Song of the Shadows: Losing Myself Chapter 1: Background Information, a warriors fanfic

Reading this is recommended if you want to go through the DotS series, but not mandatory since the next book features a different main character (although you'd be confused at various points if you didn't).

However, be warned. I wrote this around half a year ago, and... it was strange. It touched upon some sensitive subjects near the end that I didn't think I portrayed really well, and there were some weird jokes I put into the story (and in author notes). But in all, I was sort of insensitive back then, and twisted things around to fit the plot, so proceed with caution.

(I think I made too big a deal out of it, but just in case.)

Books » Warriors » Song of the Shadows: Losing Myself, by Stormshadow3

Chapters: 1. Background Information; 2. Ceremonies and Tricksters; 3. Chasing and Stories; 4. Mentors and Training Sessions; 5. Rabbits and Eavesdropping; 6. Suspicion and Magpies; 7. Clawing and Stillness; 8. Battles and Relationships; 9. Dens and Interrogation; 10. Explanations and Past; 11. Meetings and Dark Surprises; 12. Blood and Strangers; 13. Secret Symbols and Home; 14. Confrontations and Patrols; 15. Coming Back and Secrets; 16. Exile and Death; 17. Return and Strange Monsters; 18. Shootings and Dusk; 19. Questions and Dreams; 20. Wakefulness and Escape; 21. Friends and Spiders; 22. Warriors and Revenge; 23. Dizziness and Seeing Stars; 24. End Note and Information

Rated: T, English

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Dance of the Stars (DotS) Series

-Book 1-

Song of the Shadows: Losing Myself

By Stormshadow3, an insane, schedule-loaded, busy, relationshipwise-complicated, future published author in the making, *insert adjective here* she-cat and fellow potato

I want to find out why LightClan hates the dark so much. I'm not scared at all, and I don't know why they keep making such a big fuss about all of it. But there are whispers, whispers of long-forgotten battles and memories and strange disappearances. I can feel the pulse, too, the same one that keeps me running back to the shadowed forest.

I don't think I can control it anymore.

Dance of the Stars (DotS) Series Book One: Song of the Shadows: Losing Myself

-all rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews. For information address the author, Stormshadow3.

(Heh, I had to put that in there.)

For all the people that have stuck with me through so much.

Useful Information to Have Before You Start Reading

-The Illuminated (any cat that is a member of LightClan or SunClan, their ancestors) at the BEGINNING of the story-

Shooting Star (leader): Creekstar, a light blue-gray tom with steely gray eyes

Chasing Cloud (deputy): Swanlake, a gray she-cat with dark brown stripes and lake-blue eyes

Storm-Calmer (medicine cat): Brightpool, a snow-white she-cat with bright amber eyes

Reflection (medicine cat apprentice): Flutterpaw, a dark gray she-cat with dark amber eyes

Sunspots (nickname given to senior warriors): Gazingfly, a white tom with light gray patterns on his pelt and mild yellow eyes; Dovechaser, a light gray she-cat with calming leaf-green eyes; Mossflight, a small tortoiseshell tom with tiny, squinted, dark green eyes

Golden Rays (warriors): Plumsnout, a bright tortoiseshell she-cat with gleaming amber eyes; Silentfeather, originally Streamkit, he is named for his deafness and has a peculiar gray pelt that sticks out at all angles plus dark blue eyes; Daisyspirit, a white she-cat with striking, light green eyes

Ferndrift, a light gray tom with darting yellow eyes; Fawnspots, a small brown she-cat with long legs, neat white paws, and rounded ginger-colored eyes; Berrymist, a gray tom with crisscrossing, darker gray stripes and clouded, almost misty blue eyes

Blossomstreak, a tortoiseshell and light brown she-cat with a cross attitude, despite her name prefix, and scolding amber eyes (the Sparrow Wings, especially the younger ones, all fear her); Sleepyjaw, a friendly white tom with glowing, brown eyes; Rosestone, a bright ginger she-cat with pale blue eyes who likes to do everything fast

Goldenquail, a light gray and brown and not particularly bright tom with dark, and rare orange eyes; Whispersong, a pure white she-cat with tucked ears and golden eyes; Shiningfur, a glossy light ginger tom with white paws and light green eyes

Clearwing, a white tom with short, thin blue-gray stripes and glassy blue eyes; Dusteye, a plain ginger tom with light amber-brown eyes who always seems to be sick

Sparrow Wings (apprentices): Pebblepaw, a dark gray she-cat with shining yellow eyes; Ryepaw, a thin ginger tom with staring green eyes that would then make you feel a vague sensation of unease; Splashpaw, a bouncy blue-gray tom that was constantly being told off by the seniors

Fernpaw, Ferndrift's kit, a light tortoiseshell and black tom with silver-gray eyes; Brackenpaw, a brown and ginger tom with light green eyes

Younglings (kits): Glowkit, a light gray she-cat with ginger stripes and green eyes; Dandalionkit, a little fuzzy ball of light ginger that passed away during a particularly cold night in leaf-bare, only a single moon ago

Mothers (queens): Sparrowchirp, a light tortoiseshell she-cat with black stripes and yellow eyes (kits: Glowkit, a light gray she-cat with ginger stripes and green eyes; Flutterkit, now known as Flutterpaw) - mate is Spruceshadow, a dark tawny tom with narrowed, untrusting yellow eyes that has disappeared mysteriously for more than three moons

Retired (elders): Reedflower, a light brown she-cat with large, bold yellow eyes; Clouddrifter, a burly white tom with light blue eyes that blink way too much

Bats (nickname given to prisoners of war): Leaf, a brown mottled tom with scars on his flank and a shredded eye; Bell, a stargazing she-cat with a black pelt and distant blue eyes that has to be constantly reminded to get back to work; Rain, originally Rainy-Night (the second part of her name was removed because it was believed that it would bring bad luck to the clan), a sand-colored she-cat with gray streaks across her body and deep azure eyes

The-Cat-With-No-Name, a short-tempered, easily bothered and distracted brown tom with blind green eyes that once shone like fresh leaves; Russet, a pretty she-cat who looked almost like a fox and acted like one

The Code of LightClan:

1. Do not speak of SunClan in low regards.

2. Do not bring food to prisoners of war unless directed to do so.

3. Every cat must be back at the camp by sundown, otherwise punishments will be decided by the Shooting Star.

4. No cat should be named with the following Prefixes and Suffixes: Moon, Star, Dark, Shadow, Shade, Shadowed, Shaded, Umbra, Hidden, or anything related to darkness in general.

5. The Shooting Star must be the first to eat for the last meal of the day.

6. Chasing Clouds may be reappointed at any time, and no one may interject.

7. Do not murder within the clan, steal, or mate on ill terms.

8. If a Storm-Calmer has been found of treason of any kind, he or she must be banished without further discussion.

9. Cats found of talking about treason to LightClan will immediately be banished.

10. The borders must be checked daily, and all trespassers are either to be taken prisoner or killed on the spot.

Basics of LightClan:

LightClan is an isolated clan, fighting off anything that comes even near their territory, and have an unusual fear of the dark. The moon is considered cursed by many, and the stars are believed to be powerful and ancient but can ensure death for all, just the same.