Chapter 10

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Ravenflight felt a tugging sensation, making her dizzy. She could only assume this was what Ravenwing meant when she couldn't stay away from her body for too long. She thought about her body, lying in the medicine den, with a frantic Wolfpaw trying to heal her.

Luckystar's den vanished and she found herself looking into Ravenwing's green eyes. "Cutting it close," he snorted. "A few more heartbeats and you'd be crow-food!"

"I managed," Ravenflight retorted. The two gazed into the WindClan camp for a while until Ravenflight stood up. "I need more answers," she announced.

"Ravenflight, it's too risky!" Ravenwing protested.

"I'll be careful. My father is dead, and my mother is Luckystar. I need to find out who my father was." She mewed firmly.

"I can't stop you, can I?" Ravenwing shook his head.

"Thank you, Ravenwing, for everything." Ravenflight dipped her head before thinking about Luckystar again.

This time it took slightly longer. The moon was high in the sky by the time Ravenflight arrived at Luckystar's den in her spirit form. Luckystar was asleep, curled up in her nest. Suddenly, a thought blazed through her mind.

Can I enter her dreams?

Ravenflight thought about Luckystar's dreams, concentrating as hard as she could, and finally found herself in a meadow.

"Ravenflight?" Luckystar mewed from somewhere behind her.

Ravenflight turned around to face her mother. "Hi, mother," she said quietly.

"Mother? I'm not your mother, I'm the leader of ThunderClan and you're a WindClan cat," Luckystar argued, but Ravenflight knew she was lying.

"Stop lying," she cried sharply. "I know you're my mother!"

Luckystar hesitated. "Then...do you know who your siblings are?"

"Siblings?" Ravenflight said in disbelief. "I have siblings?"

The golden-brown she-cat nodded slowly.

"I have siblings." Ravenflight repeated. "Who was my father?" she demanded.

"A rogue. His name was Rainfall." Luckystar turned away. "You have two littermates as well as an older sister."

"Lightningstrike," Ravenflight guessed. The black she-cat often padded next to Luckystar, and a few times, at Gatherings, she had caught them nuzzling each other while talking to other cats.

"And Lightningstrike's littermate, Stormkit," Luckystar sighed.

"Stormkit died?"

"He did."

"And who are my littermates?" Ravenflight could already feel the tugging sensation again. "Quickly! I have to go!"

"Your littermates..." Luckystar paused. "Your littermates are Amberclaw and Ebonywind."

Ravenflight heard the last words like an echo before she was whipped back towards her body. Ravenwing was staring at her angrily.

"You were supposed to come back as soon as you felt the tugging!" he growled.

"I'm sorry, but now I know my littermates and my parents!" Ravenflight purred. "My littermates are Amberclaw and Ebonywind."

"Oh, Ravenflight," Ravenwing tucked his tail around her. "The truth is, I knew about that. I'm a StarClan cat, after all,"

"You KNEW?"

"I'm sorry." Ravenwing muttered one last time before disappearing.

Ravenflight sat down next to her shattered body. Her thoughts whirled around.

I have to tell Amberclaw and Ebonywind... she realized. They deserve to know. Why didn't Luckystar tell us? Why didn't she keep us?

The more she thought, the angrier she got, so she turned her thoughts to something else. Will I die? If I don't, then Wolfpaw deserves to be a full medicine cat. It's the half moon tonight, will Wolfpaw have to go by himself? Has he even been to a half moon meeting before?

Another dizzy feeling came over her. Her mind panicked.

Why am I feeling the tug? I'm next to my body, for StarClan's sake!

She was feeling so dizzy, she closed her eyes. When the dizzying feeling stopped, she opened her eyes to see Wolfpaw looking at her anxiously.

"Wolfpaw?" Ravenflight mewed, her mouth dry.

"You're alive!" he yowled. "Ravenflight's alive!"

"How long was I out?" Ravenflight meowed.

"F-four days. It's the half moon tonight." Wolfpaw replied.

Ravenflight struggled to stand up, wincing as her cut throbbed.

"Maybe you shouldn't go," Wolfpaw hurried towards her with a wad of cobwebs and goldenrod.

"Thanks, but I need to speak with StarClan," Ravenflight insisted.

"Okay." Wolfpaw agreed curtly. "I'll pack up the herb stores."

Ravenflight noticed during the time she had been unconscious, Wolfpaw had become more confident and stronger. He stood up taller. He spoke less hesitantly.  She believed it was due to the fact that Wolfpaw had cured his mentor from a wound that should have been fatal. That was good.

Ravenflight lay under a patch of ferns while she waited for Wolfpaw to come back. Soon, the dark gray tabby tom came back. He didn't meet her eye. She tilted her head, surprised.

"You know what? I don't feel well, Crowstar punished me while you were unconscious about not healing you fast enough," he dropped his head.

"I'm sure he didn't mean that," Ravenflight mewed softly.

"Whatever," Wolfpaw growled.

Ravenflight wondered what was wrong with her apprentice. One moment, he had been overjoyed at seeing her return, the next minute, he was surly and moody.

"Are you okay?" she tried again.

"I'm fine!" Wolfpaw snarled back, storming off back into the medicine den.

Ravenflight glanced past him, dejected.

"Cheer up," Tinypaw appeared at her side. "Wolfpaw's had a stressful day,"

"She's right," Mosspaw said at her other side.

"I know," Ravenflight sighed. "But it hurts. I'm also concerned about him. He's my apprentice, for StarClan's sake!"

"I know," Tinypaw sympathized. "It's hard, but he's just stressing."

"Thanks. I have an idea," Ravenflight lifted her head.

"What is it?" Mosspaw mewed.

"I'll ask Wolfpaw to share prey with me!" she purred.

"Great idea!" Tinypaw replied, also purring. "Kind of lame, but still great!"

"Our mentors are calling us, we should go," Mosspaw got to her paws. "I'll see you around, Ravenflight."

"Bye," Ravenflight padded to the prey pile and shuffled through the choices.

"Hurry up," Stonetail was waiting for her to move away.

"Sorry," she mumbled before picking a plump rabbit and taking it away to the medicine cat den.

"Wolfpaw?" she called.

"What do you want?" Wolfpaw poked his face out.

"I wanted to share prey with you," Ravenflight set the rabbit down.

Wolfpaw looked at the prey with disgust. "Disgusting. No thanks." He stalked deeper into the den.

Ravenflight's heart sank. She curled into a ball, exhausted. Why was Wolfpaw so distant with her?

"I'll be at the Moonpool," her voice cracked, and she dashed off.

Late update since I've been really busy but yeah

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