the gathering crowd of cats and shook her pelt clean of stray moss, clinging like burrs.

"Nightheart! Nightheart!" Chanted Wolfheart as her daughter stood proudly at the foot of the Highrock. Wolfheart got to her feet, knowing what she must do.

"May I have your attention?" She yowled. Silence grew, and Wolfheart heard curious murmers ripple through the crowd.

"I had a dream last night," She meowed, "My sister- Grayheart-, Redleaf, and Russetfur came to me, and told me long ago I had a prophecy. I have answered this prophecy- and figured out that it means that Nightheart's destiny is to join LeafClan and leave with them."

Shocked murmers grew, and Wolfheart saw a shocked expression on Nightheart's face out of the corner of her eye.

Wolfstar then stood up. "I too have had a dream- it told me that a newcomer would be joining- this must be what they meant."

And then Firerain got to his paws. "And I have made a decission," He meowed, bowing his head. "I am staying here with ThunderClan."

Shocked murmers rippled through the crowd. "Who will be deputy?" Spat Emberbreeze. Wolfstar sighed. "Dogfoot shall be."

Dogfoot stood up proudly, taking in the victory of his ambition. Wolfheart hissed to herself silently. Deep down inside of her, she knew that Dogfoot was trouble.

Wolfstar walked over to Firerain. "Firerain," Wolfheart heard her whisper, "for sure not. For sure you're not leaving LeafClan?"

Firerain shuffled his paws. "I am. I like it here."

Wolfstar gave a tiny nod, then jumped upon the Highrock. "We will leave for our new home in three sunrises. I tell my Clan to prepare for the journey- It will be a long one."

All of the cats of LeafClan padded away. Nightheart walked over to Wolfheart with curiosity and sadness welled into her brown eyes. "I really must leave?" She meowed sadly. Wolfheart sighed. "That's what StarClan wants."

Across the clearing, Wolfheart saw Dogfoot talking to Whitewolf. Whitewolf cowered in fear, her eyes showed that she was dreading something. "Dogfoot, no!" She yowled. "Shh!" Hissed Dogfoot. "No cat must know."

Wolfheart awoke from a high-pitched shriek coming from outside in the clearing. It was far past moonhigh, and StarClan still shown brightly in Silverpelt. She jumped to her paws, neck fur bristling, and scrambled out of the warriors den.

Outside, there was silence. Wolfheart stopped to listen, eyes closed and ears perked. The shriek came once more. Wolfstar!

Wolfheart caught Wolfstar's scent and folowed it out of the camp. She caught a trace of Dogfoot, and then Killerheart, from his vigil. But all she was worried about was Wolfstar.

Wolfheart stopped in frozen horror when she came to the gorge. Wolfstar, being clung to by the scruff by Dogfoot, was at the edge of the gorge, hissing and spitting and trying to free herself.

"Are you mad, Dogfoot?" She hissed, "You know this is my last life!"

Wolfheart let out a furious yowl, and pounced onto Dogfoot, loosening his grip on Wolfstar- and sending them both plumeting deep into the gorge.

Wolfheart gasped for breath as the waves of the water gripped her fur and tugged her under over and over again.

Wolfheart looked up, and, along the sides of the gorge, cats from ThunderClan and LeafClan ran beside the stream, trying to catch up with the cats. Wolfheart recognized Hazelheart and Shadowheart first, and then Chihuauapaw and Killerheart, side by side, running.

The force pulled Wolfheart under once more, and she struggled to get back to the top for breaths.

Soon, the water evened out, and was calmer, but Wolfheart was too exhausted to move. She weakly looked for Dogfoot- he was in the water also. Not dead- but not very lively either.

Wolfheart soon washed onto the sandy ground onthe side of the river, and the cats began to gather.

"Wolfheart!" Gasped Hazelheart. "Are you alright?"

"Yeah..." She meowed weakly, and got slowly to her paws. "Is Dogfoot dead?"

Hazelheart nodded slowly, casting a glimpse at the forever-stilled body. "Wolfstar told us what happened once we heard all of the yowling and came... Did all of that really happen?"

Wolfheart nodded. Wolfheart knew that she was lucky to have survived the fall alone herself. "Who is going to be the new LeafClan deputy?" She asked, but Hazelheart shook her head, telling that she didn't know.

Wolfstar yowled loudly, as if she were on the Highrock. "Cats of LeafClan!" She yowled, "Dogfoot is now dead, and I have decided something. ThunderClan believes that, it is almost highly necassary that the new deputy has had an apprentice first, but LeafClan just says that the deputy must be atleast a warrior. And, though this is strange, I have decided that Nightheart will be the new LeafClan deputy."

Shocked murmers rippled through the crowd, but Wolfheart couldn't help but smiling weakly, with all of her strength that was left.

"We are glad to have met you, Wolfstar. If LeafClan is ever in a time of need again, you know where we are."

Wolfstar gave a nod of gratitude and signaled for her cats to leave. Firestar was saying his good-byes, and Wolfheart watched as Nightheart, the new LeafClan deputy, slid through the gorse tunnel of the ThunderClan camp.

"Goodbye," She murmered. "I hope you find what you are looking for."

A Quick Note From the Author:

Yes! I have finally wrote a real fanfic! Not a crummy ol' 4-page one! I had been thinking about ideas for the series for some time, and then I decided that, instead of putting them into parts, I was going to make one long fanfic. I'm just too impatient most of the time to write such long stories- like on Part 1, where there is only 2 pages, and very bad editing. That's another thing- I read through the entire thing and fixed as much grammer and puncuation as possible.

So, I hope you liked Part 10, the halfways mark in the Wolfheart & Hazelheart series!