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    The medicine cats of the clans had all dispersed after their dreams, the look carried in each of their eyes informed Smokefur that she hadn't been the only one to receive alarming visions. Keeping a close eye on Shadowchaser, he was far less experienced with omens afterall, Smokefur hurried out of the hollow and gathered their warrior escorts before hastily departing. Even after putting more than an adequate amount of distance between herself and those not from Nightclan Smokefur silently shuffled her paws towards camp with her mind lost in what she had been shown.

    Tragedy had struck Nightclan before and this wasn't the first disturbing vision the aging medicine cat had received from her ancestors, Smokefur figured it would likely be the last however. After spending nearly her entire life as a medicine cat Smokefur was filled with the determination neccesary to handle this omen with all the grace of a seasoned veteran, and all the skill one could only posses from sharing lineage with Ravenstar. "When we get back to camp we will need to lead patrols to gather whatever healing supplies we can find, we are going to need them." Smokefur mewed finally breaking the silence.

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[Fawn]

curiosity is not a sin...

...but we should exercise caution with our curiosity

Shadowchaser

His head was still spinning from all that had happened at the gathering. The dream from StarClan had been... confusing? Vague? There was an obvious element of danger - StarClan, it seemed, only ever gave warnings - and he had woken up frowning, wishing for more details. Sharing a look with his mentor, it was clear the others had received the dream as well.

Did she receive the message from Pinefur too? Or Ravenstar? It seemed weird for Pinefur to approach him instead of Hollowcry, but Shadowchaser hadn't had the chance to question them on it. Smokefur's mew broke the silence, and Shadowchaser's gaze pivoted onto her bright blue eyes. "Right. I wonder though..." Shadowchaser glanced to their escorts, his pace slowing so he and Smokefur could talk privately.

"Was it just meant for us? The message, that is. Pinefur spoke to me in my dream. He seemed uncomfortable." Maybe even urgent. Pinefur was Briarthroat's brother, a victim of the greencough epidemic that had claimed so many lives. Pinefur... Briarthroat... Foxstar... Was it mere coincidence that StarClan had warned them of foxes, and their leader carried the name of one? He had no experience with StarClan's visions, but he knew they could be rather cryptic. He didn't want to foolishly believe the obvious 'answer', and miss the real one underneath.

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    Smokefur noticed a clear hesitance creeping into her apprentices tone and was surprised he was not in agreement with her assessment after what they had been shown. As they began to separate slightly from their escorts Smokefur listened intently to try and understand his reservations, however after suggesting the visions may have only pertained to Nightclan Smokefur interjected. "If that was the case why did everyone appear to have received an uncomfortable vision? Are you suggesting Nightclan is at the center of something that's going to effect all of the clans?"

    Smokefur was clearly skeptical, however she would do her best to entertain Shadowchasers' interpretations. "Tell me what you saw that made you think this vision was unique to our clan?" She questioned wondering if they had received the same vision in the first place. Perhaps they had each been given pieces of this omen puzzle and were expected to form an answer together.

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[Fawn]

curiosity is not a sin...

...but we should exercise caution with our curiosity

Shadowchaser

"I don't know for sure. I just feel like this vision was... different than all the ones I've had before. When you dream with StarClan, it's usually someone you knew or loved that passes on the message, isn't it?" Shadowchaser's tail was a dark-furred branch, swaying in contemplation. "For me, it's usually Hollowcry." Melancholy and fondness both entered the younger healer's voice, as he thought of his late father. "I don't think I've ever spoken more than one or two words to Pinefur, before he died..."

It was painfully easy to recall the sickly, chaotic atmosphere of the pineneedle clearing, as he and Smokefur hurried to and fro to treat the multitude of sick and dying Clanmates. He had brought moss soaked in water to Pinefur, and could still remember the exhausted breathing, the crusty mucus built up around the dark brown tom's nose, the way his eyes were glazed over. Unseeing. Shadowchaser had been there when he passed on, but could not grieve for the tom any more than he could for the others; there had just been no time. Someone else needed him. Someone else right on the cusp of death.

Maybe he should have paid more attention to the warrior... Maybe Pinefur was simply grateful of all that they had done for him, as medicine cats? That seemed to plain an answer.

"I think maybe it was a message for Briarthroat, not just us. Why else would his brother talk to me?"

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    Listening intently to Shadowchaser as he spoke, Smokefur did her best to dissect his words as she looked for anything she could latch onto in his logic; However as he began to elaborate it was apparent that he was still inexperienced with receiving visions from Starclan. "You can be visited by any cat Shadowchaser... it is odd that you actually spoke to another cat however." Smokefur mused before clarifying "I received nothing but an assault to my senses, and feelings..." The aging medicine cat finished before falling silent as her brow began to furrow in thought.

    "What exactly did Pinefur say?" Smokefur asked after a few moments of silence. It was apparent that they hadn't received their message in the exact same form and Smokefur wondered why. Certain they were supposed to work together to fit their respective puzzle pieces into place Smokefur continued to ponder, however she still doubted that Pinefur was the key to everything.

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[Fawn]

curiosity is not a sin...

...but we should exercise caution with our curiosity

Shadowchaser

"Pinefur told me to 'mind what was hiding in the night'." Shadowchaser relayed the StarClan cat's words dutifully. "He said that 'peace seldom lasts'. Was he speaking of war? When I woke up I... thought I scented fox..." Smokefur spoke the truth, regardless. They would need to gather healing supplies for whatever it was that was coming.

NightClan's long-standing hostilities with TreeClan could be coming to a head. Or it was something completely unexpected - something within the Clan that could cause strife or discontent? Shadowchaser had heard of RainClan's civil war. Who hadn't? He couldn't envision that sort of thing happening in their Clan, but he wasn't so naive as to think every NightClan cat was content with every choice their Clan leader and deputy ever made.

"There were creatures rustling in the darkness. I couldn't tell if they were cats or something else. Just that they were close." Golden eyes held a host of confusion and curiosity. It was hard to say which emotion was stronger. Shadowchaser's thirst for knowledge had him turning over every stone, looking under every metaphorical leaf in case it presented this information in a new, more clarifying light.

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Smokefur's ears twitched as she listened intently to Shadowchaser's elaborationr on the dream he had received from Starclan. The experienced medicine cat was well aware that their seemingly omnipotent ancestors didn't tend to send visions that were intended to be taken literally, however it seemed the visions shown to Shadowchaser were much too specific to be interpreted so abstractly. After her former apprentice had finished speaking Smokefur reiterated her previous stance ever more resolutely. "I think Starclan may have shown you exactly what threat is coming Shadowchaser, don't spend too much energy looking for connections that don't exist." Smokefur finished with a hint of a warning tone creeping into her speech. "I think we should be on the lookout for foxes, and we should stock up on supplies to treat physical injuries and infection." There was no way Shadowchaser would give up on his interpretation, Smokefur knew this well, however she prayed he would just follow her lead moving forward.

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[Fawn]

curiosity is not a sin...

...but we should exercise caution with our curiosity

Shadowchaser

"don't spend too much energy looking for connections that don't exist."

"Okay," he conceded a little ruefully. He'd heard stories from the elders of prophecies, and how cryptic StarClan could be - especially in the days before the Clans had moved to this valley. The elders were probably elaborating a bit, but Shadowchaser had listened, wide-eyed, and had cultivated an understanding that usually there was something more than what was right in front of his nose. The NightClan tom frowned, deciding to yield to Smokefur's wisdom and experience.

She'd been dealing with StarClan a lot longer than he had. Maybe he was overthinking this. "Let's do what we can, whatever StarClan has planned for us." As they continued, Shadowchaser's thoughts gradually turned to their herb stock, and to give himself a sense of readiness, he mentally recited the herbs and their properties. It wouldn't do anyone any good to get himself lost in conspiracies and far-fetched ideas.

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