Rainpaw shuddered. She was dreaming, but this dream wasn't pleasant. She was in a damp, foul-smelling forest. The trees were bare, and damp, squishy mud covered her paws.

Suddenly, a white-and-brown tom with unusually long whiskers padded up to her. It is Whiskerheart!, Rainpaw thought with happiness. But why are we not in Starclan?
Whiskerheart's eyes suddenly turned pure white, and his voice turned loud and clear. "Water quenches fire, but needs the sun to shine!"he yowled.

"What do you mean?" Rainpaw meowed in confusion, but Whiskerheart only disappeared. Rainpaw woke up.

"Are you ok?" Beechpaw meowed. "You were muttering in your sleep."

"Yes, I'm fine." Rainpaw meowed. She wasn't ready to tell anyone about the prophecy. Except for Sunpaw!, she thought determinedly. She beckoned him with her tail to follow her.

"What is it?" Sunpaw asked her, his eyes shining. "I had a dream." Rainpaw told him, her confidence fading. What if he doesn't believe me? She thought.

Sunpaw narrowed his eyes. "What was it about?" He asked. "Whiskerheart came to me and said that water can quench fire, but needs the sun to shine!" Rainpaw whispered quickly.

Rainpaw saw grief in Sunpaw's eyes.
"Whiskerheart came to you?" He asked impatiently.
"Yes!" Rainpaw hissed. Suddenly she heard a cat yowling in pain. "It's Fernheart!" She yowled, racing back into camp.

"Calm down, she is just having her kits!" Sunpaw meowed. "I'm still worried about her!" Rainpaw hissed.

Turtlestep, Fernheart's mate, was nervously padding back and forth outside the nursery. Rainpaw felt a stab of sympathy for him. That situation would make any cat nervous.

Finally, with what seemed like a hundred moons, Firestripe, the Medicine  cat padded out of the nursery. "Congratulations , Turtlestep. Fernheart has given birth to four healthy kits!" He purred.
Turtlestep instantly rushed to the nursery. Rainpaw could hear him welcoming his new kits.

"May we see them?" Rainpaw and Sunpaw asked at the same time. "Yes, you may." Firestripe purred.
They entered the tunnel, the warm smell of milk lingering in the air. Fernheart was gazing warmly at her four kits.

"What have you named them?" Sunpaw asked quietly. "The gray tom is Jaggedkit. The golden tabby shecat is Leopardkit, the black tom is Batkit, and the white shecat is Palekit." Fernheart purred.

"We'll leave you in peace." Rainpaw purred. Her brother and she then padded softly back to the apprentices den.

"Not so fast!" Fawnpaw hissed. "What do you want?" Rainpaw asked. "Frostwing wants to meet you near blazing-rocks!"(my version of sunningrocks) "why?" Rainpaw asked nervously. Frostwing couldn't have picked a more worse place. Blazing-rocks was crawling with foxes, badgers, and adders!
"I don't know! Why don't you find out!" Fawnpaw hissed.

Rainpaw just shrugged and headed towards blazing-rocks. She smelled the air for Frostwing's scent, but could not smell him.

Suddenly she heard snarling and she turned around to find a huge badger towering over her. It's mouth dripped with foam, and it's beady eyes shined with fury.
Rainpaw tried to run, but the badger swiped at her flank, making her crash to the ground. She tried to get up again, but this time, the badger bit down on her neck, slinging her back and forth.

She felt dizzy, and started to black out. Suddenly, a loud yowl startled Rainpaw. It was Vixenpaw! No, go get help!, she wanted to screech, but she was still being shook like prey. She faintly got a glance of Vixenpaw pouncing on the badger. She then passed out.