Moonpool

The Moonpool, also known as the Crystal Pool and the Pool of Stars,is a round pool of water at the lake territories. It is a sacred place where medicine cats and leaders share tongues with StarClan. The Moonstone serves the same purpose in the forest territories.
==Description==
:The stream that separates ThunderClan and WindClan is located upstream of the Moonpool. It is located at the bottom of a narrow stone gorge that is defended by thornbushes and boulders that are coated with moss. There is a vertical cliff with fern and moss on one side. Halfway up, there is a gap where water bubbles, feeding into a little pool below that at night sparkles with stars. Old paw tracks left by their forebears follow a narrow, rocky path that spirals down to a pool at the edge of the valley and across from the waterfall. The pool has an underground stream that emerges into the lake and the stream that borders WindClan and ThunderClan. It also runs into the lake.
:The Moonpool is capable of freezing, though it has only once frozen completely through. Meltwater from the mountains can also slightly flood the Moonpool.
:Only spirits are permitted to access the Moonpool through the Dark Forest entrance. In a clearing by itself, the entrance is hidden beneath a big tree. Rather than the night sky, its limbs rest on rippling water. The smell of the tree is fresh, as opposed to the other afterlife's stench of death. To go to the living world, cats must first climb the tall tree and then swim through the Moonpool.
===Significance===
:The medicine cats lather up a few drops of water or touch their noses to the water in exchange for sharing their tongues with StarClan. The Moonpool was utilised by their forebears for unknown reasons as well. Only medicine cats and leaders aiming to receive their nine lives are permitted access to the Moonpool on every half-moon.Cats travelling with medicine cats are required to wait outside the thorny bushes lining the hole. Even common warriors are wary of entering the holy area. The connection that Clans have to their ancestors is most profoundly symbolised by the Moonpool.
===Location history===
:The Moonpool, also known as the Pool of Stars, was used by the prehistoric cats. Despite the fact that its name suggests a similar importance, its significance is unknown. Pawprints left by the Ancients cover the hollow. The suffix -beam is named after Graybeam, who was the first to find the Moonpool under the guidance of StarClan.
:Many are left wondering if StarClan will give them a new site to interact with them as "" is too far away when the Clans are forced to leave their former home and arrive at the lake. A former ShadowClan deputy named Sparrowstep pays Graypaw a visit and provides clues as to how to get in touch with her ancestors. Graypaw later receives her full medicine cat name in recognition of her discovery.
:Patchstar is the first Clan leader to get his nine lives from StarClan at the Moonpool, despite having a rocky start to his reign. Returning to their half-moon gatherings, the medicine cats also start speaking with StarClan at the Moonpool.
==Book mentions==
==Trivia==
===Interesting facts===
*The pawprints by the Moonpool are left by their ancestors.
*Other animals would not see StarClan if they drank from the Moonpool.
*Graybeam is named after her discovery of the Moonpool.
==See also==
*StarClan
*Moontree
*Moonstone
*The lake territories
*Official page
==Notes and references==
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