//Calm Before the Storm//

[tigey]

Stainedleaf paced nervously inside her Leader’s Den before she spoke. Looking up sharply, she said softly, so none would overhear, Bramblestar, is something wrong? The Clans, and StarClan have been too quiet lately. I’m worried. And Bramblestar, you know we must name a new Deputy before Sunhigh. I can’t help but think…I’ve got a certain gut feeling. Stainedleaf finished reluctantly. She didn’t want to nose her way into her Leader’s matters, but the Deputy had to be named for the good of the Clan, and Bramblestar needed someone to talk to.

[:*:*:bRoKeN:*:*:]

Bramblestar sat down in her nest, so unsure. "I had a nightmare, it seemed. Something that I know StarClan would never give me..." the she-cat lowerd her head. "It was two moons ago, but at that time doom had not yet been set in its place." She looked up now, consern in her eyes. "I was in a beautiful vally, the sky was blue, the grass green. Then, out of the corners of the skys, rain came and floded all around." She took a breath, then went on. "I went down with the watter, spinning, but insted of drowning I ended up on a ledg. I saw no way of escapeing the lonely cliff, and I could not move- for if I did, I would fall. I heard so many crys around me, and soon the sky turned blood red." At this, Bramblestar sighed, but still pressed on, "A black figer from below came out of the bramble, and then, a poor kit was slain infrount of my unmoving eyes."If any had looked hard enogh, then would have seen Bramblestars eyes fill with sorrow, and dispare. "I didn't understand, but now..." Bramblestar stood tall now, and whatever look was in her eyes had vanised, and all there was was stranth. "I feel that time is near."

[tigey]

Stainedleaf's jade orbs widened in suprise. No wonder it was so hard for Bramblestar to select the next Deputy. Suppose something went horribly wrong! I don't have the slightest idea what this means yet, so all we can do is wait and hope it plays out in a wy that we can prevent it, Stainedleaf admitted, then raised her tangerine head. Perhaps a trip to the Moonstone before the Gathering, and perhaps at the Gathering we might find out if any of the other Clans havehad Prophecies, Stainedleaf suggested hesitantly.