A Tale Of Stars Book 1, Weathering with you

Chapter 9, overcast

As FallenMist dragged her back, Solar clawed desperately, trying to escape. "Solar calm yourself!"he said, dropping the cat. "My brother!" Solar whined, looking as though she was going to jump back down. Sun rushed over, brushing against the she.

"Breath Solar...what happened." Sun whispered gently. "He...the water took him..." she muttered. Sun was silent, he looked to his friends for help. Lagoon just shook his head sadly.

Mountain froze up, trying not to break down. Water had already broken down, And Raven was in shock. He looked back to Solar, who was laying down with tears rolling onto the stone. He laid beside the she, doing his best to comfort her.

Solar looked at him with teary eyes before hiding her head in his pelt. FallenMist sighed before padding away to tell the group. The group would be staying here until the flood water went away, so they'd be here for about a moon. Solar would be 10 moons by the time they left.

And Raven would be a full hunter. It hurt Solar to think that her brother wouldn't be with her when she became a fighter. Wouldn't be by her side as she pictured. He left her alone in this group, torn apart by the shadows of the valley.

It hit Solar then. This valley was being broken by the groups, and they needed clans, they needed them now. She got to her paws, looking into the water below. But her next mission could wait, first she needed to survive the pain of this one.

She'd pad away, sun close at her heels. She knew where she was going. FallenMist, seeing his trainee leave, followed behind her. She marched straight to Star river, padding into the cave below.

She looked at her reflection, and sun's as he sat beside her. Sun's was of a black Tom with blue eyes. FallenMist didn't step forward. "Solar what is this place...?" Sun asked, a bit scared.

"This would be star river, the place where the clan cats used to talk to their ancestors before the groups grew." FallenMist explained. He stepped forward, he reflection was the same, only slightly different markings on his paws. Solar added that to the list of things to ask FallenMist about. She looked at her own reflection, the sliver she.

"Tell me what I need to do!" She pleaded, swiping at the reflection. Suddenly, her reflection moved, clawing its way out of the water. And emerging as a starry cat. Solar backed up, along with sun.

"Swift heart.." FallenMist purred, nuzzling the cat. "Hello FallenMist," the starry cat said in return. "You know her?" Solar asked. "Of course I do, she was a hero of the forest when I was a kit." He explained.

Solar looked to the starry cat for an explanation. "The clans where trying to take each other over, I stopped them with my sister, adder tail." She purred. Solar blinked at the she, amused by the story. "Can I see my brother." She asked, remembering why she was here.

"No Solar, he is resting now.." she said sadly. "So he is with you.." she sighed, her ears dropping. Sun wrapped his tail around the she-cat. SwiftHeart nodded, he eyes shining with sadness.

"Indeed he is, now then...is that all you needed me for?" SwiftHeart asked, sitting down. "No, I need to know what you guys want me to do." She said, a slight hiss in her voice. SwiftHeart stared for a moment. "You Solar, need to bring the clans back to the valley." The group went silent.

FallenMist was staring at his trainee with a bit of shock, while sun had just dropped his jaw. Solar was a bit shaky. She had a feeling that this is what she needed to do. She just didn't want it to be true.

The thought of doing something that big was crazy to her. But she sucked it up. "Alright then. I'll do my best SwiftHeart." Solar meowed, almost whisper like. SwiftHeart nodded.

"Good luck SolarPaw." She purred before stepping back into the water. Solar rushed over to the water looking, her reflection was once again SwiftHeart. "SolarPaw huh?" Sun said with a slight smile. Solar smiled.

"Maybe some day Sun, for now. I think I need to talk to the others." Solar meowed. "I'm not sure about that Solar.." FallenMist muttered, sitting beside the she. "What, why?" She asked, confused. "Your group also lost an important member, give them a bit to recover and decide what you can do in the meantime." FallenMist explained, trying to say it in a way that wouldn't cause a Solar breakdown.

Solar pinned her ears again before sighing. "Alright then, I'll tell them when they're all back on their feet." She muttered, kind of agreeing with the old Tom. She needed to recover, she just wanted to keep herself busy so she couldn't think of it. And making the clans return to the valley would diffidently make her busy.

She became to pad out of the cave and back to the group, FallenMist behind her and Sun beside her. Solar quickly licked Sun's head as a thank you for trying to help her. He just smiled at the she-cat. Once they arrived at the group, Solar decided the first thing she'd do is find Raven.

She padded around until she found the black cat, laying in one of the temporary dens. Solar laid beside the Tom licking his head. She didn't say nothing, nothing needed to be said and it would just make the pain worse. So instead she started grooming the toms pelt in rhythmic strokes, offering her support.

She'd lay with the Tom until he eventually drifted away into sleep. Even they she lay beside him. Both of the cats where deeply effected by Virgo's death, and it was nice to be in a cat company that felt the same. She laid her head down as mountain walked in.

She had to remind herself that he wasn't a trainee anymore, but yet the Tom laid beside them. His fluffy tail wrapping around both of them. Lagoon padded in after him, going behind the group and laying on their backs. After lagoon was Water and Sun.

Sun laid next to Solar, licking her pelt gently as water curled up in the fluff of mountain. Solar smiled, it was good her friends where with her. But she missed her brother, in a time like this, she'd be laying her head on his back as he laid in front of them. She sighed, laying her head down once again.

Sun gentle grooming made her tired. And eventually she drifted to sleep, leaving the word behind.