Echo & Lark

Prologue
A tiny pale gray she-cat padded up to her mother and siblings, they were cold to the touch, blood welled around them. "Mama!" screeched the tiny kit, she heard the braking of the dog who had did this and was forced to run.

"Mama..., Mint... Poppy..." she kept saying there names over and over again. the rain poured down heavily making her cream spots a brown color. She closed her amber eyes, filled with sadness and hunger.

She heard paw steps. she squeaked and ran to the cover of a root. "Why are you running away?" a voice came, it sounded like a kit voice. "I'm not going to hurt you, I want to help you."

The she-cat began to creep out from under the root. "There you are." said the voice, at her side a few paces away stood a pale gray almost white she-cat with faint tabby stripes her green eyes full of pity.

The she-cat squealed and hid back under the root. "Its okay, here I caught this mouse for you." she mewed placing the mouse at the root.

The she-cats belly growled and she couldn't help but come out. she ate the whole mouse in just a moment.

"Thank you." her mew shook even though her belly didn't feel any better. "My names Lark. Whats yours?" the pale tabby she-kit asked, cocking her head to one side.

"I'm Echo." the gray cream speckled she-kit replied. "That's a pretty name." Lark edged her way closer. Echo went deeper under the root. "Don't worry I'm going to take care of you."

Chapter 1
Echo ran as fast as she could through the forest, she was seven moons old now. she glanced behind her to see if Lark was there, she wasn't. she turned her head back in front of her to see Lark fling at her and they both fell on the ground play fighting.

They stopped panting. Echo lied her head down on Lark side. the pale tabby felt like nothing on her cheek.

"What should we do next?" Lark asked standing up. "Hmm, lets be scary monsters come to eat each other!" Echo mewed. "Yes!, I'll go first!, you chase me!" Lark meowed and began to run like the wind.

Echo ran after her much slower. even when Lark was close, Echo never seemed to catch up to her.

She felt like something was watching her to look at her back to see Lark sitting there with a look of laughter.'' I can't feel her paws or her fur. ''Echo thought to herself. "Lets play something easier." Echo meowed.

"Okay, oh! how about with that feather right there?" Lark asked pointing her tail at a feather laying on the mossy ground. "Okay!" Echo fetched it while Lark waited beside a willow tree.

"Got it!" Echo yowled, threw it if the air. they tossed it around when it suddenly snapped. Echo froze staring at it. "what are you waiting for?" Lark asked. "Its broken." Echo meowed. "We can still play." Lark mewed. "Its broken I don't want to play." Echo snapped.

"Okay, okay, lets just find something else to do." Lark meowed. she padded up to Echo and nuzzled her, Echo feeling nothing, but purred anyway. they walked of together in search of something new to play with.

Chapter 2
"What shall we eat tonight?" Echo asked Lark. "Pike!" Lark mewed. "Yes!" Echo agreed. "Okay, lets go to the river." Lark led the way.

At the river, Echo smelled a strange scent, but didn't think anything of it. "Okay, you stay here, while I go catch it." Lark told her and padded down to the river.

Echo was sitting alone when she heard a twig snap. "Lark?" she called, but no one answered. suddenly a small black tom padded out of the undergrowth, he had one green eye, the other gold. he stopped when he saw her.

Lark suddenly appeared standing beside Echo, the tom taking no notice to the she-cat. "Who are you and what are you doing here?" the black tom asked wary.

"I'm Echo and this is Lark, we were catching a pike to eat tonight." Echo responded. the black tom looked around. "There's more? where?" he asked. "Shes right next to me." Echo mewed, confused. the tom looked confused too.

He then nodded slowly. "A... huh... my names Wetpaw." the tom mewed. "You and Lark shouldn't be living out here alone, come with me." Wetpaw meowed and began to pad away.

Echo looked at Lark. "Lets fallow." Lark led her after Wetpaw

They fallowed the tom cat to an entrance with boulders on each side. a sand colored she-cat stood there, her amber eyes widen when she saw Wetpaw.

She nodded and allowed them in, fallowing close behind. the she-cat went to a tunnel at the far side of a pine clearing, it looked like a den, a tall bramble tunnel.

More cats came out of their dens eyeing the cats. then at last the sand she-cat came back fallowed by a tall brown she-cat, her green eyes friendly.

"I see you've found the cat that has been coming by the river to fish," she meowed to the black tom then swayed her broad head to Echo.

"What's you're name?" she asked, "I'm Shadestar." the she-cat added. Echo felt tiny next to the huge she-cat. "M-my names Echo and this is Lark." Echo mewed pointing her tail to Lark sitting next to her.

Shadestar shifted her head to Lark then blinked and cocked her head to one side, as if trying to think. she moved up again.

"You're to young to be living alone," Shadestar began. "Why don't you stay here in NightClan for now? at lest until you're old enough to live alone." she finished.

"A- well I have to talk with Lark before anything happens." Echo mewed. "Okay, you do that over there." Shadestar meowed with a sorry looking glance at Echo.

Echo padded over to some dropping ferns and sat down beside Lark. "What should we do? should we stay or go? Echo asked the pale she-cat.

"I think we should... stay." Lark picked. "Really? okay." Echo mewed and padded back to Shadestar Lark at her side. "We chose to stay here." Echo meowed.

"Great then, before it gets to late i'm going to make you an apprentice, Wetpaw can tell you about that later." Shadestar mewed padding over to a small maple tree in the center of the camp.

"Let all cats old enough to hunt gather." Shadestar yowled. there was almost no need to do that since half the camp was out already.

"A loner, Echo, has decided to join the ranks of NightClan as an apprentice." Shadestar turned her huge head to Echo. "Echo, from this day on you will be know as Echopaw your mentor will be Sandymoss. I hope she will pass down all she knows to you." Shadestar finished. the sand colored she-cat stepped forward and nuzzled her nose to Echopaw's.

"Echopaw! Echopaw!" the clan cheered the new cats name. "Wait what about Lark?" Echopaw asked glancing at Lark. the clan started whispering to each other casting fearful, sad, questioning looks at Echopaw.

"A- you see... Lark..a.. you can make Lark an apprentice yourself!" Shadestar finished quickly. "Okay." Echopaw mewed then turned to Lark, Lark's green eyes shining.

"Later." Shadestar meowed. "Right now take a nest and Sandymoss will start your training in the morning." Shadestar meowed going back to her den. the other cats began to go to there dens as well.

"Fallow me." Wetpaw mewed leading them to a clump of bracken and they squeezed in to an open cool den with stone floors and dips with moss, ferns, and bracken.

"This ones yours." Wetpaw meowed pointing with his paw to a soft looking nest and then he plopped onto his own. annoyed Echopaw spoke. "What about Lark?" she asked. "She can sleep in any one she wants." Wetpaw grunted.

Lark pick a nest right next to Echopaw's and curled up next to her. Echopaw fell in her nest and curled up with her tail over her nose. Why is Lark such an outcast here?

Chapter 3
"I name you Larkpaw! I will be your mentor." Echopaw squealed. "Yes! Yes! Yes!" Larkpaw cried loudly. they were waiting for there mentors to come, Wetpaw was there too, staring at Echopaw.

Echopaw turned to him. "What are you looking at?" Wetpaw looked away quickly. "Nothing, nothing at all." Wetpaw muttered.

They were in a small hollow, with oak trees around it the ground was mossy and had dead leaves on it. Sandymoss came out with Wetpaw's mentor, Hollysky.

"Let's begin," Sandymoss began, "You've told h- them what everything is right?" she asked glaring at Wetpaw. "Hun?" Wetpaw replied.

"I'm guessing no?" Hollysky asked annoyed. "Oh yeah I did." Wetpaw mewed. "Okay then let's start with something easy like hunting." Sandymoss meowed looking at Echopaw.

"You try to catch something." Echopaw whispered to Larkpaw. Larkpaw went off in search of something.

Echopaw fallowed. Larkpaw carried a small finch and placed it in front of Sandymoss. "Good job Echopaw." she mewed to the gray she-cat.

"What? but Larkpaw got it, not me."Echopaw mewed to the she-cat. Sandymoss shared a glance with Hollysky then turned back to her apprentice. "Good... Larkpaw." she muttered with an edge.

"Say, Let's go battle training!" Wetpaw screeched and ran around an oak four times then stopped and hopped on a tree stump and ran around some more.

 "Okay! let's go." Hollysky led them away for battle training.

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The night was chilly as Echopaw and Larkpaw walked together, there tails curled around each other. "Why does no one look at me? and when you mention me they look at you like your crazy..." Larkpaw had been saying.

"I've been wondering the same." Echopaw mewed. "Don't worry you'll be fine." Echopaw led them through thick brambles.

She looked at Larkpaw, her pelt glowing in the moon light. I can notice her, but why can't the others?

Chapter 4
Echopaw sat alone in weak sunshine. the forests trees had few leaves the only ones left were brown or red. Echopaw turned her head at her side to see Larkpaw.

"Hi Larkpaw." she meowed annoyed. "Can I sit with you?" Larkpaw asked. "A.. well I kinda need some a... alone time right now." Echopaw mewed.

Larkpaw's eyes grew hurt. "But I want to be with you!" she wailed. "Please Larkpaw, we can hang out later." Echopaw growled. Larkpaw didn't look any better.

"I want to be with you now, remember our promise? to never be away from each other?" Larkpaw asked. "Well yeah but we were just kits at the time, did you ever think that was going to last?"

"We've almost never left each others side, so I thought it would." Larkpaw meowed. Echopaw sighed. "Fine."

Larkpaw happily huddled next to her. "So I was thinking we could play something," Larkpaw began. "And we cou-"

"Not right now." Echopaw meowed cutting Larkpaw off. "What? but you've never said no before..." Larkpaw trailed off.

"Larkpaw, I don't want to, we can later." Echopaw meowed annoyed. Larkpaw scrambled up a tree and looked down at Echopaw sadness in her eyes.

"Fine, we can play." Echopaw sighed. as soon as the words came out of her mouth Larkpaw landed on the ground.

"What should we do?" she asked excitedly. "I don't know, moss ball?" Echopaw asked. "Yes! I'll get the moss." Echopaw waited for the she-cat to return.

She did so a moment later with a clump of moss in her small jaws, her eyes shining. she let it slid on to her front paw and then threw it up into the air.

Echopaw leaped for it but it tumbled down a hill at there side. "I'll get it." Echopaw squeaked as she thundered after the moss.

She began to half fall half run until she was fully falling. she screamed and her nose hit the ground and earth got in her mouth.

She spit in out and looked around. it didn't smell like NightClan. she heard crashing behind her to see Larkpaw fall on the ground.

She stumbled up and looked around. "Where are we?" she asked. "I don't know." Echopaw meowed. she sniffed the ground. "Hey!" they heard a voice behind them and turned around to see Wetpaw.

"What are you doing here?!" he asked fear in his eyes. "We fell, why? where are we?" Echopaw asked. "We are in EagleClan!" he half screamed half whispered.

"Oh what should we d-" Larkpaw began they was cut off by a cat jumping on Echopaw's back. another jumped on Wetpaw. Larkpaw leaped onto the warrior.

The warrior didn't move as she attacked him, then the tom turned to look at the sky, the sun had clouds coming over it. the tom screeched and fell off of Echopaw and looked up fear in his eyes.

The she-cat who was pinning Wetpaw to the ground looked up at the tom. "What?" she asked a bit worried. "Hey, yeah so, can you chat off of me at the very lest?" Wetpaw mumbled.

"Shut up rat turd!" the she-cat hissed then turned back to the tom. "What is it?" she asked again. the tom made his way over to whisper into the she-cat's ear.

Echopaw briefly caught his words. "StarClan's not happy, we must give them this part of there land back." he whispered softly to her. "What? the she-cat asked, disbelieved.

"The clouds! we toke this from NightClan and when they have kits in the clan! we wouldn't give it back, and now we're fighting there and the clouds came at this time!" the tom babbled.

The she-cat looked to the sky her face more worried then ever. she got off of Wetpaw and the two warriors backed away.

"You can have your land back, but don't think about taking our land." the she-cat spat. and turned away with the tom at her heels.

"Woah." Wetpaw mewed looking at Echopaw. "We just won our land back!" he screeched and ran around a boulder. "We're going to be made warriors!"

Chapter 5
The newly named Echostorm padded into a forest clearing. Larkpaw stood in front of her, shaking with excitement. "I, Echostorm, newly made warrior of NightClan call my warrior ancestors to look at this apprentice. She has trained hard to learn your code, and I command her a warrior in her turn."

"Larkpaw, do you promise to uphold the warrior code and to protect and defend your clan, even at the cost of your life?" Echostorm waited for the answer.

"I do!" Larkpaw sceerched.

"Then by the powers of StarClan I give you your warrior name, Larkpaw, from this moment on you will be know as Larkcloud. StarClan honers your Kindness and skill, and we welcome you as a full warrior of NightClan."

Echostorm began cheering Larkcloud's new name.

"Thank you! thank you!" Larkcloud ran up to Echostorm and nuzzled her head. they went back to camp to see Wetnose waiting for them.

"Hey Echostorm." Wetnose mewed. "And Larkcloud." Echostorm added. "Oh, right, how could I forget? good for you too, Larkcloud." Wetnose mewed to Larkcloud.

Larkcloud turned her head to whisper in Echostorm's ear. "Did he notice me?" she asked. "I think so." Echostorm whispered back.

Echostorm turned back to Wetnose who was starting to look enpatience. "Is that all?" Echostorm asked. "No, we were picked to go to the gathering tonight so... rest?" Wetnose meowed a question and padded to the warriors den.

Chapter 6
Echostorm sat in a ray of moonlight. she closed her eyes and blinked them open to reveal Wetnose in front of her face.

She squealed and fell on her back. "Aww, are you okay?" Wetnose asked blinking quickly three time. "Yea, I'm fine." she hissed getting to her paws.

"Do you need something?" she asked the black tom. "Why yes, I'd like you to met my friend, Crouchtail, we have to find him, he was over here a moment ago..." Wetnose meowed leading Echostorm.

"Hello." Echostorm heard a voice behind her head and turned to see a handsome ginger tom. his pelt glowed in the moonlight. ginger with darker stripes, and orange flecks and white streaks flew through his soft fluffy fur.

His face was dazzling, four thick white stripes on his face, he had sparkling amber eyes. her heart skipped a beat.

"Oh hey! this is Crouchtail!" Wetnose mewed looking at the handsome tom. Crouchtail was ginning at Echostorm. "Yo, Wetnose come see this!" they heard a she-cat call.

"It looks like my sister wants you." Crouchtail meowed glancing at the black tom. "Coming! I've gotta go..." Wetnose padded away.

"So your the pretty she-cat I've heard so much about." Crouchtail cocked his head to aside. "You don't even know my name! it's Echostorm though." Echostorm mewed.

"Anyway, I haven't seen you around before." Crouchtail put in. "Yes, I.. was a loner, I lived with my friend Larkcloud. I wish she was here, I wanted you to met her." Echostorm meowed.

"So what clan are you from?" she asked the handsome tom. "I'm from EagleClan." he meowed proudly. mindless, then a thought came to her mind.

"You look like a cat I've seen from EagleClan before, right before I became a warrior, I fought with a ginger tom and black she-cat, the tom looked a bit like you." But less handsome... she thought to herself.

Crouchtail's eyes darkened to disipointment. "The she-cat is my mate, and the tom is my son, who's an apprentice, Grasspaw. after my mate, Beeflight, and my son lost a battle with a FlowerClan apprentice, I broke up with her, so I'm free now." he meowed.

"Oh?" Echostorm asked. Crouchtail's eyes grew smooth. he leaned to her ear. "Met me here, on the half moon." Crouchtail meowed slickly. baffled Echostorm nodded.

Crouchtail's eyes narrowed. "Good." he growled. "Catch ya later." he meowed padding away. ''Wow... hes amazing...''

"Hey HEY!! Echostorm look at me!" she heard Wetnose cry and turned to see him hanging from a tree branch from his back claws. "How... how are you doing that?" she asked.

Crouchtail's sister, Chestnutwing sat next to her a proud look in her eyes and she puffed out her chest. "I showed him ho-"

"Let the gathering begin!" Shadestar cut Chestnutwing off. "I'm proud to say two apprentice's have become warriors, one of which is my son, Wetnose and Echostorm."

"Wetnose! Echostorm!" the clans cheered the new warriors. Echostorm noticed that Crouchtail was cheering surprisingly loud.

After the other leaders gave there news the gathering came to an end. Echostorm fallowed the happy Wetnose out, then stopped to see Crouchtail padding up to her.

"You still coming?" he asked. "Of course." she mewed and brushed his face with her fluffy tail and fallowed Wetnose on.

Chapter 7
"He's wonderful Larkcloud." Echostorm had been meowing to her friend. "Do you think I should marry him?" she asked jokingly.

"But you just met him yesterday." Larkcloud mewed in laughter. "Hey there pretty pants." Echostorm heard the black tom Wetnose mew.

She rounded on him. "NEVER call me pretty pants." she spit in his face. "Come on I was just joking." he meowed lightly. Echostorm turned her head to Larkcloud who was watching and giggling.

"Stop!" she yelled at her. Wetnose rolled away from her and leaped onto her back and pushed her down a hill he gripped his claws softly to her fur. they landed on the ground and as soon as they did Wetnose disappeared.

Were did he go? she looked up to see the hill was gone, scent was gone.

She heard the faint voice of Larkcloud and Wetnose. "None of this is real."

Fear filled Echostorm and she closed her eyes. Whats happening?

Chapter 8
The half moon shone brightly in the night sky as the pale cream speckled she-cat made her way through the undergrowth. she made it to the tall rock.

Is he here? she wondered. she looked up at the sky. The moon is shining brighter then ever, and the stars are shining bright, so it must be right..., right?

She waited for awhile until her skin started to get chilly, then it turned frozen. I knew he wouldn't show up, why was I so dumb? she thought bleakly to herself.

"Leaving so soon?" she heard a smooth voice behind her to see Crouchtail. happiness flowed through her at the sight of him and her heart started thumping.

She calmed herself. "I didn't think you were going to show up." she mewed. "Oh I wouldn't miss this for ''anything." ''he meowed.

"Do you want to become mates?" he asked suddenly. "What? that was quick..." she mewed in disbelieve. I know in my heart that hes the right one.

"Yes, lets." she mewed. she moved forward to lick him but he pulled away. cleverness burning his eyes. "Oh, but wait, that's right the code. so we can't, and you are disloyal, and we have witnesses." he sneered turning his head to a small cherry tree.

Four cats leaped to the ground. all deputes, there eyes burning with shame. Crouchtail padded up to the EagleClan deputy and nuzzled her nose. "You were right about her my love." she mewed to him.

"What?" disbelieve went through her. Crouchtail glared at Echostorm. "Oh grow up Echostorm with was a set up! we are trying to get rid of the disloyal cats, and we've just found another." he snarled at her.

Echostorm looked at the NightClan deputy, Snowdust, who's head was turned away. "Leave and never come back, I trusted you... but now...leave."

"But-" "LEAVE!" the she-cat snarled and swiped Echostorm's ear, she felt it rip and blood spattered the clearing.

She backed away and ran. ''How? How could I have trusted him?'' she asked herself she didn't know where she was going and rammed into a cat.

"Wetnose? what are you doing here." she asked. "To find you, I just found out what Crouchtail was going to do and I was going to try to stop him but I can see it's too late."

"I can't stay here anymore." she whined and padded on. "What but Echostorm, I..I love you." Wetnose meowed to her. "What? I..I'm sorry but we can't be together. where Larkcloud? shes coming with me." she mewed.

The soft Wetnose was gone now. "Oh would you shut up about Larkcloud! shes not real! shes a picture in your head!" Wetnose snarled.

Echostorm stopped thunder crackled over head and it began to pour. "What did you just say? shes not real how dare you!" she screeched and flew at Wetnose and ripped a gash in his belly he choked and coughed up blood.

"Look around you... haven't you noticed that no one talks to her? how when you touch her shes cold? how... when... she catches your prey for you it doesn't stop your hunger...? please... see...." Wetnose's voice trailed off and he stopped breathing and blood trickled from his mouth and his eyes were sightless.

She thought about what he said her rage burning away. ''Hes... right...all my life... she was never really there... oh Wetnose I'm so sorry!''

Chapter 9
Echostorm ran away from the scene and out of NightClan land. her breath coming in quick gasps. "Echostorm!" she heard Larkcloud cry until she appeared at last.

"Just get away from me, you aren't real!" Echostorm screeched. "Please, Echostorm I was only tyring to do what was best for us!" Larkcloud yowled

Echostorm sat down it seemed like everything was black but her and Larkcloud. "Your only scared of me!" Larkcloud mewed. outrage blazed through Echostorm. "But you never cared for me!" she snarled.

"Why won't you just let me be free?!" Echostorm hissed getting to her paws. "Why can't we just get along?" Larkcloud whined. "Why won't you leave me alone?" she snarled.

"Fine! I'm not real, but that doesn't mean we can't still be friends, to be sisters." she pleaded. "You made me look mouse-brained my whole life, don't you know what that feels like, oh wait no you don't because you aren't real!" she snarled.

Echostorm sat down again and turned her back to Larkcloud and closed her eyes. "We grew up closer then anything, what happened to us?" Larkcloud asked.

At last Echostorm's rage built up and she flew at Larkcloud. Larkcloud looked at her, hurt. Echostorm ripped out clumps of her soft fur.

Larkcloud kicked her off. and bit her throat. pain sneered through her neck and she swiped Larkcloud's throat in turn.

Larkcloud fell to the ground her eyes wide fixed on Echostorm. "I love you. sister." blood poured out of the gash and she disappeared.

Echostorm fell on the ground too. the light disappeared from her eyes and everything was gone.

Chapter 10
"Is that her eye opening?" a voice asked. "OHH I WANNA SEE!" came another. "Poppypaw stop, Wetpaw! don't touch that! Mintpaw... oh your good."

What's happening?

A pale gray she-cat opened her eyes. "Echopaw!" the cats screeched. suddenly she remembered. "Mintpaw! Poppypaw!" she couldn't say a word to the cat who stood in front of her.

The black pelt and his one gold eye then the green one. "Hey there pretty." he squeaked. "Wetpaw! she screeched at the black tom and flew at him and began licking his face.

"Well heello Echopaw, I like the new you." he sniffed. she scrambled off him and turned to see the NightClan medicine cat watching them amused.

"Hello Echopaw, I see you've miss us." the brown tabby tom mewed. "Hello Freckleberry. what happened?"

"You don't remember? Poppypaw asked fluffing out her fluffy white pelt and her heather eyes dazzled. then her brother piped in Mintpaw screeched. "You were awesome! we weren't even apprentices for two days when the dog came. you saved me, Poppypaw, and Willowflight."

''M-Mama? Willowflight, of course!''

"Oh, look Willowflight's back with the swallow! lets eat! come on Echopaw!" the apprentices dashed off with Freckleberry fallowing them. she sat in her nest alone to take it all in.

It never happened. then she felt a pit in her belly. Larkcloud...

then a tuft of fur grabbed her eye. pale almost white and it moved. hope flared in her chest. "L-Larkpaw?" she asked.

Two tufted ear poked into the den to show the fluffy almost white she-cat with the faint stripes...Larkpaw.

"Larkpaw! she cried. and pushed her face into Larkpaw's chest fur. "I thought it was my fault you were in here... I love you Echopaw." she purred and licked her head.

Echopaw breathed in Larkpaw's scent. and she at last felt her fur and her warmth. "I love you too. you'll always be my sister."

They stood together for a moment when they pulled away. "Well, mama and I got that swallow, so... last one there's a rotten mouse!" she yowled and raced for it.

Echopaw fallowed but stopped and watch as Larkpaw crashed into Wetpaw and thought he wouldn't do anything and it would turn out to be a dream again.

Wetpaw froze and turned to Larkpaw, eyes blazing. and he leaped at her and they fought in the dust together for a moment until Sandymoss stopped them. she nodded to Echopaw and went back to chat with Hollysky.

Echopaw sat down next to, her sister Echopaw, Wetpaw at her other side and she looked at Poppypaw and Mintpaw fighting over a leaf and Willowflight talking with Freckleberry.

She turned back to look at Larkpaw.

''I love you. And I've just realized now how much you mean to me.''

Epilogue
A black tom brought a mouse to the NightClan nursery. he quietly sat down next to a pale gray she-cat with cream spots, with four kits at her belly.

A pale almost white tabby she-cat lay next to the other, a blue/gray tom lied next to her, with three kits at the she-cat belly.

"Echostorm, here's the fresh mouse you asked for." the black tom nudged the she-cat. she blinked open her eyes. and purred. "Thank you Wetnose." Wetnose say next to Echostorm.

"Larkcloud, Applefeather, have you named your kits?" Echostorm asked the ginger tabby and the pale gray one. "Yes." Larkcloud purred.

"The black she-cat is Shadekit, the ginger tom, Weaselkit, and the gray tom, Pebblekit." she purred. "What about yours?" she asked.

"Yes, the one that looks like his father, Wetnose, is Wildkit, the one that looks like me is Nightkit, she is quite loud, the black tom, Duskkit, and the cream she-cat is Doekit." Echostorm mewed.

"Wetnose! Applefeather! patrol!" yowled a cat, the toms left the den.

She cuddled close to Larkcloud with their fur touching.

I think that the dream showed me a lesson also...