, the cats of rain.” Another she-cat had stepped forward to Mintleaf. She looked like Mintleaf, except for her brown paw. “And you, my sister, will help lead the way.”
And exactly at that moment, Fallenwings woke up.