Warriors, Rescue the clans

Chapter 7

"All cats old enough to catch their own prey join me beneath the ClanRock for a clan meeting!"  All the stunned cats gathered below Atonestar, their ears pricked expectantly.   "We cannot hold this from you any longer."  Atonestar paused.  "Dewfrost, Goldenleaf, Daisyfur and Lizardwing and Stormycry from SunlightClan have powers and marks."  This was met by silence. 

    "P-powers?  Marks?"  Rabbitleap cried.  Goldenleaf turned and scraped the mud of her mark, revealing her leaf mark.  Daisyfur and Dewfrost did the same.  Rabbitleap yowled in anguish. 

    "F-freaks of nature!  StarClan has never done this before!"  Dewfrost saw the hurt blazing in his eyes.  He's upset because Goldenleaf didn't tell him about this.  Other cats shuffled awkwardly.

   "Well?"  Jaysong turned to Atonestar.  "What do we do now?" 

   "Boragepaw!"  A cat suddenly screeched from the medicine den. It was Yellowclaw.  "What's wrong?"  Atonestar cried. 

  "It's Boragepaw!  He went unconscious!" 

  "I'll check on him."  Dewfrost, relieved at an opportunity for escape, leapt off the rock and ran into the medicine den.  Yellowclaw was standing over Boragepaw, who was still.  Dewfrost put her paw on his flank, and could detect faint breathing.  She knew that he had slight greencough, that was rare in New-leaf, but nothing like this had ever happened before...except to Berryfur, an old but strong elder.  Dewfrost could remember that when she was a kit, Berryfur and gone unconscious and had...died.  She stiffened. 

"Is there anything I can do?"  She mewed.  Yellowclaw gazed at her nephew in sadness, and shook her head.  Dewfrost choked down a wail and placed her paw on the young apprentice's flank.

Then, all of a sudden, a starry figure of a grey tom with white, milky eyes, stepped towards the warrior.  His sparkling grey and blue fur gleamed and although he was blind, Dewfrost could tell he knew many things.  "It is not his time yet. Dewfrost, use your powers to enter his mind, like I used to do, many seasons ago." The starry tom stared and vanished. Dewfrost fell unconscious to the ground.  Yellowclaw, who didn't see the grey tom, hissed in frustration.

"Dewfrost? Dewfrost!"  She prodded the she-cat.  "Why is everyone always fainting!"

Dewfrost awakened in the forest featured in Borageleaf's dream, the same blind tom beside her. She recognized his description from all the great tales she had heard, and she knew it was Jayfeather, grandson of the great Firestar himself. "What in the name of StarClan?"  She turned to Jayfeather, who nodded and faded away.  Her paws were shaking in apprehension, and she saw Boragepaw up ahead.  "Boragepaw! Boragepaw!"  The brown and white tom looked up at her with misty eyes.  "Goldenleaf?  What're you doing here?"  He meowed drowsily. 

"You need to wake up!"

"Wake up?  I'm already awake."

Dewfrost growled in frustration. "No you're not.  This is a dream, and you have greencough, so you need to wake up before you go hunting with StarClan."  She stood beside him until her shadow loomed over him.  Then she leaned down and cuffed his ear. 

    "Yeeoowwrr!"  Dewfrost was awakened with a jolt with Boragepaw yowling. 

    "What in the-"  Yellowclaw started.  Boragepaw cut her off.  "Dewfrost went into my dream and cuffed my ear, it hurt."  Dewfrost rolled her eyes.  "All I did was give you a light little cuff  Good thing you're training to become a medicine cat, because you're as gentle as a mouse."  She teased.  Boragepaw growled grumpily.  Yellowclaw sat staring.

    "Boragepaw, I don't think she meant to hurt you.  In fact, she just saved your life.  I thought for sure that you were in StarClan's hands just a moment ago."  The apprentice looked up, shocked and bewildered.  Dewfrost padded over.  "He's young to know this. Leave him out of this."  Yellowclaw nodded.  "Boragepaw, go ahead with the night patrol.  I'll catch up."  Boragepaw scampered out of the den and waited until the clan meeting was over.  All the cats were still shocked, but glad now that they realized how the power could help them. 

    "Dewfrost, do you realize how powerful you and your friends are?"  Dewfrost looked down.  "This happened too soon, I'm just out of apprenticeship! I never wanted to be so powerful.  I mean, I know I've always wanted to be the best fighter and hunter, but..." 

    "Look at me." The young tabby she-cat looked up into the medicine cat's amber eyes.  "You got this power for a reason.  You are this best hunter and fighter, out of both clans, so you have this gift.  Daisyfur has the trust, Goldenleaf has the kindness and understanding, Lizardwing has incredible speed and smarts, Stormycry, well, Stormycry can be a mousebrain."  Dewfrost snorted.  "Wait but what about Larkkit?"