As always, the track to the Moonpool was long and treacherous. His whole body trembled with tiredness from having spent the whole afternoon collecting herbs for the sick Shykit. The only comfort for Slenderleg now was that alongside and supporting him was his bother, Pantherclaw.

"Blushpool's kits are marvelous aren't they?"

Pantherclaw purred. "I'm dying to mentor one of them! Fircekit seems so energetic, she would be fun to have."

"Secretly, I think Shykit would make a wonderful medicine cat apprentice." Slenderleg added.

"Don't let Wildstar hear you say that, I've seen her trying to teach them how to swipe already."

"Honestly, thank starclan those kits have Blushpool to level their mother's attitude. Plus Cheetahpelt; she visits them pretty often as well. She got really exited when Blushpool became their foster mother." Slenderlegs remembered how helpful his mother had been towards the couple of she-cats by staying with the kits when they themselves where busy with their duties.

"I always suspected our mom wanted she-kits herself; she really loved Blushpool as a daughter, " reminisced Pantherclaw. "They are also very lucky to have you as their medicine cat. Those kit are going to be something."

Slenderleg nodded in agreement.

The first cat they met with was Freshleaves and Beachsand. Freshleaves' friendly eyes fell upon them and he came to Slenderleg's side. "I'll take it from here." He meowed kindly to Pantherclaw.

"Thank you." Slenderleg repplied honestly.

Pantherclaw dipped his head greatfully. "I'll leave you to your secret club now."

Slenderleg purred. "Goodbye brother."

With a final, "Goodbye," Pantherclaw turned and dissapeared.

They got to the riverbank and crossed over to the Thunderclan side, where Purplepurr, Daffodilseed and Ploverhumm where waiting for them.

Slenderleg felt more confident by seeing all of his fellow medicine cats. He realized with a pang that he'd missed them. "Don't worry, I can do the rest of the way myself." He told Freshleaves.

"You're getting stronger" Purplepurr exclaimed.

"Thank you." Slenderleg replied honestly. He took a few careful steps just to make sure he could manage, and then he quickened his step more surely.

As the medicine cats walked further upstream, they encountered the Shadowclan medicine cat, Deertoe. Behing her, Slenderleg saw a pertruding black tail with a white tip.

"Since when have you got a second tail?" Purplepurr purred as a way of greetings.

"This is my new apprentice" Deertoe anounced proudly.

The small kit came out from behind her. Her fur was long and black with a silver muzzle. The kit was almost an exact copy of Darknessbridge.

Ploverhumm stepped forward and started sniffing the kit. "Is it really young Splitkit?"

"I'm Splitpaw now." The kit replied shyly.

Freshleaf gasped. "Darknessbridge had kits without telling us? When has this happened?"

Despite how little sense that made, Slenderleg had the same thought come to him at first.

The small kit lifted her small head. "I'm Boneshadow's daughter. Darknessbridge is my father's sister."

"Your mother is Morningdew." Slenderlegs stated with understanding. "You and Evonykit stayed in Shadowclan while Steamkit and Rubykit went to Thunderclan"

Purplepurr's eyes lit up. "Of course! You were named after Halfmoon."

"And the rest after Darknessbridge, Mistpath, and Blushpool." Slenderleg finished. He tryed to picture this small kit and Morningdew, but the recemblance was almost nule. In aspect, she was identical to Daknessbridge, and she seemed to have more in common with his own cousin, Halfmoon. She carried herself the same confidence and self-assurance.

The name must be a foretelling prophecy, he thought.

"I may have an apprentice soon. She's a special one, but she doesn't know if she should be a bridge or a medicine cat, " Meowed Slenderleg out loud to the others.

Daffodilseed scoffed "No offense, but the clan has survive centuries without them so called bridges."

Deertoe nooded. "personally, I see no need for their existance at all when medicine cats are there."

"It's what Starclan wanted." Ploverhumm replied with exhasperation towards the older cats.

Freshleaves joined in "And besides, it makes sense. The clans have a violent and ugly history because of clan's rivalry. The bridges join us in peace."

"I guess we're just too old." Deertoe sighted. Daffodilseed hummed her agreement.

"Don't say that!" Panicked Splitpaw.

"Oh, don't worry, you will have to deal with my crankyness for a few more moons yet." Replied Deertoe.The older medicine cats purred.

Finnaly, the trail led them to stand before the gleaming Moonpool.

"Are you ready to accept your destiny once you meet Starclan?" Asked Daisytoe, getting stern.

"I am, " replied Splitpaw with equal seriousness.

Slenderlegs felt a tingle of pride at the young she cat. Even tough she wasn't his apprentice, a new medicine cat was a special moment to all the clans.

The cats positioned themselves around the pool. Slenderlegs licked the water and closed his eyes.

Intantly, he oppened his eyes to a familiar starry forest. Right in front of him, Runningstar stepped up.

"Three are important, their fates are sealed." he meowed, then vanished.

Vividsong was next to appear out of thin air.

"The wind will race to mend the bond." She whispered, then she too vanished.

A she-cat that he recongnized from a distant memory came next.

"A star will run in the silence of the storm. " Meowed smokeyfeather.

Three voices whispered at the same time inside his head.

"And the moon will dance away for them. "