A starry sky dazzled the landscape as a lush deep forest was kept in a perpetual new-leaf. The subtle and lulling sounds of a stream bubbled leisurely along the star filled plains as the form of a slender calico she-cat reflected off its crystal clear surface. Soft sea-green eyes cast their gaze across the broken image of white, black, and orange fur, which made up her form as the medicine cat of Fallclan was calmed yet attentive of being in Starclan's hunting grounds. 'Welcome Songbird. It has been some time since you have reached our dreams.' Songbird turned her angled head to look up across the clear stream to see the beautiful image of a pure white she-cat with stunning ice blue eyes. The cat was small in stature and bunched up her muscles to make a graceful leap across the stream so as to stand by the young medicine cat's side, 'So it seems Fallclan is still closing both their ears and hearts to us- at least the medicine cats have kept their faith's alive...' Songbird recognized this she-cat to be the first leader of Fallclan and the last of Moonclan from so long ago, "Icestar...forgive me. It has become difficult to reach you since we are forbidden to speak Starclan's name." The calico she-cat bent her head slightly in shame, Fallclan had struggled for many generations in their faith towards their starry ancestors, so much so, that it had nearly become a myth that such things were real. She recalled back to when Oakstar had been leader just moons before Hailstar took his place. All leaders of Fallclan had been devout that such things did not exist- that simply relying on your clan mates and your own claws will obtain safety and solitude.
Songbird looked up slightly when she heard the soft sigh come from Icestar. The white she-cat looked ashamed of something and her shoulder's drooped slightly as stars subtly moved across her form, 'It was because of me that they think this way. I had been so angry at Starclan when they had abandoned us to those wolves when we were still known as Moonclan long long ago...and now- Starclan is slowly dying from the inside out. The name Fallclan holds so many meanings now, but all indicate what will happen in the end if their faith is not restored...' This was nothing new to the young medicine cat, she had been told long ago by Icestar of how Fallclan came to be, but she had not yet realized what Icestar meant by those last few words. "Dying? But Starclan can not die...can they?" Her soft voice strained as her question was left painfully unanswered for a few moments. Icestar stood to her paws and shook her starry pelt, it was then that Songbird realized how faded the strong leader now was, and her eyes widened in disbelief. 'As you can see, I am slowly fading away, and I am not the only one.' Icestar waved her tail to indicate the landscape around her. Songbird soon realized that some of the trees slightly were withered, their leaves slowly turning a dull orange and brown hue the farther she looked. "But- how can this be? You have already died once, Icestar, and now you're telling me that Starclan is just...fading away?" Songbird stood to her paws as she felt her pelt bristle with both fear and shock as the white she-cat turned her ice blue eyes to bore into the medicine cat. 'Yes. We are fading away because the cats of Fallclan have begun to forget. It is their faith that keeps us alive Songibrd. Without them to remember us, Starclan is sure to die, and with it, so too shall Fallclan truly fall...'
Songbird's world soon began to twist and turn as horrific images of polluted water poured into the Fallclan camp. The waterfall, which concealed their cave just beyond, began to smell foul and grow thick and red. The she-cat tried to run away from the scene but slipped, falling into a pool of blood as it drug at her fur and stained her pelt. All around her stars were falling from the skies- wailing in agony and sadness as the fell to the earth. She tried to block out the screams, the horrific cries, anything to end this nightmarish vision!
Songbird snapped her eyes open as her breath came in short gasps. Clambering to her paws, she turned quickly around in her nest, half expecting to see the dead stars around her and smell the bloody waterfall which had choked and poisoned her clan. But instead, she was greeted with the comforting scents of herbs and spices, as well as the soft breathing of her apprentice- Sparkpaw. The tom was near the back of the medicine den and Songbird was just glad that it was over. 'But it's not over...' She thought to herself as Icestar's words still echoed in the back of her mind, 'Starclan is dying, and if Fallclan does not regain their faith- they too, will die as well...' The slender calico shivered slightly, the sounds of the waterfall entrance that concealed their cave still reminded her of that vivid scene from before. "I will need to convince Hailstar...but so few listen to me and Sparkpaw now. What is to say that some of them don't still believe? Yet, they are too afraid to say anything since it is forbidden." The medicine spoke softly to herself as she tried to calm her rattled nerves. Weather they believed or not- if they did not start believing in their starry ancestors soon, then they would all perish...