A while ago, I wrote a Trollfic called Day Vs Night. A guest suggested I should write a sequel about other kits whose lives had been ruined by the catastrophic prophecies of Starshimmer and Spottypelt. This story will be a compilation of mini Trollfics. Enjoy!
Starshimmer rubbed her paws together with glee.
"Did you hear that, Spottypelt? We've got a whole story dedicated to our live-saving prophecies!"
Spottypelt sat down and curled her tail over her paws.
"Shall we start with the legendary leader, Kingstar?" asked Spottypelt. "After all, the clans probably wouldn't be here if it hadn't been for our amazing deduction and prophecy-writing skills!" Starshimmer rolled her eyes.
"Understatement of the century! The clans wouldn't have been created if it weren't for us!" she exclaimed excitedly. "That's as good a story as any!"
"Then let us begin…" whispered Spottypelt, whipping out her torch and holding it below her furry chin. Starshimmer batted the torch away.
"It's not a horror story, Spottypelt!"
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The story of Kingstar is a most interesting one, and it begins with the clan leader's mate giving birth to a dazzlingly handsome son, who was named Kingkit. He had no siblings, and was already destined for greatness due to his blinding beauty and leadership heritage. But everything went pear-shaped when Starshimmer and Spottypelt made their haunting prophecy.
"The ruler destined for greatness will have a hard life and he will have to choose the darkness or the light but he is destined for greatness whichever path he chooses."
Phew, that one's a bit of a mouthful.
This prophecy was received by Swallowherb, TsunamiClan medicine cat.
"But who could the prophecy be meant for?" she called after Spottypelt, who was rushing back to StarClan to catch the mouse she had been stalking.
Swallowherb sat in the medicine den for a while, wondering whether she should say something to Nachostar, Kingkit's father and current leader of TsunamiClan. After carefully considering all of the consequences for about five minutes, she decided not to say anything, but to tell Kingkit when the time was right, which would lead to Kingkit hating her forever. Well, it was inevitable, wasn't it?
So, Kingkit was apprenticed to Smallcloud, a small and insignificant looking tom that looked as though he was going to be a rubbish mentor. Of course, he turned out to be the best, but he died pretty soon after Kingpaw became a warrior.
Meanwhile, Swallowherb had, surprisingly, kept the prophecy a complete secret throughout Kingpaw's apprenticeship. No creepy staring when no-one else was looking, no pointed messages that implied the presence of a great leader. I know, she really is defying convention, isn't she?
Soon the time came for Kingpaw to become a warrior (early, of course). He had heroically saved Nachostar from being killed by GloomyClan in an epic battle that Kingpaw played front and centre in.
As all other Warriors Fanfiction writers, Spottypelt and Starshimmer copy and pasted the warrior ceremony from the Warriors Wikia page.
Nachostar: I, (Nachostar), leader of (TsunamiClan), call upon my warrior ancestors to look down on this apprentice. (He/she) has trained hard to understand the ways of your noble code, and I commend (him/her) to you as a warrior in (his/her) turn.
Nachostar: (Kingpaw), do you promise to uphold the warrior code and to protect and defend your Clan, even at the cost of your life?
ApprKingpaw: I do.
Nachostar: Then by the powers of StarClan, I give you your warrior name. (Kingpaw), from this moment you will be known as (new warrior name) Kingdom. StarClan honors your (virtues)Handsomeness and royalness, and we welcome you as a full warrior of Tsunami(Clan).
They haven't edited it very well, have they?
So, the newly named Kingdom went on to become a great warrior, and mentored a young she-cat named Whitepaw.
(Why are they always white? They always seem to be white.)
Well anyways, everything was going hunky-dory until Kingdom met the leader of TornadoClan, Darknessstar.
Now, as the prophecy had foretold, Kingdom had experienced a very hard life up to this point. His mother was killed by another clan, his father never had time for him, his best friend was killed by a poisoned mouse, etc. This had (predictably) made his heart bitter, and he doubted that StarClan wanted him to have a good life.
So, when he met the leader of TornadoClan, Darknessstar, he was intrigued into the world of evil leaders. (Couldn't you tell by his name that Darknessstar was pretty evil?) In a big battle between TornadoClan and TsunamiClan, Kingdom realised that Darknessstar was, after all, an evil pig of a cat and that he would never find happiness if he followed him.
So, he picked the light, the prophecy was fulfilled, the clan deputy died in mysterious circumstances, Kingdom became deputy and found a predictable she-cat mate, Nachostar was killed in a dog/fox/badger attack, Kingdom became Kingstar, lived nine happy lives with his mate (who died after giving birth to two she-cats), one of the kits died, the other kit lived into adulthood before being killed by another clan, and finally Kingstar died after a long and not-so-happy lifetime.
"And that, my lovelies, is the story of the legendary leader Kingstar." Spottypelt sat back on her haunches.
"You know, when you think about it, Kingstar wasn't really that legendary as a leader," observed Starshimmer thoughtfully."
No!? What gave you that idea, Starshimmer?
Sooo... what do you think of this first chapter? Please leave a review with your thoughts! I'm open to any suggestions for future chapters, i.e a tom who was destined never to have a mate, a she-cat who will never have kits, etc..
Thanks for reading and I'll be updating regularly (hopefully!)
Maplestrike :)
