Title- Dawn on the horizon: Plot- Dawn swift, 17 year old aspiring carrier as a veterinarian in the making takes one faulty move when crossing the road on a green light in the middle of the night, and to say the least a eighteen wheelers cant stop on a dime. So in passing Dawn's life is changed when she finds herself waking up in a world much bigger then she remembered and also being a cat...yep her life is totally going down the kitty cat trail. (don't know if i will be able to do this one, i would like to but if not then here is what is going to happen-) Dawn gets hit by a eighteen wheeler, when she wakes up she finds herself turned into a cat, caramel brown fur, white muzzle and ear tips and feet and blue eyes. For a while she is depressed and upset and is living with a 'twoleg family' until she is abused by a cat known as Harvey (so kind of like tom and also lives with her) the neighbors cat 'cream' (brown she-cat) who is afraid of Harvey but afraid of what's happening to dawn suggests that she should take her chances and go live wild in the woods.
Dawn (thinking anything's better than living with Harvey) goes out to live her life in the woods, which on her first day, ends up with her huddled under some sticks as the rain pours down upon her. the next day she goes out to find food but cannot catch anything because of the bell on her collar (which is later pointed out to her by a cat named Lightning tail and later removed by said cat) she ends up chasing a mouse into a tree trunk where it gets stuck in her small triumph she realizes that she cant get it out cause the openings to same to reach all the way in. a voice speaks up behind her and turning around sees a black tom (lightning tail) who distracts her into letting the mouse go. she gets in an argument because of it and he leaves only to later come back to her 'stick' home and give her a squirrel as an apology for making her lose the mouse. as he is leaving she decides to share with him. creating a friendship with him. a few moons later 'after another argument with lightning tail about her coming to live in Thunderclan' she decides to take a walk and bumps into a couple known as Pansy and falcon a couple that is going to have kits, pansy (white she-cat) offers to share her prey with Dawn seeing as dawn was unable to catch anything and lightning tail hasn't returned in a few days almost accepts the offer, only being stopped by falcon (brown tom) who is hostile towards her and says that they shouldn't be giving food away to strangers and she looks well fed. Pansy scuffs at that and tells him that he's mouse brained and retorts that she isn't fat but that dawn is expecting kits of her own. Dawn is shocked by this seeing as she came to realize that ever since she left Harvey and the twoleg place behind that she indeed has gained weight and even recalling that lightning tail once said she would be larger than three rabbits soon with her hunting skills. shocked by this she makes a hasty retreat with a Farwell to pansy which she avoids the question of who the father is.
The next day Dawn refuses to come out of her stick home, which is now water proof thanks to lightning tail with his idea of plastering mud to make the sticks stick tighter together and leaves to make run off for the water. She is dishearten and confused as what to do, knowing the father to be Harvey who bullied and took advantage of her depressed stag. Lightning tail shows up with a rabbit her happiness is short lived when seeing him as the dilemma with the kits come back to mind. and questions her on what is wrong and she snaps at him that he should mind his own business creating an argument making lighting tail leave in anger and leaving her heartbroken at the fear of losing probably her only friend (besides cream) later on that night more rain come in, but Dawn getting used to it raining thinks nothing of it, until her home starts to flood, staring in horror at the rising water she starts running in a different direction while the water is slowly rising over her paws. she eventually runs right over a ledge ending up in a river and being washed away, only to be saved by River ripple. she stays with him and his group for the night, talking to him when he explains a little more on the woods and rivers and rival groups. she is shocked to find out about an enemy cat that has a grudge against Thunderclan the one where her friend (or as she begrudgingly thought sadly used to be friend lightning tail) live. she only stays the night and returns to her water soaked home that hasent been washed away, and surprised when she found lightning tail sniffing around looking worried. she calls out to him and he dashes towards her worry for her as he thought she might have died in the flood. she reassures him and tells him about river ripple saving her. and jumps in surprise when they are interrupted by rustling of leaves and lightning tails instant fighting stance. (which she thought he was very dangerous and deadly looking) she is more shocked (and happily) to realize it was cream looking for her. They great each other happily, much to lightning tails distaste. Cream came to see if she was fairing alright and alive and healthy, and also came to warn her of how Harvey has been acting, saying that since she left he's bader then ever and has killed a cat and ripped another's ear off and had a small gang named Bruce and brick, and swore to all kittypets and strays that he would find her. Dawn, who was going to say something on the lines of 'im sure i can look after myself' is interrupted by lightning tail who demands to know who Harvey is, cream who looked like she was going to say something was quickly put off track when she insteads notes happily that she sees dawn pregnant with kits. and teases dawn of not introducing her to her mate. Dawn instantly denies lightning tail is not her mate or the kits father. lightning tail is shocked and hurt by the fact that she didn't tell him and the thought of dawns kits without a father and dawn being by herself with them. Dawn then tells cream she should go home soon, but cream is scared to go home alone, Lightning tail offers to take her and tells dawn she should rest and he will see her soon. dawn does so.
then it switches over in lightning tails point of view, as soon as both him and cream are far enough away he demands that cream tell him who Harvey is and what he wants with Dawn. at first cream is reluctant to tell him, until lightning tail points out that he only wants to protect dawn. Cream tells him that dawn used to live with Harvey who bullied her, and took advantage of her depressed stage in life and would probably be the father. Lightning tail is shocked and asked why dawn was so depressed cream shrugs her shoulders unsure of that herself. he leaves her at the edge of twoleg place but turns back as he sees cream be bullied by one of Harvey's cats 'bruce' lightning tail rescues her and chases off bruce and walks cream to her twoleg home. Cream thanks him and tells him to tell Dawn she would visit soon. (not realizing that Harvey was listening in the shadow of his garden fence)
it switches back to dawn as she walks along the water's edge and stands looking in the river that she almost drowned in and thought about how river ripple was doing and what might be happening with cream and most on all with Lightning tail. she is brought out of these thoughts when she is interrupted by a cat named slash who tries to get her to come with him, she tells him that she is busy with finding food. he tells her that he could feed her in his camp, which she replies that she doesn't need help and lies about someone meeting her and that she should go. he tells her that he hopes to see her soon, but dawn has a bad vibe about him and quickly leaves. later she tries to hunt seeing as lightning tail isn't back yet and tries to catch a bird only to run head long into another cat who is trying for the same bird. they end up taking the bird down and complementing each other on their hunting skills, dawn introduces herself and the other cat says they almost have the same name, introducing herself as violet dawn. their interrupted by another cat who she realized must be thunder by how lightning tail describes him. she gets uneasy at the added company not used to this many cats being around her. lightning tail shows up and thunder invites her to live with them, but once again shot down the invitation much to lightning tail and violet dawn's dismay.
later when it once again is raining dawn is nervous it would rain again but forces herself to relax for knowing if she doesn't calm down it wouldn't be doing any good to her body and might cause a miscarriage. that night she dreams of a war, a bloody one that leaves dead cats everywhere, she eventually meets a cat known as Half moon who tells her of a great destiny that awaits her and replies that she is here for a reason but before she could ask why she wakes up with a start as she realizes lightning tail is in her den and looking at her worriedly and says he woke her up as it seemed she was having a nightmare. Dawn is annoyed with him but doesn't comment as he lays next to her and she realizes that she liked him being beside her. they get on a light subject about what to name the kits and drift off to sleep. in the morning lightning tail is gone and she is disappointed. she decides to take another walk and catch prey on the way to see river ripple but as she walks a fox jumps out in front of her scaring her as it begins to chase her, she is eventually rescued by fern leaf and helps her into a tree where they mock the fox below. the fox leaves and dawn thanks her rescuer while fern leaf says she would have done the same for any cat. Dawn mentions if she is part of one of the groups and fern leaf replied that she is, dawn asked hesitantly if she was apart of slashes group where fern leaf hisses at her to know how much she knows about slash. dawn tells her about her encounter which fern leaf states that she should be careful around slash he isn't a good cat and could kill her, or worse take her as a mate.
Dawn and Fern leaf part ways and as she approaches her home she is confronted by a cat named Ember who's looking for a fight. He tries to attack Dawn but she manages to escape by slashing at his muzzle and running away. Ember chases after her but is instantly stopped by fern leaf who had followed dawn to see if she would be ok. Dawn thanks her as they chase Ember away together, Fern leaf suggests that she take her back to camp but dawn is still unsure and tells fern leaf her concerns Fern leaf decides to walk her home as she asks about Dawn's life. Dawn lies (mostly) about being token from her mother (who was a kitty pet) when she was young and being placed in a home with a mean cat and left to make a life for herself and her soon to be kits. Fern leaf replies that she is happy she could help her when she did. They part ways and Dawn returns home, but she feels as she goes to sleep that this really isn't her home. once again she dreams and sees half moon once again, telling her that its her destiny to save everyone before the worst. once again dawn wakes up and is shocked to see cream happily looking at her, they great each other and ask about how things were faring, Cream happily tells her that things are fine and asked about Dawn, dawn replies that things are fine, excluding the fact about slash and the fox not wanting to scare cream, cream and dawn are both interrupted to stare in horror as Harvey shows up with both bruce and brick.
the shocking of seeing Harvey again sends Dawn into a stress induce early labor, making Cream fear and try to beg Harvey to leave them alone. Harvey is shocked to see that he will be a father but soon shakes the notion away saying that Dawn should be taught a lesson and that cream needs one to for betraying him. Cream tells him that she was never on his side and he couldn't bully everyone to do as he says. Harvey in rage signals bruce to attack Dawn but cream intercepts him fighting to hold him off as long as she could as Dawn says that lightning tail will be back sometime soon. (or she hopes) Harvey then signals for brick to finish the job but brick refuses saying he wouldn't hurt a kit or a soon to be mother that is defenseless. in a blind rag Harvey kills brick by accident, stunning him for long enough that lightning tail returns. he tackles Bruce who had chomped down on Creams neck killing her, Dawn struggles to try and help her by giving her air snapping off her collar but its to late cream weakly tells her that she is a good friend and that she's happy for her and to stay with lightning tail. she chocks on her own blood and dies.
Dawn is grief stricken and in pain, she yowls in pain and despair as one of the kits come, unsure as what to really do she begins to try and warm it by licking its fur. it gives out a feeble cry and another kit comes out by that time Fern leaf has once again returned and is shocked to see Lightning tail fighting off both bruce and Harvey and Dawn having her kits. Fern leaf jumps into action by dragging off Bruce. while lightning tail and Harvey have a stand off, lightning tail coming out as the winner. after that fight Dawn has already given birth to five kits in total making her weak from blood lose and stressed, fern leaf looks over the kits sadly replying that two are dead. in grief Dawn decides to name the two dead kits anyway (both toms) Feather bird, and cotton tail. Lightning tail replies that those are clan names and Dawn replies that she wouldn't want to name them anything else. Lightning tail comforts her by asking about the other three living kits names, she decides to name the male lightning storm, which makes Lightning tail purr, and the only she-cat Cream fur after her dead friend, dawn allows lightning tail to name the last one which is a small brown tom, Lightning tail is touched by this and says that it should be named Hawk wing after his mother who he loved very much. Dawn says she loves that name and looks sadly at her two dead kits but also filled with joy about her living ones.
Fern leaf helps lightning tail dig a grave big enough for all three cats Cream is lad to rest with both Feather bird and cotton tail, lightning tail whispers to the dead cream to look after Dawn's kits, but accidently saying 'their' kits that doesn't go unnoticed by Fern leaf, who later confronts him on it which he replies that he's not the father but later says to himself that he wished he was. Dawn is visited by violet dawn who tries to bring Dawn to the camp while fern leaf also wants her to come, seeing as Dawn is in such a weak state, Dawn agrees taking up both Hawk wing. while fern leaf takes Cream fur and violet dawn takes Lightning storm. they arrive at the camp and thunder is more than happy to see her, he begins to show her around but violet dawn interrupts her mate by saying that she needs rest.
Dawn is lad down with her kits and she begins to close her eyes but before she could she is tackled by lightning tail saying that he was scared that something happened to her while he was hunting her a rabbit, Dawn purrs and offers him a place to sleep by her and the kits seeing as he cant take his eyes off of them, lighting tail is more than happy to accept. as they curl up together Dawn thinks to herself this is where she is supposed to be but once again a nightmare about death at her very paws makes her awaken to realize that its slash that is the cat that shall bring death to their paws. she later confronts him on the river as he tells her that he took in her former mate 'Harvey' and that he was a nice addition to his group, Dawn spits out that he was no mate to her. and Slash laughs out that she wouldn't have anyone to save her as he begins attacking her, however she is saved by river ripple once again who trips up slash and helps Dawn across the river. River ripple takes her home and tells thunder what happened, thunder is out raged and so is lightning tail knowing that Harvey would stop at nothing to make Dawn's life miserable. Dawn is scared with fear but when Cream fur asks she refuses to let them know of the danger, she is thrown off guard however later when the kits are out playing and that they want to play with their father. panic grows in Dawn stomach as she thinks of Harvey but her fears turn into confusion as Lightning storm says that they could sneak up on Lightning tail instead surprising him when he comes back from hunting. Both Hawk wing and Cream fur agree and Dawn is left shock as she realizes they think Lightning tail is their father.
Lightning tail is out hunting with Thunder and fern leaf when fern leaf asked how the kits are, lightning tail is happy to talk non stop about how well they are and how they are learning to pretend hunt, Thunder jokingly says he sounds just like a proud parent. which Lightning tail replies that he feels like one.
Dawn takes the kits out into the woods where they try to climb trees but their claws are to soft for it, Dawn purrs when she sees Hawk wing try to stand on his brothers back and instantly picks him up, their fun however is cut off when a off the leash dog comes charging at them, Dawn is terrified of the dog but more so when her other two kits Cream fur and Lightning storm run off in opposite directions, she tries to call after them but her mouth is full by Hawk wings fur and panting from running. She tries to run after Cream fur but she disappears into some bushes that Dawn cant get into with regret and the safety of Hawk wing she climbs a tree but as she turns back to try and distract the dog their already gone.
lightning storm eventually runs into the hunting party Lightning tail is instantly worried and asked what is wrong, lightning storm tells them about the dog and Lightning tail tells fern leaf to look after his kit while he runs off in the direction which lightning storm directed to. Lightning tail uses his nose to find the tree where dawn and hawk wing are hiding, Dawn is stressed more than ever and is becoming sick, Thunder is with him and Thunder tells Lightning Tail to take Dawn and the remaining two kits home. Lightning tail tells him that he has to find his lost kit, which surprises Dawn but she's happy that he cares for them like his own. Dawn wants to come to but thunder reminds her that she has her other kits to take care of, so regrettably Both Lightning tail and dawn go home, but Lightning tail promises that he will go back as soon as they reach camp, and Dawn is reassured that Lightning storm is ok, and is reunited with him.
Cream fur however is still being chased by the dog, she runs all the way onto the moor where windclan lives. she is rescued however by windrunner and a few of her cats, she is taken in and is handed to slate to look after while windrunner goes and tries to find lightning tail and thunder. Cream fur meets Black Ear and his litter mates, Silver stripe and White tail who she becomes fast friends with, telling them all about how she out ran the big scary dog.
Thunder runs into the dog but instantly runs it back to its twoleg and goes back to follow cream fur's trail running into windrunner in the process who tells him that Cream fur is back at camp. Thunder goes to windclan to take back cream fur who is talking about a story she heard from when her mother while she was sleeping, Thunder is confused by why Pebble heart is there with them. and why pebble heart is interested in a kits tell. Pebble heart replies that it might not be a kits tell at all, but maybe a prophesy that is yet to come.
Dawn is overjoyed to see her kit again and covers Cream fur in loving licks between scolding her and thanking thunder for saving her. Lightning thanks his friend for saving their kits, and Dawn vaguely wondered why he kept saying 'their kits' that night she confronts lightning tail about it while he is in their den, he says he would like to be the father and her mate. Dawn is surprised and tells him she doesn't think she would be a good mate, not after what Harvey done to her. Lightning tail tells her that he was just a pile of fox dung, and tells her not to think of him and that she is the wonderfulness' she-cat she ever known, only compared to cream fur who he says is their daughter. Dawn happily reprises that she would love to be his mate. and they fall asleep.
cream fur however wants to see Black ear again and decides to sneak out, only to be captured by one of slashes cats, she pleads in protest and is brought to his camp where slash interrogates her. being only a kit she says she doesn't know anything and he believes her, deciding to manipulate her he recruits Harvey who tells Cream fur that this is her real father. Cream fur is confused saying Lightning tai is her father, but Harvey replies that her and her siblings and mother were kidnapped by lightning tail and thunderclan and he wants to bring them home. Cream fur thinking about her siblings and mother agrees to help rescue them and help slash.
Dawn wakes up to find Cream fur gone and yowls at Lightning tail and ask him if he seen her, finding her gone thunder takes red claw, fern leaf, moss tail, pine needle and lightning tail to go find her. but dawn wants to come to, but lightning tail tells her to stay with their kits. as they leave cream fur returns, saying that their is a cat in danger and that its her friend Black Ear and that Hawk wing and lightning tail should come to, Dawn agrees and follows cream fur out to far near the edge of the woods and is attacked and is captured when they threaten to kill Cream fur and Hawk wing. Dawn agrees and is taken hostage, and instantly goes into break down when she sees Harvey again.
lightning storm however managed to escape by clawing at one of his kidnappers eyes, running for it he ends up getting help by running into lightning tail and the search party. Lightning tail and lightning storm both want to charge into camp recklessly with the need to save their family. but Thunder states that they shouldn't run in needlessly and also points out that slash wont hurt them. but Lightning tail contours that Harvey would. but calms when he realized he upset his son.
back in slashes camp Dawn is forced to share a den with Harvey and their kits, Cream constantly apologues with her mother and brother, and they both instantly forgive her. when Harvey walks in with a skinny mouse for dawn and the kits to share Hawk wing states that their father brings back plumper ones. Harvey tells him that he's mouse brained and that he is his father. which Dawn gets apprehensive about and says that he would never be a true father and that her love and the love of her kits go to Lightning tail who is a great mate and father then Harvey. Harvey gets angry at this and begins to attack her, she defends herself with the moves lightning tail and fern leaf taught her but is no match for Harvey's strength, cream fur and hawk wing try to help her, Hawk wing bits down on his tail making him let go of dawn, Harvey raises a paw against his son and nicks his ear causing it to bleed. at seeing her son attack Dawn grabs him by the ear tarring it off in the process and making him run out of the den.
lightning tail doesn't like the fact that they are leaving Dawn and the kits behind, but stays strong for his son as they come up with a plan to save them, Thunder advises a trick that they would give up part of their territory in exchange for Dawn and the kits. they also get River clan and wind clan on their side. so lightning tail, thunder, wind runner, river ripple, fern leaf and pebble heart go to confront slash. Slash states he would give them the kits, but Dawn belongs with Harvey seeing as she is his mate, Lighting tail rebukes that she is not his mate, but his and he has a right to dawn and the kits himself. Slash interrupts his rant as he brings out dawn and the kits, Lightning tail and the others are shocked to see Dawn in such a condition and Hawk wing injured. Lightning tail lashes out at Slash but is stopped by wind runner telling him to keep his head. while Dawn tells him its not as bad as it seems. Harvey walks up to slashes side and lightning tail sarcastically comments on his missing ear as Harvey growls at him. Slash tells him he can have the kits while they keep dawn, as they hand off the kits Harvey looks for a second upset at seeing his kits go back to lightning tail as regret flashes in his eyes. Slash realizes this and tells him that he has Dawn and that they could have more kits. and Harvey nods along.
everyone is upset that they had to leave dawn behind, but cream fur blames herself most of all and even goes far enough to say she wished she wasn't born because then this wouldn't have happened. Lightning tail rebukes her for saying something like that, but Cream fur yells at him saying if she and her brothers weren't born then Dawn would be somewhere more comfortable and happy with lightning tail. Lightning tail reminds her that she and her brothers are dawn and his world and if something were to happen to them they would surly greave for the rest of their lives. Cream fur wails in sadness but is comforted by lightning tail saying that they will get her back.
Lightning storm decides he cant wait much longer and decides to rescue his mother himself, managing to sneak past slashes guards due to his small size he finds his mother and is shocked to see her in such a state, she beckons him forward hiding him in her nest as she scolds him about doing something so dangerous, lightning storm tells her he's not afraid and dawn tells him no, he's not and purrs. Dawn then gets a look in her eyes that lightning storm comments on, looking at her son dawn tells him that she isn't who she seems to be. Lightning storm asks in interest at what she might mean, she tells him about the truth about her life as a twoleg and her journey and dreams and ending up here. Lightning storm is shocked yet interested at the same time, wanting to know he asked if it was worth everything and she replies that it was. after a moment dawn comments about lightning storms name and lightning storm is confused and asked what she means, Dawn replies that she gave lightning storm a clan name after both lightning tail and the constant rain storms she been through, how cream fur was named after a friend and how lightning tail named hawk wing after his mother. lightening storm is still confused, and asked his mother what it has to do with this. Dawn replies that she gave them clan names but not herself. Lighting storm begins to understand and asked his mother if she would have a clan name now. and she replies yes, i believe my new name will be Dawn light as she gazes through a crack in the den that has a ray of light coming through. lightning storm comforts his mother in saying that was a nice name and she thanks him.
Lightning tail and thunder decide to sneak into slashes camp and take dawn back by force, while they are speaking drizzle who was supposed to be watching lightning storm comes up to them in a panic saying that she doesn't know where he is, so they decide to gather river clan and wind clan and storm slashes camp.
back in slashes camp lighting storm is discovered and is brought before slash who was in a foul mood, slash decides to kill him in front of dawn light as she fights with her captures to try and reach her son. but before slash can bring down a killing blow Harvey pushes into slash and begins fighting with him saying that no one hurts his son. slash ends up killing Harvey, leaving lightning storm to think that his father wasn't such a bad cat after all. Dawn light thinking the same thing finds it within herself to morn him even though he caused her such grief in the first place. while slash returns to kill lighting storm he is once again stopped by lightning tail, along with most all of river clan, wind clan and thunder clan in fear and out numbered slashes cats run off, leaving slash to try to escape himself but as he tries to run wind runner cuts him off, thunder and lightning tail doing the same. Slash says who is the mouse brained fool who will finish him off, lightning tail and thunder walk towards him at the same time making him walk backwards only to be confronted by dawn light who starts fighting him, with each slash she gives him she tells him how cruel he has been to her, her kits, her mate, her friends, Harvey, and even his own cats. slash eventually gets the upper hand but as he holds her life in his paws cream fur, hawk wing and lightning storm jump on his back using their combined weight to pull him off, as he turns to deliverer a death blow to cream fur lighting storm bits his throat killing him.
dawn light is shocked yet proud of her kits, lightning tail moves his kits aside from slashes dead body and comes to check on dawn light, when confronted by lightning tail she retorts that her name is Dawn Light now she he says is just wonderful.
as they begin to break up cream fur decides to go with wind clan telling her mother and siblings that she is sorry, but dawn light and her siblings wish her well and that they will visit often, cream fur is met by Black ear as he tells her that he is happy she is here.
Lightning storm and hawk wing go back with their mother Dawn light is happy they are safe and that cream fur will be taken cared of and looked after, which wind runner has assured her about.
Lightning storm is confronted by his brother hawk wing, who tells him that he had been having strange dreams and that he saw lightning storm rise above them all, lighting storm is confused by his brothers confession and tells him that he's got bees in his brain which haw wing tries to deny but he leaves lighting storm thinking.
Dawn light is happy with Lightning tail and the life she is living but she feels that their is one last thing that would really set her free, Dawn light asks Lightning tail to take a walk with her, which she tells lighting tail about her past, but he loves her non the less and says he's in love with Dawn light and always will. - the end.