Warriors: Rosetail's Promise

Chapter 3

Ravenwing jolted awake. The first thing she did was check her neck. No cuts, though it was painful to touch it. Then, the time of day. It was still before dawn.

That was easily the weirdest dream I've ever had, Ravenwing thought. She looked over to Moonkit, who was still asleep, though she sounded out-of-breath. It didn't seem bad to Ravenwing, so she went out for a walk.

Ravenwing padded around the clearing and to the hill at the back of the SunClan camp. She didn't think about where she was going, just walked. It was her way of calming down.

Eventually she stumbled upon a drowsy Scarletfur. "You still awake?" Ravenwing whispered. Scarletfur almost never slept, it was just something odd she did.

"No. You?" Scarletfur mewed.

"Oh, you know, nothing out of the ordinary, I just got my neck cut off in some sort of vision." Ravenwing made an unconvincing smile.

"And you complained at Cherrystar about sarcasm." Scarletfur didn't inquire about the "some sort of vision" part. She respected the medicine cat's privacy.

"I just tend to get that way when I don't have enough sleep." Reminded of what she wanted to do earlier that night, she added, "Is she awake, anyway?"

"No, but I can wake her up if you like."

"You don't have nine lives, are you sure you want to do that?" Ravenwing joked.

Scarletfur stifled a laugh. "I can handle it. Cherrystar doesn't either, you know."

"No, I guess not. Y'know, we should probably try and go back to sleep."

"Maybe. See you in the morning?" Scarletfur yelled as Ravenwing walked away.

"You too."

* * *

She tried, but couldn't get a wink of sleep. It was now nearly dawn, Ravenwing could hear the other SunClan cats preparing for the patrols. Ravenwing walked out groggily and nearly into Dustclaw.

"You still dreaming?" Dustclaw said.

"No, no sleep," Ravenwing yawned. "You seen Cherrystar?"

"She's still asleep."

"Who's still asleep?" Rabbitleap interjected.

"Cherrystar," Ravenwing said deliberately. "Please mind your own business."

"Well, someone's cross today," Rabbitleap said. "An' I just saw her over on the far side of the hill, so she isn' asleep."

"You're as fast as a rabbit if you can wake up, go past the edge of the camp, and back to the middle before dawn patrols are even assigned," Dustclaw marveled.

"They don' call me Rabbitleap for nothing," Rabbitleap said proudly. Ravenwing chuckled. The smaller cat was practically overflowing with energy, and it was refreshing to Ravenwing.

"No, I guess they don't," Dustclaw agreed. "Let's go see what Frozentail wants us to do."

"Race you there!" Rabbitleap said as she took off.

"Are you a kit?!" Dustclaw yelled back. He ran after Rabbitleap anyway.

"You're both kits," Ravenwing said with a weaker chuckle. She walked over to the hill, if Rabbitleap was right, Cherrystar would be over there.

"Now you're the one that's looking tired," Cherrystar remarked as she walked out of her den. "What's up?"

"I...I had a vision last night. Before you interject, it wasn't a prophecy, it wasn't from StarClan, and it was honestly the weirdest thing I've ever experienced."