"The Ends are becoming unstable." Jayfeather growled. Mistystar nodded.

"I know. We need to stop these wretched Gemini before they destroy everything."

Jayfeather shook his head. "That's not the real problem! The Gemini in general are a nuisance. But the main thing is these two. Even Hollyleaf agreed. And you know how she is."

Mistystar sighed and began to pad away. Then she stopped. "Then why are those two still alive?"

"Because the Embers are becoming soft." Jayfeather sighed. "If anything is to survive, we need to toughen up the Embers or get something else."

Mistystar's eyes flashed in confusion. "Something else?"

"We might need to awaken the Burning." Jayfeather's voice was solemn.

"Them?" Mistystar hissed. "Hollyleaf would surely disagree. I know Bluestar and Yellowfang are no longer here, but don't you think that the Burning are a little too risky?"

Jayfeather trembled slightly. "I understand your fears," His voice shook. "but if we are to-"

"Yes, I know." Mistystar replied quickly.

A third cat came racing towards the two StarClan cats.

"Greetings, Ravenpaw." Jayfeather dipped his head.

"There is no time for that!" The black cat hissed.

"What's wrong?" Mistystar demanded.

"It's Flame! They've broken loose!" Ravenpaw looked panicked.

Mistystar and Jayfeather exchanged glances. "So we will need to awaken Them." She murmured. "The Embers won't be enough, will they?"

Ravenpaw took a step back. "Wait, are you telling me-"

Jayfeather nodded solemnly. "Yes."

Mistystar's eyes were full of fear, as were Ravenpaw's. "How soon? When should we wake Them? A moon?"

"If the Embers haven't gotten rid of the Gemini in a moon, we'll need to-" Jayfeather didn't finish. All three of them knew what would happen.

Ravenpaw sighed. "Yellowfang said one day we'd need to, unless we could figure out a way to stop them." His eyes flashed with alarm when he heard yowls. "The others!"

Jayfeather cursed. "The Ends are falling apart already."

A trio of cats came racing toward the other three. Leading them was Ashfur. "The Gemini have tampered with Fate again! Remember last time? We must fetch the Burning now!" He called.

Ravenpaw hissed. "Not Fate! Not again!" He then noticed the other two cats with Ashfur. "Oh! Emberkit, Wind Runner." He dipped his head.

Wind Runner acknowledged Ravenpaw. She turned to Mistystar. "It's Clear Sky and Gray Wing. Those two wretched Gemini started it all. They managed to open Flame."

Jayfeather cursed again. "I'll make sure Lionblaze is ready." His voice sounded panicked. "Chaos. This chaos is happening all over again."

Wind Runner curled her lip. "Whoever was fooling around with Fate...they'll be sorry." She unsheathed her claws and bared her teeth. "Ashfur, Mistystar. Spread the word. Tell them the Burning are coming back." Her eyes seemed to glow, as though on fire. Her claws seemed to be changing into flames, too. "We are awake." She growled.

Jayfeather took a few steps back, his eyes wild with fear and anger. "Oh, Fate, you have brought this upon yourself." He whispered. More yowls were heard. Then there was thunder. Loud, loud thunder. Jayfeather flattened his ears against his ear, spun around, and the. sprinted away.