"Wake up," Lavenderpaw hissed. "We're going to the Moonstream."

"The Moonstream?" Midnightpaw asked. "Why?"

"To talk to StarClan," Lavenderpaw replied. "Why else?"

"But we're apprentices," Midnightpaw protested. "We can't talk to StarClan!"

"We're also the only cats left in the Clan," Lavenderpaw pointed out. "Come on!"
"What about the kits?" Midnightpaw asked. Lavenderpaw hesitated.

"Well...we'll have to take them with us. Come on!"

Soon, the four of them, along with the three kits, were gathered outside of camp.

"Where are we going?" Blankkit asked. "Aren't we not allowed out of camp?"

"We're taking you to the Moonstream," Lavenderpaw responded. "Shh."

Lavenderpaw led the way to a small cave. A stream cut through the cave, glimmering with a blue light in the darkness.

"Now, kits," Lavenderpaw said firmly. "We are going to go to sleep now. You may look around, but you must not leave the cave or touch the water. Do you understand me?"

"Yes," Jewelkit mewed dutifully.

"Snowkit? Blankkit?" Lavenderpaw demanded.

"Yes," the others agreed, taken aback by her intensity.

"Now, the rest of you," Lavenderpaw said. "Touch your nose to the water. Lap up a little."

Midnightpaw lapped up a few droplets of the cold water. It tasted like stone and starlight, if starlight had a taste. Within a few moments, she fell asleep.