Moonpaw's sister/History

==History==
===In the Changing Skies arc===
====The Elders' Quest====
:Moonkit, an kit of ThunderClan, seems disappointed and wracked with jealousy over watching Goldenpaw and Shinepaw, two new apprentices, leave camp to explore ThunderClan's territory with their mentors, Finleap and Flipclaw. Thinking to herself how jealous she is of her former denmates, a voice whispers to her in her head, meowing that Moonkit still has her. Moonkit, upon hearing the voice, attempts to ignore the voice, claiming that her voice does not matter and that she wants to be a warrior apprentice just like Shinepaw and Goldenpaw. The voice reassures Moonkit that perhaps she will be able to, as long as she does not tell any living cat that she is able to hear voices, otherwise she will be forced down the path of a medicine cat, being trained with Alderheart and Jayfeather.
:Moonkit recalls that there has never been a time where she was without the voice in her head, having it whisper comments and ask questions. Moonkit originally believed that every Clan cat had an invisible companion, and she once asked Thriftear, her mother, what her voice said to her. Thriftear, upon realizing Moonkit's question, thinks that her daughter has an imaginary friend, and explains that kits sometimes have them, but not full-grown cats. Because of Thriftear's dismissiveness, Moonkit opts to never tell any other cat about the voice in her head, not wanting to be seen as foolish or be forced into the medicine cat role.
:After Moonkit has an unsuccessful meeting with Alderheart and Jayfeather about becoming a medicine cat apprentice, the voice murmurs that talking with the medicine cats was not so bad after all. Not long after, Squirrelstar holds a Clan meeting, and Moonkit is glad that the voice in her head is quiet for this important event, wanting to focus instead of being seen as a young kit. Moonpaw becomes an apprentice, and her mentor is Sunbeam, the mate of Nightheart and a former ShadowClan cat.
:During training, the voice bothers Moonpaw again, wanting to know if Moonpaw even likes the mentor that she has been given, explaining that she used to be a ShadowClan cat. The voice stops briefly, and asks Moonpaw if she heard the same fox barking that she did, but Moonpaw ignores her as Sunbeam's words break her concentration. Sunbeam asks Moonpaw if she is paying attention, and the voice taunts Moonpaw, saying that Sunbeam is very bossy. She attempts to distract Moonpaw again by pointing out a bird that flies by, but Moonpaw yells at the voice, saying it makes it extremely hard to focus on Sunbeam and her training when all she can hear is the voice inside her head. After attempting some hunting, Moonpaw is startled by the look of her own reflection, and she sees a cat standing behind her, her pale orange tabby coloring was the same as Moonpaw's own, and she wonders who it is. The voice whispers to Moonpaw that she is not to tell any cat, and it is their own secret to share.
:Moonpaw reflects that she was not able to concentrate at the previous night's Gathering, due to the fact the voice in her head would not stay quiet. Luckily for her, Shinepaw and Goldenpaw just assumed that Moonpaw was shy, and this works in her favor. The voice mews that Moonpaw does not need to talk to any other cat, like Starlingpaw and Robinpaw of SkyClan, and that Moonpaw has everything she needs in the voice in her head. Moonpaw protests, saying that she is a Clan cat and there are some times where she wants to talk to her living Clanmates and not the voice, but the voice giggles and assures Moonpaw that she will always be able to confide in her.
:Moonpaw later asks Alderheart about her voice, and the older medicine cat wants to know what he means. Moonpaw, not liking the uneasy feeling in Alderheart's voice, opts not to tell him about her voice, and instead lies to him. She explains that if cats can see StarClan spirits, she wonders if they are able to make themselves known in other ways. Alderheart explains that the last time something akin to what Moonpaw is describing, it was not good for the Clans. Moonpaw wonders if the voice in her head is bad, and she frets about what her Clanmates would do if they found out. While Moonpaw is unsure about becoming a medicine cat apprentice, she opts to try anyway in an attempt to see if her voice is a message from StarClan or not. While training with Jayfeather and Alderheart, Moonpaw notes that she has not heard the voice in a while, and wonders if it is because her head is full of learning about herbs and healing. She thinks that this could be the solution, and that she was imagining the voice all along. She thinks that because the voice is gone for now, that it must be imaginary.
:Unfortunately for Moonpaw, her peace does not last long, and the voice returns the morning after she assists Jayfeather and Alderheart with healing Cherryfall, who was wounded by a fox during the dawn patrol. Despite Lionblaze's attempts to keep the patrol a safe distance from the fox, it attacked anyway and left Cherryfall with a nasty wound. Taunting Moonpaw, the voice says that she is lost, but Moonpaw fights back, saying that she knows where she is. The voice, not liking Moonpaw's answer, fights back, saying that the apprentice is walking the wrong path and that she is not destined to be a medicine cat. Annoyed, Moonpaw tells the voice that she does not get to make choices for her, and shuts her eyes to tune out the voice. Moonpaw decides for herself who she is meant to be and refuses to let the voice get the better of her.
:Despite Moonpaws best efforts, the voice only stays quiet for a moment or two, before chiming in with an unwanted comment. She tells her that Moonpaw is wasting time, and that Moonpaw is only using the medicine cat role as a way to ignore her destiny. She makes an attempt to further prove her point when Moonpaw goes with Alderheart and Jayfeather to the Moonpool—despite Moonpaw wanting to see StarClan, she finds herself face-to-face with the reflection of the orange tabby she-cat from the lake. Moonpaw cries out in shock, noticing the glint in the eyes of the she-cat, and cries that she needs to leave her alone. Lashing out at the reflection, Moonpaw slips and falls into the Moonpool.
:After being saved by Frostdawn and Mothwing, the voice mocks Moonpaw, mewing at how embarrassing that must have been for the apprentice to have to go through. Moonpaw angrily hisses back that the voice made her do it, and that she should not have been threatening her. The voice smoothly replies that she was not threatening anyone, and that she was just saying hello. She again asks Moonpaw if she is ready to give up being a medicine cat, to which Moonpaw reinforces that her choices are hers alone. The voice laughs, and asks Moonpaw if she really believes that. Although the voice does not know why Moonpaw bothers, as she is not going to be a medicine cat, she stays quiet otherwise during the rest of Moonpaw's time in the medicine den.
:Soon, Moonpaw gets the courage to confront the voice, wanting to know more about her and if she can be trusted, especially after talking with Jayfeather. The blind medicine cat warns Moonpaw of Ashfur, a former ThunderClan cat who went to StarClan, abused the Clans' afterlife, and went on to manipulate a ShadowClan cat—Shadowsight—and took advantage of the young cat's trust in him. Ashfur used this in order to gain control of Bramblestar, ThunderClan's leader at the time, and caused many problems for the Clans. While Ashfur was defeated by the Clans, Jayfeather tells Moonpaw that only she can tell for sure if her visions are real or not, but she needs to figure it out sooner rather than later.
:Moonpaw slips out of camp and makes her way to the Moonpool, summoning the voice to have a long conversation with her. Appearing, the voice wants to know why Moonpaw wants to talk to her all of the sudden. Resentful, the voice says that she thought Moonpaw did not want to talk to her anymore, but Moonpaw ignores the hostility and says that she wants to know who the voice is. Amused, the voice wonders if Moonpaw really has no idea who she is. The voice explains that she is real, and that she is Moonpaw, while Moonpaw is her. She explains that she is tied to Moonpaw, and each cat is part of each other. Moonpaw is suspicious of the voice, especially when the cat offers to tell her something that no other cat would know. The voice announces that the following day, the sun will disappear, but that it will be found shining in a hollow tree.
:Moonpaw presses for more information, but the orange cat does not give anything else, telling her is all she needs. Her worries are proven true, and that the orange cat is real, when Sunkit goes missing during the day, and Moonpaw finds him in a hollow tree. Moonpaw is worried about the voice, wondering what else it is capable of if it tried to harm an innocent kit to prove a point. The voice mews that kits are silly, and wonders why they say the things that they do. When Moonpaw finally decides to go back to becoming a warrior, the voice gloats about it and tells Moonpaw that she told her so. She wants Moonpaw to play with her, but Moonpaw shuts the voice out, wanting to focus on her training. She rejects the voice, telling her that she is not real, in an attempt to focus on her hunting. While the voice is displeased with Moonpaw's ignorance, she mews that she cannot be avoided forever.
:Moonpaw decides to seek her parents' guidance in dealing with the voice. Bayshine, Moonpaw's father, wants to know if the voice is an orange tabby cat, and Moonpaw confirms this. Thriftear, quivering, reveals that this must have been Moonpaw's littermate—she was a sickly kit who died shortly after she was born, and that Jayfeather and Alderheart tried everything to keep her alive. Thriftear and Bayshine apologize for keeping it a secret, but they did not want to upset Moonpaw. Thriftear is overjoyed, saying that her sister must be reaching out from StarClan and that it is actually very sweet of her.
:The voice, now known as Moonpaw's sister, appears to her at the lake. Peering over the edge, Moonpaw sees her sister's face, and her sister exclaims that she has stopped running and now she knows the truth. Moonpaw apologizes and explains that she did not know about having a sister, but explains to her sister that she does not belong in this world and that she needs to go live a life in StarClan. Her sister refuses, not wanting to leave Moonpaw. She wants to play with Moonpaw, and have fun. Moonpaw confesses that her sister is starting to scare her, and by extension she also scared Sunkit by messing with him. Her sister reinforces the fact that she needed Moonpaw to believe she was real.
:Moonpaw's sister is hurt and angry at Moonpaw's rejection of her, reinforcing that she only wanted to be with her. Moonpaw exclaims that she is an apprentice now, and that she has responsibilities to her Clan. She tells her sister that she needs to move on, and that StarClan is great. Getting angrier, Moonpaw's sister turns on her, saying that she will always be with her, and that they are tied together. Ominously, she adds that if Moonpaw will not let her sister exist in the living world, Moonpaw will be joining her sister in her own world.
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